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Carmi, Ill. – Leonard Fishback, 89, of Carmi, passed away at 9:33 p.m. Monday, Dec. 27, 2010 at Hamilton Memorial Hospital in McLeansboro. He was born Nov. 2, 1921 in rural Carmi, the son of James Manley and Hattie Ann (Forrester) Fishback. Leonard married Violet Aretha Slocumb on May 11, 1944, and she survives. Leonard […]

Stanley H. King, age 86 of 12334 Williamsport Pike, Greencastle, Pa. died at 10:40 P.M. Monday, December 27, 2010 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Born September 23, 1924 in Washington D.C., he was the son of the late William King and Ethel (Woodbury) King Gunnell. He was a retired meat cutter having worked for Giant Food […]

Francis C. McGrath, 92, of Voorheesville, N.Y. died Sunday, December 26, 2010 at home surrounded by his family. He was born, March 24, 1918 in Cohoes, N.Y. the son of the late Frank McGrath and Eva Nolin McGrath. On October 16, 1939 he married Hazel M. Kennedy, who survives. He was employed at the Watervliet […]

Reverend Shirl Pollock Butler, Jr. born on June 9, 1925, in Fort Smith, Arkansas to Shirl and Mabel Butler of Spiro, Oklahoma, passed away Friday, November 26, 2010, at the Claremore Oklahoma Veteran’s Center. Shirl graduated from Shawnee High School and was awarded his high school diploma in 1944, while on duty in the South […]

Raymond A. Russell, Dec. 26, 2010. Age 89. U.S.M.C. Veteran. Devoted husband of the late Lorraine Russell, nee Brandt. Loving mother of the late Sharon Russell, Patty (David) Spivak, Marcia Russell, Late Raymond E. (Kim) Russell and Kathy (Jay) Mack. Cherished grandfather of 7. Proud great-grandfather of 8.

Former Jamestown resident Edmond ‘Gill’ Lucien Guillemin died Dec. 22 [2010] at his home in Carson City, Nev. He was 86. Born in Raymond, Madera County, to Lucien and Vi Guillemin, he served in the U.S. Marine Corps in the Pacific during World War II and was in Japan during the surrender. He worked as […]

A memorial service will be held Sunday for Warren M. Mizer of 105 5th Ave., Sharon. He passed away at 6:13 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2010, in the Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Pittsburgh. He was 89. Mr. Mizer was born Jan. 29, 1921, in New Comerstown, Ohio, to Claude and Jessie Mae Mizer. Warren served […]

William “Bill” Herbert Clark, a longtime resident of Carolwood Lakeview in Northport and recent resident of Cumming, Ga., passed away on Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2010. Bill was born on April 22, 1925, in Kenneth, Kan. to Ada Odessa Weiss Clark and Joel Clark. As a teenager Bill joined the Civilian Conservation Corps starting out in […]

John J. Plevniak, a World War II veteran and retired business owner from East Amherst, died Tuesday [December 21, 2010] in Veterans Affairs Medical Center after a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease. He was 88. Mr. Plevniak was born in Clarence Center, attended St. Mary’s High School and dropped out at age 17 to enlist […]

Monroe C. Burris Jr., 89, of Belleville, Ill., born Thursday, Aug. 11, 1921, in East St. Louis, Ill., died Monday, Dec. 20, 2010, at Memorial Hospital in Belleville, Ill. Mr. Burris Jr. was a retired machinist for Granite City Steel for 35 years. He was a member of Westview Baptist Church in Swansea, Ill., where […]