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Eunice I. Gentry
Mar 15, 2015
Biography Eunice Irene Gentry, 85, passed away March 15, 2015, after a brief illness. Born in Knox County, Indiana on February 6, 1930, she was the daughter of the late James and Geineva Rainey. She married Charles Gentry on September 6, 1954. Eunice graduated from Vincennes University with a Bachelors Degree in nursing and was a practicing registered nurse for...
Michelle Jones Hankins
Mar 9, 2015
Michelle Jones-Hankins, age 34, of Lawrenceville, Illinois, passed away Monday, March 9, 2015, at Melvin Simon Cancer Center in Indianapolis, Indiana. She was born April 20, 1980, in Danville, Illinois, the daughter of Melvin Maxwell Jones and Darlene (Parke) Jones. Michelle worked as a CNA at the United Methodist Village and Bridgeport Nursing Home until her illness. Survivors include her...
Ruth A Green
Mar 7, 2015
Ruth A. Green, 86, of Lawrenceville, IL passed away Saturday, March 7, 2015. She was born June 11, 1928, in Lawrence County, Illinois, the daughter of Clifford C. and Irene (Allen) Hawkins. She married Donald L. Green on March 27, 1949, and he died May 17, 1999. Ruth was a farm wife and homemaker. She was a member of Pleasant...
Lois A. Maxwell
Mar 6, 2015
Lois A. Maxwell, 84, of Lawrenceville, Illinois, passed away Friday, March 6, 2015, at United Methodist Village-Main Campus. She was born August 7, 1930, in Vincennes, Indiana, the daughter of Van D. and Maxine Marie (VanElls) Peerman. She married Kenneth M. Maxwell on October 15, 1949, and he died November 30, 2013. Lois worked for the Illinois Department of Public...
Ruth Nead Fields
Mar 1, 2015
Ruth V. Nead Fields, age 92, of Lawrenceville, passed March 1, 2015, in Vincennes, Indiana. Ruth was born March 16, 1922, in Independence, Indiana, to Rev. Wayman and Rhoda (Vandeveer) Ott. She attended her first grades of school in Louisville, Kentucky, where her father Rev. Ott was pastoring at Union Gospel Mission Church. Rev. Ott moved his family to Illinois....
Anna Mae Henry
Feb 26, 2015
Biography Anna Mae Henry, 64, of Lawrenceville, IL passed away Thursday, February 26, 2015, at her residence surrounded by her family and friends. She was born July 9, 1950, in Pinkstaff, IL, the daughter of Owen and Eva (Hatfield) Medlen. She married Terry L. Henry on May 28, 1967, and he died December 22, 1990. Anna owned and operated H...
Anna E. Joiner
Feb 20, 2015
Anna E. Joiner, age 87, of rural Lawrenceville, Illinois, passed away Friday, February 20, 2015, at Good Samaritan Hospital in Vincennes, Indiana. She was born October 8, 1927, in Lawrence County, Illinois, the daughter of Willard and Fannie (Casey) Anderson. She married Ernest "Newt" Joiner on February 8, 1954, and he died January 10, 2007. Anna worked in the kitchen...
Lloyd 'Sonny' Wayne Brown
Feb 19, 2015
Lloyd "Sonny" Wayne Brown, age 76, of Lawrenceville, Illinois, passed away Thursday, February 19, 2015, at his residence. He was born March 25, 1938 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, the son of Floyd Wayne Brown and Lorrena Iola (Stanton) Brown. He married Deanna "Dee" Stressman on July 28, 1984 and she died December 15, 2008. Sonny worked for the Grand Rapids...
Virginia Mcfarland
Feb 18, 2015
Virginia McFarland, age 94, of Lawrenceville, passed away Wednesday, February 18, 2015 at Aperion Care in Bridgeport. She was born August 29, 1920, in Gallatin, TN the daughter of Asbury Finley Cook and Nettie (Curl) Cook. She married Harold Fred McFarland on June 22, 1940 and he died March 6, 1991. Virginia was a homemaker. She was a member of...
Cathy Sue Jackson
Feb 14, 2015
Cathy Sue Jackson, 60, of Lawrenceville, IL passed away Saturday February 14, 2015 at Barnes Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, MO. She was born April 7, 1954 in Lawrence County, IL the daughter of Mervin L. and Wanda Ruth (Waggoner) Thacker. She married Ed Jackson in December of 1983. Cathy worked at Supportive Insurance Services in Vincennes, IN. She attended...
Virginia L. Bonnette
Feb 13, 2015
Virginia L. Bonnette, of Lawrenceville, IL passed away Friday at Washington Nursing Center in Washington, IN. She was born January 16, 1924 in Lawrenceville, IL the daughter of Benjamin C. and Zelma Mae (Drake) Smith. Virginia worked as an LPN at Lawrence County Memorial Hospital retiring after 22 years. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church in...
Rosemary 'Pinky' Ewing
Feb 11, 2015
Rosemary "Pinky" (Pinkstaff) Ewing, 87, of Lawrenceville, Illinois, passed away Wednesday, February 11, 2015, at her residence. She was born February 4, 1928, in Lawrenceville, the daughter of Kirk and Grace (McKinney) Pinkstaff. She was raised by Dennis L. and Beulah (Pinkstaff) Zehner. She married Wilbur Ewing on June 21, 1950. He survives. Rosemary worked as a bookkeeper for Universal...
Albert Brodhacker
Feb 11, 2015
Biography Albert Brodhacker, age 85, of Lawrenceville, Illinois passed away Wednesday, February 11, 2015, at Lawrence County Memorial Hospital. He was born June 8, 1929, in Portageville, Missouri, the son of Albert Miles and Anna Ruth (Keaton) Brodhacker. He married Ruth Weaver in 1974, and she died January 23, 2015. Albert retired from the National Guard in 1986 where he...
Zula Fyffe Cunningham
Jan 27, 2015
Zula F. Cunningham, 96, formerly of Lawrenceville, passed away on January 27, 2015 at Arbor Terrace Sudley Manor in Manassas, VA. She was born January 29, 1918 in Sumner, IL to Otis and Blanche (Piper) Fyffe. Surviving are her children, Theresa A. Paparozzi, of Woodbridge, VA., Silas D. (Gaynell)Cunningham Jr. of New Orleans, LA., Kenneth N. (Diane) Cunningham of Glendale,...
Ruth Olga Brodhacker
Jan 23, 2015
Ruth Olga Brodhacker, age 90 of Lawrenceville, IL, passed away Friday, January 23, 2015 at the United Methodist Village North Campus. She was born January 29, 1924 in Lawrenceville, IL the daughter of Henry Elmer Weaver and Nora Dell McKeighen Weaver. She married Albert Brodhacker in 1974, and he survives. Ruth worked for General Electric, K-Mart, Hortons Fish Market located...

Kelvin Wayne Hipsher
Jan 21, 2015
Kelvin Wayne Hipsher, age 57, of Olney, Illinois, passed away Wednesday, January 21, 2015, at his residence. He was born June 12, 1957, in Lawrenceville, Illinois the son of Arthur and Romell (Houser) Hipsher. Kelvin worked as a general laborer in the oilfield. Preceding Kelvin in death were his father Arthur Hipsher and his maternal grandparents Wilbur and Opal Houser....

Terry Anna Patrick
Jan 20, 2015
Terry Anna Patrick, age 59, of rural Lawrenceville, Illinois, passed away Tuesday, January 20, 2015, in Lawrenceville. She was born July 30, 1955, in Lawrenceville, Illinois, the daughter of Floyd Maurice Sandlin and Reba E. Daffron (McNelly). She married Gail Patrick on August 1, 1971, and he survives. Terry attended Lawrenceville High School and Indiana Business College. She worked as...
Joyce L. Mitchell
Jan 12, 2015
Biography Joyce L. Mitchell, 76, of St. Francisville, Illinois passed away Monday, January 12, 2015, at Good Samaritan Hospital in Vincennes, IN. She was born October 5, 1938, in Knox County, Indiana, the daughter of William Thomas and Ola Marie (James) Buchanan. She married Waymond Mitchell on August 30, 1963, and he survives. Joyce worked as a registered nurse at...
Dorothy E. Brown
Jan 8, 2015
Dorothy E. Brown, age 88, of Lawrenceville, IL passed away Thursday, January 8, 2015, at Aperion Health Care in Bridgeport. She was born October 15, 1926, in Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire, England, the daughter of Albert and Elsie (Garlick) Smith. She married Hugh Brown in 1944 and he passed away in 2004. Dorothy was a homemaker. She was a member of St....
Dorthey L. Ralston
Jan 7, 2015
Dorthey L. Ralston, age 87, of Lawrenceville, passed away Wednesday, January 7, 2015, at Lawrence County Memorial Hospital. She was born July 5, 1927, in Vincennes, Indiana, the daughter of William John Volkman and Joanna (Koonce) Volkman. She married James Anson Ralston on March 18, 1946, and he died January 30, 1985. Dorthey was self-employed cleaning houses and business offices,...
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