Omer L. Green
Mar 29, 2013
Omer L. Green, age 90, of O'Fallon, born October 22, 1922 in Mount Pulaski, Illinois, died Friday, March 29, 2013. Mr. Green was a World War II Navy veteran, and served aboard the USS Boyle. He attended Denver University where he met his bride, Ruth Jean Coad. He graduated with an accounting degree and worked for the Dept. of Defense...
John Lee Zawasky
Mar 24, 2013
Lt. Col. John Lee Zawasky, US Air Force, retired, age 53, born March 1, 1960 in Huntsville, Alabama, passed away unexpectedly on Sunday, March 24, 2013, at his home in Shiloh, Illinois. John grew up in Hunstville, Alabama, and graduated from University of Alabama, where he earned his Air Force commission via the ROTC program. He entered active duty in...
Patricia Ellen Rowland
Mar 19, 2013
Patricia Ellen Rowland, nee Distler, age 60, of O'Fallon, Ill., born June 25, 1952 in Dayton, Ohio, died unexpectedly at her home on Tuesday, March 19, 2013. The oldest of four children, Patty grew up in New Jersey, Indiana, and Ohio. While attending college in Oxford, Ohio, she met Bill. Patty was a wonderful, loving and supportive wife throughout their...
Raymond Kimball
Mar 14, 2013
Raymond Kimball, age 85, of O'Fallon, born February 27, 1928 in Lexington, Ky., to John and Eva, nee Kelly, Kimball, passed away Thursday, March 14, 2013. Mr. Kimball enlisted in the Navy at an early age and served during World War II. After working in commercial shipping for a short time, he re-enlisted in the Army Air Force, continuing his...
Vergie L. Weisbrod
Mar 13, 2013
Vergie Leona Weisbrod, nee Zwiener, age 93, born December 10, 1919 in Belleville, Ill., passed away Wednesday, March 13, 2013. Growing up in the Belleville area, Vergie met Earl at the O'Fallon Homecoming Picnic. At the young age of 16, she married Earl on September 13, 1936. The wedding was celebrated at the former O'Fallon E & R Church, led...
Kathryn Sullivan
Feb 22, 2013
Kathryn Sullivan, nee Schwaegel, age 91, of O'Fallon, born May 19, 1921, in O'Fallon, Illinois, to Otto and Magdalene, nee Huschle, Schwaegel, the oldest of five children, passed away Friday, February 22, 2013. Kathryn attained her nursing diploma from St. Mary's Nursing School in East St. Louis. She was a veteran of World War II, serving in the Army Nurse...
Tanya Lee Roos
Feb 22, 2013
Tanya Lee Roos, beloved mother of Kelsie and Emma, passed calmly into pain-free eternity with Jesus Christ at 9:35 p.m., Friday, February 22, 2013 at Memorial Hospital, Belleville, Illinois, from complications of diabetes. Tanya was born November 23, 1972 in Oxford, Ohio, to Ford William Rowland and Patricia Ellen, nee Distler, Rowland. She grew up in a military family, relocating...
Ethel Ann Sommer
Feb 18, 2013
Ethel Ann Sommer, nee Wortmann, age 78, born April 19, 1934, in Josephville, Mo., the oldest of fourteen children, passed away peacefully on Monday, February 18, 2013. Ethel was an avid flower gardener and talented seamstress and quilter. She had a deep Catholic faith that she shared with her family. She had been a 4-H leader for several years, sharing...
Robert Joseph Roeper
Feb 18, 2013
Robert Joseph Roeper, age 69, of New Baden, Ill., formerly of Cahokia, born October 26, 1943 in St. Louis, Mo., died unexpectedly Monday, February 18, 2013, at Adventist Hospital, Bolingbrook, Ill. Bob worked as a custodian for Cahokia School District 187 for 38 years, retiring in 2002. He enjoyed golfing, but his favorite pastime was watching his grandkids play ice...
Eloise Mckinney
Feb 11, 2013
Mary "Eloise" McKinney, nee Bryan, age 83, of O'Fallon, Ill., born March 30, 1929 at home, near Marion, in Williamson County , Ill., passed away Monday, February 11, 2013. The youngest of five children, Eloise was raised in Southern Illinois. While visiting a friend in Phoenix, she met Thomas D. McKinney, and they were soon married on May 4, 1949....
Catherine Ann Hastings
Jan 28, 2013
Catherine Ann Hastings, nee Shipton, age 81, of O'Fallon, Ill., born June 22, 1931, in East St. Louis, Ill., to Joseph and Annie, nee O'Hara, Shipton, passed away Monday, January 28, 2013. Catherine grew up in East St. Louis and attended St. Phillip Grade School and Clark Jr. High, in the same neighborhood as her future husband, Robert Hastings, whom...
Donna Kay Gavin
Jan 24, 2013
Donna Kay Gavin, age 49, of Belleville, Illinois, born May 4, 1963 in Michigan City, Indiana, died Thursday, January 24, 2013 at St. Elizabeth's Hospital, Belleville, Illinois. Donna had previously worked as a nurse's aid at area nursing homes, providing care for the residents. Surviving are her son Ronald Paul Greathouse, Jr., of O'Fallon, daughter Laura Jean Greathouse of Madison,...
George Schafer
Jan 19, 2013
He was born July 8, 1915 on a farm on Big Wheeling Creek Road, the son of Alvin and Flora Hartlieb Schafer. Mr. Schafer was a graduate of Triadelphia High School. He co- owned and operated Schafer's Meat Market in Elm Grove with a cousin, John F. Schafer, from 1935 through 1974. He was a long-time member of St. Mark...
Ronald R. Barber
Jan 15, 2013
Ronald R. Barber, age 70, of O'Fallon, born November 6, 1942 in East St. Louis, Ill., to Ralph L. Barber and Helen, nee Elceser, Barber, passed away Tuesday, January 15, 2013 at Memorial Hospital, Belleville, Ill. Ron was a metro-east native and veteran of the US Marine Corps. He retired from Civil Service where he worked many years as a...
Amy Kieser
Jan 14, 2013
Amy A.R. Kieser, nee Larson, age 45, of O'Fallon, Ill., born April 20, 1967 in Milwaukee, Wisc. to Marilyn and Paul Larson, passed away after a two-year battle with cancer on Monday, January 14, 2013. Amy grew up in Fox Point, Wisc. just outside of Milwaukee, graduating from Nicolet High School and Marquette University. She was an accomplished ballet dancer...
Peggy Berens
Jan 14, 2013
Peggy Berens, age 87, of O'Fallon, Ill., born May 20, 1925, in Taylorville, Ill., to Edward and Mary F., nee O'Neill, Hemmer, passed away Monday, January 14, 2013, at her home. Born Mary Imelda Hemmer, Peggy and her family moved to O'Fallon when she was 10 years old. She attended St. Clare Grade School and O'Fallon Township High School, graduating...
Albert A. Kimmle
Jan 12, 2013
Albert A. Kimmle, age 82, lifelong resident of O'Fallon, Ill., born July 5, 1930, in O'Fallon, Illinois, to Edward E. and Hilda, nee Oelschlager, Kimmle, passed away Saturday morning, January 12, 2013, at Memorial Hospital, Belleville, Illinois. Al was a 1948 graduate of O'Fallon Township High School. He attended Brown Business College and went to work in the office of...
Juanita Evelyn Ettinger
Jan 8, 2013
Juanita Evelyn Ettinger, age 90, of Madison Heights, Michigan, born October 5, 1922 in Clinton, Tennessee, passed away Tuesday, January 8, 2013, at Memorial Hospital, Belleville, Illinois. Juanita was preceded in death by her beloved husband, Saul Ettinger; brothers Robert and Dewey; and sister Pauline. Surviving are her children Max Ettinger, Shaun Ettinger, and Cherilynn (Christopher) Foster, and Carole (Curt)...
William Francis Xavier Killian
Jan 5, 2013
Colonel William Killian, USAF (retired) William Francis Xavier Killian, age 69, of O'Fallon, born September 8, 1943 in Baltimore, Md. passed away January 5, 2013. Bill earned his A.B. Degree (pre-med) from Loyola College in Baltimore, Md. in 1965 where he was a member of Beta Beta Beta Biological Honor Society. He received his D.D.S. Degree from the University of...
Arlin Klingenberg
Jan 1, 2013
Arlin John William Klingenberg was born on February 1, 1920 in Syracuse, Nebraska to William and Mathilda (Fricke) Klingenberg. He passed away on Tuesday, January 1, 2013 at the Rosewood Care Center in Swansea, IL at the age of 92 years, 11 months. He was raised in the Syracuse area and graduated from Syracuse High School in 1939. After High...
