Harry Valentine O'Dell
December 20, 2024
Harry Valentine O’Dell, age 88, of Flora and formerly of Louisville, passed away at 7:45 pm, Friday, December 20, 2024, at the Axiom Healthcare of Flora. Harry was born at their family home in rural Louisville on October 28, 1936, the son of Leland Valentine and Bessie Lucille (Abel) O’Dell. Harry spent most of his working life working with...
Mary Jo Mccollum
December 7, 2024
Heaven received a new angel when Mary Jo McCollum, age 96, of Louisville passed away at 5:20 am, Saturday, December 7, 2024, at the Axiom Gardens of Flora. She was born on October 14, 1928, in Flora, Illinois the daughter of Arlington and Carrie (Hargraves) Johnson. Mary Jo married Robert W. McCollum on April 8, 1949, in Louisville, Illinois...
Chris Johnson
December 4, 2024
Chris Johnson, age 88, of Hord, Illinois passed away at 3:58 am, Wednesday, December 4, 2024, in the comfort of his home in rural Hord. Chris was born on November 24, 1936, in East Carondelet, Illinois of son of Christopher and Martha (Coleman) Johnson. He married Roberta Niblack on February 12, 1955, in Jackson, Missouri, and they shared 69...
Lowell White
December 2, 2024
Lowell Edmund White, age 87, of Kinmundy, Illinois passed away at 11:50 am, Monday, December 2, 2024, at the Twin Willows Nursing Care Center in Salem, Illinois. Lowell was born on September 8, 1937 in rural Kinmundy, Illinois, the son of James T. and Iva (Butts) White. He served six years in the U.S. Army Illinois National Guard. He...
Virginia Eileen Butts
November 29, 2024
Virginia Eileen Butts, age 83, of Kinmundy, Illinois, passed away at 9:10 pm Friday, November 29, 2024, at the Vandalia Rehabilitation & Health Care Center in Vandalia, Illinois. Virginia was born on April 22, 1941, in Carlinville, Illinois, to Ezra Taylor and Sylvia Pearl (Ward) Noble. She was a devoted wife to her late husband, Earl David "Sonny" Butts,...
Lois M. Lewis
November 28, 2024
Lois M. Lewis, age 93, of Louisville, Illinois, passed away peacefully at 6:05 am Thursday, November 28, 2024, at her home in Bible Grove. Lois was born on October 31, 1931, in Clay County, Illinois the daughter of Harry Isom and Bonnie Mae (Fancher) Wolfe. Lois married Gerald W. "Jerry" Lewis on May 14, 1949, at the Flora Christian...
Rose M. Birch
November 18, 2024
Rose "Rosie" M. Birch, 85, of Bible Grove, Illinois, passed away peacefully at 11:43 am Monday, November 18, 2024, at the Lakeland Rehabilitation and Health Care Center in Effingham, Illinois, with her loving family by her side. Rose was born on November 20, 1938, in Bible Grove to Walter and Amanda (Storck) Landwehr. She was united in marriage to...
Patricia A. Swartzbaugh
November 17, 2024
Patricia Anne Swartzbaugh, age 82, of Mason, Illinois, passed away peacefully at 6:00 am Sunday, November 17, 2024, at the Stonebridge Memory Care in Mt. Vernon, Illinois. Patricia was born on October 21, 1942, in Canton, Illinois the daughter of Francis Roy and Frances (Bybee) Herink. She married Neil Swartzbaugh on October 21, 1966, in Canton, Illinois and they...
Bob Anderson
November 13, 2024
Robert L. "Bob" Anderson, 82, of Louisville, Illinois passed away at 8:43 am, Wednesday, November 13, 2024, at his home. Bob was born on October 4, 1942, at home in Clay County, Illinois the son of Lowell and Pauline (Jones) Anderson. He was united in marriage to Judith Anne Hockman on May 27, 1961, and she then preceded him...
Carroll Dean Crain
November 5, 2024
Carroll Dean Crain, 86, of Kinmundy, Illinois, passed away at 7:19 pm, Tuesday, November 5, 2024, at the SSM Good Samaritan Hospital in Mt. Vernon, Illinois. Carroll was born on March 19, 1938, at the Schneider Farm in rural Kinmundy the son of Ollie Owen and Naomi (Schneider) Crain. He married Mary Arletha Butts on May 30, 1957, Kinmundy...
Loma L. Budde
October 29, 2024
Loma Lee Budde, 97, of Louisville, Illinois, passed away peacefully at 1:00 am, Tuesday, October 29, 2024, at the Stonebridge Memory Care in Olney, Illinois. Loma was born in Gary, Indiana on July 1, 1927, the daughter of Clyde Fredrick and Gladys Irene (Crouse) Tolliver. She was baptized at the Hoosier Prairie Baptist Church and then confirmed on April...
Mary Carolyn Soldner
October 22, 2024
Mary Carolyn Soldner, 91, of Kinmundy, Illinois passed away at 4:25 am, Tuesday, October 22, 2024, at the Deaconess Gateway Hospital in Newburgh, Indiana. Mary was born on November 26, 1932, in Odin, Illinois the daughter of John and Anna (Wolfe) Sebastaion. She married Bill Wyatt Soldner on November 29, 1950, in Paragould, Arkansas and they shared 60 years...
Bill Kincaid
October 12, 2024
William Dale “Bill” Kincaid, Jr., 61, of Flora, Illinois passed away at 3:13 am, Saturday, October 12, 2024, at the Clay County Hospital in Flora, Illinois. Bill was born on October 19, 1962, in Flora, the son of William Dale and Linda Lou (Bailey) Kincaid. Bill had worked many various jobs over the years with the last being a...
Crystal Kincaid Logan
October 11, 2024
Crystal Kincaid Logan, 50, of Xenia, Illinois passed away peacefully at 3:08 am, Friday, October 11, 2024, in the comfort of her home. Crystal was born the daughter of Margaret “Diane” Kincaid on June 4, 1974, in Flora, Illinois. She was raised by her adoptive parents Dale and Linda Kincaid. She married Travis Logan on August 27, 2005, in...
Chalon Richard Carter
September 16, 2024
Chalon Richard Carter, 82, of Paris, Illinois, passed away at 4:20 am, Monday, September 16, 2024, at the Paris Community Hospital in Paris Illinois. Richard was born on May 14, 1942, in Norris City, Illinois the son of Chalon and Minnie Louise (Etienne) Carter. He was united in marriage to Kathleen Kuhlig on August 18, 1979, at the Central...
Lorene Stortzum
September 15, 2024
Lorene Stortzum, 99, of Hord, Illinois, passed away at 2:33 am, Sunday, September 15, 2024, at the Carle Foundation Hospital in Urbana, Illinois. Lorene was born on Friday, February 20, 1925, in Hord, Illinois the daughter of Arthur and Edna (White) Cameron. She was united in marriage to Lester Herman Stortzum on March 10, 1943, at the St. John's...
Deborah Joyce Hampton
September 12, 2024
Deborah Joyce Hampton, 73, of Louisville, Illinois passed away peacefully at 1:26 pm, Thursday, September 12, 2024, at the Flora Gardens Care Center in Flora, Illinois with her loving family by her side. Deb was born on December 22, 1950, in St. Louis, Missouri, the daughter of Lloyd and Thelma (Johnson) Schrieber. Deborah was a devoted wife, marrying her...
Albert Lynn Van Dyke
September 11, 2024
Albert Lynn Van Dyke, 85 of Louisville passed away Wednesday afternoon, September 11, 2024, at Carle Foundation Hospital, Urbana, IL. He was born January 12, 1939, on his mother’s birthday at his Grandpa & Grandma McKnelly’s home in rural Louisville, the son of Albert Jacob Van Dyke and Mary Winifred (McKnelly) Van Dyke. He was united in marriage to...
Richard Allen Stanfield
September 10, 2024
Mr. Richard Allen Stanfield, 76, of Louisville, IL, entered the gates of heaven at 8:57p.m., Tuesday September 10, 2024, at Carle Hospital in Urbana, IL. Richard was born, Tuesday, December 2, 1947, to Riley and Joyce (Farris) Stanfield. On May 7, 1966, he married his high school sweetheart Karen Bailey, and there is no doubt that his love and...
Tori Sierra Robbins
July 23, 2024
Tori Sierra Robbins, 28, of Mount Vernon, Illinois, passed away at 5:43 am, Tuesday, July 23, 2024, at the Crossroads Community Hospital in Mt. Vernon, Illinois. Tori, born on September 8, 1995, in Centralia, the daughter of Randy and Delana (Webster) Robbins. Her exceptional qualities shone brightly in her chosen profession as a Nursing Aid at Shamrock Services in...
