Deaths Fill many pages during Royalton and surrounding areas
Obituary roundup for March 13 1978 details the deaths of Henry Rodenberg 93 a longtime Royalton funeral service operator born 1884 in Ellis Grove survived by wife and children and many relatives gathered for services at United Methodist Church Royalton and burial in Miners Cemetery other obituaries include Wayne Conner 57 Dorathy Gehrke 68 Mary Emma Norman 83 Lee Woodworth 60 Maude E Murphy 85 and Archie Barker 69 with service details at local churches and funeral homes across Benton Marion Anna and surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Rodenberg
Rodenberg
Royalton
Mr. Rodenberg
North Main Street
Royal Hardware and Furniture Co
United Methodist Church
Masonic Lodge
Order of Eastern Star
Odd Fellows Lodge
Lois Haynes
Arden
N.C
Maxine Watson
California
Freda Harber
McLean
Olga Cochin
Alexander
George
Manchester
Tenn
Richard Fiss
Bowling Green
Beulah Scott
Cottage Hills
Jewell Grissom
West Frankfort
Beverly Spiller
Houston
Texas
Brenda Smith
Mary Emma Norman
N. Monroe St
Marion
Mitchell
Barham Cemetery
Norman
Hampton Nursing Home
Herrin
Maggie Barham Curtis
Roy A. Norman
Dorothy L. Norman
Burkburnette
Obituary notices for Sula Treece and Jesse Williams
Sula S. Treece 73 of Anna died at Jewish Hospital St Louis and was a retired mental health technician. Born Apr 25 1904 in Union County she is survived by three daughters three sons a sister two brothers and many grandchildren. Graveside service set at Anna Cemetery. William Jesse Williams 74 of Johnston City died in Herrin Hospital. Retired construction worker born Oct 16 1903 in Illinois. Survived by wife a son a daughter a brother and eight grandchildren. Body donated to Washington University School of Medicine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gertrude Swain
W. Main St
Benton
Franklin Hospital
Blanche Shirley Hayes
Champaign
Paul B
Macomb
Timothy W
Peoria
Stanton Jones
Alice Bennett
Springfield
First Baptist Church
Masonic and
Odd Fellows
Morton and Johnston
Archie Lowell Barker
N. Green St
Anna
Union County
The
Gospel Assembly Church
Mr. Barker
Zacharias
Eva Lindsey Barker
Pearl Sheppard
Jonesboro
Shirley Hutchison
Karen Smith
Shelby Brown
Janice Brown
Pamela Pinch
Sharon Smith
Cobden
Brenda Durham
Elco
Carroll
Gary
Raymond
Leonard
Buncombe
Lester
Chicago
Loren
Vienna
Velma Fear
Verneal Cobb
Norris and Son Funeral Home
Granville Parker
Grand St
Union Hospital
West Frankfort
Parker
Old Ben Coal Co
Illinois
Elza
Della Knight Parker
Louise
Shirley Ann Owens
Caseyville
Delores Traed
Indianapolis
Ind
Fate
Cahokia
Belleville
Ted
Centralia
Vergie Tedford
Edith McClanahan
Pine Lawn
Stone Funeral Home
Denning Cemetery
Herbert Levinson
Albuquerque
N.M
Murphysboro
Alburquerque
Levinson
University of New Mexico
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale School of Music
SIUC
University Orchestra
Rosemary
Fred
Siu-C
Sula S. Treece
Jewish Hospital
St. Louis
Anna Mental Health and Developmental Center
Treece
Thomas
Hattie Davis Sinks
Ralph E. Treece
Joyce Kee
Norma June Livesay
Mary Faith Treece
Charles
Doyle
O'Fallon
Ernest
Kankakee
Zelma Sheer
Robert Sinks
Novi
Mich
Carroll Sinks
Gilbert, S.C
Anna Cemetery
Lutz and Rendleman Funeral Homes
Jesse Williams
Davis St
Johnston City
Herrin Hospital
Williams
Walter
Carrie Williams
Mary Mallaburn
Erma Hubbard
Melvin
Murman and Wilson Funeral Home
Harris Rites Pending For Du Quoin Man Slew Harris
Herman S. Harris age 68 of Du Quoin died today March 14 1978 at Marshall Browning Hospital in Du Quoin Funeral arrangements are pending at Neal Memorial Funeral Home formerly Murphysboro resident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neal Memorial
du Quoin
Herman S
Harris
Murphysboro
Marshall Browning
Pinckneyville and area meetings listed for Wednesday
A local notice bulletin lists several meetings for Wednesday including the Southern Illinois University Student Senate at 7 p.m. in the Student Center Mississippi Run. TRICO Unit District 176 Board of Education at 7:30 p.m. in the Junior High Library near Campbell Hill. Carbondale Planning Commission at 7:30 p.m. in Council Chambers. RECLAMATION Coalition at 7:30 p.m. at the USDA Building in Pinckneyville. Herrin Public Building Commission at 5 p.m. at 203 N Park. Rend Lake Conservancy District Board of Trustees at 3 p.m. at the administration building on Marcum Branch Road. Carbondale Jaycees general meeting at 8 p.m. at the Golden Bear. Giant City School District 130 at 7:30 p.m. at Giant City School. Franklin Hospital Board of Trustees meeting noted as Building and ...
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Illinois University
Mississippi Run
Southern Illinois University- Carbondale
TRICO
Board of Education
Campbell Hill
Carbondale Planning Commission
Council
Reclamation Coalition
USDA
Pinckneyville
Herrin Public Building Commission
N. Park
Herrin
Rend Lake Conservancy District Board of Trustees
Marcum Branch Road
Carbondale Jaycees
Golden Bear
Carbondale
Giant City Consolidated School District
Calendar and open house events at regional schools and venues
Calendar items list a noon Wednesday hospital meeting at Benton and a Lincoln Junior High School Carbondale musical IT'S MUSIC with 1 dollar admission for adults and 50 cents for children 12 and under. Also open house for Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities facilities in the 58th district at Washington County Vocational Workshop. Community members from multiple counties invited to discuss funding for community-based services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln Junior High School
Carbondale
58Th Legislative District
Washington County
Illinois
Nashville
Perry
Jackson
Washington
Monroe
Randolph
St. Clair
Roman Rm
Southern Illinois University- Carbondale
Burglary Loss Totals About $3000 In Marion Area
Three separate thefts were reported by Williamson County sheriff’s deputies. Terry Mandrell’s Route 2 residence in Marion was entered between 7 am and 3 pm, with about $3000 in cash and valuables including a shotgun, stereo, tape player, calculator, camera, jewelry, and $225 cash taken. A $2000 electric welder boxed for shipment disappeared from Armstrong General Contractors at Southern Illinois Power Cooperative. Paul E. Wian t Route 1 Thompsonville reported a 700 pound bull valued at about $500 missing from his pasture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terry Mandrell
Route 2
Marion
Williamson County Sheriff’s Office
Mandrell
Sheriff’s Office
Darrin
Armstrong General
Southern Illinois Power Cooperative
Paul E. Wiant
Route 1
Thompsonville
Anti rape measure Van to transport women
A transportation system for women concerned about sexual assault will begin oper.
Rain forecast spans Atlantic to Northwest Pacific coasts
Mild rain is expected today along the Atlantic coast from Georgia to New Jersey and the Northwest Pacific coast. Colder weather is forecast for much of the northern and central Plains and Midwest, with milder conditions elsewhere. In Southern Illinois the high Monday reached 53 degrees, while 7 a.m. to today saw 39 degrees and 1.45 inches of precipitation. The 9 a.m. temperature was 47. The sun set at 5:56 p.m. today with sunrise Wednesday at 6:04 a.m. and sunset at 5:57 p.m. The Women's Transportation Authority, run through the Carbondale Women's Center and funded by the Carbondale City Council and SIU Carbondale, will operate 7 p.m. to midnight Sunday through Thursday and 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. Friday and Saturday, using a brown Ford van to stops across campus and town to deliver women home along the route. Three Marion youths charged with auto theft after attempting to borrow a car while the owner refused are held in Williamson County jail: Mike Crain, John Simmons, and a juvenile, with arrest details given by Marion police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic
Georgia
New Jersey
Northwest
Pacific Coast
Central Plains
Midwest
Illinois
Atong
Carbondale
Women’s Transportation Authority
Carbondale Women’s Center
Carbondale City
Marion
Williamson County
Mike Crain
N. Market St
John Simmons
N. State St
John Ardery
Shirley Ann
Ardery
Cedar ‘Rave
Robbery Suspect Arrested in Country Boutique Hold Up
William Fall, 23, of Eldorado, was arrested Monday by Eldorado police on armed robbery charges. A man with a blue steel revolver robbed Joanne Clark at the Country Boutique Store on Jackson Street at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, taking $40. Fall is held in Saline County jail in Harrisburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Fall
Eldorado
Jackson Street
Joanne Clark
Fall
Saline County
Harrisburg
Two Menard Escapees Captured Near Marion
Two Marion men who fled from Menard Correctional Center were captured and returned to the institution. Michael Mitchell, 21, surrendered outside the Marion courthouse just before 9 a.m., while Eddie Rye, 20, was found hiding in a barn northwest of Marion after 10 a.m. Mitchell, awaiting parole on April 6, is serving 1 to 10 years for CB radio thefts. Rye is serving 1 to 5 years for stealing a color TV from a Marion Ramada Inn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
Menard Correctional Center
Michael Mitchell
Williamson County
Russell Oxford
Eddie Rye
Menard
Rye
Mitchell
Oxford
Johnston City
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ellis Grove
Phillip
Elizabeth von Behren Rodenberg
Grace Steele
Lillian Myers
Wayne F. Conner
Eighth St
Glady Tidings
Tower Heights
Mr. Conner
Veterans Administration Hospital
Grover
Beulah Lampley Conner
Concrete Finishers Union
Gilad Tidings
Betty
Emma Conner
Patricia
Darla Conner
Dennis
Springdale
Ark
Gale Thomas
Pensacola
Fla
Marie Williams
Genevieve Ligon
Floria Culpepper
Josephine Fletcher
Dorothy Gehrke
Mattingly Health Care Center
Energy
Herrin City Cemetery
Johnson’s
Miss Gehrke
She
Justin and
Carrie Barthorpe Gehrke
Lee Woodworth
Ozark
Memorial Hospital
Ozark Baptist Church
Mr. Woodworth
Tunnel Hill
Robert
Clethia Moore Woodworth
Ruby Richardson
Donna O’neal
Rose Lee Kennedy
Batavia
Kay Kahoun
Aurora
Roy
Sugar Grove
Ruby Corzine
Joliet
Helen Bettis
East St. Louis
Bob
New Burnside
Marie Edwards
Ben
Baltimore
Stella Strother
Dorothy Lowery
Joe
Richard
Paulton
Maude E. Murphy
Ava
Jackson County
Wilson Funeral Home
Elmwood Cemetery
Funeral
Thelma Tottleben Green
Sylmar
Calif
Hillcrest
Carterville
Mitchell Funeral Home
Mrs. Green
Ollie Tottleben
Charles Taylor
Janet Taylor
Bill Tottleben
John
LaVern
Hebren
Neva Glanville
Pueblo
Colo
Laureen Simmons
Robert Y. Austin
Tallahassee
Paul T
Rob
Carthage
Sula
Herman S. Harris
FOX
Varsity
Julia
Saluki
NEW Liberty
ROXY
Coulterville
University
Jane
Rowland & Co
Prev
Tla.m. Net
Olle
Women’s Center
Morris Library
Cannon Circle Drive
Woody Hall
Thompson Point
Park Street
Grinnel Hall
Washington and
Grand Avenues
Fire Department
East College Street
Eastgate
Columbus Aiken
Bob Wimberly
West Chautauqua
Glenview Drive
Linois
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