Deaths and funeral services in West Frankfort and Pinckneyville
Death notices for Marilyn Spillman and Bertha Beck include service times, burial plans, and survivor listings. Spillman of Route 1 West Frankfort died May 12 1978 at Union Hospital. services set for 2 p.m. today at Union Funeral Home with burial in Denning Cemetery. Beck of 306 St. Louis Ave Pinckneyville died May 12 1978 at home. services at Zion Lutheran Church 2 p.m. Monday with burial in IOOF Cemetery Pinckneyville. memorials suggested to local health, ambulance, or seminary groups. Survivors and affiliations detailed for both.
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Bertha M. Beck
St. Louis Ave
Pinckneyville
Beck
Zion Lutheran Church
Perry County Health Dept. Home Nursing Care
Pinckneyville Firemen’s Ambulance Association
Christ Seminary Seminex
St. Louis
Obituary notices for McHughes Burnam Keistler and Noe in Illinois
Funeral services are set for Willard C. McHughes 72 of Route 2 Jonesboro at Norris and Son Funeral Home with burial in Alto Pass Cemetery. A separate notice lists Mable Burnam 80 of Centralia and Edna Keistler 85 of Anna with service details, and Melvin Noe Jr. 42 of Murphysboro, a SIU educator, died May 11 1978 in Carbondale Memorial Hospital. multiple survivors listed for each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melvin Lavaughn Noe Jr
Route 4
Murphysboro
Carbondale Memorial Hospital
Noe
University of Illinois
Department of Human Development
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Methodist Church
Carlyle
Melvin
Buelah Ahlf Noe
Liela Cope
Odin
Sheri
Rebecca
Michael
Richard
James
Centralia
Crawshaw Funeral Home
Georgia Hollins 50 dies in Carbondale after short illness
Georgia Lee Hollins aged 50 of 791 North Barnes Street Carbondale died at 545 a.m. Friday May 12 1978 at Memorial Hospital after a brief illness Born March 6 1928 in Marion Arkansas she was married to John Hollins in December 1944 She was a New Zion Baptist Church member Survived by her husband seven sons six grandchildren three daughters in law and a brother Funeral services set for 1 p.m. Tuesday at Jackson Funeral Home Burial in Oakland Cemetery Friends may call 7 to 9 p.m. Monday
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mable Burnam
N. 4Th St
Centralia
Walier
St. Mary's Hospital
Indianapolis
Ind
Chloe Tyree
Eldorado
Russell Funeral Home
Christopher
Maple Hill
Lesser
Edna Keistler
Anna
Crain Funeral Home
Keistler
Union County Hospital
First Baptist Church
Royal Neighbors of America
Johnson County
Dave Bridges
J. Frank Keistier
Helen Marie Gray
Frank
Georgia Lee Hollins
N. Barnes St
Carbondale
Memorial Hospital
Marion
Ark
Bennie
Rosie Johnson Williams
John Hollins
Marianna
Hollins
New Zion Baptist Church
John
Johnnie Jr
Willie Lee
Timothy
Julius
Sampson
Keith
Jimmie Lee
Jimmie Lee Williams
Jackson Funeral Home
Oakland Cemetery
Fannie D. Clark 79 Dies in Benton Area Funeral in Zeigler
Fannie D. Clark 79 of 607 Coxspur Zeigler died Saturday in Franklin Hospital Benton. Funeral Monday 1 p.m. Vantrease Funeral Home Zeigler. Burial St Aloysius Cemetery Royalton. Visitation after 6 p.m. today. Born Sept 16 1898 Harrisburg daughter of James L and Sarah Davis. Survived by brother Daxton Ontario Cal.
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Fannie D. Clark
Coxspur
Zeigler
Franklin Hospital
Benton
Vantrease
St. Aloysius Cemetery
Royalton
Mrs. Clark
Harrisburg
James L
Sarah Baker Davis
Geneva Sciranto
North Benton
Aline Batson Seltzer 78 died in Miami after Carbondale years
Aline Batson Seltzer age 78 of Miami formerly Carbondale died Tuesday May 9 1978 in Miami She taught fourth grade at Brush School Carbondale born 1900 in Carterville to Marshall and Lelia D Batson married Clifford Seltzer who died 1972 Survived by sisters Bonnie McCormack Boca Raton and Mary Elizabeth Spire Miami Graveside services set for 1 pm Thursday at Oakland Cemetery Carbondale Huffman Funeral Home handling arrangements
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Aline Batson Seltzer
Miami
Fla
Carbondale
Seltzer
Brush School
Carterville
Marshall
Lelia D. Batson
Clifford Seltzer
Bonnie McCormack
Boca Raton
Mary Elizabeth Spire
Carterville Band Wins State Title at Urbana
The Carterville High School band, led by Bruce Groll, took first place Saturday in the Class B state high school band competition at Urbana. Seventeen bands competed at the Krannert Center on the University of Illinois campus, with Carterville earning the trophy after a strong performance.
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Carterville
Urbana
Krannert Center For the
University of Illinois
Bruce Groll
Would-be robbers turn down 50 cents
Two men with a gun demanded all the cash in Armand Stone's Knights of Columbus Hall register in Du Quoin as he prepared for a Friday function. The pair fled when the till held only 50 cents, later escaping through a back door and alley, Du Quoin police said.
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Armand Stone
Stone
Knights of Columbus
du Quoin
Typewriter Short Blamed for Office Fire in Carbondale
A fire at the Southern Illinois Transportation Co office in Carbondale, caused by a typewriter short circuit, damaged a desk and walls in the Carbon dale Industrial Park. Firefighters arrived at 4 45 a m and damage was estimated at 900 dollars.
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Southern Illinois Transportation Co
Carbondale
U.S. 51
Local boards set meetings for Monday across cities and villages
City council and school board sessions are scheduled for 7 p.m. Monday in city halls and administration buildings in Christopher Johnston Royalton Shawnee Valier Zeigler Du Quoin Chester and Cobden. County officials meet at 9 a.m. in Chester. Overeaters Anonymous gathers at 7 p.m. Monday in Murphysboro library.
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Christopher
Johnston City School Board
E. Broadway
Royalton
Village Trustees of
de Soto
Dowell
Benton board and teachers set talks on contract negotiations
The Benton Consolidated High School District 103 Board of Education will begin contract negotiations Monday with teachers bus drivers and custodians. Superintendent Albert Gulley said a proposal will be presented to union employees but he would not release details. The one year contract with bus drivers custodians and teachers is up for negotiations and the groups are in IEA and BSEU. The board set minimum bid at 29097 for a building trades house with an auction planned May 18 at 407 N 9th St and an open house today.
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Benton Consolidated High School District 103 Board of Education
Albert Gulley
N. 9Th St
Alcoholics Anonymous and local events Monday calendar
Alcoholics Anonymous meets Monday at 8 p.m. St Francis Xavier Hall Carbondale for those with drinking problems. City council meetings in Carbondale and Pinckneyville. SPEBSQSA barber shop chorus rehearsal open to area men. Local cinema listings include multiple theaters and titles from Saturday Night Fever to The Betsy and more.
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Alcoholics Anonymous
St. Francis Xavier
Carbondale
West Frankfort
St. John’s
Marion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
First Baptist Church
Main
University
Pinckneyville
City Hall
Little Egypt
Spebsqsa
Carbondale East High School
Starlite
Suspiria Cinema
Harrisburg
The
Cinema
the Tigers
How to Submit a Public Calendar Item
The Southern Illinoisan lists meetings and entertainments open to the public free of charge. Send details to Calendar, The Southern Illinoisan, 710 North Illinois, Carbondale IL 62901 one week before the event. Include date time place brief description and admission charge if any.
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Southern Illinoisan
North Illinois
Carbondale
Rain Expected Across Regions With Weekend Rainfall
The forecast calls for rain from the Great Lakes to the Virginias and north to New York and across the Pacific Northwest. In Southern Illinois the high was 56 degrees at 5 p m Saturday, the low 53 degrees since 7 a m Saturday, with 0.36 inches of rain in those hours and another 0.08 inches from 7 a m to 5 p m. Sunset today is 7 57 p m with sunrise Monday at 5 37 a m and sunset Monday at 7 58 p m.
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Great Lakes
Virginias
New York
Pacific Northwest
Ilinois
Perry County unit road district vote stalled
A petition drive to place a Perry County unit road district on November ballots stalled as organizers cited unresolved law details and fear of reduced revenues. Residents noted deteriorating roads and debates over tax changes, with some officials warning a countywide system could cut local funds and invite patronage.
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Perry County
Karen Rothe
Southern Illinoisan
Jerry Britton
Britton
du Quoin
Darrell George
Tamaroa
Orville Bigham
Bigham
Unit
Debbie McIntyre
Tim
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Mane Society
Joe Jines
Marilyn Spillman
Route 1
Union Funeral Home
Denning
Spillman
Union Hospital
Offie
Marie Rains Rubbard
Willard C. McHughes
Jonesboro
Norris and Son
Alto Pass
Mr. McHughes
Union County
Pentecostal
Sikeston
Cindy
Polly
Carol
Robert
Medora
Vernon
Thebes
Pauline Tucker
Carterville Band
Illinois Education Association
Buildings Service Employees Union
National Weather Service
NOAA
Dept. of Commerce
Roxy
Coulterville
Mary
Roy Smith
Smith
Don Wynn
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