Category Archives: Obituaries

John Howard Block Sr, 102,of Cisne
John Howard Block Sr, 102, passed away at 7:51AM on Friday January 10, 2025, at Cisne Rehab. He was born in Cisne on December 10, 1922, to Benjamin and Mildred (Miller) Block. John was a farmer, steel...
Mark Wells Jan 11, 2025

GLORIA JO (SLOAN) REEL, age 75, of McLeansboro
GLORIA JO (SLOAN) REEL, age 75, passed away Tuesday, January 7, 2025 at Springfield Memorial Hospital, Springfield, IL. Gloria was born September 26, 1949 in McLeansboro, IL. She was a daughter of Dwi...
Mark Wells Jan 09, 2025

Stanley (Stan) R. Struckmeyer,72, of Albion
Stanley (Stan) R. Struckmeyer of Albion, born on February 7, 1952, passed away peacefully on January 2, 2025, at the age of 72. Stan is lovingly remembered by his wife of 46 years Starr, and their son...
Mark Wells Jan 09, 2025

Frank Wilson Goff, age 67, of Clay City, Illinois
Frank Wilson Goff, age 67, of Clay City, Illinois, passed away on Friday, January 3, 2025, at Clay County Hospital. Frank was born May 10, 1957, in Flora, the son of Harold E. and Goldie A. (Stanford)...
Mark Wells Jan 07, 2025

Nancy Jane Ray Wood, 68, of Cisne, IL
Nancy Jane Ray Wood, 68, of Cisne, IL passed away at 12:44 AM Sunday, January 5th, 2025, in the skilled care unit at Fairfield Memorial Hospital. She was born on July 30th, 1956 in Fairfield, IL to Ha...
Mark Wells Jan 07, 2025

Raymond G. "Bus" Foreman, age 82, of Sailor Springs, Illinois
Raymond G. "Bus" Foreman, age 82, of Sailor Springs, Illinois, passed away Thursday, January 2, 2025, at Clay County Hospital. Born on June 13, 1942, in Louisville, he was the son of Willard B. and Do...
Mark Wells Jan 07, 2025

Doris Jean (Taylor) Malone, 86, of White County
Doris Jean (Taylor) Malone was born December 21, 1938, in rural Mills Shoals, Illinois, to Sherman Ivan and Lucy Lorene (Files) Taylor and departed this life, surrounded by family, January 3, 2025. Sh...
Mark Wells Jan 06, 2025

Letha Marie Michels, age 79, of Carmi and formerly of Cowling
Letha Marie Michels, age 79, of Carmi and formerly of Cowling, passed away on Monday, December 30, 2024, at Hamilton County Hospital in McLeansboro. She was born on Thursday, May 3, 1945, in Wabash Co...
Mark Wells Jan 06, 2025

Jerry Kenneth Taylor, 81, of Grayville
Jerry Kenneth Taylor, 81, of Grayville, passed away on Tuesday, December 31, 2024, at home. He was born on Sunday, May 2, 1943, in Cripple Creek, CO, a son of Kenneth and Julyar (Sammons) Yarborough. ...
Mark Wells Jan 06, 2025

Robin Michelle Tupper, 53, of Grayville
Robin Michelle Tupper, 53, of Grayville, passed away on Friday, January 3, 2025, at Deaconess Gateway Hospital in Newburgh, IN. She was born on Tuesday, January 19, 1971, in Eldorado, IL, the daughter...
Mark Wells Jan 05, 2025