Category Archives: Obituaries

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...

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. ...

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...

Marie Rutger, 92 of Fairfield passed away at 5:53 AM, Friday, January 3, 2025, at Fairfield Memorial Hospital surrounded by her family. Born on October 4, 1932, in Wayne County to Frances and Alta Gra...

Michael L. Batteese, 65, of Norris City, passed away on Tuesday, December 31, 2024. He was born on March 12, 1959, in Eldorado, Illinois, the son of James Lewis and Norma (James) Batteese. Michael gra...

Bonnie Jean Gay, 84, of Carmi, passed away on Friday, January 3, 2025, at Wabash Senior Living in Carmi. She was born on August 22, 1940, in Princeton, Indiana, the daughter of Royal and Mary Josephin...

Glenna Harrison, 82 of Fairfield, passed away at 10:04 PM, Thursday, January 2, 2025, at her home. Born on April 14, 1942, in Wayne County, IL to Glen and Eleanor (Jesop) McDowell, she had been a seam...

Elaine McKitrick 74 of Johnsonville, IL passed away at 10:50 AM, Thursday, January 2, 2025, at Linda E. White Hospice House in Evansville, IN. Born on November 24, 1950, in Johnsonville to Eldon and L...

Edna Emily Pfaff, 90, of Keenes, IL passed away on Wednesday, January 1, 2025 at SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital in Mt. Vernon, IL. Mrs. Pfaff had resided the last few years at Countryside Manor Nu...

55 year old Ellery resident, Alan Edward Mann, passed from this life to the next on January 1, 2025 at Fairfield Memorial Hospital in Fairfield, Illinois. Alan was born in Olney, Illinois on October 2...