Jeanne Reilley Gaines
Jun 29, 2022
Jeanne Reilley Gaines Dateline: Godfrey, IL Jeanne Reilley Gaines, age 96, passed away on June 29, 2022, at Evelyn's House BJC Hospice in Creve Coeur, MO after a brain cancer diagnosis. She was born September 3, 1925, in Alton, the daughter of Harvey and Clara (Bank) Reilley. She was married to William Gaines, who preceded her in death. Jeanne was...
Meda Christina Miller
Jun 28, 2022
Dateline: Jerseyville Meda Christina Miller, 105, died Tuesday, June 28, 2022 at Jerseyville Manor. Born March 12, 1917 in Eldred, IL, she was the daughter of Crit and Minnie (Rathgeber) Shaw. She married Andrew A. Miller on June 9, 1943 in St. Charles, MO. He preceded her in death on February 23, 1979. Meda began working for Montgomery Ward when...
Robert Lynn Cheek
Jun 28, 2022
Dateline: Brighton, IL Robert Lynn Cheek, 66, died at 5:55 a.m. on Tuesday, June 28, 2022 at his residence. He was born October 6, 1955 in Alton the son of the late James Darwin Cheek and Linda (Lyles) Cheek of Jerseyville. He worked in construction for many years. On April 2, 1977 in Jerseyville, IL he married Catherine "Cathy" (Fritz)...
Dene' Sandidge
Jun 25, 2022
Dateline: Alton Dene' Sandidge, 59, died at 1:13 p.m. Saturday, June 25, 2022 at River Crossing of Alton. Born December 4, 1962 in Alton, she was the daughter of Donald E. and Sharon (Whipple) Sandidge. Dene' graduated in 1985 from Western Illinois University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in mass communications. She had worked for the Bank of Alton,...
David Lynn Ennis
Jun 23, 2022
David Lynn Ennis passed away on June 23, 2022 at St. Anthony's Healthcare Center in Alton. He was born north of Virden, IL to William R. and Harriet (Lowery) Ennis. At the age of eight, following the death of his mother, Lynn was raised in Virden by his aunt and uncle, Robert and Mary Louise Lowery. From the age of...
George Richard Butler
Jun 23, 2022
George Richard Butler, 75, died at 5:47 a.m. on Thursday, June 23, 2022, at River Crossing of Alton. Born June 9, 1947, in Alton, he was the son of George Robert and Charlotte (Els) Butler. Dick, as he was known by friends and family, served in the U.S. Army and retired as a lineman for AT & T after 35...
Dorothy Jean Mcpherson
Jun 23, 2022
Dateline: Jerseyville, IL Dorothy Jean McPherson, 93, died at 5:45 a.m. Thursday, June 23, 2022 at Willow Rose Rehab and Healthcare Center in Jerseyville. Born May 16, 1929 in Scott County, IL, she was the daughter of Lowell and Irene (Fryman) Hankins. Mrs. McPherson was a member of Calvary Baptist Church in Alton. She retired as an executive secretary for...
Addie Lavern Mead
Jun 21, 2022
Dateline: Alton, IL Addie Lavern Mead, 82, died at 2:48 p.m. on Tuesday, June 21, 2022 at Alton Memorial Hospital. She was born January 26, 1940 in Ridgely, TN the daughter of the late Jessie and Relmer (Smith) Leary. She was a member of Heartland Baptist Church in Alton. On March 5, 1959 in Alton, she married Paul Mead and...
Kylie Ann Matheson (Bechtold) Tiller
Jun 19, 2022
Dateline: Collinsville, IL Kylie Ann Matheson Bechtold Tiller, 42, died at 12:06 p.m. on Sunday, June 19, 2022 at her residence. She was born June 3, 1980 in Alton the daughter of Michael L. Bechtold and Susan G. (Wooley) Bechtold. Kylie worked and shined for Wise Staffing Group as a recruiter. On February 22, 2019 in Edwardsville, she married Warren...
Marilyn Catherine Lamaster
Jun 14, 2022
Dateline: Godfrey, IL Marilyn Catherine (Jun) LaMaster, 87, died at 9:11 p.m. on Tuesday, June 14, 2022 at her residence. She was born June 27, 1934 in Alton the daughter of the late Anthony and Theresa (Brown) Jun. Marilyn graduated from Marquette High School and was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church in Alton. She was employed by Millers'...
Betty S. Welch
Jun 10, 2022
Dateline: Alton, IL Betty S. Welch, 72, died at 12:35 a.m. on Friday, June 10, 2022 at Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center in Knoxville, TN after a sudden illness. She was born March 12, 1950 in Murray, KY the daughter of the late Hoy and Dorothy (McKinney) Morrison. Betty graduated from Lewis and Clark Community College in Godfrey, was an...
Ali Emerson Mccarvey
Jun 10, 2022
Dateline: Alton Ali Emerson McCarvey, infant son of Rena Elizabeth McCarvey and Sammy Parker, died Friday, June 10, 2022 at St. Louis Children's Hospital. Ali was born July 22, 2021 in St. Louis, MO. Along with his parents, he is survived by his grandparents, Emma Williams and Marvin Steward, his seven brothers, Damarvion, Sammy III, Ryan, Sameko, Montavious, Gabriel and...
Laura J. Springman
Jun 8, 2022
Dateline: Alton, IL Laura Springman, nee Williams, 51, of Alton, IL passed away on June 8, 2022 surrounded by her loved ones at home. Laura was born October 27, 1970 in Dry Ridge, Kentucky; daughter of the late Mary Blanchford and James Blanchford of St. Louis, Missouri. She had a 24-year career with Alton MultiSpecialists , where she served as...
Paulene M. Robin
Jun 7, 2022
Dateline: Alton, IL Paulene M. Robin, 100, died at 1:45 p.m. on Tuesday, June 7, 2022 at River Crossing of Alton. She was born October 9, 1921 in White Pigeon, MI the daughter of the late William and Florence (Gouker) Erbe. She owned Paulene's Clothing Store in Godfrey retiring in 1978 and later worked for Melaleuca Company as a distributor....
James Kenneth Miller
Jun 5, 2022
Dateline: Alton, IL James Kenneth Miller, 69, died at 4:41 p.m. on Sunday, June 5, 2022 at his residence. He was born August 24, 1952 in Alton the son of the late Kenneth and Eileen (Wilds) Miller. He graduated from SIUE and Washington University and was retired as a radiation therapist for John J. Cochran Veterans Hospital in St. Louis....
Dwight Lee Westfall Jr.
Jun 4, 2022
Dateline: Jerseyville, IL Dwight Lee Westfall, Jr., 37, died at 6:19 a.m. on Saturday, June 4, 2022 at Alton Memorial Hospital. He was born May 23, 1985 in Wood River, IL the son of Dwight Westfall, Sr. of Alton and Mildred (Pattillo) and Brian Seaborn of Jerseyville. Surviving are one daughter, Makaela Westfall of Alton, one brother, David Starkey of...
Judith Lucille Eckart
Jun 4, 2022
Dateline: Godfrey, IL Judith Lucille Eckart, 66, of Godfrey, IL passed away on Saturday, June 4, 2022 at her home. She was born April 2, 1956 in Harvey, IL the daughter of the late Paul Joseph and Inez (Demkier) Richnak. On May 22, 1992 in Collinsville, IL she married Dan Eckart and he survives. Also surviving are two daughters, Lindsey...
Harold Wayne Wittman
Jun 3, 2022
Dateline: Godfrey, IL Harold Wayne Wittman, 82, died at 7:26 p.m. on Friday, June 3, 2022 at his residence. He was born August 15, 1939 in Alton the son of the late Raymond George Wittman and Mary Lycretia (Delong) Shelton and his stepfather, Perry Shelton. On August 31, 1963 in Alton, he married Katherine Elizabeth Howard and she preceded him...
Irene Ella Heffner
May 31, 2022
Irene Ella Heffner (Pruitt/Gesell), 83, passed peacefully at home in Godfrey on May 31, 2022. Irene was born in St. Peter, IL on April 19, 1939, but spent all of her adult years in Alton. She was preceded in death by her husband, Monty, and sister, Betty Garrett. She will be desperately missed by her two sons and their wives,...
Sharon Louise Hooper
May 30, 2022
Dateline: Alton Sharon Louise Hooper, 75, died at 11:35 p.m. Monday, May 30, 2022 at Rivers Crossing of Alton. Born August 6, 1946 in Alton, she was the only child of Orville and Ethel Mae (Reeder) Scroggins. Sharon graduated from Alton High School and Monticello College in Godfrey. She worked for Shell Oil Company until she married her high school...
