Madeline "Maddie" H. Finch
May 7, 2017
Madeline "Maddie" H. Finch, 16, of Pleasant Plains, went home to be with Jesus on May 7, 2017.
Maddie was born on May 15, 2000 the daughter of Richard Finch and Courtney Scheller-Allmon.
Maddie had attended Auburn High School until continuing on to New Berlin High School her sophomore year where she was a cheerleader...
Anthony J. "Tony" Tweryon
May 5, 2017
Anthony J. "Tony" Tweryon, 89, of Rochester, passed away on Friday, May 5, 2017 at St. John's Hospital.
Tony was born on May 21, 1927, in Springfield the son of John and Mary Tweryon. He married Lena Maher on October 17, 1947; she preceded him in death in 1994.
Tony was a veteran of the...
William Lester Tweedell
May 4, 2017
William Lester Tweedell, 62, of Circleville, Ohio, died Thursday, May 4, 2017, in Cincinnati, OH. He was born December 27, 1954, in Springfield, IL, the son of Connie Tweedell and Geraldine (Davis) Tweedell. His stepfather was Ralph Trader. He married Cynthia Benn in 1976 in Oak Brook, IL. Survivors: Wife, Cynthia Benn Tweedell; son, Matthew Benn Tweedell (wife Karina)...
Frank H. Poetcher
Apr 29, 2017
Frank H. Poetcher, 85, of Springfield, passed away on Saturday, April 29, 2017 at his residence.
Frank was born on October 2, 1931 in Springfield the son of Frank Louis and Hilda Tarr Poetcher. He married Josephine Catalano on July 18, 1953 in Springfield; she preceded him in death on January 18, 2010.
Frank was...
Earl D. White
Apr 28, 2017
Earl D. White, 88, of Springfield, passed away on Friday, April 28, 2017 at Memorial Medical Center.
Earl was born on November 15, 1928 in Springfield the son of Marshall and Moselle Garlit White. He married Elaine M. Coventry on November 25, 1954; they divorced in 1977. He later married Odessa Knoche on June 30, 1978,
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Ralph Leroy Gibbens
Apr 25, 2017
Ralph LeRoy Gibbens, 68, of Springfield, passed away on Tuesday, April 25, 2017 at Symphony of Lincoln.
Ralph was born on March 1, 1949 in Decatur the son of Arthur and Mary Hudson Gibbens.
He was a veteran of the U.S. Army serving during Vietnam and he had worked for a battery shop.
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Glenda June Krepel
Apr 25, 2017
Glenda June Krepel, 72, of Riverton, passed away on Tuesday, April 25, 2017 at Memorial Medical Center.
Glenda was born on July 31, 1944 in Springfield the daughter of Glenn and Norma Graf Flynn.
She worked for several car rental agencies including, Hertz, Avis and Thrifty before working at Memorial Medical Center in the Histology/Pathology...
John Walther Eddington
Apr 24, 2017
John Walther Eddington, 51, of Auburn, passed away on Monday, April 24, 2017 at Memorial Medical Center.
John was born on March 4, 1966 in Springfield the son of Alfred William and Margie Marie Nave Eddington.
He was owner and operator of Air Con Heating and Cooling. He was a member of Divernon Sportsman Club...
Ronald "Gene" Canaday
Apr 24, 2017
Ronald "Gene" Canaday, 75, of Girard, passed away on Monday, April 24, 2017 at Pleasant Hill Village in Girard.
Gene was born on December 21, 1941 in Clinton, IN the son of John and Martha Yocum Canaday. He married Lenora Fuess on February 14, 1965.
Gene worked for Fiat Allis for 23 years and later...
Louise J. Eeten
Apr 23, 2017
Louise J. Eeten, 88, of Springfield, passed away on Sunday, April 23, 2017 at her residence.
Louise was born on March 27, 1929 in Lincoln the daughter of Daniel and Callie Watkins Welsh. She married George Eeten; he preceded her in death September 5, 2005.
She was a homemaker and volunteered at the Washington Street...
Bonnie J Durbin
Apr 20, 2017
Bonnie J. Durbin, 74, of Springfield, passed away on Thursday, April 20, 2017 at her residence.
Bonnie was born on September 23, 1942 in Springfield, the daughter of Paul and Eleanor Thrasher. She married William Durbin on September 28, 1963; he preceded her in death on January 12, 2002.
Bonnie was a member of West...
Theodore "Ted" Charles Lindquist
Apr 19, 2017
Theodore "Ted" Charles Lindquist, 87, of Springfield, passed away on Wednesday, April 19, 2017 at Regency Care.
Ted was born on October 29, 1929 in Muskegon, MI the son of Theodore G. and Margaret Koelln Lindquist. He married Marilyn Mavis on February 23, 1952 at Great Lakes Naval Base; she preceded him in death April 4, 2012....
Alvin N. "Al" Hysler
Apr 16, 2017
Alvin N. "Al" Hysler 100, of Springfield, passed away on Sunday, April 16, 2017 at Memorial Medical Center.
Alvin was born on August 8, 1916 in Springfield the son of Miller Albert and Maude Anna (Veara) Hysler.
Al is survived by one sister, Doris McLaughlin and her son, Mark (Katie) McLaughlin. Surviving from Al's marriage...
Carol J. Hollenback
Apr 15, 2017
Carol J. Hollenback, 70, of Woodstock, VT, formerly of Riverton, IL passed away on Saturday, April 15, 2017 at Mt. Ascutney Hospital in Windsor, VT.
Carol was born on May 13, 1946 in Galesburg, IL the daughter of Clarence and Minnie Henzen Cooper. She married Frank L. Hollenback on February 19, 1959 in Moultrie, GA; he preceded...
Edna Pauline Mclean
Apr 8, 2017
Edna Pauline McLean, 83, of Springfield, passed away on Saturday, April 8, 2017 at Lewis Memorial Christian Village.
Pauline was born on June 17, 1933 in Wood River the daughter of Benjamin Shanon and Lola Elsie Baines Bricker. She married Edgar McLean; he preceded her in death.
Pauline was a homemaker and an in home...
Steven B. Harden
Apr 6, 2017
Steven B. Harden, 61, of Springfield, passed away on Thursday, April 6, 2017 at his residence.
Steven was born on May 27, 1955 in Springfield the son of Virgil Ortholo and Margaret Louse Bridges Harden. He married Beth Burnett on January 18, 1982.
He was preceded in death by his son, Quinton; parents; sister, Karen;...
George Earl Meredith
Apr 3, 2017
George Earl Meredith, 80, of Coffeen, passed away on Monday, April 3, 2017 at St. John's Hospital.
George was born on October 10, 1936 in Harrisburg, AR the son of M.S. and Martha Covington Meredith. He married Alta Benjamin; they divorced. He later married Betty Jones; she preceded him in death.
George was an electrician...
Joseph James Ayers
Apr 3, 2017
Joseph James Ayers, 46, of Rochester, passed away on Monday, April 3, 2017 in Springfield.
Joe was born on May 3, 1970 in Springfield the son of James W. and Rosemary Simpson Ayers.
Joe was a 1988 graduate of Rochester High School and worked for Mike Williams Plumbing, Heating and Air Conditioning Inc. He was...
Stephen Turner
Apr 3, 2017
Stephen Turner, 59, of Illiopolis, passed away on Monday, April 3, 2017 at his residence.
Stephen was born September 6, 1957 in Salem the son of Robert and Marie Stephens Turner. He married Linda Grundish on September 27, 1980.
He worked in the lab for Borden Chemical Company. He was a member of Taylorville Gun...
Elizabeth "Libba" Adams Shirley
Apr 1, 2017
Libba Shirley peacefully went to be with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, April 1, 2017.
Libba was born in Montgomery, Alabama, January 8, 1932, to Richard and Rosalie Adams. She lived in Montgomery during her childhood, teenage, and young adult years where she developed an intense love for all things "southern."
She married Gene...
