Obituary Listing
Local Obituaries for Emmons Macey and Steffey Funeral Home
Dolores L. Lankford
May 17, 2024
Dolores L. Lankford, age 93, of Vincennes, Indiana, formerly of Lawrenceville, Illinois, passed away on Friday, May 17, 2024 at Bridgepointe Health Campus in Vincennes, Indiana. She was born on January 18, 1931 in Drakesboro, Kentucky, the daughter of Milton and Beatrice (Langley) Board. She married Stuart K. Lankford on January 26, 1951, and he preceded her in on...
Berniece Buchanan
May 17, 2024
Berniece Buchanan, age 96, of rural Lawrenceville, Illinois, passed away Friday, May 17, 2024 at her residence. She was born March 12, 1928 in Crawford County, Illinois. She was the adopted daughter of Sherman and Mabel (Stivers) Gray. She married Clarence E. Buchanan on November 14, 1946, and he preceded her in death January 02, 2011.
Berniece...
Jeffrey 'Jeff' Wayne Correll
May 16, 2024
Jeffrey 'Jeff' Wayne Correll, age 66, of Sumner, Illinois, passed away on Thursday, May 16, 2024 at his residence. He was born on July 28, 1957 in Lawrenceville, Illinois, the son of Franklin O. and Madelyn E. (Hieronymus) Correll. He married Theresa Ann Baker on April 21, 1979, and she survives. Together they shared a life of 45 years....
Zoe Alexandra Zeigler
May 12, 2024
Zoe Alexandra Zeigler, age 20, of Lawrenceville, Illinois, passed away on Sunday, May 12, 2024 at the Good Samaritan Hospital in Vincennes, Indiana. She was born on February 24, 2004 in Guatemala, the daughter of Troy and Sherrie Miller Zeigler.
Zoe was a 2022 graduate of Red Hill High School. She was a member of Central Christian...
Betty S. Bartle
May 10, 2024
Betty S. Bartle, age 84, of Lawrenceville, Illinois, passed away Friday, May 10, 2024, at the Bridgepointe Health Campus in Vincennes, Indiana. She was born January 31, 1940 in Duff, Tennessee, the daughter of Lloyd and Louetta (Smitty) Lester. She married Eugene Bartle February 12, 1960, and he preceded her in death May 01, 2019.
Betty worked...
Harry Earnest Anderson
May 6, 2024
Harry Earnest Anderson, age 97, of Lawrenceville, Illinois, passed away on Monday, May 06, 2024 at his residence. He was born on August 14, 1926 in Lawrence County, Illinois, the son of Joe Willard and Fannie N. (Casey) Anderson. He married Audrey Evelyn Hardiman on January 18, 1950, and she preceded him in death on February 24, 2013.
...Diane Tykal
May 6, 2024
Diane Tykal, age 68, of Bridgeport, Illinois, passed away on Monday, May 06, 2024 at 3:17 AM surrounded by her family at her residence. She was born on October 04, 1955 in Fort Sill, Oklahoma, the daughter of Richard L. and Marcella (Ivers) Tykal.
Diane was a homemaker, secretary, worked in banking, entrepreneur, teacher in Mississippi, and...
Chester ‘Junior’ Clifford Smith, Jr.
May 5, 2024
Chester ‘Junior’ Clifford Smith, Jr., age 87, of Lawrenceville, Illinois, passed away on Sunday, May 05, 2024 at the Good Samaritan Hospital in Vincennes, Indiana. He was born on October 01, 1936 in Lawrence County, Illinois, the son of Chester, Sr. and Anna Pearl (Devin) Smith. He married Ellen Akers on October 18, 1956, and she survives.
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Linda Sue Schmitt
Apr 30, 2024
Linda Sue Schmitt, age 79, of Lawrenceville, Illinois, passed away on Tuesday, April 30, 2024 at her granddaughter’s residence in Olney, Illinois. She was born on January 02, 1945 in Illinois, the daughter of Harold ‘Whitey’ Meek and Clarence ‘Red’ and Lorene (Lackey) Spangler.
Linda was the co-owner of Schmitt Distributing in Lawrenceville, and a volunteer at...
Phyllis A. Chesnut
Apr 28, 2024
Phyllis A. Chesnut, age 83, of Lawrenceville, Illinois passed away on Sunday, April 28, 2024 at Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper, Indiana. She was born on June 05, 1940 in Brazil, Indiana, the daughter of Harold and Margaret (Burkhardt) Boes. She married Harold E. Chesnut in 1958, and he preceded her in death on November 17,...
Eleanor Ruth (Reed) Biehl
Apr 22, 2024
Eleanor Ruth Biehl (Reed) passed away April 22, 2024 at the age closure of 83 years in Bakersfield, California. Born on January 22, 1941 to John and Helen Reed, Eleanor grew up in Lawrence County, Illinois, and attended Bridgeport High School. Following her graduation in 1958, Eleanor went to work for the FSA/USDA, where she remained until her retirement,...
Vernon D. Sires
Apr 21, 2024
Vernon D. Sires, age 94, of Lawrenceville, Illinois, passed away on Sunday, April 21, 2024 at his residence. He was born on August 26, 1929 in California. He married Delia ‘Rose’ Thornton on August 27, 1973, and she preceded him in death on November 05, 2020.
Vernon was a janitor, and retired from the Rancho Del Mar...
Nancy Lou Putnam
Apr 20, 2024
Nancy Lou Putnam, age 87, of Jackson, Tennessee, formerly of Lawrenceville, Illinois, passed away on Saturday, April 20, 2024 at Christian Care Center in Medina, Tennessee. She was born on July 13, 1936 in Lawrenceville, Illinois, the daughter of James Henry and Hilda Rose (Wolfe) Fielden. She married Clyde Putnam, Jr. on August 24, 1956, and he preceded her...
Stella M. Brian
Apr 19, 2024
Stella M. Brian, age 71, of Sumner, Illinois passed away Friday, April 19, 2024 at the Lawrence County Memorial Hospital in Lawrenceville, Illinois. She was born March 8, 1953, in West Salem, Illinois to Albert and Evelyn (Griffin) Jackson. On October 9, 1971, she married James L. Brian, and he survives.
Stella was a farm wife for...
Lanora G. Satterfield
Apr 15, 2024
Lanora G. Satterfield, age 88, of Lawrenceville, Illinois, passed away on Monday, April 15, 2024 at her residence. She was born on January 18, 1936 in Martin Township, Illinois, the daughter of Jess D. and Emma B. (Ferguson) Jones. She married Stanley R. Satterfield on October 02, 1955, and he preceded her in death on September 10, 1998.
...Jerry Leon Totten
Apr 12, 2024
Jerry Leon Totten, age 41, of Olney, Illinois passed away on Friday, April 12, 2024 at his residence. He was born on December 10, 1982 in Flora, Illinois, the son of Jerry and Claudia (Totten).
Jerry was a concrete finisher by trade. He was known for his joking personality, he loved to make people laugh…and, was a...
Mary Margaret Cooper Shaffer
Apr 12, 2024
Mary Margaret Cooper Shaffer was born June 8, 1945 in Cisne, Illinois, to Mary Helen Neff Cooper and Glen Eldo Cooper. She lived in Flora, Illinois, with her family until three months short of her 17th birthday, when she married a dashing young pastor in training, Harold Shaffer of Lawrence County, Illinois.
Harold, age 20, was studying...
Colene (Morlan) Russell
Apr 2, 2024
Colene M. Russell, age 66, of Lawrenceville, Illinois died peacefully Tuesday, April 2, 2024 at Good Samaritan Hospital in Vincennes, Indiana.
She was born February 13, 1958 in Lawrenceville, Illinois to Guy Morlan and Elizabeth (Thompson) Clutts. On July 9, 1982 she married Donald Russell. He preceded her in death February 21, 2021.
She had...
Maxine Green
Mar 27, 2024
Maxine Green, age 96, of Sumner, Illinois, passed away on Wednesday, March 27, 2024 at Carle Richland Memorial Hospital in Olney, Illinois. She was born on June 03, 1927 in Bridgeport, Illinois, the daughter of Earl and Essie (Freeman) Wells. She married Bruce D. Green on October 29, 1946, and he preceded her in death on August 21, 2002....
Sandra "Sandy" Moshinsky
Mar 25, 2024
Sandra “Sandy” Moshinsky, age 86, of Crown Point, Indiana (formerly of Gary, Indiana and Old Hickory, Tennessee) passed away peacefully at St. Anthony Majestic Care on March 25, 2024, surrounded by her family. She was born August 2, 1937 in Denison Township, Illinois, the daughter of James Luke Moore and Nadine (Dillon) Moore. She married Herman “Hy” Moshinsky on...
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