Alice June Garren
Sep 6, 2022
Alice June Garren, 93, of rural Springfield, Illinois passed on to her heavenly home on Tuesday, September 6, 2022 at her residence.
June, as she was affectionately known, was born on July 22, 1929 at home in Roby, Christian County, Illinois the daughter of Albert Homer and Alice Marticia Moore Patton. She married the late Roland Eugene...
David Leo Lee
Sep 5, 2022
David Leo Lee, 65, of Illiopolis, passed away on Monday, September 5, 2022 at his home.
David was born in Springfield on February 27, 1957, the son of Herbert and Olive (Cook) Lee. David graduated from Illiopolis High School in 1975 and then went on to attend and graduate from Southern Illinois University in 1979. He worked...
Kenneth Albert Wells, Jr.
Sep 4, 2022
Kenneth Albert Wells Jr. ("Big Kenny") passed away on Sunday, September 4th at his home surrounded by family and loved ones. He was 82 years old.
Kenny was born on July 31, 1940 in East St. Louis to parents Mary and Kenneth Wells Sr. He married his high school sweetheart and love of his life, Jeannette Moore,...
Janet Maxine (Means) Dever
Sep 3, 2022
Janet Maxine (Means) Dever, 82, of Sherman, passed away on Saturday, September 3, 2022 at Country Lane Memory Care in Riverton, IL.
Janet was born on June 26, 1940, in Villisca, IA., the daughter of Neil and Florence (Larson) Means.  She graduated from Villisca Community High School in 1957 and went on to attend North West Missouri...
Corwin Lance Bentley
Aug 28, 2022
Corwin Lance Bentley, 70, of Springfield, IL passed away at Memorial Medical Center on Sunday August 28, 2022.
Corwin was born in Springfield on April 1, 1952 and was the son of Frank L. and Frances E. (Wylie) Bentley. Corwin served in the United States Air Force; he was also a Musician and an Entertainer. He loved...
Sherrie Lynne Kimble
Aug 27, 2022
Sherrie Lynne Kimble, 74, passed away on August 27 at her Rochester home. Sherrie was born on April 1, 1948, in Billings, MO. Sherrie served as Treasurer of the Forget Me Nots at Real Life Church. She was a human calculator who lived by spreadsheets. Sherrie was known to do anything for her beloved friends and family. She was...
Robert E. Thomas
Aug 26, 2022
Robert Eugene Thomas Jr., 50, of Springfield, IL passed away at home in the company of his family on August 26, 2022.
Bob was born in Cottonwood, AZ on August 19, 1972 and was the son of Robert E. Sr. and Judith Kay Thomas. He was raised on the North-End of Springfield, IL and attended Lanphier High...
Jerry D. Ramsey
Aug 26, 2022
Jerry D. Ramsey, 86, of Springfield, formerly of Illiopolis, passed away on Friday, August 26, 2022, at Mill Creek Alzheimer's Special Care Center in Springfield. Jerry was born in Brookfield, MO. on May 27, 1936, the son of Clifford and Pauline (McCollum) Ramsey. He married Rosalie Stumper on September 4, 1954, in Virginia, IL. and she preceded him in...
Carol J. (Morman) Dean
Aug 22, 2022
Carol J. Dean, 84, of Edinburg, passed away on Monday, August 22, 2022 at Moweaqua Rehab and Health Care.
Carol was born in Springfield, IL., on December 12, 1937, the daughter of Frederick and Sylvia (Boggs) Morman. She married Billy Eugene Dean on September 6, 1985 and he preceded her in death.
She enjoyed horseback...
Frances L (Hopper) Jones
Aug 21, 2022
Frances L (Hopper) Jones, 93, of Springfield, IL passed away peacefully in the company of her family at Lewis Memorial Christian Village on Sunday August 21, 2022.
Frances was born in Green Valley, IL on July 3, 1929 and is the daughter of Jesse L. and Gladys (Bosaw) Hopper. She married Kenneth Earl Jones on July 25,...
Michael Renya Brown
Aug 18, 2022
Michael Renya Brown, 58, of Springfield, passed away on Thursday, August 18, 2022 at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, MO. Michael was born in St. Louis, on August 3, 1964, the son of Robert Brown Sr. and Annie Boykins. He was married Laurel Roese, in Springfield, IL., on February 19, 2013 and she survives.
Michael enjoyed working...
Donna Kaye Gleason
Aug 18, 2022
Donna Kaye Gleason, 78, of New Berlin, passed away on Thursday August 18, 2022, at Sunny Acres in Petersburg, IL in the company of her family.
She was born in Jacksonville, IL on March 21, 1944, and is the daughter of Edward and Verdie Mae (Calhoun) Fulton. Â Donna graduated from Pleasant Plains High School.
Donna...
Joan Marie Moore
Aug 17, 2022
Joan Marie Moore, 73, of Springfield, loving wife, mother, grandmother & friend passed away on August 17,th 2022 at her home. Joan was born to Nelson and Margaret (Everley) Gale on March 25, 1949, in Canton, Il, and spent most of her childhood years in Havana, IL.
She graduated from Havana High School, eventually emigrating to Springfield,...
Betty R Lawson
Aug 16, 2022
Betty (Farley) Lawson (81) Rochester passed away at her home August 16, 2022 after battling many health related issues.
She was born March 25, 1941 to Mary Frances Abrams and John M. Laing at home in West Terre Haute, Indiana.
Betty retired from Illinois State Police in 2002. She was a member of the Rochester...
Keith Virgil Sterner
Aug 13, 2022
Keith Virgil Sterner, 93, of Riverton, formerly of Springfield, IL died at his daughter's home in Riverton with his family present on Saturday, August 13, 2022.
Keith was born February 7, 1929 in Iowa, the son of Virgil and Hazel Turnipseed. He married Dorothy Bates on August 15, 1951. She preceded him in death on April 1,...
Lennis Craig Knight
Aug 12, 2022
Lennis Craig Knight, 76, of Gann Valley, SD, and Chatham, IL, passed away Friday, Aug. 12, 2022. Lennis was born July 5, 1946, in Chamberlain, SD, the son of Wayne and Bertha (DeJong) Knight.
Lennis grew up in Gann Valley, SD, and enjoyed working on the family farm in his retirement, including planting 500 trees last year...
James E. Hawkins Ii
Aug 5, 2022
James Hawkins II, 48, of Springfield, formerly of Illiopolis, passed away on Friday, August 5, 2022 at St. John's Hospital in Springfield. James was born on March 29, 1974, in Springfield, the son of James E. and Sandra (Thornton) Hawkins. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, and gardening, and was a diehard Redskins and Chicago Cubs fan. He is preceded in...
David H. Paoni
Aug 3, 2022
David Harold Paoni Sr., 85, of Rochester, passed away on Wednesday Aug 3, 2022 in Rochester. Dave was born on December 12, 1936, in Springfield, the son of Dorothy DeArrow and Fred Paoni. He married Marcia Spaith on June 1, 1974 and became an instant family of 8 with their 6 children.
Dave was a graduate of...
James Edward Parrish
Aug 2, 2022
James Parrish
James (Jim) E. Parrish of Dawson passed away August 2, 2022 at home.
He was born August 25, 1944 in Dos Palos, California, the son of Thomas and Edna (nee Schad) Parrish.
He married Loretta Wurth on November 8, 1969 in Belleville, IL.
Jim is survived by his wife,...
Melva Josephine (Rentschler) Sexton
Aug 2, 2022
Melva Josephine Sexton, age 93, passed away at Brookdale Senior Living, Glen Ellyn, IL on August 2, 2022. She was born at St. John's Hospital, Springfield, IL on July 3, 1929 to Otto T. and Pauline (Hemp) Rentschler. Melva Jo graduated from Tri-City High School, Buffalo, IL in 1947. She subsequently earned a Bachelor's Degree in Music from Northwestern...
