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...
Joy D. Wood
July 16, 2023
Joy D. Wood, 81, of Bible Grove passed away at 5:11 pm, Sunday, July 16, 2023 at the Lakeland Rehabilitation and Health Care Center in Effingham, Illinois with her loving son at her side.
Joy was born on September 5, 1941 in Clay County, Illinois the daughter of Vernon and Carrie (Anderson) Payne. She married John M. Wood on March...
Karen S. Daugherty
July 11, 2023
Karen S. Daugherty, 85, of Louisville, passed away at 9:43 am, Tuesday, July 11, 2023 at the Clay County Hospital in Flora, Illinois.
Karen was born on October 23, 1937, in Sailor Springs, the daughter of Gerald Dean “Jerry” and Fern (O’Dell) Harris. She married Kenneth Frank Daugherty on November 30, 1955 at the Sailor Springs Baptist Church, and they...
Karen Raynell Ingram
July 5, 2023
Karen Raynell Ingram, 76, of Alma, Illinois passed away on Wednesday, July 5, 2023 at her home in Alma.
She was born on July 2, 1947, in Salem, Illinois to her loving parents, Raymond M. and Nellie M. (Pilcher) Banning. She married Noel J. Ingram on June 2, 1988, in Omega, Illinois and they shared 26 years of marriage before...
William Arthur Krantz
June 26, 2023
William Arthur "Bill" Krantz, 75, of Farina passed away at 3:00 am, Monday, June 26, 2023 at the Aperion Care in St. Elmo, Illinois.
He was born on January 10, 1948, in Peoria, Illinois, the son of James Ivan and Pearl (Manning) Krantz. Bill married Mary Ann Cummins on December 31, 1984, in Clay County and they shared 30 years...
Robert A. Lewis
June 24, 2023
Robert A. "Bob" Lewis, 78, of Flora, Illinois passed away peacefully at 1:08 am, Saturday, June 24, 2023, at his home in Flora surrounded by his loving family.
Bob was born on May 17, 1945, in Effingham, Illinois, the son of Aaron Washington and Eula Marie (Grahn) Lewis. He married Althea Mae Guinn on April 3, 2004, in the First...
Danny E. Fender
June 18, 2023
Danny Edward Fender, 80, of Louisville, Illinois passed away peacefully at 12:34 pm, Sunday, June 18, 2023 at his home surrounded by his loving family.
He was born on September 11, 1942 the son of Emmett and Opal (Owens) Fender. He was united in marriage to Jeannie Craig on February 8, 1964 at the First Christian Church in Flora and...
Jerry Ring
June 3, 2023
Jerry Lewis Ring, 65, of Albion, Illinois passed away at 7:38 am, Saturday, June 3, 2023 at home surrounded by his family.
Jerry was born on September 24, 1957 to Hud and Rena Ilene Phelps in Ohio County, Kentucky. On January 19, 1971 he was graciously adopted by his loving parents Alva and Evelyn Ring at the age of...
