Area Obituaries

Larry Dean Rose, 85 of Griggsville, died Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025, at Liberty Village in Pittsfield. Funeral service were held at 3 p.m., Monday, Aug. 18, at Niebur Funeral Home in Pittsfield with visitation held prior to the service from 2 to 3 p.m. at the funeral home. Memorials are suggested to be made to…

Billy L. Williams, 77, of New Salem, died at her home on Saturday, Aug. 16, 2025. Funeral services will be held on Friday, Aug. 22, at 12 p.m. with visitation prior to the service from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Niebur Funeral Home in Pittsfield. Interment will be at the Crescent Heights Cemetery…

Mrs. Peggy Joyce Anthony, 80, of Pittsfield, died Thursday, Aug. 7, 2025, in Pittsfield. Cremation rites have been accorded, and a Celebration of Life was held at 11 a.m., Friday, Aug. 15, at Pittsfield Assembly of God Church with visitation held prior to the service from 10 to 11 a.m. at the church. Memorials are…

Kenneth Leroy Baldwin, Jr., 91, of Jerseyville, passed away at 5:28 p.m., Thursday, July 31, 2025 at his home in Jerseyville, Illinois. Born in Alton on June 12, 1934, he was the son of Kenneth Leroy Baldwin, Sr. and Frances (Kelley) Baldwin and was raised in Wood River. He proudly served his country in both…

Larry Louis Noble, 72, of Jerseyville, passed away unexpectedly at 4:20 p.m., Monday, July 28, 2025, at Jersey Community Hospital. Born on Oct. 5, 1952 in Alton, Illinois, he was one of four children born to Louis Leland and Doris Mae (Newberry) Noble. A lifelong resident of Jersey County, Larry graduated with the Class of…

Lena Mae Markham, 83, of Otterville, died unexpectedly at 10:32 p.m., Sunday, Aug. 10, 2025 at High Point Residence in Jerseyville. She was born in Carrollton, Illinois on December 3, 1941, the daughter of the late Gearold and Emma Marie (Calvin) Varble. A 1959 graduate of Southwestern High School, Lena went on to attend Kitzmiller’s…

Mary M. (McGiffen) Rodgers, 91, of Jerseyville, passed away at 8:32 a.m., Monday, Aug. 11, 2025 at her home.
She was born Dec. 25, 1933 in Newbern, Illinois, the daughter of the late George and Freda (Gibbs) McGiffen. She married Carl E. Rodgers on Aug. 14, 1948, in Jerseyville and he preceded her in death on…

Iola Louise Prather, 93, of Medora, passed away on Saturday, Aug. 16, 2025, at home, surrounded by her family. She was born on Sept. 19, 1931, in Brighton, the daughter of the late Herman and Susie (Eddington) Kahl. Iola married Dale Prather on April 28, 1951, he preceded her in death on Aug. 3, 2005.…

Surrounded by the love of his family, Shane Michael Pegram, 46, of Godfrey, died 10:22 p.m., Friday, Aug. 8, 2025 at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri, following a courageous battle with Visitation was from 2 to 5 p.m., Friday, Aug. 15, at Crawford Funeral Home in Jerseyville. Graveside services immediately followed at Oak Grove…

Isabelle Ada Louise Becker, age 101, of Jerseyville, died at 9:35 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 1, 2025 at Evercare of Jerseyville. The family will host a Celebration of Life beginning at 1 p.m., Sunday, Sept. 7, at the Feyerabend Building located at 201 East Spruce Street in Jerseyville. Private interment will take place at Jefferson Barracks…