Local Obituaries for Families in Shawneetown, Equality, and Ridgway IL.
Paul Steven Mcdermott
May 17, 2020
Paul Steven McDermott, 63, of Shawneetown, Illinois, passed away at his home on Sunday, May 17, 2020. 8:46 p.m. at his home. He was born in East St. Louis on November 2, 1956, one of three sons born to the late Joseph Burtis McDermott and Wilma Ruth (Head) Brown. Paul was a member of The Roads Church in Norris...
Jean (Kaufman) Sowell
May 7, 2020
Jean Kaufman Sowell, a resident Headland, Alabama, passed away Thursday night, May 7, 2020, at her home. She was 68. Ms. Sowell was born in Reston, Wyoming. She has lived for the past forty years in Headland. She taught for thirty years at Headland High School, where she has so many students that loved her. She was a member...
Thomas Ray Milligan
May 4, 2020
Thomas Ray Milligan, 74, of Equality, Illinois, passed away on Monday, May 4, 2020 at Ferrell Hospital in Eldorado. The son of the late Cecil and Mildred I. (Mahan) Milligan, he was born in Equality on November 4, 1945. He enlisted in the Army when he turned eighteen and served for twenty-one years. Tom retired as a master sergeant. ...
Ruth Ann (Loveless) Harris
May 3, 2020
Ruth Ann Harris, 85, of Equality, Illinois, passed away on Sunday, May 3, 2020 at 4:32 p.m. at Ferrell Hospital in Eldorado. She was born on July 11, 1934 in Pike County, Indiana, the daughter of the late Hovey and Eva (Selby) Loveless. Ruth married Paul Victor Harris on September 11, 1953. Mr. Harris preceded Ruth in death on...
Gail Annette (Robinson) Hall
Apr 20, 2020
Gail Annette Hall, 54, of Equality, Illinois, passed away on Monday, April 20, 2020, at the Harrisburg Medical Center in Harrisburg. She was born on November 29, 1965 in Rosiclare, the daughter of the late Charles E. Sr. and Stevie Gail (Smock) Robinson. Annette married Robert Lee Hall on August 14th of 1989 at the Honeycomb Church. Annette and Robert...
Bonita Faith Holland
Apr 15, 2020
Bonita Faith Holland, 81, of Linton, Indiana, passed away on Wednesday, April 15, 2020 at the Health Center at Glenburn, in Linton, Indiana. She was born on December 1, 1938 in Evansville, Indiana, the daughter of the late Lee Roy Holland and Helen T. (Milligan) Langreder. Bonita is survived by her daughters, Susan Golden of Evansville, Indiana, Vickie Golden...
Rodger Dean Swaggirt
Apr 12, 2020
Mr. Rodger Dean Swaggirt, 66, of Salem, Kentucky and Equality, Illinois, passed away Sunday, April 12, 2020 at Deaconess Midway Hospital in Evansville, Indiana. Mr. Swaggirt was a window washer in Chicago, as well as worked on a towboat. He was of Baptist faith. He is survived by one son, Matthew and Stephanie Swaggirt of Salem, Kentucky; one daughter,...
Clyde Dale Henderson
Apr 9, 2020
Clyde Dale Henderson, 85, of Omaha, Illinois, passed away surrounded by his loved ones on Thursday, April 9, 2020 at the Linda E. White Hospice in Evansville, Indiana. Clyde was born on February 2, 1935 in Thackeray, the son of the late Robert Andrew and Iduna Mae (Ledford) Henderson. On October 4, 1958 in Omaha, he married the former...
Michael L. Kitchens
Apr 3, 2020
Michael L. Kitchens, 70, of Ridgway, Illinois, passed away on Friday, April 3, 2020 at St. Vincent Hospital in Evansville, Indiana. He was born on January 2, 1950 in Eldorado, the son of the late Johnnie T. and Rachel M. (Houston) Kitchens. Mike married Rebecca A. Smith on September 27, 1972. He was a U.S. Marine veteran and retired...
Donald Wilson Berry
Apr 1, 2020
Donald Wilson Berry, 71, of Shawneetown, Illinois, passed away at his home on Wednesday, April 1, 2020. He was born on August 3, 1948 in East Prairie, Missouri, the son of the late Wilson Lynn Edward and Helen Ruth (Hooper) Berry. Don was in the transportation business for forty-six years and an Army Veteran. He is survived by his...
Anita Ann (Crawford) Abell
Mar 24, 2020
Anita Ann Crawford Abell, 77, of Winchester, Virginia formerly of Ridgway, Illinois, passed away on March 24, 2020 at The Willows of Meadow Branch, in Winchester, Virginia. Anita was born on January 19, 1943 in Ridgway, the daughter of the late Louis Perry and Mary Wood Crawford. She worked for over forty years as a registered nurse in southern...
Charlotte Marie "Cherrie" (Winters) Haleman
Mar 20, 2020
Charlotte Marie “Cherrie” Winters Haleman, 42, of Harrisburg, Illinois, passed away on Friday, March 20, 2020 at her home. Cherrie was born on August 16, 1977 in Eldorado, the daughter of Laverne “Bub” and Peggy (Feazel) Winters. She was a member of the Equality Church of God. Cherrie is survived by her husband, Tony Haleman of Evansville, Indiana; her...
John Thomas Ellis
Mar 9, 2020
John Thomas Ellis, 94, lifetime resident of Shawneetown, Illinois, passed away on Monday, March 9, 2020 at 8:41 a.m. Born on June 15, 1925 in Shawneetown, the son of the late Walter and Emma (Leavell) Ellis. John married Gracie Mae Morten on October 25,1947. Gracie preceded John in death on the 12th of September, 2012. John worked as parts...
Brenda Jean (Bass) Lynch
Mar 7, 2020
Brenda Jean Lynch, 65, of Ridgway, Illinois, passed away on Saturday, March 7, 2020 at Ferrell Hospital in Eldorado. She was born on February 3, 1955 in Evansville, Indiana, the daughter of the late Charles and Anna Sue (Horn) Bass. Brenda married Glen Dale Lynch on May 26, 1978. Glen preceded Brenda in death on February 13, 2014. She...
Ronald L. Austin
Mar 5, 2020
Ronald L. Austin, 78, of Lehigh Acres, Florida, passed away on March 5, 2020 at his home. He was born on August 20, 1941 in Norris City, the son of the late Ivan M. and Ruby N. Austin. Ron married Betty Ann Thomas Barnes on December 2, 1963. Ron served in the U.S. Navy for twenty-five years including two...
Myrtle F. (Golden) Murphy
Feb 20, 2020
Myrtle F. Murphy, 88, of Ridgway, Illinois, passed away peacefully on Thursday, February 20, 2020 at the Linda E. White Hospice House in Evansville, Indiana. She was born in the river bottoms of New Haven on December 15, 1931 to the late Thad and Mary Mae (Fields) Golden. Myrtle married the love of her life, George William Murphy on...
Mary Ann Abell
Feb 12, 2020
Mary Ann Abell, 89, formerly of Belleville, Illinois, died Wednesday, February 12, 2020, at Heritage Health in Staunton. She was born in Ridgway on October 9, 1930 to he late James W. and Estella Wentzel Abell. She graduated from Ridgway High School and worked as a typist for Gallatin County Abstract and Title Company for twenty years. She moved to...
Charlotte Ann (Milligan) Frohock
Feb 2, 2020
Charlotte Ann Frohock, 84, of Florissant, Missouri formerly of Equality, Illinois, passed away at a her home on Sunday February 2, 2020. She was born on Equality on November 8, 1935 the daughter of the late Hayti Milligan and Wilma C. (Leavell) Allen. Charlotte married Henry Eugene Frohock on August 2, 1953 and he preceded her death on March...
Joan L. (Drake) Oldham
Feb 1, 2020
Joan Laverne “Joanie” Drake Oldham, 87, of Shawneetown, Illinois passed away peacefully at her home on February 1, 2020. She was born on April 22, 1932 in East St. Louis the youngest of nine children born to the late Roy and Pansie Agnes (Moore) Drake. Joan married Clarence I. Oldham on November 9, 1949 and he preceded her in...
Daniel J. Howard
Jan 31, 2020
Daniel J. Howard, 76, of Shawneetown, Illinois, passed away after an extended illness on Friday, January 31, 2020, 12:35 a.m. at the Wabash Christian Center Village at Carmi. Danny was first of his siblings to born at the hospital in Shawneetown on February 3, 1943. He was the son of the late Herman Sr. and Josephine (Kinder) Howard. Danny was...
