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Newspaper

Southern Illinoisan

Location

Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America

Date

May 01, 1978

Page

7

Deaths listed for Hattie Davis and others in area obituaries

A cluster of obituaries from Goreville to Steeleville notes Hattie Davis 61 of Route 1 Goreville died April 30 1978 at Marion Memorial Hospital. Funeral Tuesday Whitney Funeral Chapel Goreville burial Mount Zion Cemetery Buncombe. Other notices include Phyllis Trexler 32 Anna died April 29 Anna Union County Hospital and Troy H Wood 73 Dayton Ohio formerly Carbondale Marion. Caleb Carter 72 Marion died April 30. Marjorie Eppenheimer 54 Carbondale. Elizabeth Kuhlman Nashville. Ruth Ann Logan 93 Effingham Nashville. Willis Cross 86 Murphysboro. Hubert Dixon 52 Herrin. Walter Norbet 86 West Frankfort. Cora Eggemeyer 68 Chester. Burial and calling details listed with churches and cemeteries across area.

Hattie Davis Route 1 Goreville Marion Memorial Hospital Baptist Church Davis Walter Etta Evans Mighell Elroy Davis Lavon Clyde Bertha Claude Mighell Whitney Funeral Chapel Mount Zion Buncombe Troy H. Wood N. Main St Dayton Ohio Carbondale Marion Good Samaritan Anna Grothy Trombino Carterville Peggy Sellars Paducah Dorothy Deaton Marilyn Harris Milwaukee Wis John Harris Charles Bill Monroe Paul Edwards Pittsburg Frances Rich Huffman Funeral Home Sunset Lawn Harrisburg

Memorial obituary notices from Chester area mourn several locals

Martha A. Stueve 79 of Chester died April 29 1978 after a long illness. She belonged to Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary Lutheran groups and St John Lutheran. Survived by three daughters, one son, four sisters, two brothers and many grandchildren. Floyd Barnett 77 of Carterville died April 30 1978. A Cement Finishers Local member, survived by wife and three sons. Paolina Mario 88 of Sesser died April 29 1978. Catholic church member, survived by son sister and several grandchildren. Elsie Carnaghi 80 of Herrin died May 1 1978. Survived by sister and several nieces and nephews. Mae Hinnen 87 of West Frankfort died April 30 1978. Baptist church member survived by sister and grandchildren. Burial and visitation details listed for each.

Cora Eggemeyer Route 1 Chester Memorial Hospital Eggemeyer Zion Lutheran Church Walsh Ladies Aid Randolph County Dave Amelia Eggemeyer Arthur Eggemeyer Floyd St. Clair Raynold Edmund Alberta Eggemeyer Pompano, Fla Loretta Gentry Sparta Amelia Lynn Marissa Freddie Runge Raymond Runge Schulie Mabel Bierman Steeleville Ruth Kaiser Hacienda Heights Calif Ruby Brazewski Chicago Martha A. Stueve West Point Arthur Stueve Ruby Rodewald Campbell Hill Helen Stamm Darlene Davis Melvin Stueve Jacob Louise Moeckel Julia Caster Dorothy Withers St. Louis Alma Breithaupt Ellis Grove Henry Knoll Modesto Rudolph Knoll Loveland Colo St. John Lutheran Church Christ Lutheran Cemetery Fountain Bluff Welge Funeral Home Veterans of Foreign Wars Funeral Floyd Barnett Elles Ave Carterville Herrin Hospital Barnett Liberty Church Wolf Creek Robert Cora Jones Barnett Marie Hudgens Paducah West Frankfort Ralph Frank Allen Elgin Daisy Cannedy Bessie Hopkins Carbondale Riggin-Pillatsch Liberty Cemetery

Edna McElvain Funeral Arrangements Pending

Edna McElvain of Pinckneyville died today at Bethany Home in Chicago. Pyatt Funeral Home in Pinckneyville is handling arrangements as they are pending.

Pyatt Funeral Home Pinckneyville Edna McElvain Bethany Chicago

Death of Lyle Popham in Herrin May 1 1978

Lyle Popham of Route 1 Herrin died today at Memorial Hospital Carbondale. Funeral services are pending at Van Natta Funeral Home Herrin.

Lyle Popham Herrin Memorial Hospital Carbondale van Natta Funeral Home

Carbondale Park District offers adult tennis lessons

Carbondale Park District begins a six week tennis lesson series at the Southeast Park courts. Ross Franklin will teach adults in beginner classes Tuesdays 5 15 to 6 15 p m and Thursdays 6 15 to 7 15 p m. Intermediate lessons run Tuesdays 6 15 7 15 p m and Thursdays 5 15 6 15 p m. Six weeks, $12 per person. Signups at 206 W Elm or 457 8370. Also Sun Week schedule of lectures and solar energy talks at SIU Student Center and other venues.

Ents Carbondale Park District Southeast Park Ross Franklin W. Elm al Kent Department of Thermal and Environmental Engineering SIU Walter Borst Physics and Astronomy Solar Energy Farmers Home Administration Frederick Clark FHA Champaign Alternative Energy In Illinois Michael Edwards Alternative Energy Illinois Division of Energy Bill Vanda Don Beregson Department of Agriculture University of Illinois Extension Center Route 3 Murphysboro Rend Lake College Collegiate

Calendar theater admission and recycling drive details

Admission is one dollar for adults and fifty cents for students. Glass recycling operates round the clock all week with collection points at Lewis Park Mall and under the U S 51 overpass in Carbondale and at 13th and Rover in Murphysboro. Rinse glass remove metal tops and separate into clear and colored. Sponsored by Resource Reclamation Inc.

Lewis Park U.S. 51 Carbondale 13Th Rover Murphysboro Resource Reclamation, Inc

Cinemas list: Harrisburg to Carbondale screening slate

A compilation of venue showings across Illinois, listing multiple theaters in Harrisburg Carbondale Marion and Herrin. Titles include Julia Saturday Night Fever The Mouse and His Child The Big Sleep Audrey Rose Mannequin Annie Hall House Calls Unmarried Woman The Fury Seven Delicious Wishes Smokey and the Bandit The Goodbye Girl Smokey and the University Return from Witch Mountain The Hills Have Eyes Demon Seed and more.

Cinema Harrisburg Julia Orpheum the Mouse His Starlite Eldorado Audrey Rose Varsity Carbondale Saulki NEW Libierty Murphysboro the Fury University Witch Mountain Big Sieep

Charles Johnson Funeral Services in Carterville

Funeral services for Charles Johnson 85 of 722 Anderson Carterville will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Riggin Pillatsch Funeral Home Carterville with burial at Oakwood Cemetery. He died Saturday April 29 1978 at Memorial Hospital in Carbondale. Friends may call 6 to 9 p.m. today.

Marjorie Marie Eppenheimer Route 2 Carbondale New Concord Olmsted Eppenheimer Sandusky Charles Zola Maxwell James Eppenheimer Sikeston Dughter Linda Thetford Carbondgre Ronald de Soto Hubert Dixon S. 28Th St Herrin Johnson’s Herrin City Dixon Veterans Administration Hospital Marion Lon Lucille Jacobson Dixon Plumbers and Pipefitters West Frankfort Prairie Masonic Lodge Eastern Star Lodge Veterans of Foreign Wars Post Carmi United Methodist Church Leigh Kelly Dixon Wilbert Carterville Howard Charles Johnson Anderson Riggin-Pillatsch Oakwood Mr. Johnson Memorial Hospital

Two 17-year-olds face auto theft charges in Herrin

Two Herrin youths Michael Stallens and Curtis Suddath, both 17, were charged Sunday with auto theft. They allegedly stole a car owned by Donald E Williams from the Herrin Elks Club lot Saturday night. Suddath was arrested driving the car in Herrin. Stallens was later arrested at his home. They are jailed in Williamson County with no bond set.

Herrin Michael Stallens Curtis Todd Suddath Donald E. Williams Herrin Elks Club Suddath Williamson County Williamson County Sheriff's Dept Stallons Marion

Vandals strike Marion construction site damaging gear

Vandals at a Marion High School site drained about 150 gallons of gasoline from a Weller Masonry Construction Co. tank, partially dismantled a metal scaffold, and spilled a Ralph Korte Construction Co. portable toilet. A padlock was broken from the gas tank, no arrests reported.

Marion High School Weller Masonry Construction Co Marion Weller Company Ralph Korte Construction Co

Marion fire may be arson at Ford Mercury Garage

Williamson County Detective Unit investigates a Saturday morning fire at the Marion Ford Mercury Garage. Marion police and firemen found a blaze with broken windows on two trucks and a four wheel drive inside the garage.

Williamson County Detective Unit Marion

Jury selection begins in Eckles murder trial in Pinckneyville

Jury selection starts today in Perry County Circuit Court for Gerald Eckles 40 of Lesser charged with murder in the fatal June 1977 shooting of his wife Darla Eckles 26 at the St Nicholas Hotel in Du Quoin. Eckles pleaded innocent. bond 350000. He has been held at Perry County Jail.

Perry County Pinckneyville Gerald Eckles Lesser Eckles Darla Eckles St. Nicholas du Quoin Franklin County du Quin

Thieves Take Two Outboard Motors in Memphis Theft

Williamson County deputies report two outboard motors worth 710 dollars stolen from a car parked by Charles Wallis in Memphis Tennessee at Devil's Kitchen Dam. A lawn mower and a roto tiller valued 750 dollars were taken from Gilbert Cheatham of rural Herrin. Vandals brick windows of a cottage on Illinois 37 south of Marion.

Charles Wallis Memphis Tenn Williamson County Sheriff's Dept Wallis Devil’s Kitchen Dam Gilbert Cheatham Herrin Illinois 37 Marion John Connally

Correction corrects Walnut Street hearing date

An editorial in Sunday’s paper printed an incorrect date for the Walnut Street east west traffic plan public hearing. The hearing is set for 7 p.m. Monday May 8 in the city council chamber at 607 East College Street in Carbondale.

Walnut Street Carbondale City Council E. College St

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