Category Archives: Obituaries

Henrietta "Etta" Ruth Poe, age 97, of Clay City, Illinois, and formerly of Effingham, passed away Saturday morning, August 2, 2025, at her home. She was born May 11, 1928, in Effingham, Illinois, the ...

Betty Jo (Yocham) Forth passed to her eternal reward on August 1, 2025, at Clay County Hospital, Flora, Illinois. She was born on March 4, 1933, to Bee Rose Yocham and Dollie Belle (Allison) Yocham at...

Betty Jean Pottorff, 96, of Fairfield, passed away at 10:55pm on Saturday, August 2, 2025, at Fairfield Memorial Hospital. Betty was born on December 12, 1928, in St. Louis, OK, to Lloyd "Slats" and P...

Luther R. "Razor" Johnson, 93, of Norris City passed away on Sunday, August 3, 2025 at home surrounded by his family. He was born in Norris City on July 1, 1932 the son of Herman and Carrie Caroline (...

Eldon Glen Musgrave, 76, of Sims, IL, died on Wednesday, July 30, 2025, at his home. The seventh of eleven children, Eldon was born to Glen and Mildred (Williams) Musgrave on August 29, 1948, at home ...

Robert Lawson "Bob" Caldwell, 91, of Albion, IL passed peacefully July 28, 2025. Born April 11, 1934 to Benton and LaVon (nee Bower) Caldwell in Hutsonville, IL, he lived a life marked by service and ...

Eva Jean Bailey, 91, of Mill Shoals, passed away at 8:03am on Monday, July 28, 2025, at Fairfield Memorial Hospital. She had worked as a secretary for the H & W Truss Company in Utah, a business t...

Melissa A. Fitzgerald, 72, of Crossville passed away peacefully in her sleep on Monday, July 28, 2025, at her residence in Crossville. Melissa was born on February 16, 1953, the daughter of Fred Grimw...

Howard J. Bunting, 97, of Fairfield passed away at 6:55AM on Monday July 28, 2025, at Fairfield Memorial Hospital's Skilled Care Unit. He was a farmer. Howard was born in Cuyahoga Falls OH on Septembe...

Judith Loehr 84, of Elgin, Illinois, formerly of Belle Prairie, Illinois, passed away Thursday, July 24, 2025 at her home in Elgin. Judith was born June 28, 1941, in Hamilton County. She was a daughte...