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Edna Lucille Cullum Rausch
Jun 20, 2012
Edna Lucille Cullum Rausch, a resident of Chapman, KS, passed away at Chapman Valley Manor in Chapman, KS on Wednesday, June 20, 2012 at the age of 94. Edna was born September 12, 1917 at Shirley, AR. Her parents were Henry McKinley and Lucinda Jane Carmichael Cullum. She attended grade school, and helped with the family farm. She served with...
Edward A. Vangor
Jun 17, 2012
Edward A. Vangor, age 84, of Lawrenceville, IL passed away Sunday, June 17, 2012, in Lawrence County Memorial Hospital, Lawrenceville, IL. He was born July 28, 1927 in Joliet, IL, the son of Andrew and Elizabeth (Kristof) Vangor. He married Josephine "Josie" (Wyatt) Hayes on October 2, 1988, and she survives. Edward was an engineer and worked in the Joliet/Chicago...
Nina L. Minniear
Jun 17, 2012
Nina L. Minniear, 72, of Jacksonville, IL and formerly of Lawrenceville, IL died Sunday, June 17, 2012 at Passavant Area Hospital in Jacksonville. She was born September 16, 1939 in Lawrence County, IL; the daughter of Forest J. and Mary Lorene Benson Main. She married Dallas E. Minniear on June 8, 1958 in Lawrenceville and he preceded her in death...
Helen Lawson
Jun 15, 2012
Helen J. Lawson, age 85, of Sumner, IL passed away Friday, June 15, 2012 at Lawrence Community Healthcare in Bridgeport. She was born November 1, 1926 in Lawrence County, IL the daughter of Arthur P. and Alice (Seed) Houchin. She married Bill Lawson on September 1, 1950 and he passed away December 4, 1986. Helen was a member of the...
Alger Earnest Waters
Jun 11, 2012
Alger Ernest Waters, Jr., age 71, of rural Lawrenceville, IL passed away Monday, June 11, 2012 at Terre Haute Regional Hospital, Terre Haute, IN. He was born January 15, 1941 in Lawrenceville, IL, the son of Alger E. Waters, Sr. and Cleo Mildred (Stevenson) Morgan. He married his first wife Mary A. Stearns, who is deceased. He married his second...
Jack D. Mosberger
Jun 7, 2012
Jack D. Mosberger, age 51, of Mt. Carmel, IL passed away Thursday, June 7, 2012 at Deaconess Hospital in Evansville, IN. He was born April 30, 1961 in West Union, West Virginia the son of Leonard I. and Thelma (Montgomery) Mosberger. Jack work for Ameriqual. He was preceded in death by his parents. Survivors include two daughters Vanessa Cox of...
William Swarens
Jun 1, 2012
Sometimes the most remarkable of lives can unfold quietly and close to home. William J. Swarens, who died at age 94 on Friday in Lawrenceville, led such a life, although he would have insisted there was nothing remarkable about him. Born March 30, 1918, as World War I still raged across the fields of Europe, Swarens never lived anywhere outside...
Margaret Warner
May 24, 2012
Margaret Applegate (Glover) Warner, 87, died Thursday, May 24, 2012 at her home in Lawrenceville, IL where she had lived for nearly 60 years. The daughter of Karl Andrew and Eliza Applegate Glover, who preceded her in death, Margie was born in Vincennes and grew up in Lawrenceville. In 1943, she graduated from LTHS. After high school, she attended National...
Ira Lee Heath
May 18, 2012
Ira Lee Heath, age, 79, of Cobden, IL passed away Friday, May 18,2012 in Cobden, IL. He was born February 8, 1933 in Lawrenceville, IL, the son of George and Lavida(Plowman) Heath. Ira was preceded in death by his parents, two brothers George and Howard Edward and one sister Opal. Survivors include one brother Jim Heath of Dublin,TX and one...
Charles 'Pistol' Fiscus
May 13, 2012
Charles R. "Pistol" Fiscus, age 75, of Sumner, IL passed away Sunday, May 13, 2012 at Good Samaritan Hospital in Vincennes, IN. He was born April 6, 1937 in Sumner, IL the son of Ralph and Bessie (Easterday) Fiscus. "Pistol" was retired with the United States Army. He attended the Methodist Church in Oblong, IL. He was preceded in death...
James Joseph Courtney
May 13, 2012
Biography James Joseph Courtney, age 82, of Lawrenceville, IL, passed away Sunday, May 13, 2012 at Lawrence County Memorial Hospital in Lawrenceville. He was born January 11, 1930 in Vincennes, IN the son of Raymond A. and Alice (Whitmer) Courtney. He married Dorothy Stanhope on April 5, 1951 and she passed away February 27, 2011. Jim was a 1948 Lincoln...
Vivian Dolores Hooks
May 11, 2012
Vivian Dolores "Dee" Hooks of Percy, IL (formerly of Lawrence County) died Friday, May 11, 2012 at her home with her son and daughter-in-law at her bedside. She was born March 7, 1922 to Art and Lula (Cochran) Gosnell in Lawrenceville, IL. She married Maurice L. Hooks on September 12, 1940 and he passed away March 9, 1999. Vivian was...
Clinton Eugene Hartley
May 10, 2012
Clinton Eugene Hartley, age 70, of Lawrenceville, IL, passed away Thursday, May 10, 2012 in Richland County, IL. He was born October 4, 1941 in St. Anne, IL, the son of Kendall Cyril and Leona (Stone) Hartley. He married Brenda Ann Rieches, February 11, 1962 and she survives. Clinton worked for 27 years at the General Motors Plant in Danville,...
Brian Keith Davisson
May 10, 2012
Brian Keith Davisson, age 51, of Lawrenceville, IL passed away May 10, 2012 at his residence. He was born November 3, 1960 in Munich, Germany, the son of Lawrence Lee and Mary (Seitzinger) Davisson. Brian worked as a welder and had served in the National Guard. He was preceded in death by his father and one brother Lawrence. Survivors include...
Gladys Amanda Brock
May 7, 2012
Gladys Amanda Brock-Kimmel April 21, 1922 - May 7, 2012 Gladys Amanda Kimmel passed away May 7, 2012, Fairfield Memorial Hospital in Fairfield, IL at the age of 90 years old. Gladys was born on April 21, 1922 to Charles Omar and Grace Evelyn (Slover) Inyart, in Bonpas Township, Richland County, IL. Pastor Jeff Haley of the Sumner United Methodist...
Walter Ray Mcclure
May 2, 2012
Walter Ray McClure, age 85, of rural St. Francisville, IL passed away Wednesday, May 2, 2012 at his residence. He was born April 6, 1927 in Lawrence County, Illinois the son of Sidney Kyle and Alvina Marie (Ackman) McClure. He married Veronika Krutilla, October 14, 1950 and she survives. Walter worked as an iron worker for Terre Haute Local 439...
Virginia R. Alford
May 2, 2012
Virginia R. Alford, age 82, of Vincennes, IN (formerly of Lawrence County) passed away Wednesday, May 2, 2012 at Good Samaritan Hospital in Vincennes, IN. She was born October 21, 1929 in Lawrenceville, IL the daughter of David Clarence and Elizabeth Jane (Carroll) Finley. She married Robert "Ray" Alford on May 3, 1946, and he survives. Virginia worked as a...
Lethia June Ford
May 2, 2012
Biography Lethia June Ford, 92, of Lawrenceville, IL passed away Wednesday May 2, 2012 at Lawrence County Memorial Hospital. She was born January 14, 1920 in Hartford, Kentucky the daughter of Delmar and Lethia (Cook) James. On February 11, 1946 she married Omer D. Ford. He preceded her in death on April 13, 2012. She is survived by a daughter:...
Sharon L. Legg
Apr 29, 2012
Biography Sharon L. Legg, age 64, of rural Sumner, IL passed away Sunday, April 29, 2012 at her residence. Sharon's wishes were to be cremated. There will be no services. Memorial donations may be made to St. Jude Children's Hospital. Sivert-Macey & Steffey Funeral Home is handling the arrangements.
Helen L. Jerrell
Apr 20, 2012
Helen L. Jerrell, age 82, of Lawrenceville, IL passed away Friday, April 20, 2012 at Lawrence County Memorial Hospital in Lawrenceville, IL. She was born January 5, 1930 in Lawrence County, IL the daughter of Roy Melvin and Opal Lucille (Doty) Minniear. She married her first husband Harley Belt who preceded her in death. Her second husband, Roy Melvin Jerrell,...
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