Timothy Joseph Mackelden
May 8, 2021
Dateline: Alton, IL Timothy Joseph Mackelden, 45, died at 5:25 p.m. on Saturday, May 8, 2021 at his residence. He was born October 30, 1975 in Alton the son of Thomas J. Mackelden and Carla J. (Krotz). He was a laborer working in construction and also was a mechanic. Timothy attended SS Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Alton. In...
James A. Mcdonald Jr.
May 7, 2021
James A. McDonald Jr., 69, died at 2:41 p.m. Friday, May 7, 2021 at his home in Alton. Born February 14, 1952 in Alton, he was the son of James A. McDonald and Pauline Spickerman. Mr. McDonald retired as a R.N. for Christian Hospital in St. Louis. He was a member of the Boy Scouts and the Free Trappers of...
Ruby Jean Fritz
May 6, 2021
Ruby Jean Fritz (née Morten) died peacefully in at her home in Godfrey, Illinois on May 6, 2021 at the age of 92. Ruby was born on October 30, 1928 in Equality, Illinois to William and Muriel (Henderson) Morten. She graduated from Alton Senior High School in January 1946. She married Herold A. Fritz on October 4, 1960 at Trinity...
Nina L. Draper
May 3, 2021
Alton- Nina L. Draper, 87 of Alton, died 11:23 p.m. on Monday, May, 3, 2021 at OSF St. Anthony's Hospital in Alton. She was born October 16, 1933 in Alton the daughter of the late Plinnie and Alma (Pruitt) McNelly. Nina married Richard L. Draper on October 22, 1955 in Godfrey. Richard survives and resides in Alton. She was a...
Sandra L. Ozee
May 1, 2021
Dateline: East Alton, IL Sandra L. Ozee, 76, died at 1:27 p.m. on Saturday, May 1, 2021 at OSF St. Anthony's Health Care. She was born October 17,1944 in Alton the daughter of the late Louis M. and Lucille E. (Reed) Ozee. She was a member of the Eastern Star and a self-employed medical transcriber for many years. She was...
Amie L. Riffey
Apr 29, 2021
Amie L. Riffey, 50, died at 10:22 a.m. Thursday, April 29, 2021 at her home in Alton. Born August 22, 1970 in Alton she was the daughter of Henry D. and "Madolyn" Kay (Cowgill) Bush of Alton. She married Kevin D. Riffey in Alton on June 24, 1995. He survives. Along with her parents and husband, she is survived by...
Margaret Jeanette Edelen
Apr 29, 2021
Margaret "Jeanette" Edelen, 87, died at 4:23 a.m. Thursday, April 29, 2021 at Morningside of Godfrey. Born August 18, 1933 in Alton, she was the daughter of Paul Robert and Mary Elizabeth (Russell) Johnson. She graduated from Marquette Catholic High School in 1951. She married Kenneth C. Edelen on September 11, 1953 in Hot Springs, Arkansas. He preceded her in...
Ramona Linda Stout
Apr 25, 2021
Ramona Linda Stout, 92, died at 8:36 p.m. Sunday, April 25, 2021 at Jersey Community Hospital in Jerseyville. Born January 8, 1929 in Alton, she was the daughter of James and Pearl (Snyder) Corrigan. Mrs. Stout was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church in Alton and worked as a supervisor for St. Joseph's Hospital in Alton. On April 18,...
Kevin Downing
Apr 25, 2021
Kevin Downing, 76, passed away April 25, 2021 at Barnes Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, MO after a battle with Leukemia. He was born September 9, 1944 in Alton, the son of the late Joseph and Dorothea (Buck) Downing. Kevin married the former Carol Larcker on November 7, 1964. She survives. He was the owner of Downing Insurance Agency Inc....
Glenna June Funkhouser
Apr 24, 2021
Alton-Glenna "June" Funkhouser, 79 of Alton died on Saturday, April 24, 2021 at Alton Memorial Hospital. She was born on June 1, 1941 to the late James G. and Lena "Gertrude" Wooldridge. She married Eddie R. Funkhouser on December 5, 1957 in Jennings, Missouri. He died July 1, 2016. June loved her family. She had many friends and enjoyed people....
James "Jim" Smith
Apr 23, 2021
James "Jim" Abe Smith, 74, died at 5:10 a.m. Friday, April 23, 2021 at his home in East Alton with family by his side. Born November 7, 1946 in Crawford County, MO, he was the son of George A. and Marjorie R. (Mullen) Smith. Mr. Smith served in the U.S. Army as a paratrooper. He retired from the State Hospital...
Marjorie Ann Culbreath
Apr 19, 2021
Dateline: Godfrey, IL Marjorie Ann Culbreath, 64, died at 1:35 p.m. on Monday, April 19, 2021 at her residence. She was born February 17, 1957 in Bradenton, FL the daughter of the late John Leroy and Patricia A. (Thompson) Tomlinson Sr. She was a member of the Season Sister's at the Rufuge Church in St. Charles, MO and was a...
Linda Lou Schmoeller
Apr 18, 2021
Linda Lou Schmoeller, 74, passed away at 6:45 a.m. on Sunday, April 18, 2021 at her home surrounded by her devoted and loving husband, daughters and Roxy (their Boxer). She was born May 10, 1946 in Battle Creek, MI, the daughter of the late Elmer "Bob" and Mary (Wertenburg) Roberts. Linda was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in November 2020 and...
Sister Joan Ann Springman
Apr 18, 2021
Sister Joan Ann Springman, OSU, died peacefully at 11:45 a.m. on Sunday, April 18, 2021. She was born on Feb. 24, 1934, at her home in Alton, Illinois; the youngest of eight children of Joseph J. and Elizabeth (Valerius) Springman. She had five brothers, Jerome V., Eugene E., Gerald J., Edmund J. and Joseph J.; and two sisters, Mary L....
Suzanne R. Beiser
Apr 16, 2021
Dateline: Alton, IL Suzanne R. Beiser, 83, died at 7:11 a.m. on Friday, April 16, 2021 at her residence following a week of loving hospice care. She was born July 15, 1937 in Alton the daughter of the late Richard and Margaret (Klasner) Chappell. She was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church in Alton. Suzanne worked for many years...
Thelma "Sue" Hoskins
Apr 14, 2021
Thelma "Sue" Hoskins, 76, passed away at 6:56 p.m. on Wednesday, April 14, 2021 at Christian Hospital NE surrounded by her 4 girls. She was born in the family home, May 30, 1944 in rural Bloomfield, MO the third child of Clyde and Eula (Bland) Unger. She worked in the dietary department at Cedar Hurst of Godfrey for many years....
Dee Dee Camille Wallace
Apr 14, 2021
Dateline: Alton, IL Dee Dee Camille Wallace, 85, died at 9:58 a.m. on Wednesday, April 14, 2021 at her daughter's home surrounded by her children. She was born September 10, 1935 in Farmington, MO the daughter of the late D. C. and Hattie Bernice (Delcour) Coley. She was a longtime member of Main Street United Methodist Church in Alton where...
Robert Alvin Liller
Apr 11, 2021
Dateline: New Baden, IL Robert Alvin Liller, 78, died at 3:05 p.m. on Sunday, April 11, 2021 at Clinton Manor in New Baden, IL. He was born April 20, 1942 in Fairmont, WV the son of the late Charles Edward and Lourine (Boyce) Liller. Surviving are one brother, James Liller (Linda) of Colorado Springs, CO, nine nieces and nephews: Debbie...
Diana Christine Baublitz
Apr 11, 2021
Diana Christine Baublitz, 59, died at 9:36 p.m. Sunday, April 11, 2021 at Alton Memorial Hospital. Born April 13, 1961 in Alton, she was the daughter of Jack and Pauline (Harpole) Boswell. She married Sean Anthony Baublitz on July 26, 2008 in Alton. He survives. Also surviving are two sons, Joshua Morris of Alton and Jesse Taylor in Wood River,...
Clarence Brady Havlin
Apr 7, 2021
Clarence "Brady" Havlin, 73, passed away at 6:50 a.m. Wednesday, April 7, 2021 at his home in Wood River. Born December 17, 1947 in Carrollton, IL, he was the son of Clarence Leland and Rosemary (Miles) Havlin. Mr. Havlin served with the Army during two tours of the Vietnam War and retired as Sergeant First Class from the Army. He...
