Area Obituaries

Lewis “Ed” Edward Tomlinson, 81, of rural Plainview, died Saturday, Nov. 22, 2025, at Hallmark Healthcare in Carlinville. Visitation was held from 9 a.m. until time of funeral service at 11 a.m. on Monday, Dec. 1, at Anderson Family Funeral Home in Brighton. Burial will follow at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery in St. Louis. Memorials…

Melissa A. Borrowman, 71 of Pittsfield, died Sunday, Nov. 23, 2025, surrounded by family at Liberty Village in Pittsfield. Funeral service was held at 11 a.m., Friday, Nov. 28, at Niebur Funeral Home in Pittsfield with visitation held prior to the service from 9 to 11 a.m. Interment followed the service at Pittsfield West Cemetery.…

Mark Stephen Kloempken, 72, of Brighton, died Friday, Nov. 28, 2025. Visitation will be held from 4 p.m. until the time of funeral service at 7 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 5, at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Wood River. Memorials may be made to St. Paul Lutheran Church. Condolences may be left online at www.andersonfamilyfuneral.com

Ronald “Ron” Clifford Bartow, 82, of Brighton, died Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2025. Visitation will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 4, at Anderson Family Funeral Home in Brighton. Funeral will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, Dec. 5, at Anderson Family Funeral Home in Brighton. Memorials may be made to…

Russell A. Ward, 88 of Barry and formally of Plainville, died at his home on Saturday, Nov. 22, 2025. All services will be private, and burial will be at Stewart Cemetery in Plainville. Memorials are suggested to be made to Stewart Cemetery. Online condolences may be left to the family at www.nieburfh.com. Niebur Funeral Chapel…

Betty L. Wendt, 91, of Belleview, died Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025 at her daughter’s home in Mozier. Arrangements are pending at the Lummis Funeral Home in Pleasant Hill.

Blane Lee Miller, 20, of Hull, died Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2025, at his home in Hull. Services were held at 12 p.m., Tuesday, Dec. 2, at Niebur Funeral Chapel in Barry, with visitation held prior to the service from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the funeral home. Interment will follow the service at Park…

Charles “Chuck” Deon Brooks, 53, of Girard, died tragically in an automobile accident on Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2025. Visitation was held from 10 a.m. until the time of memorial service at noon, on Saturday, Nov. 29, at Anderson Family Funeral Home in Brighton. Memorials may be made to the family. Condolences may be left online…

I live only a few hundred yards from national park property. Needless to say, deer roam my neighborhood. Every winter, if it snows or if we have an extended cold period, I feed deer in my front yard. It’s pretty neat to open your shades and see several deer munching away at the goodies I…

David Ellis Johnson, aged 4 months and 16 days, of Hamburg, passed peacefully after a difficult but brief battle with cancer at Children’s Hospital in St. Louis, MO. on Nov. 20, 2025.
He was born on July 4th, 2025 and was loved fiercely in his short life by his family.

He is survived by his parents Marcus…