Obituaries

Obituaries in Robinson, Palestine, Flat Rock, West Union, and Surrounding Areas in Illinois

Margie H. Johnson

Margie H. Johnson

Oct 15, 2008

Margie H. Johnson, 85 of Robinson, IL, died at 4:08 a.m., Wednesday, October 15, 2008 at Crawford Memorial Hospital in Robinson. She was born June 25, 1923 in Pine Ridge , KY , the daughter of Noah Creech and Elnora Creech. She was a homemaker and a member of the V. F. W. Post #4549 Ladies Auxiliary. She married...

Harry Eugene Beauchamp

Harry Eugene Beauchamp

Oct 9, 2008

Harry Eugene Beauchamp, age 67 of Robinson, IL, died October 9, 2008 at Cotillion Ridge Nursing Center. He was born March 31, 1941 in Honey Creek Township, IL to John and Stella (Uhl) Beauchamp. He attended the Pilgrim Holiness Church, rural Palestine and enjoyed having coffee with his friends at the Triple T Restaurant in Robinson.Harry married Norma Tedford...

Marcella Joan Hussey

Marcella Joan Hussey

Oct 5, 2008

Marcella Joan Hussey, 74 of rural Flat Rock, IL, died at 4:15 p.m. Sunday, October 5, 2008 at her home after an extended illness. She was born May 11, 1934 in Flat Rock, the daughter of Robert L. Miller and Annabelle Taylor Miller.She was an Examiner for the State of Illinois License Branch for 17 years, retiring in the...

Kevin J. Brenton

Kevin J. Brenton

Oct 4, 2008

Kevin J. Brenton, 50 of Bicknell, IN, formerly of Palestine, IL, died at 8:12 e. s. t., Saturday, October 4, 2008 at Good Samaritan Hospital in Vincennes, IN. He was born April 17, 1958 in Vincennes, the son of James W. and Bobbi Jo Miller Brenton. He graduated from Lawrenceville High School and worked as a laborer in the...

Roy Dewayne Norton

Roy Dewayne Norton

Oct 3, 2008

Roy Dewayne Norton, 70 of rural Robinson, died Friday, October 3, 2008 at Crawford Memorial Hospital in Robinson. He was born July 8, 1938 in Palestine, the son of Emery Roger Norton and Alice Madge Fox Norton. Roy was a fireman for the Robinson Fire Department for 34 years, retiring in 2000. He had attended the First Christian Church...

Dale Callaway

Dale Callaway

Sep 26, 2008

Dale Callaway, 80 of Robinson, IL, died at the Danville Veteran’s Hospital in Danville, IL, Friday evening, September 26, 2008 after an extended illness. He was born December 1, 1927 in Charleston, IL, the son of Sylvan Callaway and Edna McNamer Callaway.Dale served in the U. S. Army as a Staff Sergeant in supply in both the Korean and...

Larry W. King

Larry W. King

Sep 25, 2008

Larry W. King, 66, of Robinson, IL, died at 9:38 a.m., Thursday, September 25, 2008 at the Select Specialty Hospital, Evansville, IN. He was born October 23, 1941 in Robinson, IL the son of Harold King and Margaret Lawhead King. He was owner of Larry’s Barber Shop in Olney, IL for over 20 years and following that he was...

Gaylord N. Maxwell

Gaylord N. Maxwell

Sep 20, 2008

Gaylord Nelson Maxwell, 83, of Hayden, ID, died at 2:09 p.m., Saturday, September 20, 2008 at the Kootenai Medical Center, Coeur d’Alene, ID. He was born August 16, 1925 in Robinson, the son of Reid and Mary (Berry) Maxwell. He was a beloved husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather. In his professional career, he was a gifted teacher, writer and...

Maude Evelyn Martin

Maude Evelyn Martin

Sep 4, 2008

Maude Evelyn Martin, 92 of Marshall, IL, died at 10:00 a.m. Thursday, September 04, 2008 at Burnside Nursing Center in Marshall. She was born January 31, 1916 in Terre Haute, IN, the daughter of Carl Don Ellinger and Hazel Ressa McCracken Ellinger. She was a homemaker and a member of the Armstrong United Methodist Church in Clark County, IL.She...

Lloyd E. Wampler

Lloyd E. Wampler

Sep 3, 2008

Lloyd E. Wampler, 86, of Robinson, IL, died at 1:30 a.m. Wednesday, September 3, 2008 at his daughter’s residence. He was born February 16, 1922 at the Homestead, Montgomery Township, Crawford County, IL, the son of Leonard Leslie Wampler and Elva Nancy Leathers Wampler. He was a Journeyman Steamfitter. He served in the U. S. Army in the Pacific...

James M. Hill

James M. Hill

Aug 31, 2008

James M. Hill, owner of Jim Hill Realtors, Robinson, died Sunday, August 31, 2008 at 12:08 p.m. at the Crawford Memorial Hospital, Robinson. He was born September 8, 1929 in Robinson, the son of Marlin Bryan Hill and Fanchion Lingafelter Hill. He was installed in 1986 as district 8 vice president of the 24,000 member Illinois Association of Realtors....

Hubert L. Treadway

Hubert L. Treadway

Aug 31, 2008

Hubert L. Treadway, 77, of Robinson, IL, died at 10:53 a.m. Sunday, August 31, 2008 at his residence. He was born April 21, 1931 in West York, IL, the son of Samuel Treadway and Doris Hand Treadway. He was a brick mason and worked at a body shop in Marshall, IL. He served on the Bradbury Cemetery Board.He is...

Alice Marie Watts

Alice Marie Watts

Aug 31, 2008

Alice Marie Watts, 87 of Robinson, IL, died around 10:00 a.m. Sunday, August 31, 2008 at Carle Foundation Hospital in Urbana, IL. She was born October 17, 1920 in Hutsonville, IL, the daughter of Lyman L. Lowe and Rachel E. Taylor Lowe. She graduated from Hutsonville High School in the class of 1938, was a member of the Porterville...

Pauline Edith Richards

Pauline Edith Richards

Aug 29, 2008

Pauline Edith Richards, 91, of Palestine, IL, died at 4:10 a.m. Friday, August 29, 2008 at her residence. She was born July 6, 1917 in Heathsville, IL, the daughter Roy Pierson and Nora Higgins Pierson. She was a homemaker. She was a member of the Canaan Primitive Baptist Church, rural Flat Rock. She was active in the Palestine Food...

Janet Leona Dix

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

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

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

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

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

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...