Local obituaries for Pitchford Funeral Home
Frances Reynolds
Apr 29, 2014
Frances L. Reynolds, 86, passed away at 9:35pm on Tuesday, April 29, 2014, at Barnes – Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. She was born on October 29, 1927, in Rockbridge, Illinois the daughter of the late Orville and Ida (Bridgewater) Fry. She married Robert Reynolds Sr. on April 28, 1951, in Cottage Hills, Illinois and he survives. Other survivors...
Leron Thorp
Apr 27, 2014
Leron Thorp, 92, passed away at 1:15pm on Sunday, April 27, 2014, at VIP Manor in Wood River. He was born on November 3, 1921, in Hickman County, Kentucky the son of the late George and Alma (Hayden) Thorp. He married the former Jean L. Langham on April 22, 1945, in Camp Crowder, Missouri and she preceded him in...
Jeannie Buttry
Apr 23, 2014
Jeannie K. Buttry, 54, passed away at 12:35pm on Wednesday, April 23, 2014, at her residence. She was born on December 14, 1959, in Alton, Illinois the daughter of the late James and Anna (Hill) Aslone. She married George Buttry on July 15, 1978, in East Alton and he survives. Other survivors include two daughters and a son in...
Kyle J. Lamere
Apr 20, 2014
Kyle J. Lamere, 29, passed away at 5:55pm on Sunday, April 20, 2014, in the emergency room at Alton Memorial Hospital. He was born on February 5, 1985, in Alton, Illinois the son of Chris and Shirley (Logan) Lamere. He married the former Tracey Robinson on April 21, 2007, in Wood River and she survives. Other survivors include his...
James Cox
Apr 19, 2014
James R. “Jim” Cox, 82, passed away and went to be with the Lord at 6:05am on Saturday, April 19, 2014, at his residence with his loving family by his side. He was born on July 9, 1931, in Brownsville, Pennsylvania, the son of the late Clyde E. and Louise (Caine) Cox who raised him in Chicago. He married...
Robert Bryant
Apr 19, 2014
Robert D. Bryant, 76, passed away at 1:10pm on Saturday, April 19, 2014, at his residence with his loving family by his side. He was born on April 1, 1938, in Wann, Oklahoma the son of the late Ray C. and V. Marie (Black) Bryant. He married the former Brenda Angel on January 14, 1972, in East Alton and...
Patricia Dubinick
Apr 14, 2014
Patricia A. Dubinick, 76, passed away at 1:52pm on Monday, April 14, 2014, at University Nursing and Rehab in Edwardsville. She was born on September 12, 1937, in Paducah, Kentucky the daughter of the late James and Geneva (Lynch) Vaughn. She married Robert L. Dubinick on May 28, 1960, and he preceded her in death on October 3, 2010....
George Wrighthouse
Mar 23, 2014
George Wrighthouse, 64, passed away at 8:58pm on Sunday, March 23, 2014, at St. Anthony’s Hospital in Alton. He was born on September 18, 1949, in Springfield, Illinois the son of the late Ruby Thompson Wrighthouse. Survivors include one daughter: Shannon Jackson of Springfield, Illinois, three grandchildren: Aaron, Haley, Chelsey, and one sister: Charlotte Thompson of Indiana. Cremation rites...
David L. Harris
Mar 21, 2014
David L. “Pork E. Pine” Harris, 71, passed away at 5:48am on Friday, March 21, 2014, at his residence. He was born on June 19, 1942, in Evansville, Indiana, the son of the late Forrest and Daisy Harris. He married the former Marty Turpin Harvey on August 5, 1987, in Alton and she survives. Other survivors include one son:...
John L. Keller
Mar 20, 2014
John L. Keller, 72, passed away at 7:03pmon Thursday, March 20, 2014, at his residence with his family by his side. He was born on August 16, 1941, in East Alton, Illinois the son of the late Benjamin and Katherine (Barnes) Keller. He married the former Jo Ellen Cathcart on July 16, 1960, in East Alton and she survives....
Jayden Nicole Kirksey
Mar 12, 2014
Jayden Nicole Kirksey, 22 months, passed away on Wednesday, March 12, 2014, at her residence. She was born on April 24, 2012, in Alton, the daughter of Paul Kirksey of Wood River and Sylvia Rogers and Darrell Smith IIIas of East Alton and they both survive. Other survivors include one brother: Joseph Frazier of East Alton, her maternal grandparents:...
Kenneth L. Clark
Mar 11, 2014
Reverend Ken Clark, 66, went to be with the Lord at 10:38am on Tuesday, March 11, 2014, in the emergency room at Alton Memorial Hospital. He was born on January 13, 1948, in Paducah, Kentucky, the son of the late Arthur S. and Florence Irma (Newell) Clark. He married the former Mary Sue Hardway on August 30, 1969, in...
Marshall L. Williams
Mar 6, 2014
Marshall L. Williams, 88, passed away at 11:05pm on Thursday, March 6, 2014, at Rosewood Care Center. He was born on April 27, 1925, in Ripley, Tennessee the son of the late Clyde and Lovey (Smith) Williams. He married the former Alberta Schott in Alton and she survives. Other survivors include four daughters and sons in law: Becky Johnson...
Emma F. Barton
Mar 1, 2014
Emma F. Barton, 75, passed away at 8:30am on Saturday, March 1, 2014, at her residence with her loving family by her side. She was born on October 10, 1938, in Alton, Illinois the daughter of Ida (Zini) Fin of Alton and the late Louis Fin. She married Harold “Fuzz” Barton on May 5, 1962, in Alton and he...
Norma Sands
Feb 15, 2014
Norma J. Sands, 74, passed away at 4:25am on Saturday, February 15, 2014, at Rosewood Care Center in Alton. She was born on December 29, 1939, in Grayville, Illinois the daughter of the late Charles G. and Annagil (Kimbro) Rush. Survivors include one daughter and son in law: Deanna and Mark Barnes of Cottage Hills, one son: Brad Sands...
Norma Porter
Feb 14, 2014
Norma Jean Porter, 84, passed away at 4:05am on Friday, February 14, 2014, at her residence. She was born on December 29, 1929, in Glen Allen, Missouri the daughter of the late Estel and Ruth (Miller) Beasley. She married Raymond O. Porter on February 25, 1949, in East Alton and he preceded her in death on April 8, 1988....
Myrln Johnson - Meffert
Feb 14, 2014
Myrln C. Johnson - Meffert, 88, passed away at 12:01am on Friday, February 14, 2014, at St. Anthony’s Hospital in Alton. She was born on June 11, 1925, in Moro, Illinois the daughter of the late Henry and Jeanne Mae (Bird) Cooper. She married Harold E. Johnson on June 8, 1947 in Moro and he preceded her in death...
Katherine Booth - Williams
Feb 6, 2014
Katherine L. Booth - Williams, 89, passed away at 2:50pm on Thursday, February 6, 2014, at Blu – Fountain Manor in Godfrey, Illinois with her loving family by her side. She was born on February 3, 1925, the eleventh of twelve children, at her home on Choutea Avenue in Alton the daughter of the late Peter and Sina Foster...
James L. Searcy
Jan 24, 2014
James L. Searcy, 67, passed away at 2:30am on Friday, January 24, 2014, at his home with his family by his side. He was born on October 15, 1946, in Alton, Illinois the son of the late James W. and Maurine (Harper) Searcy. He married the former Joyce (Pitchford) Merritt on June 10, 2006, in Hartford, Illinois and she...
Walter Allen Bowermaster
Jan 17, 2014
Walter Allen “Hoolie” Bowermaster, 81, of Hartford, Illinois passed away at 4:35 p.m. on Friday, January 17, 2013 at St. Anthony’s Health Center in Alton. His life on the river began when he was born February 29, 1932, one of fifteen children to the late James William and Flossie Mae (Brown) Bowermaster on a two room houseboat on the...
