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Jerseyville IL Obituaries and Death Notices
Monday, February 20, 2017PM Anna E. Carter, 89, passed away 2:47 a.m. Wednesday, February 15, 2017 at her residence.
Born in Jerseyville on October 18, 1927, she was the daughter of Frank and Mary Ann (Fitzgibbons) Novotny.
A graduate of Our Savior Hospital Nursing School in Jacksonville, she retired from the Olin Corporation after 40 years as Supervisor of Nurses. She was a certified occupational health nurse.
Ann was a lifetime member of East Alton American Legion Post 794 Auxiliary and was a past president.
She married Clyde Carter on November 25, 1962 in Brighton. He died in November 2003. She was sadly preceded in death by her only son, Thomas "Tom" Clyde Carter in March of 2011.
Surviving are two grandchildren, Brett and Jacqueline Carter; daughter in law, Toni Carter; and three sisters, Katie, Lillian and Helen.
A brother and three sisters also preceded in death.
Private services were conducted at Marks Mortuary in Wood River by Fr. Donald Wolford, with burial in Rose Lawn Memory Gardens in Bethalto.
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Monday, February 06, 2017Admire, 80, passed away peacefully at 8:00 p.m. Friday, February 3, 2017 at his home with his family by his side under the loving care of OSF St. Anthony’s Hospice. Larry was born November 9, 1936 in Jerseyville to the late Ray and Juanita (Green) Admire. The family moved to Alton and he attended Alton schools, graduating from Alton High School in 1954. Following his graduation from high school he enlisted in the Army and proudly served for two years, most of the time in Germany. Upon his return he attended Shurtleff College, and was employed by Owens Illinois Mold Manufacturing, and Retail Credit, before beginning his 34-year career as a State Farm Agent with an office in Bethalto. He retired in December 2006. He was an avid bowler, tennis player, golfer, and bird hunter. He was active in the community, serving with the Alton/Godfrey rotary Club, the Optimists, an officer with the Regional Growth Association. He served on the board of directors of the Alton/Wood River Sportsman’s Club, Lockhaven Country Club, and the Lewis and Clark Community College Booster Club. He and Barb currently belong to Westlake Country Club. On February 14, 1984 he married the former Barbara Cobeck. They enjoyed a...
Monday, January 09, 2017Ohio, the Eastern Shore of Maryland. After obtaining his masters of Divinity, he returned to southern Illinois where he served churches in Enfield, Shipman, Murphysboro, Jerseyville, Carterville, East St. Louis, Benton, and Mt. Carmel. As a pastor, he actively participated in the camping program of the Southern Illinois Methodist Conference at Little Grassy Methodist Camp on Little Grassy Lake. He helped build the original structures, and he and Juanita both directed camps there. In his spare time his hobbies were woodworking, gardening, hunting, and fishing.He retired in 1979 to Newton where he served as interim pastor at the First Christian Church, Blair United Methodist Church, and Kedron United Methodist Church. In 1999 he and Juanita decided to move to Carbondale to be near their daughter, Jean, and her children and grandchildren. There they enjoyed the fellowship of several other retired ministers and attending the First United Methodist Church in Carbondale. He and Juanita also volunteered at the Visitors’ Center at Giant City State Park where Earl was considered the resident CCC historian.Earl is survived by three children: daughter, Jean and Peter Wories of Carbondale, daughter, Sue Dickey and Tom Pollard, of Alameda, CA, and son, Lee and Dana Dickey of Redding, CA; grandchildren, Kevin (Rosemary) McCamish and Megan Harmon all of Carterville, Casey (Nico) Anselmi of Fidenza, Italy, Rebecca Renfroe of Clarkesville, TN, Adam Wories of Carbondale, and Rachelle (Brandon) Ridgeway of DuQuoin; eleven great-grandchildren, Kaleb McCamish and fiance Rachel Tate of Ft. Collins, CO, Colby and Corbin Harmon, Paige and John Stephen McCamish, Mikenzie Minnick, all of Carterville, Wiley and Annalee Renfroe of Clarkesville, TN, Ryleigh and Ty Ridgeway of DuQuoin, and Amelia Anselmi of Fidenza, Italy; two brothers, Ernest (Rozella) Dickey of DuQuoin and Wesley (Pat) Dickey of Waltonville; sister, Lillie (William) Loman of Blue Springs, MO and numerous nieces and nephews.He was preceded in death by his wife, parents, eight siblings, and two infant daughters.
Monday, September 26, 2016Mark A. Cummings, 27, of Cheyenne passed away tragically Sept. 20 in Laramie.Mark was born Oct. 4, 1988, in Jerseyville, Ill., a son of Tracie Lynn Cumm-ings, and later adopted by Dan and Lynn Cummings of Lewisville, Texas.Mark was an avid outdoorsman, and he enjoyed fishing. He also enjoyed supporting the Dallas Cowboys, Wyoming Cowboys and St. Louis Cardinals. He was a Christian, and he attended Our Savior Lutheran Church with his family.His greatest joy was his beautiful new daughter, Marlow Ann. He will be remembered as a loving father, son, nephew, uncle, cousin and friend.Mark is survived by his fiancée, Aimee Raya of Cheyenne; daughter, Marlow Ann Cummings of Cheyenne; adoptive parents, Dan and Lynn Cummings of Lewisville; stepbrothers, Philip and Drew Cummings; aunts and uncles, Dave and Judy Cummings of Cheyenne, Tom and Barbara Yarrell of Austin, Texas, Mike and Bev Fessler of Dow, Ill., and Denny and Elizabeth Fenton of Alton, Ill.; great-aunt, Mary Aderton of Hardin, Ill.; numerous cousins; and, considered a close member of the Raya family, he will be missed by Frank, Lori and Is...
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Monday, February 20, 2017PM Anna E. Carter, 89, passed away 2:47 a.m. Wednesday, February 15, 2017 at her residence.
Born in Jerseyville on October 18, 1927, she was the daughter of Frank and Mary Ann (Fitzgibbons) Novotny.
A graduate of Our Savior Hospital Nursing School in Jacksonville, she retired from the Olin Corporation after 40 years as Supervisor of Nurses. She was a certified occupational health nurse.
Ann was a lifetime member of East Alton American Legion Post 794 Auxiliary and was a past president.
She married Clyde Carter on November 25, 1962 in Brighton. He died in November 2003. She was sadly preceded in death by her only son, Thomas "Tom" Clyde Carter in March of 2011.
Surviving are two grandchildren, Brett and Jacqueline Carter; daughter in law, Toni Carter; and three sisters, Katie, Lillian and Helen.
A brother and three sisters also preceded in death.
Private services were conducted at Marks Mortuary in Wood River by Fr. Donald Wolford, with burial in Rose Lawn Memory Gardens in Bethalto.
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Monday, February 06, 2017Admire, 80, passed away peacefully at 8:00 p.m. Friday, February 3, 2017 at his home with his family by his side under the loving care of OSF St. Anthony’s Hospice. Larry was born November 9, 1936 in Jerseyville to the late Ray and Juanita (Green) Admire. The family moved to Alton and he attended Alton schools, graduating from Alton High School in 1954. Following his graduation from high school he enlisted in the Army and proudly served for two years, most of the time in Germany. Upon his return he attended Shurtleff College, and was employed by Owens Illinois Mold Manufacturing, and Retail Credit, before beginning his 34-year career as a State Farm Agent with an office in Bethalto. He retired in December 2006. He was an avid bowler, tennis player, golfer, and bird hunter. He was active in the community, serving with the Alton/Godfrey rotary Club, the Optimists, an officer with the Regional Growth Association. He served on the board of directors of the Alton/Wood River Sportsman’s Club, Lockhaven Country Club, and the Lewis and Clark Community College Booster Club. He and Barb currently belong to Westlake Country Club. On February 14, 1984 he married the former Barbara Cobeck. They enjoyed a...
Monday, January 09, 2017Ohio, the Eastern Shore of Maryland. After obtaining his masters of Divinity, he returned to southern Illinois where he served churches in Enfield, Shipman, Murphysboro, Jerseyville, Carterville, East St. Louis, Benton, and Mt. Carmel. As a pastor, he actively participated in the camping program of the Southern Illinois Methodist Conference at Little Grassy Methodist Camp on Little Grassy Lake. He helped build the original structures, and he and Juanita both directed camps there. In his spare time his hobbies were woodworking, gardening, hunting, and fishing.He retired in 1979 to Newton where he served as interim pastor at the First Christian Church, Blair United Methodist Church, and Kedron United Methodist Church. In 1999 he and Juanita decided to move to Carbondale to be near their daughter, Jean, and her children and grandchildren. There they enjoyed the fellowship of several other retired ministers and attending the First United Methodist Church in Carbondale. He and Juanita also volunteered at the Visitors’ Center at Giant City State Park where Earl was considered the resident CCC historian.Earl is survived by three children: daughter, Jean and Peter Wories of Carbondale, daughter, Sue Dickey and Tom Pollard, of Alameda, CA, and son, Lee and Dana Dickey of Redding, CA; grandchildren, Kevin (Rosemary) McCamish and Megan Harmon all of Carterville, Casey (Nico) Anselmi of Fidenza, Italy, Rebecca Renfroe of Clarkesville, TN, Adam Wories of Carbondale, and Rachelle (Brandon) Ridgeway of DuQuoin; eleven great-grandchildren, Kaleb McCamish and fiance Rachel Tate of Ft. Collins, CO, Colby and Corbin Harmon, Paige and John Stephen McCamish, Mikenzie Minnick, all of Carterville, Wiley and Annalee Renfroe of Clarkesville, TN, Ryleigh and Ty Ridgeway of DuQuoin, and Amelia Anselmi of Fidenza, Italy; two brothers, Ernest (Rozella) Dickey of DuQuoin and Wesley (Pat) Dickey of Waltonville; sister, Lillie (William) Loman of Blue Springs, MO and numerous nieces and nephews.He was preceded in death by his wife, parents, eight siblings, and two infant daughters.
Monday, September 26, 2016Mark A. Cummings, 27, of Cheyenne passed away tragically Sept. 20 in Laramie.Mark was born Oct. 4, 1988, in Jerseyville, Ill., a son of Tracie Lynn Cumm-ings, and later adopted by Dan and Lynn Cummings of Lewisville, Texas.Mark was an avid outdoorsman, and he enjoyed fishing. He also enjoyed supporting the Dallas Cowboys, Wyoming Cowboys and St. Louis Cardinals. He was a Christian, and he attended Our Savior Lutheran Church with his family.His greatest joy was his beautiful new daughter, Marlow Ann. He will be remembered as a loving father, son, nephew, uncle, cousin and friend.Mark is survived by his fiancée, Aimee Raya of Cheyenne; daughter, Marlow Ann Cummings of Cheyenne; adoptive parents, Dan and Lynn Cummings of Lewisville; stepbrothers, Philip and Drew Cummings; aunts and uncles, Dave and Judy Cummings of Cheyenne, Tom and Barbara Yarrell of Austin, Texas, Mike and Bev Fessler of Dow, Ill., and Denny and Elizabeth Fenton of Alton, Ill.; great-aunt, Mary Aderton of Hardin, Ill.; numerous cousins; and, considered a close member of the Raya family, he will be missed by Frank, Lori and Is...
