Area Obituaries

Alice Muscarella, 93, of Jerseyville, died at 1:55 p.m., Monday, June 30, 2025, at Jerseyville Manor. Visitation will be held from 10 a.m. until time of funeral services at 12 p.m., Thursday, July 17, 2025, at Crawford Funeral Home in Jerseyville. Burial will follow at Oak Grove Cemetery in Jerseyville. Memories may be shared with…

Doris Eileen Wedding, 92, of Dow, Monday, July 7, 2025, at her home in Dow. Visitation was held from 4 to 7 p.m., Tuesday, July 15, 2025, at Crawford Funeral Home in Jerseyville. Sunset graveside services followed at Noble Cemetery in Otterville. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be given to a charity or organization…

Pauline Whitlock, 99, of Jerseyville, died Wednesday, July 2, 2025, at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri. Visitation was held from 4 to 7 p.m., Monday, July 14, 2025, at Crawford Funeral Home in Jerseyville, where funeral services were conducted at 10 a.m., Tuesday. Burial followed at Oak Grove Cemetery in Jerseyville. Memories may be…

Taylor Elizabeth Lynn Cummines, 26, of Medora, died on Monday, July 7, 2025, following a tragic car accident.Visitation will be held from 4 to 7 p.m., Thursday, July 17, at Crawford Funeral Home in Jerseyville. Funeral services will be conducted at 10 a.m., Friday at the funeral home. She will be laid to rest at…

Sandy Henson Bailey, age 66, of Greenfield, Il. and formerly of Carrollton, IL. passed away Wednesday, June 25, 2025 at St. Louis University Hospital in St. Louis, Mo. She was born June 8, 1959 in Jerseyville, daughter of the late Charles Franklin and Mary Lucille Hardwick Henson. Surviving are her grandchildren, Kylie Slagle of Carrollton,…

John F. Herring Sr, also affectionately known as Hooks across a poker table, passed away peacefully surrounded by those who loved him most on June 30, 2025. He was 89 years old. John was born in Jerseyville, IL on January 12, 1936 to Arthur John and Ellen (Shanz) Herring. One of the middle of 8…

Timothy Joel Bunt Sr., 72, of Shipman, died on Thursday, July 3, 2025, at the Villas of Hollybrook in Jerseyville. Visitation will be held from 10 am until the time of funeral service at noon on Saturday, July 12, 2025, at Anderson Family Funeral Home in Brighton. Burial will follow at Shipman Cemetery. In Lieu…

Dax Mitchell Reno, 26, of Gulfport, MS., formerly of Jerseyville, died on Saturday, June 28, 2025 at Memorial Hospital in Biloxi, MS., from injuries sustained from a motor vehicle accident on his way home from work.Visitation was held from 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Crawford Funeral Home in Jerseyville, where funeral services were conducted…

Linda Kay Robinson 74, of Jerseyville died on Saturday, June 28, 2025, at Christian Hospital Northeast in St. Louis, Missouri. Visitation was held from 10 a.m. until the time of funeral services at 12 p.m., Monday, July 7, 2025, at Crawford Funeral Home in Jerseyville. Burial followed at Providence Cemetery in Carrollton.Memorials may be given…

James “Jim” “Highroller” Floyd Taylor, 79, died at 7:13 a.m. on Friday, July 4, 2025, with his family by his side. Visitation will be held from 9 a.m. until the time of funeral services at 11 a.m., Saturday July 12, 2025 at Crawford Funeral Home in Jerseyville. Burial will follow at Oak Grove Cemetery.In lieu…