Obituaries in Robinson, Palestine, Flat Rock, West Union, and Surrounding Areas in Illinois
Timothy Mathew O'Dell
Jul 28, 2008
Timothy Mathew O’Dell, 40, of Robinson, IL, died Monday morning, July 28, 2008 at his residence. A coroner’s inquiry is pending. He was born March 9, 1968 in Robinson, IL, the son of Oren Olen O’Dell and Brenda Clements O’Dell. He was a student at LTC.He is survived by his mother, Brenda O’Dell, Tarrant, AL; his sister, Lisa O’Dell,...
John Wayne Schulte
Jul 23, 2008
John Wayne Schulte, 60, passed on a Wednesday. It was July 23 around 2 p.m. No one expected it to happen so quickly, but it did. My name is Hiley, and I am his daughter; and I can honestly say that I have never known a better or more brilliant man.To define Schulte’s accomplishments would be an exercise in...
Barbara Bercaw
Jul 19, 2008
Barbara Bercaw, 90 of West York, IL, died at 12:52 p.m. Saturday, July 19, 2008 at Crawford Memorial Hospital in Robinson, IL. She was born September 17, 1917 in Paris, IL, the daughter of Rodney L. Bell, Sr. and Zilpah Richards Bell. She was a graduate of the University of Illinois with a Bachelor’s degree in journalism. She was...
Leroy Jr. Wells
Jul 9, 2008
LeRoy Wells, Jr., 84 of rural Annapolis, IL died at his home at 9:10 a.m. Wednesday, July 9th, 2008. He was born August 19, 1923 in Snyder, IL (Clark County), the son of Roy Wells, Sr. and Effie Holwick Wells. LeRoy was a lifelong farmer and in 1953 he started LeRoy Wells Bulldozing. In 1968 he designed and built...
Pearl "Jr." Matheney
Jul 8, 2008
Pearl 'Jr.' Matheney, 80 of Robinson, IL, died at 4:00 a.m. Tuesday, July 8, 2008 at his home. He was born January 2, 1928 in Robinson, the son of Pearl Matheney and Louie Ellen Prather Matheney. He was a Laborer, a member of Local #1280 for over 20 years and served in the U. S. Army during WWII. He...
Willis Hart
Jul 5, 2008
Willis Hart, 84 of Palestine, IL, died at 9:00 a.m., Saturday, July 05, 2008 at Crawford Memorial Hospital, Robinson, IL. He was born September 28, 1923 in Sullivan, IN, the son of Willis I. Hart and Ida May Dugan Hart. He served in the U. S. Army during WWII and Korea, attaining the rank of Master Sergeant with over...
Rusty L Tuttle
Jun 25, 2008
Rusty L. Tuttle, 52, of Robinson, IL, died at 9:25 a.m. on Wednesday, June 25, 2008 at Barnes Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, MO from cancer. He was born April 18, 1956 in Gary IN, the son of Bernard Tuttle and Sally Louise Guess Tuttle. He worked for Rumpke for thirteen years before becoming a self-employed contractor. He was a...
Mildred T. Parker
Jun 24, 2008
Mildred T. Parker, 88, of Robinson, IL, died at 12:53 p.m. Tuesday, June 24, 2008 at her residence. She was born September 4, 1919 in Hardinville, IL, the daughter of Hugh Fleenor and Cora Kaylor Fleenor. She was a homemaker.She married Roy C. Parker, April 9, 1938 and he preceded her in death on March 11, 1979. She was...
James A. Stewart
Jun 22, 2008
James A. Stewart, 71, of Robinson, IL, died at 9:15 p.m. Sunday, June 22, 2008 rural Robinson, IL. He was born August 18, 1936 in Kokomo, IN, the son of James Franklin Stewart and Margaret Ellen Porter Stewart. He retired October 2001 from Victor Dana Products Division. He served in the United States Marine Corp.He married Nancy Rich December...
Robert L. Ingram
Jun 14, 2008
Robert L. Ingram, 80, of Robinson, IL, died at 5:30 a.m. Saturday, June 14, 2008 at his home. He was born June 5, 1928 in Lake Village, IN, the son of Richard Lee Ingram and Elsie Lee Lewark Ingram. He was a truck driver and was a member of the Teamsters Local # 705 in Chicago. He was also...
Chester D. Carrie, Sr.
Jun 14, 2008
Chester D. Carrie, Sr., 86, of Robinson, IL, died at 2:00 a.m. Saturday, June 14, 2008 at Crawford Memorial Hospital in Robinson. He was born December 15, 1921 in Decker, IN, the son of Add Carrie and Lunna Ann McCammon Carrie. He was a farmer and was a maintenance man at Lawrenceville High School, Lawrenceville, IL for 30 years....
Woody L. Myers, Sr.
Jun 8, 2008
'Woody' Myers, 58 of rural Robinson, IL, died at 6:59 a.m. Sunday, June 08, 2008 unexpectedly of an apparent heart attack at the emergency room of Crawford Memorial Hospital in Robinson. He was born September 30, 1949 in Indianapolis, IN, the son of Charles Loren Myers, Sr. and Lillierose McDaniel Myers. Woody was a oil and gas well inspector...
Ann Gubelman
Jun 6, 2008
Ann Gubelman, 74, of Robinson, IL, died at 9:52 p.m. June 6, 2008 at her home after an extended illness. She was born July 31, 1933 in Pittsburg, PA, the daughter of Elvin Pierce Devol and Helen McMunn Devol. She married Don Gubelman July 15, 1950, and he survives. She is also survived by her son and daughter-in-law, Eric...
Edna Mae Hale
Jun 5, 2008
Edna Mae Hale, 84, of Robinson, IL, died at 10:30 p.m. Thursday, June 5, 2008 at the Crawford Memorial Hospital, Robinson. She was born November 18, 1923 in rural West Terre Haute, IN, the daughter of Mike Franklin Newell and Almarinda Crossfield Newell. She was a homemaker; a member and Sunday School teacher at Grand Prairie Church, rural Robinson;...
Wayne N. Miller
Jun 4, 2008
Wayne N. Miller, 77, of rural Robinson, died at 6:11 p.m., E.S.T., on Wednesday, June 4, 2008, at the St. Vincent Clay Hospital in Brazil, IN. He was born May 1, 1931 in Robinson, IL, the son of Burl Miller and Joy Geeseman Miller. He retired in 1986 as a Serviceman in the Buildings and Grounds Department of the...
Glenn Steven Rosson
Jun 4, 2008
Glenn Steven Rosson, 59, of Robinson, died at his residence at 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, June 4, 2008, after an extended illness. He was born January 8, 1949, in Richmond, VA, the son of George B. Rosson and Evelyn J. Coleman Rosson. Glenn served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War and was a member of the Vietnam...
Charles L. Tohill
May 28, 2008
Charles L. Tohill, 92, of Bridgeport, IL, formerly of Crawford County, IL, died at 9:45 a.m. Wednesday, May 28, 2008 at Lawrence Community Health Center, Bridgeport, IL. He was born April 18, 1916 in Montgomery Township, Crawford County, IL, the sonCharles Tohill and Mary Magill Tohill. He was a carpenter and served in the US Army in Europe. He...
Nadene Ethel Henderson
May 28, 2008
Nadene Ethel Henderson, 93, of Robinson, IL, died at 2:27 p.m. (E.S.T.) Wednesday, May 28, 2008 at Meadows Manor East, Terre Haute, IN. She was born September 25, 1914 in Robinson, IL, the daughter of Neal Boyd and Maude Cruthers Boyd. She worked at the Shoe Factory and was a member of the First Baptist Church, Robinson.She married Andrew...
Karen Smith
May 26, 2008
Karen Smith, 65, of West York, IL died at 3:10 a.m. (e.s.t.) Monday, May 26, 2008, at Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis, IN. She was born August 24, 1942, in Ipava, IL, the daughter of Dale Ward and Lucy Lafary Ward. She married John Robert Walton and he preceded her in death in 1975; she then married Jack Stanley Beatty...
Rebecca Gettinger Van Cleve
May 23, 2008
Rebecca Gettinger Van Cleve, 83, of Grant Pass OR, formerly of Palestine, IL, died May 23, 2008 at 5:45 p.m. at Ashley Manor, Grant Pass, Oregon. She was born October 29, 1924 in Palestine, IL, the daughter of William Kenneth Gettinger and Mary Houser Gettinger. She worked as a Missionary and a Registered Nurse in South Korea.She was preceded...