Area Obituaries

  Rachel Mae (Meeker) Woods, 94, of Carlinville, gained her angel wings on Saturday, Feb. 1, 2025, 4:01 a.m. at Carlinville Area Hospital. She was born on April 29, 1930, in Hoxie, AR, the daughter of the late Solomon and Ollie (McCradic) Meeker. Rachel married Alvia Saffell who passed. She later married Robert Woods who…

  Patrick “Ernie” Costello, 61, of Carlinville passed away Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025 at his home surrounded by loved ones and family. Ernie was born March 28th, 1963, in Carlinville, son of Joseph “Tony” Costello and Wanita “Sally” Costello. He graduated from Carlinville High School in 1981. He married Debra (Welte) Costello on June 4,…

  Alice Turner, 71, of Carlinville, passed away on Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025, at DePaul Hospital in Bridgeton, MO. Alice was born Oct. 27, 1953, in Springfield, a daughter of Alvin and Eva (Challander) Turner. Alice attended Macoupin Center for the Developmentally Disabled and the Illinois Valley Rehab Center in Gillespie. She loved coffee, any…

  Gregory P. Sallas, 58, of Carlinville, passed away at St. Francis Hospital, Litchfield, on Sunday, Feb. 2, 2025 at 1:38 pm. He was born October 24, 1966, in Blue Island, to August Sallas and Margaret Perez Sallas. He married Lynn Marie Borgini on Sept. 17, 2005 in Carlinville. He was a code compliance officer…

  Carol Monetti, 92, of Carlinville, passed away Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025, at the Village at Morse Farm in Carlinville. Carol Joyce Rahm was born May 25, 1932, in Litchfield, a daughter of  Edna Sievers Rahm and Elmer Rahm of Staunton. She attended Zion Lutheran School in Staunton for eight years and graduated from Staunton…

  Shawn Dennis Stover, 65, of Hamel, passed away Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, at SSM Health DePaul Hospital in Bridgeton, MO, surrounded by his family. Shawn was born May 18, 1959, in Pontiac, MI, son of Joseph and Joyce B. (Ring) Stover. He graduated from Carlinville High School with the Class of 1978. He married…

  Betty Jane Stoecker, 95, of Hillsboro, formerly of Benld, passed away at Hillsboro Area Hospital, Hillsboro, on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025. She was born Sept. 4, 1929, in Litchfield, to Finis “Slim” Thomas Hughes and Francis Rivers Gahagen Hughes. She married Herbert A. Stoecker in Benld, in June of 1949.  He preceded her in…

  Andrea Jean (Branson) Bendorf, 32, of Divernon, formerly of Carlinville, passed away on Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025, at Broadwell Township in Logan County. Andrea was born on March 19, 1992, in Centreville, a daughter of James Robert Jr. and Sara (Smith) Branson. Andrea graduated from Carlinville High School with the class of 2010. She…

  Margaret R Odorizzi, 90, of Gillespie, passed away at St. Francis Hospital, Litchfield, on Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025 at 9:38 am. She was born April 23, 1934, in Harvey, to Alexander Young and Elizabeth Agnes. She was a buyer for Echlin Manufacturing in Litchfield. Margaret was a member of the Gillespie Methodist Church and…