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Electa Mcdearmon
Apr 29, 2013
Electa L. McDearmon 81, of Metropolis passed away at 1:00P.M on Sunday, April 28, 2013, at her residence with her family by her side. Funeral services will be at 11:00A.M. Wednesday, May 1, 2013 at the First Christian Church in Metropolis. Rev. Mike Duncan will officiate. Burial will follow at the Metropolis Memorial Gardens.Electa worked at and retired from Valco...
Joe Jacobs
Apr 28, 2013
Joe E. Jacobs, 90, of Brookport, IL, passed away Sunday, April 28, 2013 at his residence.Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday, May 1, 2013, at the Brookport Funeral Chapel. Rev. David LeNeave will officiate. Burial will follow at the Mt. Sterling Church Cemetery. Joe was born August 11, 1922 to Rev. Jess and Kate (Rixie) Jacobs in...
Arthur (Art) Edward Shepler
Apr 24, 2013
Mr. Arthur Edward Shepler, 92, of Metropolis, IL, passed away Wednesday, April 24, 2013 at Massac Memorial Hospital.Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. on Sunday, April 28, 2013, at the First Baptist Church Brookport. Pastor David Siere, Pastor Bob Craig, and Dr. Chris Shepler will officiate. Burial with military rites will follow at the Metropolis Memorial Gardens.Art married...
Mary Henry
Apr 16, 2013
Ms. Mary J. Henry, 76, of Metropolis, IL, passed away at 1:30 a.m. on Tuesday, April 16, 2013 at the Metropolis Nursing and Rehabilitation Center.Funeral services will be held at 12:00 pm on Friday, April 19, 2013 at Cherry Street Pentecostal Church in Metropolis. Rev. Russell Gilbert will officiate.Mary worked at and retired from Metropolis Nursing and Rehabilitation. She also...
Flora Belle Borum
Apr 15, 2013
Mrs. Flora Belle (Holt) Borum, 91 of Metropolis, IL passed away at 4:30 pm on Monday, April 15, 2013 at Southgate Nursing and Rehabilitation Center.Belle was born September 14, 1921 in Unionville, IL. She was the fifth child of Harley Holt, Sr. and Riffie Holt. She married Orb Borum, Jr. on October 19, 1936.Belle was an active member of Immanuel...
Verna L Gurley
Apr 14, 2013
Mrs. Verna L. Gurley, age 91 of Metropolis, IL passed away at 6:03 am on Sunday, April 14, 2013 at the Metropolis Nursing and Rehabilitation Center.Funeral services will be held at 1 pm on Tuesday, April 16, 2013 at the Aikins-Farmer Funeral Home in Metropolis. Rev. David Deem will officiate. Burial will follow in the Metropolis Memorial Gardens.Verna was a...
Eileen Wright
Apr 14, 2013
Ms. Eileen Wright, age 85 of Metropolis, IL, passed away at 11:55 am on Sunday, April 14, 2013 at Southgate Nursing and Rehabilitation Center.Graveside services will be held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, April 17, 2013 at the Masonic #10 Cemetery in New Columbia, IL. Eileen is survived by 5 children, Kenneth Bullock, Rodger Bullock, Michael Wright, Dianne Griffith, and...
Bobbie Jane Caldwell
Apr 12, 2013
Mrs. Bobbie Jane Caldwell, 77, of Metropolis, IL, passed away at 7:30 a.m. on Friday, April 12, 2013 at Baptist Health of Paducah.Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, April 15, 2013 at the Aikins Farmer Funeral Home in Metropolis. Rev. Terry Moore will officiate. Burial will follow at the I.O.O.F. Cemetery in Metropolis.Bobbie was a member...
Ella Yager
Apr 5, 2013
Ella Loretta Yager age 81 of Metropolis, IL passed away Friday April 5, 2013 at the Massac Memorial Hospital in Metropolis, IL Graveside services will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, April 9, 2013 at the Metropolis Memorial Gardens with Bro. Louis W. Brinker officiating. Ms. Yager was a member of the First Baptist Church in Metropolis.Ella is survived by...
Howard Sutton Sr
Apr 5, 2013
Howard A. Sutton Sr., 87, of 821 Broadway, Metropolis, IL, passed on April 5, 2013 at Western Baptist Hospital after a long illness.Funeral services will be held at 12:00 p.m. Wednesday, April 10, 2013 at the Broadway Church of Christ 808 Broadway Metropolis, IL. Brother William D. Hensley will officiate. Burial will follow at the Masonic Cemetery in Metropolis. Mr....
John Lipert
Apr 1, 2013
Mr. John Lipert, age 99 of Metropolis, IL formerly from New Jersey, passed away at 10:50 am on Monday, April 1, 2013 at his residence.Funeral mass will be held at 10 am on Saturday, April 6, 2013 at the St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church. Father Michael Christopher Mujule will officiate. Burial will follow at the Metropolis Memorial Gardens.John was...
Sherman Finke
Apr 1, 2013
Sherman H. Finke, 80, of Crawfordsville, AR, formerly of Metropolis, IL, passed away at 5:08 p.m. on Monday, April 1, 2013, at his residence.Funeral services will be held at 2 pm on Sunday, April 7, 2013 at the Lutheran Church of the Cross in Metropolis, IL. Rev. David Deem will officiate. Burial will follow in the St. John's Lutheran Church...
Frank Gourieux
Mar 30, 2013
Mr. Frank J. Gourieux, 82, of Brookport, IL, passed away Saturday, March 30, 2013 at his residence.Graveside services will be held at 11 a.m. on Thursday, April 4, 2013 at the Mt. Carmel Cemetery in Paducah. Father Christopher Michael Mujule will officiate. There will be no visitation. Friends are asked to meet at the cemetery.Aikins-Farmer Funeral Home in Metropolis is...
Judy Burkett
Mar 27, 2013
Mrs. Judy Burkett, age 69 of Metropolis, IL formerly of Spring Valley, IL passed away at 8:00 am on Wednesday, March 27, 2013 at her residence.A memorial service will be held at 4 pm on Thursday, April 18, 2013 at the First Church of God, 1105 Girard Street, Metropolis, Illinois with a dinner to follow. Pastors Everett and Cindy Shaw...
Aline Pansing
Mar 25, 2013
Ms. Aline Pansing, 94, of Metropolis, IL, passed away on Monday, March 25, 2013 at her daughter's residence in Waterloo,ILFuneral services will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Thursday, March 28, 2013 at St. John's Church on Waldo Church Road in Metropolis. Pastor David Krueger will officiate. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Aline was a devoted wife, mother,...
John Swenney
Mar 21, 2013
John C. Swenney, age 86, of Metropolis, IL, passed away at 10:46 a.m. Thursday, March 21, 2013 at the Massac Memorial Hospital.Graveside services will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, March 23, 2013 at the I.O.O.F. Cemetery with Military Rites. Rev. Mike Duncan will officiate.John was a retired Boilermaker with the Local 363, a member of Upper Salem Baptist Church,...
Kristie Ann Isoline
Mar 15, 2013
Mrs. Kristie Ann Isoline, age 50, of Metropolis, IL passed away at 5:33 p.m. on Friday, March 15, 2013 at the Lourdes Hospital.Funeral services will be held at 1 pm on Tuesday, March 19, 2013 at the Aikins-Farmer Funeral Home in Metropolis. Rev. Ryan Anderson will officiate. Burial will follow in the Metropolis Memorial Gardens.Kristie was the former co-owner of...
Betty Jo Bowman
Mar 10, 2013
Betty Jo Bowman, of Metropolis, IL, passed away on Sunday, March 10, 2013 at her home.Funeral services will be held at noon on Thursday, March 14, 2013 at Aikins-Farmer Funeral Home with Rev. Frank Forthman officiating. Burial will follow at the Metropolis Memorial Gardens.Betty was a member of the Metropolis First Baptist Church.Betty is survived by two sons, Kent Bowman...
J.D. Holley
Mar 10, 2013
J.D. Holley, age 86, of Metropolis, IL passed away at 7:28 pm on Sunday, March 10, 2013 at the Southgate Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Metropolis, IL.Funeral services will be held at 11 am on Wednesday, March 13, 2013 at the Aikins-Farmer Funeral Home in Metropolis. Ron Gulley of Park Street Church of Christ will officiate. Burial will follow in...
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