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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 2002
Page
11
A long multi-item death notice summarizes deaths in Gillette Wyoming to Murphysboro and many Illinois towns including Mounds, Johnston City, Pinckneyville, Bush, Mount Vernon, Nashville, Anna, Du Quoin, West Frankfort, Marion, and Whiteash. It lists names ages dates and survivors, funeral details and memorials with limited biographical notes.
Marion Bay Parks 90 died at home Saturday October 12 2002. Services 1 p.m. Wednesday Mitchell Hughes Funeral Home with Rev Vernell Clark officiating. Burial Eastlawn Memorial Gardens. Visitation 5 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at Shira Lewis George Ryan Gary Hepp Karen Sebastiano Wanda Boyd Constance Shannon Jimmy Kiefer Betty Jarvis Mildred Kelley Mary Hepp Dawn Colries Rick Macaluso Helen Yates Corine Frazier Jarod Winkleman.
New Orleans AP reports historian Stephen E Ambrose died at a Bay St. Louis hospital after a April lung cancer diagnosis. He gained fame with D Day June 6 1944 and wrote over 30 books. Ambrose mentored scholars, advised Steven Spielberg on Saving Private Ryan, and founded the National D Day Museum in New Orleans.
Lin Wickham at 102 S Dixon St received September’s Bright Spot Award from Keep Carbondale Beautiful for removing about two truckloads of wild saplings. Janet and Bob Taylor at 1223 W Freeman St were also noted for community applauded flowers.
Carbondale runs an Oct 26 daylight journey on the City of New Orleans route from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. with a box lunch. Advance price is $115 per person through Oct 18, then $129. about 200 tickets available. Route spans 200 miles through three states withOhio River crossing at Cairo and Mississippi River along Kentucky. Sponsored by American Association of Railroaders Inc. contact AAR, 4351 Holly Hills Blvd., St. Louis.
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