Obituaries

Blanche Elzora Wehmeyer, 94, of Thebes, died Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024, at Mercy Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born on Aug. 26, 1930, in Alexander County, the daughter of Amos Franklin and Lucy Mae Shaver Bledsoe.  On May 12, 1947, she married the love of her life, Robert Winston...
Donald M. Ballestro
Donald M. Ballestro, 83, of Cobden, died peacefully, Friday, Dec. 6, 2024, with family surrounding him.  He was born in Oak Park on March 6, 1941, the son of Maurice H. and Hazel B. Jewell Ballestro.  He attended Austin High School in Chicago where he met Sandra Babcock, his future wife. They were...
Teresa Sue Mowery
Teresa Sue Mowery, 57, of Dongola, died Friday, Dec. 6, 2024, at home, surrounded by her loved ones.  She was born on June 10, 1967 in St. Clair County, the daughter of Freddie Allen and Carolyn Sue Sharp Poole.  She married the love of her life, Mark Allen Mowery, on Feb. 18, 1989; together they...
Barbara Porterfield
Barbara Porterfield, 86, of Dongola, died Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024, surrounded by her family. She was born on Nov. 3, 1938, in Union County, the daughter of Ralph Sr. and Hallie Stutes Glasford. On Nov. 29, 1958, she married her forever love, Richard Leon Porterfield, and together they spent over 64...
Ruby Lee Caldwell, 92, of Tamms, died at 11 p.m.  Sunday, Dec. 1, 2024, at the Illinois Veterans Home in Anna. She was born on July 21, 1932, near Carlisle, Miss., the daughter of Nollie Lee and Gladys Nichols Wilson. She graduated from Port Gibson High School in 1949 and began working in Jackson,...
Jeffrey Edward Dickey
Jeffrey Edward Dickey, 49, of Anna, died Thursday, Nov. 28, 2024, at Deaconess Union County Hospital in Anna.  He was born on Nov. 21, 1975, in Springfield, the son of Willis Leon Dickey, Sr. and Linda Barrigear Dickey.  He was a resident of Choate Mental Health and Developmental Center in Anna. He...
Sharon Kay Toler
Sharon Kay Toler, 82, of Jonesboro, passed away peacefully on Nov. 25, 2024, with her family at her side.  She was born on Dec. 27, 1941, in Elgin, the daughter of Virgil Dempsey and Genevieve Dillow Wiggs.  She married Gerald Dee Toler on June 2, 1963, at Salem Lutheran Church in Jonesboro.  She...
Donald Ray Hickam
Donald Ray Hickam, 87, of Pomona, was surrounded by loved ones when he took his last breath at home on Nov. 28, 2024.  He was born on Sept. 21, 1937, the son of Aubrey and Lydia Berry Hickam of Alto Pass.  He is survived by four of his six children, Lonnie (Kim) Hickam, Sharon Smith, Lisa (Jesse)...
Norman Lee Gibbs
Norman Lee Gibbs, 88,of Anna, died Tuesday, November 26, 2024, in Weslaco, Texas.  He was born on November 1, 1936 in Jonesboro, the son of Elijah Arthur and Lorena (Hutchinson) Gibbs.  He married Jacquelyn Sue Lewis on June 14, 1958. To this union they had three children, Fred, Larry and Leslie....
Ronald Gayle Bittle
Ronald Gayle Bittle was born July 3, 1937, and passed away on November 28, 2024, at the age of 87.  Ron came into this world the second of six boys born to Howard and Pauline Frick Bittle in Anna, Illinois. He grew up in Anna and graduated from Anna-Jonesboro Community High School, where he was a...

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