Obituaries
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....
Larry Bartels
February 3, 2017
Larry Dale Bartels, age 75 of Flora, IL, passed away, Friday, February 3, 2017, at 3:51 am, at Flora Rehab & Healthcare Center in Flora. Larry was born Monday, July 21, 1941 in Clay County, the son of the late Art Bartels and the late Kathleen Bartels. On December 24, 2011, he was united in marriage to Marianne Moffett in...
Judy Colclasure
January 28, 2017
Judy Kay Britton Colclasure, age 65, of Ingraham, IL, passed away on Saturday, January 28, 2017, at 4:22 pm, at her home in Ingraham, IL. Judy was born Monday, August 27, 1951 in Jasper County, IL, the daughter of the late Beryl Lee Britton and the late Rosella (Gosnell) Britton. She was united in marriage to Lyle "Keith" Colclasure on...
Mabel Harmon
January 17, 2017
Mabel May Harmon, age 98 of Sailor Springs, passed away at 5:40 am, on Tuesday, January 17, 2017, at Burgin Manor in Olney. Mabel, known as Aunt Tiny by family, was born Monday, May 27, 1918 in Pixley Township, Clay County, IL, the daughter of the late Albert Anderson and the late Ethel (Hicks) Anderson. On April 3, 1942 she...
Betty Cochran
January 16, 2017
Betty May Cochran, age 91 of Louisville, passed away at 9:30 am, Monday, January 16, 2017, at Flora Rehab & Healthcare Center in Flora. Betty was born Wednesday, June 17, 1925 in Flora, the daughter of the late Raymond and the late Leona (Kraft) Lambert. She was the wife of the late James Cochran and to this union one son...
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