Death of long time Du Quoin grocer John W. Green at 82
John W. Green 82 of Route 2 Du Quoin died at 7 18 p m Saturday March 28 1981 at Marshall Browning Hospital in Du Quoin He cofounded Green's Grocery Store later Green s IGA Foodliner with his son and retired January 1968 Also a retired coal miner He was born February 10 1899 in Lynnville Indiana married Nellie Olive Lantrip February 9 1920 and later Peggy Bowlin November 8 1969 Survivors include his wife two sons a daughter stepsons stepdaughter and many grandchildren great grandchildren and step relatives Memorials may go to Shriner s Crippled Children s Hospital Funeral services are 10 30 a m Tuesday at Searby Funeral Home and 2 p m Tuesday at United Pentecostal Church Cambria Burial in Blairsville Cemetery Visitation 6 9 p m Monday and 1 p m until services Tuesday at church.
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John W. Green
Route 2
du Quoin
Searby
United Pentecostal Church
Cambria
Blairsville
Mr. Green
Marshall Browning
J. W. Green
Green’s Grocery Store
Green’s
IGA Foodliner
Green
United Pentecostal Church of Cambria and Tie Mine Workers of America
Love
Lyn
Nville
Ind
Morris B
Clara Bass Green
Nellie Olive Lantrip
Johnston City
Peggy B. Bowlin
Philip M. Green
Murphysboro
Rosewell Beasley
Carterville
Lester
Ann Belford
Warsaw
Robert B. Bowlin
James Bowlin
Dubois
Billie J. Allen
Shriner’s Crippled Children’s Hospital
Leo Mathis
Aurora
Johnson County
Whitney Funeral Home
Vienna
Vienna Frameral
Mathis
Copley Hospital
Zion Baptist Church
William
Nan Ramey Mathis
Demarice Sanders
Metropolis
Peggy Weller
Clearwater
Fla
Barbara Angell
Phyllis Church
Raymond
Olmsted
Dave
Joppa
Bill
Willis
Florida
Jessie Harbin
Eupha Wiggerman
Elzora Sanders
Kate Youngwalter
Chester
Jessie Mae Johns
Hurst
Walker Funeral Home
Hillcrest Cemetery
Johns
St. John’s Mercy Hospital
St. Louis
Union County
Adolph
Julia Hawkins Freeman
John Johns
Williamson County
Kenneth
Lloyd
Herrin
Vesta Nichols
Mahomet
Ethel Pouchen
West Frankfort
Merrill “Red” Currier dies headed Cairo broadcasting
Merrill C Currier 63 of 617 28th St Cairo died Saturday March 28 1981 in Southern Medical Center Cairo He was president of Cairo Broadcasting Co and GM of WKRC Cairo since 1942 Funeral services set for 11 am Tuesday at First Presbyterian Church Cairo Burial Green Lawn Memorial Gardens Villa Ridge Viewing 5 6 pm today at Barkett Funeral Home Cairo Survivors include wife Janet two daughters Lynn Rae Simmons and Mrs W Q Wallace plus sister and brother three grandchildren and other relatives Memorials to Merrill C Currier Landscaping Fund or local Cairo organizations noted
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Merrill C
Currier
28Th St
Aire
First Presbyterian Church
Green Lawn
Memorial Gardens
Villa Ridge
Barkett Funeral
Anb
Cairo
Southern
Cairo Broadcasting Co
WKRC
Cairo Kiwanis Club
Cairo Elks ‘Lodge 651
Broadcasting ‘Pioneers
Cairo Chamber of Commerce
Cairo Jaycees
Cairo Retail Merchants
Harry L. Bowlen
Chamber of Commerce
Bozeman
Mont
Edwin and
Bernice Currier
Janet L. Currier
W. Q. Wallace
Lynn Rae Simmons
J. T. Armstrong
Houston
Texas
Edwin L
San Rafael
Calif
Merrill C. Currier
Southern Medical Center
American Cancer Society
First Presbyterian Church of
Richard D. Parker
Pulaski
First Christian Church
Green Lawn Memorial Gardens
Farnsworth Funera
Tamms
Parker
Southeast Missouri Hospital
Cape Girardeau
Parker and Parker Vinyl and Aluminum Siding Co
Vietnam
Harold D
Rosemary Cruse Parker
Paula Joe Heilig
Darren Kyle
Karen R. Heilig
Pocahontas
Pam Linley
Belleville
Laurie Oliver
Mound City
Ralph
Evelyn Cruse
Dana
Ricky
Obituaries Chronical Several Local Grads and Residents
Multiple funeral notices from Grand Tower to Pinckneyville announce services for Dora Mae Russell 89 of Grand Tower and Leo Mathis 73 of Aurora, Jessie Mae Johns 85 of Hurst, and others. Details include dates March 28 1981, service times, burial places, and surviving relatives.
Obituary notes for Bollheimer Cohen and Copeland families
Obituary notices list Arthur C Bollheimer 88 of Marion died March 28 1981 at home born March 11 1893 in Mount Vernon married Velma Brown ing a World War I veteran retired Missouri Pacific railroad freight agent member of St Josephs Church Heyde Pillow Post 1301 VFW American Legion Knights of Columbus survived by daughter Barbara four grandchildren two sisters a brother funeral at St Josephs Church burial at St Marys Mount Vernon. Also buried are Sandra Fay Cohen 37 of Upland Calif died March 26 1981 in Upland funeral arrangements Berger Memorial Chapel and Richard Copeland 50 of Calumet City Korean War veteran died March 26 1981 in Hammond Indiana burial Mulkeytown Cemetery survived by wife Gertrude and many relatives. Funeral services were held at Gilbert Funeral Home Christopher Ill and at Mulkeytown Cemetery respectively.
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Arthur Charles Bollheimer
N. Lear St
Marion
Mount Vernon
John Martin
Mary Maloney Bollheimer
Velma Browning
Bollheimer
Missouri-Pacific Railroad
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
Heyde-Pillow
Veterans of Foreign Wars
American Legion
Knights of Columbus
Barbara Lyerla
Laura Lyerla
Carbondale
Sheila
Gary Lyerla
Bob Cathey
Paris
Tenn
Bernard Bollheimer
Toledo
Ohio
Sandra Fay Cohen
Upland
Calif
University City
Cohen
Missouri
Julius
Dolores Zwick
Alan Cohen
Zamia
Joshua
Julius Zwick
Herrin
Morris
Ivan Zwick
Berger Memorial Chapel
St. Louis
Gilbert
Christopher
Richard Copeland
Calumet City
St. Margaret’s Hospital
Hammond
Ind
Mulkeytown
Copeland
Illinois
Earl
Margaret Copeland
Gertrude
Walier
Frank and
Ronald Amazzalorso
Jacqueline Rossi
Donna Coppolillo
Catherine Buza
Patricia Reece
Coal City
Dance Friday to Benefit Logan College
The sixth annual John A. Logan College Foundation Spring Benefit Dance will be Friday at the Marion Holiday Inn from 8 p.m. to midnight. Harvard Sohn, SIU business leader, heads the Foundation Board. other committee members include Clyde Heaton, D. P. Jackson, Carol McDermott, and Phyllis Morris. Attendance is limited to 100 couples. tickets are $30 per couple from board members or Blanche C. Sloan at John A. Logan College.
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John A. Logan College Foundation
Marion Holiday Inn
Jack Staulcup
Harvard Sohn
Southern Illinois
Foundation
Clyde Heaton
Marion
D. P. Jackson
Carterville
Carol McDermott
Carbondale
Phyllis Morris
du Quoin
Foundation Board of Directors
Blanche C. Sloan
John A. Logan College
Randolph County holds two runaways and six others in weekend arrests
Randolph County authorities detained two Juveniles identified as runaways from the Pere Marquette State Camp in Peoria awaiting return to state custody. Five other suspects were released on bonds after weekend arrests by Sparta and Baldwin police and Randolph County deputies. Names of the youths were not released. Bonds ranged from 35 dollars cash to 1,000 dollars for various charges including unlawful cannabis possession illegal transportation of alcohol and damage to a motor vehicle.
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Pere Marquette
Illinois Department of Corrections
Peoria
Randolph County
Ardell
Currat
Baldwin
Sparta
Sparta Police
Baldwin Police
Scott D. Vogel
Coulterville
Vogel
Jerome Linnertz
Red Bud
Linnertz
James B. Schulte
Chester
Schulte
George B. Williams
Percy
Steeleville
Brian C. Doiron
Prairie du Rocher
Chester Polic
Timber Fires Burn East Side of Rend Lake
Several hundred acres of timberland burned on the east side of Rend Lake Saturday and Sunday before firefighters brought the blaze under control. U S Army Corps of Engineers personnel and Mount Vernon rural fire district crews fought the fires all day Saturday, with Benton and Corps teams resuming near County Line Road at 6 a.m. Sunday. The rain then stopped any flare ups, and no property damage was reported.
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Rend Lake
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Mount Vernon
Tires slashed on KC lot in Chester
Mayor Stanley Maciejski said vandals damaged five tires on cars parked at the Knights of Columbus Lot at 209 Church St during a large event. Police found two tires cut on one vehicle and one tire on three others. All cars belonged to out of town guests attending a 25th wedding anniversary party at the nearby Veterans of Foreign Wars home.
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Chester
Stanley Maciejski
Maciejski
Knights of Columbus
Church St
Veterans of Foreign Wars
State St
Legal clinic to visit Sparta on Thursday
The Land of Lincoln Legal Assistance Foundation will be at the office of Western Egyptian Economic Opportunity Council, 608 E. Morton, Sparta, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday to interview low income persons about their legal problems. Call 800-642-5335 for an appointment. Only persons with appointments will be interviewed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Land of Lincoln Legal Assistance Foundation
Western Egyptian Economic Opportunity Council
E. Morton
Sparta
Legal Assistance Office
Fire damages mobile home in Carbondale park
At 5 45 p m Friday trailer 41 in Carbondale Mobile Home Park burned. James Barnes renter and SIU Carbondale student was not home. Deputies cited a gas stove burner left on as the apparent cause. damage estimates unavailable.
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Carbondale Mobile Home Park
Jackson County
James Barnes
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Hospital Notes Summary
Hospital notes list admitted and discharged patients across multiple facilities including Carbondale Marion and West Frankfort with numerous individuals named, spanning MEMORIAL and energy areas. The entry details dozens of patient names in admitted and discharged columns with scattered locations and partial attributions such as families and guardians.
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Hearin Hospital
Norris
Ruth
Colp Smith
Bertha
Christopher Walker
Misty Kelley
Violett
Marion Ridings
Cynthia
Baby
Marion Rowell
Joy
Carterville Morris
Jewell
Carterville Reese
Douglas
Zeigler Ponzi
Opal Kincaid
Kvanston
Colp Allsopp
Ronald Craig
Florence Driemeyer
Charles Stacey
William Walker
Jerry
Zeigler Wentling
Cathy Vanney
Pauline Murphy
Wyonna
West
Births across several towns mark March 1981 additions
A sequence of birth notices from March 21 to March 29 1981 lists newborns at Memorial Hospital Carbondale Doctors Hospital Harrisburg and other area facilities. Parents’ names and infant genders are given along with delivery locations and dates, across multiple towns including Marion De Soto Karnak Murphysboro and Carbondale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
Davis
James
Nancy
Memorial Hospital of
Carbondale
DE Soto
Myers
Steven
Carol
Karnak
Kindle
Donnie
Rhonda
Howell
Clifton
Debbie
Carterville
Cagle
Susan
Harrisburg
Agin
Cody
Shelia
Doctors Hospital
Reeder
Gary
Darlene
Endfield
Black
Brian
Tina
Ridgway
Maynard
Alvin
LaDonna
Nash
Walter
Marlene
Murphysboro
Mezo
Teresa
St. Joseph Memorial Hospital
Weather Outlook Forecast Rain Showers Snow Flurries Eastern Nation
Rain showers and some snow flurries are forecast for the eastern third of the nation on Tuesday. Pacific Northwest showers, cooler conditions in the Midwest, and a 66 degree high in Southern Illinois Sunday. Overnight low 52 with 0.45 inches of precipitation. 9 am temperature 61. Sun times note today sunset 6:13 pm, Tuesday sunrise 5:37 am, sunset 6:14 pm.
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Pacific Northwest
Midwestern
Illinois
Herrin High concert blends dance and jazz sounds
Herrin High School jazz band will perform at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in the school auditorium. Director James Finn describes a 16 piece group mixing dance band traditions with modern concert jazz. Annie is free.
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Herrin High
Herrin High School
James Finn
Annie
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Cairo Broadcasting
Dora Mae Russell
Grand Tower
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Walker Hill
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Pinckneyville
Aew
Logan College
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Legal Clinic
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Aaron
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Larry
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ST. Joseph Memorial
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Lynda Rennison
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Pat
Lucas
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Willisville
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Murphy
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Childers
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Howard Sr
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Joann McCommons
Casey Barkevich
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Zeigler Moore
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Tolise
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Elmer Cook
Doris
Gunter
Belle
Christopher Swingo
Christopher Ingram
Melissa
Buckner Wright
Eva
Shelia Horn
Nellie Mungage
Clarence Hatfield
Garrick Cozart
Mary Partain
Ethel Ruffo
Marion Volle
Shirley Deaton
William Moore
Barbera Ginger
Lou Nelson
Deborah Harper
Robert Fann
Marie Street
Arthur Hedger
Olive Reeder
Son Black
Tina and Son
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Tamaroa Przygoda
Richard Schorn
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JF Mulkeytown Campbell
Dorothy
Sparta Luthy
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Marlow
Albert
Tamaroa Woodside
Amelia Cope
Daryl Weitz
Mary
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