Obituaries

Florence G. Reid, age 91 of West Salem, IL passed from this life to the next on May 15, 2019 at her home.

Leta B. (nee Weiss) File, 93, of Pocahontas, IL, died Tuesday, May 14, 2019, at Cedarhurst Senior Living, Greenville, IL, surrounded by her family.

Charlotte D. (nee Killion) Brooks, 93, Lebanon, IL, died Sunday, May 12, 2019, at her residence, with her family by her side.

JOYCE MAY POWELL, 88, of Clay City passed away on Saturday, May 11, 2019, at the Flora Gardens.

CLIFFORD SIMMS, of Johnsonville, Illinois passed away Thursday May 9, 2019 at his home in Johnsonville.

Jerry Wayne Deisher of rural West Salem passed away peacefully on May 8th, 2019. He would have turned 80 on June 10th, 2019.

Rev. Don H. Grimes, of Albion, IL, journeyed home to be with our Lord on May 6, 2019, from Oakview Nursing and Rehabilitation in Mt. Carmel, IL.

David Michael Pipher, 68, of Mt. Erie, IL passed from this life to the next on May 5, 2019 at his home.

Kathryn Jo “Kay Jo” Trinka, 86, of Lebanon, IL, died Tuesday, April 30, 2019, at Memorial Hospital, Belleville, IL, with her family by her side.

B. LORRAINE (RIDGLEY) WALKER, 81, of Cisne, Illinois, passed away Tuesday, April 30, 2019 at Aperion Care in Olney, Illinois.

LYLE ALLLEN, 70, of Johnsonville, Illinois, passed away Sunday, April 28, 2019 at good Samaritan Hospital in Mt. Vernon, Illinois.

Lulu Marie (Stone) Kelsey of Bone Gap, IL passed away Friday, April 26, 2019 at her home.

Thelma McFarland, 86, formerly of Allendale, IL, passed from this life to the next on April 28, 2019 at the home of her daughter.

Frances Elaine Cowman, 68, of Olney passed away on Friday, April 26th, 2019, at Good Samaritan Hospital in Vincennes, Indiana, with family by her side. She...

Anne Riley, 87, of Geff, Illinois passed away Wednesday, April 24, 2019 at Aperion Care in Fairfield, Illinois.

Harry M. Zediker, 78, of Collinsville, IL, died Sunday, April 21, 2019, at Memorial Hospital, Belleville, IL.

Patricia R. Thornton, 81, of Highland, IL, died Sunday, April 21, 2019, at Anderson Hospital, Maryville, IL, with her family by her side.

Betty G. Smith, 90, of Pocahontas, IL, died Thursday, April 18, 2019, at San Gabriel Memory Care, Highland, IL, with her family by her side.

Margaret Iona McClanahan, 88, of Collinsville, IL, died Saturday, April 13, 2019, at Anderson Hospital, Maryville, IL.

Freddie Joe Deadmond, age 75, formerly of Allendale, IL passed from this life to the next at Deaconess Midtown Hospital in Evansville, IN on April 8, 2019.