Obituaries – Thursday, August 26th, 2021

Funeral services for William Claude Schneider of Wentzville, age 78, will be held today at 5:00 at the First Baptist Church in O’Fallon. Visitation will be held from 3:00 until service time at the church. Interment will be held Friday at 2:00 at the Ozark Hills Memorial Gardens in Rolla. Memorials may be made to the Gideons International.

Funeral services for Thomas “Tom” Matthew Koehnen of Salem, age 60, will be held at 11:00 Friday morning in the Wilson Mortuary Salem Chapel and will be live-streamed on the Wilson Mortuary Facebook Page. Visitation will be held from 5:00 until 7:00 this evening in the Wilson Mortuary Salem Chapel. Burial to follow in the Jadwin Cemetery.

Memorial services for David “Adam” McGraw of Salem, age 46, will be held at 12:00 noon on Saturday in the Wilson Mortuary Salem. Visitation will be held Saturday morning from 10:00 until service time in the Wilson Mortuary Salem Chapel.

Funeral services for Velma Athlene Craven, formally of Salem, age 95, will be held at 1:00 Saturday afternoon in the Wilson Mortuary Salem Chapel. Visitation will be held from 11:00 Saturday morning until service time at the chapel. Burial will be in the Lake Spring Cemetery. A fellowship meal at Walking Faith Ministries will follow the burial. Memorial contributions may be made to St. Jude Children’s Hospital or Samaritans Purse.

Memorial services for Roger Lee Helton of Vienna, age 74, will be held at 6:00 Wednesday evening at the Methodist Church in Vienna. Online condolences may be entered online at wilsonmortuary.com.

Funeral services for Wayne Dee Akers of Salem, age 85, are incomplete at this time but are under the direction of the James and Gahr Mortuary of Salem.