Wayne Eugene Loch
Jun 3, 2013
Wayne Eugene Loch, age 88, of Fairhope, Ala., former resident of Lebanon and O'Fallon from 1962 -1986, passed away June 3, 2013, from complications of COPD. Wayne was born December 9, 1924 in Fairbury, Neb., where he grew up and graduated from Fairbury High School. He attended Yuba City Junior College, in California for one year, followed by the University...
Carl David Mitchell
May 22, 2013
Carl David Mitchell, age 73, of O'Fallon, born September 10, 1939, in O'Fallon, Ill., died May 22, 2013 at Memorial Hospital, Belleville, Ill. Carl grew up in O'Fallon and graduated from OTHS Class of 1957. He honorably served in the US Navy from 1958-62, and was stationed in Bremerhaven, Germany. He recently retired from The ROHO Group where he had...
Catherine Alvira Hamilton
May 17, 2013
Catherine Alvira Hamilton, nee Braun, age 100, of Fairview Heights, Illinois, born April 4, 1913 in Evansville, Illinois, the oldest of 11 children of Martin and Catherine, nee Wunderlich, Braun, died Friday, May 17, 2013, at her home. Catherine moved to the metro-east in the 1940s, and worked as a clerk at Famous-Barr and later Central Hardware. She was a...
Lorene "Reanie" Marie Sanford
May 2, 2013
Lorene Marie "Reanie" Sanford, nee Helmns, age 78, of Belleville, passed away Thursday, May 2, 2013, at Memorial Hospital, in Belleville, Ill. Reanie was born July 7, 1934 in Caseyville, Ill., the only child of Clifford and Hazel Mary, nee French, Helmns from O'Fallon, Ill. She was a 1952 graduate of O'Fallon Township High School. She retired from AT&T in...
Joyce C. Zimmerman
Apr 25, 2013
Joyce C. Zimmerman, age 79, of O'Fallon, Ill., passed away Thursday, April 25, 2013 at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, Mo. She was born April 7, 1934 in O'Fallon to the late Harry D. and Evelyn C. (nee Mantle) Greene. Mrs. Zimmerman was a 1952 graduate of O'Fallon Township High School and was always involved in planning class reunions. She...
Gladys J. Doverspike
Apr 24, 2013
Gladys "Sis" Doverspike, nee Johnston, age 78, of Belleville, Ill., born December 28, 1934 in Brooklyn, N.Y., passed away Wednesday, April 24, 2013. Ms. Doverspike retired in 1996 from the Base Exchange at Scott AFB. She also volunteered at the Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows. She was preceded in death by her father William J. Johnston and sister...
Tina Marie Greathouse
Apr 10, 2013
Tina Marie Greathouse, nee Luzio, age 45, of O'Fallon, born June 17, 1967 in Centreville, Ill., passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday, April 10, 2013 at Memorial Hospital, Belleville, Ill. The youngest of four children, Tina grew up in the metro-east and graduated from Belleville East High School. Mrs. Greathouse worked in various food service establishments in the Metro East. She...
Marlene J. Thomas
Apr 10, 2013
Marlene J. Thomas, nee Wilderman, age 75, of O'Fallon, born July 3, 1937 in Belleville, Ill., passed away Wednesday, April 10, 2013 at Memorial Hospital, Belleville, Ill., after a courageous 38-year battle against scleroderma. Mrs. Thomas was a telephone operator for 24 years with Illinois Bell, retiring in 1977. She was a member of St. Nicholas Catholic Church, charter member...
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,...
