Hildegard Deen
Aug 31, 2013
Mrs. Hildegard Maria Deen, age 74 of Carrier Mills, IL formerly of Metropolis, IL passed away at 5:30 am on Saturday, August 31, 2013 at her residence.Funeral services will be held at 1 pm on Wednesday, September 4, 2013 at the Aikins-Farmer Funeral Home in Metropolis. Rev. Buford McGuire will officiate. Burial will follow in the Metropolis Memorial Gardens.Hildegard was...
Dennis Peitzmeier
Aug 30, 2013
Mr. Dennis Peitzmeier, age 79, of Metropolis, IL, passed away on Friday, August 30, 2013 at Southgate Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Metropolis, IL.He was born June 11, 1934 in Gregory Landing, MO. He was preceded in death by his parents, August A. and Victoria Louise Peitzmeier. He married Marjorie Hare on February 2, 1957 in Macomb, IL. He lived...
Grace M. Estes
Aug 27, 2013
Mrs. Grace M. Estes, age 89 of Metropolis, IL passed away at 7:55 am on Tuesday, August 27, 2013 at her residence.Funeral services will be held at 11 am on Friday, August 30, 2013 at the First Baptist Church in Metropolis. Rev. Joe Buchanan will officiate. Burial will follow in the Metropolis Memorial Gardens.Grace was a member of the First...
Charles O. Wells
Aug 23, 2013
Mr. Charles O. Wells, age 79 of Metropolis, IL passed away at 1:00 am on Friday, August 23, 2013 at his residence.A memorial service will be held at 1 pm on Friday, August 30, 2013 at the Lutheran Church of the Cross. Rev. David Deem will officiate. Military rites will follow the service.Charles was a retired pilot, crop duster, plumber/pipe...
Lucinda Ruth Smock
Aug 19, 2013
Mrs. Lucinda Ruth Smock, age 63, of Brookport, IL, passed away at 1:45 a.m. Monday, August 19, 2013 at Baptist Health of Paducah.Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Thursday, August 22, 2013 at the Aikins Farmer Brookport Funeral Chapel. Rev. Tim Pearcy and B.J. Lampley will officiate. Burial will follow in the Pell Cemetery.Lucinda was a member...
Charlotte L. (Potterbaum) Bakehouse
Aug 14, 2013
Charlotte L. (Potterbaum) Bakehouse of Metropolis, IL was born on December 15, 1938 in Rosiclare, IL. She died on Wednesday, August 14, 2013 at Southgate Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Metropolis, IL. She was 74 years old.Charlotte is survived by her husband of 54 years, Leland. 4 children, Debbie Emmerson and husband Tom of Metropolis, Brenda Bakehouse of Metropolis, Nancy...
Agnes Childress
Aug 13, 2013
Ms. Agnes Childress, age 67 of Metropolis, IL passed away at 10:35 am on Tuesday, August 13, 2013 at Baptist Health Paducah.Graveside services will be held at 2 pm on Saturday, August 17, 2013 at the IOOF Cemetery in Metropolis. Father Michael Christopher Mujule will officiate.Agnes was a personal assistant with the DOORS Program for many years and she was...
Everett Whorton
Aug 10, 2013
Everett L. Whorton age 89 of Metropolis, IL passed away Saturday August 10, 2013 at the Massac Memorial Hospital at 12:15 p.m. Graveside Memorial services will be Wednesday August 14, 2013 at 12 Noon at the Marshall County Memory Gardens in Benton, KY. with entombment to follow. He is survived by wife, Jean of Metropolis, IL; one daughter, Linda Lee...
Emma Jeanie Ellis
Aug 9, 2013
Emma "Jeanie" Ellis. A wonderful wife, mother, and grandmother went to be with her Lord and Savior Friday, Aug 9, 2013. At Metropolis Nursing and Rehabilitation Center surrounded by her family. Jeanie was a nurse for 35 years. She was a homemaker, enjoyed gardening, canning, and being outside. She was a member of FUMC Metropolis.Funeral Services will be 12:00 Noon...
Ernest Rick
Aug 2, 2013
Ernest A. Rick, age 65, of Bridgeview, IL, formerly of Metropolis, passed away on Friday August 2, 2013 at his residence.A memorial service will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, August 31, 2013 at the Aikins Farmer Funeral Home in Metropolis. Rev. Russell Gilbert will officiate. Burial will follow in the Masonic Cemetery with military rites.Mr. Rick was a...
Rosetta Harrison
Aug 2, 2013
Our sweet mom, Rosetta Harrison, 91, of Metropolis, IL, passed away at 8:10 a.m. on Friday, August 02, 2013 at her home. She was born November 26, 1921 in Harrisburg, IL. She was very talented lady, and as a child she sang in church and for WEBQ radio in Harrisburg, and also was a gifted poem writer, writing poems for...
John Hudson
Aug 1, 2013
John Hudson, age 76, of Paducah, KY, passed away at 10:38 p.m. on August 1, 2013 at his residence.A private graveside service will be held at a later date.John was a school crossing guard at Paducah Middle and Clark Elementary Schools. He was dearly loved by his students to which he was known as the "man in the hat."John is...
Linda Blankenship
Jul 31, 2013
Linda J. Blankenship, age 73, passed away at 6:15 a.m. on Wednesday, July 31, 2013 at her residence.Graveside services will be at 1:00 p .m. on Friday, August 2, 2013 in the Joppa I.O.O.F. Cemetery. Peter Duley will officiate.Linda is survived by 1 daughter, Rachel Carnes of Metropolis; 2 grandsons, Michael Zervas II of Indianapolis, IN, Kyle Zervas of Paducah,...
Jeanne Fowler
Jul 28, 2013
Ms. Jeanne Fowler, age 77, of Metropolis, IL passed away at 5:25 am on Sunday, July 28, 2013 at the Metropolis Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Memorial services will be held at 2 pm on Saturday, August 3, 2013 at the Miller Funeral Home in Metropolis. Rev. Jon Cockrel will officiate. Jeanne was born and raised in Metropolis. She was an...
Mary Elizabeth Varvel
Jul 25, 2013
Mary Elizabeth Varvel, age 40, of Metropolis, IL, passed away at 5:45 p.m. on Wednesday, July 25, 2013 at Barnes Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, MO with her mother and husband Paul by her side.Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, July 30, 2013 at the Brookport First Church of God. Rev. Charles Tate will officiate. Burial...
Howard Mark Smith
Jul 25, 2013
Mark Smith, 68, of Metropolis, IL, passed away on July 25, 2013, at his home of complications from COPD and Emphysema.There will be no services.Mark retired as a U.S. Merchant Marine Chief Engineering Officer. He received his Chief Engineering Officer License from the U.S. Coast Guard for all oceans, great lakes, and inland waterways in 1994. Mark started his career...
Mary Elizabeth Mchaney
Jul 23, 2013
Ms. Mary Elizabeth (Hart) McHaney, age 95, of Metropolis, IL, passed away on Tuesday, July 23, 2013 at Massac Memorial Hospital.Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, July 27, 2013, at the First Baptist Church in Metropolis. Rev. Joe Buchanan and Rev. David Wright will officiate. Burial will follow in the Metropolis Memorial Gardens.Ms. McHaney was a...
Lula Dorothy Grimes
Jul 22, 2013
Ms. Lula Grimes, age 76, of Metropolis, IL, passed away on Monday, July 22, 2013, at Southgate Nursing and Rehab Center.Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, July 25, 2013, at Aikins Farmer Funeral Home. Rev. David Deem will officiate. Burial will follow in St. Stephens Church Cemetery.Ms. Grimes attended Lutheran Church of the Cross and Lone...
Kenneth "Casey" Jacobs
Jul 22, 2013
Mr. Kenneth "Casey" Jacobs, 60, of Metropolis, IL, passed away on Monday, July 22, 2013 at Baptist Health of Paducah.There will be no funeral services. Mr. Jacobs was born on May 3, 1953 in Camp Pendleton, CA. He attended Germantown Grade School and Metamora High School, graduating in 1972. Casey was the owner/operator of Trail's Inn Lounge for 37 years...
