Murphysboro Supply founder dies at 77 in Murphysboro
Hubert Hansas founder of Murphysboro Supply Co dies after extended illness at St Joseph Hospital Murphysboro Born in Bilstein Germany Oct 29 1900 he married Alma Martell on Oct 3 1928 Survived by wife Memorials to St Andrew Church fund St Joseph Hospital Auxiliary or Kidney Foundation Services 10 am Monday at St Andrew Church Burial in church cemetery Rosary 7:30 pm today at Denny Pettett Funeral Home with viewing 6 to 9 pm today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hubert R. Hansas
Manning St
Murphysboro
St. Joseph Hospital
Mr. Hansas
Murphysboro Supply Co
St. Andrew’s Catholic Church
Knights of Columbus
Elks Lodge
Bilstein
Germany
Joe
Mary Schauerte Hansas
Alma Martell
Ers
Alma
St. Andrew’s Church
Denny & Pettett Funeral Home
St. Andrew’s Church Fund
St. Joseph Hospital Auxiliary
Kidney Foundation
Funeral
Obituary notices for multiple 1978 deaths in southern Illinois
Dor othy Ruth Novick 58 of Carbondale died Sept 15 1978 after a long illness at Memorial Hospital. She was born Aug 18 1920 in Champaign to Abraham and Esther Seliovitz and married Jehiel Novick in 1942. Graveside services in Oakland Cemetery Carbondale, memorials to American Cancer Society or Memorial Hospital. Also listed are notices for Valentine Krus Everett Lockman Thelma Humphrey Lester Davis Allie Hartley and others with ages addresses and survivors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Ruth Novick
Kent Drive
Carbondale
Memorial Hospital
Champaign
Abraham and
Esther Conwisher Seliovitz
Jehiel
Jess’’ Novick
Southern Illinois University Women’s Club
American Cancer Society
World Hunger Project
Congregation Beth Jacob
Beth Jacob Sisterhood
Stuart A. Novick
Honolulu
Judith A. Wood
San Francisco
Jack Selbovitz
Paradise
Calif
Elaine Leventhal
Louisville
Oakland Cemetery
Memorial services for Pearl Coleman in Percy
Pearl Coleman 74 of Percy dies Sept 15 1978 at home. Services at 2 p.m. today at First Baptist Percy. Burial in Percy Cemetery. Survived by husband Griff Coleman four sons Lavern Wayne Gene Rayburn all of Percy two daughters Reba Ward Chester Phyllis Brant Hawaii Kay Todor Percy four sisters plus 24 grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearl Coleman
Percy
First Baptist Church
Odd Fellows
McDaniel Funeral
Coleman
Crainville
James
Cora Pike Walker
Griff Coleman
Harrisburg
Lavern
Mascoutah
Wayne
Gene
Rayburn
Reba Ward
Chester
Phyllis Brant
Hawaii
Kay Todor
Mae Tregoning
Anna
Marie McCormack
Reba Rodney
Blanche Margraves
Herrin
Walter A. McMurray 62 dies in Du Quoin Illinois
Walter A. McMurray 62 of 313 East North Street Du Quoin died at 1 p.m. Saturday September 16 1978 at Marshall Browning Hospital in Du Quoin Born November 16 1915 in Du Quoin to Carl and Clara Terry McMurray he married Ruth Schwinn January 1 1937 in Du Quoin She survives. He was foreman at Roberts and Schaffer Construction Co a member of Du Quoin First Christian Church and a Mason He leaves daughters La Donna Geddes Nancy Grosse and Dianna Kuhnert two sisters Wilma Walker and Venita Janello a brother Dean McMurray and five He was preceded in death by a son Burial will be in Odd Fellows Cemetery Du Quoin Friends may call 4 to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valentine Krus
Route 3
Nashville
Washington County Hospital
Perry County
Michael
Helen Kozinski Krus
Posen
Martha Paszkiewicz
Krus
Enterprise Flower Co
St. Louis
Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church
Alfred
Jermain
Robert
Denver
David
Alamosa
Colo
Delores Schlog
Joseph
Mary Smugala
Angeline Messey
Agnes Whetzel
Indiana
Stella Wisniewski
Radom
Our Lady of Perpetual Help
Pyatt Funeral Home
Hashville
Edward E. Phillips
N. 7Th St
Elkville
Marshall Browning
du Quoin
Hallidayboro
Robert C
Marie Halstead Phillips
Alberta Cook
Kentucky
Mr. Phillips
Freeman No. 6
United Mine Workers
Dowell American Legion Post
Walter A. McMurray
E. North St
Carl
Clara Terry McMurray
Ruth Schwinn
McMurray
Roberts and Schaffer Construction Co
Keeling Funeral Home
Odd Fellows
Carbondale Library Opens Storyhour Registration
Carbondale Public Library announces preschool Storyhour registration starting at 9 a.m. Monday for children ages 3 to 5 not yet in kindergarten. For more information call 549-3511. The Little Egypt SPEBSQSA barber shop chorus rehearsal is at 8 p.m. Monday in Carbondale East High School Art Room, open to interested area men.
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Sal
Carbondale East High School
Carbondale Public
Social service hearing set for Thursday in Marion
Members of the Title XX Citizens Advisory Council will hold a public hearing in Marion on social service programs Thursday at the State Regional Office Building 2209 W Main St. The session runs 1 pm to 6 30 pm with public comment guiding fiscal 1980 budgets and the Comprehensive Annual Services Plan.
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Title XX
Citizens’ Advisory Council
Marion
State Regional Ofice
W. Main St
Christopher
Johnston City Unit School Board
E. Broadway Blvd
Rend Lake
Trico Community Unit District
DU Quoin
Obituary for Minda Thompson of Marion Ky 1888 1978
Minda Thompson 90 of 813 W Prairie St Marion died Friday Sept 15 1978 at Memorial Hospital Marion A homemaker and Mount Pleasant Freewill Baptist Church member born May 13 1888 in Muehlenburg County Ky to John and Martha Shipworth Farris married William Terry Thompson in Carb Orchard in 1906 he preceded her in death 1964 survivors include daughter Altha Perry Marion three grandchildren William E Perry Rosetta Hill Linda Winchester all of Marion and five great grandchildren services 3 30 pm Monday at Mitchell Funeral Home Marion burial Pleasant Grove Cemetery friends may call after 4 pm today
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everett Lockman
E. St. Louis St
West Frankfort
Pensacola
Fla
Lockman
Standard Tire Co
William and
Zulie Cantrell Lockman
Ruth Joseph
Terry
Stone Funeral Home
Rose Hill
Marion
West Frankfort Public Library
Thelma V. Humphrey
Route 2
Carbondale
Memorial Hospital
Humphrey
Jackson County
Oscar
Ruth Hart Dillon
Bernadine Wright
Pete
Midwest City
Okla
Harvey Dillon
Murphysboro
Lillian Hardwig
St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church
Dil
Walker Funeral Home
Cedale
Lester J. Davis
Marcella Drive
Mitchell Funeral Home
Maplewood
Mr. Davis
John Cochran Hospital
St. Louis
First Baptist Church
Jefferson City
Anadarko
Ozzie
Alice Elizabeth Hendriy Davis
Lucille Russell O’neail
Jack L
Albuquerque
N.M
Keith
Los Alamos
Twalla Brown
White Rock
Allie Reta Hartley
S. Court St
Freda Fox
Lois Caldwell
Ruth Starbuck
Geraldine Tregoning
Memphis
Tenn
Odd Fellows Cemetery
Funeral
Minda Thompson
Prairie St
William E. Perry
Rosetta Hill
Linda Winchester
Pleasant Grove
Umbrella Day Weather Clears as Warm Front Arrives
Skies were to clear by mid afternoon with a high near 82 as a cold front moves in from the south. A Southern Illinois Airport spokesman warned no Monday forecast yet and tied Saturday’s St. Louis storm to the front. officials canceled Lt. Gov. Dave O Neal’s Murphysboro Apple Festival appearance due to the weather.
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Southern Illinois
St. Louis
Dave O’neal
Murphysboro
Burglars hit three homes in Carbondale
Carbondale police reported three burglaries late Friday and early Saturday yielding two televisions a stereo a gun and its case and some jewelry. Barbara Hawkins 24 and Peter Adeniran 25 each lost a television and jewelry after window entries. Richard Gunn 26 lost a gun a gun case and a stereo after a front door entry. No suspects yet.
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Carbondale
Barbara Hawkins
E. Snider St
Peter Adeniran
S. Logan St
Logan Street
Richard Gunn
E. College St
Calendar and theater listings for several towns on Monday
Calendar entries list government meetings in Pinckneyville Carbondale Chester and Benton plus Alcoholics Anonymous Overeaters Anonymous TOPS and Marion groups. Movie showings include Saluki Varsity 2 EgyptIan Drive-In and University 4 with titles such as Slithis and The Greek Tycoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Varsity
Carbondale
Laura Mars
Marion
Foul Play
Animal House
Hooper
University 4
International Velvet
ROXY
Coulterville
Cinema 1
Harrisburg
Sgt. Pepper
Cinema 2
Webster Steeleville House Calls Varsity 1
Carbondale Animal House headline appears in a lean, fragmentary notice. Names Webster Steeleville and Carbondale surface as entities tied to a varsity venue. The item suggests a sports or school activity with limited readable context and no full details available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Webster
Steeleville
Varsity 1
Carbondale
Animal House
How to Submit a Public Calendar Item
The Southern Illinoisan prints open to public meetings and entertainments without charge. Send calendar items to Calendar The Southern Illinoisan 710 North Illinois Carbondale IL 62901 one week before the event with date time place brief description and admission charge if any.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Illinoisan
North Illinois
Carbondale
Dallas Hawk Found Guilty on Three Counts in Union County
Dallas Hawk, 39, of Pomona was found guilty Friday after a three day trial in Union County circuit court in Jonesboro. The jury convicted him on two counts of aggravated battery and one count of harassment based on the April 30 incident at the Reviow Tavern. Sentencing is set for October 17. Hawk remains free on a $25,000 bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas Hawk
Pomona
Union County
Jonesboro
Hawk
Bruce Benefield
East Cape
Benefield
Alexander County
Reviow Tavern
Route 2
William B. Ballard Jr
Torney
Union County Sheriff's Deputies
Murphysboro
Jona Goldschmidt
Carbondale
First Judicial Circuit
Robert Chase
Metropolis
Two Injured in Separate Illinois Crashes
Marta F. Taylor a 27 of Carbondale and Kevin E. Trexler 19 of Alto Pass were seriously injured in separate Friday accidents. Taylor’s van left Illinois 14 struck a utility pole near U.S. 51 about 12:30 p.m. and she was moved to Good Samaritan Hospital Mt Vernon in serious condition. Trexler, in fair condition at Union County Hospital Anna, left the road on Skyline Drive three miles west of Old U.S. 51 at 8:35 p.m. and overturned after losing control while avoiding an oncoming car.
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Marta F. Taylor
Carbondale
Kevin E. Trexler
Alto Pass
Illinois
du Quoin
Illinois 14
U.S. 51
Marshall Browning
Good Samaritan
Mt. Vernon
Trexler
Union County Hospital
Anna
Skyline Drive
Births in Illinois and Missouri announce new babies
VALIER Eubanks Ruth erford announce a son born Friday at Marshall Browning Memorial in Steeleville. FREYTAG Elmer and wife report a son born Friday at Memorial Hospital in Chester. RORANDO Bernard and wife announce a daughter born Friday at Memorial Hospital in Chester. ROYALTON Barry and wife welcome a daughter born Friday at Memorial Hospital in Carbondale.
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Valier
Eubanks
Rutherford
Marshall Browning Hospital
du Quoin
Steeleville
Freytag
Elmer
Memorial Hospitel
Chester
Rorando
Bernard
Memorial Hospital
Royalton
McCauley
Barry
Carbondale
Correction Identifies Child and Obituary Survivors
A photo caption error last Sunday misidentified the child as Donna Mathewson age two from Johnston City daughter of Michael and Gloria Mathewson. The obituary for Kenneth Bilder back 67 of Ava omits survivor Elizabeth Reiman of Murphysboro a stepdaughter Anj Cross of Ava
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donna Mathewson
Johnston City
Michael and
Gloria Mathewson
Kenneth Bilderback
Ava
Southern Illinoisan
Elizabeth Reiman
Murphysboro
Anj Cross
Also Mentioned on This Page
Hubert Hansas
Dorothy Novick
Temple Beth Jacob
Herbert E. Hubbs
Herbert Edward Hubbs
7Th St
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Edward H
Anna Day Hubbs
Hubbs
Pilgrim Chapel
Grand Tower
Robert Hubbs
Aurora
Mildred Hartline
Rochelle
Edna Chandler
Crawshaw Mortuary Chapel
Walker Hill Cemetery
Carbondale Library
Little Egypt
Spebsqsa
Barber Shop
Pinckneyville
S. Walnut
Tamaroa
Randolph County Board of Commissioners
Alcoholics Anonymous
St. Francis Xavier
Sallie Logan
St. John’s
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Main
University
Benton
Charlie Girl
Charlie
Joe Jines
Humane Society of
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