Obituaries
Gerald W Rutger
November 26, 2023
Gerald W. Rutger, 62, of Flora passed away at 9:25 pm, Sunday, November 26, 2023 at his home in Flora. Gerald was born on July 19, 1961, in Fairfield, Illinois the son of Veryl and Faye (Bowlin) Rutger. Gerald had worked many different places in his career with some including, the Holland Truck Stop in Flora and the Flora...
Terry D. Hicks
November 7, 2023
Terry D. Hicks, 80, of Alma, Illinois passed away at 1:14 pm, Tuesday, November 7, 2023 at the Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri with his loving family by his side. Terry was born on November 2, 1943, in Salem, Illinois the son of Delbert D. and Helen Louise (Williams) Hicks. Terry graduated from Kinmundy Alma High School in...
Helen M. Smith
November 5, 2023
Helen Marie Smith (nee Feather), 91, of Maryville, Illinois, passed away peacefully in her home surrounded by her loving family on Sunday, November 5th. Helen was born in Kinmundy, Illinois to Ralph and Vivienne Feather as the third child of four. As a child, she spent her time with her three siblings, Juanita Miller, Joe Feather and Evelyn Middleton,...
Helen Joyce Stockwell
October 27, 2023
Helen Joyce Stockwell, age 85, of Wheeler, Illinois passed away at Friday, October 27, 2023 at HSHS St. Anthony's Memorial Hospital in Effingham, Illinois, surrounded by her loved ones. Joyce was born on October 18, 1938 in Clay County, Illinois the daughter of Harold and Marguerite (O'Dell) Hostettler. She married Buddy Stockwell on June 3, 1956 at the Hoosier...
Judy West
October 23, 2023
Judy Adams West, 76 of Bible Grove, passed from this world at 2:20 am, Monday, October 23, 2023, at St. Anthony Hospital ICU, Effingham, surrounded by her family. Born Judy Pauline Adams on August 14, 1947, to James Oliver "J.O.", and Rubye (Harris) Adams in Pulaski (Giles County), Tennessee. She grew up in Giles County, TN, Nashville, TN, and...
Darrel Floyd Hays
October 18, 2023
Darrel Floyd Hays, 81, of Salem, Illinois passed away peacefully at 9:50 pm, Wednesday, October 18, 2023 at the Odin Health Care and Rehab in Odin, Illinois. Darrel was born on February 28, 1942 in Dix, Illinois, the son of George and Carrie (Self) Hays. He married Deborah Poppe on September 25, 2009 in Salem, Illinois and they shared...
Paul Brent Griffith
October 16, 2023
Paul Brent Griffith, 67, of Flora, Illinois, passed away at 1:35 pm, Monday, October 16, 2023 at his home in Flora. Paul was born on March 5, 1956, in Flora, Illinois the son of Forrest and Florence (Roe) Griffith. Paul had worked many various jobs over the years with the last being a manager at Hucks in Flora. Paul...
Brenda Janelle Vahling
October 15, 2023
Brenda Janelle Vahling, 60, of Stewardson, Illinois passed away at 4:23 pm, Sunday, October 15, 2023 at her home in Stewardson. Brenda was born on July 17, 1963 in Effingham, Illinois the daughter of Robert J. and Catherine (Waldhoff) Flood. She married Dennis Vahling on October 3, 1981 at the St. Aloysius Catholic Church and they shared 42 years...
Russell Eugene Atchison
October 3, 2023
Russell Eugene Atchison, 89, of Louisville passed away peacefully at 6:28 pm Tuesday, October 3, 2023 at the Clay County Hospital in Flora. Russell was born on February, 9, 1934 in Louisville, the son of Andie L. and Arline (Rockhold) Atchison. Raised in the tight-knit community of Louisville, Russell's early education took place in a one-room schoolhouse known as...
Cathy June Roley
September 9, 2023
Cathy June Roley, 70, of Louisville passed away peacefully at 12:20 pm, Saturday, September 9, 2023 at the HSHS St. Anthony's Memorial Hospital in Effingham. She was born on July 7, 1953, in Miami, Florida, the daughter of Herman L. and Patty Louise (Stanley) Fulk. Cathy married Robert "Bob" Roley on April 13, 1974 at the Ingraham Christian Church...
Erma J. Devall
August 24, 2023
Erma J. Devall, 96, of Alma passed away at 4:30 am, Thursday, August 24, 2023, at the Doctor's Nursing Facility in Salem.
Erma was born on June 16, 1927 in Newton, Illinois the daughter of Ralph and Edith (Cook) Fitch. At a young age she married Leland Devall in Kentucky, and they shared many years of marriage together before he...
Orvil Duane Hassebrock
August 20, 2023
Orvil Duane "Beaver" Hassebrock, 71, of Kinmundy passed away peacefully at 12:41 pm, Sunday, August 20, 2023 at his home in rural Kinmundy with his loving family by his side.
Duane was born on May 5, 1952 in Kinmundy, Illinois the son of Earl and Clarabelle (Merritt) Hassebrock. He married Evelyn Hitzeman on November 25, 1978 in Akron, Iowa, and...
Lea Ann Carter
August 17, 2023
Lea Ann Carter (Wattles), 68, of Ingraham, passed away at 12:22 PM on Thursday, August 17, 2023, at the Cottages of Lake St. Louis, after a difficult and valiant struggle with ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease).
She was born on July 11, 1955, in Flora, Illinois and was the daughter of Warren and Betty (Ikemire) Wattles. She married her husband of...
Inez Ellen Montgomery
August 16, 2023
Inez Ellen Montgomery, 97, of Rolla, Missouri passed away at 11:00 pm, Wednesday, August 16, 2023 at the Cedar Pointe Skilled Nursing and Rehab in Rolla, Missouri.
Inez was born in Hord, Illinois on February 14, 1926 to the late Everette Clarence and Maggie Jane Blair. Inez joined in matrimony to Edward Montgomery on December 12, 1945. They were blessed...
Lawrence D. Ames
August 12, 2023
Lawrence D. “Larry” Ames, 83, of West Liberty, Illinois passed away at 2:48 pm, Saturday, August 12, 2023 at his home.
Larry was born on April 5, 1940 in Portland, MI the son of Bud and Elizabeth (Baker) Ames. He married Barbara Wojciechowski on August 4, 1973 in New Jersey and they shared 49 years of marriage before she preceded...
Carl R. Johnson
August 9, 2023
Carl R. Johnson, 59, of Louisville passed away peacefully at 9:35 pm, Wednesday August 9, 2023, at Flora Healthcare and Rehabilitation, in Flora, Illinois.
Carl was born on August 30, 1963, in Joliet, Illinois, the son of the late Roger C. and Mary C. (Hamilton) Johnson. He married Lori Barham and they shared 35 years together.
Carl liked to have...
Mary Ellen McPeak
August 8, 2023
Mary Ellen McPeak, 79, of Louisville passed away peacefully at 9:22 am, Tuesday, August 8, 2023 at her home in Louisville with her loving family by her side.
She was born on July 17, 1944, in Clay County, Illinois, the daughter of Thomas E. and Grace I. (Haynes) Thompson. She married Charles W. McPeak on October 9, 1986 in Flora,...
Marilyn J. Behnke
August 2, 2023
Marilyn J. Behnke, 83, of Kinmundy passed away peacefully at 1:10 pm, Wednesday August 2, 2023, at HSHS St. John’s Hospital, in Springfield, Illinois.
Marilyn was born on December 9, 1939, in Herrick IL, the daughter of the late Elmer and Glapha (Frailey) Pope. She married Harold Behnke on May 12, 1972, in Shelbyville, IL and they shared 48 years...
Barbara Ames
July 23, 2023
Barbara Ames, 80 of West Liberty, Illinois and formerly of Bible Grove, passed away at 3:33 pm, Sunday, July 23, 2023 at the Carle Richland Hospital in Olney, Illinois.
She was born on April 24, 1943 in New Jersey, the daughter of Stanley and Halina (Kostrowski) Wojciechowski. Barbara married Lawrence D. Ames on August 4, 1973 and they shared 49...
Bob Dow
July 17, 2023
Robert “Bob” Jay Dow, 77, of Xenia, IL passed away at 6:17 p.m. Monday, July 17, 2023 at Clay County Hospital in Flora, IL.
Bob was born June 20, 1946, in Effingham IL, the son of Everett and Leona (Farris) Dow, who preceded him in death.
Bob married Janice “Kaye” Stanford on January 20, 1979. Together they raised six children...
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