Frank S. Ladner
Nov 8, 2014
Frank S. Ladner, age 87, of Lawrenceville died November 8, 2014 at the Good Samaritan Hospice. He was born September 23, 1927 in Warren, MN. His childhood home was in Fargo, ND. He attended St. John's University in Collegeville, MN. Following graduation, he arrived in Lawrenceville in 1948 as the first full-time agent for Golden Rule Insurance Company. He served...
Ruth Carpenter
Nov 4, 2014
Dorothy Ruth Carpenter, age 87, died peacefully on Tuesday, November 4, 2014 in Brooksville, Florida following complications from a recent stroke. She was born April 7, 1927, in Zafarabad, India to missionary parents Ellis A. Meeks and Chloie M. (Neeley) Meeks. In addition to India, Ruth lived in various towns in Illinois and Missouri as a child while her parents...
Harold Leon Lawrence
Nov 2, 2014
Biography Harold Leon Lawrence, age 78, of Bridgeport, IL, passed away Sunday, November 2, 2014, at Lawrence County Memorial Hospital in Lawrenceville. He was born June 4, 1936, in Billett, IL, the son of Robert and Charlotte (Gobble) Lawrence. He married Diana M. Slade on April 19, 1958 and she died January 8, 2010. Leon was a truck driver. He...
Richard Brennan
Nov 1, 2014
Dr. Richard Brennan, 87, of rural Lawrenceville, Il passed away Saturday November 1, 2014 at his residence. He was born July 1, 1927 in Chicago, IL the son of Richard L. and Marie (Urban) Brennan. He was married to Glenda Miller. She survives. Dr. Brennan graduated from Lindblom High School. He then graduated from the Chicago College of Optometry and...
Steve R. Mahrenholz
Oct 30, 2014
Stephen R. "Steve" Mahrenholz, age 67, of rural Lawrenceville, IL, passed away Thursday, October 30, 2014, at his residence. He was born in Vincennes, IN, the son of Glenn and Grace (Fortner) Mahrenholz. He married Marilyn Snyder on January 16, 1991, and she survives. Survivors include his parents Glenn and Grace Mahrenholz of rural Lawrenceville; his wife Marilyn of rural...
Mary Marguerite Poland
Oct 30, 2014
Mary Marguerite Burbank Poland, age 100, of Oaktown, Indiana, passed away Thursday, October 30, 2014, at Bridgepointe Health Campus in Vincennes, Indiana. She was born December 20, 1913, in Lawrence County, Illinois, the daughter of Willard Carpenter Burbank and Eliza May (Haines) Burbank. She married Sherman Leon Poland on April 15, 1933, and he died March 13, 2003. Mary was...
Frances 'Roberta' Curry
Oct 18, 2014
Frances "Roberta" Curry, 91, of Lawrenceville, IL passed away on October 18, 2014. She was born December 31, 1922, to the late Major and Bertha Griggsby. Roberta, as she was affectionately called, worked as a dietary supervisor before retiring. She was a member of the American Legion Auxiliary and St. James A.M.E. Church in Lawrenceville, Illinois. Roberta is preceded in...
William Dennis Cavender
Oct 16, 2014
William Dennis Cavender, 81, of Lawrenceville, Il passed away Thursday October 16, 2014 at St. Vincent Hospital in Indianapolis, IN. Born November 23, 1932 in Marion County, IN he was the son of Armand Tevis Cavender and Irene (Bates) Sampson. On September 29, 1957 he married Marilyn Patton. She survives. He worked for AT&T as an installer. He served in...
Micheal P. Macey
Oct 13, 2014
Micheal P. Macey, age 70, of rural Lawrenceville, passed away Monday, October 13, 2014, at his residence. He was born November 22, 1943, in Terre Haute, Indiana, the son of Joseph R. and Mary (Fitch) Macey. He married Karole Clark on April 18, 1969, and she survives. Mike worked for Charles Emmons at the Emmons Funeral Home from 1965 until...
Shirley Kay Kavanaugh
Oct 12, 2014
Shirley Kay Kavanaugh, 82, of Vero Beach, Florida peacefully passed away at home on Sunday, October 12, 2014. She is now holding the hand of her beloved daughter, Dotty. Shirley Kay's dynamic life began August 4, 1932, when she was born to Kathryn and Milo Brooke. Shirley Kay, who did not like to be called Shirley, would hate the fact...
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,...
