Obituaries
Clifton Douglas Rutledge
Feb 13, 2018
Memorial Services for Clifton Douglas Rutledge will be held on July 21, 2018 at 3:00 p.m. in the Goddard Chapel at Rose Hill Cemetery, Marion, IL. A reception will follow at the Quality Inn & Suites, 2600 W. Main St., Marion, IL. Clifton, 82 years old passed away at 10:30 AM, Tuesday, February 13, 2018 at Heartland Regional Medical Center....
Sharon Kay Morse
Feb 13, 2018
Carterville- Sharon Kay Morse, age 70, of Carterville, passed away on Tuesday, February 13, 2018 at Helia Healthcare of Energy. Sharon was born in Herrin on June 22, 1947, the daughter of Henry and Venita (Hammontree) Moss. She married her high school sweetheart, Steve Franklin Morse, in May of 1966. He survives in Carterville. Sharon was most importantly a mother...
Bernard Everett Kelsey
Feb 12, 2018
Bernard Everett Kelsey, 104, of Glenview formerly of Marion, passed away on February 12, 2018 at 4:02 am at The Abington of Glenview. Bernard was born August 12, 1913 in Desloge, Missouri the son of Alexander and Bertha (Monroe) Kelsey. He married Katherine Funk in January, 1939 at City Hall downtown Chicago and together they shared over 53 years of marriage...
Carolyn Marie Myers
Feb 7, 2018
Carolyn Marie Myers, 69, of Marion, passed away on Wednesday, February 7, 2018 at 10:50 pm at her home. Carolyn was born February 17, 1948 in Marion the daughter of Jackson Albert and Wahneta (Miller) Jordan. She married Larry Myers in Morrisville, Indiana on August 28, 1966 and together they have shared over 51 years of marriage. She was a...
Doris Evelyn Collins
Feb 7, 2018
Herrin- Doris Evelyn Collins, 81 of Herrin passed away at 10:52 AM, Wednesday, February 7, 2018 at her home. Doris was born on January 31, 1937 in Columbus, Ohio to Mr. and Mrs. James Wernke. She married James O. Collins on August 18, 1956 in Energy, Illinois. He preceded her in death on June 5, 2011. She worked as a CNA...
Starla Roseanne Bertinetti
Feb 6, 2018
Starla Roseanne Bertinetti, 61 of Herrin, passed away at 7:38 PM, Tuesday, February 6, 2018 at Herrin Hospital. Starla was born on May 24, 1956 in East St. Louis, Illinois to Ray and Velma (White) Willis. She was a retired Home Economics teacher at Belleville West School and a bus driver. She was a volunteer at Southern Illinois Worship Center...
Jerry Wayne Fowler
Feb 6, 2018
Jerry Wayne Fowler, 71, of Marion, passed away on Tuesday, February 6, 2018 at 2:12 am at Heartland Regional Medical Center. Jerry was born August 10, 1946 in Herrin the son of Wayne and Doris (Bearden) Fowler. He married Linda Sutton on June 27, 1965 at Parrish Park Baptist Church in Marion and together they have shared over 52 years...
Linda A. Brofka
Feb 2, 2018
Marion- Linda A. Brofka, age 72, passed away at 10:20pm on Friday, February 2, 2018 at her home in Marion, with her loving husband at her side. Linda was born on January 31, 1946, the daughter of Gus A. and Bernice (Schultz) Albers. She married Edward Brofka in Fort Benning, Georgia in 1969. She was the love of his life....
Sandra K. (Drake) Jones
Jan 25, 2018
Sandra K. (Drake) Jones, 66, of Marion, passed away peacefully on January 25, 2018 surrounded by her loving family and friends after complications from open heart surgery. Sandy was born on August 9, 1951 in Camp Crowder, Missouri the daughter of Ronald Jr. and Mary Ann (Werner) Drake. Sandy married the love of her life, Michael J. Jones on September...
Patrick R. Campbell
Jan 24, 2018
Patrick R. Campbell, age 81, of Marion, passed away at 6:55pm on Wednesday, January 24, 2018 at his home in Marion. Patrick was born in New Burnside on July 31, 1936, the son of Edward M. and Francis (Reed) Campbell. He married Claire E. Hughes on August 27, 1957. She preceded him in death on March 19, 2012. He married Patricia K. Walters on July...
Mary Felts
Jan 24, 2018
Marion- Mary Felts, age 92, of Marion, passed away at 2:53pm on Wednesday, January 24, 2018 at her home in Marion. Mary was born in Marion on December 5, 1925, the daughter of Walter and Lola (Jones) Sanders. She married Melvin Felts on April 25, 1945. He preceded her in death on October 10, 2001. Mrs. Felts was a lifetime...
Alvin S. Heggie
Jan 23, 2018
Grand Tower- Alvin Stewart Heggie, 68, of Grand Tower, passed away at 3:30 PM, Tuesday, January 23, 2018 at his home. Alvin was born on July 20, 1949 in Amarillo, TX to William C. and Mary (McPherson) Heggie. He was a retired roofer who owned his own business. Alvin was an avid fisherman with a commercial fishing license. His dream...
Benjamin Franklin Harget III
Jan 23, 2018
Benjamin Franklin Harget III,65, of Johnston City, Illinois, passed away at his home on Tuesday, January 23, 2018 at 10:30 PM with his family by his side. Bennie was born in Baraboo, Wisconsin to Benjamin Franklin Harget II and Mary Louis (Smith). Services will be held on Saturday, January 27, 2018 at 11:00 at Johnson Hughes Funeral Home in Herrin,...
David W. Morrow
Jan 20, 2018
Herrin- David W. Morrow, 54, of Herrin, formerly of Jackson, TN, passed away at 2:00 AM, Saturday, January 20, 2018 at his home surrounded by his family and friends.
David was born on April 27, 1963 in St. Louis, MO to Walter and Rosemary (Votruba) Morrow. He married Heather Treece on August 30, 1997 at the First Christian Church in...
Delilah Sue Turner
Jan 13, 2018
Marion- Delilah Sue Turner, age 67, of Marion, passed away at 9:25am on Saturday, January 13, 2018 at her home in Marion. Delilah was born in Herrin on July 17, 1950, the daughter of Lorraine Bernice (Conaway) and Elwood Lavern Stanley. She married Marvin Turner. He survives in Marion. Survivors include her husband- Marvin Turner of Marion Three Children- Angie...
Betty J. Doughty
Jan 11, 2018
Betty J. Doughty, 95, of Champaign, formerly of Marion, passed away on Thursday, January 11, 2018 at 5:51 pm at Helia Nursing Home. Betty was born September 21, 1922 in Galatia the daughter of Roy and Ethel (Harris) Webber. She married Raymond L. Doughty on September 17, 1946 in Henderson, Kentucky and together they shared over 51 years of marriage...
Charles Leon Grider
Jan 9, 2018
Marion- Charles Leon Grider, age 76, of Marion, passed away at 3:25pm on Tuesday, January 9, 2018 at Heartland Regional Medical Center. Charles was born in Marion on July 5, 1941, the son of Edward Vernon "Boots" and Imogene Juanita (Chamness) Grider. He was very involved in The Promise of Marion, where he made some very dear friends. Survivors include...
Esther M. McKenzie
Jan 5, 2018
Marion- Esther M. McKenzie, 94, of Marion, passed away at 12:08 AM, Friday, January 5, 2018 at Westside Rehab and Care Center in West Frankfort. Esther was born on January 30, 1923 in Crab Orchard to Roy and Mamie (Stahlhut) Cox. She married Clair McKenzie and together they shared 47 wonderful years together. He preceded her in death in 1987....
Susan Lorraine Davie
Jan 3, 2018
Stiritz- Susan Lorraine Davie, 72, of Stiritz, passed away at 8:18 PM, Wednesday, January 3, 2018 at Herrin Hospital. Susan was born on January 1, 1946 in North Carolina to Charles Oliver Crossmore and Ester (Deaton) Andrew I. She married Charles Lavern Davie on February 17, 1962 in Sanford, NC. Together, they shared fifty five wonderful years together. She worked...
Janet Louise Rich
Dec 31, 2017
Marion- Janet Louise Rich, age 68, of Marion, passed away at 8:16pm on Sunday, December 31, 2017 at St. Louis University Hospital. Janet was born in Marion on April 9, 1949, the daughter of Jewel and Joyce (Lawrence) Parmley. She was a homemaker. Survivors include her daughter- Heather and William Mitchem of Bonnie, IL Son- Brent Rich of Germany Three...
