Death notices fill Southern Illinois paper with multiple obituaries
Funeral services and obituaries published for Thelma Morrison Carroll Woods Eugene Tevdovich Mabel Partain Lee Davis Vernie Boatright Sam Tyner Nellie Blum. Items list service times, burial places, birth dates, and survivor details across Cairo Marion West Frankfort Harrisburg Anna Cambria Paris and surrounding areas.
Warm windy spell lifts across Midwest to New England
Weather outlook shows hot conditions widespread with cool air confined to northern Rockies and Great Lakes while sunny skies cover most of the country. Southern Illinois hit 92 Sunday with a 77 degree low, 9 am reading 85 as forecast calls for continued heat through Tuesday. Memorial and funeral notices follow for several local residents with services set in Sparta Herrin Vienna Metropolis and Bra denton Florida.
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Upper
Mississippi
New England
Rockies
Great Lakes
Illinois
James Watkins 66 Dies After Long Illness in Murphysboro
James L Brownie Watkins 66 of Route 1 Murphysboro died June 14 1981 at St Joseph Memorial Hospital after an extended illness. A retired Missouri Pacific Railroad bridge and building worker and Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way member, he was born July 31 1914 in Hurst. Survived by wife Velma five grandchildren three daughters and one son. services Tuesday at Pettett Funeral Home with burial in Pleasant Grove Memorial Cemetery.
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Thelma Morrison
21St St
Cairo
Washington Avenue Baptist Church
Rose Lawn
Bardwell
Southern
Morrison
Barkett Funeral Home
Carroll Eugene Woods
Otis St
Marion
Carbondale Memorial Hospital
Thebes
Carroll
Helen Simmons Woods
Jewell Dempsey
Woods
Marion Veteran’s Medical Center
Third Baptist Church
Hyde Pillow
Jeannie Gilliam
Benton
Mitchell-Hughes & Lemasters
Eugene Tevdovich
Route 1
West Frankfort
American Beauty
Tevdovich
Table Pride
Yugoslavia
Kosca Tevdovich
First Baptist Church
Virginia
Diana Finney
Carol Crawford
Salem
Tim
Carterville
Mildred Teodovich
Stone Funeral Home
Masonic and
Odd Fellows
Lee Davis
Anna
Lutz & Rendleman Funeral Home
Busby
Goreville
Davis
Southeast Missouri Hospital
Cape Girardeau
Anna City
William
Dora Johns Davis
Flora L. Connell
Lutesville
Velma Harrison
Wolf Lake
Dolores Eubanks
Cora May Davis
Dora J. Hancock
Ware
Janet Wallenmeyer
William Everett
Melrose Park
Arthur
Phillip
Vernon
Tennessee
Donald Leroy
Rockford
May Wright
Jonesboro
Eva Jacobs
Granite City
Tom
Eldorado
George
Lloyd
John
Vernie Boatright
Marion Memorial Hospital
Mr. Boatright
Masons Lodge
Peotone
Illinois
Everett
Eva Thompson Boatright
Nora Barter
Eva Hall
Harrisburg
Dale C
Ruby Williams
Herrin
Joseph L. Hall
Robert
Julie
Gaskins Funeral Home
North America
Sam Tyner
Cambria
Riggin-Pillatsch Funeral
Hillcrest Cemetery
Tyner
Cambria Apostolic Church
Mr. Tyner
Samuel
Laura Dunning Tyner
Edna Griffith
Jesse Yewell
Madisonville
Christine Grimes
Claude
Frieda Thies
Sparta
St. Clement Hospital
Red Bud
St. John Lutheran Church
Willisville
Wilhelmina Luehring Gerberding
Rudolph Thies
Walter Thies
Belleville
Arnold Thies
Pearl Eggemeyer
Emma Rushnikrorff
Percy
Caledonia Cemetery
McDaniel Funeral Home
St. John Lutheran Church Building Fund
Norma Lee Hlinovsky
Herrin Hospital
Church of God
Pinckneyville
August
Alma West Kiehna
Don Dunn
William Hlinovsy
Chicago
Don Eugene Dunn
Aurora
Mary Elizabeth Gray
Route 3
Vienna
Western Baptist Hospital
Paducah
Aly Funeral Home
Gilead
James Leon ‘‘Brownie
Watkins
Murphysboro
St. Joseph Memorial Hospital
Missouri-Pacific Railroad
Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way
United Methodist Church
Hurst
William Charles
Minnie McKinney Watkins
Velma Wiesenbach
Paduca
Pettett Funeral Home
Pleasant Grove Memorial Cemetery
Pearl Rains Kern
S. Odle St
Parker-Reedy Funeral Home
Tower Heights
Kern
American Beauty Nursing Home
Trinity Methodist Church
Rebeccah Lodge
Noble Grand Club
Franklin County
Elijah
Hettie Bennett Rains
Sum Kern
Theft of handgun reported from Colp residence
Williamson County authorities investigate the theft of a .38 caliber revolver from the George Kellum residence Friday. The gun, valued at 200 dollars, was reported by the Williamson County sheriff's department.
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Colp
Williamson County
George Kellum
Williamson County Sheriff’s Department
Teen shopper flees Marion Huck's after failed robbery attempt
A teen stormed Marion Huck's Convenience Food Store on East DeYoung Street around 3:15 a.m. today trying to open the cash register. After failing to access it, the youth fled without taking any money, according to a store clerk who reported the incident to police.
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Marion Huck’s
Correction notice corrects hospital status and obituary middle name
Hazel Russell of West Frankfort remains a patient at Union Hospital in West Frankfort, not discharged as Sunday’s paper stated. An obituary for Alva Vernell Short, 58, of 815 N 31st St Herrin, died June 12, 1981 at Barnes Hospital St Louis. he was employed by CIPS and retired in 1975.
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Hazel Russell
West Frankfort
Union Hospital
Alva Short
Alva Vernell Short
St., Herrin
Barnes Hospital
St. Louis
CIPS
Pinckneyville man struck by car backing from driveway
Clifford W. Parks, 35, of Grafton Illinois, was hit by a car backing out of a Gambit Lounge and Fountain Motel driveway on South Main Street. Linda L. Stein, 22, of Tamaroa, was charged with driving under the influence and improper backing. she posted bond and was released. Parks received treatment at Pinckneyville Community Hospital and was released.
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Grafton
Ill
Pinckneyville
Orly
Clifford W. Parks
Gambit Lounge
Fountain Motel
South Main Street
Fied
Linda L. Stein
Tamaroa
Parks
Pinckneyville Community Hospital
Teen arrested for gas theft at Marion station
A 19 year old Marion man, Gary L. Phelps, was arrested early Sunday on burglary and theft charges after the Bennett's Standard Service owner reported gas was being siphoned. Police say the gas pump was bypassed and the station loss was about 29 dollars. He was taken to Williamson County jail with bond to be set today.
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Marion
Gary L. Phelps
Williamson County
Phelps
Bennett’s Standard
Illinois
Bennett Andrew
Andrew
Marion gas station robbed of about $200
A well dressed man armed with a 7 to 9 inch hunting knife robbed Owens Oil Service at 309 E DeYoung St about 4 pm Saturday. He demanded money and escaped south with roughly $200 in small bills. Police describe him as a 6'2" black male about 190 pounds with black hair and facial hair.
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Marion
Owens Oil Service
E. DeYoung St
Hospital Notes From Memorial Carbondale
Hospital notes list numerous admissions and discharges across multiple facilities including Memorial in Carbondale, with patients such as Dennis Brewer Marion Mick Tracie Murphysboro Anita Tanner Barbara Vancil and many others. The document aggregates names by ward and status across towns like Marion Murphysboro Creal Springs and Du Quoin.
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Tracie
Murphysboro
White
Frances Chamness
Thelma
Johnston City
Kelley
Mary
Goreville
Heron
Sue
Clayton
Beth
Marion Gilman
Nelson Graham
Henry Wagner
Megan
Murphysboro Herrn
Elaine
Cobden Gurley
Faye
Carterville Turner
Frederick
Anna Morgan
Harold
du Quoin
Chandler
Patricia
Mick
Reynolds
Dortha
Anna Osberg
Births reported in various towns on June 11 1981
Harrisburg Doctors Hospital in Harrisburg welcomed a daughter to Ronald and Debbie Harris, and a son to Gary and Brenda Douglas on June 11 1981. Ray Thompsonville reports a son to Robert and Rose on June 11 at Doctors Hospital.
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Harrisburg
Tanner
Verne Brookbank
Helen Morse
Jay Farreau
Robert Russell
Kenneth Weaver
Mona Fisher
Ethel Patterson
Herman Butler
Beverly Matthews
Alma Lane
Roy Lightfoot
Wayne Langford
Irene Russell
Debbie
Douglas
Brenda
Ray
Rose
Son Turner
Lisa Braden
Nettie McSparin
Marieta McDonald
Irene
Russell
Ronald
Doctors Hospital
Gary
Thompsonville
Robert
Carbondle
Jackson
Raymond
Georgia
Memorial Hospital of Carbondale
Carbondale
Sherer
Michael
Barbara
Memorial Hospital of
Creal Springs
Richard
Anita
Murphysboro
Geis
Alan
Kimberly
Memorial Hospita of
Carterville
Hiatt
David
Dana
West Frankfort
DE Priest
Jack
Judith
Franklin Hospital
Benton
Pittsburg
Hearn
Larry
Susan
Herrin Hospital
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Southern Illinoisan
Mabel Eva Partain
Harrisburg Manor
Sunset Gardens
Nursing Home
Saline County
William and
Luvene Huddleston Hurd
Helen Brookbank
Otto Hurd
Mattoon
Nellie Claire Blum
Paris
Mound City
Colonial
Mose
Theresa Hyman Schwab
Tessie Silverman
Larry Silverman
Ann Reid
Scottsdale, Ariz
Crain Funeral Home
Mounds
Crea
National Weather Service
NOAA
U.S
Luander Smith Barrett
Metropolis
Christenson Funeral Home
New Milford
Mr. Barrett
de Kalb
Gura Russell Barrett
Olga Johnson
Dorothy Tippins
Eleanor White
Dongola
Grace White
Cherry
Samuel T. Brush Jr
Bradenton
Fla
VanNatta Funeral Home
James ‘Brownie’ Watkins
Pearl
Eva Bainbridge
Route 2
Elizabethtown
Hardin County Hospital
Kentucky
Bailey
Nora Austin Hibbs
Thomas Bainbridge
Norma Jean Casper
Cave-in-Rock
Earlene Fields
Phillis Richards
Eddyville
Delores Frey
Springfield
Ohio
Robert Bainbridge
Sunset Lawn Cemetery
Elbert ’’Mack
Owens
Elbert ‘‘Mack"’ Owens
Veterans Hospital
Jackson Funeral Home
Solomon O. Roundtree
Memorial Hospital
Decatur
Marion Huck
Marshall Browning
McCormick
Edna Irvin
Clarice Mountain
Lena Youngman
Lee Daily
Herman Mandrell
Doris
Mulkeytown
Sherrell
Anthony Ramsey
Herbert
Keller
Madge
Swiney
Baby Samczyk
Joe
Radom Seibert
Betty Schmitt
Minnie Terry
Anthony Porter
Vaneta Youngman
Lee Mandrell
Herman
Lueth
Baldwin Erblich
Marissa Scarberry
Charles
Tilden Wilson
Carolyn
Washington County
Nashville
Smith
Dora Frakes
Hamilton
Glen Hill
Howard Fisher
Maida Treffizs
Lucille
Sparta Morrow
du Quoin Cushion
Debra
du Quoin Queen
Faye Hemmer
du Quoin Smith
Alta Lee
Lois and Baby
Steeleville
Pyles
Elva
Union County
Courtright
Lois
Winghorst
Edith
Beck
Ethel
Dongela
Jordana
Martha
Little
Albert
Turner
Paul
Bryan
Gertie L
Marion Choate
Geraldine
Carterville Coffey
Ida Dalton
Marion Dawson
Connie
Maxine
Marion Lakso
Lillian
Zeigier
Shoemake
Dolores Brigham
Hannah
Marion Greer
Ova Kaffenberger
Charles Moore
Patricia Meyers
L. Elaine
Zeigter McGee
Gayla
Energy
ST. Joseph Memorial
Burris
Georgia Ashman
Paula Weatherford
Kenneth
Ava Blythe
Orvale
Coulterville
Spriggs
Fairview
Heights
Acosta
Linda Gee
Warren McBride
Orville
Clover
Elkville
Franklin
Alva
Anna Geistdorfer
Fred
Houston
Texas
Easterly
Edward Williamson
Elicia Eversman
Raymond Costa
Nick Bullard
Ruby Reiman
Alfred Rogers
Mary Byram
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