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

Jul 19, 2006

Rev. Mickey Deal, 69, of Omaha, Illinois, passed away, Wednesday, July 19, 2006, at 7:14 a.m. at his residence. Mickey was born on March 25, 1937 in Shawneetown, Illinois, to Burnis Edward Deal and Mae Ellis Deal Mosley. He married Wanda Bruce on September 14, 1956. Rev. Deal was ordained September 1974 into the general baptist denomination and worked...

Jul 10, 2006

81, 456 Division St. Equality, Died at his residence, July 10, 2006 at 10:50 a.m. He was born on Dec. 23, 1924 in Hiram, Kentucky to Hiram Dixon and Addie Williams Dixon. He retired coal miner of 45 years from Peobody Coal Company. He is survived by brother, Jim and Helen Taylor of Equality, Four sisters, Madge and Claude...

Jul 4, 2006

John H. Oldham, 49, of 2990 Rt 142 S. Eldorado, IL, died Tuesday, July 4, 2006, 7:20 p.m. at Ferrell Hospital in Eldorado, IL. He was born to Eugene Oldham and Alma Gordon Hunt on January 18, 1957 in Shawneetown, IL. John was a farm hand and maintenance worker at Old Shawneetown Street Department. He married April Cook on...

Jul 4, 2006

Eula Uselton, 92, of Shawneetown, IL was born on August 28, 1913 to John A. and Leatha (Potter) Brinkley in Bowlesville, IL. She died, Tuesday, July 4, 2006, 3:12 a.m., at Harrisburg Medical Center in Harrisburg, IL. Eula married Vince George Uselton who preceded her in death on October 5, 1980. She was a homemaker and a member of...

Feb 22, 2006

William John Heath, 50, of Ridgway, Ill., passed away at his residence on Wednesday, February 22, 2006, 7:10 p.m.  He was born on November 13, 1955 in Eldorado, the son of the late William Earl Heath and Eulen Rash, who survives.  John worked as a logger for the Bond Lumber Co. and a cable installer for Channel Comm. and...

Apr 1, 1954

Robert Earl “Bob” Cremeens, 66, of Equality, Illinois, passed away at Ferrell Hospital in Eldorado on Sunday, March 28, 2021.  He was born in Eldorado on April 1, 1954 to Allen Monroe and Mildred (Stacey) Cremeens.  Bob married the former Lea Ann Holland on April 16th of 1976.  He retired after forty-seven years as a mechanic at the M&S...

Jan 2, 1947

Robert Michael Blackard, 62, of San Luis Obispo, Cal., formerly of Omaha, passed away on Saturday, January 2, 2010, 3:58 a.m. at his residence. He was born on June 30, 1947 in Omaha to Robert Mackland and Mary Elizabeth (Johnson) Blackard, who have preceded him in death. A memorial graveside service was held Monday, July 5, 2010 at 10...

Aug 26, 1921

Dr. Tom Miller died Wednesday, August 26, 2009 at Washington Regional Hospital. Born Thomas Logsdon Miller on October 4, 1921 in Cincinnati, Ohio, Tom spent until age six in Miami, Florida. It was while here that his first fascination with nature was born. He became passionate about seeds and collected them carefully, labeling them accurately with both their lay...

John Arthur Duvall, son of Shaun and Pamela of Omaha,  his precious little life was called to be with Jesus on December 26th of the year 2024.  Survived by his parents Shaun and Pamela (Thomas) Duvall of Omaha; grandparents, Roger and Shay Thomas of Milltown, Indiana, Timothy Duvall of Ridgway, Krista and Bill Blake of Taylorville. John Arthur was...

Garcia “Pat” Patton, of Middletown, Ohio.   Born in 1927, he grew up in central Illinois. He worked in Chicago and served in the U.S. Armed Forces during the Korean Conflict. He resided in Middletown, Ohio for most of his life, where he worked first at Aeronca Aircraft and then for the City of Middletown. He wed Thelma Dickerson in...

Calvin and Elizabeth Dunn formerly lived at in McLeansboro, Du Quoin, Equality, and several other locations in Northern Illinois and Indiana.  They were faithful Christians and active members of First Baptist Church in DuQuoin and McLeansboro, regularly volunteered at Hamilton Memorial Nursing Center in McLeansboro, Marshall Browning Hospital in  DuQuoin and other community venues and were known and loved...

Phillip and Dorothy Muehlbauer, of  Phoenix, Az. formerly of Omaha, Ill. passed away in Arizona.   Phillip passed away on August 28, 2017 and Dorothy preceded him in death on September 28, 2014.  As per their wishes they  were cremated with their ashes to be interned together on Saturday, September 23, 2017 at Palestine II cemetery near on the outskirts...