Obituaries

May 3, 2023

Betty Jeanette Smith, 86, of Louisville passed away at 5:30 pm, Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at the Lutheran Care Center in Altamont, Illinois.

Betty was born on July 28, 1936 in Greenup, Illinois the daughter Raymond and Malinda (Miller) Bahrns. She married Robert L. Smith on August 30, 1957 in Altamont, and they shared 37 years of...

Apr 18, 2023

Jenny Lee Farris, 52, of Hord, Illinois passed away at 9:41 pm, Tuesday, April 18, 2023 at her home in rural Hord.

Jenny was born on December 11, 1970 in Effingham, Illinois the daughter of Richard Leon and Sylvia (Schoonover) Farris. She had obtained an Associate’s Degree in Accounting. She had most recently been working as a...

Apr 17, 2023

Thomas Lee Greenwood, 72, of Kinmundy passed away at 5:15 pm Monday, April 17, 2023 at the Odin Health Care Center in Odin, Illinois after a brief battle with cancer.

Thomas was born on October 4, 1950, in Salem, Illinois the son of Merle William and Virginia Lee (Spencer) Greenwood. Tom was a graduate of the Kinmundy...

Mar 30, 2023

Alice Moseley-MacAfee, 78, of Menifee, California passed away on Thursday, March 30, 2023 at the Marin Terrace Nursing Facility in Mill Valley, California.

Alice Thomas was born in Flora, IL, on May 8, 1944 the daughter of Kenneth and Ruby Thomas. She later moved to St. Charles, MO to raise a family with Richard Moseley (1st husband)....

Mar 26, 2023

Mary Ann Gumbel, 84, of Sailor Springs passed away at 5:17 am, Sunday, March 26, 2023 at her home in Sailor Springs surrounded by her family.

She was born on July 7, 1938, in Peoria, Illinois, the daughter of Frank and Tillie (McGraw) Semick. She was the youngest of 5 children born to Frank and Tillie. She...

Mar 25, 2023

Bobby Lee Birch, 89, of Bible Grove passed away at 4:23 pm on Saturday, March 25, 2023, at the HSHS St. Anthony’s Memorial Hospital in Effingham, Illinois.

Bob was born on November 10, 1933, in Effingham, Illinois, the son of Orvin and Emma (Bloemker) Birch. He married Nelda Nichols on January 16, 1953, and they shared 65...

Mar 25, 2023

Bonnie J. Wimberly, 87, of Salem passed away at 5:58 am, Saturday, March 25, 2023 at the Twin Willows Nursing Center in Salem, Illinois.

Bonnie was born on October 2, 1935, in Kinmundy, Illinois, the daughter of Paul Harvey and Jessie Francis (Anderson) Gray. She married Jarold Richard Wimberly on July 29, 1954 at the Kinmundy Christian...

Mar 19, 2023

Steven Edward Pinnell, 66, of Kinmundy passed away at 9:57 pm, Sunday, March 19, 2023 at his home in rural Kinmundy.

Steven was born on January 20, 1957 in Joliet, Illinois the son of Lloyd E. and Imogene M. (McCarty) Pinnell. He married Maureen Huvilla on April 8, 1978 in Joliet, Illinois and they were blessed with...

Mar 19, 2023

Ronald Dean Woods, 79, of Xenia passed away at 4:54 pm, Sunday, March 19, 2023 at Deaconess Midtown Hospital in Evansville, Indiana.

Ronald was born on May 1, 1943 in Flora, Illinois the son of Loren “Slim” and Eileen (Dean) Woods. He married Helen (Susie) Hamilton on April 22, 1962 in Clay County, Illinois sharing 60 years...

Mar 18, 2023

Melvin Kepley Stanley, 95, of Noble and formerly of Ingraham passed away at 8:50 am Saturday, March 18, 2023 at his home in Noble.

Melvin was born on March 12, 1928, in Ingraham, Illinois the son of Harvey and Cleda (Kepley) Stanley. He married Helen Michels on January 17, 1949, and they shared 47 years of marriage...

Mar 18, 2023

John W. Zink “Bud” passed on to eternity on March 18th, 2023 at his home in Louisville, Illinois, surrounded by love from his family.

John was born on August 11, 1934 to John Calvin and Helen (Mitchell) Zink in Louisville, IL.  In 1936 John and his family were involved in a tragic auto accident that claimed the...

Mar 11, 2023

Larry Arnold Wildbur, 81, of Mason, Illinois passed away at 7:18 am, Saturday, March 11, 2023 at the HSHS St. Anthony’s Hospital in Effingham.

Larry was born on July 20, 1941, in Clay County, Illinois the son of Ivan A. and Mary Ethel “Krantz” Wildbur. He married Vivian Carol Brummer on June 9, 1962, in Clay County...

Mar 9, 2023

On Thursday, March 9th, 2023, Alene G. McPeak, loving mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, passed away at the age of 88, in Winter Haven, Florida.  Alene was born on June 7th, 1934 in Hord, Illinois to Howard and Elva Kincaid, the youngest of 3 children.  Her brothers Ansil and Dean Kincaid preceded her in death. She married Osa T. McPeak, Jr....

Feb 27, 2023

Douglas Keith Williams, 59, of Alma passed away at 9:04 am Monday, February 27, 2023 at the Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri.

Doug was born on April 20, 1963 in Salem, Illinois the son of Henry E. and Donna Louise (Shreffler) Williams. He married Sophie Marke on October 30, 1988, and shared a few years of...

Feb 19, 2023

James “Jim” Fletcher Heflin, 78, of Flora passed away at 7:55 pm, Sunday, February 19, 2023 at the Clay County Hospital in Flora.

James was born on January 18, 1945 in Saline County, Illinois the son of James “Coley” Alva and Mabel (Fletcher) Heflin. James married Rebecca Sue Mifflin on April 30, 1991 in Las Vegas, Nevada,...

Feb 15, 2023

Lois Marie Smith, 92, of Flora, and formerly of Louisville passed away at 1:35 am Wednesday, February 15, 2023 at the Flora Rehabilitation and Health Care Center in Flora.

Lois was born on February 2, 1931, in Mattoon, Illinois the daughter of Alfred and Nina Mary (Barnes) Holeman. She attended North Clay School. When she married she...

Jan 29, 2023

Davy “Joe” Haines, 67, of Louisville passed away at 8:02 pm, Sunday, January 29, 2023 at the Deaconess Gateway Hospital in Newburgh, Indiana surrounded by his loving family at his side.

Joe was born on October 20, 1955, in Flora, Illinois the son of Morrison and Susan M. (McGeehon) Haines. He married Rita McGee on...

Jan 27, 2023

Elizabeth Jean Taylor, 70, of Clay City, passed away at 1:40 pm EST, Friday, January 27, 2023 at the Terre Houte Regional Hospital, Heart to Heart Hospice Unit, Terre Haute, Indiana with her family by her side.

Elizabeth was born on July 30, 1952, at her home in Oskaloosa Township, the daughter of Carl Edward Taylor and...

Jan 20, 2023

William Lester Thoms, 88, of Salem passed away at 1:27 pm, Friday, January 20, 2023 at the Salem Township Hospital in Salem.

William was born on March 4, 1934, in Kinmundy, the son of Elliot and Florence (McCulley) Thoms. William left high school to serve his country in the Navy until he returned home and married the...

Jan 13, 2023

Jerry Dean Curry passed away peacefully at home in Ocala, Florida on January 13, 2023.  Jerry was born in a white house in the small town of Kinmundy, Illinois in 1933 to parents Cecil and Rose Curry.  He loved the country life and had fond memories of playing with cousins at his grandparents’ farm.  Unfortunately, life moved the family...