Deaths in Cape Girardeau area mark life of educator Carl Wright
Obituary roundup covers Carl B. Wright 76 of Cape Girardeau with a 2 p.m. service at Walther's Funeral Home and burial at Memorial Park Cemetery. A longtime educator and former Sikeston High principal, he held leadership in NEA MST A and Kappa Delta Pi and was active in Centenary United Methodist Church. Survivors include his wife Louise, a brother and a sister. Other notices report Ralph Benson in Sparta, Harley Davison in Du Quoin, Mae Cox in Macedonia, Gilbert Milligan in Carbondale, Raymond Beckham in Du Quoin, Huey Shrum in Vienna, Susie Frank in Johnston City, and Edith Leek in Du Quoin with funeral arrangements and survivors noted.
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Cape Girardeau
Carl B. Wright
Walther
Memorial Park
Elks
Wright
Southeast Missouri
Carbondale Community
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
University of Missouri
Cave- In-Rock
Royalton
Prudential Life Insurance Company
Nash- Kelvinator Co
Funeral notices from Pinckneyville and nearby towns
Obituaries list Vera L Fulton 88 of Pinckneyville who died March 29 1985 with services in Pinckneyville and burial at LOICF Cemetery. Also Benjamin Howard Bus Ferrell 75 of Jonesboro died March 29 1985. services in Anna and burial in Jonesboro Cemetery with survivors Tammy Ury Tony Ferrell and others. Don J Moake 70 of Johnston City died March 22 1985. services at Murman Wilson Funeral Home with burial at Lakeview Cemetery. James Yesinkus 54 of West Frankfort died March 28 1985 in a truck accident on I 57. services Monday at Union Funeral Home with burial in Denning Cemetery. Memorials to American Cancer Society.
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Jonesboro
Benjamin Howard
Ferrell
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Anna
Lutz and Rendleman
Union County
Benjamin B
Augusta Jane Turner Ferrell
Ruth Charity Houseman
Wickliffe
Tammy Ury
Jones
West Frankfort
James Yesinkus
Fifth St
Jefferson County
Yesinkus
Yesinkus Produce Co
First Baptist Church of
American Legion
Memorial services for Shirley Fierke in Herrin
Memorial services for Shirley Deanna Fierke 46 formerly of Herrin will be held 6 30 p m Tuesday at First Presbyterian Church Herrin She died Saturday March 16 1985 Donations may be made to the United Scleroderma Foundation or the First Presbyterian Church of Herrin
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Herrin
Shirley Deanna Fierke
First Presbyterian Church
Obituaries Span Mildred Lingle and Bertha Harner in 1985 region notices
Mildred Fay Lingle, 83, of De Soto, died March 29, 1985, at St. Joseph Memorial Hospital Murphysboro. Born Jan 10 1902 in De Soto, she lived in De Soto a decade and was a Mount Calvary Lutheran member. Burial at De Soto Cemetery. memorials to Mount Calvary. Bertha Harner, 81, of Karnak, died March 29, 1985, at Lourdes Hospital Paducah. Funeral today at First Pentecostal Karnak. burial Cypress Cemetery. Survivors include daughter Dimple McClellan, sons Joe Harner and Charles Niemeyer, stepdaughter Blanche Miles, six grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren. Edna Stowers, 77, of Du Quoin died March 30 1985 at Barnes Hospital St Louis. funeral arrangements pending.
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Sparta
Ralph
Hollis Wilson Martin
Clifford Benson
Normal
James Martin
Dallas
Rick Martin
Quincy
Jane Hock
O’fallon
Walter Benson
McDaniel Funeral Home
Caledonia Cemetery
Heart Fund
DU Quoin
Harley T. Davison
N. Vine St
Memorial
I.C.C.F
Carbondale
Gilbert Milligan
N. Springer St
Memorial Hospital of
Milligan
Illinois Central Railroad
Eagles Lodge
Shekinah Masonic Lodge
Sphinx Shrine Club
Royal Arch Masons Abnad Temple
East St. Louis
Williamson County
William Edgar
Lara Wortman Milligan
Helen Charles
Murphysboro
Clyde Milligan
Grand Ledge
Mich
Arthur Sellars
William Milligan
Larry Milligan
Robert Hurt
Bradley
Huffman Funeral Home
Dillinger Cemetery
Funeral
Raymond D. Beckham
Mr. Beckham
United Mine Workers of America Post
Paradise Baptist Church of
Tamaroa
Waltonville
William
Della Cleveland Beckham
Grace E. Hackleman
Pickney
Neal Funeral Home
Johnston City
Susie P. Frank
Marion Memorial Hospital
Frank
Herrin
Marion
John
Grace Holland Woodard
Henry Frank
Roy Woodard
Mount Vernon
Maureen Marlow
Robert Woodard
Johnson-Hughes Funeral
Pinckneyville
Vera L. Fulton
North Walnut Street
Friendship Manor
Nashville
DE Soto
Mildred Fay Lingle
N. Walnut
St. Joseph Memorial Hospital
Jeannette Ragsdale
Beulah ‘‘Boo”’ Bullar
Wilma Brandon
Meredith Funeral Home
Mount Calvary Lutheran Church
Karnak
Bertha Harner
First Pentecostal Church
Cypress Cemetery
Harner
Lourdes Hospital
Paducah
Tunnel Hill
James
Sarah Hodge Miles
Dimple McClellan
Aurora
Joe Harner
Anna
Charles Niemeyer
Metropolis
Blanche Miles
Edna Stowers
Route 1
Barnes Hospital
St. Louis
Chester mayoral race centers on bequest use debate
A March 11 Chester story and a March 26 editorial dispute Mayor Stanley Maciejski's reading of Gordon Cohen's will. The document directs funds for City Park upkeep but does not name a park or other city recreational facilities. challenger Derickson argues funds should aid existing sites.
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Chester
Stanley Maciejski
Gordon Cohen
Maciejski
City of
Frank Derickson
Sparta woman wins $100 bond prize this week
Violet Greghorn of Sparta is this week's $100 savings bond winner. Ruth Mazure of Du Quoin claimed Thursday's prize and Alice Wyatt of Murphysboro claimed Friday's prize.
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Violet Greghorn
Sparta
Ruth Mazure
du Quoin
Alice Wyatt
Murphysboro
Illinois Lottery Winning Numbers Friday and Saturday
The Illinois Lottery results list Daily Game numbers 5 8 3 and Pick Four 5 4 0 9 for Friday. Saturday draws show Lotto numbers 13 19 22 33 42 43 and an estimated grand prize of 6.6 million dollars.
Coming Chicago area playwrights visit SIU Carbondale
Two Chicago area playwrights Glen DeCosta and Mary Watson will visit SIU Carbondale April 7 to 9. A Constant Wish readings and Gilly readings are scheduled with public talks, a symposium, and Q A sessions in Communications Building and Lab Theatre. For details call 453 5741.
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SIU
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Glen DeCosta
Chicago Dramatists Workshop
Mary Watson
DeCosta
Laboratory Theatre
Communications
Communications Building
Womens Studios
Chautauqua St
Watson
Gilly
Lab Theatre
Call
Carbondale chase ends in motorcycle crash and DUI charge
A 21 year old Carbondale man James Burnside was arrested after a police chase ended when his motorcycle collided with a pursuing squad car. He and an unknown passenger sustained minor injuries. Police issued charges of reckless driving and driving under the influence.
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Carbondale
James Burnside
Burnside
Jackson Street
University Avenue
Southern Illinois University- Carbondale
Main Street
Fields Apartments
Lewis Lane
Beth Comer
Boomers
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
SIUC
Grant Hedges
Moll
Williamson County
Hobbs
Marion
Johnston City
Herrin
Franklin County
Ronald G. Geralds
Illinois
Illinois 149
Royalton
Geralds
Illinois 150
Chester
Toby L. Wahl
Wahl
Former SIU Law Dean Hiram Lesar to be Honored
Hiram E. Lesar, former dean of SIU Law School, will receive the Order of Lincoln April 27 in Illinois House chambers. He led the school 1972 to 1982, served as interim university president twice, and was named distinguished service professor in 1981.
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SIU Law School
Hiram Lesar
Springfield Bureau
Hiram E. Lesar
Southern Illinois University
Illinois House Chambers
Lesar
Order of Lincoln
The
Lincoln Academy of Illinois
James R. Thompson
Thompson
Illinois
Law School Fom
University
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Cox
Chittyville United Methodist Church
Hamilton County
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Margaret Mundy Bennett
Rassie Cox
Nora Hatchcraft
Prota Hise
Winter Garden
Fla
Huey Shrum
Vienna
Mount Shelter
Route 2
Aly Funeral Home
Gilead
Simpson
Mr. Shrum
Massac Memorial Hospital
Harrison
Aletha Shrum
Vertie Wells
Johnson County
Shrum
Wayne Shrum
Golconda
Burl Shrum
John Shrum
James Shrum
Lee Shrum
Sikeston
Wilma Whiteside
Pearl Ewing
Evansville
Ind
Helen Beasley
Fay Hester
Mary Summers
Murrayville
Merton Abbot
Peoria
Harrison Shrum Jr
Asa Shrum
Jackson, Miss
Edith Mae Leek
Lawrence
Ethel Maple
Kenneth S. Leek
Shawneetown
Sam J. Leek
Knox
Bus’ Ferrell
Don J. Moake
11Th St
Murman & Wilson Funeral Home
Lakeview
Moake
Belleville Memorial Hospital
Freeman No. 4
United Mine Workers of America
Pittsburg
Benjamin
Kate Berry Moake
Bertha Barnes
San Antonio
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Bill Moake
Larry Moake
Christchurch
New Zealand
Mary Jane Bates
Chesterfield
Lorene Miller
Downers Grove
Frank Moake
Rockwood
Benton School
Tony Yano
Southern Illinoisan
Yano
Southern Illinois
Sallie Lucas
Ava
Lotto
Health Council
Greater Egypt Health Council
Greater Egypt Regional Planning and Development Commission
East College St
Eric Bleyer
Jackson County
Kevin J. McGruder
Cecil L. Hughes
Hughes
Siu-C
McGruder
Carl Kirk
Siuc Police Department
Williamson
Steven Hobbs
Columbia
Dennis Moll
Waterloo
Williamson County Sheriff's Deputies
Benton Lake
Benton
Rodney Sinks
East Main Street
Sinks
Lake Benton
Police
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Drapeau
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