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Charles D. "Chuck" Mockbee III, age 74, passed away on February 23, 2021.

Chuck was born on February 6, 1947. He grew up in the Jamesburg and Henning Illinois area, graduating from the Bismarck-Henning High School. Chuck attended Northern Illinois University and then received his Juris Doctorate Degree from the John Marshall Law School, becoming a member of the Illinois Bar in 1975.

Swanson, Martin & Bell, LLP announces the arrival of the Hon. Eric S. Pistorius (ret.) as a partner in the firm’s Madison County, Illinois office where he focuses on arbitration and mediation.

Bruce Burrell Marr, 66, of Chicago, IL, died February 22, 2021 of complications from an illness. He was born on March 15, 1954, in Rochester, NY, the son of the late Rev. Robert Burrell Marr and Barbara Putnam Marr of Suffolk, VA. He spent his childhood years in Conneaut, OH, and Suffolk, VA, graduating in 1972 from Suffolk High School where he played on the high school tennis team and in the school band.

Stephanie Michelle (Wagner) Galetti, joined her dad in heaven on February 12, 2021, after a 3-year battle with cancer. She is survived by her mother Gail Straith Wagner (Sun City, AZ); her brothers Russ Wagner (San Antonio, TX); Joe Wagner (Centralia, IL); Jon Wagner (Marion, IL); her Aunt Karen and Uncle Jay Schmitt (Centralia, IL); Uncle Bill and Aunt Leslie Straith (Centralia, IL); many nephews and nieces, and her two young sons Chance & Rhys.