17 December 2015, 4:20 PM
The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Community today is mourning the death of James R. Hudson, who passed away Tuesday, Dec. 15. The 20-year-old Granite City native was a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences.
Visitation will be from 4-8 p.m., Friday, Dec. 18 at Irwin Chapel in Granite City. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 19 at the funeral home.
A complete obituary is available in the Belleville News-Democrat.
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11 December 2015, 10:00 AM
David M. Foster, of Alton, died Monday, Dec. 7. He was 67.
A U.S. Army veteran who served in Vietnam, Foster worked in the SIUE Department of Athletics for 30 years before retiring.
Marks Mortuary in Wood River managed the arrangements. Memorials may be made to the Wounded Warriors Program.
A complete obituary is available in the
Riverbender.
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23 November 2015, 4:26 PM
Edith Hentz, of Greenville, died Saturday, Nov. 21, at Greenville Regional Hospital. She was 94.
Hentz earned her master’s in education from SIUE 1968. She spent 34 years teaching in her hometown of Pocahontas, as well as in Greenville.
Visitation will be from 5-8 p.m. Monday, Nov. 23, at Donnell-Wiegand Funeral Home in Greenville. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 24, at the funeral home.
A complete obituary is available in
The Belleville News-Democrat.
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23 November 2015, 2:20 PM
Cara Janelle Johnson-Prewitt, of Bunnlevel, N.C., died Tuesday, Nov. 17. She was 33.
A native of Beeville, Texas, and formerly of O’Fallon, Ill., Johnson-Prewitt earned a bachelor’s in chemistry from SIUE’s College of Arts and Sciences.
In lieu of flowers, memorials are appreciated to the Karla Smith Foundation, 14 Park Place, Ste. B, Swansea, IL 62226.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 25, at Lake View Funeral Home in Fairview Heights.
A complete obituary is available in the
Belleville News-Democrat.
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18 November 2015, 10:45 AM
Carolina F. Wiesen, of Bellevillle, died Monday, Nov. 16 at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. She was 59.
A native of the Philippines, Wiesen was an area supervisor in SIUE Dining Services.
Visitation is 4-8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 20, at George Renner and Sons Funeral Home in Belleville. A memorial service will be held at Apostolic Church of Belleville at a later date.
A complete obituary is available in the
Belleville News-Democrat.
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2 November 2015, 1:20 PM
Leighty “Cass” Frances, of Valrico, Fla., died Friday, Aug. 7, at her home. She was 94.
A Martinsville native who grew up in the Alton/Wood River area, Leighty retired from SIUE as a graduate records coordinator in 1987. She earned both bachelor’s and master’s in English from SIUE.
Condolences may be sent to the family at 621 Sand Ridge Dr., Valrico, FL 33594.
A complete obituary is available in
The Alton Telegraph.
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21 October 2015, 5:20 PM
Pamela K. Spencer, of White Hall, died Sunday, Oct. 18 at Jersey Community Hospital. She was 68.
A Jacksonville native, Spencer earned a bachelor’s in special and elementary education in 1974 from SIUE’s School of Education, Health and Human Behavior.
Visitation will be from 4 -8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 22, at Alexander & Gubser Funeral Home in Jerseyville where the funeral services will follow at 10 a.m. on Friday, Oct. 23, 2015.
A complete obituary is available in The Alton Telegraph.
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20 October 2015, 1:22 PM
Helen Rosalee Zipprich, of Jerseyville, died Saturday, Oct. 17, at the Jerseyville Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. She was 87.
Zipprich earned a bachelor’s in history from SIUE in 1975.
Visitation will be held from 4-8 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 20, at Crawford Funeral Home in Jerseyville. A Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 21, at Holy Ghost Catholic Church in Jerseyville.
A complete obituary is available in The Telegraph.
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15 October 2015, 12:35 PM
Dr. William “Bill” Woods of Lawrence, Kansas, died recently. He was 68.
A Milwaukee native, Woods spent the majority of his career at SIUE as a professor in the Department of Geography and as director of the contract archaeology program. During his SIUE tenure, he directed the study of Monks Mound, one of the major earthworks at the UNESCO World Heritage Cahokia Mounds Site.
A complete obituary is available in the Lawrence Journal-World.
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7 October 2015, 1:05 PM
Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Famer Harry Gallatin, SIUE's first director of athletics, has passed away at the age of 88.
The visitation will be Friday, Oct. 9 from 3–8 p.m. at Weber & Rodney Funeral Home in Edwardsville. The funeral service will be Saturday, Oct. 10 at 11 a.m. at the First Presbyterian Church in Edwardsville.
At SIUE, Gallatin’s career included three seasons as the men’s basketball coach and 24 as the men’s golf coach. He served as the school’s director of athletics from 1967 to 1972. Gallatin was a member of the SIUE Athletics Inaugural Hall of Fame class in 2005.
“The greater metropolitan region, Edwardsville and especially SIUE has lost a genuine and humble ‘Giant’ of a man today,” SIUE Director of Athletics Dr. Brad Hewitt said. “So kind, so unassuming, yet he had such a powerful impact on so many. Much has been written about Harry’s life, his wonderful careers and the people he has touched. Some of the most famous people in the world of sports have praised this man. He deserves much more.”
The Roxana native remained an avid supporter of SIUE athletics until his passing. Gallatin could be seen at most home basketball games and numerous Department of Athletics events. Gallatin started SIUE's men’s basketball program in 1967 and coached the Cougars for three seasons.
In 1973, Gallatin became SIUE’s men’s golf coach, leading the team to 18 NCAA Division II Championship appearances and producing multiple All-Americans. The 1983 men’s golf team was inducted into the Athletics Hall of Fame in 2011.
Gallatin played 10 seasons in the NBA for the New York Knicks and the Detroit Pistons and was a seven-time All-Star. He was an All-NBA first team selection in 1954, after leading the league in rebounding with an astonishing 15.3 rebounds per game. He was an All-NBA second team pick in 1955. He currently ranks fourth all-time on the Knicks rebounding list with 5,935 rebounds. On the final night of the 1952-53 season, Gallatin hauled in 33 rebounds against the Fort Wayne Pistons, a Knicks record which still stands.
Harry “The Horse” Gallatin is perhaps best known for his workmanship, never missing a game or practice in his career. He played 610 consecutive games with the Knicks, a record that also remains to this day.
During his career, Gallatin collected 8,843 points and 6,684 rebounds.
Following his playing career, Gallatin moved to the coaching ranks where he led the St. Louis Hawks from 1962-65 and the New York Knicks during the 1965-66 season. He earned the NBA Coach of the Year Award following the 1962-63 season. He was 148-131 during his career as a head coach.
Gallatin coached at SIU Carbondale from 1958-1962, amassing a 79-36 record as the Salukis’ head coach.
Enshrined in the Naismith Hall of Fame in 1991, Gallatin was inducted into Madison Square Garden’s Walk of Fame in May 2015.
Final arrangements have not yet been made. Details will be released when they are available.
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2 October 2015, 11:10 AM
Matthew James Ball, of Shiloh, died Tuesday, Sept. 29, at his home. He was 26.
A Belleville native, Ball earned a bachelor’s in psychology from the SIUE School of Education, Health and Human Behavior in 2012.
Visitation will be held from 5:30-9 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 3, at Schildknecht Funeral Home in O’Fallon, Ill.
A complete obituary is available in the
Belleville News-Democrat.
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30 September 2015, 1:30 PM
Floy Marie Rodman, of Swansea, died Sunday, Sept. 27, at Sycamore Village in Swansea. She was 97.
A native of Kinmundy, Rodman earned master’s in both psychology and education from the SIUE School of Education, Health and Human Behavior.
Kassly Mortuary in Fairview Heights managed the arrangements.
A complete obituary is available
here.
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30 September 2015, 1:30 PM
George Thomas “Tom” Lawrence died Saturday, Sept. 26, at Alton Memorial Hospital. He was 86.
A native of Wood River, Lawrence earned a bachelor’s in mathematics from the SIUE College of Arts and Sciences. Lawrence had dual careers with the U.S. Army Reserve and Shell Oil Co., retiring from the Army after 25 years in 1975 and from Shell in 1981 after 28 years.
Visitation is Wednesday, Sept. 30, from 4-7 p m. at Elias, Kallal and Schaaf Funeral Home in Bethalto. Funeral services will be held Thursday, Oct. 1, at 10 a.m.
A complete obituary is available at riverbender.com.
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28 September 2015, 4:20 PM
Richard “Rick” Ray Evans, died Thursday, Sept. 24. He was 77.
A native of South Roxana, Evans served in the U.S. Navy for six years before retiring after 25 years with SIUE Facilities Management.
Elias, Kallal & Schaaf Funeral Home in Bethalto managed the arrangements.
A complete obituary is available in the
Alton Telegraph.
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28 September 2015, 4:10 PM
Kevin R. Stevenson of Hamel, died Tuesday, Sept. 22. He was 54.
An Alton native, Stevenson earned a bachelor’s in computer science from SIUE in 1983.
Dauderman Mortuary in Hamel managed the arrangements.
A complete obituary is available in the Edwardsville Intelligencer.
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25 September 2015, 4:00 PM
Scott M. Herzog, of Rosewood Heights, died Sunday, Aug. 30, at Shands Hospital in Gainesville, Fla. He was 41.
Herzog graduated from Civic Memorial High School in Bethalto. He earned his bachelor’s in business administration from SIUE in 1999.
A celebration of his life will be held from 4-7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 17, at The Loading Dock in Grafton.
A complete obituary is available in The Alton Telegraph.
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22 September 2015, 9:47 AM
Joyce J. Liniger, nee Scott, 75, of Collinsville, died Friday, Sept. 18 in Highland.
Liniger was born Saturday, March 2, 1940, in East St. Louis.
She earned her bachelor’s and master’s in elementary education from SIUE in 1964 and 1971, respectively.
Arrangements were handled by Kurrus Funeral Home in Belleville, Ill. Memorials may be made to the ALS Association or the American Diabetes Association . Condolences may be expressed online at Kurrus Funeral Home.
A complete obituary is listed in the Belleville News-Democrat.
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4 September 2015, 8:45 AM
Jeannie Ardeth (Bain) Moe, of St. Charles, Mo., died Wednesday, April 29, after complications from cardiac surgery. She was 58.
A native of Grants Pass, Oregon, Moe earned a master’s in biology from SIUE in 2003.
Memorial services will be held at the Weldon Spring Site, 7295 Hwy 94 South, St. Charles, Mo., at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, May 16.
A complete obituary is available in the
Arizona Daily Sun.
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2 September 2015, 3:50 PM
Bruno W. Kwapis, DDS, M.S., of Belleville, died Sunday, Aug. 30 at his home in Belleville. He was 90.
Kwapis was born July 9, 1925, in Niagara Falls, N.Y.
He was instrumental in founding the SIU School of Dental Medicine (SDM). Kwapis began working at the SDM as an instructor on April 1, 1970. He retired from the SDM as a professor on June 30, 1992.
Visitation will be from 9-10:30 a.m. Thursday at Blessed Sacrament Church, 8809 West Main St. in Belleville. A funeral mass will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at the church. Arrangements are with Lake View Funeral Home and Memorial Gardens in Fairview Heights.
A complete obituary is listed in The Belleville News-Democrat.
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27 August 2015, 2:08 PM
Tom Schmoeller, of Alton, died Saturday, August 22, at Sanctuary Hospice House in Tupelo, Miss. He was 70.
Schmoeller was born Nov. 9, 1944, in Alton.
He earned a bachelor’s in business administration and accounting from SIUE in 1974.
Arrangements were managed by peguesfuneralhome.com.
A complete obituary is listed in The (Alton) Telegraph.
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21 August 2015, 2:40 PM
Shirley (nee Moffett) Novitskie, of Belleville, died Friday, Aug. 14. She was 93.
A native of Potsdam, N.Y., Novitskie earned a master’s of education in counselor education from SIUE in 1968. She received a specialist degree in counselor education in 1972.
Staten Fine Funeral Home in Alton managed the arrangements.
A complete obituary is available in the
Alton Telegraph.
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20 August 2015, 4:00 PM
Alan Ray Maurer, of Belleville, died Friday, Aug. 14. He was 73.
A Belleville native, he earned a bachelor’s degree from the College of Arts and Sciences and was a Laclede Gas Co. chemist before retiring.
Visitation is 4– 8 p.m. Friday, Aug. 21, at Kurrus Funeral Home in Belleville and from 10–11 a.m. Saturday, August 22, at St. Paul United Church of Christ in Belleville followed immediately by funeral services at 11 a.m.
Kurrus Funeral Home managed the arrangements. A complete obituary is available
here.
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19 August 2015, 2:44 PM
Mildred A. Willmont, nee Anderson, of Belleville, died Monday at Four Fountains in Belleville. She was 95.
Willmont was born Thursday, Jan. 29, 1920, in East Saint Louis.
She earned a bachelor’s in accounting from SIUE in 1981.
Visitation will be from 10 a.m.-12:15 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 20 at Kurrus Funeral Home in Belleville.
Funeral services will begin at 12:15 p.m., with Deacon Gerry Bach officiating.
Burial will follow at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
Memorials may be made to Hospice of Southern Illinois. Condolences may be expressed online at kurrusfh.com.
A complete obituary is listed in The Belleville News-Democrat.
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17 August 2015, 3:45 PM
Volz was born March 15, 1922, in Alhambra.
Volz began working at SIUE as a groundskeeper July 1, 1966. He retired from the University July 31, 1987.
Visitation will be held from 4-7 p.m. today and from 8-10 a.m. Tuesday at Salem United Church of Christ in Alhambra. A funeral service will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the church, with the Rev. Jerry Amiri officiating. Burial will be in Salem Cemetery in Alhambra.
Memorials may be made to Salem United Church of Christ or Hitz Memorial Home.
Meridith Funeral Home in Highland is in charge of arrangements.
A complete obituary is listed in The Belleville News-Democrat.
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11 August 2015, 11:15 AM
Betty Volz, of Highland, died Saturday, Aug. 8, at Legacy Place in Highland. She was 89.
Volz worked as an accountant in the accounts receivable department at SIUE prior to her retirement in 1987.
Meridith Funeral Home in Highland handled the arrangements. A complete obituary is available in the Belleville-News Democrat.
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7 August 2015, 2:11 PM
Floyd D. “ Butch” Peterson Jr., of Granite City, died Tuesday, Aug. 4, in Maryville. He was 54.
Peterson was born June 3, 1961 in Granite City.
Peterson earned his bachelor’s in business administration/general accounting from SIUE in 1984. He graduated with his law degree from Saint Louis University.
A memorial gathering will be held from 4-8 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 9 at Granite City Elks Lodge, 4801 Maryville Road. Memorial donations may be made to the Granite City A.P.A. or the Disabled Athletes Sports Association at the time of the gathering.
A life celebration service will be held at 5 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 9 at the lodge.
Irwin Chapel in Granite City is in charge of the arrangements.
A complete obituary is listed in the Belleville News-Democrat.
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5 August 2015, 2:40 PM
Darla Duvall, of Edwardsville, died Sunday, August 2, at Memorial Hospital in Belleville.
Duvall earned a master of science in nursing from SIUE in 1995.
Visitation will be held from 2-5 p.m. Saturday, August 8, at Weber & Rodney Funeral Home in Edwardsville. Funeral services will follow at 5 p.m. at the funeral home.
A complete obituary is available in the Edwardsville Intelligencer.
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3 August 2015, 1:53 PM
Melanie Ghent Boelter, of Alton, died unexpectedly July 29 at Missouri Baptist Hospital in St. Louis. She was 32.
Boelter was born March 30, 1983.
She was nearing the completion of her Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree at SIUE.
A celebration of her life will be held from 1-3 p.m. (or longer) Saturday, Aug. 8 at the Old Bakery Beer Co., 400 Landmarks Blvd. in Alton.
Tributes in her memory may be made to the Missouri Botanical Garden or St. Louis Public Radio, both of which she supported.
A complete obituary is listed in the The Telegraph.
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15 July 2015, 11:30 AM
Judith Plassmeyer, of Belleville, died Sunday, July 12, at her home. She was 73.
She earned a master’s in speech language pathology from SIUE in 1984.
Visitation is from 9-11 a.m. Thursday, July 16, at St. Henry Catholic Church in Belleville with funeral mass immediately following.
Holton Funeral Home in Belleville managed the arrangements.
A complete obituary is available in the
Belleville News-Democrat.
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12 July 2015, 12:20 PM
Florence M. “Flo” Gillig, of Edwardsville, died Thursday, July 9, at Anderson Hospital in Maryville. She was was 93.
A Hamel native, Gillig worked at SIUE for 24 years as administrative records manager before retiring. She volunteered with the SIUE Friends of Music, in which she setup a scholarship fund for her deceased daughter, Joanne Kessler. She was also a founding member of the Meridian Society.
A memorial service will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, July 14, at the First Presbyterian Church in Edwardsville. Memorials may be made to the Friends of Music Scholarship Endowment with checks payable to the SIUE Foundation.
Weber & Rodney Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
A complete obituary is available at
weberfuneralhome.com.
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10 July 2015, 4:15 PM
Robert A. Watson, of Alton, died Thursday, April 30, at his home. He was 67.
An Alton native, Watson earned a bachelor’s in business administration from the SIUE School of Business in 1970.
A memorial visitation will be held 2-4 p.m. Sunday, July 12, at Elias, Kallal & Schaaf Funeral Home in Alton.
A complete obituary is available in the
Alton Telegraph.
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8 July 2015, 3:01 PM
Sharon Kay Johnson, of Alton, died Sunday, June 21, after battling cancer. She was 72.
Johnson earned her bachelor’s in speech communication in 1966 and her master’s in speech pathology and audiology in 1981, both from SIUE.
Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Friday, July 10, at Evangelical UCC Church in Godfrey.
A complete obituary is available in The Alton Telegraph.
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8 July 2015, 2:25 PM
Harry Bernard Freitag, of Edwardsville, died Sunday, July 5. He was 93.
A native of Jacksonville, Freitag was a carpenter at SIUE from 1970-72 before finishing his career at Olin Corp.
Visitation will be at Weber and Rodney Funeral Home in Edwardsville from 4-7 p.m. Wednesday, July 8. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday, July 9, at the funeral home.
A complete obituary is available in the
Edwardsville Intelligencer.
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8 July 2015, 2:25 PM
Harry Bernard Freitag, of Edwardsville, died Sunday, July 5. He was 93.
A native of Jacksonville, Freitag was a carpenter at SIUE from 1970-72 before finishing his career at Olin Corp.
Visitation will be at Weber and Rodney Funeral Home in Edwardsville from 4-7 p.m. Wednesday, July 8. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday, July 9, at the funeral home.
A complete obituary is available in the
Edwardsville Intelligencer.
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6 July 2015, 8:40 AM
Matthew S. Schneider, of Belleville, died Wednesday, July 1, at St. Louis Children’s Hospital. He was 28.
An SIUE graduate student in English Language and Literature, Schneider was a teaching assistant in the department.
“Anyone who met Matthew was impressed with his intellect, his zest for life and literature, and his strength in dealing with a long-term illness without complaint,” said Sharon James McGee, chair of the Department of English Language and Literature. “He was a dedicated teacher and an engaged student. He will be missed by our department.”
Visitation is from 4-8 p.m. Monday, July 6, at George Renner & Sons Funeral Home in Belleville. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, July 7, at the funeral home.
A complete obituary is available
here.
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30 June 2015, 2:19 PM
Veronica McDonald Hamlyn, of Alton, died Sunday, June 28 at Alton Memorial Hospital. She was 34.
She earned her bachelor’s in both political science and environmental studies from SIUE in 2008.
Visitation will be from 5-8 p.m. Wednesday, July 1, at Gent Funeral Home in Alton. Funeral services will be a 1 p.m. Thursday, July 2, at Calvary Baptist Church in Alton.
A complete obituary is available in The Alton Telegraph.
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24 June 2015, 2:57 PM
Larry Michael Edwards, formerly of Cahokia, died June 14 in Austin, Texas.
Edwards was born July 24, 1948. He was 66.
He earned his bachelor’s in physical education at SIUE.
A private memorial service will be held Friday, June 26 in Austin, Texas.
Memorials may be made to the Multiple Sclerosis Society.
A complete obituary is listed in the Belleville News-Democrat.
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24 June 2015, 10:08 AM
Charles Nisinger Jr., of Bethalto, died Saturday, June 20 at Red Bud Regional Hospital. He was 68.
Nisinger worked at the Southern Illinois University School of Dental Medicine (SIU SDM) from 1973-2006. His roles included serving as the technical supervisor of the Department of Technical Services and providing consultation on special projects.
Visitation will be from 4-7 p.m. Wednesday, June 24 at Elias, Kallal and Schaaf Funeral Home in Bethalto. Funeral services will follow at 7 p.m.
A complete obituary is available in The Alton Telegraph.
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22 June 2015, 1:16 PM
Dr. Robert Martin Bruker of Alton died June 5 in Godfrey.
Bruker was born Aug 8, 1929, in Louisville, Ky. He was 85.
He worked at SIUE from 1962-1989. In 1962, Bruker worked as the assistant registrar and an instructor in education. In 1967, he worked as the campus registrar and an instructor in education. In 1969, he was named registrar general. In 1972, Bruker advanced to director of admissions and associate professor in education. In 1980, he became the vice president for academic personnel administration. Finally in 1981, Bruker was promoted to assistant to SIUE President Earl Lazerson.
A memorial service will be held at 10 a.m. Monday, June 29 at First Presbyterian Church in Edwardsville.
In honor of his late wife and her commitment to nursing education, donations in Bruker’s name may be made to the Jane Bruker Endowment Fund, in care of Lewis and Clark Community College Foundation, 5800 Godfrey Road, Godfrey, IL 62035.
Gent Funeral Home in Alton is in charge of arrangements.
A complete obituary is listed in The St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
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22 June 2015, 11:33 AM
Jean Lowenstein Ingram, of Bethalto, died Friday, June 19. She was 85.
Ingram earned a bachelor’s in education from SIUE in 1962. She later earned a master’s in elementary education in 1968 and a master’s in counselor education in 1989, both from SIUE.
Funeral services will be at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 24 at Zion Lutheran Church in Bethalto. Visitation will be from 12:30-1:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 24, as well as from 4-8 p.m. Tuesday, June 23, at Elias, Kallal and Schaaf Funeral Home in Bethalto.
A complete obituary is available in The Alton Telegraph.
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17 June 2015, 5:05 PM
Phyllis L. Davis-Crouch, of Sorento, passed away Saturday, June 13, at St. John’s Hospital in Springfield. She was 64.
Davis-Crouch was a payroll clerk for SIUE. Visitation will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, June 20, immediately preceding memorial services at the Sorento Baptist Church at noon.
Memorials are suggested to the Sorento Baptist Church. Perfetti Funeral Homes managed the arrangements.
A complete obituary is available in the Edwardsville Intelligencer.
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12 June 2015, 3:25 PM
James R. Walls died June 7 at St. Anthony’s Hospital in St. Louis. He was 64.
Walls was born October 20, 1950, in East St. Louis.
He earned his bachelor’s in Art and Design in 1972 from SIUE.
Visitation is from 4-8 p.m. today at Braun Family Funeral Home in Columbia.
Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, June 13 at the funeral home. Burial will be at the Resurrection Cemetery in St. Louis.
Memorials may be made to Sunnyhill, Inc., (an organization designed to help individuals with developmental disabilities) in St. Louis.
A complete obituary is listed in the Belleville News-Democrat.
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8 June 2015, 4:28 PM
Vaughnie Lindsay-Skinner died June 4. She was 94.
Lindsay-Skinner was born March 31, 1921, in Prague, Okla.
She was a professor in the SIUE School of Business from 1970-1973, during which time she received the School of Business Teaching Excellence Award.
Lindsay-Skinner then served as dean of the SIUE Graduate School from 1973-1986. After her retirement, Stephen Hansen, then SIUE Graduate School dean, honored her by establishing the annual Vaughnie Lindsay New Investigator Award (endowed).
Prior to coming to SIUE, Lindsay-Skinner obtained her doctorate at Indiana University on a Danforth grant, taught at Southwestern State College in Weatherford, Okla., and was an associate professor at Oklahoma University.
A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, June 13 in the theater in The Gatesworth, 1 McKnight Road in St. Louis. Services are under the direction of Valhalla Cemetery & Funeral Chapel in St. Louis.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to The Cat Network or SIUE’s Vaughnie Lindsay New Investigator Award.
A complete obituary is available in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
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8 June 2015, 10:45 AM
Martha O’Malley, of Belleville, died Friday, June 5, at home. She was 93.
A native of Warren, Ark., O’Malley was a teacher and mentor to many. O’Malley earned a master’s in education from SIUE in 1967. She served as a lecturer in the SIUE School of Education from 1969-75.
Visitation will be from 5-7:30 p.m. today at Kurrus Funeral Home in Belleville. A funeral will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, at Blessed Sacrament Church in Belleville.
A complete obituary is available in the Belleville News Democrat.
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29 May 2015, 1:30 PM
Joshua L. Jamison, of Effingham, died Saturday, June 21, 2014. He was 37.
An Effingham native, Thomerson was a former student in the College of Arts and Sciences. He was a broadcast engineer for the Cromwell Radio Group.
A complete obituary is available at the Bauer Funeral Home
website.
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26 May 2015, 1:36 PM
William D. Coulson, of Marissa, died Sunday, May 24, at home. He was 77.
After spending years in active duty for the United States Air Force and Navy, Coulson earned his bachelor’s in electrical engineering from SIUE in 1971.
Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. Wednesday, May 27, and from 9:30-11 a.m. Thursday, May 27, at Marissa Presbyterian Church. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday, May 27, at Marissa Presbyterian Church.
A complete obituary is available in the
Belleville News-Democrat.
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20 May 2015, 11:55 AM
Jack Deighton Roberts, of Alton, died Tuesday, May 12, at Eunice P. Smith Nursing home on his birthday. He was 92.
A Litchfield native, Roberts was a WWII veteran, who worked for Standard Oil in Wood River before joining SIUE as a heating and air conditioning maintenance manager. He retired in 1985.
A quiet family funeral was held Saturday, May16, for Roberts at Paynic Home for Funerals chapel in Rosewood Heights.
A complete obituary is available in the
Alton Telegraph.
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14 May 2015, 10:50 AM
Janet Sue Bateman, a native of Carrollton, died Tuesday, May 5, at Alton Memorial Hospital. She was 70.
Bateman worked as a secretary at the Data Processing Center at SIUE from 1987-2004.
Memorial services were held on Monday, May 11, at Airsman-Hires Funeral Home in Carrollton.
A complete obituary is available in The Telegraph.
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13 May 2015, 4:13 PM
Heinz R. Dziurowitz, II, of Alton, died Wednesday, May 13, at Alton Memorial Hospital. He was 59.
He was born July 19, 1955, in Alton.
Dziurowitz worked as head cook in SIUE’s Morris University Center Food Service from 2001-2014. He is survived by his wife, Melody Dziurowitz, first cook in SIUE’s Food Service.
Visitation is from 9 a.m.-noon Saturday at Marks Mortuary in Wood River.
A complete obituary is available on Alton Daily News.com.
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12 May 2015, 3:41 PM
Evelyn L. Oglesby, of Edwardsville, died Friday, May 8, at Eden Village Care Center in Glen Carbon. She was 95.
She was born Dec. 1, 1919, in Morrisonville.
Oglesby worked in the Registrar’s office at SIUE from 1960-1980.
A complete obituary is available in the Edwardsville Intelligencer.
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12 May 2015, 2:52 PM
Jason W. Steward, of Glen Carbon, died Sunday, May 10. He was 37.
Steward earned his master’s in secondary education from SIUE in 2011. A native of Macomb, Steward was a teacher and coach at Edwardsville High School.
Visitation will be from 4-8 p.m. Wednesday, May 13, at Sunset Hill Funeral Home in Glen Carbon. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, May 14 at Sunset Hills Funeral Home.
A complete obituary is available in the
Belleville News-Democrat.
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11 May 2015, 2:20 PM
Kirk Alan Vogt, of Gladstone, Mo., died Saturday, May 9, at his residence. He was 59.
An East St. Louis native, Vogt earned a bachelor’s in business administration from the SIUE School of Business in 1978.
Visitation is 4-8 p.m. Monday, May 11, at Kurrus Funeral Home in Belleville and from 9-10 a.m. Tuesday, May 12, at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Freeburg. Funeral mass will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, May 12, at St. Joseph Catholic Church.
Kurrus Funeral Home in Belleville is managing the arrangements.
A complete obituary is available in the
Belleville News-Democrat.
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8 May 2015, 11:29 AM
Jerlyn Rae Gilmore, of Edwardsville, died Sunday, May 3, at Anderson Hospital. She was 56.
Gilmore earned a master’s in geography from SIUE in 1992.
Visitation is from 4-7 p.m. today at Saksa-Mateer Funeral Home, 210 N. Kansas St., Edwardsville. Funeral services will follow at 7 p.m.
A complete obituary is available in the Belleville News-Democrat.
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8 May 2015, 10:46 AM
Ronald F. Malone, of Glen Carbon, died Thursday, April 30. He was 71.
Malone earned both a bachelor’s and master’s degree from SIUE in 1964 and ’68 respectively.
Visitation will be from 10 a.m.-noon Saturday, May 9, at Sunset Hill Funeral Home in Glen Carbon. Funeral services will follow at noon.
A complete obituary is available in the Belleville News-Democrat.
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8 May 2015, 9:45 AM
Taylor Stephen Clark, of St. Jacob, passed away Tuesday, May 5, in Hazelwood, Mo. He was 19.
Clark was a sophomore in the SIUE School of Engineering student Taylor.
Visitation will be from 4-8 p.m. Monday, May 11, at Richeson Funeral Home, in Troy and from 9-10 a.m. Tuesday, May 12, at St. Jerome Catholic Church in Troy.
Funeral services will follow immediately at 10 a.m. Tuesday at St. Jerome Catholic Church. Burial will be at St. John the Baptist Cemetery in Black Jack.
Richeson Funeral Home is managing the arrangements.
A complete obituary is available in the Belleville News-Democrat.
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5 May 2015, 3:57 PM
Edward E. Mueller, of Edwardsville, died May 1 at Relais Bonne Eau Hospice Home in Edwardsville. He was 68.
He was born December 27, 1946, in Red Bud. Mueller graduated from SIUE in 1974 with a bachelor’s in math studies and economics. He graduated in 1976 with a MBA in economics.
A memorial gathering will be held from 5:30-8 p.m. Wednesday, May 6 at Kalmer Memorial Services, 8638 US Highway 50 in Lebanon.
Memorial contributions may be directed to the Animal Protection Association in Granite City or Partners for Pets in Troy.
Arrangements are with Kalmer Memorial Services.
A complete obituary is available in the Edwardsville Intelligencer.
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4 May 2015, 5:20 PM
Dr. Ronald Edward Yarbrough, of Collinsville, died Wednesday, April 29, at Eunice Smith Nursing Home in Alton. He was 78.
A native of Chattanooga, Tenn., Yarbrough taught geology at SIUE for 30 years before retiring in 1993 as a professor emeritus of earth sciences.
Visitation will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday May 6, at Lakeview Gardens in Fairview Heights. A memorial service will follow at noon.
Memorials are suggested in Yarbrough’s memory to the following:
“The Rose Marie Somraty and Ronald Edward Yarbrough Endowment,” SIUE-Lovejoy Library, P.O. Box 1063, c/o Kyle Moore, Edwardsville, IL 62026
“The Center for Spirituality and Sustainability”, Geodesic Dome located on the 90
th Meridian at SIUE, Edwardsville, IL 62026.
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4 May 2015, 5:00 PM
Mamie Marie Shelton, of Jerseyville, died Wednesday, April 29. She was 87.
As a non-traditional student, Shelton earned a bachelor’s in education from SIUE and went on to a lengthy teaching career.
Visitation will be from 4-8 p.m. Monday, May 4, at the Crawford Funeral Home in Jerseyville. Funeral services will be conducted at 10 a.m. Tuesday, May 5, at the Paradise Baptist Church in Jerseyville.
A complete obituary is available in
The Alton Telegraph.
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28 April 2015, 11:46 AM
John F. Gray, of Beaver Creek, died Saturday, April 25, at Greenville Regional Hospital. He was 79.
Gray worked as an electrician in facilities management at SIUE for several years.
Visitation will be from 4-8 p.m. Tuesday, April 28, at Donnell-Wiegand Funeral Home in Greenville. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday, April 29, at First Christian Church in Greenville.
A complete obituary is available on WGEL.com.
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27 April 2015, 11:35 AM
Judith Burnside, of Hamel, died Thursday, April 16, at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. She was 69.
Burnside grew up in Jefferson City, Mo. She earned her bachelor’s in psychology and art from SIUE in 1977.
A complete obituary is available in The Edwardsville Intelligencer.
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20 April 2015, 4:08 PM
Anna Miller, of Joy, Ill., died Saturday, April 18, at Dammert Geriatric Nursing Home in Belleville. She was 86.
Miller earned her bachelor’s in elementary education from SIUE in 1969. She was a retired fourth grade teacher.
Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday, April 22, at First United Presbyterian Church in Belleville. A visitation will be held from 4-8 p.m. on Tuesday, April 21, at Valhalla Gaerdner Holten Funeral Home. A second visitation will be held from 9-10 a.m. Wednesday, April 22, at First United Presbyterian Church.
A complete obituary is available in the
Belleville News Democrat.
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20 April 2015, 4:08 PM
Betty Lou Harrison, of Edwardsville, died Wednesday, April 15, at Anderson Hospital in Maryville. She was 61.
Harrison was once head cook at SIUE, retiring in 2010.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, April 21, at Zion Lutheran Church in Staunton. Visitation will be from 5-8 p.m. Monday, April 20, at Williamson Funeral Home in Staunton.
A complete obituary is available in the
Edwardsville Intelligencer.
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13 April 2015, 6:25 AM
John “Jack” McCall, of Edwardsville, died Thursday, April 9. He was 90.
A Raleigh, N.C. native, McCall retired in 1989 as an emeritus professor of psychology after serving on the SIUE School of Education faculty for 25 years.
A memorial service will be held Sunday, April 19, at the First Unitarian Church of Alton at 3 p.m.
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13 April 2015, 6:25 AM
Richard Roy Boedeker, of Edwardsville, died Wednesday, April 8. He was 82.
A St. Louis native, Boedeker was a retired emeritus professor of physics in the SIUE School of Arts and Sciences. He taught at SIUE from 1962-1999, during which time he was awarded the Teaching Excellence Award in ‘73 and ‘79. He was recognized as an Outstanding Educator of America in ‘72.
Services were Monday, April 13, at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Edwardsville.
A complete obituary is available in the
Edwardsville Intelligencer.
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26 March 2015, 2:35 PM
Janie S. Mast, nee Stivers, of St. Louis, died Monday, March 23, at her home. She was 60.
A native of East St. Louis, Mast earned both bachelor’s and master’s in speech pathology from SIUE.
Visitation is from 9-11 a.m. Saturday, March 28 at St. Augustine of Canterbury Catholic Church in Belleville. A mass will follow immediately at 11 a.m.
A complete obituary is available in the
Belleville News-Democrat.
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25 March 2015, 8:19 AM
Carol Ada Johnsen, died March 19 after a lengthy illness at her home in Edwardsville. She was 85.
Johnsen was born August 25, 1931, in Flushing, N.Y. She graduated from SIUE in 1972 with a bachelor’s in nursing.
There is no visitation. A celebration of her life will be held from 2-5 p.m. Saturday, March 28, at 15 Eagle Court in Edwardsville.
Arrangements are with Weber & Rodney Funeral Home.
A complete obituary is available in the Edwardsville Intelligencer.
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10 February 2015, 2:25 PM
Gary J. Wintjen, of San Antonio, Texas, died Tuesday, Feb. 3. He was 68.
An Alton native, Wintjen earned a master’s in education from SIUE.
Memorial service will be held at 1 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 14, at the Porter Loring Mortuary North Chapel in San Antonio.
A complete obituary is available in The Telegraph.
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5 February 2015, 1:35 PM
Jean S. Klein, of Alton, died Tuesday, Feb. 3, in Fountain View Manor Memory Care in Granite City. She was 85.
Klein earned her bachelor’s in nursing from SIUE in 1981.
A visitation will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 7 at Elias, Kallal and Schaaf Funeral Home in Alton. A funeral service will follow at 4 p.m.
A complete obituary is available in The Southern Illinoisan.
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2 February 2015, 11:13 AM
Daniel Bruce Bosse died Jan. 25 in Georgia. He was 82.
Bosse was born Jan. 18, 1933 in Evansville, Indiana.
He worked at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville as a marketing professor from 1959-1994.
Funeral services were held Jan. 31 at Christ the King Lutheran Church in Cumming, Ga.
Read the complete obituary information in
The Atlanta Journal Constitution.
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26 January 2015, 10:31 AM
JoAnn Harmon Arnold, of Ladue, Mo., died Tuesday, Jan. 20, of a heart attack while on a cruise that was to be a month-long trip to Asia. She was 74.
An Alton native, JoAnn Secor earned a bachelor’s in sociology in 1972 from the SIUE College of Arts and Sciences.
Arnold had a lengthy career with Emerson in St. Louis and was in charge of distributing millions of dollars annually in charitable contributions.
A funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 29, at the Church of the Annunziata in Ladue.
For more on Arnold, read the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
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26 January 2015, 10:31 AM
Walter Bruder, of Glen Carbon, died Thursday, Dec. 3 at Anderson Hospital in Maryville. He was 70.
Bruder was born May 12, 1945, in Granite City.
He began work at SIUE in the Human Resources Department on March 25, 1968 and later became a coordinator in the department. When he retired from SIUE on Jan. 31, 2,000, he was the associate director in the Human Resources Department.
There will be no services held.
An obituary is listed in The Telegraph and The Belleville News-Democrat.
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20 January 2015, 5:10 PM
Sallie Marie Clark, of St. Louis, died Thursday, Jan. 8, at Barnes Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. She was 60.
She earned both bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the SIUE School of Education, Health and Human Behavior.
A complete obituary is available in the Edwardsville Intelligencer.
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20 January 2015, 9:52 AM
James Nelson, of Collinsville, died Tuesday, Jan. 13. He was 72.
A native of Indianapolis, Nelson earned a bachelor’s in business administration from SIUE in 1964 and achieved an MBA in ’70.
Lake View Funeral Home in Fairview Heights managed the details.
A complete obituary is available in the Belleville News-Democrat.
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14 January 2015, 4:06 PM
E. June Nichols, of Commerce, Texas, died Wednesday, Jan. 7, at her home. She was 89.
An Alton native, Nichols graduated from SIUE in 1968 with a bachelor’s in elementary education.
A memorial luncheon will be held at noon Saturday, Jan. 17, at the Fairlie (Texas) Community Center.
A complete obituary is available in The Alton Telegraph.
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14 January 2015, 11:25 AM
Jamie Edward Thomerson, of Austin, Texas died Sunday, Jan. 4. He was 79.
A native of Menard, Texas, Thomerson was a professor emeritus in the Department of Biological Sciences within SIUE’s College of Arts and Sciences. He received the SIUE Outstanding Scholar Award in March 1994.
A memorial service is set for Monday, Jan. 19, in the Visitor’s Gallery of the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center in Austin.
A complete obituary is available in the Austin Statesmen.
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9 January 2015, 3:24 PM
Grace Marie Lehn, of Granite City, died Thursday, Jan. 8, at Anderson Hospital in Maryville. She was 88.
A Granite City native, Lehn earned a bachelor’s in business administration/administrative services from the SIUE School of Business in 1975. She previously earned an associate’s degree in 1972.
Memorials may be made to the American Diabetes Association or the American Heart Association.
Visitation is 1- 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 10, at Irwin Chapel in Granite City. Funeral services will follow immediately at 2 p.m.
A complete obituary is available in the Belleville News-Democrat.
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6 January 2015, 11:17 AM
Jana Kasten, of Edwardsville, died Thursday, Jan. 1, at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. She was 62.
A Troy native, Kasten earned a bachelor’s in education from SIUE.
Funeral service was Monday, Jan. 4, at Hope Lutheran Church in Highland. Spengel-Boulanger Funeral Home managed the arrangements. Memorial contributions may be made to the Siteman Cancer Center or St. Louis Children’s Hospital.
A complete obituary is in the Edwardsville Intelligencer.
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5 January 2015, 11:15 AM
Paul Allen Seaburg, of Edwardsville, died Monday, Dec. 29, at Anderson Hospital in Maryville. He was 80.
Seaburg served as Dean for the SIUE School of Engineering from 2000 to 2005.
A memorial service was held Saturday, Jan. 3, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Edwardsville.
A complete obituary is available in The Edwardsville Intelligencer.
Condolences may be expressed at weberfuneralhome.com.
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