Jill Boomer, Editor

Pauline DiuguidVisitation will be from 9 a.m. to funeral services at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Elias, Kallal & Schaaf Funeral Home in Bethalto for Pauline Moran Diuguid

Mrs. Diuguid, 78,  died September 1, 2010 at Alton Memorial Hospital.

She was born on August 12, 1932 in Chesterfield, IL, the daughter of John H. & Maude (Huff) Abeln. She married Lawrence E. Moran in 1949; he died in 1981.  She later married Willis Diuguid in 1998.

She was a homemaker most of her life and a member of the Cottage Hills Baptist Church.

In addition to her husband, she is survived by her two sons and two daughters-in-law, Larry and Raye Nell Moran of Heber City, Utah and Mike and Jennifer Moran of Glen Carbon; her step children and their spouses, Jeff Diuguid of Wood River, Rebecca and Kendal Nolle of Alton and Amanda and Bart Bouman of Greenville, Michigan; 14 grandchildren; 24 great grandchildren; two sisters, Helen Gwillim of Alton and Peggy Hurt of Pekin; four brothers and three sisters-in-law, Kenneth and Vena Freer and Peck and  JoAnn Abeln, James “Jim” and Harriet Abeln and Bobby Abeln, all of Athens, IL and a step brother and his spouse, Charles “Edward” & Bea Dixon of Medora.

Burial will follow at Oak Grove Cemetery in Jerseyville.

Memorials may be made to Cottage Hills Baptist Church Building Fund.

An online condolence and guest book may be found at www.eliaskallalandschaaf.com.

Word has been received of the death of Hazel Irene (Willis) Whitlock Shanks. Mrs. Shanks died August 24 in Whitewater, Kansas.

She was born June 1, 1916.  Survivors include one daughter, Virginia Whitlock Johnson of Gainsville, Florida; two granddaughters, Nancy Martin of Augusta, Kansas and Susan Rowland of Gainsville; three great-grandchildren and a sister, Dorothy Roady of Jerseyville.

Burial will be in Rose Lawn Memory Gardens in Bethalto at a later date.

Jack Ryan Kuebrich, infant son of Mark and Kimberly (Allen) Kuebrich of Jerseyville, died shortly after birth Monday at Jersey Community Hospital.

A funeral Mass will be held Friday at Holy Ghost Catholic Church at 10 a.m. with the Rosary prior to that at 9:50 a.m. Burial will be in St. Francis Cemetery in Jerseyville.

Besides his parents, survivors include two sisters, Jessica and Jenna Kuebrich at home; three brothers, Jared, Justin and James Kuebrich at home and his grandparents, Rodney and Margaret Allen of Jerseyville, John and Rita Kuebrich of Paducah, Kentucky and Bobbie and Red Seivers of Alton.

Memorials may be made to the family. Alexander & Gubser Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Kenny ShortFuneral services will be held Monday at 10 a.m. at Crawford Funeral Home in Jerseyville for Charles Kenneth Short of Carrollton, formerly of Kane.

Mr. Short, 76, died August 25 at Barnes-Jewish Hospital after suffering a brain anuersym earlier that morning.

He was born August 28, 1934 in Potosi, Missouri, the son of the late Richard Francis and Minnie Ethel (Gibson) Short. He married the former Frances Yvonne Gallatin in 1954 and they would have celebrated their 56th anniversary this fall.

A resident of Kane since 1967, he was employed for many years through Local 377 in Wood River. He enjoyed coaching Khoury League teams in Kane, as well as slow pitch softball.

Survivors include his wife; his children, including Valerie Millar of Jerseyville; 14 grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; a sister; a brother and numerous nieces and nephews and extended family.

Burial will be in Kane Cemetery.

Memorials may be made to the activity department  at Jerseyville Manor Nursing Home.