Obituaries in Robinson, Palestine, Flat Rock, West Union, and Surrounding Areas in Illinois
Richard Arnold Holley
Dec 1, 2007
Richard Arnold Holley, 87, of Palestine, IL, died at 8:00 p.m. (e.s.t.) at Good Samaritan Hospital, Vincennes, IN, Saturday, December 1, 2007. He was born June 28, 1920 in Empire, Walker County, AL, the son of Henry Holley and Beulah Stack Holley. He retired in 1982 from American Maize Co. which is now Cargill Worldwide. He was a member...
Carolyn Ann Moore
Nov 27, 2007
Carolyn Ann Moore, 68, of rural Robinson, IL, died at 7:50 a.m., Tuesday, November 27, 2007 at Union Hospital, Terre Haute, IN. She was born December 17, 1939 in Robinson, IL, the daughter of Raymond O. Wilson and Mary Louise Ziegler Wilson. She was a retail clerk in a drug store. She was a lifetime member of the Robinson...
Roy E. Cunningham
Nov 27, 2007
Roy E. Cunningham, 82, of rural Robinson, IL, died at 4:20 p.m. (E.S.T.) Tuesday, November 27, 2007 at Good Samaritan Hospital, Vincennes, IN. He was born March 4, 1925 in Annapolis, IL, the son of John Cunningham and Leona Hout Cunningham. He retired from the warehouse at Marathon. He served in the U. S. Navy during WWII. He was...
Roy "Ken" Hayden
Nov 21, 2007
Roy 'Ken' Hayden, 79, of Paducah, KY, formerly of Robinson, IL, died Wednesday, November 21, 2007 in the Riverside Senior Care Center in Decatur, AL. He was born April 25, 1928 in Princeton, IN, the son of Jim Hayden and Margaret Brittingham Hayden. He was CEO of Trufax, Alert, Dorite, and Cre-O-Tox Pest Control Companies in Robinson and Paducah....
Joetta Jean Wiseman
Nov 21, 2007
Joetta Jean Wiseman, 63, of rural Flat Rock, died at 8:50 a.m. Wednesday, November 21, 2007 at her residence. She was born October 27, 1944 in Linton, IN, the daughter of Howard and Imogene Williams. She was a homemaker and enjoyed painting, reading, and making crafts.She married Mervin Wiseman on January 16, 1970 and he survives. She is also...
George Neil Albin
Nov 7, 2007
George Neil Albin, 73, of Robinson, IL, passed on to Heaven to be with our Lord, on Wednesday, November 7, 2007. He was born July 25, 1934 in Seminole, OK, the son of George Albin and Goldie Hoke Albin. He served in the U. S. Army at Ft. Benning, GA in 1957. Neil was a dedicated employee at Marathon...
Nhan "Vicky" Nguyen
Oct 28, 2007
Nhan “Vicky” Nguyen, 18, of Robinson, IL died at 8:53 p.m. (E. S. T.) Sunday, October 28, 2007 at Union Hospital, Terre Haute, IN. She was born March 16, 1989 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam the daughter of Giang Thanh Nguyen and Phuc “Mary” Nguyen. She was a student at Lincoln Trail College, Robinson. She graduated from Robinson...
Lawrence "Gas Can Paddy" Meierhoff
Oct 28, 2007
Lawrence “Gas Can Paddy” Meierhoff, 90, of Robinson, IL, died at 9:10 a.m. Sunday, October 28, 2007 at Crawford Memorial Hospital, Robinson. He was born August 5, 1917, in Glenview, IL, the son of Erwin Meierhoff and Anna Alles Meierhoff.He served in the U. S. Army during WWII and then enlisted in the Coast Guard after his discharge from...
Elizabeth Dodd Liston
Oct 25, 2007
Elizabeth Dodd Liston, 85, of Robinson, died at 10:00 a.m. Thursday, October 25, 2007 at Long Term Care Unit of Crawford Memorial Hospital in Robinson. She was born July 10, 1922 in Robinson, the daughter of Pearl White and Phoebe McIntosh White. She was a homemaker. She attended Highland Church of Christ.She married Donald Emerson Liston on December 25,...
Jack Virgil Hoffman
Oct 22, 2007
Jack Virgil Hoffman, 76, of Grove, Oklahoma, formerly of Crawford County, IL, died Monday, October 22, 2007 at Grove Hospital, Grove, OK. He was born October 5, 1931 in Red Oak, Iowa, the son of Virgil Hoffman and Veronica Bashaw Hoffman.He graduated from high school and college in Fullerton, CA. He served in the U. S. Air Force for...
Mary A. Crampton
Oct 22, 2007
Mary A. Crampton, 88, of Robinson, IL, died at 1:40 a.m. Monday, October 22, 2007 at Crawford Memorial Hospital, Robinson. She was born December 29, 1918 in Robinson, IL, the daughter of Isaac Abram Bennett and Lydia Eliza Hacking Bennett. She was a secretary at the WPA office. She attended the Robinson Free Methodist Church and was a member...
Harold Eugene Weger
Oct 21, 2007
Harold Eugene Weger, 45, of Robinson, IL, died at 10:09 p.m. Sunday, October 21, 2007 at Crawford Memorial Hospital of an apparent heart condition. He was born September 15, 1962 the son of Willard O. Weger and Ruth I. Weger. He graduated from Robinson High School in 1980. He worked in production at E. H. Baare Corp. for 16...
Fern Eleanor Staten
Oct 6, 2007
Fern Eleanor Staten, 64 of Martinsville, IL, died at 10:00 a. m. (e.s.t.) Saturday, October 6, 2007 at Union Hospital in Terre Haute, IN. She was born May 8, 1943 in East Cocalico Twp, Lancaster County, PA, the daughter of Edward I. Dunkelberger and Gertrude A. Werner Dunkelberger. She was a homemaker and had worked as a housekeeper in...
Rose E. Gilbert
Oct 4, 2007
Rose E. Gilbert, 82, of Robinson, IL, died at 12:52 p.m. Thursday, October 4, 2007 at Crawford Memorial Hospital, Robinson. She was born November 2, 1924 in Flat Rock, IL, the daughter of Jesse Scott and Mildred Flo Goodwin. She worked at Ettlebrick Shoe Company for 17 years and at Victor Dana for 28 years retiring in 2001. She...
Brandi Nicole Deckard
Oct 3, 2007
Brandi Nicole Deckard, 20 of Palestine, IL, died at 8:10 a.m. Wednesday, October 3, 2007 at Crawford Memorial Hospital in Robinson, IL as a result of a ATV accident in Robinson. She was born September 6, 1987, the daughter of Glenn Deckard, and Pamela R. (Kirk) Adkins. She is survived by her father, Glenn Deckard, Palestine; her mother and...
Mabel A. Mullins
Sep 29, 2007
Mabel A. Mullins, 96 of rural Robinson, IL died at 5:10 a.m. Saturday, September 29, 2007 at her home. She was born December 12, 1910 in Robinson, the daughter of Isaac Quick and Bertha Wilson Quick.She was a homemaker; an 80-year member of the Robinson First Christian Church Disciples of Christ, where she held several positions during her lifetime;...
Donald Kenneth Thompson
Sep 26, 2007
Donald Kenneth Thompson, 68, of Robinson, IL, died at 12:00 p.m. Wednesday, September 26, 2007 at his residence. He was born September 16, 1939 in Willow Hill, IL, the son of Thomas Thompson and Hester Leigh Thompson. He was a concrete finisher in construction.He is survived by his mother, Hester Thompson, Robinson; 2 sons and daughters-in-law, Daniel and Danielle...
Geneva Irene Watts
Sep 24, 2007
Geneva Irene Watts, 88, of Robinson, IL, died at 12:15 a.m. Monday, September 24, 2007 at Crawford Memorial Hospital, Robinson after several months of failing health. She was born October 12, 1918 in Hutsonville, IL, the daughter of Samuel F. Bowen and Edna Jane Wesner Bowen. She was a homemaker and a life-long Christian and a member of the...
Davana M. Briggs
Sep 21, 2007
Davana M. Briggs, 86 of Robinson, IL, died at 11:40 a.m. Friday, September 21, 2007 at Crawford Memorial Hospital, Robinson. She was born May 10, 1921 in Porterville the daughter of Albert M. Chapman and Abbie Williamson Chapman. She was a housewife. She received her teaching certificate from Southern Illinois University and taught at Muddy Creek and No. 9...
Kenneth K. Caraway
Sep 16, 2007
Kenneth K. Caraway, 83, of Robinson, IL, died at 8:45 a.m. (E.S.T.) Sunday, September 16, 2007 at West Minster Village Davis Gardens Health Center, Terre Haute, IN. He was born September 5, 1924 in Eldorado, IL, the son of Henry A. Caraway and Mary E. Edwards Caraway. He taught at Cairo, Nashville, Sandoval, and at Robinson High Schools for...