Local Obituaries for Families in Shawneetown, Equality, and Ridgway IL.
Marilyn Jean Millspaugh
May 15, 2018
Marilyn Jean Millspaugh, 68, of Calvert City, Ky. formerly of Equality, Ill., passed away at her home on Tuesday, May 15, 2018. She was born on February 18, 1950 in Equality, the daughter of James A. and Ida Mae (Mahan) Millspaugh. She formerly worked at Walmart and Cracker Barrel. She leaves a son, Jimmy and Amanda Millspaugh of Benton,...
Gene Overton
May 15, 2018
Gene Overton, 82, passed away at 4:38pm on Tuesday, May 15, 2018, at his residence. He was born on December 10, 1935, in Ridgway, Illinois, the son of the late Adron and Ruth (Reynolds) Overton. He married the former Elsie Mae Lawrence on December 11, 1954, in Hartford, and she survives. Other survivors include one daughter and son...
James A. Mcconnell
Apr 26, 2018
James A. McConnell, 85, of Junction, Ill., passed away at his home surrounded by his family on Thursday, April 26, 2018. He was born on July 4, 1932 in the Eagle Creek community, the son of the late Paul Potter and Sarah Elizabeth Keasler. Jim married Carmeta Thacker on the 2nd of June in 1955. For forty-four years Jim...
Doris Francis "Tiny" (Maynard) Dodd
Apr 10, 2018
Doris Francis “Tiny” Dodd, 77, of Shawneetown, passed away at her home on Tuesday, April 10, 2018 after an extended illness. She was born on June 25, 1940 near Shawneetown, the daughter of the late Claude and Opal (Brison) Maynard. Tiny married Eugene “Gene” Dodd in 1993. She was a member of the Church of God in Shawneetown. Tiny...
John Anthony Wargel
Apr 7, 2018
John Anthony Wargel, 83, of Ridgway, Ill., passed away on Saturday, April 7, 2018 at the Linda E. White Hospice House in Evansville, Ind. He was born on November 11, 1934 near Equality, the son of the late Valentine William and Rachael Ann (Yates) Wargel. He married the former Judith Ann Foster on February 2, 1957 at the...
David Seth English
Mar 25, 2018
David Seth English, 73, of Carrier Mills, Ill., passed away at his home after an extended illness on Sunday, March 25, 2018. He was born on September 16, 1944 in Joliet, Ill. David was a retired civil rights investigator in Detroit, Mich. He married Susan Slyder on November 6, 1982, who survives. There will be a private family service. ...
Lorene (Schaffer) Willard
Mar 24, 2018
Lorene Willard, 88, of Equality, Ill., passed away on Saturday, March 24, 2018 at the Ferrell Hospital in Eldorado. She was born on September 9, 1929 in Catron, Missouri, the daughter of Ila Schaffer and Jessie (Wren) Hooven. Lorene is survived by her daughter Kathy Sue Mossman of Eldorado. She was preceded in death by her parents; one daughter,...
Mary Evelyn Schacknow
Mar 22, 2018
Mary Evelyn Schacknow, 98, of Harrisburg, Ill., formerly of Galatia, passed away on Thursday, March 22, 2018 at the Saline Care Nursing and Rehab Center in Harrisburg. She was born on June 14, 1919 in Galatia, the daughter of Randall and Neomi (Pemberton) Smith. Mary was a member of the Eldorado Gospel Assembly Church. Survived by her son, Mark...
Gertrude Cecilia (Mcguire) Scherrer
Mar 20, 2018
Gertrude Cecilia (McGuire) Scherrer, after a full earthly life of 96 years was born into a new life on March 20, 2018 at the Eldorado Rehab and Health Care in Eldorado, IL. Gertrude’s journey of life began on November 17, 1921, at Pond Settlement in Gallatin County, the daughter of John and Cecilia (Devous) McGuire, who preceded her in...
Victor Maurice Newlin
Mar 18, 2018
Victor Maurice “Vic” Newlin, 91, of rural Elizabethtown, Ill., passed away on Sunday, March 18, 2018 at the Harrisburg Medical Center in Harrisburg. He was born on November 18, 1926 in Yale, Ill., the son of the late, Charles E. and Velva Ine (Lambert) Newlin. Vic married Retha J. Colvin on October 6, 1946 in Sedan, Kansas. He was...
Theresa Eileen (Patton) Burke
Mar 12, 2018
Theresa Patton Burke, 60, of Marion, Ill. , passed away at her home with her family by her side, on Monday the 12th of March 2018. She was born into a loving home on July 19, 1957 in Hammond, Ind., the daughter of George Warren and Norma Gene (Deitz) Patton. Terry was a registered nurse and a Catholic by...
Roberta Mae (Back) Bruner
Mar 5, 2018
Roberta Mae Bruner, 80, resident of Shawneetown passed away Monday, March 5, 2018 at Ferrell Hospital in Eldorado. Roberta was born June 21, 1937 in Old Shawneetown to the late John and Mary Pauline (Smith) Back. She married Bill Rushing and after his death she married Ed Bruner. Roberta is survived by her daughter Bertifae Glascock of Shawneetown, a...
James A. (Jimmy Jack) Sisk
Mar 2, 2018
James A. “Jimmy Jack” Sisk, 82, of Junction, Ill., passed away while surrounded by his loving family on Friday, March 2, 2018 at the Ferrell Hospital in Eldorado. He was born on October 11, 1935 in Eldorado, Ill., the son of the late George M. and Bonnie (Shover) Sisk. Jimmy Jack married Bonnie Browning on the 4th of December,...
William Edgar "Bill" Bean
Feb 6, 2018
William Edgar “Bill” Bean, 73, of Equality, Ill., passed away on Tuesday, February 6, 2018 at the Linda White Hospice House in Evansville, Ind. He was born on October 27, 1944 in Equality, the son of the late William Cletus Bean and Della May (Haney) Bean Wallace. He married Barbara Ann Hopper on March 25, 2005 and she preceded...
Nellie G. (Koker) Atkinson
Feb 5, 2018
Nellie G. Atkinson, 90, of Clarksville, Tenn. formerly of Equality, Ill., passed away at the Clarksville Nursing and Rehab in Clarksville on Monday, February 5, 2018. She was born on August 14, 1927 in Equality, the daughter of the late Fred L. And Ida J. (Wallace) Koker. Nellie married James Robert Atkinson on September 8, 1945 and he preceded...
Ella Mae (Jones) Dillinger
Feb 3, 2018
Ella Mae Dillinger, 76, of Carmi, Ill., passed away on Saturday, February 3, 2018, at the Wabash Christian Retirement Center in Carmi. She was born on April 6, 1941 near Nebo, Ky., the daughter of the late Raymond Morten and Laura Belle (Laughary) Jones. Ella married Melvin Lee Dillinger on July 16, 1958. Melvin preceded her in death on...
Evelyn (Rister) Moye
Feb 3, 2018
Evelyn Moye, 88, of Ridgway, Ill., passed away at her home on Saturday, February 3, 2018. She was born on May 27, 1929 in rural Omaha, Ill., the daughter of the late John Tim and Florence (Bayley) Rister. Evelyn married Raphael W. Moye on April 13, 1946. Raphael preceded her in death on May 8, 1979. She was an...
Marlene Paulette (Velius) Hargrave
Jan 14, 2018
Rev. Marlene Paulette Hargrave, 71, of Harrisburg, Ill., formerly of Equality, Ill., passed away at her home on Sunday, January 14, 2018. She was the activity director of the Fountain View Nursing Home for many years and a retired pastor of the First Church of God in Equality. Marlene was born on the 4th of May, 1946 in Chicago,...
Stanley Ray Chapman
Jan 14, 2018
Stanley Ray Chapman, 72, of Sesser, Ill., formerly of Equality, Ill., passed away at his home on Sunday, January 14, 2018 in Sesser. He was born on March 9, 1945 in Equality, the son of the late George Washington Chapman and Emma Jane (Kingston) Wallace. He was a member of the Equality American Legion. Stanley is survived by four...
Peggy Diane (Frohock) Buckman
Jan 2, 2018
Peggy Diane Buckman, 68, of Equality, Ill., passed away on Tuesday, January 2, 2018 at the Deaconess Gateway Hospital in Evansville, Ind. She was born on April 5, 1949 in Eldorado, the youngest child of the late James Larue and Mary Inez (Colbert) Frohock. Peggy married Jerry Buckman on June 5, 1971. Survived by her husband Jerry Buckman of...
