George W. Justus, 83, of Mascoutah, IL born May 12, 1936 in St. Louis, MO died Sunday, September 1, 2019 at St. Elizabeth’s Hospital in O’Fallon, IL. He was a farmer and formerly worked for Swift and Company in East St. Louis and also for Heberer Equipment Co. in Mascoutah. George was a member of…

Robert D. “Rob” Hund, 61, of Mascoutah, IL born December 7, 1957 in Belleville, IL died Friday, August 30, 2019 at St. Louis University Hospital. He was the Mascoutah Township Highway Commissioner for over 20 years and worked part-time for Moll Funeral Home since 1975. Rob enjoyed the outdoors, fishing, whiffle ball, being active in…

David R. Plab, 60, of Fairview Heights, IL formerly of Mascoutah, IL, born August 9, 1959 in Belleville, IL died Tuesday, August 27, 2019 at his residence. He was a former salesman for Heberer Equipment Co. and a farmer. He was preceded in death by his parents, Terry M. and Diann R., nee Cesky, Plab.…

Justin W. Schulte, 30, of Mascoutah, IL, born Sunday, September 4, 1988, in Belleville, IL, passed away Friday, August 23, 2019, at St. Elizabeth’s Hospital in O’Fallon, IL. Justin worked as an Assistant Manager for Valvoline. He was a 10 year member of the New Ideal 4-H Club, showing rabbits and model rockets, for which…

Charles L. McConnell, 84, of Mascoutah, IL, born Nov. 21, 1934 in Minneapolis, MN died Saturday, Aug. 24, 2019 at Belleville Memorial Hospital. He was a retired teacher from Belleville West Township High School where he taught auto mechanics and machine shop. He also taught at Junior College which became BAC, that is now currently,…

John R. Wright, 63, of Mascoutah, IL born July 21, 1956 in Boston, MA, died Wednesday, July 31, 2019, at his residence. John graduated from Boston College in 1978 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in History. He served in the United States Army for 26 years before retiring in 2005 at the rank of…

Helen R. Hilmes, age 87, of Aviston, passed away Friday, August 2, 2019 at Aviston Countryside Manor. She was born November 24, 1931 in Bartelso, the daughter of the late Henry and Catherine, nee Schleper, Wesselmann. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband Robert “Bob” Hilmes, Sr., whom she…

Gary L. Carr, 74, of Mascoutah, IL born Aug. 4, 1944 in Mt. Vernon, IN, died Tuesday, July 2, 2019, at his home. He was a retired business education teacher at Belleville High School District 201.  Gary was a soccer coach and track coach at Belleville East and West High Schools and a soccer coach…

Eugene R. Schnur, 82, of Mascoutah, IL born March 1, 1937 in Belleville, IL  died Sunday, June 30, 2019, at St. Elizabeth Hospital, O’Fallon, IL. He was a retired school teacher for the Mascoutah Communtiy School District 19.  He taught at Red Bud High School from 1958-1960 and Mascoutah High School from 1960 through 1993.…

Jeff J. Juenger, 55, of Mascoutah, IL born June 26, 1963 in Belleville, IL, died Wednesday, June 19, 2019, at his residence. He was former owner of Custom Clean Car Care in Mascoutah and O’Fallon, IL. He his preceded by his wife Kelly Juenger, who passed away on Sept. 29, 2015 and his sister, Lori…