Larry Garrison
Oct 27, 2020
Larry Allen Garrison , 72, of Centralia passed away Tuesday, October 27, 2020 at John Cochran Veterans Hospital in St. Louis, MO. He was born on April 26, 1948 the son of James and Ruth (True) Garrison in Mt. Vernon.
Survivors include his beloved family, brother, Jack Garrison (Shelby) of Walnut Hill; sisters, Bonnie Cleveland of Bourbonnais,...
Daniel John Smith
Oct 25, 2020
Daniel John Smith, age 65, of Salem, Illinois, passed away at 6:07 P.M. on Sunday, October 25, 2020, at Salem Township Hospital in Salem, Illinois.
Funeral arrangements for Mr. Daniel John Smith are in the care of Moran Queen-Boggs Funeral Home at 134 South Elm Street in Centralia, Illinois, where friends may call (618) 532-7321 for further...
Alfred Henry Burmeister
Oct 24, 2020
Alfred Henry Burmeister, age 71, of Salem, Illinois, passed away at 3:21 P.M. on Saturday, October 24, 2020, at Salem Township Hospital in Salem, Illinois. He was born on May 20, 1949, in Centralia, Illinois, the son of Wilfred Henry and Durall (Bierman) Burmeister.
Mr. Burmeister is survived by his brother-in-law, Gary Showalter and fiancé June of...
Virginia Maulding-Whitlock
Oct 23, 2020
Virginia Maulding Whitlock , 99, died peacefully on Friday, October 23, 2020. Virginia was born in St. Louis, MO, on May 14, 1921, the daughter of William and Edna (Bullington) Messex and was raised from age 3 by her great-aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Manion, in Vandalia, IL. She graduated from Vandalia High School and attended Southern...
Lucretia Hurley
Oct 22, 2020
Lucretia I. Hurley , 88, of Odin passed away Thursday, October 22, 2020 at Odin Health Care Center. She was born on February 24, 1932 the daughter of Henry and Lola (Crowell) Austin. She married her sweetheart, Herman Hurley and he preceded her in death on August 15, 2003.
Lucretia's kind heart will be remembered by her...
Carl Ferguson
Oct 22, 2020
Carl Thomas Ferguson , 106, of Mattoon, formerly of Centralia passed away peacefully Thursday, October 22, 2020 in Mattoon. He was born on February 1, 1914 the son of John and Nan (Elam) Ferguson in rural Stewardson. He married Elaine Thompson, and 3 children were born of this union, they later divorced. He later married Zelma Reynolds and she...
Spookie Alli
Oct 22, 2020
Spookie Alli, crossed over the Rainbow Bridge on Thursday, October 22, 2020. She was born on December 21, 2008.
Spookie loved spending time with her dad, Jim, and her mom, Tyann. She liked to lay on her back and kick her legs in the air playing silly girl. She liked to go for walks in the park...
Shirley Joan (Lyman) Merrell
Oct 22, 2020
Shirley Joan Merrell, age 82, of Centralia, Illinois, passed away at 10:30 A.M. on Thursday, October 22, 2020, at her home in Centralia, Illinois with her loving family by her side. She was born on February 22, 1938, in Carlyle, Illinois, the daughter of Frank H. and Minnie (Meier) Lyman. She married Garland L. Merrell on August 6, 1958,...
Stephen Earl King
Oct 21, 2020
Stephen Earl King, age 75, of Centralia, Illinois, passed away on Wednesday, October 21, 2020 at SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital in Centralia, Illinois. He was born on December 6, 1944, in Peoria, Illinois, the son of George Franklin and Audrey Winifred (Smith) King. He married Louella Belt on July 27, 1968, at the Christian Church in Creve Coeur,...
Charles Foltz
Oct 20, 2020
Charles "Charley" Foltz , 80, of Odin passed away Tuesday, October 20, 2020 at Odin Health Care Center. He was born on June 6, 1940 the son of Ralph & Catherine (Ott) Foltz in Centralia. He married Linda Hediger in Woburn, IL and two children were born of this union. They later divorced.
Survivors that will remember...
Eva Baggett
Oct 20, 2020
Eva M. (Myers) Baggett , 52, of Centralia passed away Tuesday, October 20, 2020 at SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital in Centralia. She was born on July 2, 1968 the daughter of Larry and Eva (Fann) Myers in Centralia. She married Robert Baggett, Jr. on September 5, 2005 at Ricks Chapel in Centralia.
Survivors that will remember...
Mary Goodnight
Oct 14, 2020
Mary Goodnight, 83, of Centralia, passed away Wednesday, October 14, 2020 at SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital in Centralia. She was born on December 16, 1936 the daughter of Robbie and Tressa (Boatright) Howard in Wamac, IL. She married Bernard Goodnight Jr. in Centralia on June 16, 1956 and three children were born of this union. They later divorced....
Gerold Wolff
Oct 12, 2020
Gerold "Jerry" Wolff, 82, of Patoka passed away Monday, October 12, 2020 at his home in the care of his family. He was born on April 4, 1938 the son of Earl and Ethel (Barnes) Wolff in Collinsville, IL.
Survivors include the love of his life for 37 years, Alice Tate of Patoka; stepchildren, Donna Eck, Paula...
Mary Taylor
Oct 12, 2020
Mary Opal Taylor , 62, of Odin, passed away Monday, October 12, 2020 at Odin Healthcare Center. She was born on September 28, 1958 the daughter of Chester Gooding in Wood River, IL. She was fostered by Harold and Vivian Crippen who raised her like their own in Odin. She married her sweetheart, William "Bill" Taylor on November 10,...
Michael "Mike" William Geilhausen
Oct 8, 2020
Michael William "Mike" Geilhausen, age 62, of Saint Louis, Missouri, passed away at 10:41 A.M. on Thursday, October 8, 2020, at his home in Saint Louis, Missouri. He was born on December 11, 1957, in Centralia, Illinois, the son of William Joseph and Dorothy Jean (Morgan) Geilhausen.
Mr. Geilhausen is survived by his sister, Cindy Jo Robinson...
Sandra Brumfield
Oct 6, 2020
Sandra Kay "Sandy" Brumfield , 72, of Vandalia, formerly of Vernon passed away Tuesday, October 6, 2020 at Aperion Care in St. Elmo. She was born on May 1, 1948 the daughter of Marvin "Corky" and Mary "Belva" (Henry) Ehrat in Vandalia at Fayette County Hospital. She married her high school sweetheart, Gary Brumfield on April 6, 1968 in...
Edith Sprehe
Oct 3, 2020
Edith Elizabeth Sprehe , 82, of Centralia, passed away Saturday, October 3, 2020 at SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital in Centralia. She was born the daughter of Virgil and Ella Baker on September 10, 1938 in Irvington, Illinois. She married Louis Sprehe, Jr. on February 14, 1956 in Hoyleton, Illinois and he preceded her in death on August 26,...
Margaret Leek
Sep 29, 2020
Margaret Ann "Nudie" Leek, 89, of Centralia passed away peacefully, surrounded by the love of her family Tuesday, September 29, 2020 at Centralia Manor. She was born on June 22, 1931 the daughter of Manley H. and Effie (Vaughn) Etheridge in Centralia. She married her sweetheart, Herschel Leek on May 4, 1957 at the First United Presbyterian Church in...
Gerald Clarence Riechmann
Sep 28, 2020
Gerald Clarence Riechmann, age 95, of Mount Vernon, Illinois, passed away at 3:23 P.M. on Monday, September 28, 2020, at Lavender Ridge Dignified Memory Care in Mount Vernon, Illinois. He was born on March 2, 1925, in Centralia, Illinois, the son of Ferdinand and Martha (Oestreich) Riechmann.
Mr. Riechmann is survived by his nieces, Martha Lamczyk and...
Lyle Marcum
Sep 26, 2020
It's been a "good show." Lyle "Fish" Marcum died peacefully in Mt. Vernon, IL on September, 26, 2020 at the age of 87.
Fish is survived by the love of his life, Patricia "Trish" Marcum (Langenfeld); 4 "rum dum" sons; Tony Marcum and fiance Nicole Brooks of Centralia, Perry Marcum and wife Cheryl of Belleville, IL, Scott...
