Tag: obituary
IN MEMORIAM: IBEW Local 1 Executive Board member David Sachse
David “Dave” M. Sachse, a former IBEW Local 1 executive board member, passed away Jan. 13, 2021 at age 63.
Brother Sachse, of Pompano Beach,...
IN MEMORIAM: Iron Workers Local 392’s Mark Jones
Mark E. Jones, an Iron Workers Local 392 member, died peacefully on Feb. 3, 2021 at his home in O’Fallon, Ill. He was 67.
Brother...
IN MEMORIAM: Iron Workers Local 392’s Charles Pelo
Charles T. Pelo, a second-generation and 30-year member of Iron Workers Local 392, died Jan. 30, 2021 at Mercy Hospital South. He was 77.
Brother...
IN MEMORIAM: Laborers Local 110’s Gene Moxley
Gene F. Moxley, a 55-year member of Laborers Local 110, died Feb. 5, 2021 at Hillsboro Rehabilitation & Health Care in Hillsboro, Ill. He...
Linemen honor late IBEW 1439 member and his family
James L. “Jim” Flanagan, a former IBEW Local 1439 shop steward, passed away Feb. 5, 2021 at age 85. He worked at Ameren UE...
IN MEMORIAM: Laborers Local 110’s Bill Bausch
Bill Bausch, a 56-year member of Laborers Local 110, passed away Jan. 20, 2021 at age 90.
Brother Bausch was the beloved husband of the...
IN MEMORIAM: UTU Local 1402’s William Andrew Mathes
William Andrew Mathes, 68, of Granite City, a longtime member of United Transportation Union Local 1402 and delegate to the Southwestern Illinois Labor Council,...
IN MEMORIAM: Laborers Local 660’s Willis Straube
Stanley “Willis” Straube, 69, of Bowling Green, Mo. passed away Jan. 21, 2021 at his home.
Funeral services for Brother Straube were held Jan. 30,...
AFL-CIO President Emeritus John J. Sweeney dies at 86
By PAI and
the LABOR TRIBUNE
Washington — John J. Sweeney, who, as AFL-CIO President from 1995-2009 helped push Organized Labor’s focus out of congressional suites...
IBEW Local 1439’s Benjamin Sigman
Benjamin “Ben” Adam Sigman, a member of IBEW Local 1439, passed away Dec. 16, 2020 at age 36 in a tragic fishing accident.
Brother Sigman,...