Obituaries
Brenda Rush
Feb 27, 2012
Marion- Brenda Kay Rush, 62, passed away Monday, February 27th, 2012 at her home in Marion surrounded by her family. Funeral Services for Mrs. Rush will be held at the Blue Funeral Home in Marion on Thursday, March 1st 2012 at 7pm. Visitation will be held at the funeral home from 5-7pm Thursday March 1st, 2012. Pastor Ron Knox will...
Mary Saddoris
Feb 24, 2012
Goreville Mary Imogene Saddoris, 83, of Goreville passed away at 6:00 AM on Friday, February 24, 2012 at her home with her family by her side. Graveside services for Mary will be held on Saturday, February 25, 2012 at 2:00 PM in Rose Hill Cemetery with Reverend Shorty Alsip officiating. Memorial donations are suggested to Hospice of Southern Illinois; envelopes...
Jerry White
Feb 23, 2012
Jerry Dale White, 64, of Marion passed away on Thursday, February 23, 2012 at 9:55 PM at his residence. Funeral services are scheduled for Sunday, February 26, 2012 at 3:00 PM at Blue Funeral Home in Marion with Dr. Bob Wagner & Dr. Judith Ridlen officiating. Interment will follow in Rose Hill Cemetery. A time of gathering for family and...
Ellen Hart
Feb 23, 2012
Marion Ellen L. Hart, 79, of Marion passed away on Thursday February 23, 2012 at 1:00 PM at her home with her family by her side. Funeral services for Ellen are scheduled for Monday, February 27, 2012 at 2:00 PM at Blue Funeral Home in Marion with Reverend Shorty Alsip officiating. A time of gathering for family and friends will...

Raymond "Keith" Walker
Feb 21, 2012
Herrin- Raymond Keith Walker, 44, of Herrin, passed away at 5:00 AM, Thursday, February 16, 2012 at his home in Herrin. Keith was born on Halloween 1967 in Calumet City, IL to George Newton and Sharon (Krammer) Walker. He married Lisa D. Barger on June 12, 1997 at the Marion First Church of God. She survives of Spillertown. Keith formerly...

Ronald Kelley
Feb 20, 2012
Goreville Ronald Kelley, 71, of Goreville passed away on Monday, February 20, 2012 at 2:55 PM in Memorial Hospital of Carbondale. Funeral services are scheduled for Friday, February 24, 2012 at 1:00 PM at Blue Funeral Home in Goreville with Reverend Dale Billingsley officiating. A time of visitation to express sympathy to the family will be held on Friday starting...
Charles Reynolds
Feb 19, 2012
Marion Charles Wayne Reynolds, 72, of Marion passed away on Sunday, February 19, 2012 at 1:27 PM in Western Baptist Hospital in Paducah, KY. Funeral services for Mr. Reynolds will be held at 11:00 AM on Thursday, February 23, 2012 in Blue Funeral Home in Marion. Burial will be in Rose Hill Cemetery. Visitation is scheduled between the hours of...

Sharon K. Hester
Feb 17, 2012
Marion Sharon K. Hester, 60, of Marion passed away on Friday, February 17, 2012 at 3:50 A.M. at Heartland Regional Medical Center. Sharon was born July 4, 1951 in Wickliffe, Kentucky the daughter of Jim and Betty Winchester. She married Robert Hester on January 19, 1982 in Herrin and in January they celebrated thirty years together. She was a homemaker...

Hilda Louise Herring
Feb 17, 2012
Marion Hilda Louise Herring, 87, passed away on Friday, February 17, 2012 at 9:30 A.M. at the River to River Residential Community. Hilda was born December 28, 1923 in Marion the daughter of Artie and Vernie (Barringer) Herring. She was married to George W.T. Crain for 18 years and together they had seven children. Her last 30 years were spent...
Floyd Eggen
Feb 16, 2012
Marion Floyd Bud Eggen, 89 of Marion passed away on Thursday, February 16, 2012 in Parkway Manor. Funeral services are scheduled for Saturday, February 18, 2012 at Mitchell-Hughes Funeral Home in Marion at 1:00 PM with Reverends Kevin McNeely & Ben Eldridge officiating. Mr. Eggen will be interred in McKinney Chapel Cemetery in Goreville. A time of gathering for family...

Bobby Ward
Feb 15, 2012
Marion Marion--Bobby Ward, 85, of Marion, passed away on Wednesday, February 15, 2012 at 7:50 AM in Heartland Regional Medical Center in Marion. Graveside funeral services will be held on Friday, February 17, 2012 at 1:00 PM in Rose Hill Cemetery with Reverend Ivan Ryan officiating. Memorial donations are suggested to Shriners Hospital. Envelopes will be provided during services or...

Berniece R. Johnson
Feb 13, 2012
Berniece R. Johnson, 83, passed away on Saturday, February 11, 2012 at 2:55 A.M. at Helia Healthcare in Energy. Berniece was born January 14, 1929 in Creal Springs the daughter of Elzie and Disie (Rose) Smith. She married James E. Johnson in Benton and he preceded her in death in 1971. She was a member of Gods House of Prayer...

Carla Tislow
Feb 10, 2012
Southern Illinois- CARLA MARIE TISLOW, age 50, of Campbell, Missouri, formerly of Southern Illinois, passed away at 1:50pm on Friday, February 10, 2012 at Barnes Hospital in Saint Louis. Carla was born in Lawrenceville, Illinois on August 9, 1961, the daughter of James Alvin and Devedia Bernice (Cornwell) Terry. She married Bob Tislow in Vincennes, Indiana on September 16, 1979....
Edith Smith
Feb 10, 2012
Edith L. Smith Creal Springs-Edith L. Smith, 92, of Creal Springs, joined her husband, James F. Smith, in eternal peace at 6:45 AM on Friday, February 10, 2012 at her home with her family by her side. Funeral services for Mrs. Smith are scheduled for Sunday, February 12, 2012 at 3:00 PM at Blue Funeral Home in Marion with Reverend...
Sandra Graves
Feb 10, 2012
Marion Sandra S. (Personius) Graves, 68, passed away on Friday, February 10, 2012 at 3:35 A.M. at home surrounded by her family. Sandra was born December 30, 1943 in Chicago, the daughter of Margaret and Max Personius. She married Leonard Graves and together they shared 19 years of marriage, he preceded her in death on March 24, 2005. Sanda was...
Betty June Mohr
Feb 8, 2012
Herrin Betty June Mohr, 80, of Herrin passed away on February 8, 2012 at 10:45 AM in Herrin Hospital surrounded by her family. Funeral services will be conducted on Saturday, February 11, 2012 at 1:00 PM in Blue Funeral Home in Marion with Dr. Bob Dickerson officiating. A time of gathering for family and friends will precede the services at...

Davie Keith Edwards
Feb 7, 2012
Christopher Davie Keith Edwards, infant son of Cheyenne Smithberg and Peter Edwards, Jr. passed away on Tuesday, February 7, 2012 in Heartland Regional Medical Center in Marion. Private memorial services will be held by the family at a later date. Blue Funeral Home in Marion is assisting the family with arrangements.

Wilma Dillon
Feb 7, 2012
Destin, FL Wilma B. Dillon 86, of Fort Walton Beach, FL, formerly of Marion, passed away on February 7, 2012, in Destin, Florida. A memorial service will be held at 11:00 AM on Saturday, February 18, 2012 in the chapel at Hillcrest Memorial Cemetery in Centralia, IL. She was born on May 4, 1925, in Marion County Illinois to Frank...
Richard "Del" Keeling
Jan 31, 2012
Herrin- Richard Del Keeling, 39, of Herrin, died at 9:11 PM, Sunday, January 29, 2012 at Herrin Hospital from injuries sustained as a result of a motorcycle accident. Del was born on September 4, 1972 in Herrin to Robert and Judy (Small) Keeling. He went to grade school in Herrin and high school in Marion. He was also a member...
Dennis J. Ogden
Jan 31, 2012
DENNIS OGDEN Johnston City- DENNIS JAMES EGG OGDEN, age 55, of Johnston City, passed away at 7:20pm on Tuesday, January 31, 2012 at Herrin Hospital. Dennis was born in Herrin on April 11, 1956, the son of Glenn and Mary Joyce (McCain) Ogden. He was proud to work construction for Fricke Management & Contracting, Inc. Dennis was engaged to Rosario...
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