Stories from Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Violet Nichols "Vi" Marsh, age 94, of Aurora, died at 10:09 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 29 at St. John's Hospital in Springfield. Graveside services will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 4, at the Salem Cemetery northwest of Mt. Vernon. Visitation will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 3, at the Crafton-Cantrell Funeral Home in Aurora...

Wayne Burgess Evans, age 81, of Miller, died at 3:35 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 27, at the Christian Health Care Center in Republic. Funeral services were held at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 1, at the Morris-Leiman-Mosher Funeral Home in Miller. Burial was in the Miller Memorial Gardens Cemetery. A visitation was held on Monday, Nov. 30 at the funeral home...