Deaths Bring Local Obituaries From Several Illinois Towns
Norman and surrounding communities report multiple deaths with details on survivors, burial plans, and family connections. Myrtle Sullivan, 84, formerly of Marion, dies in Norman Oklahoma after photographic career in Joliet and La Crescenta. Other notices include McHatton of Marissa, Hiller of Benton, Harriss of Pinckneyville, Allan of Marion, Roberts of Baldwin, Geer of Marion, Roper of Crab Orchard, and Dishner infant in Benton. Funeral times, call hours, and cemeteries listed, with family ties across Williamson, Franklin, Jackson, and adjacent counties.
Jury Deliberates Over Killing of Wife and Daughter in Camp
A federal jury in Cape Girardeau heard closing arguments in the case of Columbia man David L. Rothgeb charged with first degree murder for his wife April and second degree murder for his daughter Windy, 15. Prosecutor Dean Hoag argued the killings followed insurance money motives and a desire to marry another woman, while defense counsel James Robison urged the jurors to note inconsistencies in the government case. Rothgeb, a forensic hypnotist, faced intense scrutiny of the evidence as deliberations continued after two hours of testimony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape Girardeau, Mo
Columbia
David L. Rothgeb
April
Windy
U.S
Dean Hoag
Hoag
Rothgeb
James Robison
Burglary Probed at Rural Carterville Home
Williamson County authorities investigate a burglary at an unoccupied Carterville residence owned by Tom Horn Route 3 Carterville. Police report the window was broken to gain entry and carpeting and a light fixture were taken. Loss amount unavailable.
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Williamson County
Carterville
Tom Horn
Hospital Notes show wide admissions across multiple Illinois towns
Memorial Carbondale and Frankin Benton and Marion Memorial report numerous Admitted entries including Nancy Brandon Rosemary Collins Margaret Isaacs Brent Masters Kara Targonski Elma Claybrook Kara and many others with Discharged lists and multiple facilities such as St Joseph Murphys Martinez Carbondale and Pinckneyville noted in a dense directory-like entry of patient names and towns.
Obituary and correction note in March Southern Illinoisan
A correction notes Lyndall Glick of Carbondale was misspelled in Esther Croslin obituary in the March 19 Southern Illinoisan. It also fixes the misspelling of David Ruffin Harrison, former clerk of the Hurricane Church near Carterville, in the Historians record burials in 150 year old cemetery feature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyndall Glick
Carbondale
Esther Croslin
Southern Illinoisan
David Ruffin Harrison
Carterville
SI Today
Inaccurate note to call editor about accuracy hotline
The Southern Illinoisan asks readers to report inaccuracies by contacting Peter Selkowe, editor, via the Accuracy Hotline at 529-5454 ext 216.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Selkowe
Five Area Births Recorded on March One Date
In a Carbondale Murphysboro and nearby towns area briefs, multiple births are listed for Tuesday March 19 1985. Families named Martinez Carterville Kelly Thompsonville and Blackburn are recorded with newborn daughters and sons delivered in local hospitals.
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Carbondale
Martinez
Alexander
Lilia
St. Joseph Memorial Hospital
Murphysboro
Carterville
Evans
Donnie
Sherrill
Memorial Hospital of
Jonesboro
Kelly
John
Jeannette
Thompsonville
Toler
Carroll
Betty
West Frankfort
Blackburn
Michael
Anita
Martha Ruth Cline dies at 81 in Carbondale
Martha Ruth Cline 81 of Carbondale died March 19 1985 at Memorial Hospital Carbondale. Services set for 11 a.m. Friday at Meredith Funeral Home Carbondale with burial at Odd Fellows Cemetery Marion. Friends may call 5 to 8 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marissa
Thomas B. McHatton
Belleville
McHatton
McHatton Farm Management Co
Marissa Presbyterian Church
Baldwin
Thomas A
Grace Brown McHatton
Zella Lehman
Ann
Leland Behnken
Altona
Betty
Dale Anderson
Springfield
Mae
Joe Hootman
Canton
Marissa Cemetery
Finger-Heil Funeral Home
Dr. Baird
American Red Cross
Benton
Pearl Hiller
N. Styvesant St
Mulkeytown
Franklin Hospital
Hiller
Church of Christ of Minor
Pinckneyville
Sam
Esther Burke Short
Barney Sims
Verne Hiller
Iona Eisenhauer
Wanda Woods
Princeton
Ind
Earl Short
Christopher
Vantrease
Zeigler
Edna Idris Harriss
Fairview
du Quoin
Nine-Mile
Holts Prairie
Pyatt Funeral Home
Harriss
Marshall Browning
Holts Prairie Baptist Church
Perry County
Orizon
Roxanda Ackroyd McDonald
John D. Harriss
Ida Mae Rich
Ethel Gedel
Rock Island
John Harvey Harriss
David Clay Harriss
William Donald Harriss
Michael Harriss
Donna Mae Roberts
Mary Merkel
John Donald Harriss
Harry McDonald
Marion
Emer Allan
Mitchell- Hughes
Odd Fellows Cemetery
Allan
Marion Memorial Hospital
Viking Fright Co
Parish Park Christian Church
Marion Senior Citizens
The
Marion Music Makers
Marion Masonic Lodge
George W
Ollie Robinson Allen
Jewell Anderson
Williamson County
Elizabeth Strobel
John Wayne Strobel
Matthew Allan Strobel
Helen Green
Genevieve Tuell
Rossville
Hoyt Smith
Clinton, Ark
Maurice Geer
Hamlet St
Mitchell-Hughes
East Lawn Memorial Gardens
Geer
Benton Skilled Care Center
First Baptist Church
Barlow
William J
Lula Rasco Dungey
Elmer F. Geer
Shawneetown
Susan Shelton
Brad Angel
Jessie Snyder
Mary Swafford
Kathleen Rader
Laverne Stone
Northbrook
Earl Dungey
Ernie Dungey
James C
Lonnie’ Dungey
Woodrow Dungey
Bill Dungey
Crab Orchard
Roy Roper
Mount Pleasant
Pittsburg
Roper
Saline County
Albert
Gertrude Nix Roper
Helen Chase
Imogene Graves
Colleen Brown
Carbondale
Rolf Roper
Carrier Mills
Ruby Harris
Daisy Malone
Harrisburg
Gladys Pulley
Stetson Lee Dishner
Poulson
Masonic and
Odd Fellows
Memorial Hospital
Troy Dee
Sandra Kaye Dishner
N. Madison St
Justin
Art
Phyllis Gunnels
Don
Marilyn Stevens
Tony Pratt
Martha Ruth Cline
Meredith Funeral Home
Funeral
Obituary: Opal Loose of Sand Ridge
Opal Loose of Sand Ridge died at 6 43 a m on March 20 1985 at St Joseph Memorial Hospital Murphysboro. Arrangements are pending at Pettett Funeral Home Murphysboro.
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Sand Ridge
Opal
St. Joseph Memorial Hospital
Murphysboro
Pettett Funeral Home
Wilkinson dies in West Frankfort at 85
Herschel B. Wilkinson of 409 West St. Louis Street West Frankfort died today March 20 1985 at his home Arrangements are pending at Parker Reedy Funeral Home West Frankfort
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Frankfort
Herschel B. Wilkinson
W. St. Louis St
Parker-Reedy Funeral Home
Clifton Newsom services set in Carterville
Clifton W Newsom 68 of Route 1 Carterville died Tuesday March 19 1985 at Memorial Hospital of Carbondale. Services are pending at Riggin Pillatsch Funeral Home Carterville.
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Goreville
Whitney
Vienna
Geraldine Gould
Route 1
Delores Jean Ramsey
Mount Vernon
Judith Ann Moore
Elgin
Sandra E. Gould
Carterville
Riggin-Pillatsch
Clifton W. Newsom
Newsom
Memorial Hospital
Carbondale
Fire at Claude White Construction grain elevator in Illinois
Marion firefighters responded at 4 p.m. Tuesday to Claude White Construction Co. grain dust fire at White's elevators on Illinois 37 North. Cause suspected as a trouble light short circuit igniting dust beneath a dump site beside a conveyor belt. No damage reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Marion
Claude White Construction Co
Illinois
White
Prize Claim Open for Today's Winner at Southern Illinoisan
Today's winner has three days to contact The Southern Illinoisan at 529-5454 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. to confirm the prize. Today's number not yet claimed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Illinoisan
Numbers Pick Four and Lotto Prize Update
Numbers selected Tuesday report includes Daily Game 9 7 5. Pick Four draws 7 0 1 1. Estimated Lotto grand prize sits at 6.6 million dollars.
Lifeguard Training Offered At SIUC Recreation Center
An American Red Cross Lifeguard Training course runs March 27 through May 1 at SIUC Recreation Center. Classes meet 8 10 p.m. Wednesdays and Thursdays and 3 5 p.m. Saturdays. Cost 28 plus 5 for the book, with reduced book fee for SIUC students. Prerequisites include 16 years of age, lifeguarding or YMCA cert, current first aid or EMT, and CPR. For details contact Sharyn K. Russell at 684 3713.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Red Cross
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
SIUC
American Red Cross of Ymca
The
Red Cross
Sharyn K. Russell
Comprehensive Health Planning seeks eight consumer and two provider board nominees
Comprehensive Health Planning in Southern Illinois solicits nominations for eight consumer and two provider directors for CHPSI, the regional health systems agency. Eight consumer seats target subareas including Southeastern, Southern Five, and Greater Egypt with specific county listings. Nominations due by April 30, forms from James Blair in Salem, call 548 4234 for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comprehensive Health Planning In
Southern Illinois
CHPSI
Illinois
Mount Vernon
Greater Egypt
Gallatin
Hamilton
Hardin
Pope
Saline
Alexander
Massac
Johnson
Pulaski
Union
Franklin
Jackson
Jefferson
Perry
Randolph
Washington and Williamson
James Blair
P.O
Salem
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Myrtle L. Sullivan
Norman
Okla
Four Seasons
Sullivan
Joliet
la Crescenta
Calif
Twelve Corners Baptist Church
Noble
Oklo
Thomas M
Eldora Odum
Raymond Sullivan
Doreen Kelly
Necia Sharkey
Lansing
Mich
Maureen Kelly
Morro Bay
Kevin Kelly
Waterloo
Iowa
Pearl Creal
Collony
Texas
Wilson Funeral Home
Rose Hill
Kenneth B. Roberts
Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery
St. Louis
Mr. Roberts
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Calhoun County
Arthur
Julia Pitt Roberts
Roseann Bruhn
Brenda Brumfield
Barbara Roberts
Petersburg
Denise Roberts
Charles
Ava
Dwight
Dorothy Roberts
Steeleville
Stetson
Lee Dishner
Beulah
ST. Joseph, Murphys
Gurley
Oscar
de Soto Hudson
Aleisha
Gun Tower
Brunkhorst
Jos Grand Tower
Nicholson
Sonya Dulaney
Sally Campbell
Thomas Seibel
Clifford
Clutts
William
Deanbinet
Trarnivit Maresma
Vergennes Ura
Carita Crawshaw
Mary
de Soto Miller
Angela
Benton Rhine
Boman
Benton Sanders
Harve Royalton
Capps
Shirlene
Ewing Doughty
Patricia Furlow
Melvin
Christopher Keith
Jason
Tite
Christine and Son
Harrisburg Medical Center
Parks
Clara
Stonefort Mitchell
Hazel
Stonefort Slaton
Pearl Sanders
Shawneetown Fort
Ramona Morgan
Luther
Zeigler Beasley
Bernard
Marshall Brown du Quoin
Halstead
Lynn Crawford
Beat
Lesser
Marion Memorial
Gill
Fay
West Franks
Biggs
Paula
Royalton Maple
Lisa Martin
Kathleen Adkins
Catherine
Davis
Cing
Springs O'Keefe
Maurice
Quoin
Niederbrock
Ele
Lesser Jones
Pearl
Pittsby Meneese
Helen Shideler
Chester Ammaaitteern
Sparta
Lato
Peggy
Tilden Dintelman
Jon
Steeleville Rucker
Debbie
Ellis Grove
Talley
Lila Washner
Stanley
Marissa Cluck
Elsie
Tilden Hanna
Judith
Marshall
Grace
T A
Union County
Anna
Suggs
Deanna
Cobden Doughty
Loretta
Cobden Smith
Dee
Alto Pass
Schafer
Floris Hindman
Pluma Grizzell
Margaret
Cobden Nightengale
Beatrice
Tamms Dean
Markus
Olmsted King
Donna Discharged
McEnnelly
Diedre Suggs
Cobden Morgan
Patricia
Dongela Millis
Novella Ferrell
Benjamin
Jonesboro Smith
Donovan
Belleville East
New Athens
Sigma Omega Chapter
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
Marion Holiday Inn Holidome and Convention Center
Beck Area Vocational Center
Red Bud
Southtown
Cabbage Patch
Ronald McDonald House
Williamson
Metropolis
St. Steven’s Lutheran Church
Midway Road
Call
Illinois South Project
W. Main St
IBM
Kathy Gyure
Peggy Sattler
Partnership For Disabled
Partnership For the Disabled
E. College St
SIU
School of
Cape Girardeau
International Organization of Women Pilots
Anita Goben
Yuma Air Force Base
Ariz
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