Ruth Ellen Zucco
Jul 10, 2019
Dateline: Alton Ruth Ellen Zucco, 82, died at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 10, 2019 at Alton Memorial Hospital. Born March 22, 1937 in Herrick, IL, she was the daughter of Fred and Eddith (Thomas) Berns. She retired as a shelf stocker for the Alton Target. On July 22, 1954 she married Peter Zucco in Pana, IL. He preceded her in...
Elaine Lucille Mcintyre
Jul 7, 2019
Dateline: Jerseyville Elaine Lucille McIntyre, 85, died at 7:55 a.m. Sunday, July 7, 2019 at Jerseyville Nursing & Rehab. Born November 27, 1933 in Alton, she was the daughter of Eric and Lucille (Ebbler) Brinkman. She married Orville A. McIntyre on October 19, 1963 in Jerseyville. He preceded her in death on November 20, 2010. Surviving is a daughter and...
Billie L. Drakes
Jul 7, 2019
Dateline: Glen Carbon Billie L. Drakes, 86, died at 3:20 a.m. Sunday, July 7, 2019 at Meridian Village Care Center in Glen Carbon. Born July 2, 1933 in Alton, she was the daughter of Everett and Opal (Wooff) Pollard. Billie retired as a secretary for the Olin Corporation and was a member of Abundant Life Community Church. Early in life...
Vicki Regina Moran
Jul 6, 2019
Dateline: Alton Vicki Regina Moran, 66, died at 6:14 a.m. Saturday, July 6, 2019 at OSF St. Anthony's Health Center. Born February 25, 1953 in Poplar Bluff, MO, she was the daughter of William Neely Spinks and Peggy Jo (Whitson) Spinks Jenkins. She married Stephen Moran on July 1, 1994 in St. Louis, MO. He survives. Also surviving is a...
Wanda Yvonne Graves
Jul 5, 2019
Dateline: Godfrey Wanda Yvonne Graves, 82, died at 5:55 p.m. Friday, July 5, 2019 at Alton Memorial Hospital. Born February 2, 1937 in Alton, she was the daughter of William and Winona (Stanton) Miller. Mrs. Graves was a homemaker/caregiver and a member of Evangelical United Church of Christ in Godfrey. She married Donald B. Tongay on January 22, 1962 in...
Edwin Francis Sasek
Jul 5, 2019
ALTON - Edwin Francis Sasek, 94, died on Friday, July 5, 2019, in the Morningside Senior Living Community in Godfrey, Illinois, with family by his side. Born September 3, 1924, in Alton, he was the son of Frank and Gertrude (Jun) Sasek. On April 22, 1950, he married Jane Whipkus, who died in 2016. They had seven children, Ed Sasek...
Margaret Monahan
Jul 1, 2019
Dateline: Godfrey Margaret E. Monahan, 97, died at 12:22 a.m. Monday, July 1, 2019 at Jerseyille Manor in Jerseyville. Born May 22, 1922 in Bowling Green, KY, she was the daughter of Riley and Lena (Merideth) Wilson. Mrs. Monahan was a member of St. Ambrose Catholic Church in Godfrey. She had an entrepreneur spirit. She sold real estate, owned a...
Amy Ethelyn Cargill Brainerd
Jun 28, 2019
Dateline: Godfrey, IL Amy Ethelyn Cargill Brainerd passed away on Friday, June 28, 2019 at 10:12 p.m. at Integrity of Godfrey at the age of 97. Amy was born in Grafton, Illinois, to Everett and Adeline (Dexter) Cargill on June 21, 1922. She had one brother who lived several days, John Cargill. Her father was from Tacoma, Washington, and her...
Ellan Edwards Clifford
Jun 25, 2019
Dateline: Godfrey Ellan Edwards Clifford, 95, died at her home in Godfrey. She was the daughter of Ira Edwards and Ann (Ayres) Edwards. Mrs. Clifford was a member of the First Church of Christ, Scientist. She earned her bachelor's degree from the University of Michigan and her master's degree from S.I.U.E. and retired in 1988 as a school teacher for...
Henry Otis Boren
Jun 24, 2019
Dateline: Brighton Henry Otis Boren, 76, died at 8:32 p.m. Monday, June 24, 2019 at Barnes Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, MO. Born March 2, 1943 in Olmstead, IL, he was the son of Henry and Evelyn (Hise) Carter. Mr. Boren served in the U.S. Air Force and retired as a director for the Olin Corporation after 37 ½ years...
Jane M. Colbert
Jun 23, 2019
Dateline: Alton Jane M. Colbert, 85, died at 7:41 p.m. Sunday, June 23,2019 at Rosewood Care Center in Alton. Born May 4, 1934 in Wood River, she was the daughter of Anthony and Pauline (Princivalli) Stassi. She was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church in Alton and retired as a clerk from Thrifty Drug Store in upper Alton. On...
David "Dick" Ham
Jun 21, 2019
Dateline: Alton David R. "Dick" Ham, 80, died at 10:43 a.m. Friday, June 21, 2019 at Rosewood Care Center in Alton. Born February 10, 1939 in Alton, he was the son of Howard and Viola May (Foraker) Ham. Mr. Ham served in the U.S. Army and was a member of Enjoy Church in Alton. He retired as a self employed...
Margorie Langdon
Jun 20, 2019
Dateline: Fairmont, WV Margorie Louise Langdon, 85, formerly of Alton, died June 20, 2019 in Morgantown, WV. A memorial service will be held at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, October 5, 2019 at Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses in Alton. Burial will be at Upper Alton Cemetery. Gent Funeral Home in Alton is in charge of arrangements.
Helen Marie Orban
Jun 20, 2019
Dateline: Alton Helen Marie Orban, 89, died at 11:30 a.m. Thursday, June 20, 2019 at the Methodist Village in Godfrey. Born August 18, 1929 in St. Louis, MO, she was the daughter of Albert and Addie (Ernst) Goldman. She married Robert T. Orban in 1953 in Alton. He preceded her in death on August 19, 1980. Surviving are two daughters,...
Kenneth Henry Owens
Jun 18, 2019
Dateline: East Alton, IL Kenneth Henry Owens, 74, died at 2:51 a.m. on Tuesday, June 18, 2019 at his home. He was born July 17, 1944 in Chicago, IL the son of the late William Henry and Marcella (Shaw) Owens. He graduated from East Alton Wood River High School in 1962, served in the U.S. Army and received his BS...
Raymond "Ray" Joseph Miller
Jun 16, 2019
Raymond "Ray" Joseph Miller, 78, of Alton, IL, born on August 13, 1940 in Alton, IL, passed away Sunday, June 16, 2019 at 4:20 a.m. at Jerseyville Manor, with family by his side. Ray worked in the Dietary Department at St. Joseph's Hospital and St. Anthony's Hospital, Alton, IL, before retiring from Rogier Orthodontic Lab in Glen Carbon, IL as...
Wanda C. Hulser
Jun 16, 2019
Dateline: Godfrey Wanda C. Hulser, 92, died at 4:45 p.m. Sunday, June 16, 2019 at her son's home in Godfrey. Born September 5, 1926 in Alton, she was the daughter of Albert and Susan (Goodnight) Maul. She was a member of St. Ambrose Catholic Church in Godfrey and had worked in customer service with Alton Square Mall. On June 15,...
Peggy J. Ursch-Milford
Jun 14, 2019
Dateline: Alton Heading: Peggy J. Ursch Milford Peggy J. Milford passed away on June 14, 2019. She died in the home she loved surrounded by her family and friends, her much loved cats and beautiful flowers. She was born in her family home on January 7, 1922 in Jerseyville, IL. She was the 4th of 5 children born to Audrey...
Jeanne Marie Springman
Jun 14, 2019
Dateline: Brighton Jeanne M. Springman, 87, died at 6:23 a.m. Friday, June 14, 2019 at her home in Brighton surrounded by family. Born June 1, 1932, she was the daughter of Eugene and Rosemary (McCormick) Long. She graduated from Marquette High School in 1950 and then received her nursing education through St. Joseph's Hospital. On November 20, 1954, she married...
Deborah Ann Deer
Jun 7, 2019
Dateline: Alton Deborah Ann Deer, 67, died at 3:30 p.m. Friday, June 7, 2019 at her home in Alton. Born August 9, 1951 in St. Louis, MO, she was the daughter of Edward and Elizabeth (Wolf) Deer. Deborah was a lover of the ocean, learning and cooking cultural foods and traveling. She lived in California and Hawaii for many years...
