Obituaries
Helen Owens
May 12, 2017
Helen Joyce Owens, of Newton, passed away on Friday, May 12, 2017 at 10:30 am at her home. Helen was born December 18, 1936, in Edgewood, IL, the daughter of the late Albert Hockman and the late Tressa (Cohea) Hockman. In June of 1994, she married Richard Owens in Bogota, IL. She was employed by GE and ADM factories in...
Wilma Byers
May 8, 2017
Wilma D Byers, age 94 of Louisville, passed away at 5:00 pm, Monday, May 8, 2017, at Clay County Hospital in Flora. Wilma was born Monday, May 22, 1922 in Effingham County, the daughter of the late John Horner and the late Alma (Poynter) Horner. She married Howard Byers in Benton, MO in the year 1970. She was employed as...
William Demain
May 3, 2017
William Nelson DeMain, age 64 of Cairo, IL, formerly of Kinmundy, passed away at 1:44 pm, Wednesday, May 3, 2017, at Daystar Nursing and Rehabilitation in Cairo. He was born Tuesday, September 23, 1952 in Flint, Michigan, the son of the late Roland DeMain and the late Mary (Campbell) DeMain. William was employed by Burks in Mt. Vernon as a...
Lucille Mefford
May 1, 2017
Lucille Glene Mefford, age 85, of Louisville, passed away at 12:52 am, Monday, May 1, 2017 at St. Anthony's Hospital in Effingham, IL. Lucille was born February 22, 1932 in Louisville, the daughter of Willard and Nina (Smith) Dawkins. She was united in marriage to Gerald Eugene Mefford on February 27, 1950 in Flora, IL, and to this union three...
Floyd Mcelyea
April 23, 2017
Floyd Everett McElyea, Jr., age 85 of Iola, passed away at 9:30 am, Sunday, April 23, 2017, at Lakeland Rehabiliation & Health Care Center in Effingham, IL. Floyd was born Sunday, March 20, 1932 in Oskaloosa Township, the son of the late Floyd McElyea and the late Nellie (Pickel) McElyea. He was united in marriage to Edith McElyea and she...
Ronald Cruse
April 21, 2017
Ronald Douglas Cruse, 67 of Olney, IL, passed away, at 11:09 am, Friday, April 21, 2017, at Helia Healthcare in Olney, IL. Ronald was born Sunday, September 4, 1949 in Dallas, Texas,the son of the late B.F. Cruse and the late Murryne (Young) Cruse. Surviving are sister, Elizabeth Gail Morton and husband Michael of Boyd, TX. Arrangements are entrusted to...
Joseph Cooper
April 18, 2017
Joseph "Harold" Cooper, age 83, of Flora, passed away at his home at 7:30 am, Tuesday, April 18, 2017. Harold was born January 7, 1934 in Louisville, the son of the late Joe Sire and the late Bertha Ida Cooper. On April 14, 1953, he was united in marriage to Phyllis Lee Cooper in Louisville, IL. She preceded him in...
Mary O'Dell
April 11, 2017
Mary Helen O'Dell, age 79 of Louisville, passed away at 10:23 am, on Tuesday, April 11, 2017, at Flora Rehab & Healthcare Center in Flora. Mary was born Thursday, February 17, 1938 in Clay County the daughter of the late Carlton Lewis and the late Maxine (Fitzgerald) Lewis. She was united in marriage to Donald Wayne O'Dell on August 4,...
Linda Mccarty
April 7, 2017
Linda Christine McCarty, age 67, of Kinmundy, passed away at her home at 10:05 am, Friday, April 7, 2017. Linda was born July 22, 1949 in Odin, IL, the daughter of the late John and the late Evelyn (Thompson) Burning. She was united in marriage to Darrell Leon McCarty on February 23, 1968, at Kinmundy Methodist Church in Kinmundy, IL....
June Arnold
April 6, 2017
June Alvina Arnold, age 91, of Centralia, died at St. Mary's Hospital in Centralia at 5:00 am, on April 6, 2017. Mrs. Arnold was born February 28, 1926 in Chicago, IL, a daughter of Marquerite Spletzer and foster daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick. She married Paul Dean Arnold in 1946 in Chicago, who preceded her in death along with...
Larry Albert
April 5, 2017
Larry Dennis Albert, age 64 of Salem, IL, passed away at 3:16 pm on Wednesday, April 5, 2017, at Salem Township Hospital in Salem, IL. Larry was born Tuesday, April 15, 1952 in Salem, the son of the late Loren Albert and the late Emogene (Caldwell) Albert. He was self employed as a mechanic and was a great musician who...
Darrell Willison
March 31, 2017
Darrell Eugene "Gene" Willison, age 90 of Louisville, passed away March 31, 2017 at 5:27 pm, at Clay County Hospital in Flora, IL Gene was born June 1, 1926, in Clay County, IL, the son of the late Tennis Eugene Willison and the late Dorothy (Roberts) Willison. On March 24, 1946, he married Maysel "Pauline" Willison in Wayne County, at...
Eleanor Welch
March 24, 2017
Eleanor "Eileen" Welch, age 98 of Ingraham, IL, passed away at 9:25 am, Friday, March 24, 2017 at the Flora Rehab and Health Care Center in Flora, IL. Eileen was born July 6, 1918, the daughter of the late Oma (Musgrove) Galloway. She was employed by Hi-Low Foods in Chicago as a cashier. On July 4, 1937, she was united...
Beverly Teal
March 11, 2017
Beverly Ann (Hanna) Teal, age 82, formerly of Kinmundy, passed away at 7:10 pm on Saturday, March 11, 2017 at home with family in Pinckneyville after a long battle with diabetes. Beverly was born in Kinmundy on February 18, 1935, a daughter of the late Paul Gray Hanna and the late Alice Audrey (Telford ) Hanna. Beverly worked as a...
Jerry Mitchell
March 5, 2017
Jerry Loren Mitchell, age 79, of Louisville, passed away at 3:28 am, Sunday, March 5, 2017 at St. Anthony's Memorial Hospital in Effingham, IL. Jerry was born December 17, 1937, in Clay County, IL, the son of the late Loren "Jack" Mitchell and the late Olive (Schroeder) Mitchell. He was a retired prison guard and was employed by the juvenile...
Dorothy Holzhausen
March 5, 2017
Dorothy Jean Holzhausen, age 93, of Effingham, IL, passed away at 3:05 pm, Sunday, March 5, 2017 at the Lutheran Care Center in Altamont. Dorothy was born May 6, 1923 in Douglas County, IL, the daughter of the late Clarence PIckel and the late Rose Ella (Sapp) Pickel. On October 13, 1941 she was united in marriage to John "Johnnie"...
Virginia Nicholson
March 4, 2017
Virginia Willadene Nicholson, age 90, of Mattoon, IL, passed away at 4:30 pm, Saturday, March 4, 2017 at her home. Virginia was born on November 29, 1926 in Marion County, IL, the daughter of the late Alfred Mulvany and the late Rosa Myrtle (Shadden) Mulvany. She was united in marriage on January 4, 1947 in Paducah, KY, to Charles Raymond...
James Barham
February 23, 2017
James Ray Barham, age 52, passed away at Clay County Hospital, in Flora, IL at 6:05 am, Thursday, February 23, 2017. James was born January 10, 1965, the son of James C. and Shirley M. (Vetter) Barham of Louisville, IL. He enjoyed his time as a truck driver. He leaves to mourn his passing, his parents, daughter, Madisen Rock of...
Henry Houtchins
February 15, 2017
Henry "Steve" Houtchins, age 70 of Odin, passed away at 8:54 am on Wednesday, February 15, 2017, at his home in Odin. Steve was born Tuesday, December 17, 1946 in Champaign, IL, the son of the late Cash Houtchins and the late Naomi (Stasei) Gilbert. He was united in marriage to Judy Perry on March 12, 2003 at the Kinmundy...
Betty Woods-Robinson
February 15, 2017
Betty Jean Woods-Robinson, age 89 of Louisville, passed away at 11:20 pm, on Wednesday, February 15, 2017, at Flora Gardens Care Center in Flora. Betty was born Friday, November 4, 1927 in Kankakee, Illinois, the daughter of the late Eugene McDaniel and the late Mildred (Foss) McDaniel. On April 13, 1946 she married the late Ernest Woods in Waterloo, IL....
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