Randolph County Obits

SR CATHERINE (Mary Cyril) WELLINGHOFF, ASC, 86, died peacefully at 2:15 am, Friday, October 28, 2022, at Benedictine Living Community on the grounds of the Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows near Belleville, Illinois. Baptized Catherine, she was the third of seven children born to Bernard and Frances (nee Kohlmann) Wellinghoff on November 26, 1935 in Bartelso, Illinois. She made her first profession on July […]

Jesse Ray Chandler, beloved husband, grandfather and great grandfather from Walsh, Illinois passed away at 10:40 pm, Saturday, October 29, 2022 at Three Springs Lodge Nursing Home, Chester, Illinois. He was 95 years old.   He was born to the late James “J. M.” and Evie (nee Turner) Chandler on February 22, 1927 in Bixby,

A funeral will be held Saturday, October 29, 2022 for 74-year-old Ralph Louis Skorcz of Ellis Grove, Illinois, who passed away at 3:24 am, Tuesday, October 25, 2022 at Three Springs Lodge Nursing Home, Chester, Illinois.   He was born May 10, 1948 in DuQuoin, the son of  Leo and Zettie (nee Brown) Skorcz who

A funeral will be held Thursday, October 27, 2022 for 82-year-old Pearl Mae Hartmann of Ellis Grove, Ill., who passed away at 9:50 pm, Monday, October 24, 2022 at Three Springs Lodge Nursing Home, Chester, Illinois.   She was born  May 28, 1940 in Evansville, Illinois daughter of the late John and Marie (nee Zweigart)

A graveside service will be held Friday, October 28, 2022 for 90-year-old Warren J. Koehler of Cape Girardeau, Missouri, formerly of Chester, Illinois, who passed away at 6:38 pm, Friday, October 21, 2022 at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Missouri.   He was born to the late Charles and Beulah Leona (nee Richards)

A celebration of life will be held Saturday, October 29, 2022 for 60-year-old Kenneth “Ken” Dale Burris of Chester, Illinois, who passed away at 12:10 pm, Friday, October 21, 2022 at Carbondale Memorial Hospital, Carbondale, Illinois.   He was born to the late Bille John and Rose Marie (nee Fisher) Burris on March 20, 1962

A celebration of life will be held at a future date for 65-year-old Brenda L. Stout of Red Bud, Ill. who passed away at 9:38 pm, Saturday, October 22, 2022 at her residence.   She was born to Leroy and Delores F. (nee Huetsch) Guebert on December 10, 1956 in Red Bud, Ill.   Survivors: a daughter:

Joe Allen Ward, 74, of Chester, Illinois, passed away at 6:45 pm, Wednesday, October 12, 2022 at Three Springs Lodge Nursing Home, Chester, Illinois.   He was born to Francis and Mary (nee Philips) Ward on December 4, 1947 in Murphysboro, Illinois.   He had worked in administration at Chester Mental Health Center. After retiring, he

Brian R. Garris, 53, of Chester, Illinois, was brought into his heavenly resting place peacefully at 10:00 pm, Saturday, October 15, 2022 at Three Springs Lodge Nursing Home, Chester, Illinois. He was born to the late Robert W. and Dorothy (nee Mehrtens) Garris on September 26, 1969 in Red Bud, Illinois. Brian loved dinosaurs, anything Disney, art,