Obituaries
Moll Funeral Home Obituaries
James E. Rakers
Feb 8, 2011
James E. Rakers, 79, of Mascoutah, IL, born March 10, 1931 in New Baden, IL died Tuesday, February 8, 2011 at St. Elizabeth’s Hospital, Belleville, IL. Jim was a retired maintenance foreman for the U. S. Army Reserve Centers in Illinois and Missouri and a U. S. Army veteran. He was a member of Holy Childhood Catholic Church, Mascoutah,...
Eugene G. Pike
Jan 31, 2011
Eugene Gordon Pike, 82, of Mascoutah, IL, born July 12, 1928 in Waukesha, WI, died Monday, January 31, 2011 at Memorial Hospital, Belleville, IL. He joined the Merchant Marines at an early age and then spent over 24 years in the Air Force, first making Technical Sergeant (Enlisted) and then becoming an officer. He retired at the rank of...
Clifford D. Elliott, Jr.
Jan 29, 2011
Clifford D. Elliott, Jr., 83, of Mascoutah, IL, born Oct 5, 1927 in Rockland, MA, died Saturday, Jan. 29, 2011 at Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, MO. Mr. Elliott was a retired CMSgt. from the USAF where he served as an Education and Training Superintendent and also was a Red Cross volunteer at Scott Air Force Base. He was a...

Edward William "Pat" Scanlan
Jan 28, 2011
Edward William “Pat” Scanlan, 90, of Venedy, IL, born Sept. 30, 1920 in Worden, IL, died Friday, Jan. 28, 2011 at Coulterville Care Center, Coulterville, IL. Mr. Scanlan retired in 1993 as an Electric Hoisting Engineer at Peabody Coal Co., Baldwin mine. He began his mining career at Klondike Coal Co. at Worden Illinois in 1937. Upon graduating from...
Dorothy E. Lanter
Jan 25, 2011
Dorothy E. Lanter, nee Zinck, 82, of Belleville, IL, formerly of Mascoutah, IL, born Apr. 9, 1928 in Mascoutah Township, IL, left life as she lived life – gracefully and surrounded by all seven children and several grandchildren – on Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2011 at Our Lady of the Snows Shrine, Belleville, IL. Dorothy was a retired cook from...
Gene B. Renner
Jan 19, 2011
Gene B. Renner, 84, of Mascoutah, IL, born Feb. 7, 1926 in Belleville, IL, died Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2011 at Memorial Hospital in Belleville, IL. He was retired from Auffenberg Ford in Belleville as a parts serviceman. He was a member of the VFW Post 1739 in Belleville; a WW II US Marine veteran; and member of DAV. He...
Margaret C. Schlichter
Jan 18, 2011
Margaret C. Schlichter, nee Bechtoldt, 92, of Mascoutah, IL, born Oct. 4, 1918 in Belleville, IL, passed away Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2011 at St. Elizabeth’s Hospital in Belleville, IL surrounded by her family. Margaret married her husband, Olyn R. Schlichter, of Mascoutah, IL in April 1944. They made their home in Mascoutah where they raised their family of five...
David G. "Bubba" Torbush
Jan 17, 2011
David G. “Bubba” Torbush, 69, of Mascoutah, IL, born Mar. 4, 1941 in Atlanta, GA, passed away on Monday, Jan. 17, 2011 at his home. Bubba was a retired Chief Master Sergeant from the US Air Force serving 26 years as an aircraft loadmaster specialist; and was a Vietnam War veteran. After his military career, he worked for Mascoutah...
Leslie E. Burgard
Jan 16, 2011
Leslie E. Burgard, 85, of Mascoutah, IL, born April 26, 1925 in Fayetteville, IL, died Sunday, Jan. 16, 2011 at the Grange Nursing Home in Mascoutah, IL. Leslie was retired from Peabody Coal Company and he had 28 years of service as Commissioner, Chairman Commissioner and Vice Chairman of the Summerfield, Lebanon and Mascoutah Water Commission. He was a...
Sharon I. Pierce
Jan 16, 2011
Sharon I. Pierce, nee Graul, 61, of Mascoutah, IL, born June 25, 1949 in Belleville, IL, died Sunday, Jan. 16, 2011 at her residence. Sharon was a patient accounts specialist at Memorial Hospital in Belleville, IL; a member of St. John United Church of Christ in Mascoutah, IL; and member of Zonta Club of Mascoutah. She was preceded in...
Christopher L. Ostrander
Jan 12, 2011
Christopher L. Ostrander, 50, of Mascoutah, IL, born May 16, 1960 in Grayling, MI, died suddenly Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2011 at the Touchette Regional Hospital in Centreville, IL. Christopher was a retired MSgt. from the United States Air Force and currently employed as a trailer mechanic at R & L Carriers in Sauget, IL. He was a Desert Storm...
Viola M. Vogt
Jan 11, 2011
Viola M. Vogt, 84, of Belleville, IL, formerly of Okawville, IL, born Oct. 16, 1926 in Okawville, IL, died Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2011 at St. Elizabeth’s Hospital in Belleville, IL. Viola was a retired nurse’s aide from St. Elizabeth’s Hospital in Belleville; and member of Zion Lutheran Church, Belleville, IL. She was preceded in death by her parents, August...
Mildred I. Anthony
Jan 9, 2011
Mildred I. Anthony, nee Ford, 89, of New Memphis, IL, born May 12, 1921 in Greenfield, TN died Jan. 9, 2011 at Clinton Manor Living Center in New Baden, IL. Mildred was a homemaker and a member of the New Memphis Community Club. She loved to sew, quilt, embroider and crochet. She also enjoyed cooking and preserving food. She...
Margarite E. Jung
Jan 7, 2011
Margarite E. Jung, nee Fellin, 84, of Mascoutah, IL, born Apr. 24, 1926 in Mascoutah, IL, died Friday, Jan. 7, 2011 at St. Elizabeth’s Hospital in Belleville, IL. Margarite was a retired office manager from Wessel’s Supermarket formerly of Belleville, and a member of Holy Childhood Catholic Church in Mascoutah. She was preceded in death by her parents, Adolph...
Adelia M. Hangsleben
Dec 29, 2010
Adelia M. Hangsleben, 96, of Belleville, IL, formerly of Mascoutah, IL, born Apr. 29, 1914 in Engelmann Township, IL, died Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2010 in her residence at St. Paul’s Apartments in Belleville, IL. Adelia was a retired secretary from E. J. Renth Motors in Mascoutah, IL; and member of Zion Lutheran Church in Mascoutah. She was preceded in...
Harlan E. Degroote
Dec 29, 2010
Harlan E. DeGroote, 82, of Mascoutah, IL, born Jan. 9, 1928 in West Bend, IA, died Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2010 at St. Elizabeth’s Hospital in Belleville, IL. Harlan was retired from the Army Aviation Systems Command in St. St. Louis, MO; member of the First Baptist Church in Mascoutah; and a U. S. Navy Korean War veteran. He was...
Raymond G. Hecker
Dec 29, 2010
Raymond G. Hecker, 81, of Caseyville, IL, born Mar. 23, 1929 in Mascoutah, IL, died Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2010 at Memorial Hospital in Belleville, IL. Ray was a retired self-employed structural engineer, and a U. S. Marine Corps Korean War veteran. He was preceded in death by his parents, Frank and Erna, nee LaQuet, Hecker; and a brother, George...
Ethel M. Kimmle
Dec 27, 2010
Ethel M. Kimmle, nee Laux, 93, of Mascoutah, IL, born Apr. 10, 1917 in Engelmann Township, IL, died Monday, Dec. 27, 2010 at the Grange Nursing Home in Mascoutah, IL. Mrs. Kimmle was a homemaker, a member of St. John United Church of Christ, Mascoutah; St. John Women’s Guild; Mascoutah Women of the Moose Chapter 392; and Mascoutah Senior...
Marian L. Pollmann
Dec 26, 2010
Marian L. Pollmann, nee Firnkes, 76, of Mascoutah, IL, born Dec. 8, 1934 in Belleville, IL, died Sunday, Dec. 26, 2010 at the MarKa Nursing Home in Mascoutah, IL. Marian was a retired comptroller from Peerless-Premier Appliance Co. in Belleville; a member of Holy Childhood Catholic Church in Mascoutah, IL; Zonta Club of Mascoutah; VFW Auxiliary 1739 of Belleville,...
Juanita M. Winkler
Dec 25, 2010
Juanita Marie Winkler, nee Swader, 90, of Mascoutah, IL, born April 6, 1920 in Flint, MI, died Saturday, Dec. 25, 2010 at the MarKa Nursing Home in Mascoutah, IL. Juanita and her husband worked hard their whole lives. She was an excellent seamstress and worked for Martha Manning Dress Factory in Mascoutah retiring as a union shop stewardess in...