Category Archives: Obituaries

Norma Lee (Melton) Sledge, 79, of Wayne City, IL passed away on Friday, February 6, 2026 at her home. Norma was born on December 31, 1946 in Wayne City to Kenneth & Gladys (Hawkins) Melton. On Feb...

Tony E. Sutton, 57, of Concord passed away on Saturday, February 7, 2026. He was born in Santa Rosa, CA on August 4, 1968 the son of Donald Sutton and Leatha Mae (Fulkerson) Martin. Tony was a 1986 gr...

Doris Ward, 77, of Fairfield, Illinois, peacefully went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Wednesday, February 4, 2026, at Deaconess Gateway Hospital in Evansville. Doris was a woman of deep faith...

Ruby Jean Blasdel, 98, of Wayne City, IL, passed away at 12:05am on Thursday, February 5, 2026, at Fairfield Memorial Hospital in Fairfield, IL. Ruby was born on May 14, 1927, in Central City, IL, to ...

Thomas Allen Orrel, 84, of Albion, Illinois passed away on Saturday, January 31, 2026 at his home in Albion, Illinois. Tom was born on October 12, 1941 in West Salem, Illinois, the son of Frank J. and...

Gale G. Balding, 84, of Fairfield, passed away at 2:50pm on Monday, February 2, 2026, at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Marion, IL. Gale was born on October 11, 1941, in West Salem, IL, to Med...

James David Cross, 47, of Dahlgren, IL passed away on February 1, 2026 at Belle Rive, IL. James was born July 2, 1978 in Sycamore, IL to David & Debbie (Clark) Cross. James worked in the oil field...

Lavern Peters, 88, of Dahlgren, IL passed away peacefully at home on January 31, 2026. He was born on October 22, 1937 in Mill Shoals Township in White County, IL to Simon & Emma (Hucker) Peters. ...

Richard "Dick" Deitz 86, McLeansboro, Illinois passed away Monday, February 2, 2026 at his residence in McLeansboro. Dick was born March 29, 1939 in McLeansboro. He was a son of Robert Deitz ad Necia ...

Heather Ann Moore, 50 of Fairfield, IL, passed away at 6:55 AM, Sunday, February 1, 2026. Born on November 11, 1975, in Fairfield, to Charles and Edith (Bradshaw) Harl, she had been an activity aid at...