Obituaries in Robinson, Palestine, Flat Rock, West Union, and Surrounding Areas in Illinois
Janet Leona Dix
Aug 26, 2008
Janet Leona Dix, 72, of Overland Park, KS, died Tuesday morning, August 26, 2008 at her home. She was born February 4, 1936 in Robinson, the daughter of Artie and Zelpha (Sitzinger) Cowden. She was a registered nurse and was a member of Missouri Girls Town, the Robinson First Christian Church, Disciples of Christ and the Rolling Hills Presbyterian...
Richard A. Newlin
Aug 23, 2008
Richard A. Newlin, 71, West York, IL, died at 2:20 p.m. at his home on Saturday, August 23, 2008 after a battle with cancer.He was born August 27, 1936, the son of Ernest and Nellie (Bohn) Newlin in West York. He served in the United States Marine Corps during the Korean Conflict. He then worked as a rural mail...
Kathleen Rollings
Aug 17, 2008
Kathleen Rollings, 74 of Marshall, IL, formerly of York, IL, died at 10:25 a.m. Sunday, August 17, 2008 at Union Hospital in Terre Haute, IN. She was born May 20, 1934 in York, IL, the daughter of Virgil Bridgewater and Martha W. Daugherty Pine. She was a homemaker.She married Robert E. Rollings December 24, 1956 and he preceded her...
Elizabeth Ann Decker
Aug 16, 2008
Elizabeth Ann Decker, 58 of rural Robinson, IL, died at her home at 2:40 p.m. Saturday, August 16, 2008 of cancer. She was born November 2, 1949 in Palestine, IL, the daughter of Ed Bahr and Kathleen Haungs Bahr.Ann was a homemaker, a member and former youth leader of the South Union Church, rural Flat Rock, a former Girl...
James Henry Hughes
Aug 8, 2008
James Hughes, 90, of Palestine, died at Crawford Memorial Hospital, Robinson at 11:20 p.m., Friday, August 8, 2008. He was born in rural Crawford County, LaMotte Township, on September 17, 1917 the son of Virgil Hughes and Esther Alexander Hughes.On March 4, 1944, then Lt. J.G. Hughes, serving in the U.S. Navy, married Rita G. Smith in Lakehurst, NJ...
Leola May Phillips
Aug 6, 2008
Leola May Phillips, 78, of Robinson, died at 6:19 p.m., August 6, 2008 at Crawford Memorial Hospital, Robinson. She was born April 28, 1930 in Los Angeles, CA, the daughter of Carl and Hilda Conrad Bayliss. She was a homemaker.Leola married Donald Phillips on October 17, 1947 and he preceded her in death. She was also preceded in death...
John William Moore
Aug 6, 2008
John William 'Bill' Moore, 78 of Robinson, IL, died at Good Samaritan Hospital in Vincennes, IN at 10:17 a.m. (e.s.t.) Wednesday, August 6, 2008. He was born March 13, 1930 in Penwell, TX, the son of John Newton Moore and Bonnie Parks Moore. He served in the U. S. Navy for 10 years during the Korean Conflict, was a...
Janice B. Newell
Aug 5, 2008
Janice Newell, 66, of Robinson, IL, died at 4:48 p.m. Tuesday, August 5, 2008 at Crawford Memorial Hospital, Robinson after an extended illness. She was born April 3, 1942 in Palestine, the daughter of Fred Harris and Margaret Wagoner Harris. She was a homemaker.She married Carl Newell on June 1, 1963 and he preceded her in death on April...
Glen Lee Stephens
Aug 4, 2008
Glen Lee Stephens, age 53, died August 4, 2008 at Crawford Memorial Hospital. He was born January 6, 1955 in Oblong, IL, the son of Harold O. Stephens and Kathryn Vaughn Stephens. He was a Mechanic with Philips Services Co. in Robinson for one and a half years, as well as a volunteer fireman for Prairie/Licking Fire Department. He...
Edward L. Ayola
Jul 31, 2008
Edward L. Ayola, of Parrish, FL, died Friday, July 31, 2008. He was born May 16, 1929, in Joliet, IL, the son of Daniel Ayola and Mildred Fox Aylola. He served in the U. S. Army during the Korean Conflict and played in the U. S. Army bands for six years and graduated from the navy School of Music...
Char Harvey
Jul 30, 2008
Charlene 'Char' Harvey, 75, of Robinson, IL, died at 9:40 a.m. Wednesday, July 30, 2008 at Crawford Memorial Hospital, Robinson. She was born May 29, 1933 in Robinson, IL, the daughter of Charles R. Metheny and Ruth V. Shonk Metheny. She was a broker/owner of Harvey, Biggs & Company Real Estate Inc, with CRS and GRI certifications, retiring on...
Lloyd J. Scott
Jul 29, 2008
Lloyd J. Scott, 70, of rural Oblong, IL, died at 9:30 a.m., Tuesday, July 29, 2008 at his son’s residence. He was born September 2, 1937 in Robinson, IL, the son of Roscoe Scott and Della M. Doyle Scott. He was a laborer with Labor Local #207. He served in the U. S. Army in Germany.He was preceded in...
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...
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