Obituaries – Friday, April 3rd, 2026

Funeral services for Dorothy Shanor will be held at 12:00 noon Saturday in the Wilson Mortuary Salem Chapel. Visitation will be held from 11:00 Saturday morning until service time in the chapel. 

Funeral services for Julia Ann Batstone of Salem, age 60, will be held at 11:00 Monday morning at the Salem First Baptist Church. Visitation will be held from 10:00 Monday morning until service time at the church. Burial will be in the Sligo Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the Sligo Cemetery. All arrangements are under the direction of the Wilson Mortuary of Salem.

Funeral Services for James “Jim” Mabe of Steelville, age 66, will be Monday at 1:00 at the Britton-Bennett Funeral Home in Steelville. Visitation will be from 11:00 until service time. Interment will be in the Steelville Cemetery.

Funeral service for Eileen Gibson, age 84, of St. James, will be held Monday afternoon at 2:00 in the St. James Chapel of the James & Gahr Mortuary. Visitation will be held at the Chapel prior to the service beginning at 1:00. Interment will follow at the St. James Cemetery.