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Ralph Webb
VIENNA -- Ralph Webb, 67, died at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 16, 2004, at Hillview Health Care Center in Vienna. Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Community of Christ (Webb) Church near Tunnel Hill, with High Priest Glenn Webb officiating. Burial will be in Webb Cemetery near Tunnel Hill. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. today at Bailey Funeral Home and from 10 to 11 a.m. Wednesday at the church. Memorials may be made to Heather Harper Treat Memorial Cancer Fund, PO Box 98, Vienna, IL 62995.

Celina Fischer
CARRIER MILLS -- Celina E. Fischer, 91, died at 8:30 a.m. Monday, Oct. 18, 2004, at Fountain Nursing Home in Marion. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Marion, with the Rev. Richard G. Mohr officiating. Burial will be in Woodlawn Cemetery in Santa Monica, Calif. Memorials may be made to St. Joseph Catholic Church. Blue Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.

Mary Blair
WEST FRANKFORT -- Mary Katheryn (Green ) 'Kat' Blair, 59, of West Frankfort, died at 1:42 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 17, 2004, at the Carbondale Memorial Hospital. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Parker-Reed Funeral Home in West Frankfort. Burial will be in the Odd Fellows Cemetery in West Frankfort. Visitation will be from 9 to 11 a.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.

Jeffery Wyant
WEST FRANKFORT -- Jeffery David Wyant, 25, died at 5:45 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 17, 2004, in Benton. Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Union Funeral Home in West Frankfort, with the Rev. W. B. Pearce officiating. Burial will be in Denning Cemetery in West Frankfort. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.

Robert Ratcliff
HARRISBURG -- Robert William Ratcliff, 90, died at 7:42 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 17, 2004, in Harrisburg Medical Center. Visitation will be from 4 to 6 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 20, in Reed Funeral Chapel. Final arrangements will be handled at a later date by Gatling's Chapel in Chicago.

Gary Potocki
MARION -- Gary Potocki, 67, of Marion, formerly of Royalton, died at 12:50 p.m. Monday, Oct. 18, 2004, in the Frankfort Care Center in West Frankfort. Arrangements are pending at Vantrease Funeral Home in Royalton.

Don Williams
CARBONDALE -- Don A. Williams, 92, died Monday, Oct. 18, 2004. Arrangements are pending at the Walker Funeral Home in Carbondale.

Flossie Kraus
CENTRALIA -- Flossie F. Kraus, 100, died Saturday, Oct. 16, 2004, at home. Arrangements are pending at Styninger-Pacey Funeral Home in Centralia.

Marcella Wiseman
GODFREY -- Marcella Hope Wiseman, 78, of Godfrey, formerly Raleigh, died at 3:21 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 17, 2004. Services will be at noon Wedneday, Oct. 20, at Sloan Funeral Home in Galatia, with the Rev. Bill Jones officiating. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to noon at Sloan Funeral Home. Burial will be in Raleigh Masonic Cemetery. Memorials may be made to BIC Hospice.

Beatrice Baker
GALATIA -- Beatrice Baker, 62, Galatia, died at 4:20 p.m. Monday, Oct. 18, 2004, at home. Her body will be cremated. A memorial service will be held later. Sloan Funeral Home in Galatia is in charge of arrangements.

Frank Browning
WEST FRANKFORT -- Frank L. Browning, 91, died at 5:45 a.m. Monday, Oct. 18, 2004, in Frankfort Care Center. Arrangements are incomplete at Union Funeral Home in West Frankfort.

Mayme Drew
MARION -- Mayme L. Drew, 96, of Marion, passed away at 3:50 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2004, in Heartland Regional Medical Center in Marion. She was born south of Marion on April 5, 1908, the daughter of Roy and Joanna (Hampton) Pritchett. Mayme was married twice during her lifetime, the first being to William 'Bill' Lautz on Nov. 23, 1932, in Marion. Together they shared over 30 years until his death on May 25, 1962. She later married George Drew in Marion on June 8, 1968. Together they shared seven years of marriage until his death on July 8, 1975. Her working career was as a house keeper for many families of the Marion area, and she also assisted them in caring for their children. Mayme's church membership was with Lone Oak Baptist Church of Energy, and she was also a member of the Heyde-Pillow VFW Post No. 1301 Ladies Auxiliary. She is survived by one daughter and son-in-law, Marilyn and Kenneth Tanner of Stonefort; a son-in-law, Harold Lake of Huntley; three grandchildren, Susann and husband Mike Groesser, Joann Schulten, and Herbert and wife Gail Schulten; nine great-grandchildren; one sister, Altha Crain of Seattle, Wash. ; and her close friends, Gene and Darcus Miller of Marion, along with other extended family members and many friends. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husbands; one daughter, Frieda Lake, on April 28, 2001; one granddaughter, Lou Ann Schulten; three sisters, Lillian Galliher, Betty Pritchett and Katherine Patrick; one half-sister, Jessie Taylor; and four brothers, Erskine, Leonard, George and Earl Pritchett. Arrangements for Mayme L. Drew have been entrusted to Wilson-McReynolds Funeral of Marion. Visitation for family and friends will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home. Services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 22, 2004, at 1:30 p.m. in Wilson-McReynolds Funeral Home of Marion, with the Rev. Bill Schell officiating. Interment will follow in Fountain Cemetery, located south of Marion.

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