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Lindell J Wehrmeier

Lindell J Wehrmeier

Jan 15, 2016

Lindell J. Wehrmeier age 95 of Brookport, IL Passed away Friday, January 15, 2016 at 9:11 a.m. at the Southgate Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Metropolis, IL. He was born February 18, 1920 on his farm where he lived and farmed all of his life. He was the son of Edward and Lydia Anna (Korte) Wehrmeier, who preceded him in...

James Hunerkoch

James Hunerkoch

Jan 14, 2016

Mr. James Hunerkoch, 67, of Chicago, IL, formerly of Metropolis, IL, passed away Thursday, January 14, 2016 at the Presence Resurrection Medical Center in Chicago, IL.Funeral services will be on Thursday, January 21, 2016 at 1 p.m. at the Aikins-Farmer Funeral Home in Metropolis with Rev. Tom Emmerson officiating, Entombment will follow in the Metropolis Memorial Gardens.Mr. Hunerkoch is survived...

Donald Weaver

Donald Weaver

Jan 11, 2016

Mr. Donald Weaver, 84, of Metropolis, IL, passed away on Monday, January 11, 2016, at Superior Care Home in Paducah, KY.Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, January 14, 2016 at Aikins-Farmer Funeral Home in Metropolis with Rev. Alan Milligan and Pastor Mindy Farren officiating. Burial will follow in St. Stephens Lutheran Church Cemetery. Donald was a...

Robert Wayne Wilke

Robert Wayne Wilke

Jan 10, 2016

Robert Wayne Wilke, 83, of Metropolis, IL, passed away peacefully at 9:45 a.m. on Sunday, January 10, 2016, at home with family at his bedside.Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Wednesday, January 13, 2016 at St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church with Rev. Timothy A. Bean officiating. Interment will follow in the Metropolis Memorial Gardens with military rites.Robert...

Kenneth Gurley

Kenneth Gurley

Jan 9, 2016

Kenneth Gurley, age 69 of Metropolis, Illinois passed away at 2:00 pm on Saturday, January 9, 2016 at the Lourdes Hospital.Graveside services with military rites will be held at 11 am on Wednesday, January 13, 2016 at the Masonic #10 Cemetery in New Columbia, IL. Rev. David Le Neave will officiate.Kenneth was retired from Honeywell, an Army veteran, a member...

Gary Yates

Gary Yates

Jan 6, 2016

Gary Yates, 69, of Metropolis, IL, formerly of Lake in the Hills, IL, passed away on Wednesday, January 6, 2016 at Massac Memorial Hospital.Services will be held in the Lake in the Hills area at a later date.He was born in Joppa, IL on December 22, 1946 to Herbert and Mary (Cook) Yates. He graduated from Larkin High School in...

Linda S. Cremeens

Linda S. Cremeens

Jan 6, 2016

Linda Sue Cremeens age 67 of Metropolis, IL passed away Wednesday January 6, 2016 at the Lourdes hospital in Paducah, Ky. She was born January 17, 1948 to Russell and Lula (Becker) Lewis in Cincinnati, Ohio. Funeral services will be Saturday Jan. 9, 2016 at 2 p.m. at the Aikins-Farmer Funeral Home with Rev. Ken Peterson officiating.She is survived by...

Stanley Troy Cook

Stanley Troy Cook

Jan 5, 2016

Stanley Troy Cook age 67 of Louisville, KY passed away Tuesday, January 5, 2016 at 3:45 p.m. at the St. Mary's and Elizabeth Hospital in Louisville, KY. He was born in Alexandria, LA to Ray and Joyce (Pryor) Cook on January 1, 1949.Funeral services will be Saturday, January 9, 2016 at 11 a.m. at the Aikins-Farmer Brookport Chapel with Rev....

Milburn Robinson

Milburn Robinson

Dec 24, 2015

Milburn Robinson 74 of Brookport, IL passed away December 24, 2015 at Baptist Health in Paducah, Ky.A native of Robbs, IL, MR. Robinson has lived in Brookport for over Forty years. He was born September 10, 1941 to the late Oakley and Effie Robinson. Funeral services will be at 1:00P.M. Tuesday, December 29, 2015 at The Brookport Funeral Home with...

Ted Luebshaw

Ted Luebshaw

Dec 24, 2015

Ted Luebshaw, age 60 of Metropolis, Illinois passed away at 12:20 pm on Thursday, December 24, 2015 at his residence surrounded by his loving family.Memorial services will be held at 2 pm on Thursday, December 31, 2015 at the Miller Funeral Home with Rev. Bobby Parker officiating. Burial will follow in the Metropolis Memorial Gardens.Ted was retired from the City...

Juan L. "Bim" Lackey

Juan L. "Bim" Lackey

Dec 23, 2015

Juan L. "Bim" Lackey, age 91 of Metropolis, Illinois passed away at 4:50 am on Wednesday, December 23, 2015 at the Metropolis Healthcare Center.Funeral services will be held at 6 pm on Monday, December 28, 2015 at the Aikins-Farmer Funeral Home in Metropolis. Rev. David Siere will officiate. Graveside services with military rites will be held on Tuesday, December 29,...

Jean Elizabeth (Barnett) Redenour

Jean Elizabeth (Barnett) Redenour

Dec 22, 2015

Jean Elizabeth (Barnett) Redenour, 85, of the Hillerman community, passed away at 12:00 am, Tuesday, December 22, 2015 at the Metropolis Rehabilitation and Health Care Center in Metropolis, Illinois. She was born August 25, 1930 in Paducah, Kentucky to Ray W. and Lula (Halstenberg) Barnett.In 1955, she married Joseph Dean Redenour of Princeton, Indiana and he preceded her in death...

Traven Corey Ervin

Traven Corey Ervin

Dec 17, 2015

Traven Corey Ervin, age 46 of Metropolis, Illinois passed away at 11:36 pm on Thursday, December 17, 2015 at Baptist Health Paducah.Funeral services will be held at 12 noon on Tuesday, December 22, 2015 at the First Missionary Baptist Church in Metropolis. Rev. Orlando McReynolds will officiate. Burial will follow in the Masonic Cemetery.He is survived by his mother and...

Larry Allen Douglas

Larry Allen Douglas

Dec 17, 2015

Larry Allen Douglas died December 17, 2015 at the Harrisburg Medical Center after a fall at his Massac County home.He was the fourth child of Kenneth Raphael and Mabel Pearl Marlman Douglas.He grew up near Karnak on his family farm and went to Century High School, where he played basketball and graduated in 1964. After high school, he attended Southern...

Tommy Stoner

Tommy Stoner

Dec 10, 2015

Tommy Stoner, age 55 of Metropolis, IL passed away at 2:00 pm on Thursday, December 10, 2015 at the Metropolis Nursing and Rehabilitation Center.Memorial services will be held at 1 pm on Thursday, December 17, 2015 at the Joppa Baptist Church. Rev. David Wright will officiate. Burial will be held later in the Liberty Ridge Cemetery.Tommy was of the Baptist...

Robert Gene Watts

Robert Gene Watts

Dec 7, 2015

Robert Gene Watts, age 63 of Metropolis, Illinois passed away at 6:35 pm on Monday, December 7, 2015 at his residence.Memorial services will be held at a later date.Robert was a retired plumber and roofer. He was an avid fisherman and a veteran of the US Marines Corps serving during the Vietnam Era.Robert is survived by his longtime companion of...

Mary Neil Cornwell

Mary Neil Cornwell

Dec 2, 2015

Mary Neil Cornwell"I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. From now on there is reserved for me the crown of righteousness."Mary N. Cornwell, 67, was called to heaven after a long fight with cancer on December 2, 2015 at her home with the family at her side.Mary was born October 3,...

Lela B. (Walker) Volle

Lela B. (Walker) Volle

Nov 29, 2015

Lela B. (nee Walker) Volle, 95, of Metropolis, passed away Sunday, Nov. 29, 2015 at Massac Memorial Hospital in Metropolis. Lela was born Oct. 28, 1920, in Pope County, IL to the late Alonzo Walker and Aretta (nee Christy) Walker. She was preceded in death by her parents and six of her seven siblings; Nell (Herbert) Niles of Muncie, IN,...

Edward Dean Walker

Edward Dean Walker

Nov 28, 2015

Edward Dean Walker 91, of Metropolis passed away at 7:25 A.M. on Saturday, November 28, 2015 at Southgate Nursing and Rehab center in Metropolis. Funeral services will be at 2:00 P.M. Tuesday, December 1, 2015 at The Metropolis First Baptist Church with Rev. Louis Brinker and Rev. Brandt Lyon officiating. Burial will follow at Metropolis Memorial Gardens with Military Graveside...

Adeline M. Edwards

Adeline M. Edwards

Nov 26, 2015

Adeline M. Edwards 91 of Metropolis, IL passed away Thursday, November 26, 2015, at Lourdes Hospice Center in Paducah, Ky. She was born on April 21, 1924 in Metropolis. She was a lifelong member of Metropolis First Baptist Church in Metropolis. She is survived by one son, Don Edwards and wife Connie of Metropolis, three sisters, Mary LaVeau, Ann Taylor,...

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