Area Obituaries

  Jason Michael Hart, 51, of Carlinville passed away on Saturday, October 26, 2024, at his residence. Jason was born January 30, 1973, in Brindisi, Italy, a son of Penny House. He married Joy Hart (Wagoner) January 13, 2008, at Memorial Christian Church in Carlinville. Jason was an extraordinary and faithful man. From self-taught guitar…

  Kenneth J. Darte, 97, of Wadsworth, formerly of Benld, died at Galloway Senior Living, Wadsworth, on Thursday, October 17, 2024 at 2:10 am. He was born January 19, 1927, in Mt. Clare, to Fred Darte & Louisa Turigliatto Darte. He married Marjorie L. Chappell Darte on March 1, 1947 in Wilsonville. She preceded him…

  James Patrick “Pat” Drury, 54, of Carlinville, passed away Saturday afternoon, October 19, 2024 at his residence in Carlinville. Patrick was born on November 30, 1969 to James and Mary Helen (Bowyer) Drury in Springfield. Pat was a self-employed carpenter and was known as a fix-it-man, many times fixing or repairing something that no…

  James E. VanNattan, 78, of Carlinville, passed away on Thursday morning, October 17, 2024, at Sunrise Skilled Care in Virden. Born on July 21, 1946, in Peoria, Jim was a son of Kenneth Daniel and Mildred Evelyn (Cox) VanNattan. Jim and his family moved to Morton, where he went to school from kindergarten through…

  Marilyn Rose (Hoelting) Kuntzman, 93, of Carlinville, passed away Friday, October 18, 2024, at Lakeside Health Care in Carlinville. Marilyn was born December 27, 1930, in Carlinville, a daughter of John and Marie Rosentreter Hoelting. Marilyn graduated from Carlinville High School. She married Melvin Kuntzman on October 18, 1949, in St. Joseph’s Catholic Church,…

  Ida Mae Leach, 88, of Carlinville, passed away on Sunday, Oct. 13, 2024, at her residence in Carlinville. Ida Mae was born Jan. 26, 1936, in South Otter Township, the daughter of Robert Lee and Mabel Ella (Pratt) Quarton. Ida Mae graduated from Carlinville High School with the class of 1954. She married Donald…

  Karen Kay Caudle, 68, of Carlinville, passed away at Springfield Memorial Hospital, Springfield, on Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024 at 9:57 a.m. She was born July 2, 1956, in Carlinville, to Robert Leefers and Ramona Anderson Leefers. She married Dennis Caudle in 1978.  He preceded her in death on December 30, 2019. She was employed…

  Charlene Betty Lee Sauerwein, 87, of Bunker Hill, passed away in Bunker Hill, on Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024 at 3 a.m. She was born Feb. 7, 1937, in Edwardsville, to William  A. Bauer and Camilla Provaznik Bauer. She married Victor John Sauerwein on Jan. 23, 1960 in Edwardsville.  He preceded her in death on…

  Paula May Miller, 79, a proud and vibrant woman with a life full of family, fun, and fabrics, passed away peacefully on Oct. 12, 2024 at Shepherds Premier Senior Living in Oregon. She was born Jan. 12, 1945 in Raymond to Elmer Paul and Alberta May Greenfield Barto. A woman of many talents, Paula…