All Obituaries

WANDA WATSON GRAFTON -   Wanda Darlene Watson, 73, died Saturday, February 20, 2021 at Alton Memorial Hospital. She was born in Grafton, Illinois on October 6, 1947 and was the daughter of Edgar Richard and Bessie (Cooper) Ready. A lifelong resident of the Grafton area, Wanda had many varied interests, as she attended both welding school and mortuary school in her earlier years, and prior to her marriage had worked at Owens-Illinois Glass Mfg. in Alton. She married Paul Watson...

MARY DAVIS JERSEYVILLE -  Mary Frances Davis, 85, died Saturday, February 20, 2021 at St. Anthony's Hospital in Alton. She was born in St. Genevieve, Missouri on November 3, 1935, and was the daughter of Delmar and Maudie (Gowen) Barton. She is survived by her children and their spouses, James Bell and his companion, Kathy Turpin of Jerseyville, Karen and Dale Klunk of Dow, David Bell, and his companion, Sue Carey of Godfrey, Barbara Lucas of DeSoto,...

RALPH E. SIEVERS JERSEYVILLE – Ralph Eugene Sievers, 69, passed away at 9:59 p.m., Friday, February 19, 2021 at his home in Jerseyville. He was born in Carrollton, Illinois on July 2, 1951 to the late Lawrence Anthony and Margaret Cecelia (Roentz) Sievers. Ralph grew up in Calhoun County, Illinois and graduated with the Class of 1969 from Jersey Community High School. He served our Country honorably with the United States Army and went on to further his education Ranken Technical...

BARBARA MARSHALL JERSEYVILLE - Barbara Marshall, 77, died at 9:58 p.m., Friday, February 19, 2021 at her residence after a period of declining health. She was born in Jerseyville, Illinois on May 26, 1943, and was the daughter of Albert A. and Dorothy Eileene (McGowen) Hagen Sr. She graduated in 1961 from Jersey Community High School in Jerseyville, and furthered her education at Barnes Hospital School of Nursing in St. Louis, Missouri, graduating as a...

SANDRA JOHNSON JERSEYVILLE – Sandra Lee (Stoddart) Johnson, 79, passed away at 3:30 p.m., Friday, February 19, 2021 at her residence.  She was born in Clairton, Pennsylvania on August 30, 1941 to the late Gustave and Gabrielle (Giba) Stoddart and graduated with the Class of 1960 from Clairton High School.  Sandra spent the majority of her life residing in Pennsylvania, relocating to Jerseyville from West Newton, PA in September of 2016 to be closer to her daughter and...

BILL GROPPEL GODFREY -   John William "Bill" Groppel, 74, died at 6:58 p.m., Thursday, February 18, 2021 at his residence. He was born at St. Joseph's Hospital in Alton, Illinois on December 19, 1946, the son of Harold Lesley and Bessie May (Padgett) Groppel. He attended Jersey Community High School in Jerseyville, and served his country with the United States Army during the Vietnam War in both Germany and Thailand. For over 40 years, Bill was...

JOYCE WILLS JERSEYVILLE – Joyce Linnette (Yotter) Wills, 71, passed away unexpectedly at 5:51 p.m., Tuesday, February 16, 2021 at her home in Jerseyville. She was born on August 7, 1949 in Alton, one of eight children born to Gordon Dale and Eunice Mae (Lack) Yotter. In her younger years, she was employed at both Olin Corp and IHOP in Wood River. Surviving are five children, Lorna and Terry Laws of East Alton, John Renfrow of Arizona, Tom and Julie Renfrow of Alton, Conrad and...

ROBERT GREEN JERSEYVILLE – Robert Lee “Bob” Green, 87, passed away at 4:57 p.m., Monday, February 15, 2021 at Jersey Community Hospital in Jerseyville. He was born on September 22, 1933 in Jerseyville, one of five children born to the late Lloyd Elmer and Esther Cleo (Bradley) Green. Bob grew up in Jerseyville and attended Jersey Community High School and enlisted with the United States Marine Corp, serving our Country honorably from January, 1951 – January,...

SUZANNE BOCKSTRUCK McALLISTER KALISPELL, MT.  - Suzanne Isabelle McAllister passed away peacefully on Monday, February 15, 2021 at Kalispell Regional Medical Center with her family at her side. Suzanne was born in southwest Illinois in 1931 to Lloyd and Beulah Gaither. She married Robert Bockstruck in 1952 and they made their home in Alton, Illinois. To this union three children were born, Patricia, Mary and Robert. She spent her...

TIMOTHY MOORE HOUSTON, TX - Timothy James Moore, age 39,  formerly of Alton, passed away Saturday, February 13, 2021 at his home in Houston, Texas He was born August 11, 1981 in Daytona Beach, Florida the son of David and Cynthia (Wise) Moore. Tim attended St. Matthew’s Elementary School, East Middle School and Alton High School. He also attended Lewis and Clark Community College, Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville, University of Houston and graduated from...