Curtis Lowry
Mar 24, 2020
Curtis Lowry, age 79, of Metropolis, IL, passed away on Tuesday, March 24, 2020 at Massac Memorial Hospital.
A memorial service will be held at a later date.
Curtis was a member of Living Waters Church in Joppa, IL.
Curtis is survived by two sons, Curtis Lowry and wife Kristie and Trent Lowry...
Hilda Obermark
Mar 21, 2020
Hilda Obermark, 103, passed from this life on Saturday, March 21, 2020 at Southgate Nursing and Rehabilitation Center.
Hilda was born in Massac County to Herman and Louisa Teckenbrock Horstman on April 7, 1916. She was a lifelong member of St. Stephens Lutheran Church, member of Volleyville Homemakers, and worked at the glove factory for 25 years....
Marva L. (Stites) Kennedy
Mar 17, 2020
Marva L. (Stites) Kennedy, age 82, of Metropolis, IL, passed away on Tuesday, March 17, 2020.
Graveside services will be held at 10 am on Friday, March, 20, 2020 in Masonic Cemetery. There will be no visitation.
Marva was a member of Immanuel Baptist Church in Metropolis for 47 years.
Marva is survived...
Ron Curvin
Mar 15, 2020
Ron Curvin, age 52, of Metropolis, IL, passed away on Sunday, March 15, 2020 at the Heartland Regional Medical Center.
There will be no services.
Ron was a deck hand and of the Baptist faith.
Ron is survived by his sister, Wendy Marshall ; two special cousins, Larry Pack and Ralph Richardson.
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Floyd W. Helm
Mar 13, 2020
Floyd W. Helm, age 91, of Metropolis, IL, passed away on Friday, March 13, 2020 at his residence.
Funeral services will be held at 1 pm on Monday, March 16, 2020 at Aikins-Farmer-Loftus-McManus Funeral Home with Rev. Jack Russell officiating. Burial will follow in Metropolis Memorial Gardens.
Floyd retired from EEI after 28 years and...
Patricia Gail (Polk) Long
Mar 12, 2020
Patricia "Pat" Gail Polk Long was born October 26th, 1944 in Paducah, Kentucky to Charles and Mable Polk. She and her husband Arthur Wendell was joined in holy matrimony almost 54 years ago. Pat moved to Metropolis in 1967.  She became an active member of St. Paul A.M.E. Church and was a part of the Church for over 50...
Bobby Craine
Mar 9, 2020
Bobby Craine, age 74, of Paducah, KY, formerly of Pope County, IL, passed away on Monday, March 9, 2020 at Baptist Health Paducah.
Funeral services will be held at 11 am on Friday, March 13, 2020 at Aikins-Farmer-Loftus-McManus Funeral Home with Revs. Clay Blankenbaker and Joe Buchanan officiating. Burial will follow in Metropolis Memorial Gardens.
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Margie Faye Lange
Mar 9, 2020
Margie Faye Lange, of Metropolis, Illinois passed away at Baptist Health Paducah on March 9, 2020 at 83 years of age.
She was of the Baptist faith and a member of Seven Mile Baptist Church in Metropolis. Margie loved her church and was very involved in activities there. Her hobby was collecting and selling Depression Glass. Most...
Joeanna Merrill
Mar 7, 2020
Joeanna Merrill, age 79 of Metropolis, Illinois passed away at 8:20 am on Saturday, March 7, 2020 at the Metropolis Nursing and Rehabilitation Center.
There will not be any services.
Joeanna had worked in the Nursing Home industry as a CNA.
Joeanna is survived by her children, Ginger Suhl and husband Chris, Richard...
Kay Rottmann
Mar 5, 2020
Kay (Korte) Rottmann was born May 26th, 1938, on her family's farm on top of the New Columbia Bluff to the late Ray and Evelyn Korte. She grew up in New Columbia with her older sister, Lona Rae (Korte) Babbington, and younger brother, Kent Korte. She remembered her personal Christian journey beginning at the age of 9 when she...
Louise Watkins
Mar 4, 2020
Louise Watkins, age 93 of Metropolis, Illinois passed away at 12:26 am on Wednesday, March 4, 2020 at Southgate Nursing and Rehabilitation Center.
Graveside services will be held at 2 pm on Thursday, March 5, 2020 at the Metropolis Memorial Gardens with Rev. Keith Tilford officiating.
Louise was a member of the First Christian Church...
Owen L. Neely
Mar 3, 2020
Mr. Owen L. Neely, age 85, of Brookport, IL, passed away on Tuesday, March 3, 2020 at Southgate Health Care Center.
Graveside services will be held at 11 am on Friday, March 6, 2020 in Pell Cemetery with military rites and Revs. Trad York and Jack Russell officiating.
Mr. Neely was an Army veteran. He...
Jack Morse
Mar 2, 2020
Jack Morse, age 80, of Metropolis, IL, passed away on Monday, March 2, 2020 at the VA Medical Center in Marion, IL.
Funeral services will be held at 11 am on Thursday, March 5, 2020 at St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church with Rev. Timothy A. Bean officiating. Burial will follow with military rites in Metropolis Memorial Gardens....
Juanita J. Lukens
Mar 1, 2020
Juanita June (Walter) Lukens was born on July 6, 1927 in Metropolis, Illinois to Clyde Paul Walter and Blanche Elizabeth (Cagle) Walter. She passed away peacefully in the presence of her family on March 1, 2020 in St. Luke's Hospital, Chesterfield, Missouri.
She is survived by her family members, Beverly June Bess and her husband Rudy Bess...
Jackie D. Hodge
Feb 28, 2020
Jackie D. Hodge, age 83 of Metropolis, Illinois formerly of Brookport, Illinois passed away at 4:40 pm on Friday, February 28, 2020 at the Ray and Kay Eckstein Hospice Care Center.
Celebration of Life services will be held at 7:30 pm on Monday, March 2, 2020 at Loftus-McManus Brookport Funeral Home.
Jackie was of the...
Lois Elaine Rushing
Feb 22, 2020
Lois Elaine Rushing passed away at her home on Saturday, February 22, 2020.  She was a Christian and attended the Hillerman Baptist Church in the Karnak area.   As a member of the Baptist faith, she believed in the Bible. 2 Corinthians 5:8 says "We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to...
Grena "Dee" (Dassing) Eickholz
Feb 22, 2020
Grena "Dee" Eickholz age 76, passed away Saturday, February 22, 2020, at the Metropolis Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center. She was born on June 14, 1943 in Alhambra, CA to Union and Virgie (Kommer) Dassing.
Ms. Eickholz graduated in 1960 from Metropolis Community High School at the age of 16. Dee went on to graduate from Paducah Beauty...
Kathryn Ann (Korte) Eickholz
Feb 20, 2020
Kathryn Ann Korte Eickholz passed away peacefully at the farm with her family by her side early Thursday morning. She fought a long and grueling battle with ALS, but her courage and strength never once waivered.
Kathryn was born January 3, 1937 to Noah J and Agnes Korte in Metropolis. She graduated from Metropolis Community High School...
Rose Lee (Murrell) Goodman
Feb 17, 2020
Rose Lee Goodman, 86, of Metropolis, IL, passed away on Monday, February 17, 2020 at Metropolis Nursing and Rehabilitation Center.
Funeral services will be held at 11 am on Saturday, February 22, 2020 at the First Missionary Baptist Church in Metropolis with Rev. Orlando McReynolds officiating.
Rose was a retired LPN and a member of...
James "Jimmie" Duncan
Feb 16, 2020
James "Jimmie" Duncan, age 83 of rural Brookport, Illinois passed away at 7:20 pm on Sunday, February 16, 2020 at Baptist Health Paducah.
Funeral services will be held at 12 noon on Thursday, February 20, 2020 at Lutheran Church of the Cross with Rev. David Deem officiating. Burial will follow in the Metropolis Memorial Gardens.
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