Deaths Ex Carbondale resident Charles Wilson dies
Charles Roger Wilson 82 former Carbondale resident found dead Sunday morning June 24 1979 at his Chicago home He attended Attucks School and University High School class of 1916 He held multiple degrees and held leadership roles with Kappa Alpha Psi He retired 1975 and remained active with youth programs He is survived by wife Yolanda and son Charles Roger Wilson Jr along with other relatives
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Charles Roger Wilson
Carbondale
King Drive
Chicago
Mr. Wilson
Griffin Funeral Home
32Nd
Burr Oak
Attucks School
The
University High School
Bethel Ame
University of Illinois
Wilson
Lewis Institute
Northwestern University
Evanston
National Youth Administration
Illinois State Employment Service
United States Department of Labor
Kappa Alpha Psi
Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity
Bloomington
Ind
Kappa Journal
Clarence
Annie Wilson
Leon Wilson
Yolanda Wilson
Charles Roger Wilson Jr
Mark Wilson
Orby A Baker Dies at 69 in Goreville
Orby Allen Baker 69 of Goreville died June 25 1979 at Marion Memorial Hospital. Funeral at 2 p.m. Thursday at Meredith Funeral Chapel Goreville with burial in Mount Hebron Cemetery. He worked as a laborer for Olin Corporation Marion and farmed, served as Mount Hebron Church elder since 1947, and belonged to United Steelworkers Local 15009. He leaves wife Florence, son Ted A. Baker, siblings, and several nieces and nephews.
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Orby Allen Baker
Goreville
Meredith Funeral
Mount Hebron
Baker
Marion Memorial Hospital
Olin Corporation
Marion
United Steel Workers of America
Johnson County
James Robert
Sarah Jane Billingsley Baker
Florence Escue
Makanda
Ted A. Baker
Knoxville
Knoxville, Tenn
Sam
Paulton
Dorothy Hudgens
Davenport
Iowa
Mae Dalton
West Frankfort attorney Frank Trobaugh 83 dies
Funeral services set for 1 30 p m Thursday at First United Methodist Church West Frankfort for Frank E Trobaugh 83 of 301 East Oak Street died Monday June 25 1979 at St Lukes Presbyterian Hospital Chicago Burial in Tower Grove Cemetery Murphysboro Masonic rites at 7 p m Wednesday church call hours 5 to 9 p m Wednesday and after 10 a m Thursday Survivor list includes wife Lee Margaret Rabe a son Dr Frank Trobaugh of Chicago two daughters Lee Margaret Steelman San Clemente Calif and Joann Elliott Los Angeles Calif plus eight grandchildren. He was West Frankfort city attorney 1959 1963 long active in local music and civic groups. Funeral home Stone West Frankfort in charge.
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First United Methodist Church of
West Frankfort
Frank E. Trobaugh
East Oak St
St. Lukes Presbyterian Hospital
Chicago
Tower Groves
Murphysboro
Trobaugh
Valparaiso University Law School
Illinois Bar Association
Stephen E. Brandos
Frankfort
Lee Margaret Rabe
Frank Trobaugh
Lee Margaret Steelman
San Clemente
Calif
Joann Elliott
Los Angeles
Stone Funeral Home
Margaret Sheeler
Coulterville
Charles
Franklin
Sparta
Tom
Baldwin
Helen Hood
Marguerite Menefie
Fort Worth
Texas
Joanne Hurst
Mary Rainey
Elizabeth Knowles
Lake Elsinore
William Curtis Sheeler
Gradson
Pyatt Funeral Home
American Cancer Society
Johnson Funeral Home
Herrin
Samantha Nausley
Hampton Nursing Manor
Herrin Hospital
Herrin City
Nausley
de Soto
Gilbert
Flora Stroud Belcher
Bernard C. Aspley
5Th St
Chester
Schroeder
Evergreen Cemetery
Aspley
Memorial Hospital of
Menard Correctional Center
First Presbyterian Church
Veterans of Foreign Wars
American Legion
Mr. Aspley
Joe
Libbie Gorman Aspley
Arlene Neihouse
Carbondale
Alan
April Stallman
Johanna Wynne
Hartville
Marion Astie
West Hartford
Earl Piquard
California St
Collinsville
Oliver C. Anderson
Maryville
Piquard
Meadow Heights
Emil
Lula Nausley Piquard
Alma E. Maxwell
Earl Albert Piquard Jr
Rutland
Joyce Chitty
Salem
Eugene
Peoria
Ray
Creal Springs
George
Cahokia
Pearl Casey
Centerville
Betty Carnahan
Garland
Theodore
Henry
Huffman Funeral Home
Mardale Gardens of Memory
Herr Funeral Home
Adele Oliboni
Muddy
Ferrell
Eldorado
Italy
Regina Passetto Molinarolo
Joseph Oliboni
Harrisburg
Virgil Oliboni
Pete Molinardo
Rita Balotto
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Lindale Memorial Gardens
Gaskins Funeral Home
Obituary roundup from Chester to Golconda and Harrisburg
Multiple funeral notices and obituaries from Illinois towns including Chester Collinsville and Harrisburg. Bernard C Aspley 60 Chester Memorial service Wednesday at Schroeder Chapel burial Evergreen Cemetery. Earl Piquard 73 Collinsville retired mechanic Memorial Hospital Auxiliary. Adele Oliboni 76 Muddy St Marys Church Harrisburg. Mabel Copeland Christopher 72 Mulkeytown burial Mulkeytown Cemetery. Kenneth W Taylor 58 Jonesboro World War II veteran Teamsters member. Funeral arrangements listed for several other local figures with service details and burial sites.
Tip Monaghan 58 Dies After West Frankfort Funeral
Thomas Tip Monaghan of Chicago Heights and West Frankfort died Sunday June 24 1979 at St James Hospital Chicago Heights. Burial at St John Catholic Cemetery West Frankfort. Visitation after 6 p m Wednesday at Union Funeral Home with rosary at 9 30 a m Thursday. Surviving wife Wilma Vit tone Monaghan a daughter Diana Mal vestuto two sisters Annabel Cullen Mary Bender. Born November 5 1921 in Ashington England raised by Charles and Elizabeth Monaghan. He worked in Chicago steel mills and belonged to St Johns Church and West Frankfort Moose Lodge. Memorials to St John Church Building Fund.
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St. John’s Catholic Church
West Frankfort
Thomas “Tip” Monaghan
Caldwell
Chicago Heights
St. James Hospital
St. John’s Catholic Cemetery
Union Funeral Home
Shenasheet
Chicago
Mary Bender
Obituaries for Charles Rice and Hannah Shaw in Tamaroa and Benton
Two obituaries from June 25 1979 report the deaths of Charles Chuck Rice 66 of Tamaroa a retired Missouri Pacific Railroad laborer and Hannah Shaw 85 of Benton. Rice born February 18 1913 in Tamaroa leaves siblings Theodore Leona Lola Wanda with services pending at Kringer Funeral Home Tamaroa and burial Antioch Cemetery Tamaroa. Shaw daughter of John W Hopkins and Melissa Roach Hopkins married to Vance Shaw obituary notes survived by two daughters Rose Osborne and Gracey Frost a son Clarence Hogan a brother and sister and ten grandchildren seven great grandchildren with services set at Poulson Funeral Home Benton and burial Masonic Odd Fellows Cemetery Benton.
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Charles
Chuck’’ Rice
Tamaroa
Marshall Browning
du Quoin
Mr. Rice
Missouri Pacific Railroad
James Wesley
Kate Konenegstein Rice
Theodore Rice
Leona Baker
Lola Heape
Wanda George
Hannah Shaw
N. Buchanan St
Benton
Herrin Hospital
John W
Melissa Roach Hopkins
Vance Shaw
Rose Osborne
Herrin
Gracey Frost
Clarence Hogan
Wally Hawkins
Winthrop
Jessie Muldoon
West Frankfort
Poulson
Masonic and
Odd Fellows
Stolen car found burning near Murphysboro
A car stolen from 09 S University Ave in Carbondale was found burning two hours later by Jackson County deputies on Illinois 127 north of Murphysboro. Steven Hartnett of Cottage Hills reported the theft. The vehicle contained a missing radio eight track tape player and suitcase. Damage is undetermined.
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Carbondale
Jackson County Sheriff’s
Steven Hartnett
Cottage Hills
S. University Ave
Illinois 127
Murphysboro
Pinckneyville meeting on city planning and public issues
Pinckneyville Small Municipality Planning Services Advisory Committee with Greater Egypt Regional Planning and Development Commission will hold a 7 p.m. meeting at City Hall to familiarize the public with the project and work done. Followed by discussion of community issues after a staff presentation.
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Pinckneyville
Greater
Ramada Inn
Marion
John A. Logan College Board of Trustees
Sue Bryan
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Alcoholics Anonymous
Jackson County Community Mental Health Center
Correction Reveals Omitted Survivor In Bozarth Obituary
The Marion obituary for Mary A. Bozarth 27 of 706 N Granite St Marion notes her father Raymond Norris of Marion as survivor, missed in earlier version. Bozarth died 4 25 am Sunday June 24 1979 at Marion Memorial Hospital from auto crash in Marion.
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Mary A. Bozarth
Granite St
Marion
Raymond Norris
Educational Materials Exhibit and Parenthood Classes at SIU
An educational exhibit runs 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday in the Student Center Ballrooms at Southern Illinois University. Prep for Parenthood post natal classes are 1 to 3 p.m. Wednesday at Emma C. Hayes Center, 441 E. Willow, Carbondale, with child bearing and parenthood sessions 3:30 to 5 p.m. Free refreshments films and rap sessions are offered. Information and transportation by calling 549-0711 Ext. 57.
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Southern Illinois University- Carbondale
Emma C. Hayes
E. Willow
Carbondale
The Main Event at Today Movies FOX Carbondale
Film listings show SALUKI 1 featuring The Main Event at Today Movies FOX in Carbondale alongside Escape From Alcatraz SALUKI 2 Rocky II VARSITY 1 Alien VARSITY 2 Manhattan NEW LIBERTY Murphysboro They Went That A Way and That A Way and The Billion Dollar Hobo titles occupying local showings with venues and times not specified.
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FOX
Carbondale
Alcatraz
Manhattan
New Liberty
Murphysboro
Rocky II and Jaws Lead Busy Harrisburg Screen Lineup
Calendar listings show Rocky II at CINEMA 1 and 2 in Harrisburg along with Moonraker at ORPHEUM, Butch and Sundance: The Early Days and Dreamer at Anna Drive-In, Jaws and In-Laws at several venues, and other titles including 101 Dalmatians Escape From Alcatraz The Warriors and The Farmers Daughter across multiple towns and drive-ins in the region.
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Harrisburg
Moonraker
Orpheum
Starlite Drive
University 4
Carbondale
Jaws
Cinema
Marion
Alcatraz
Webster
Steeleville
Magic
ROXY
Coulterville
Farmers Daughter
Sparta Theater
The
Warriors
How to Submit a Public Calendar Item
The Southern Illinoisan invites calendar items for meetings and entertainments open to the public. Send details to Calendar, The Southern Illinoisan, 710 N Illinois Ave, Carbondale IL 62901, one week prior, including date time place description and admission charge if any.
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Southern Illinoisan
Illinois Ave
Carbondale
Ill
Farmers Market invites hat contest and goodies this Saturday
At Carbondale, the Farmers Market on Grand Avenue and U.S. 51 offers a morning of games and contests for all ages this Saturday from 8 a.m. to noon. Prizes include ugliest and funniest hats, cake walks, and hourly baskets of fresh produce while eggs fruits and baked goods attract visitors.
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Farmers Market of
Carbondale
Grand Avenue
U.S. 51
Southern Illinois University
Old Settlers Days Comes to Galatia Thursday Through Saturday
The sixth annual Old Settlers Days unfolds in Galatia Thursday through Saturday with contests exhibits Lions Club White Elephant Auction parades antique auctions flea markets and carnival rides. Highlights include gospel music and bands nightly starting at 6 30 p m Thursday and 6 30 p m Friday and Saturday activities such as kiddie and main parades White Elephant Auction and appearances by Bill Patterson and Penny DeHaven among others.
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Galatia
Lions Club
Western Rainbows
Dogwood Hollow
Oglesby’s
Senior Citizens
Bill Patterson
Penny DeHaven
Mofield
SIU-C offers free motorcycle riding courses
The Safety Center at Southern Illinois University Carbondale offers two free motorcycle riding courses starting July 2. Course No 11 runs 6 to 9 30 p m on Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays with July 4 excluded. Course No 12 meets 6 to 9 30 p m Tuesdays and Thursdays and 10 a m to 1 p m Saturdays. Enrollment min age 15 register at Continuing Education Washington Square or call 536 7751. Motorcycles helmets and insurance provided free.
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Safety Center
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Contin
Washington Square
Southern Illinois University Carbondale Educational Materials Exhibit
Teachers counselors and students can inspect the latest classroom materials at SIUC Carbondale's 42nd Educational Materials Exhibit from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Thursday and 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday in the Student Center. Over 90 exhibitors will display textbooks films audio-visual equipment and publishers' materials. Call 536-7751 for more information.
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Southern
Three Du Quoin men receive probation for steel theft
In Perry County Circuit Court three Du Quoin men Paul George Theodore Loucks and Bruce Brown were each given 30 months probation and ordered to pay court costs. George and Brown face 411 restitution each for their theft incident. The steel was recovered in the Loucks case.
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du Quoin
Perry County
Paul George
Theodore Loucks
Bruce Brown
Robert Phipps
George
Brown
Loucks
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Adda Bain Trobaugh
Mabel Copeland
Gilbert Funeral Home
Christopher
W. Market St
Mulkeytown
Copeland
Kenneth W. Taylor
Jonesboro
Union County Hospital
Anna
Taylor
Teamsters
Decovan
James and
Della Winders Taylor
Helen Marie Eleam
Thomas ‘Tip’ Monaghan
Chuck’ Rice
Carbondale Jaycees Board
Sirloin Stockade
St. Joseph Memorial Hospital
Lois DuBois
Gorham
Farmers Market
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