Area Obituaries

Helen Marie Phillips, nee Dehn, 93, of Belleville, Ill., passed away on November 26, 2019 at Freeburg Care Center. Visitation was held Monday, December 2, 2019 at Lake View Funeral Home in Fairview Heights, Ill. Funeral services were held Monday, December 2, 2019, at the funeral home. Burial was in Lake View Memorial Gardens, Fairview…

Walter C. “Bus” Braun, Jr., 92, of Belleville, Ill., died Thursday, November 28, 2019, in Anna, Ill. Visitation was held Monday, December 2, 2019, at George Renner and Sons Funeral Home, Belleville, Ill. Funeral services were held Monday, December 2, 2019, at the funeral home with Fr. James Thomas officiating. Burial was in Green Mount…

Francesco Edward Cimarolli, 96, of Freeburg, Ill., went to meet his Heavenly Father on November 26, 2019, at Dammert Center at Our Lady of the Snows in Belleville, Ill. Private burial service will be held at Valhalla Gardens of memory, Belleville, Ill.

Dennis E. Arbogast  71 of Dupo, Illinois was born on January 22, 1948 in St. Louis, Missouri, passed away on November 19, 2019 at Touchette Regional Hospital. A Memorial gathering will be held on Friday,  November 29, 2019 from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm at Braun Family Funeral Home 265 Quarry Rd  Columbia, Illinois.

Marilyn Elizabeth Beaston, nee Rathke, 93, of Belleville, IL, born October 31, 1926, passed away on Wednesday, November 20, 2019, at Freeburg Care Center, Freeburg, IL, surrounded by family members and caregivers.   Visitation:  Friends may visit from 4 to 8 p.m. Sunday, November 24, 2019, at George Renner & Sons Funeral Home, Belleville, IL,…

Melvin F. Beisiegel, Sr., 91 of Freeburg, IL, born January 1, 1928, in St. Clair County, IL, died Sunday, November 17, 2019, at Freeburg Care Center, Freeburg, IL.   Visitation: Friends may visit from 8:30 to 11 a.m. Wednesday, November 20, 2019 at Christ Our Savior Lutheran Church, Freeburg IL. Funeral: Funeral services will be…

William H. “Bill” Koenigstein, 87 years of Red Bud, IL, passed away on Monday, November 11, 2019 at Oak Hill Convalescent Center, Waterloo, IL. Visitation will be held on Wednesday, November 13, 2019 from 4-8 p.m. at Koch-Liefer Funeral Home in Red Bud, IL, and on Thursday, November 14, 2019 an hour before the service…

Steven W. Kehrer, 51, of Red Bud, IL, died November 10, 2019, in Red Bud, IL. He was born January 27, 1968, in Belleville, IL. VISITATION: Wednesday, November 13, 2019 from 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM at Quernheim Funeral Home, 800 S. Market Street, Waterloo and Thursday, November 14, from 11:00 a.m. until to 1:50…

Robert D. Heberer, 87, of Waterloo, IL formerly of Mascoutah, IL born May 17, 1932 in Freeburg, IL died Saturday, Nov. 9, 2019, at Oak Hill in Waterloo, IL. VISITATION: From 4 to 7 PM Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2019 at Moll Funeral Home in Mascoutah, IL and from 9 to 10:30 AM Wednesday, Nov. 13,…

Keith James Kapelski, 53, of Molalla, Oregon, formerly of rural Smithton passed away October 7th, 2019. Keith’s funeral was held October 20th at Canby Funeral Chapel with burial in Canby Cemetery, Canby, OR. A Memorial Mass and Luncheon will be held Saturday, November 30th at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, 10 S. Lincoln, Smithton,…