Clairbel Smith
Mar 22, 2014
Clairbel Smith, nee Freeman, age 81, born February 16, 1933 in Cushing, Okla., died Saturday, March 22, 2014, in O'Fallon, Ill., surrounded by her family. Mrs. Smith spent her youth in Chase, Kans. She worked at many different restaurants as a waitress and was a loving and devoted mother. She was preceded in death by her first husband, James...
Vera Maude Davis
Mar 22, 2014
Vera Maude Davis, nee Franks, age 89, one of seventeen children, born February 7, 1925 in Corinth, Miss., died March 22, 2014 at her home, in O'Fallon, Ill., surrounded by her family.
Mrs. Davis had worked for SealMaster-Emerson Electric in Aurora, Ill. She moved from Florence, Ala., to Plainfield, Ill., in 2005, and later to O'Fallon, Ill....
Harold Dennis Stump
Mar 11, 2014
Retired Air Force Technical Sergeant Harold Dennis Stump, age 68, of O'Fallon, born April 20, 1945 in Des Moines, Iowa, passed away March 11, 2014. Harold retired from the US Air Force in 1985, after 22 years in the telecommunications operations career field. He was employed at National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency in St. Louis. He was a member at O'Fallon First...
Nadine Neva Johnson
Mar 7, 2014
Nadine Neva Johnson, nee Heitman, age 90, of Crystal City, Mo., formerly of New Baden and O'Fallon, born April 18, 1923 in O'Fallon, passed away Friday afternoon, March 7, 2014 at Crystal Oaks Care Center, Crystal City, Mo. The Johnson family lived in O'Fallon for many years before moving to Clinton County, Ill. After her husband's death, Nadine moved to...
John Henry Gass
Mar 4, 2014
John Henry Gass, age 62, of O'Fallon, born September 19, 1951 in Belleville, passed away Tuesday morning, March 4, 2014 at Clinton Manor Living Center, New Baden, Illinois. John had been employed through St. Clair Associated Vocational Enterprises (S.A.V.E) and worked 20 years as a janitor's assistant for the City of Fairview Heights since 1981. He was a member of...
Frank J. Lopez
Feb 26, 2014
Frank J. Lopez, Senior Master Sergeant, USAF, retired, age 80, of Caseyville, Ill., born February 10, 1934 to Francisco and Maria, nee Colon, Lopez, in Bronx, New York, passed away February 26, 2014. Frank served his country in the US Air Force for almost 27 years. He worked in Medical Administration, and had served overseas in Germany, England, Africa, and...
Sarah H. Maclaughlin
Feb 14, 2014
Sarah H. MacLaughlin, nee Horton, age 79, of O'Fallon, born May 8, 1934 in Atlanta, Ga., to James Leroy and Lucy Lee, nee Chapman, Horton died Friday, February 14, 2014 in her home surrounded by her loving family. For the past 23 years, Sarah was as a counselor's assistant for educational talent search and worked for Higher Education Consortium of...
Doris Onstott
Feb 14, 2014
Doris Jean Onstott, nee Anderson, age 87, of O'Fallon, born Sept. 23, 1926 in E. St. Louis, died peacefully February 14, 2014 with her family by her side. Doris was a waitress during her working years at the Paddock Lounge at the Collinsville Race Track and was co-owner of The Old Dizzy Dean Restaurant. She was preceded in death by...
Marian F. Kennedy
Feb 13, 2014
It is with deep sadness that the family of Marian F. Kennedy marks her passing from this life on February 13, 2014 at Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital. Marian was born April 30, 1926 in Philadelphia, Penn., the daughter of Thomas J. and Louise (Hasenmayer) Finegan.
Marian married the love of her life, Joseph A. Kennedy in Philadelphia...
Vincent Bazan
Feb 6, 2014
Vincent Bazan, age 92, of O'Fallon, born July 10, 1921 in Zabratowka, Poland to Wojcieh and Agata, nee Magryz, Bazan, died February 6, 2014 in his home surrounded by his family. After enduring much hardship during World War II, Vincent immigrated with his wife and infant son to the U.S. in 1950. He worked at an East St. Louis meat-packing...
Elaine Laura Lopez
Feb 3, 2014
Elaine Laura Lopez, nee Buehler, age 81, of Caseyville, Ill., born January 17, 1933 to Valentine and Molly, nee Schmid, Buehler, passed away Monday morning, February 3, 2014. Mrs. Lopez grew up in Saginaw, Michigan, graduating from Arthur Hill High School in 1951. She attended Bethany Lutheran Church, Fairview Heights. She enjoyed her pets, feeding the birds, and had a...
Jerome "Jerry" P. Gass
Jan 30, 2014
Jerome P. "Jerry" Gass, age 68, of O'Fallon Township, born December 10, 1945 in Belleville, died Thursday evening, January 30, 2014, at his home. Jerry enlisted in the Army as a young man and served in Europe. In 1968, he began working as a typesetter and printer at the O'Fallon Progress. He retired six years ago from Century Printing in...
Kenneth F. Luzio
Jan 30, 2014
Kenneth F. Luzio, age 83, of Shiloh, Ill., born May 24, 1930 in Boston, Mass., passed away Jan. 30, 2014. He was a Korean War Veteran of the Army and Air Force. Ken had worked for Frisco Railroad and owned Ken's Catering Service. He was a Fourth Degree Knight of Columbus in Council #4596 Cahokia, a member of American Legion...
Julie Ann Barnett
Jan 24, 2014
Julie Ann Barnett, age 54, of O'Fallon, Ill., born September 2, 1959 in Beaumont, Tex., the youngest of ten children, passed away Friday, January 24, 2014. She was preceded in death by her parents Clebert and Doris, nee Johnson, Jeanise, Jr., and six siblings. Surviving are her husband Todd Allen Barnett, whom she married January 23, 1988; her daughter Pamela...
David W. Willis
Jan 22, 2014
Retired US Air Force Chief Master Sergeant David Wayne Willis, age 60, of Swansea, Ill., born November 14, 1953 in St. Louis, Mo., died Wednesday, January 22, 2014 in his home. The oldest of six children, Dave grew up in St. Francois County, Mo. As a young man, he enlisted in the Air Force, and had a successful 30-year military...
Evelyn M. Riebold
Jan 9, 2014
Evelyn M. Riebold, nee Ruppel, age 88, of St. Louis, formerly of O'Fallon, Ill., born March 5, 1925 in Lebanon, Ill., passed away Thursday, January 9, 2014 in St. Louis, Mo. Mrs. Riebold was a farmer's wife on land near Lebanon, Ill. and lived there until 1985 when she and her husband moved to O'Fallon. She was a parishioner at...
Marcellus G. "Bud" Beaston
Dec 29, 2013
Marcellus George "Bud" Beaston, age 90, of Shiloh, Ill., born October 20, 1923 in St. Louis, Mo., passed away Sunday morning, December 29, 2013 at St. Elizabeth's Hospital, Belleville, Ill. Bud retired as a Foreman with Illinois Power (Ameren). He was an active parishioner at Corpus Christi Catholic Church for many years and participated in many ministries and activities, to...
Jean K. Cecil
Dec 20, 2013
Jean K. Cecil, age 89, of O'Fallon, Ill., died December 20, 2013, firmly enveloped in the love of her faith and the great care from heart specialists and nurses at St. Luke's Hospital, Chesterfield, Mo. Jean, "The Doll Lady," died from heart surgery complications. She was devoted to the idea that any doll could be salvaged and loved. She was...
Betty Ann Long
Dec 20, 2013
Betty Ann Long, nee McCauley, age 80, of O'Fallon, born January 25, 1933, passed away Friday, December 20, 2013 at her home, with her family surrounding her. Betty was born and raised in Selma, Ala., graduating from Albert G. Parrish High School in 1951. In 1951, she was crowned runner-up to Alabama's Maid of Cotton. She married William Rupert Long,...
James "Red" Lee Gregory, Sr.
Dec 19, 2013
James Lee "Red" Gregory, Sr., age 82, of O'Fallon, Ill., born November 1, 1931 in East St. Louis, Ill., passed away Thursday, December 19, 2013, at St. Elizabeth's Hospital, Belleville, Ill. Jim graduated from Central Catholic High School in East St. Louis, class of 1949, where he was a stand-out athlete, lettering in baseball, basketball, football, and track. He was...
