Deaths in region reflect long life and multiple families
Obituaries for Margaret Rushing 73 of Marion and Stella Varacalli 75 of Herrin describe services, burial plans, and survivors. Included are notices for Villa Eastman 64 of Murphysboro and Anna Francis 78 of Makanda, with detailed family connections, military crosses, church memberships, and memorial preferences. The notices name funeral homes, service times, and local cemeteries, illustrating a community-wide roll of residents and kin.
Deaths Rural Illinois, 2004 Obituaries Mixed
Robert M. Mitchell 90 longtime Gary and Carterville resident died July 20 2004. He owned Mitchell Insurance in East Chicago for 35 years and led state insurance groups earning Agent of the Year 1956. Survived by daughter-in-law Nancy two grandchildren Bradley and Sarah plus relatives. Interment Carterville Cemetery. Rhoda Genon Gibbens 88 died July 22 2004 in Herrin. Services July 25 at Murman Wilson Johnston City. James Everett Pearce 67 died July 22 2004 in Cape Canaveral Florida. Services July 25 at Harre McLeansboro Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blue Funeral Home
Marion
Ray Conley
Funeral Home
Weise. Robinson
New Burnside
Southern Illinois
Funeral
Rushing
Stonefort
Verna
Recil
Buckner) Powell
John W. Rushing
Virginia Rients
Bloomington
Barbara
John Roberts
Cotton Dale
Ala
Annette
Dan Richardson
McNabb
Harrisburg
Rushing Reality
Cherokee Village
Ark
Mount Moriah Baptist Church
Dorothy Ridley Alvey
Pacific
Guam
Okinawa
Central Illinois Public Service Company
Kenneth
United Methodist Church
Murphysboro
Helping Hands
International Union of Operating Engineers
American Legion Post
Earl Renshaw
Pleasant Grove Memorial Park
American Legion
Pettett
United Methodist Church of
West Frankfort
Peggy Ann
McGhee) Downs
Benton
East Fork
Larry Lemay
Derek Downs
Union Funeral Home
Peggy
William and
Mary Sue (Calvert) McGhee
Christopher
St. John’s Catholic Church
Gerald Downs
William
Mary Sue McGhee
Matt McGhee
Atlanta
Christopher McGhee
Nancy Seibert
Rosemary
Steve Elam
Bridget
Jane Herrell
Ivan Sanders
Mikel
Royalton
Dale S
Sarah Mikel
Debra Brown
Jennifer J. Brown
James Mitchell Brown
St. Petersburg
Florida
Emily Hedges
Edna “Tutter” Dunning
Patricia French
St. Louis
Thomas Devine
Waltonville
Vantrease
Zeigler
Don Wright
Miners Cemetery
Sparta
William Ralph York
Mr. York
Enfield
Tilford and
Pearl
Crawford) York
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Illinois Power
Electrolux
Shriners
Sparta Eagles
Elks Lodge
Hope Lodge
Lillian York
Kathy Jo Rathert
Tom
Ava
Mike York
Lesley McGregor
Garland
Texas
Chelsea York
Colona
Wanda Williams
Joliet
Carrie
Christopher Schaber
Benjamin Rathert
Charlotte York
Adrian York
Elledge Funeral Home
Mike Buckman
Trinity Presbyterian Church
Shriner’s Hospital
McDaniel Funeral Home Ltd
Bebe I. Joiner
Touchette Regional
Centerville
Joiner
Pinckneyville
Arlie
Marie Chandler
Walker LeVern Joiner
Chester
CES
VFW
Sparta Community Hospital
Sparta Township
Joiner Plumbing
Charlene Mahan
Cuba, Mo
Patricia Rezba
Will
Herschel
John Joiner
Kim
de Soto
William Joiner
Diana
Dennis Chandler
Tilden
Margaret Holcomb
Ed Wilson
Wilson
Wilbur M. Franklin, Sr
Tilden City
Carterville
Robert M. Mitchell
Gary
Ind
Insurance Agents Association
Iowa
Hammond
University of Illinois
Mitchell
Col
Robert McNamara
XX Bomber Command
India
China
Robert W
Nancy
Bradley
Sarah
Laura
Riggin-Pillatsch Funeral Home
Johnston City
Rhoda “Genon” Gibbens
Shawnee Christian Nursing Center
Herrin
Murman and Wilson Funeral Home
Steve McClure
Lakeview
Church of God of Prophecy
Mcleansboro
James Everett Pearce
Cape Canaveral Hospital
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Harre Funeral Home
Bryan Naugle
Also Mentioned on This Page
Margaret Rushing
Stella Varacalli
Stella Mae Varacalli
St. Louis University Hospital
San Carlo Catholic
Ken Schaefer
Johnson-Hughes Funeral
Nick
Villa Eastman
Villa
Kenneth Leon Ridley
Anna ‘Kay’ Francis
Oliver Niles
Blanche Edith Sloan Ridley
Olliebelle Warfield
San Diego
Olliebelle
Linda
Mel Bickel
Collinsville
Brenda
Bill Rendleman
Mount Vernon
Cindy
Steve Brady
Loveland
Colo
Troy Rendleman
Indianapolis
Todd Rendleman
Seattle
Richard
Sondra) Bickel
Angela
Bob) Wingo
Amanda Bickel
Brentwood
Paul) Lo
Francis
Anna
Claton
Orville
Cordelia (Livers) Bratcher
Herman
Bill) Francis, Jr
Evansville
David
Martha
Lawrence) Francis
Makanda
Bruce
Trish
Harden) Francis
Cobden
Alice
John Rowan
Carlyle
Tim Francis
Roberta Elliott
Dan
Andrea Francis
John Francis
Woodbury
Tenn
Mike
Julie
Nanny) Francis
Martha Patterson
James Bratcher
Hartford
Huffman-Harker Funeral Home
Carbondale
Roger Glasgo
Busby
Goreville
Dorothy
Dot’ Mikel
Dorothy Louise
Dot” Mikel
St. Francis Medical Center
Cape Girardeau
Dorothy Was
Wasson
Charles and
Lola (Fisher) Devine
She
Peggy Ann (McGhee) Downs
Bebe Joiner
Baptist Children’s Home
Carmi
Shriner’s Hospital of
Katherine Evans
Katherine Marie Evans
Missouri Baptist Hospital
Schroeder-McClure
Phillip Keeton
Evergreen Cemetery
American Heart Association
Dallas Hale
Harco
Dallas
Donkey” Hale
Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Sloan Funeral Home
Bob Workman
Bankston Fork
Rhoda Gibbens
James Pearce
North Court St
Illinois
South Broadway
Shawrt
Amail
Chain Rannalheothecnitham
Calista
Pentecost Rd
Keith
Gary Mevernett Sexton
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