U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
Vernon Elam
HARRISBURG - Vernon Elam, 82, died Sunday, Dec. 2, 2001, at his home.
He was a carpenter and a World War II
Army veteran.
Surviving is a niece, Patricia Miller.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday in Liberty Cemetery. There will be no visitation at Gaskins Funeral Home.
Fred Campbell
McLEANSBORO - Fred Campbell, 80, died Sunday, Dec. 2, 2001, at his home of heart disease.
He had been the superintendent of Pillsbury Grain Co. He was a World War II veteran, serving in the Philippines, and a member of Hopewell Missionary Baptist Church.
Surviving are his wife, Betty; a daughter, Marsha Rubenacker of Piopolis; a son, Ronald of Dahlgren; a brother, Franklin of McLeansboro; five grandchildren, Chad and Carisa Campbell, Julie Rawls, Stephanie Clark and Jenny Rubenacker; and great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Harre Funeral Home, with burial in Smith Cemetery, with military rites.
Friends may call from 6 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Mary Shaw
ALBION - Mary Lou (Vandaveer) Shaw, 76, died Monday, Dec. 3, 2001, at her home.
She had worked at Farmers Packing Co., Rest Haven Nursing Home and Johnnie Manufacturing.
She was a graduate of Lockyear Business College and a member of Mount Erie Christian Church.
Surviving are her husband, Howard P.; three daughters, Paula Jean Glover and Pamela Ruth Shaw, both of Albion, and Patricia Ann Wells of Fairfield; a son, Michael A. of Albion; three sisters, Joyce Vandaveer of New Albany, Ind., Ruth Woolridge of St. Paul, Minn., and Shirley Caldwell of Granite City; three brothers, Robert Vandaveer of Coleman, Mich., Bennie Vandaveer of St. Louis and Bill Vandaveer of Camdenton, Mo.; four grandchildren; and a great-grandchild. Two sons preceded her in death, Stanley and Mark.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Nale's Funeral Home, with burial in Graceland Cemetery.
Friends may call from 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.
Memorial contributions may be made to Southeastern Illinois Hospice.
Michael Poirot
HARRISBURG - Michael Lee Poirot, 26, of Vincennes, Ind., formerly of Harrisburg, died Thursday, Nov. 29, 2001, of injuries sustained in a mining accident at the 5-Star Coal Mine in Petersburg, Ind.
He was an
Army veteran.
Surviving are his wife of five months, Brandi (Tungate) Poirot; a son, Aaron at home; his mother, Jackye Klope of Harrisburg; his father, Roger of Harrisburg; a sister, Amelia Klope of Harrisburg; two brothers, David and Jeremy Klope, both of Harrisburg; and his grandparents, Wanda Lee, Betty Klope, Peggy Poirot and Ellen and John Koker.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Monday at Reed Funeral Home in Harrisburg, with burial in Sunset Garden Cemetery, with military rites.
Friends may call from 5 to 9 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.
George Douglas Jr.
ROBINSON - George R. Douglas Jr., 59, died Thursday, Nov. 29, 2001, at Carle Foundation Hospital in Urbana of respiratory and kidney failure.
He was a cook and had worked for the Hutsonville Street Department.
He was a member of Crawford County Christian Center in Robinson.
Surviving are three daughters, Penny Webb, Vickie Bennett and Carla Douglas, all of Robinson; a son, Robert of Hutsonville; a stepson, Melvin Henry of Palestine; two sisters, Pamela Moore and Paula Rittenberg, both of Terre Haute, Ind.; two brothers, Guy and Frank, both of Robinson; 11 grandchildren, Ronda Smothers, Bambi Brunsell, Adam and Ashley Bennett, Donna Zimmerman and Angel, Beth Anna, Skyler, Jordan, Zack and Alex Douglas; eight great-grandchildren; and four nieces and nephews.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Goodwine Funeral Home Robinson Chapel, with burial in Robinson New Cemetery.
Friends may call from 5 to 7 p.m. today and from 8 a.m. to service time at the funeral home.
Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society.
Ramona Myers
HARRISBURG - Ramona E. Myers, 73, died Thursday, Nov. 29, 2001, at her home of apparent heart failure.
She retired as a secretary for the Saline County Board and was a member of St. John's Lutheran Church in South Carolina.
Surviving are a daughter, Elizabeth Rees of Harrisburg; two sons, Paul L. Jr. of Harrisburg and Dr. John L. of Marion; seven grandchildren, Joshua, Tyler, Sara and Amy Myers, Mandy Fort and Dustin and Shawn Rees; and two great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Paul L. Myers Sr., in February.
Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. Sunday in Hillcrest Cemetery
in Carterville.
Friends may call from 5 to 8 p.m. today at Reed Funeral Home.
Martha Holmes
ROBINSON - Martha Jane (Hunt) Holmes, 82, died Sunday, Nov. 25, 2001, at Crawford Memorial Hospital Long Term Care.
She was a member of the First Christian Church Disciples of Christ.
Surviving are two daughters, DeEtta Jo Pierson of Aloha, Ore., and Jennie Kaye Rich of Danville; a brother, Joseph Mashburn Hunt of Sunlake, Ariz.; three grandchildren, Andrew Rich, Blake Pierson and Heather Kenyon; five great-grandchildren; and nieces and nephews. Her husband, Laird, died in 1996.
Services will be at 2:30 p.m. Thursday at Goodwine Funeral Home, with burial in Mount Pleasant Cemetery.
Friends may call from 5 to 7 p.m. today and to service time Thursday at the funeral home.
Memorial contributions may be made to her church.
Marjorie Kercher
GRAYVILLE - Marjorie L. "Marge" (Schaich) Kercher, 86, of Russell, Kan., formerly of Grayville, died Friday, Nov. 23, 2001, at Russell Regional Hospital in Kansas.
She had worked at a jewelry store as a clerk.
She was a graduate of Grayville High School and had attended a year of business college.
She was a member of Trinity United Methodist Church, Gamma Zeta Sorority, the hospital auxiliary and Gray Ladies, all in Russell.
Surviving are her husband, Robert; a sister, Marcella Dobbs
Flora McAnnally
HARRISBURG - Flora (Feazel) McAnnally, 75, died Saturday, Nov. 24, 2001, at her home of cancer.
Surviving are a stepson, Jim Irvin of Yuma, Ariz.; a sister, Hazel Agin of Harrisburg; and nieces and nephews.
Her husband, Edward, died in 1990.
Arrangements were handled by Weirauch Funeral Home, with burial in Big Ridge Cemetery.
Molly Deisher
MOUNT CARMEL - Molly Carol Deisher, 64, died Sunday, Nov. 25, 2001, at St. Mary's Medical Center in Evansville of complications of diabetes..
She was a member of Pisgah United Presbyterian Church.
Surviving are her husband, "Pete"; a son, William Miller of Allendale; three sisters, Rose Anne Finley of rural Bridgeport, Phyllis Brown of Vincennes, Ind., and Joyce Harness of Tremont; three grandchildren; and nieces and nephews.
Private arrangements were handled by Cunningham Funeral Home, with burial in Pisgah Cemetery.
