Hershel B. Beoughter
Oct 3, 2014
Hershel B. Beoughter, age 95, of rural Lawrenceville, passed away Friday, October 3, 2014, at Lawrence County Memorial Hospital. He was born December 5, 1918 in El Paso, Illinois, the son of James and Pearl (Goodart) Beoughter. He married Ernestine Stevenson on June 11, 1949, and they celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary earlier this year. A friend to both man...
Todd Carl Smith
Oct 2, 2014
Todd Carl Smith, age 39, of rural Lawrenceville, Illinois passed away October 2, 2014, at his residence. He was born July 14, 1975, in Vincennes, Indiana the son of Michael O. and Shirley J. (Brown) Smith. Todd worked as a welder. He was a member of First United Methodist Church in Lawrenceville. Other memberships include UA Local 136, AA and...
Robert C. 'Bob' Smith
Oct 2, 2014
Robert C. "Bob" Smith, age 89, of Lawrenceville, Illinois, passed away Thursday, October 2, 2014, at the United Methodist Village-North Campus in Lawrenceville. He was born December 28, 1924, in Petty Township, the son of Milton David Smith, Sr. and Lona Lucille (Judy) Smith. He married Jeanie Moore on December 20, 1952, and she survives. Bob worked as an excavating...
Eric W. Rudd
Oct 1, 2014
Eric W. Rudd, age 43, of Robinson, Illinois, passed away Wednesday, October 1, 2014, at Carle Hospital in Urbana, Illinois. He was born January 31, 1971, in Danville, Illinois, the son of Glenn Dale Rudd and Sandra (Pruitt) Tucker. He married Tracie Maxwell on May 24, 1997. He married Regina Outler on September 20, 2014. Eric previously worked for Maxwell...
Gloria M. 'Beanie' Davis
Sep 22, 2014
Gloria M. "Beanie" Davis, 71, of Peoria, formerly of Lawrence County, passed away Monday, Sept. 22, 2014, at her residence. She was born Oct. 19, 1942, in Vincennes, IN, to William Thomas and Ola Marie (James) Buchanan. They preceded her in death. She is survived by a son, Rick (Ann) Davis of Parker, Colo.; two daughters, Tena (Dave) Brooks of...
Mary Curts
Sep 16, 2014
Mary Curts, age 99, of Bridgeport, passed away Tuesday, September 16, 2014, at her residence. She was born April 25, 1915, in St. Francisville, IL, the daughter of Thomas A. and Louisa (Sumner) Diver. She was preceded in death by her husband Frank S. Curts on January 1, 1985. Mary worked for First National Bank in Bridgeport for 25+ years....
Buck Inyart
Sep 15, 2014
Francis E. "Buck" Inyart, age 72, of Sumner, Illinois, passed away Monday, September 15, 2014, at the VA Hospital in Marion, Illinois. He was born July 8, 1942, in Lawrenceville, Illinois, the son of Raymond H. and Betty Lou (Davis) Inyart. He married Gayle Brunson on August 26, 1967, and she survives. Buck was a bricklayer all of his life...
M. Longnecker
Sep 9, 2014
Geneva M. Longnecker, age 90, of Mt. Carmel, Illinois (formerly of Chauncey), passed away Tuesday, September 9, 2014, at her residence. She was born January 19, 1924, in Crawford County, Illinois, the daughter of David E. and June (Loos) Baker. She married Harold Franklin "Pude" Longnecker on March 3, 1946, and he died August 1, 1992. Geneva was a farm...
Charles 'Chuck' D. Moyer
Sep 6, 2014
Charles D. "Chuck" Moyer, age 66, of Lawrenceville, Illinois, passed away Saturday, September 6, 2014, at Good Samaritan Hospice Care in Vincennes, Indiana. He was born December 19, 1947, in Bluffton, Indiana, the son of Clayton E. and Margaret M. (Draim) Moyer. He married Janice Robling on May 3, 1988, and she survives. Chuck worked at Packing Corporation in Vincennes,...
James 'Jim' O.R. Eckiss
Sep 2, 2014
Biography James "Jim" O.R. Eckiss, age 70, of rural Lawrenceville, Illinois, left this world in the embrace of his wife, to the embrace of his Lord. Jim passed away at Good Samaritan Hospital, Hospice House, September 2, 2014. He was born May 24, 1944, in Bridgeport, Illinois, the son of Willie R. Eckiss and Bonnie E. (Humes) Eckiss. In December,...
Glen Dale Outler
Aug 29, 2014
Glen Dale Outler, 90, of Lawrenceville, IL passed away Friday August 29, 2014 at Good Samaritan Hospital in Vincennes, IN. He was born July 7, 1924 in Crawford County, IL the son of Daniel E. and Ethel M. Catterton Outler.He married Patricia Ann Duncan on August 20, 1955. She survives. He worked for General American Transport Corporation for 34 years....
Martha A. (Heath) Curtis
Aug 27, 2014
Martha Ann (Heath) Curtis, 67, of Sumner, Illinois passed away at 12:58 p.m. Wednesday, August 27, 2014, at Good Samaritan Hospital in Vincennes, Indiana. She was born April 26, 1947, in Lawrence County, Illinois, the daughter of Richard D. Heath, Sr. and Mary Ruth (Stevenson) Heath. She married Walter "Wally" Curtis on July 9, 1971, and he survives. Martha was...
Opal Irene Bowser
Aug 25, 2014
Opal Irene Bowser, age 93, of rural Sumner, Illinois passed away Monday, August 25, 2014, at Lawrence County Memorial Hospital in Lawrenceville. Opal was born July 27, 1921, in Lawrence County, Illinois, the daughter of Albert and Merial M.(Jefferies) Biggs. She married Robert Leroy Bowser on September 7, 1941, and he passed away February 19, 2010. Opal graduated from McKendree...
Michael C. Baker
Aug 24, 2014
Michael C. Baker, Sr. age 65, of Sumner, Illinois, passed away Sunday, August 24, 2014 at Good Samaritan Hospital in Vincennes, Indiana. He was born March 28, 1949, in Granite City, Illinois, the son of Coy Finney and Georgia Marie (Yankee) Baker. He married Lisa Nelson in 1992 and she survives. Michael's parents preceded him in death. Survivors include: his...
Dorothy M Wells
Aug 24, 2014
Dorothy M. Wells, age 91, of Sumner, Illinois, passed away Sunday, August 24, 2014, at Good Samaritan Hospital in Vincennes, Indiana. She was born July 16, 1923, in Lawrenceville, Illinois, the daughter of Corrie and Nellie (Henry) Wright. She married Isaac J. Wells on April 16, 1944, and he passed away December 2, 2003. Dorothy was a homemaker. During WWII,...
Patrick E Diver
Aug 21, 2014
Patrick E. Diver, age 88, of St. Francisville, Illinois passed away Thursday, August 21, 2014, at Good Samaritan Hospital in Vincennes, Indiana. He was born February 16, 1926, in Lawrence County, Illinois, the son of Thomas A. and Louisa (Sumner) Diver. He married H. Charlene Ackman on July 14, 1946, who passed away February 19, 1999. He then married Wanda...
Margaret G. Lukens
Aug 20, 2014
Margaret G. Lukens, age 83, of Lawrenceville (formerly of Bridgeport), passed away Wednesday, August 20, 2014, at the United Methodist Village-North Campus. She was born March 18, 1931, the daughter of Dale Blacketer and Cecil (Pierson) Wolfe. She married Richard M. Lukens on August 25, 1950 and he died August 27, 1995. Margaret was a school bus driver for Red...
Kenneth W. Phillips
Aug 17, 2014
Kenneth W. Phillips December 17, 1942 - August 17, 2014 Kenneth W. Phillips, age 71, of Robinson, Illinois, (formerly of Landes) passed away Sunday, August 17, 2014 at Helia Health Care in Olney. He was born December 17, 1942, in Olney, Illinois, the son of Brooks and Gerry (Scaggs) Phillips. He married Elizabeth K. "Betty" Griswold on March 9, 1968,...
Winifred 'Winnie'
Aug 16, 2014
Winifred "Winnie" (Hopkins) Gay, age 86, of Lawrenceville, Illinois, passed away Saturday, August 16, 2014 in Lawrenceville. She was born November 21, 1927 in Bourbon, Missouri, the daughter of Eldon and Daphna Irene (Murray) Hopkins. She married Donald Ray Gay on December 28, 1957, and he preceded her in death July 8, 2014. Winnie was a homemaker. She was a...
Lilburn L.D. Berry
Aug 12, 2014
Lilburn L.D. Berry, age 91, of Lawrenceville, IL, passed away August 12, 2014. He was born January 10, 1923 in Lawrenceville, IL. L.D. was the son of Virgil Berry and Eva Marie (Sanders) Berry. L.D. graduated from Bridgeport High School and served in the Navy during WWII. He was an accountant for Northrup Grumman in Los Angeles, CA, a company...
