Obituaries
William Harbold
Feb 27, 2021
FARINA - William Stanley Harbold, 78, of Farina passed away at 9:00 PM, Saturday, February 27, 2021 at his home surrounded by his family. William was born on August 16, 1942, in Los Angeles County, California, the son of the late Wilbur C. and Mildred E. (Widrig) Harbold. He served his country proudly in the U.S. Air Force from 1960...
Betty Willis
Feb 25, 2021
LOUISVILLE - Betty Alma Willis, 87, of Louisville passed away peacefully at 8:08 AM, Thursday, February 25, 2021 at her home. Betty was born on May 26, 1933, in Louisville the daughter of the late Leland Valentine and Bessie Lucille (Abel) O'Dell. She married Robert Willis on October 18, 1952, in Xenia and they shared 57 years of marriage before...
Spencer Peto
Feb 21, 2021
ALMA - Spencer Gilbert Daniel Walker Peto, 48, of Alma died from natural causes as a patient at Odin HealthCare Center on 21 Feb 2021. He was born 22 May 1972 at Elk Grove Village, Illinois. He was generously adopted by Robert Carl Peto and Gale Elinor (Madison) Peto Freeburg, who adopted Spencer as one of their three foster...
Dennis Traub
Feb 15, 2021
LOUISVILLE - Dennis Victor Traub, 66, of Louisville passed away at 12:15 PM, Monday, February 15, 2021 at his residence. He was born March 2, 1954, the son of the late Victor and Mabel (Heiden) Traub. Dennis was baptized at St. John's Lutheran Church, Louisville. He married Leslie (Larson) Traub on October 3, 1997. Dennis is survived by his wife,...
Virginia Smith
Feb 10, 2021
FLORA - Virginia Lee Smith, 90, of Flora passed away at 3:15 PM, Wednesday, February 10, 2021 at the Burge House Assisted Living in Flora. Virginia was born on May 13, 1930, in Norris City, Illinois the daughter of the late Raymond Leonard and Evelyn (Roy) Rutland. She married Owen Earl Smith, Sr., on February 21, 1950 in Louisville, and...
Carlon Lewis
Feb 5, 2021
KINMUNDY - Carlon William Lewis, Sr., 76, of Kinmundy, passed away at 8:26 AM, Friday, February 5, 2021, at the Missouri Baptist Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri. Carlon was born on October 17, 1944, in Clay County, Illinois the son of the late Sherman Joseph and Grace Myrtle (Pickel) Lewis. He worked for World Color Press in Salem for...
Virginia Green
Jan 23, 2021
KINMUNDY - Virginia Ann Green, 94, of East Peoria, Illinois and formerly of Kinmundy passed away at 3:52 PM, Saturday, January 23, 2021, at the Generations at Riverview Assisted Living, in East Peoria, Illinois. Virginia was born on May 10, 1926, in Kinmundy the daughter of the late Cecil Chester and Olive Mary (Meyer) Keen. She graduated from the...
Thelma Welty
Jan 13, 2021
FLORA - Thelma Marie Welty, 100, of Flora, passed away at 5:19 AM, Wednesday, January 13, 2021, at the Flora Rehabilitation and Health Care Center in Flora. Thelma was born on May 12, 1920, in Flora the daughter of Pearlie and Bessie (Tolliver) Holmes. She married Elza Welty on October 23, 1938, in Olney and they shared 73 years of...
Shirley Sill
Jan 11, 2021
KINMUNDY - Shirley Mae Sill (Brewer), 81, of Kinmundy, died at 2:25 PM, Monday, January 11th, 2021, at the SSM Health St. Louis University Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri. She was born March 10th, 1939 in Tonti Township, daughter of the late Frank Brewer and Alice (Gillette) Brewer. She is also preceded in death by her husband, Gale D....
James Jones
Jan 11, 2021
KINMUNDY - James R. Jones, 79, of Kinmundy, passed away on Monday, January 11, 2021 in rural Kinmundy. He was born December 15, 1941 near Kinmundy, Illinois, to James R. and Nelda Gray Jones. He attended Swift School, a one-room schoolhouse for four years before completing elementary and high school at the Kinmundy-Alma Community School. He received a BS...
Cheryl Butts
Jan 8, 2021
EFFINGHAM - Cheryl Ann Butts, 55, of Effingham passed away at 4:25 AM, Friday, January 8, 2021 at the HSHS St. Anthony's Memorial Hospital in Effingham. Cheryl was born on June 4, 1965, in St. Louis, Missouri, the daughter of Mitchell and Ruth Ann (Fender) Estep. She was a homemaker, and loved going to rummage sales. Cheryl loved to...
Grace Franklin
Jan 1, 2021
XENIA - Grace Ann Franklin, 64, of Xenia passed away at 6:23 PM, Friday, January 1, 2021, at the SSM Good Samaritan Hospital in Mt. Vernon. Grace was born on October 8, 1956, in Flint, Michigan, to Luther E. and Joanne (Stuart) Bonner. She married Woody Franklin on April 14, 2017, in Sherwood, Arkansas. Grace loved crafts she was very...
Margaret Kincaid
Jan 1, 2021
VANDALIA - Margaret "Diane" Kincaid, 68, of Vandalia and formerly of Louisville passed away at 11:19 AM, Friday, January 1, 2021, at the SSM St. Clair Hospital in Fenton, Missouri. Margaret was born on August 5, 1952, in Clay County the daughter of the late Leroy and Helen (Oliver) Kincaid. She was a caregiver and loved to help people. Diane...
Harold Hawn
Dec 27, 2020
LOUISVILLE - Harold Lee Hawn, 68, of Louisville passed away at 6:30 PM, Sunday, December 27, 2020 at his home in Louisville. Harold Hawn was born in Effingham Co in 1952 to Hazel and James Hawn. He began serving his Country at the age of 19 in the Army during the Vietnam War. During his brief time in Vietnam he...
Harold Behnke
Dec 27, 2020
KINMUNDY - Harold L. Behnke, 79, of Kinmundy passed away at 10:50 PM, Sunday, December 27, 2020, at the Doctors Nursing & Rehab Center. Harold was born on December 22, 1941, in Iuka, the son of the late Charles and Trece (Holman) Behnke. He married Marilyn J. Pope on May 12, 1972, in Shelbyville, Illinois and they shared 48...
Emma Dawkins
Dec 25, 2020
LOUISVILLE - Emma C. Dawkins, 101, passed away at 8:40 PM, Friday, December 25, 2020 at the Flora Rehabilitation and Health Care Center in Flora. Emma was born on November 15, 1919, in Winnebago County, Iowa, the daughter of the late Edward and Abigail (Bunch) Bullard. She married Loren O. Dawkins, on July 20, 1942, and they shared 34 years...
Rosalie Leonard
Dec 20, 2020
LOUISVILLE- Rosalie Leonard, 82, of Louisville passed away at 8:25 PM, Sunday, December 20, 2020, at the Willowbrook Memory Support Residences in Effingham. Rosalie was born on February 9, 1938, in Clay County, the daughter of the late Ernest and Marguerite (VanDyke) Hawn. She married Kenneth "Gene" Leonard, on April 27, 1956, in Clay County and they shared 63 years...
Stephen Grove
Dec 18, 2020
EFFINGHAM - Stephen Lionel Grove, Jr., 90 of Effingham, passed away at 9:05 AM, Friday, December 18, 2020 at the Glenwood Assisted Living in Effingham. Stephen was born on November 24, 1930, in Bible Grove, the son of the late Stephen Lionel Sr., and Blanche (Hastings) Grove. He was in the U.S. Army, and then married Phyllis M. Witt on...
Kenneth Parker
Dec 16, 2020
LOUISVILLE - Kenneth Allen Parker, 79, of Louisville passed away at 4:12 PM, EST, Wednesday, December 16, 2020, at the Gibson Family Center for Hospice Care in Terre Haute, Indiana. Kenneth was born on October 11, 1941, in Chicago the son, of the late Louis B. and Madeline M. (Locke) Parker. Ken was in the U.S. Army from 1959 to...
Joan Colclasure-Peavler
Dec 14, 2020
EFFINGHAM - Joan "Jody" Colclasure-Peavler, 87, of Effingham and formerly of Louisville passed away at 7:14 AM, Monday, December 14, 2020. Joan was born on July 3, 1933, in Bible Grove, Illinois the daughter of the late Grover and Verdia (Webster) McKnelly. Jody was a homemaker, and was a member of the Red Brush Christian Church, Louisville. She loved dancing...
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