Nick Bogovich, 92, of Edwardsville, Ill., born Sept. 13, 1923, in Buckner, Ill., passed away Tuesday, March 1, 2016, at Eden Village Nursing Center in Glen Carbon, Ill. Nick was a World War II Air Force veteran and retired as a special education teacher in Madison, Ill. He enjoyed listening and singing along to Frank Sinatra and Tony Bennett. He...
Raymond Lee Thomas, 60, of Deltona, Fla., born Wednesday, July 6, 1955, died Monday, Feb. 29, 2016. Raymond enlisted in the Navy, serving for 22 years and was in the Persian Gulf War. He later worked for the United States Post Office as a mail sorter. His passion was fishing. He was preceded in death by his parents, Bill R....
James "Jim" E. Wittig, 84, of Collinsville, Ill., born Wednesday, April 19, 1931, in Amherst, Ohio, passed away Sunday, Feb. 21, 2016, at 1:45 PM at Kindred Hospital, St. Louis, Mo. Jim was a Mechanical Engineer. He served valiantly in the United States Army, stationed in Salzburg, Austria, and was an Airport Engineer in Saudi Arabia. He was a member...
Corinne K. "Cori" Koutsainis, nee Kenyon, 54, of Collinsville, Ill., born Oct. 4, 1961, in St. Louis, Mo., passed away Feb. 18, 2016, at her home. Cori worked as a medical assistant at Genesis OB/GYN at the DePaul Medical Building in Bridgeton Mo. She had a deep respect and love for all animals and was especially fond of pandas. She...
Mona F. Locklar, nee Davis, 82, of Highland, Ill., born Nov. 5, 1933, in Bardwell, Ky., passed away Friday, Feb. 12, 2016, at her residence with her loving family around her. Mona retired from Continental Can also known as Crown Cork and Seal and later joined the SOAR group. She loved to quilt and sew. She also loved to watch...
Robert G. (Bob) Range, 80, of Collinsville, IL, formerly of Cahokia, IL, died Thursday, February 11, 2016 in Maryville, IL. Bob was a devoted husband, loving father, great-grandfather and brother. Bob was a retired truck driver for Roger''s Cartage, Sauget, IL. He had an amazing record of driving 3 million miles without an accident that he was responsible for. Bob...
Alberta Jane Farenzena, 84, of Collinsville, IL, passed away Tuesday, February 9th, 2016. She was born Tuesday, February 10th, 1931 in E. St. Louis, IL to Albert and Rose (Hauser) Jenkins. She married Louis T. Farenzena, Sr., January 27th, 1950. Alberta is preceded in death by her parents, husband and one son, Louis T. Farenzena Jr. She is survived by...
Lucille Genevieve Scholebo, age 91, of White Hall, died Sunday, February 7, 2016, at Jefferson Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Scholebo was born August 13, 1924, in St. Genevieve, Missouri, a daughter of the late John Louis and Linda LaRose Roth. She was reared and received her early education in St. Genevieve, where she attended the St. Genevieve schools. Mrs. Scholebo...