Randolph County Obits

SIU Honors Program lecture, symposium to examine gyroids

by Pete Rosenbery CARBONDALE, Ill. — A free, public lecture and symposium that examines the groundbreaking work of the late Alan Schoen, a Southern Illinois University Carbondale professor who discovered the gyroid while working for NASA as a scientist, is set for 1 p.m. Friday, Sept. 6. Gerd Schröder-Turk, a professor of mathematics, statistics, chemistry

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Wanda K. Long

A funeral will be held Friday, September 6, 2024 for 93-year-old Wanda K. Long of Evansville, Illinois, who passed away at 8:29 pm, Monday, August 26, 2024 at her home surrounded by children and all her grandchildren.   She was born Nov. 17, 1931 in Evansville, Illinois, daughter of Walter Valentine and Margaret Emily (nee

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James ‘Jim’ Kelley

James “Jim” Kelley, 61, of Campbell Hill, Illinois, passed away Wednesday, August 21, 2024 at Sparta Community Hospital, Sparta, Illinois.   He was born to the late Wilbur and Rose (nee Burris) Kelley, Sr. on May 24, 1963 in Alton, Illinois. Jim married Rebecca Sherbert on October 21, 2006; she survives. He was a Superintendent

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Eugene H. Wojcik V.F.

VERY REVEREND EUGENE H. WOJCIK, V.F., 76, of Chester, Illinois, formerly of Fairview Heights, Illinois, passed away 9:06 am, Tuesday, August 13, 2024 at Bethesda Dilworth Nursing Home, St. Louis, Missouri. He was born to the late Frank C. and Mary C. (nee Skrabacz) Wojcik on November 14, 1947 in East St. Louis, Illinois.  

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Dorothy M. Korando

A funeral will be held Friday, August 16, 2024 for 91-year-old Dorothy M. Korando of Chester, Illinois, who passed away at 10:12 am, Monday, August 12, 2024 at Memorial Hospital, Chester, Illinois.  She was born February 6, 1933 in Steeleville, Illinois to John F. and Lela (nee McFadden) Westerman, Who both preceded her in death.

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Mildred M. Rowold

Mildred M. Rowold, 97, of Evansville, Illinois, passed away at 10:54 am, Thursday, August 8, 2024 at Three Springs Senior Living and Rehabilitation, Chester, Illinois.   She was born to the late Ernst and Minna (nee Liefer) Kruse on July 22, 1927 in Evansville, Illinois.   Mildred married Victor “Vic” Rowold on June 4, 1949

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