West Frankfort man dies in Interstate 57 crash
Edward L. Flash Gordon 25 of West Frankfort died Sunday when his pickup struck a guardrail and hit a bridge beam on Interstate 57 south of Mount Vernon Illinois State Police said The death marked the third highway fatality in Southern Illinois over the holiday weekend Gordon born July 16 1955 in Sikeston Missouri left behind wife former Diane Arview daughter Tara Lynn his parents four brothers and five sisters Survivors listed include Albert Gordon Jr Ray Gordon Linda Matthews Sharon Jowell Elaine Hesse Gloria Gordon Debbie Gordon and Rich John Gordon He was a coal miner last employed at Old Ben Funeral arrangements were incomplete at Union Funeral Home West Frankfort
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Edward L
Gordon
West Frankfort
Ount Vernon
Illinois
Illnois
Tara Lynn
Albert Gordon Jr
Ray Gordon
Rich
John Gordon
Thompsonville
Linda Matthews
Sharon Jowell
Oklahoma City
Okla
Elaine Hesse
North Dakota
Gloria Gordon
England
Debbie Gordon
California
Old Ben
Union Funeral Home
Violet Fowler Butts
Detroit
Mich
Butts
Marion
George R
Etta Blue Fowler
Orville Butt
Norma Pollard
James O. Butts
Harold Butts
United States Air Force
Jewel L. Turnage
Herrin
Ruby Cutrell
East Alton
Fern Willard
Mary E. Furlong
Corunna
Frank Calcaterra
Gethsemane Cemetery
Mabel Mae Schroeder
St. Louis
Maplewood Canars
Maplewood
Simpson
Columbia
Harry Schroeder
Ferguson
Verna Mae Neel
Hardin, Mont
McDaniel Funeral Home
Sparta
Union Cemetery
Funeral
Virginia Maryann Jordan
Springfield
Carbondale
Miss Jordan
Cox Medical Center
John
Mary Jordan
Bobby Gene Jordan
Lawton and
Lennie
Oakdale
Calif
Edith Ben
Lowell Glasco
Route 2
Cobden
Lutz and Rendleman
Alto Pass
Mr. Glasco
Southeast Missouri
Cape Girardeau
Water Valley Christian Church
Union County
Benjamin C
Ida Laws Glasco
Eva Wiley
Harrisburg
Patsy Tweedy
Jamestown
N.C
Charlene Givens
Golconda
Wilma Thetford
Roy
Scottsdale, Ariz
Troy
Paulie
Ernest
Wolf Lake
Jesse
Anna
Gertrude C. Brams
Maple St
du Quoin
Marshall Browning
First Christian Church
Edward P
Martha Blumlee Stanhouse
Joseph Bram
Pinckneyville
Joseph W. Brams
Sugar Grove
James Bram
Texas
Bobbie Ingert
Lettie Gregory
Ruth Degler
Frances Hawkins
Cecil Szczeblewski
Mulkeytown
Edward Stanhouse
Joliet
William O. Stanhouse
Neal
Odd Fellows
Murrell S Reak Dies At 80 In West Frankfort
Murrell S Reak aged 80 of 1604 E Oak West Frankfort died 6 30 p m Saturday July 4 1981 at Union Hospital West Frankfort He helped author the State Mine Safety Act served as assistant director of the Department of Mines and Minerals 1953 1961 and as a United Mine Workers representative 1942 1947 He was past exalted ruler of the Elks Lodge West Frankfort and a longtime Franklin County coal miner Survived by son Jack Reak and brother Frank Reak Graveside service set for 10 a m Tuesday at Tower Heights Cemetery with visitation 5 8 p m today at Stone Funeral Home
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E. Oak
West Frankfort
Union Hospital
Reak
American Beauty Nursing Home
Department of Mines and Minerals
Springfield
United Mine Workers
State Mining Board
Mr. Reak
Franklin County
Elks Lodge
Northern Baptist Church
Elizabethtown
John D
Lyda Durham Reak
California
Edith Allen
Jack Reak
Ball State University
Muncie
Ind
Frank Reak
Santa Maria
Calif
Tower Heights
Stone Funeral Home
Charles Cairatti
W. Cherry
Herrin
Herrin Hospital
Mr. Cairatti
Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Church
Knights of Columbus Council
Eagles Lodge
Anthony
Maria Ceroti Carratti
Johnson Funeral Home
Masonic and Odd Fellows
Benton
Lila E. Davis
W. S. Pope St
Davis
Franklin Hospital
Park Ridge
First Baptist Church of
Fraklin County
Thurlow
Edna Moore Lewis
William Davis
Loren E
Wayne T. Lewis
Hobbs- Johnston Funeral Home
Tuesay
Kassly Funeral Home
Fairview Heights
Jake Pierce
East St. Louis
Bush Area
Frank
Mattie Howell
Bush
Union Funeral Home
Ethel Mae Curry
Orient
Denning
Curry
Bethel Community Church
Alabama
Manton
Mary Alice Warnick Miller
Bob Curry
Robert Curry
Harrisburg
Thomas Curry
Wrightsville Beach
N.C
Jeannie Wood
Christopher
JoAnn Fustin
Evansville
Mary Jane Lee
Diverse Obituaries Reflecting Illinois Community Losses
Multiple obituaries and death notices across Illinois record the deaths of Rosemary Cook Saunders 43 of Memphis Tennessee formerly Herrin and several other residents including Mary Eggemeyer 68, Charles Cairatti 76, Dr. Harry Hartleb 71, Howard Hill 87, Violet Butts 72, Dorothy Davenport, Mabel Schroeder 85, Virginia Jordan 30, and Lila Davis 65. Services announced in McLeansboro Chester Herrin Harrisburg Benton Sparta and surrounding areas with burial plans, memorials to the Heart Fund Memorial Fund First Presbyterian Church and American Cancer Society. Survivors listed include spouses parents siblings and children. many notices include burial sites and funeral homes.
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Mary R. Eggemeyer
Walsh
Memorial Hospital
Chester
Schulie
Elric
Mayme Wesbecker Roche
Issac Eggemeyer
Issac
Rodney
Roger
Ellis Grove
Herbert
Samuel
Rose Marie Sellers
Columbia
Doris Jean Rahn
Caramell Wright
Logan
Ralph Roche
Edward Roche
Brewer
Robert Roche
Lorene Mezel
St. Louis
Elizabeth Stork
Mildred Breithaupp
Doris Herschbach
Schroeder
Paradise Cemetery
Steeleville
Heart Fund
Robert Cook
Robert A. Saunders
Robert Saudners
Maron
Charles R. Cook
John R. Saunders
Andrew
Joseph Saunders
Memphis
Laura Cook
Steven Reeser
Diana Gendry
Decatur
Kathlene Beardsley
McAllen
Texas
Barbara Williams
Huntsville
Ala
American Cancer Society
Dorothy Ellen Davenport
N. Granger St
Harrisburg
Evansville
Ind
Davenport
Army Air Corps
First Presbyterian Church
Minneapolis
Minn
Sam
Irma Kelly O’rourke
Richard Davenport
Richard Davenport Jr
Charlotte
N.C
Scott Davenport
Atlanta
Obituary notices for Glasco Pierce Goetting Garagiola Curry Brams
Funeral and obituary notices from Cobden to Du Quoin recount the July 1981 deaths of Lowell Glasco Jake Pierce Edward Goetting Constanza Garagiola Carl Taylor Ethel Curry Gertrude Brams with funeral times at various funeral homes, burial details, and survivor lists including spouses children and siblings. The notices list birthplaces dates and family connections across multiple Illinois communities.
Hospital Notes: July 1981 area births and discharges
Hospital notes from St Joseph Memorial Murphysboro and Memorial Carbondale list admissions and discharges across multiple communities. The record includes newborns with parents in Murphysboro Carterville Cobden Sparta Chester and Herrin areas, plus numerous named patients and doctors, with dates in early July 1981.
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ST. Joseph Memorial
Murphysboro
Gengenbach
Richard
Meridian
Miss. Ellis
Emma Walker
Julie
Cobden Duran
Marie
Cobden O'Brien
Harrisburg
Friese
Finia
Alto Pass
Beardsley
Dorothy Richardson
Ruth Modglin
Keith Smith
Calvin Wheeler
Ronald Freeman
Yolanda
Akers
Everett
Ava
Miss. Ward
William Fossie
Dorothy Beardsley
Doug
Gallano
William
Deborah
Memorial Hospital of
Carbondale
Caseyville
Brown
Date
Bonnie
Marion
Whiting
James
Sherry
Memorial Hospital
Cobden
Walker
Jeri
St. Joseph Memorial Hospital
Modglin
Keith
Ialea
St. Joseph Hospital
Fults
Gary
Elizabeth
Pinckneyville Community Hospital
Pinckneyville
Sparta
Westerman
Curtis
Fieta
Chester
Korolchuk
Teo
Claire
Davis
Jeffery
Julia
Carterville
Clay
Cathie
Herrin Hospital
Herrin
Bush
Kin
Gienda
Johnston City
Burley
Donald
Thelma
Creal Springs
Lenon
Edward
Vicky
Correction clarifies only one death in 1980 lake stabbing
A Sunday headline misreported two deaths in a trial set to start today. The senior citizens chalice event at Goodner Hall Recreation Building, Anna Mental Health and Developmental Center, scheduled 7 to 9 30 p.m. Friday, has been canceled.
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West Frankfort Lake
Goodner Hall
Anna Mental Health and Developmental Center
Rain Forecast Covers Much of the Plains and West
Weather outlook calls for rain Tuesday across Montana and North Dakota then showers stretching from the Gulf States to Tennessee and the Carolinas. Similar activity tied to warm conditions spreads to New Mexico Arizona Wyoming Utah and Colorado. Southern Illinois reported a high of 85 on Sunday and a low of 73 between 7 am Sunday and 7 am today with 0.17 inch of rain.
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Montana
North Dakota
Gulf States
Tennessee
Carolinas
New Mexico
Arizona
Wyoming
Utah
Colorado
Illinois
Hit and run injures motorcyclist in West Frankfort
Jeffery Paris a 20 year old resident of West Frankfort was injured Sunday when his motorcycle was struck by a pickup that fled the scene on county road 9 east of West Frankfort around 10 30 p m He was transported to Memorial Hospital Carbondale after being treated at Union Hospital West Paris the condition was listed as stable Police said no description of the pickup is available and the investigation continues
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Jeffery Paris
West Frankfort
Maois
Paris
Memorial Hospital
Carbondale
Union Hospital
West
Frankfort
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