Obituaries

January 12, 2019

Franklin "Frank" Roy Kester, 60 of Louisville passed away at 2:50 am on Saturday, January 12, 2019 at Flora Health and Rehabilitation Centre in Flora. He was born on February 25, 1958 in Granite City, IL the son of the late Paul Eugene and Donna Jean (Hagen) Kester Sr. Mr. Kester worked as a painter and drywaller for several years...

January 12, 2019

Jack R. Brinkley, 74 of Kinmundy passed away at 11:00 am on Saturday, January 12, 2019 at Flora Health and Rehabilitation Centre in Flora. Jack was born on July 31, 1944 in Flora, IL the son of the late Grover and Nadine (Coclasure) Brinkley. He married Shirley Yingst on October 3, 1967 in Effingham and she survives. Mr. Brinkley worked...

December 26, 2018

Nancy Lee McGee, 73 of Louisville, passed away at 4:54 PM on Wednesday, December 26, 2018 at Valley Baptist Hospital in Harlingen, Texas. She was born on December 28, 1944 in Effingham, the daughter of the late James Andrew and Irene (Harmon) Thompson. She married Joseph Carl McGee on March 31, 1962 at the Old Union Christian Church in Louisville...

December 22, 2018

Pauline Lange-Beckman, 78 of Effingham and formerly of Kinmundy passed away at 11:55 am on Saturday, December 22, 2018 at Willow Brook Memory Care Centre in Effingham. She was born on December 30, 1939 in Shelbyville, IL the daughter of the late Herman and Floy (Johnston) Simmons. Pauline married Wilmer Lange on June 9, 1957 in Tower Hill, IL and...

December 18, 2018

Roy Link, 97, of Bible Grove passed away at 5:09 am on Tuesday, December 18, 2018 at Flora Gardens Care Centre in Flora. He was born on December 18, 1921 in Scranton, KY the son of the late John Henry and Mattie (Walton) Link. Roy served in the Army during WWII. He was a member of the Flora American Legion...

December 6, 2018

Peggy Jean Groves, 83 of Flora, passed away at 2:15 PM on Thursday, December 6, 2018 at Clay County Hospital in Flora. She was born on September 23, 1935 the daughter of the late Homer C. and Dora (Pickens) Britton. She married Lawrence "Larry" Gerald Groves on May 1, 1953 and he passed away on January 21, 1996. Mrs. Groves...

November 25, 2018

Joyce Jean Hoard, 66, of Clay City passed away at 2:00 am on Sunday, November 25, 2018 at Flora Gardens in Flora. Joyce was born on September 9, 1952 in Flora, the daughter of the late Ernest and Beulah (McBride) Noll. She married Benton Hoard on September 12, 1975 in Louisville and he survives. Mrs. Hoard was very family oriented...

November 25, 2018

Virginia Cole, 69, of Louisville passed away at 11:17 am on Sunday, November 25, 2018 at Evergreen Nursing and Rehabilitation Centre in Effingham. No services are scheduled. Private inurnment will be held at a later date. Triplett & Neal Funeral Home in Louisville is in charge of the care and arrangements. You are invited to share your memories of Virginia...

November 12, 2018

Walter Garland "Skillet" Galloway, 75, of Farina passed away at 7:14 PM on Monday, November 12, 2018 at Saint Anthony's Memorial Hospital in Effingham. He was born on June 23, 1943 in Champaign/Urbana the son of the late Walter John and Imogene Ruth (Wyatt) Galloway. Garland married Elena Kay McGrew on August 12, 1961 at Bible Grove Christian Church and...

November 9, 2018

Nivaldo Montes, 86 of Kinmundy passed away at 6:00 PM on Friday, November 9, 2018 at his home. He was born on June 9, 1932 in Saint Nicholas, Cuba the son of the late Manuel and Francisca (Chavez) Montes. Nivaldo married Amelie Garces on July 12, 1961 in Guines, Cuba and she survives. Mr. Montes worked for Stanford Engineering in...

November 3, 2018

Michael Lee Harmon, 69, of Louisville passed away at 1:47 am on Saturday, November 3, 2018 at his home in Louisville. Mike was born on May 7, 1949 in Bible Grove, the son of the late Daniel and Ellen F. (Lewis) Harmon. He married Marcia McDowell on September 1, 2001 in Louisville and she survives. Mr. Harmon worked as a...

October 26, 2018

Nelda Fern Birch, 82, of Bible Grove passed away at 2:03 PM on Friday, October 26, 2018 at Lakeland Rehabilitation and Health Care Center in Effingham. Nelda was born on December 30, 1935 in Dewitt County the daughter of the late Eldon and Nona Faye (Summers) Nichols. She married Bobby Lee Birch on January 16, 1955 at the Bible Grove...

October 20, 2018

Dolores Marion Rose, 90, of Kinmundy, passed away at 11:50 am on Saturday, October 20, 2018 at Delmar Gardens West in Chesterfield, MO. She was born on September 19, 1928 in Saint Louis, MO the daughter of the late Marion and Lena (Foochee) Hartzell. She married Charles D. Rose on April 6, 1946 in Pocahontas, AR and he passed away...

October 12, 2018

Anna Margaret Schneider, 94, of Kinmundy passed away at 1:58 am on Friday, October 12, 2018 at Effingham Rehabilitation and Healthcare Centre in Effingham. Margaret was born on March 13, 1924 at Flat Rock in Marion County, the daughter of the late Cecil and Mary Evalena (Crutchfield) Potter. She had a gift and love for rhythm, song and dance. She...

October 9, 2018

Judith A. White, 76, of Kinmundy passed away at 11:00 PM on Tuesday, October 9, 2018 at The Twin Willows Nursing Centre in Salem. She was born on February 9, 1942 in East St. Louis to the late Edward and Norma (Perry) Coker. Judith married Lowell E. White on October 17, 1970 in Fairview Heights and he survives. In addition...

October 5, 2018

Virginia Lorraine (Colborn) West, age 92, of Bible Grove passed away October 5, 2018. She was born in Elgin, Illinois on January 25th 1926 to Everett and Jenness (Brooks) Colborn. Lorraine was united in marriage to Harold Kenneth West on July 22, 1945. He preceded her in death on March 1, 1985. Lorraine had one son, Daniel K. West, who...

October 5, 2018

Shirley Ann Dillon Colman, of Louisville, loving wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother passed away peacefully in her sleep on Friday October 5th at the age of 80. Shirley was born March 21, 1938, in Oskaloosa, Illinois to the late Clyde and Stella (Eskew) Painter. Shirley loved to write, loved her church, loved God and loved her kids and grandchildren more...

September 28, 2018

Marla L. Shirley, 63, of Kinmundy passed away at 5:00 PM on Friday, September 28, 2018 at her home. As per her wishes, cremation rites were accorded. No services are planned at this time. You are invited to share your memories of Marla and leave a condolence at www.triplettandneal.com

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September 11, 2018

Caleb Vance Klanke, was born sleeping, at 4:44 AM, September 11, 2018 at the Memorial Medical Center in Springfield, IL. Caleb is survived by his parents, Nicholas Klanke and Caitlyn Diefenbach of Clay City; Aunts Ashton (Dallas) Diefenbach-Wooden of Kinmundy & Jacy Klanke of Louisville; Paternal Grandparents Rick & Tina Klanke of Louisville; Maternal Grandparents Matt & Betty Diefenbach of...

September 7, 2018

Velma E. Wilkinson, 93, of Kinmundy passed away at 1:00 pm on Friday, September 7, 2018 at Odin Healthcare Centre. Velma was born on March 5, 1925 in Meacham Township, the daughter of the late Thomas Allen and Marjorie Mae (Brimberry) Edwards. She married Kenneth Wilkinson on March 5, 1948 in Odin and he preceded her in death on December...