M. Jean Nugent (Carpenter) Nugent
Dec 9, 2013
M. Jean Nugent, nee Carpenter, 93, of Collinsville, Ill., born Feb. 22, 1920 in Mount Vernon, Ill., died at 3:55 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 9, 2013, in Highland, Ill. Mrs. Nugent retired as a switchboard operator and receptionist from Southwestern Bell. For 35 years she also was a receptionist at the Fairmont Race Track. She was a member of the...
Alexander Murray Cornelius
Dec 4, 2013
A. Murray Cornelius, 94, of Collinsville, Illinois, passed on December 4. Murray and his family resided in Rye, New York. Before coming to Collinsville, he and his wife Irene lived briefly in Villa Park, Illinois, and Ocala, Florida, Murray was a graduate of Carnegie Tech (Now Carnegie-Mellon University) with a B.F.A. in Music Education. He graduated from Teacher's College, Columbia...