Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Families in Shawneetown, Equality, and Ridgway IL.

Mead White Pritchett

Mead White Pritchett

Dec 4, 2008

Mead White Pritchett, 87, of 21301 Mead Road, Omaha, passed away from this life at 4:45 p.m., Thursday, December 4, 2008 at Fountain View Nursing Home in Eldorado, after a month long struggle with heart and kidney disease. He was a retired farmer and rural mail carrier for thirty-six years carrying the Omaha Routes 1 and 2. Mead was...

Wawneeda D. Frye

Wawneeda D. Frye

Nov 27, 2008

Wawneeda D. Williams Frye, 83, of Johnson City, formerly of Shawneetown, passed away Thursday, November 27, 2008, 2:05 a.m., in Fountains Nursing Home in Marion. She was born March 26, 1925 near Elizabethtown to Robert and Nellie (Simmons) Lampert. Wawneeda married Walter Eugene Williams on June 15, 1942 who preceded her in death on May 5, 1981. She later...

Osie King

Osie King

Nov 21, 2008

Osie King, 82, 339 N. McHenry St., Equality, passed away at her residence, on Friday, November 21, 2008 at 9:48 a.m. She was born February 8, 1926 in Maxie, Virginia to Jonah and Phoebe Margaret O'Quinn. Osie married Charles E. King on April 24, 1948 and he preceded her in death on May 26, 2003. She was a registered...

Rita Bradley

Rita Bradley

Oct 20, 2008

Rita Casey Bradley, 86, of 695 N. McLean Ave., Shawneetown, passed away, Monday, October 20, 2008, 3:42 p.m. at Harrisburg Medical Center in Harrisburg. She was born September 20, 1922 in Eagle Creek, Ill. to Will and Emma Mae (Goodson) Casey. Rita married Robert Edward Bradley on July 26, 1939 in Morganfield, Ky. She was a member of Emmanuel...

Margaret Maxine Vickers

Margaret Maxine Vickers

Oct 16, 2008

Margaret Maxine Vickers, 84, of 519 Second St., Omaha, Ill., passed away, Thursday, October 16, 2008, 6:15 a.m.; at Ferrell Hospital in Eldorado, Ill. She was born in Omaha on December 3, 1923 to Charles and Wilma (Keasler) Patton. Maxine married Cecil L. Vickers on May 11, 1942 in Cape Girardeau, Mo. Cecil preceded her in death on July...

John Hubert Drone

John Hubert Drone

Oct 10, 2008

John Hubert "Herb" Drone, 66, of 146 S. Van Buren St., Equality, passed away at his residence on Friday morning, October 10, 2008 at 6:08 a.m. Herb was named after his dad, John and his uncle, Hubert Muenstermann who was killed in WWII. He was born in Equality to John and Lucy (Muenstermann) Drone on March 25, 1942. Herb...

James Willard Reiner

James Willard Reiner

Sep 27, 2008

James Willard "Bunk" Reiner, 73, of Elizabethtown, passed away on Saturday, September 27, 2008, 3:55 p.m., at Memorial Hospital in Carbondale. He was born on February 5, 1935 in Rosiclare to Bluford and Eva Jewell (Watters) Reiner. Bunk married Virgie Marie Baldwin on April 15, 1974, who survives. He was a farmer and attended Keeling Hill General Baptist Church....

Lucille Vickery Proctor

Lucille Vickery Proctor

Sep 19, 2008

Lucille Vickery Proctor, 92, of Equality, passed away, Friday, September 19, 2008 at 7:35 p.m. at Ketcham Memorial Nursing Home in Odon, Ind. She was born in Equality to John and Augusta (Williams) Vickery on May 10, 1916. Lucille married Charles Proctor in August 1959 and he preceded her in death on February 22, 2002. She is survived by...

Laverne Alicz

Laverne Alicz

Sep 12, 2008

LaVerne Alicz, 88, of Ridgway, passed away at Ferrell Hospital in Eldorado on Friday, September 12, 2008 at 6:50 p.m. She was born in Chicago on October 13, 1919 to George and Laura Alicz. LaVerne was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church in Ridgway. She is survived by her friends and staff of Ridgway Manor Nursing Home. Visitation...

Suellen Brugger

Suellen Brugger

Aug 24, 2008

Suellen Brugger, 55, of Junction, passed away at Ferrell Hospital in Eldorado on Sunday, August 24, 2008 at 7:32 a.m. She was a LPN at Ridgway Manor Nursing Home in Ridgway. Suellen was born on January 8, 1953 in Harrisburg to John L. and Ruby (Oxford) Williams. She is survived by her daughter, Tracey Gosnell and Ernie Johnson of...

Martha Ann Healy

Martha Ann Healy

Aug 23, 2008

Martha Ann Healy, 87, of rural Omaha, died Saturday evening, August 23, 2008 at her home while watering her flowers. She was born September 16, 1920 in Gossett, Illinois, the daughter of Logan and Minnie (Graves) Lewis. She married on February 11, 1942 to James Herbert Healy and he preceded her in death on December 28, 1984. Martha was...

Mandy Ruth Kingston

Mandy Ruth Kingston

Aug 8, 2008

Mandy Ruth Kingston, 84, of Shawneetown, passed away, Friday, August 8, 2008, at 1:17 a.m., at Harrisburg Medical Center in Harrisburg. She was born in Shawneetown on February 26, 1924 to John E. and Hattie May (Smith) Padgett. Ruth is survived by her sister, Ethel Gibbons of Harrisburg; niece, Neva and Wayne Rushing of Shawneetown; daughter, Grace McGuire; a...

Gerald Dwain " Jerry" Hall

Gerald Dwain " Jerry" Hall

Aug 4, 2008

Gerald Dwain "Jerry" Hall, 64, of Fairfield Glade, Tenn. Formerly of Junction, Ill., passed away on Monday, August 4, 2008 at 1:03 a.m. at Cumberland Medical Center in Crossville, Tenn. He was born October 30, 1943 in Harrisburg to William Edward and Wilma Ruth (Logan) Hall. Jerry married Mary Louise Scherrer who survives. He worked as a Civil Engineer...

Wendell R.  "Tinker" Bruce

Wendell R. "Tinker" Bruce

Jul 20, 2008

Wendell R. "Tinker" Bruce, 73, of Eldorado, formerly of Ridgway , passed away peacefully on Sunday, July 20, 2008; surrounded by his family and friends after a sudden short-term illness. He was born on June 26, 1935, in Ridgway to the late Marshall "Tinker" and Maude (Akes) Bruce . On February 6, 1959 he married Shirley Thurman of Norris...

Ella Angelee Endicott

Ella Angelee Endicott

Jul 1, 2008

Ella Angelee Stovall Endicott, 84, passed away, Tuesday, July 1, 2008 at Ridgway Manor Nursing Home at 9:50 a.m. Angelee was born July 10, 1923 in Omaha, Ill. to the late Gus and Percis (Bruce) Stovall. She was married to William Endicott on December 23, 1939 in Morganfield, Ky. and he preceded her in death on March 21, 1995....

Anna Marie Wargel

Anna Marie Wargel

Jun 29, 2008

Anna Marie Wargel, 86, of Karber St., Ridgway, passed away at her home, Sunday, June 29, 2008 at 11:15 a.m. She was born October 5, 1921 in Ridgway to Andrew F. and Elizabeth (Stallman) Hish. Anna Marie married Alfred S. Wargel on April 8, 1947 and he preceded her in death on August 15, 2002. She was a member...

Zelma Vivian Riley

Zelma Vivian Riley

Jun 19, 2008

Zelma Vivian Riley, 86, of West Posey Ave., Shawneetown, passed away on June 19, 2008 at 1:45 a.m. at her home surrounded by her husband and children. She was born in Kedron, Illinois on June 3, 1922 to James Wallace and Lucy (Dorsey) McIntire. Vivian married Chester Riley on August 24, 1950. She was a member of Equality United...

Wilma Irene Dunn

Wilma Irene Dunn

Jun 3, 2008

Wilma Irene Dunn, 83, of Mill Shoals formerly of Ridgway, passed away on June 3, 2008 at 9:24 a.m. at Rest Haven Nursing Home in Albion. She was born in Bowlesville on March 11, 1925 to Franklin and Effie Elizabeth (Endicott) Randall. She married George Adkins in 1945 and George preceded her in death in 1989. On May 8,...

Elsie Rhea Tarrant

Elsie Rhea Tarrant

Jun 2, 2008

Elsie Rhea Tarrant, 98, of Omaha, Ill.; passed away on Monday, June 2, 2008 at 5:20 p.m. at Charlier Hospice in Evansville, Ind. She was born on May 27, 1910 in New Haven to Henry Albert and Jessie (Cathey) Greer. Elsie married Ralph O. Tarrant on December 25, 1935. She is survived by her husband, Ralph of Omaha; her...

Richard F. Brazier

Richard F. Brazier

May 2, 2008

Richard F. "Rick" Brazier, 50, of Sturgis, Ky., passed away at his residence on Friday, May 2, 2008 at 3:00 a.m. He was born on July 25, 1957 in Eldorado to Nathaniel Adam and Wilma (Eubanks) Brazier who have both preceded him in death. Rick married Debra Gilreath on February 2, 1980. He was a member of Leamington Community...

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