COLLINSVILLE- Dorothy A. Bucher, 65, of Collinsville passed away on Saturday, February 18, 2017 at Anderson Hospital in Maryville. She was born on April 14, 1951 in East St. Louis, Ill., to Edward and Margaret Bucher. They preceded her in death. Surviving is her brother, Richard (Debbie) Bucher of St. Charles, Ill.; her nephew, Matthew Bucher and niece, Ashley Bucher;...
John Wurtsbaugh, 89, of Maryville, Ill., a retired salesman from the RJ Reynolds Tobacco Company, passed away Thursday, February 16, 2017. Born to parents and predeceased by Gladys and Leroy Wurtsbaugh in Springfield, Ill., on June 16, 1927. John enlisted in the U.S. Navy during WWII. A 1944 graduate of Jacksonville High School and subsequently a graduate of the University...
Mary Jo Anderson Mary Jo Anderson passed away peacefully on February 16th, 2017. She was born in Edwardsville, Ill., in 1925, daughter of the late Agnes, nee Trikar, Kellermann and Joseph F. Kellermann. She married Elton E. Meyer August 9, 1946, and was preceded in death by Elton in 1997. She then married Charles K. Anderson May 28, 1998, and...
CASEYVILLE- Ryan G. Raines, 26, of Caseyville, passed away on Thursday, February 16, 2017 at Memorial Hospital in Belleville, IL. He was born on September 8, 1990 in St. Louis, MO to Greg and Ann, nee Melling, Raines. He was a 2009 graduate of Collinsville High School. He attended Southern Illinois University in Edwardsville, where he studied philosophy. He was...
HIGHLAND- June L. (Reagan) Rhodebeck, 86, of Highland, Ill., formerly of Collinsville, Ill., passed away on Wednesday, February 15, 2017 at St. Elizabeth''s Hospital in Belleville, Ill. June was born on February 8, 1931 in Goodland, MO to Joseph and Lora Brooks Harbison. She married Edward Reagan on November 29, 1945; he preceded her in death on June 14, 2000....
Harold E. Rich Harold E. Rich, 94, of Glen Carbon, Ill., passed away on Wednesday, February 15, 2017, at Meridian Village in Glen Carbon, Ill. Harold was born in Carbondale, Ill., on May 16, 1922, the son of the late Edgar and Mona Mearle, nee Johnson, Rich. He was also preceded by his wife Marilyn Nadine, nee Calvin, Rich whom...
Doris Lucille Price, 83, passed away February 14, 2017, at the Windsor Assisted Care facility in Ocala, Florida while being cared for by Hospice of Marion County nurses and with family at her side. Doris Price was raised in Horace, Illinois the daughter of Bertha and Finley O. Johnson. She was married to the late Pat Price. He preceded her...
COLLINSVILE- Waneta C. Williams, nee Wyman, 99, of Collisnville, IL, born on January 8, 1918 in Nokomis, IL, died on February 12, 2017 at her residence. She married Claude Williams on June 16, 1962 in Collinsville, IL. He preceded her in death in May of 1993. She was also preceded in death by her parents, Arthur and Winnie, nee Thompson,...
Thomas James Kowalski Thomas James Kowalski, 75, of Glen Carbon, Ill., born November, 1, 1941, in East St. Louis, Ill., passed away Sunday, February 12, 2017, in Edwardsville, Ill. Thomas was very active and extremely dedicated to the community as a fire fighter for the Fairview Heights Volunteer Fire Department from 1969 to 1986, the family then moved to Glen...