Obituaries in Robinson, Palestine, Flat Rock, West Union, and Surrounding Areas in Illinois
Alex S. Sakonyi
Dec 3, 2020
Alex Steve Sakonyi , 91 years, and former resident of Robinson, died Thursday, December 3, 2020, of pneumonia. Alex was born July 14, 1929, in Orient, IL to Charles Sakonyi and Anna (Vrtel) Sakonyi. After graduating from Frankfort Community High School in 1947, Alex was drafted into the U.S. Army, and served his country as a combat engineer during...
Bobby Lee Kintner
Dec 1, 2020
Bobby Lee Kintner, 38, of Robinson, IL, died December 1, 2020, at Crawford Memorial Hospital in Robinson, IL. He was born May 23, 1982, in Robinson, IL the son of Mark Kintner & Sarah (Holmes) Birkofer. He grew up in the Robinson area and attended Robinson High School, where he made many lifelong friends before graduating in 2002. This...
Gerald D. "Jerry" Brimberry
Nov 30, 2020
Gerald D. "Jerry" Brimberry, 84, of Palestine, IL, died November 30, 2020 at Ridgeview Care Center in Oblong, IL. He was born July 3, 1936, in Palestine, the son of John & Blanche (Woods) Brimberry, both of whom preceded him in death. He married Oneita Gay Skidmore on November 16, 1956, and she preceded him in death on April...
Anita L Heleine
Nov 30, 2020
Anita L. Heleine, 64, of Martinsville, IL, died November 30, 2020 at Crawford Memorial Hospital in Robinson, IL. She was born October 12, 1956 in Robinson, the daughter of Wayne Nethery & Lowdemia Zora (Daugherty) Nethery, both of whom preceded her in death. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Jimmy A. Heleine; and by her son,...
Reba Lois Hess
Nov 30, 2020
Reba Lois Hess, 95, of Palestine, IL, died on November 30, 2020 at Ridgeview Care Center in Oblong, IL. She was born July 26, 1925, in Bellair, IL, the daughter of Wiley & Elzora (Smith) Wiman, both of whom preceded her in death. She married Howard Hess on January 16, 1950, and he preceded her in death on June...
Annetta Spears
Nov 29, 2020
Annetta Spears, 75, of Humansville, MO, formerly of Robinson, IL, passed away on November 29, 2020. She was born July 2, 1945, the youngest of three daughters born to Hubert I. Stantz & Oma L. Taylor (Stantz). Ann grew up in the Robinson farming community with her sisters, Cozette and Barbra, and her best friend, Connie Carter (Quick). In...
David Randall Brannon
Nov 28, 2020
David Randall "Randy" Brannon, 77, of Palestine, IL, died on November 28, 2020, at Linda E. White Hospice House in Evansville, IN. He was born on November 7, 1943, in Palestine, the son of Glen Brannon & Velma (Shidler) Brannon, both of whom preceded him in death. He was also preceded in death by three brothers, Jim Brannon, Jerry...
Hilda Faye Cornwell
Nov 28, 2020
Hilda Faye Cornwell, 77, of Melrose, IL, entered into the arms of her Heavenly Father on Saturday, November 28, 2020, at Marshall Rehabilitation & Nursing Center in Marshall, IL. She was born January 15, 1943, in West Union, IL, the daughter of Charles Wesley & Sarah Esther (Strohm) Cornwell, both of whom preceded her in death. She was also...
John W. "Jack" Lindley
Nov 25, 2020
John W. "Jack" Lindley, 91, of West Union, IL, died November 25, 2020, at Marshall Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in Marshall, IL. He was born October 16, 1929, outside of West Union, the son of William Henry Lindley & Emma Cleo (Wells) Lindley, both of whom preceded him in death. He was also preceded in death by his sister,...
Margaret Louise Hunter
Nov 25, 2020
Margaret Louise Hunter, 53, of Sumner, IL, died November 25, 2020, at Deaconess Gateway Hospital in Newburgh, IN. She was born on June 6, 1967, in Waukegan, IL, the daughter of Pierre & Shirley (King) Pickell, both of whom preceded her in death. She is survived by her daughters, Megan & Michal Martinez (Robinson, IL), Dagmar Hunter & fiancé...
Betty Lou Burroughs
Nov 25, 2020
Betty Lou Burroughs, 95, died November 25, 2020 at Century Assisted Living in Carbondale, Illinois. She was born in Springfield, Illinois on January 23, 1925, to William Warren and Nellie Belle (Creed) Holmes. She began school in a one-room schoolhouse taught by her aunt in the Ashland-Prentice, Illinois area. Her family moved to Hutsonville, Illinois when she was a...
Shirley Rose Calvert-Smith
Nov 23, 2020
Shirley Rose Calvert-Smith, 87, formerly of Palestine, IL, died November 23, 2020, at Ridgeview Care Center in Oblong, IL. She was born March 22, 1933, in Flat Rock, IL, the daughter of James C. Neely and Opal (Higgins) Neely, both of whom preceded her in death. She was also preceded in death by her sister, Mary Neely in infancy;...
Danny Reed
Nov 22, 2020
Danny Reed, 68, of Annapolis, IL, lost his battle with cancer and passed away Sunday, November 22, 2020, at Carle Foundation Hospital in Urbana, IL. He was born February 17, 1952, in Sullivan, IN, the son of Doit & Shirley (Goodwin) Reed, both of whom preceded him in death. He married Tracey Bowen on August 8, 1998, and they...
Robert "Bob" Neal Fulling
Nov 22, 2020
Robert “Bob” Neal Fulling, 75, of Rantoul and San Antonio, was born at home on a dairy farm in Palestine, Ill., March 22, 1945, the sixth child of Byrl and Dorothy Fulling. On Nov. 22, 2020, surrounded by his wife and family, he was peacefully welcomed into the loving arms of his Lord and Savior. He devoted himself to...
William Louis Damron
Nov 20, 2020
William Louis Damron, 97, of Robinson, IL, died November 20, 2020, at Union Hospital in Terre Haute, IN. He was born December 23, 1922, in Herrin, IL, the son of William Fredrick Monroe Damron & Maudie (Erwin) Damron, both of whom preceded him in death. He married the love of his life, Dorothy Belle Cover on May 5, 1944,...
Doris Irene Dolson
Nov 19, 2020
Doris Dolson, 91, died November 19, 2020, at Willowbrook Assisted Care in Marshall, IL. She was born September 12, 1929, in rural West York, IL, the daughter of Harris & Zelpha (Clements) McCrory, both of whom preceded her in death. She married Ernest "Gene" Dolson on June 6, 1948, and he preceded her in death on April 14, 1997....
Imogene Drum
Nov 17, 2020
Imogene Drum, 95, of Marshall, IL, died November 17, 2020, at Marshall Rehabilitation and Nursing. She was born September 23, 1925, in Hornersville, MO, the daughter of John & Zella (Meredith) Cummings, both of whom preceded her in death. She married Vernon Olen Drum on September 22, 1944, and he preceded her in death on January 10, 1995. She...
Betty Ann Newlin
Nov 14, 2020
Betty Ann Newlin, 87, of Paris, IL, formerly of West Union, IL, died on November 14, 2020, at Paris Healthcare Center. She was born March 1, 1933, in Joliet, IL, the daughter of Henry & Esther (Frost) Matteson. As a young child, her family moved to the West Union area, where she was raised on the family farm just...
Clifford Richard Murdock
Nov 14, 2020
Clifford Richard Murdock, 92, of Palestine, IL, died November 14, 2020, at Good Samaritan Hospital in Vincennes, IN. He was born June 26, 1928, in Palestine, the son of Martin Murdock & Mable Esther (Thomas) Murdock, both of whom preceded him in death. He married Alberta Harris on November 19, 1949, and she preceded him in death on May...
Janeil Lavern Stewart
Nov 10, 2020
Janeil LaVern Stewart, 93, of Robinson, IL, died November 10, 2020, at Ridgeview Care Center in Oblong, IL. Along with her twin brother, James, she was born December 15, 1926, in Dana, IN, the oldest of thirteen children born to Paul & Lola Wilkinson, both of whom preceded her in death. She married LeRoy Tilford Stewart on July 28,...
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