Obituaries
Jerry W. Tutko, 67, of Mounds, died at 11:44 p.m. Sunday, April 5, 2020, at his residence.
He was born on Jan. 19, 1953, in Metropolis, the son of Edward John and Adeline Bunker Tutko.
Mr. Tutko was a member of Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church in Pulaski, where he had served as a trustee and taught...
Robert Leon “Bob” Winding, 82, of Mounds, died at 7:20 a.m. Monday, April 13, 2020, at his home.
Mr. Winding was born on March 25, 1938, in Pulaski County, the son of James Lowell and Lorraine Edwards Winding.
He was a U.S. Army veteran. He was employed with Consolidated Grain and Barge in Mound...
Donald Walden, 83, of Thebes, died at 12:50 a.m., Monday, April 13, 2020, at home surrounded by his wife and daughters after a long, courageous battle of stage four lung cancer with brain metastasis.
He was born on March 12, 1937, at home in Fayville, the son of Cletus and Julia Kelly Walden.
He...
Lowell Clyde Dodson, 86, of Lawrenceville, died on April 9, 2020, at the United Methodist Village in Lawrenceville.
Mr. Dodson was born on July 6, 1933, in Elco, the son of Clyde Dodson and Vertus Dickerson Dodson.
He graduated from Tamms High School in Tamms, and then from Southern Illinois...
Jonathan Armon Prince, 59, of Olmsted, died at 10:23 a.m. Wednesday, April 8, 2020, at his residence.
Mr. Prince was born on Dec. 31,1960, in Harvey, the son of Armon Grady and Vera Dean Pennington Prince.
He served in the U.S. Army. He was an over the road truck driver.
He was preceded in death...
Jim “John” Smith, 83, of Jonesboro, died Tuesday, April 7, 2020, in Cobden.
He was born on Oct. 18, 1936, in Salem, the son of Sam and Gladys Phelps Smith.
He married Betty J. Shepard on May 9, 1959. She preceded him in death on July 1, 2008.
He is survived by his daughter, Sandra (Charles)...
Colleen C. Deppe, nee Muren, 89, of Swansea, was born on Aug. 15, 1930, in Belleville, and died Tuesday, April 7, 2020, at Freeburg Care Center in Freeburg.
Mrs. Deppe worked as a bank teller for the firm Magna Bank before her retirement.
She was preceded in death by her parents, George Sr. and...
Wilma Lula, nee Loomis, Egelston, 105, of Freeburg, and formerly of Salem, Chicago, Cicero and Jonesboro, died peacefully on Thursday, April 9, 2020.
She was born on June 23,1914, in Salem, with a smile on her face and joy in her heart. She was the daughter of Lewis Leroy and Lula Schanafelt Loomis...
Roy E. Walker, 61, of Jonesboro, died Friday, April 10, at Union County Hospital in Anna.
Funeral arrangements were pending at Rendleman & Hileman Funeral Home in Jonesboro.
To view the obituary and to leave online condolences for the family, visit www.rendlemanhilemanfh.com.
Rendleman &...
Julie Thompson, 61, of Anna, died at 9:37 p.m. Wednesday, April 1, 2020, at Union County Hospital in Anna.
She was born on June 17, 1958, in Belvidere, the daughter of Ronnie Lee and Patricia Gail Gruner Heckman.
She married Edward Thompson. He preceded her in death on Jan. 26, 2013.
She worked...
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