Connie J. Schmerbauch
Jan 17, 2018
Connie J. Schmerbauch, 74, of Collinsville, IL, born August 21, 1943 in Indiana, passed away peacefully at her home on Wednesday, January 17, 2018. Connie enjoyed crocheting and making blankets for all her grand and great-grandchildren. She loved animals and was known to feed all the cats and dogs in the neighborhood. She enjoyed fishing and spending time with her...
Vernon W. Little
Jan 16, 2018
Vernon W. Little, 75, of Troy, IL, born December 23, 1942 in Du Quoin, IL, Passed away on Tuesday, January 16, 2018 at Anderson Hospital, Maryville, IL. Vernon was a graduate of SIUC and was retired from Boeing. He volunteered at Shriners Hospital St. Louis repairing wheel chairs and other equipment. He was a Cub Scout and Boy Scout leader...
Margaret M. Lee
Jan 9, 2018
Margaret M. Lee, nee Sherman, 94, of Troy, IL, born January 17, 1923 in Collinsville, IL, passed away Monday, January 9, 2018 at The Fountains/Morningside Assisted Living facility in Troy, IL. She graduated from Collinsville High School in 1940 and Rubicam Business College of St. Louis in 1942. During her working years, she served as the secretary for the Redmon...
Cmsgt. Rex M Doll, Retired
Jan 7, 2018
Cmsgt. Rex M. Doll, Retired, 64, of St. Jacob, IL, born December 29, 1953 in Santa Maria, CA and passed away on Sunday, January 7, 2018 at Anderson Hospital, Maryville, IL. Rex was a member of St. Jacob United Church of Christ, St. Jacob, IL. He served 27 prestigious years in the United States Air Force, retiring as Chief Master...
Jack D. Van Hoose
Jan 7, 2018
Jack Dennis Van Hoose, 70, of Collinsville, IL, born November 1, 1947 in Collinsville, IL, passed away peacefully at his home on Sunday, January 7, 2018. Jack was a member of Friedens United Church of Christ, Troy, IL. He graduated from East St. Louis Senior High School in 1965. He served four years in the U.S. Navy before beginning his...
Betty L. Cavaness
Jan 5, 2018
Betty L. Cavaness, 88, of Marine, IL, born July 20, 1929 in Union County, IL, passed away January 5, 2018 at Anderson Hospital, Maryville,IL. Betty was a member of the VFW Post 976, Troy, IL Auxillary. She worked for many years at Elmwood Nursing and Rehab in Maryville, IL. She was preceded in death by her parents, Dewitt T. and...
Sue E. Ulrich
Jan 5, 2018
Sue Ulrich, 62, of Troy, IL, born December 13, 1955 in Highland, IL, passed away Friday, January 5, 2018 at St. Luke's Hospital in Chesterfield, MO. Sue was a member of Friedens UCC in Troy, IL. She loved her family and time spent shopping, reading and listening to music, especially Johnny Mathis and Elvis. She was preceded in death by...
Nancy Ann Wiersig
Jan 2, 2018
Nancy Ann Wiersig, 69, of Troy, IL, formerly of Bloomington, IL, born October 1, 1948 in Seward, Nebraska, passed away Tuesday, January 2, 2018 at her home in Troy, IL. Nancy attended the Lutheran Church. She recently moved to the Troy area from Bloomington, IL. She was preceded in death by her parents, Lyle and Dinah (nee Rathjen) Ladwig. Surviving...
Mary Ann Sanderson
Dec 29, 2017
Mary Ann Sanderson, 63, of Belleville, IL, born February 20, 1954, in Cedar Rapids, IA, died peacefully on Friday, December 29, 2017, in the home where she had lived since her childhood. A 1977 graduate of McKendree College in Lebanon, IL, Mary Ann had a degree in Colonial History. Mary Ann spent her entire career as a teacher, teaching at...
Bradley O. Blockley
Dec 23, 2017
Bradley O. Blockley, 56, of Troy, IL, born December 29, 1960 in Chester, IL, passed away Saturday, December 23, 2017 at his home in Troy, IL surrounded by his family. Brad was a graduate of American Motorcycle institute in Daytona Beach, FL and worked for many years in the motorcycle industry. Starting with Ritter Cycle, St. Jacob, IL and then...
Mary A. Bingenheimer
Dec 22, 2017
Mary A. Bingenheimer died on December 22, 2017, at the age of 93 in Seneca, South Carolina. She was born on April 3, 1924 in Pocahontas, Illinois, to Theodore and Frances Schoeck Thalmann. She was a graduate of Illinois State University. She moved to Keowee Key with her late husband, L. Edwin Bingenheimer, in 1987. She is survived by three...
Loretta M. Gebhart
Dec 20, 2017
Loretta M. Gebhart, 58 of Pocahontas, IL, formerly of Troy, IL, born February 20, 1959 in Belleville, IL, passed away after a three year battle with cancer on Wednesday, December 20, 2017 in Collinsville, IL, with her family by her side. Loretta was a graduate of Highland High School class of 1977. She worked at Highland Health Care for over...
Bobbie J. Pfeil
Dec 17, 2017
Bobbie J. Pfeil, 87, of Troy, IL born September 10, 1930 in Pine Bluff, AR, passed away Sunday December 17, 2017 at Elmwood Nursing Home in Maryville, IL. Bobbie was preceded in death by her husband, Emmett A. Pfeil, son Michael Pfeil, parents George and Ura V Hogan and brother Richard Hogan. Bobbie enjoyed the outdoors. She and husband Emmett...
Steven Paul Berman
Dec 14, 2017
Berman, Steven Paul of Glen Carbon, IL, died on Thursday, December 14th, 2017 at the age of 69. He was the soulmate and loving husband of Elizabeth (Lisa) Grundhauser; beloved son of the late Leah and Philip Berman, nephew to the late Tessie Pagowitz, and adopted son of the late Rita and Walter Grundhauser; brother/cousin to Howard and Marilyn Balanoff;...
Phillip Q. Busey
Dec 13, 2017
Phillip Q. Busey, 71, of St. Jacob, IL, born May 14, 1946 in Jacksonville, IL, passed away Dec. 13, 2017 at Highland Health Care Center, Highland, IL. Phil retired from SIUE on December 31, 2015, after 22 plus years working as a desktop Technician for Information Technology Services. Phil worked with the School of Engineering maintaining faculty, staff, lab computers...
Edward S. Karpowicz Sr.
Dec 9, 2017
Edward Stephan Karpowicz Sr., 61, of Edwardsville, IL, born August 17, 1956 in East St. Louis, IL, passed away Saturday, December 9, 2017 at Anderson Hospital, Maryville, IL. Edward was a member of Sheet metal works local 268. He was a soccer fan and served on the Soccer Board for Tri-Township Park, Troy, IL. He enjoyed hunting especially deer and...
Betty R. Engel
Dec 7, 2017
Betty Rae Engel, 91, of Troy, IL, born May 7, 1926 in Sandoval, IL, passed away December 7, 2017 at Highland Health Care Center, Highland, IL. Betty retired from Illinois Bell Telephone after 40 years of services as a telephone operator. She was a longtime member of the Telephone Pioneers. She was a loving grandmother and great-grandmother. She was preceded...
John L. Donohue Jr.
Nov 30, 2017
John Leslie Donohue, Jr., 48, of Belleville, Ill., was born on April 16, 1969, in Belleville, Ill., and passed away Thursday, November 30, 2017, at St. Elizabeth's Hospital, O'Fallon, Ill. John was known by family and friends as Little John or John Jr. He grew up in Fairview Heights, was a graduate of Belleville East High School and served in...
Melba K. Aebischer
Nov 29, 2017
Melba K. Aebischer, 96, of St. Jacob, IL, born September 30, 1921 in St. Jacob, IL, passed away Wednesday, November 29, 2017 at Faith Country Side in Highland, IL. Melba was a life time member of St. Jacob United Church of Christ, St. Jacob, IL. She retired as an Administrative Assistant from McCarthy Brothers Construction in St. Louis, Mo. After...
Ila Jean Ball
Nov 27, 2017
Ila Jean Ball, 87, of Troy, born December 19, 1929 in Hugoton, KS, passed away on Monday, November 27, 2017 at Caseyville Nursing and Rehab Center. Jean retired as a Data Entry Clerk for Killark Electric. Surviving are her children, Stephen (Karen L.) Pattison of Edwardsville, Ginger Williams of Maryville, Candy Lyons of Ashland, Jacqueline Hoff of Florissant, Bernard Ball...
