Randolph County Obits

Viola ‘Jean’ Salger

Viola “Jean” Salger, 73, of Evansville, Illinois, passed away at 2:05 pm, Tuesday, January 14, 2025, at Memorial Hospital, Chester, Illinois.  She was born to the late Barney and Goldie (nee Novak) Byram on April 26, 1951 in Chester, Illinois.  Jean married Larry Salger on August 7, 1973 in Chester, Illinois; he survives.  She was […]

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Luella I. Salger

Luella I. Salger, 93, of Evansville, Illinois, passed away at 3:57 a.m. on Monday, January 13, 2025, at Three Springs Senior Living and Rehabilitation in Chester, Illinois.   She was born to the late Albert and Louise (nee Nehrt) Salger on September 2, 1931, in Evansville, Illinois.   She was never married.   Luella had

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George Dean Epplin

George Dean Epplin, 67, of Red Bud, Illinois, passed away at 8:16 pm, Thursday, January 9, 2025, at his residence.   He was born to the late George Edward and Mary (nee Schaefer) Epplin on May 30, 1957, in Pinckneyville, Illinois.   George married Cindy Menke on July 8, 1978, at St. John’s Lutheran Church,

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Jackie W. Lindsey

Jackie W. Lindsey, 90, of Chester, Illinois, passed away at 6:50 p.m. on Saturday, January 11, 2025, at his residence.   He was born to the late Clarence “Scrubby” and Loretta (nee Jett) Lindsey on December 28, 1934 in Gasconade, Missouri.   Jack married Jean Mayfield on June 15, 1956, at First United Methodist Church

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Claude E. Knapp

Claude E. Knapp, 81, of Rockwood, Illinois, passed away at 2:05 pm, Monday, January 6, 2025 at Memorial Hospital, Chester, Illinois. He was born to the late William and Viola (nee Martin) Knapp on December 28, 1943 in Heber Springs, Arkansas. Claude married Dorothy “Missy” Hoover on November 9, 1984 in Bremen, Illinois; she survives.

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June A. James

June A. James, 89, of Chester, Illinois, passed away at 7:28 pm, Thursday, January 2, 2025 at Addington Place of Sparta, Sparta, Illinois. She was born to the late Hugo C. and Margaret M. (nee Zimmer) Hohgrefe on April 10, 1935 in Chester, Illinois. June married Danny D. James on September 25, 1954 in Bremen,

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Mary Lee Gross

MARY LEE GROSS, our wonderful and loving mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, passed away on Tuesday, December 31, 2024. She wanted to spend her final New Year’s Eve celebration in heaven, and God made her wish possible. We were blessed by Mary Lee’s birth on November 15, 1932. She was born in Perryville, Missouri, to Alfred

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Yavon Lucille Trotter

Yavon Lucille Trotter, 85, of Valmeyer, Illinois, peacefully passed on Friday January 3, 2025 at Three Springs Senior Living and Rehabilitation, Chester, Illinois.   She was born to the late Murray and Lottie Davis on April 8, 1939 in Bradley Township, Illinois.   Yavon married William “Bill” Trotter on April 20, 1957 in St. Louis,

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Donald L. McGee

Donald L. McGee, 87 of Paris, Illinois, went to be with the Lord at 9:27 p.m. Sunday, December 29, 2024 at Providence Health Care in St. Mary Of The Woods, Indiana.   He was born March 11, 1937 in Chester, Illinois, the son of George W. and Nellie C. (Johnson) McGee. Donald was the fourth

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