Deaths in Buckner Marion and nearby towns in July 1981
Multiple death notices from Buckner Marion Anna Anna Buckner area list Nick Brckovich 63 a coal miner and WWII veteran. Minda Mae Tucker 85 of Marion. Warren P Adams 93 of Anna. Jesse James 81 of Marion. John S Janowski 89 of Dubois. Dorothy Mae Taylor 65 of Zeigler. Elner Jane Foster Johnson 55 of Murphysboro. Velma Inez Montgomery 66 of Pinckneyville. Services scheduled in local churches and funerals at area cemeteries with various survivors and funeral homes noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nick Brckovich
S. Jenette St
Buckner
Mr. Brckovich
Old Ben 21
Lesser
United Mine Workers
Velma Inez Montgomery
W. Randolph St
Pinckneyville
Mayo Clinic
Rocchester
Minn
Neal Funeral Home
du Quoin
Grace Riegel Funeral Services Held in Galatia
Funeral services for Grace Riegel 82 of Bankston Fork will be at Sloan Funeral Home Galatia at 2 p.m. Wednesday with burial in Sunset Lawn Cemetery Harrisburg. She died July 27 1981 at Good Samaritan Nursing Home Galatia. Survivors include son Grant two sisters two grandsons two great grandsons and many nieces and nephews. Also mentioned is Oral Patton 68 of Route 2 Omaha who died July 27 1981 in Doctors Hospital Harrisburg with funeral at Gaskins Funeral Home Harrisburg and burial at Patton Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buckner
John
Anna Pusic Brckovich
Ann Yankovich
Renee Crews
Nicky Brckovich
Mike Brekovich
Margaret Brekovich
Dorothy Perich
Oak Creek
Colo
St. Andrew’s Catholic Church
Christopher
St. Andrew’s Cemetery
Russell Funeral Home
Minda Mae Tucker
Maplewood St
Marion
Marion Memorial Hospital
Jonesboro
Charley
Mollie Fox Winn
Alva Tucker
Albert
Dan Moss
Donald McKinney
Ruby Yewell
Golconda
Robert Winn
Anna
Earl Winn
Mill Creek
Ernest Winn
Cape Girardeau
Lawrence Winn
Uba City
Calif
Mitchell-Hughes & Lemasters
Bethlehem Cemetery
Warren P. Adams
Union County
Adams
First Baptist Church
Joel
Sarah Lathan Adams
Cecil
Harold Toler
Mount Vernon
Lee Toler
Slymar
Hobart
Jesse James
N. Highland St
Fountain Cemetery
Mr. James
Williamson County
W. J
Isabelle Lannom James
Rural Letter Carriers Association
David Herrin Lodge
The
Woodmen of the World
Bill
Herrin
Scott
Joseph James
Melanie Fisher
Stephanie Kerley
Cambria
St. Michael’s Catholic Church
Radom
John S. Janowski
Route 1
Dubois
St. Michael's Catholic Church
Dubois Township
Stanley
Josephine Subarga Janowski
Anne Kemnitz
Stanley Janowski
Ferguson, Mo
Leonard Janowski
Ballwin
Agnes Polheber
Des Plaines
Regina Smith
Frank
Edward Janowski
Josie Jankowski
Edwin Tomaszewski
Richview
Lotte Chase
Jane
Cecilia
Hogan- Pyatt Funeral Home
Ashley
Elner Jane Foster Johnson
Liberty St
Murphysboro
Mount Gilead Baptist Church
Tower Grove
Johnson
St. Joseph Memorial Hospital
Okla
Rufus Foster
Chicago
Joe L. Foster
Los Angeles
Pearl Foster
Paris
Tenn
Janie People
Fulton, Tenn
Jackson Funeral Home
Carbondale
Grace Riegel
Bankston Fork
Sloan Funeral Home
Galatia
Sunset Lawn Cemetery
Harrisburg
Riegel
Good Samaritan
Union Presbyterian Chapel Church
Illinois
Oral Patton
Route 2
Omaha
Doctors Hospital
Hardin County
Alonzo
Grace Luits Patton
Virginia
Eldon
Thompsonville
France
James
Godfrey
Wilmetta Fullerton
Arvetta Tite
Wood River
Gaskins Funeral Home
Patton Cemetery
Funeral
Black Family workshop focus Wednesday
A series of community events centers on the Black Family. Alcoholics Anonymous meets at 8 p.m. at Marion Friendship Group, Carterville American Legion Hall, and United Church of Christ in Du Quoin. Red Geranium Tea Room serves lunch 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at West Frankfort museum. Black Self-Awareness workshop 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Emma C Hayes Center Carbondale. Admission free. refreshments provided. For more information call 457-0511.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alcoholics Anonymous
Marion
Frankfort Area Historical Museum
E. St. Louis St
West Frankfort
Emma C. Hayes
E. Willow St
Carbondale
Local Theater Listings Highlight Classics and New Releases
The Carbondale venues FOX and SALUKI 1 2 present a mix of classic films such as Endless Love Raiders of the Lost Ark The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia and The Fox and the Hound The Harrisburg CINEMA cluster offers Raiders of the Lost Ark Stripes and The Great Muppet Caper while Starlite Drive-in Eldorado advertises Nobody's Perfect and Seems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
Stripes
Varsity
Arthur
Tarzan
New Liberty
Murphysboro
Georgia
Toler, Benton
Fox and the Hound
Cinema
Harrisburg
CINE
Starlite Drive-in
Eldorado
Calendar Like Old Times At Local Theaters
Calendar listings for Sparta Theater drive in Marion cinema chain show Clash of the Titans Nobody s Perfect Seems Like Old Times The Great Muppet Caper For Your Eyes Only Blowout No body s Perfect The Fox and the Hound Endless Love The Fox and the Hound Stripes Wolfen Ripey Coulterville The Blonde theater listings compile a diverse set of film options across multiple venues in Carbondale Marion and Coulterville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sparta Theater
Clash of the Titans
Marion Drive-in
Nobody’s Perfect
University 4
Carbondale
The
Fox and the Hound
Marion
the Fox and the Hound
Stripes
Coulterville
How to submit a calendar item for The Southern Illinoisan
Public events open to readers can be submitted to Calendar The Southern Illinoisan 710 N Illinois Ave Carbondale IL 62901. Send one week before the event with date time place brief description and any admission charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Illinoisan
Illinois Ave
Carbondale
Ill
Jackson County hearing scheduled for Aug 10
The Jackson County Board sets a second revenue sharing hearing for 7 p.m. Monday Aug 10 in the southeast courtroom of the Jackson County Courthouse in Murphysboro. A Sunday calendar item misstated the date as July 27.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson County Board
Jackson County
Murphysboro
Zeigler-Royalton board ends pep trips funding
The Zeigler-Royalton Unit Board of Education approved eliminating pep bus trips and mandated clubs and organizations pay transport costs due to a deficit in the transportation fund. A negotiating team was formed to discuss teacher salaries with plans to start on August 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O.R. Walley
Southern Illinoisan
Zeigler-Royalton Unit Board of Education
George Connor
Larry Jones
Bill Gaver
Carol Turner
Mental Health Agency Drops Plan to Buy Johnston City Plant
Mental Health Services of Franklin and Williamson counties shelved a six month effort to buy the 8,000 square foot former National Transformer plant in Johnston City and reinstate its West Frankfort shelter workshop due to uncertainty about federal funding. The board cited a $600,000 loan prospect and ongoing state budget cuts as factors, with 7 staff and 33 clients not being rehired.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theresa Churchill
Southern Illinoisan
Mental Health Services
Franklin and
Williamson Counties
National Transformer
Johnston City
West Frankfort
Farmers Home Administration
Floyd Cunningham
Benton
Marion
Herrin
Illinois Department of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities
Cunningham
Herrin Norge
Ava man murder case lineup ordered in Throop death
Jackson County detectives declined to comment on whether a suspect was identified by a court ordered lineup for the death of 23 year old Michael Throop of Ava. Judge Richard E Richman ordered the lineup and tests including fingerprint and blood samples. The case involved a latent fingerprint matching the suspect and a July car sale using the name Mike Throop at Wild Motors in Carbondale. Throop was found dead July 10 in his trailer from a skull fracture after an apparent struggle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson County
Michael Throop
Ava
John Clemons
Clemons
Richard E. Richman
Throop
Frank Cooper
Bureau of Scientific Services
Wild Motors
Carbondale
Mike Throop
Don Ragsdale
Ragsdale
Sheriff’s Department
Cobden
Inquests Set for Two Deaths in Williamson County
Inquests into the deaths of Leon J. Wagner 71 of Johnston City and Edward L. Ellett 18 of Herrin will be held at 7 p.m. Wednesday in Williamson County Courthouse court room two. Wagner died June 19 from a gunshot wound at his residence. Ellett died July 2 at Herrin Hospital after a traffic accident in Energy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leon J. Wagner
Johnston City
Edward L. Ellett
Herrin
Williamson County
Wagner
Ellett
Herrin Hospital
YMCA Extends Rec Swim Hours For Teens And Younger
Jackson County YMCA announces longer Tuesday and Thursday Rec Swims from 2 to 4 p.m. with a two hour block divided 2 to 3 p.m. for 2nd graders and younger and 3 to 4 p.m. for 3rd graders and up. Children under 5 must be with an adult. Call 549-5309 for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson County
Coal Mining Technology Registration at John A. Logan College
Registration for fall coal mining technology classes is underway at John A. Logan College. Returning students may sign up in the coal mining technology office, with new students beginning August 10. For appointments call 985-3741 or 549-7335, 937-3438, or 348-8612 ext 371 or 372. Classes start August 31.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Logan College
Cooler Showers Spread From Texas To Northeast
A band of showers is expected to persist until Wednesday morning from central Texas to the Northeast. Cooler weather will cover most northern and western states, while other areas stay warm. In Southern Illinois, Monday’s high reached 92 with a 1.03 inch rainfall total by 7 a.m. today. 9 a.m. temperature was 73 as daily sun set at 8:09 p.m. and sunrise is 5:46 a.m. Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Illinois
Three charged in thefts from Carbondale trailers
Three individuals face circuit court charges in Jackson County for two counts of burglary and two counts of theft over 150 dollars. Zachery Shaw, Eugene Pickens, and Kevin Johnson allegedly burglarized Malibu East Trailer Court and a trailer on East Park Street, taking multiple audio components and a sleeping bag. Bonds range from 1,000 to 3,500 dollars, with preliminary hearing set for August 11 at 2:30 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
Chicago
Jackson County
Zachery K. Shaw
E. College
Eugene Edward Pickens
East Park
Kevin L. Johnson
Ogelsby
Malibu East
E. Park
E. Park St
Shaw
Pickens
Murphysboro
Johnson
Slower Livestock Trade Pushes Cattle Prices Down
In an 800 head sale, slaughter steers and heifers fell 50 to 100 cents per hundredweight while cows slid about a dollar. Bulls showed strength, and slaughter steer volume remained limited with prime weights 1,075 to 1,225 pounds at 65.50. choice 1,000 to 1,200 pounds at 64.00 to 65.50. 900 to 1,000 pounds at 63.00 to 64.00.
Du Quoin Woman Hurt After Confronting Burglar
A rural Du Quoin resident Cynthia Shepard was surprised by a burglar in her kitchen at 11 p m. He grabbed her purse containing cash and a gold wrist watch, struck her in the face causing a split lip and black eye. Deputies reported she had minor facial injuries and the investigation continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
du Quoin
Perry County
Cynthia Shepard
Route 2
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Dorothy Mae Taylor
Vantrease Funeral Home
Zeigler
Orchard St. Zeigler
Taylor
First Christian Church
Delta Theta Tau Sorority
Vergennes
Charles
Lula Shimp Blacklock
Ralph
Ron
LaDonna Adcock
Harold
William Blacklock
Alton
Gordon Blacklock
Albuquerque
N.M
Gladys Clark
East Alton
Vern Blacklock
FOX
Royalton Board
Wilma Snider
Debbie Murphy
Franklin County
Elvis Nolen
Lester
Mental Health Agency
Ava Man
YMCA
Orea
Noaa US Dept of Comms
National Stockyards
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