Apr 25, 2014

Raymond C. Christopher, age 62, of O'Fallon, Ill., born June 28, 1951 in Belleville, Ill., died April 25, 2014 at his home. Ray grew up in O'Fallon, graduated from Althoff Catholic High School and SIUE. A lifelong train enthusiast, he previously worked at St Louis Museum of Transportation and spent the next 28 years employed at Memorial Hospital, most recently...

Apr 10, 2014

Ronald J. "Coog" Hillen, age 75, lifelong resident of O'Fallon, Ill., born September 26, 1938 in O'Fallon, died Thursday morning, April 10, 2014 at Cedar Ridge Health Care Center, Lebanon, with his children Angie and Darrin at his side. Ron grew up in O'Fallon and graduated from OTHS in 1956. He served in the US Army military police in the...

Apr 9, 2014

David Lee Ashmann, age 81, of Caseyville, Ill., born September 17, 1932 in Collinsville, Ill., passed away Wednesday morning, April 9, 2014 at his home. David grew up in Collinsville and had retired as a train engineer from Norfolk & Western. He was a Navy veteran of the Korean Conflict. He owned and operated Ashmann Excavating, in Collinsville for over...

Apr 4, 2014

Rose Marie Williams, nee Smith, age 77, of Shiloh, born October 16, 1936 in Belleville, Ill., passed away Friday morning, April 4, 2014 at St. Elizabeth's Hospital, Belleville, Ill.

Rose grew up in O'Fallon, graduated from OTHS Class of 1954, and attended dePaul School of Nursing in St. Louis and worked as a nurse in...

Mar 31, 2014

Phyllis Ruth Aydt, age 75, resident of Cedarhurst of Shiloh, formerly of O'Fallon, born February 3, 1939 in Hamilton County, Ill., died Monday, March 31, 2014 following a hard-fought battle with cancer.

Ms. Aydt was an elementary school teacher in Cahokia public schools from 1961 until her retirement. She was a long-time volunteer at Christian Activity Center...

Mar 29, 2014

Maurice E. "Skip" Keniley, 81, of O'Fallon, born December 22, 1932 in East St. Louis, died March 29, 2014 at St. Elizabeth's Hospital, Belleville, Ill.

Skip was employed for nearly 40 years with Mobil Oil in Joliet. He was an Air Force veteran of the Korean Conflict, serving in Suwon, South Korea and was a member of...

Mar 29, 2014

Charles E. McEvoy, age 100, of O'Fallon, Ill., formerly of Sunland, Calif., born November 28, 1913 in Osgoode Station, Ontario, Canada, passed away at home on March 29, 2014, surrounded by his loved ones.

Recognizing his ability to play a good game of pool, his father encouraged him as a teenager to use this skill to earn money. He...

Mar 22, 2014

Bernice W. "Bern" Bostick, nee Wildhaber, age 92, of O'Fallon, Ill., born July 14, 1921 in St. Louis, Mo., passed away Saturday morning, March 22, 2014.

Bernice was born and raised in St. Louis, attended Rosati-Kain High School, graduated from Harris Teacher's College, and later earned her graduate degree from St. Louis University. She served in the...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...