Obituary Listing
Local Obituaries for Emmons Macey and Steffey Funeral Home
Mary M. Cannon
Dec 19, 2023
Mary M. Cannon, age 91, of Lawrenceville, Illinois, passed away on Tuesday, December 19, 2023 at the Lawrence County Memorial Hospital in Lawrenceville, Illinois. She was born on March 23, 1932 in Lawrenceville, Illinois, Joseph and Gladys (Leathers) Hedrick. She married Norman Cannon on June 25, 1950, and he preceded her in death on November 08, 2002.
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Kathryn “Janet” Asbell
Dec 18, 2023
Kathryn “Janet” Asbell, age 82, of Lawrenceville, Illinois, passed away on Monday, December 18, 2023, at BridgePointe Health Campus in Vincennes, Indiana. She was born on December 16, 1941, in Arkansas City, Kansas, the daughter of William E. and Audrey (Marshall) Stone. She married William “Bill” E. Asbell on October 16, 1995, and he survives.
Janet was...
Betty Iline Allen
Dec 18, 2023
Betty Iline Allen, age 92, of Bridgeport, Illinois, passed away on Monday, December 18, 2023 at the Good Samaritan Hospital in Vincennes, Indiana. She was born on January 09, 1931 in Lawrenceville, Illinois, the daughter of Charles Raymond and Marjory (Sturgeon) Belcher. She married Chester Harold Allen on April 27, 1951, and he preceded her in death on January...
Garry Evon Paddick
Dec 12, 2023
Garry Evon Paddick, 86, of Brevard, North Carolina, passed away on December 12, 2023. A native of Landes, Illinois, he was the son of the late Wilvin W. and Lovel Leola Paddick.
Born into humble beginnings in rural, southern Illinois, where the family farm had no electricity or indoor plumbing, he began school in a one-room building....
Dale Ray Davis
Dec 11, 2023
Dale Ray Davis, age 75, of Sumner, Illinois, passed away on Monday, December 11, 2023 at the Lawrence County Memorial Hospital in Lawrenceville, Illinois. He was born on May 12, 1948 in Olney, Illinois, the son of Clyde and Mary LaReta (Albert) Davis. He married Margaret Diane Sumner on October 23, 1970, and she preceded him in death on...
June Ella Gray
Dec 10, 2023
June Ella Gray, age 80, of Sumner, Illinois, passed away on Sunday, December 10, 2023 at her residence. She was born on January 31, 1943 in Granite City, Illinois, the daughter of Paul French and Miriam LouVern (Berkshire) Baltzell.
June worked for the Lawrence County Highway Department for 40 plus years. Her memberships included the Island Free...
Sandra Ellen Kincaid
Dec 9, 2023
Sandra Ellen Kincaid, age 79, of Lawrenceville, Illinois passed away on Saturday, December 09, 2023 at the Good Samaritan Hospital in Vincennes, Indiana. She was born on August 17, 1944 in Detroit, Michigan, the daughter of Gola and Dorothy (Stone) Waller. She married Norman Kincaid on July 30, 1961, and he preceded her in death on October 26, 2006....
Joseph V. Dunning
Dec 5, 2023
Joseph V. Dunning, age 96, of Lawrenceville, Illinois passed away on Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at his residence. He was born on January 14, 1927 in Russellville, Illinois, the son of Joseph S. and Edith Zetta (Clark) Dunning. He married Doris Seitzinger on August 03, 1947, and she preceded him in death on February 02, 2016.
Joe...
Janet Sue Farris Mahrenholz
Dec 5, 2023
Janet Sue Farris Mahrenholz, age 79, of Bradenton, Florida passed away on Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at Ascension St. Vincent Kokomo Hospital in Kokomo, Indiana. She was born on October 02, 1944 in Knox County, Indiana, the daughter of James Earl and Jean Marie (Biddle) Farris.
Janet worked in retail sales. She served on the Lawrence County...
Barbara Pealer Wilson
Dec 4, 2023
Barbara Pealer Wilson, age 90, passed away Monday, December 4, in Vincennes Indiana.
Barbara was born June 2, 1933 in Benton, PA to Zerbin Pealer and Leveria Honse Pealer. Her love for her home state and her family of origin remained throughout her life. In early adulthood, she married Eugene Dobbs. He remained her husband, until his...
Wilma Inez (Jenner) Applebury
Nov 30, 2023
Wilma Inez (Jenner) Applebury, age 99, of Pine Bluff, Arkansas passed away on November 30, 2023, at home in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. She was born on November 12, 1924, on the family farm in Sumner, Lawrence County, Illinois, the fourth child of six children, daughter of Horace Webster and Goldie Margaret (Doe) Jenner. Grandparents were Dr. Edward Jenner and...
Betty Delaine Biggs Montgomery
Nov 29, 2023
Betty Delaine Biggs Montgomery, 90, of Norman, OK, passed away peacefully Wednesday, November 29, 2023, at Arbor House Assisted Living in Norman.
She was born January 30, 1933, in Birds, IL to Amadee Biggs and Bonnie Wampler. She was the third of four sisters.
As a dedicated student and teacher of life, Betty received her...
Jack Smith
Nov 22, 2023
Jack Smith, age 92, of Bridgeport, Illinois passed away on Wednesday, November 22, 2023 at the University of Louisville Hospital in Louisville, Kentucky. He was born on May 09, 1931 in Pontiac, Michigan, the son of Ida (Clark) Smith Leighty and step-father, Leroy Leighty. He married Barbara Clodfelder on November 24, 1972, and she survives.
Jack was...
Patricia C. Holscher
Nov 20, 2023
Patricia C. Holscher, age 69, of Vincennes, Indiana passed away on Monday, November 20, 2023 at the Good Samaritan Hospital in Vincennes, Indiana. She was born on September 22, 1954 in Princeton, Indiana, the daughter of Gail and Margaret Jane (Higgins) Jones. She married John Michael Holscher on November 03, 1972, and he preceded her in death on June...
Harold E. Chesnut
Nov 17, 2023
Harold E. Chesnut, age 86, of Lawrenceville, Illinois passed away on Friday, November 17, 2023 at the Lawrence County Memorial Hospital in Lawrenceville, Illinois. He was born on October 23, 1937 in Washington, Indiana, the son of Harlin and Hazel (Faith) Chesnut. He married Phyllis Ann Boes in 1958, and she survives.
Harold served his country in...
Sharon Lee Milford (Maas) Van Fossen
Nov 11, 2023
Sharon Lee Milford (Maas) Van Fossen passed away on Saturday, November 11, 2023 in the home she loved after a brief battle with cancer, surrounded by the love of her husband.
Sharon was born on September 4, 1940 to Thelma Moore Milford and Ace Milford, who preceded her in death. Also preceding her in death were all...
Margaret 'Margie' E. Hunt
Nov 9, 2023
Margaret ‘Margie’ E. Hunt, age 83, of Bridgeport, Illinois passed away on Thursday,
November 09, 2023 at the Good Samaritan Hospital in Vincennes, Indiana. She was born on April 23, 1940 in Berea, Kentucky, the daughter of Rev. Willis and Elizabeth (McKinney) Hunt.
Margie had several jobs during her life, including working with computers in...
Cheva Elaine Shroyer
Nov 5, 2023
Cheva Elaine Shroyer, age 81, of Sumner, Illinois, formerly of Flat Rock, Illinois, passed away peacefully on Sunday, November 05, 2023 at Oakview Nursing and Rehabilitation in Mt. Carmel, Illinois. She was born on November 18, 1941 in Olney, Illinois, the daughter of Charles and Maxine (Boyd) Shroyer. She married Wallace Marshall Dunkin, and they had four children together....
Charles “Chuck“, “Chuckles“ Gentry
Nov 4, 2023
Charles Neil Gentry “Chuck“, “Chuckles“, was born in Sumner, Illinois, January 18, 1951 to James Russell Gentry and Betty Lou (Fiscus) Gentry, (deceased). Chuck is survived by his son, J, of Bridgeport, Illinois and his granddaughter, Jalee, of Orlando, Florida. Chuck was the middle child with five siblings: Jackie McHaffie of Jacksonville, Florida, Russ (Wendy) of Athens, Alabama, Rex...
Rachael Jean Kriebs
Nov 1, 2023
Rachael Jean Kriebs, age 69, of Lawrenceville, Illinois passed on Wednesday, November 01, 2023. She was born on January 06, 1954 in Indiana, the daughter of Ray and Joyce Little.
Rachael was a janitor at Lincoln High School in Vincennes. She enjoyed social media and spending time with her dog, Bailey.
Preceding her in death...
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