Local Obituaries for Families in Shawneetown, Equality, and Ridgway IL.
Myrtle Ethel Rodgers
Mar 9, 2011
Myrtle Ethel Rodgers, 95, of Ridgway, passed away on Wednesday. March 9, 2011, 2:00 p.m., at the Ridgway Manor Nursing Home. She was born February 22, 1916 to William and Lorinda (Trail) Burdick of Omaha, Ill. Ethel married Burnette Rodgers on September 28, 1932 and he preceded her in death on February 27, 1981. She was a seventy-eight year...
Betty Oxford
Mar 5, 2011
Betty Harrelson Oxford, 77, of Rosiclare formerly of Equality, passed away on Saturday, March 5, 2011, 2:20 p.m. at Rosiclare Healthcare Center. She was born on September 18, 1933 in Equality to Thurman and Lydia (Uselton) Harrelson. Betty is survived by husband, Morgan Oxford of Rosiclare; two sons, Marshall Davis of Rosiclare and James Davis of Gilbertsville, Ky.; four...
Lafern Edwards
Feb 27, 2011
Lafern Edwards, 97, of Carterville formerly of Ridgway; passed away on Sunday, February 27, 2011, 7 a.m. at her daughters home in Carterville. She was born on July 18, 1913 in Union Ridge, Ill., the daughter of Lowell John and Mary (Grant) Dagley. Lafern married George M. Edwards on December 23, 1933 at Concord, Ill. George preceded her in...
Catherine Peeples Atwood
Feb 7, 2011
Catherine Peeples "Kay" Atwood, 67, of Shawneetown, passed away Monday, February 7, 2011, 6:55 a.m., at the Finnie Good Shepherd Nursing Home in Galatia. Kay was born March 25, 1943 in Shawneetown, the daughter of the late Frederick Lawrence Logsdon and Catherine Rhoades (Peeples) Logsdon who survives. She was a graduate of the Shawneetown High School, the class of...
Benjamin J. Schiff
Jan 30, 2011
Benjamin J. Schiff, 78, of Eldorado, Ill. passed away on Sunday, January 30, 2011, 6:05 p.m. at the Methodist Hospital in Henderson, Ky. He was a retired mechanic at Freeman United Coal Company in DuQuoin. Ben was born on October 3, 1932 in Ridgway to Ben and Isabella (Bartley) Schiff. He married Bettie June Chapman on June 8, 1954...
Sammie Lou Green
Jan 19, 2011
ROCKFORD - Bobbie Wyche, 78, formerly of Chicago, IL, journeyed home, on December 5, 2012, after battling cancer. He was born Feb. 6, 1934, in New Orleans, LA, to Cecil Wyche and Inez Cobett-Cunningham. After graduating college, Bobbie joined the United States Air Force and served in the the Korean War. He later attended the National Labor College (George...
Mildred A. Barnett
Jan 19, 2011
James G. Wisocki, 74, of Rockford passed away May 3, 2008 in Rockford Memorial Hospital. Born September 25, 1933 in Rockford, son of George and Gunhild (Johnson) Wisocki. Jim was a veteran of the Korean Conflict. Worked for McClure Engineering. Jim held the swimming record at East high School. Survivors include sons, Jeff (Annii) of TX, Jay of Rockford,...
Jess Ann Logsdon
Jan 16, 2011
Jess Ann Logsdon, 84, of Shawneetown, Ill. passed away on Sunday, 16th of January 2011 in Morganfield, Ky. She was born on 15th of January 1927 in Evansville, Ind. to the late Henry Gilbert and Jess Ethyl (Milnor) Karges. She was married to Joseph E. Logsdon III on 15th August 1946 who preceded her in death in 1995. She...
Jess Ann Logsdon
Jan 16, 2011
There will be a memorial graveside service for Jess Ann Logsdon on Friday, July 1, 2011 at 11 a.m. at the Westwood Cemetery near Shawneetown. Those attending should go directly to the cemetery.
Jess Ann Logsdon
Jan 16, 2011
The Grave side memorial service that was for Saturday, April 30, 2011 has been cancelled until further notice due to the back water. Thank you
Ralph O. Tarrant
Jan 9, 2011
Ralph O. Tarrant, 99, of Rural Omaha, passed away on Sunday, January 9, 2011, 5:55 p.m. at Deaconess Hospital in Evansville, Ind. He was born on March 12, 1911 in Omaha to Edward and Julia Anna (Utley) Tarrant. He married Elsie Rhea Greer on December 25, 1935 and she preceded him in death on June 2, 2008. Ralph was...
Jeffrey Stewart Mondy
Jan 7, 2011
Jeffrey Stewart Mondy, 54, of the Rocky Branch community of Harrisburg passed away on Friday, January 7, 2011 in Carbondale, Ill. He was born on August 19, 1956 in Eldorado to Ronnie C. and Barbara (Fink) Mondy. Jeffrey worked as a Paralegal and had a Bachelors degree in Art History, a Masters degree in Rehabilitation, worked with children in...
Mabel Porter
Jan 1, 2011
Mabel Porter, 89, of Shawneetown passed away at her home on Saturday, January 1, 2011 at 9:40 a.m. She was born on July 26, 1921 in Equality to Harve and Carrie (Milligan)Kingston. Mabel married Ralph Porter on October 13, 1938 in Paducah, Ky. Mabel loved to fish and hunt. She was a member of Eldorado Social Brethren Church and...
Rosetta Colbert
Dec 31, 2010
Rosetta Colbert, 92, passed away peacefully with her family at her bedside on Friday, December 31, 2010 at 9:11 p.m. in Eldorado, Illinois. Rosetta was born September 27, 1918, the daughter of John and Millie Pyles Martin, both deceased. She married Ralph Colbert, former Gallatin County Clerk, who preceded her in death in 1991. They were married March 25,...
Sharon Sue Patton
Dec 27, 2010
Sharon Sue Patton, 67, of Junction, Ill. passed away on Monday, December 27, 2010, 7:50 p.m. at the St. Mary's Hospital in Evansville, Ind. She was born on January 27, 1943 in Shawneetown to Milas and Isabelle (Martin) Hughes. Sharon married Charles Loyd Patton in 1967. She was a beautician and a homemaker. Sharon is survived by her husband,...
John Richard Hopson
Dec 12, 2010
John Richard Hopson, 55, of 9020 Shawnee Forest Road, Equality; passed away at his home on Sunday, December 12, 2010 after an extended illness. He was born on July 28, 1955 in Harrisburg to John Robert "Bob" and Rosemary (Wenzel) Hopson. He married Janet Smith on September 18, 1982. As he was a lifelong resident in the county, he...
Mildred Bosaw Emmerson
Nov 27, 2010
Mildred Bosaw Emmerson, 96, of New Haven, passed away on Saturday, November 27, 2010 at 12:20 a.m. at Ridgway Manor Nursing Home in Ridgway. She was born on May 19, 1914 in Carmi, the daughter of Ralph and Anna (Roark) West. Her parents and two sisters, Ruth Wiseman and Kathryn Poshard; and one brother, Clarence West preceded her in...
Hester Mae Dreizler
Nov 23, 2010
Hester Mae Dreizler, 67, of Eldorado passed away at her home on Tuesday, November 23, 2010. She was born on September 24, 1943 in Lambtown, Ill. the daughter of Claude and Millie Ann Elizabeth (Winters) Finley. Hester is survived by sons, Kenneth R. Finley of Omaha, Neb., Christopher and Amanda Dreizler of Hammond, Ind.; three sisters, Bonnie Jean Milligan...
Lois Ann Miller
Nov 17, 2010
Lois Ann Nelson Miller died at Butterfield Trail Village on November 17, 2010 at the age of 84. The youngest daughter of Roby and Elva Nelson, she was born on December 2, 1925 in Oil City, Pennsylvania. Her father, a Swedish immigrant, was a confectionary artist and the last of the small candy makers. Her mother died of leukemia...
Nina K. Anderson
Nov 10, 2010
Fred W. and Nina K. Anderson, both passed away at age 93. They were formerly from Equality.  Fred passed away on March 11, 2014 and was born on March 14, 1920.  Nina was born on May 31, 1917 and she preceded him in death on November 10, 2010.  There will be  a Graveside service for the Anderson’s on Saturday,...
