Obituaries
Harold Behnke
December 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
December 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
December 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
December 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
December 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
December 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...
Judith Goodman
December 13, 2020
FLORA - Judith Ann Goodman, 84, of Flora passed away at 10:57 PM, Sunday, December 13, 2020 at the Flora Gardens Care Center in Flora. Judith was born on October 18, 1936, in Joliet, Illinois the daughter of the late Frances and Helen (Cherry) Ray. She married Frank Everett Goodman, Jr., on August 24, 1957, in the Grace Bible Church...
Doris Wyatt
December 2, 2020
CHARLESTON - Doris Ilene Wyatt, 80, of Charleston and formerly of Louisville, passed away at 6:15 PM, Wednesday, December 2, 2020, at her home in Charleston. Doris was born on June 3, 1940, in Clay County, Illinois the daughter of the late Olis and Ilene (Tolliver) Holeman. She married Merl E. Wyatt, on November 15, 1964, in Louisville and they...
Melvin Fulk
December 1, 2020
INGRAHAM - Melvin L. Fulk, 88, of Ingraham passed away on December 1, 2020 at his home surrounded by his loving family. He was born in Ingraham, on December 24, 1931, to Dewey and Hazel Fulk, and married the love of his life Melva A. Hamilton in 1951. Melvin was a US Air Force Veteran, uranium miner, and owner/operator of...
Jarrod Kohn
November 24, 2020
Mr. Jarrod D. Kohn, 48, of Louisville, Illinois, died at 2:15 p.m., Tuesday, November 24, 2020, at Carle Foundation Hospital in Urbana, Illinois. On December 25, 1971, Jarrod was born to Jerry Kohn and Diana (Boger) Jones in Washington, Indiana. He always said that he was the best present they ever received. In 1990, Jarrod graduated from Washington High School...
Timothy Gammon
November 21, 2020
KINMUNDY - My beloved husband Timothy Dayne Gammon, 71, of Kinmundy departed this life on Saturday, November 21, 2020 at his home surrounded by his family. He was born on November 21, 1949, to the late Fred and Irene (Livesay) Gammon. He married the love of his life Charlotte on August 15, 1970 at the Christian Church in Kinmundy. We...
Betty Wilson
November 7, 2020
Mrs. Betty L. Wilson, nee Douglas, age 85, of Clay City, Illinois, died at 11:04a.m. on Saturday, November 7, 2020 at Flora Gardens Care Center in Flora, Illinois. On May 31, 1957, Betty L. (Douglas) Newby and Johnny Wilson were married in Bluford, Illinois. Mrs. Wilson is survived by her six sons, Mark Newby (Betty) of Romeoville, IL, Maurice (Kathy)...
Edward Miller
November 6, 2020
Edward L. Miller, 63, of Kinmundy, passed away at his home early Friday morning, November 6, 2020. He was born January 5, 1957, in Salem, the son of the late Ruth Shaffer and Leon Miller, who preceded him in death, as did his sister and her husband Sue and Frank Hammer and brother Terry Lee Miller. He married Terri Louise...
Minnie Merritt
October 26, 2020
Minnie Louise Merritt, 94, of Fairfield, passed away at 4:25 PM, Monday, October 26, 2020, at the Aperion Care Center in Fairfield. Minnie was born on December 25, 1925, in Marion County, Illinois the daughter of the late Raymond and Edith (Crain) Mulvaney. She married Ira G. Merritt, Jr., on November 27, 1948, and they shared 48 years of marriage...
Linda Thompson
October 20, 2020
Linda Kaye Thompson, 79, of Kinmundy, passed away at 11:30 PM, Tuesday, October 20, 2020 at the Flora Gardens Care Center in Flora. Linda was born on September 8, 1941, in Kinmundy the daughter of the late Charles "Beck" and Peggy (Olden) Jenkins. She married Donald H. Thompson on October 12, 1956 at the Kinmundy Christian Church and they shared...
Dwain Brant
October 18, 2020
Dwain "Dean" Brant, 82, of Petersburg, and formerly of Ingraham, passed away 7:40 PM, Sunday, October 18, 2020, at the Springfield Memorial Hospital. Dean was born on July 18, 1938, in Ingraham, the son of the late Johnnie Murphy and Ina Corrine (Lewis) Brant. He married Donna Fehrenbacher on June 19, 1960 at the Clay City Baptist Church, and they...
Lois Lewis
October 15, 2020
Lois Irene Lewis, 86, of Louisville went to her heavenly home at 4:46 PM on Thursday, October 15, 2020. Lois was born on December 25, 1933, in Clay County, Illinois to Noll "Pete" and Ola Irene (O'Dell) Bailey. She married Glen E. Lewis on January 6, 1953 in Louisville and they shared nearly 63 years of marriage before he preceded...
Larry Morris
October 15, 2020
Larry Lynn Morris, 81, of Salem passed away at 12:23 PM, Thursday, October 15, 2020, at the Salem Township Hospital. Larry was born on January 29, 1939, in Kinmundy, the son of the late Harold Arthur and Ida Bell (Sadler) Morris. Larry served in the US Marines in his youth, then he married Sharon Kay on May 23, 1959, and...
Alice Colclasure
October 13, 2020
Alice Rajean Colclasure, 87, of Flora, and formerly of Clay City passed away at 7:30 PM, Tuesday, October 13, 2020 at the Flora Gardens, in Flora. Alice was born on February 14, 1933, in Oskaloosa, the daughter of the late Orval Ray and Ina (Lindsey) Owens. She married Orville A. Colclasure on June 25, 1950 in Kentucky and they shared...
Judy Burroughs
September 28, 2020
Judy K. Burroughs, 69, of Flora, and formerly of Louisville passed away at 7:21 AM, Monday, September 28, 2020, at the Burge House in Flora. Judy was born on March 6, 1951, in Richland County Hospital in Olney, the daughter of the late James Vardy and Betty May (Lambert) Cochran. Judy was cosmetologist having taught at the Olney Central College...
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