Obituaries in Robinson, Palestine, Flat Rock, West Union, and Surrounding Areas in Illinois
David D. Venatta
Dec 29, 2008
David D. Venatta, 57 of Robinson, IL died unexpectedly at his home at 10:31 p.m. Monday, December 29, 2008. He was born May 2, 1951 in Robinson, the son of Herman Venatta and Esther Quick Venatta. He had worked for E. H. Baare Co. for 31 years and was a member of the Palestine Eagles.He married Robin Crouch on...
Helen L. Loomis
Dec 24, 2008
Helen L. Loomis, 98 of Murray, KY, formerly of Marshall, IL died at her home on December 24, 2008. She was born December 5, 1910 in West Terre Haute, IN, the daughter of Ernest and Mollie (Cooper) Evans. She was a registered nurse, having graduated from Illinois Masonic Hospital in 1932.She is survived by her daughter, Dana C. Chap...
Jackie Lee Brenton
Dec 23, 2008
Jackie Lee Brenton, 69 of Robinson, IL, died at 4:25 p.m. Tuesday, December 23, 2008 at Ridgeview Care Center in Oblong, IL. He was born February 12, 1939 in Palestine , the son of Cecil Brenton and Pauline Bledsoe Brenton. He was a Conductor with the Illinois Central Railroad, retiring after 20 years of service. He is survived by...
John "Jake" Wesley
Dec 22, 2008
John 'Jake' Wesley, 71, of rural Robinson, IL, died at 8:25 a.m. Monday, December 22, 2008 at Crawford Memorial Hospital, Robinson. He was born February 13, 1937 in Honey Creek Township, IL, the son of John Fred Wesley and Elsie Jo Rich Wesley. He was Custodian for Community Unit School District #2 for 40 years. He attended South Union...
Dorothy E. Wesner
Dec 19, 2008
Dorothy E. Wesner, 82 of Robinson, IL, died at 6:15 p.m. Friday, December 19, 2008 at Cotillion Ridge Nursing Center in Robinson. She was born October 27, 1926 in Carthage , IL , the daughter of Charles Lee Thomas and Eva June Anderson Thomas. She was a homemaker and a member of the Highland Church of Christ.She married Harold...
Cleda Iris Rich
Dec 18, 2008
Cleda Iris Rich, 83, of Robinson, IL, formerly of Flat Rock, IL, died at 11:43 a.m. Thursday, December 18, 2008 at Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center, Mattoon, IL. She was born April 17, 1925 in Hardinville, IL, the daughter of Henry Shipman and Georgia Stogsdill Rich. She was a homemaker and a member of the Otterbein United Methodist Church...
Larry L. Ramsey
Dec 17, 2008
Larry L. Ramsey, 73, of Olney, IL, formerly of Palestine, IL, died at 11:20 p.m. Wednesday, December 17, 2008 at Richland Care and Rehab Center, Olney, IL. He was born November 14, 1935 in Palestine, IL, the son of Dale Ramsey and Francis Donahue Ramsey. He retired from the U. S. Navy in September of 1977 after 20 years...
Edytha Pearl Drummond Roberts
Dec 14, 2008
Edytha Pearl Drummond Roberts, 84, West Union, IL, died at 6:25 a.m. E.S.T., Sunday, December 14, 2008 at Union Hospital, Terre Haute, IN. She was born April 26, 1924 in Hutsonville Township, Crawford County, IL, the daughter of Lester Leon Mitchell and Ona Myrle Brown Mitchell. She was a housekeeper for the elderly, worked at Wilderness Lake Campground and...
Marie E. Bogard
Dec 9, 2008
Marie E. Bogard, 77 of rural Palestine, IL, died at 4:27 a.m. Tuesday, December 9, 2008 at Crawford Memorial Hospital, Robinson. She was born September 16, 1931 in Gary, IN, the daughter of Edward Robinson and Blanche Markham Robinson. She worked in production at Victor Dana Corp. for over 30 years.She married William Earl Bogard December 8, 1973 and...
Freda J. Dart
Dec 8, 2008
Freda J. Dart, 86 of Robinson, IL, died at 8:15 p.m. Monday, December 8, 2008 at Memorial Hospital of Carbondale, Carbondale, IL after a struggle with Alzheimer’s Disease. She was born June 25, 1922 in Rose Hill, IL, the daughter of Earl Swick and Sarah Ellen Marrs Swick. She worked at L. S. Heath and Sons, Robinson for 12...
Richard C. Bumpus
Dec 6, 2008
Richard C. Bumpus, 74 of rural West Union, IL, died at 11:47 p.m., Saturday, December 6, 2008 at Union Hospital, Terre Haute, IN. He was born July 20, 1934 in Coles County, IL, the son of Neal Bumpus and Mildred Niemeyer Bumpus. He was a life-long farmer in the West Union area and belonged to the Brick United Methodist...
Doris Kay Elliott
Dec 2, 2008
Doris Kay Elliott, 69 of Stoy, IL, died at 11:20 p.m., Tuesday, December 2, 2008 at her home after an extraordinary long hard fought battle with cancer. She was born June 15, 1939, the daughter of Robert Hoke and Edith Dunlap Hoke. After graduating from LTC with an associates degree in Nursing at the age of 63, she became...
Fern E. Jordan
Dec 1, 2008
Fern E. Jordan, 88, of Robinson , IL , died at 2:55 p.m. Monday, December 1, 2008 at Crawford Memorial Hospital , Robinson. She was born March 3, 1920 in Palestine , IL , the daughter of Ausby Fuller and Elsie Schifler Fuller. She was a cook for the Palestine schools, was in the grocery business for 31 years,...
James Edward "Buck" Houk
Nov 27, 2008
James Edward 'Buck' Houk, 95, of West Lafayette, IN, died at 1:15 p.m. (E.S.T.) Thursday, November 27, 2008 at Indiana Veterans Hospital. He was born March 8, 1913 in Vincennes, IN, the son of William C. Houk and Maude Elkins Houk. He worked for the City Street Department, Vincennes, IN. He was a member of the Vincennes V. F....
John H. Tracy
Nov 25, 2008
John Henry Tracy, 80, of Chauncey, IL died at Cotillion Ridge Nursing Center in Robinson at 10:53 p.m., Tuesday, November 25, 2008. He was born April 4, 1928 in Flat Rock, the son of Arley Tracy and Mary Elizabeth York Tracy. He was a pipefitter, a member of Local Pipefitters Union # 157 of Terre Haute, IN. He served...
Barbara Battershell Barrett
Nov 24, 2008
Barbara Battershell Barrett, 77, of Robinson, IL, died at 4:03 a.m. Monday, November 24, 2008 at Crawford Memorial Hospital, Robinson. She was born December 26, 1930 in Hammond, IN, the daughter of James E. Battershell and Grace Ellen Sweet Battershell. She was a graduate of Robinson High School. She retired after 30 years with the Robinson Transformer. She was...
Clifford Earl Daugherty
Nov 22, 2008
Earl Daugherty, 79, West Union, IL, died at 10:58 p.m. EST Saturday, November 22, 2008 at Terre Haute Regional Hospital. He was an iron worker for Local # 439 Terre Haute with 45 years of service. He served with the U.S. Army Air Corps in Japan at the end of WWII and was a member of the West Union...
Euma P. Osborn
Nov 19, 2008
Euma P. Osborn, 73, formerly of Palestine, IL, died at 4:15 p.m. Wednesday, November 19, 2008 at United Methodist Village, Lawrenceville, IL. She was a member of the Eagles in Palestine. She was born July 23, 1935 in Hutsonville, IL the daughter of Emery Franklin and Ora Sanders Franklin.She married Estel Osborn and he preceded her in death in...
Arden Sackrider
Nov 18, 2008
Arden Sackrider, 81 of rural Robinson, IL died at 3:13 a.m. Tuesday, November 18, 2008 at Crawford Memorial Hospital in Robinson. He was born January 31, 1927 in Robinson, the son of Henry Arden Sackrider and Pauline Bailey Sackrider.Arden was drafted in the Army in 1945 and served in the European Theater until 1946. He was then assigned to...
Marian Jeannette Eggers
Nov 14, 2008
Marian 'Jeannette' Eggers, 77 of West Union, IL, went to be with her Lord and Savior at home surrounded by her family at 3:05 a.m. Friday, November 14, 2008. She was born March 14, 1931 in Naperville, IL, the daughter of Ray Bennett and Mabel Huddleston Bennett. She was a homemaker, a member of the West Union Nazarene Church,...
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