Arthur Daniel Badgley
Apr 12, 2015
On April 12, 2015 Art made his possibly final move on earth, kicked the bucket, scratched off or croaked as his old friend of the Sering gang would say. Born to Hubert A. Badgley and Ruth B. (Daniel) Badgley on September 9, 1920 in upper Alton, he was the eldest of three siblings. Clara Barton and Alton High School still...
Ira Sidney Campbell
Apr 10, 2015
Ira Sidney Campbell, 72, passed away at Eunice C. Smith Home on Friday, April 10, 2015 surrounded by family after a long battle with Alzheimer's disease. Sid was born December 22, 1942 in Kenneth, Missouri, to Herschel and Ruth Campbell. He retired from Microfinish in St. Louis, MO. On July 20, 1979 in Alton he married Jean Sullivan and she...
Robert W. Bland Jr.
Apr 10, 2015
Dateline: East Alton, IL Robert W. Bland Jr., 55, died at 11:10 a.m. on Friday, April 10, 2015 at his residence. He was born November 5, 1959 in Alton the son of the late Robert W. Bland Sr. and the late Ruth (Ziegler) McDaniel. He was a U.S. Army Veteran and a fork lift operator with Proctor and Gamble in...
Herbert Hoover Varble
Apr 10, 2015
Herbert Hoover Varble, 84, died at 4:50 a.m. Friday, April 10, 2015 at his home in Godfrey. Born November 10, 1930 in Michael, IL, he was the last surviving child of John and Grace (Lankford) Varble. Mr. Varble served in the U.S. Navy for four years during the Korean Conflict. He graduated in 1952 from Ranken Trade School with a...
Laverne G. Smith
Apr 10, 2015
LaVerne G. Smith, 87, died at 3:50 a.m. Friday, April 10, 2015 at Eunice C. Smith Nursing Home in Alton. Born September 11, 1927 in Glen Carbon, IL, she was the daughter of Arthur and Elsie (Oettel) Gelzinnis. LaVerne graduated as valedictorian from Alton High School and was a graduate of Shurtleff College. Mrs. Smith was a member of the...
Maurice Kenneth Means
Apr 9, 2015
Dateline: East Alton Maurice Kenneth Means, 86, died at 10:52 a.m. Thursday, April 9, 2015 at Alton Memorial Hospital. Born February 14, 1929 in Alton, he was the son of Lourn Thomas and Lula (Kercher) Means. He served in the U.S. Army and was a lifetime member of the VFW Post 1308. He worked for Colonial Bakery and Shell Oil...
Margaret "Louise" Herring
Apr 9, 2015
Margaret "Louise" Herring, 79, died Thursday, April 9, 2015 at her daughter's home in Gravette, Arkansas. Born August 12, 1935 in Palmyra, IL, she was the daughter of Ray and Pearl (Pearson) Vance. On December 23, 1950 she married Harold R. Herring in Pocahontas, Arkansas and they shared 60 years together. They had five children together. Surviving are four children,...
Betty L. Farrell
Apr 4, 2015
Dateline: Alton Betty L. Farrell, 86, died at 8:38 a.m. Saturday, April 4, 2015 at Alton Memorial Hospital. Born April 3, 1929 in Dow, IL, she was the daughter of Joseph and Josephine (Tucker) Heitzman. Mrs. Farrell retired in 1995 as a switchboard operator for Alton Physicians Exchange and Answering Service. She was a member of the Alton VFW Post...
Eleanor June Stormer
Mar 31, 2015
Eleanor June (Gibson) "Grandma June" Stormer, greatly loved by her family and her God, and by God's grace a believer in Jesus Christ as her Savior, went to be with the Lord on March 31, 2015. She was a lifelong resident of Alton, IL born on June 24, 1922 to Arnold and Anna (Collins) Gibson. In 1940 Eleanor June married...
Charles Robert Gable
Mar 30, 2015
Charles R. "Chuck" Gable, 62, died at 10:52 p.m. Monday, March 30, 2015 at OSF St. Anthony's Health Center in Alton. Born June 26, 1952 in Springfield, IL, he was the son of Jeanette (Meng) Gable of Medora, IL and the late Robert Mason Gable. Chuck was a self-employed barber for 40 years was a real estate agent 12 years...
Donald Lynn Smith
Mar 30, 2015
Donald Lynn Smith, 76, died at 10:35 a.m. Monday, March 30, 2015 at Alton Memorial Hospital. Born October 28, 1938 in Carbondale, IL, he was the son of Irvan and Lucille (Lynn) Smith. Mr. Smith graduated from East Alton Wood River High School in 1956. He graduated from the University of Illinois in 1962 with a law degree and an...
Ralph John Zerr
Mar 24, 2015
Ralph John Zerr, 84, died at 9:45 a.m. Tuesday, March 24, 2015 at his home. Born May 14, 1930 in St. Charles, MO, he was the son of Ralph and Clara (Schneider) Zerr. Mr. Zerr served in the U.S. Navy from 1950-1952 and was a lifetime member of the VFW Post 1308. He was also a member of St. Ambrose...
Beverly L. Delaney
Mar 24, 2015
Dateline: Wood River Beverly L. Delaney, 88, died at 4:05 p.m. Tuesday, March 24, 2015 at Mari De Villa in Town & Country, MO. Born January 6, 1927 in Hannibal, MO, she was the daughter of Murray Paul and Vashta Juanita (Harrell) Leonard. Mrs. Delaney was a legal secretary and worked for the City of Wood River, Robert F. Quinn,...
Grace Louise Lemons
Mar 24, 2015
Grace Louise Lemons, 96, died at 6:15 a.m. Tuesday, March 24, 2015 at V.I.P. Manor in Wood River. Born December 25, 1918 in Carrolton, IL, she was the daughter of George Bartlett and Juliet Josephine (Gillingham) March. Mrs. Lemons was a homemaker and a member of Sanford Avenue Baptist Church in Alton. On July 11, 1936 she married Robert L....
Anna R. Droste
Mar 21, 2015
Dateline: Godfrey, IL Anna Regina (Boucher) Droste, 89, died at 5:05pm Saturday, March 21, 2015 at Alton Memorial Hospital with many of her large family by her side. Anna was born May 6, 1925 in North Alton to the late Joseph and Josepha Boucher. Hers was a difficult birth, about which she said "God was there and had plans for...
Marjorie Ann Hopkins
Mar 20, 2015
Marjorie Ann Hopkins, 86, died at 9:35 a.m. on Friday, March 20, 2015 at Eunice Smith Nursing Home in Alton. She was born February 21, 1929 in Dexter, MO the daughter of the late David and Minnie (Harper) Aslin. She was a member of Westview Baptist Church in Belleville, IL. On August 10, 1946 in Picket, Arkansas she married William...
George Lindsay Buis
Mar 18, 2015
George Lindsay Buis, 91, died at 9:40 p.m. Wednesday, March 18, 2015 at Jerseyville Nursing & Rehab in Jerseyville. Born March 19, 1923 in Windsor, MO, he was the son of Marcus L. and Viola (McCoy) Buis. Mr. Buis served in the U.S. Navy during WWII as a pharmacist mate on an LST Landing Ship with another corpsman in the...
Barbara J. Maggos
Mar 17, 2015
Dateline: Alton Barbara J. (Schmidt) Maggos, wife to Nick Maggos (deceased), loving mother of two daughters; Colleen Dash and Suzy Erker, beloved grandmother of John David, Michael, and Allison; great grandmother of Sophia Grace and Teresa Rose, passed away peacefully on St. Patrick's Day, March 17, 2015 as the sun shone. A resident of Alton for 51 years, Barbara was...
Jerry C. Elliott
Mar 17, 2015
Dateline: Godfrey Jerry Carl Elliott, 81, went to be with the Lord peacefully with his family by his side at 8:56 p.m. Tuesday, March 17, 2015 at Alton Memorial Hospital. Born November 22, 1933 in Alton, he was the son of Keith "Jim" and Bernice (Aulabaugh) Elliott. He retired in June 1994 after 43 years of service as a journeyman...
Clifford D. Meisenheimer
Mar 17, 2015
Dateline: Alton Clifford D. Meisenheimer, 78, died peacefully in his sleep early in the morning on March 17, 2015. Born November 27, 1936 in Alton, he was the son of Mary (Oseland) and Henry Meisenheimer. He married Vivian L. Scott in 1955. She preceded him in death in 1997. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1953-1956 and the...
