All Obituaries

Mr. Gary Paul Shappard, age 61, of Metropolis, IL, passed away on Friday, November 16, 2018 at the Metropolis Rehabilitation and Health Care Center in Metropolis. Funeral services will be held at 2 pm on Sunday, November 18, 2018 at the Aikins-Farmer-Loftus-McManus Funeral Home with Pastor Tom Emmerson officiating. Burial will follow in Pell Cemetery in Brookport, IL. Gary was a 1976 Massac High School graduate, a US Army Veteran and retired from EEI. Gary is survived by his wife of 40...

John Harvey “Sonny” Kreuter, age 81, of Metropolis, IL, passed away at 12:10 pm on Friday, November 9, 2018 at Baptist Health Paducah. Funeral services will be held at 2pm on Sunday, November 11, 2018 at the Aikins-Farmer-Loftus-McManus Funeral Home in Metropolis with Todd Sumner and Pastor Clay Blankenbaker officiating. Burial will follow in Metropolis Memorial Gardens. Sonny retired from Allied Signal after 31 years and was a member of First Baptist Church in...

Judith Ann “Judy” (Haun) Dummeier, age 77 of Brookport, IL, passed away on Saturday, November 3, 2018 with her husband, son and daughter by her side. She was born August 2, 1941 to Cecil and Thelma Haun. A funeral service will be held at 1pm on Thursday, November 8, 2018 at the Aikins-Farmer-Loftus-McManus Funeral Home in Metropolis with Pastor David Krueger officiating. Burial will follow in St. John’s United Church of Christ Cemetery at 6201 Waldo Church Road,...

Vida Mae Maess, age 93 of Brookport, IL passed away on Friday, November 2, 2018 at her home with her family by her side.  She was born June 4, 1925 to Jeff and Lura (Lawrence) Kickasola. Funeral service will be held on Monday November 5, 2018 at 11 a.m. at the Mt. Sterling Cumberland Presbyterian Church with Rev. David LeNeave and Rev. Doug Hughes officiating.  Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Vida Mae was married to and survived by Reuben Maess, they were married on...

Maxine C. Wymer, age 90 of Unionville, Illinois passed away at 6:27 am on Friday, November 2, 2018 at Metropolis Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Funeral services will be held at 3 pm on Sunday, November 4, 2018 at St. Stephens Lutheran Church with Pastor Tom Emmerson officiating. Burial will follow in the Metropolis Memorial Gardens. Maxine was a life long member of St. Stephens Lutheran Church. She worked on the farm with her husband Troy, was always helping others, and worked at...

Ernie Conder, age 68 of Brookport, Illinois passed away at 7:30 am on Thursday, November 1, 2018 at his residence. Funeral services will be held at 1 pm on Sunday, November 4, 2018 at Loftus-McManus Brookport Funeral Home.  Pastor Ron White and Minister Connie Webb will officiate. Burial will follow at Luther Chapel Cemetery in Johnson Co., IL. Mr. Conder was a retired commercial fisherman as well as a retired 1st mate for Valley Line Towing. Ernie was a member of New Bethel Free Will...

Mr. Gregory Scott “Gregmon” Choronzy, age 59, of Benton, KY, died Monday, October 29, 2018 at his residence. Graveside services will be held at 1 pm on Saturday, November 3, 2018 at Metropolis Memorial Gardens with Father Michael Mujule officiating. Greg is survived by his daughter, Leah Choronzy; brother, Richard Choronzy and wife Sue; niece, Jill O’Brien and her children, Collynn O’Brien and Jaxen O’Brien; nephew, Eric Choronzy He was preceded in death by...

Debra Joyce Woolard, age 58, of Metropolis, IL, passed away on Wednesday, October 24, 2018, at her home. Funeral services will be held at 11 am on Saturday October 27, 2018 at the Miller-Loftus-McManus Funeral Home in Metropolis with Rev. Joe Buchanan officiating. Burial will follow in Metropolis Memorial Gardens. Debra is survived by her mother, Joyce (Dees) Woolard of Metropolis; brother, Mickey Woolard and wife Karen of Leverett, MA; nephew, Caleb Woolard of Leverett, MA; aunt, Mae...

Karen Williams, 76, of Metropolis, died Sunday, October 7, 2018 in Metropolis, IL. A memorial service will be held at 1 pm on Saturday, October 20, 2018 at the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Metropolis, IL, with Grantley Payne and Robert Schmidt officiating. Mrs. Williams served as a Bible teacher for over twenty years in the Metropolis area. She devoted most of her life to helping others understand the Bible’s message of a bright hope for the future and how the Bible...

Mr. James “Jim” Owens, age 88, of Metropolis, IL, passed away on Friday, October 5, 2018 at Baptist Health Paducah. Graveside services will be held at 10 am on Tuesday, October 9, 2018 in the Metropolis Memorial Gardens. There will be no visitation. Family and friends are asked to meet at the cemetery. Mr. Owens retired from Allied Chemical. After retirement, he and his wife enjoyed traveling and helping with the American Red Cross Bloodmobile locally. He was a cancer survivor...