Obituaries

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

Ronald E. Jenkins

Ronald E. Jenkins

Dec 9, 2020

Ronald E. Jenkins, 76, of Palestine, IL, died December 9, 2020 at his home due to natural causes. He was born July 2, 1944, the son of Glen Earl Jenkins & Marjorie Evon (Knapp) Jenkins. He proudly served his country in the U.S. Navy in the early-to-mid 1960s. Throughout his life, Ron worked many jobs all over the country...

Marylin Faye Stanley

Marylin Faye Stanley

Dec 6, 2020

Marylin Faye Stanley, 72, of Robinson, IL, died December 6, 2020 in the comfort of her home. She was born on May 30, 1948 in Poplar Bluff, MO, the daughter of William & Magdalene (Kemper) Fields, both of whom preceded her in death. She married Laird Knapp and he preceded her in death on January 30, 1994. She was...

Phyllis Jo Strohm

Phyllis Jo Strohm

Dec 6, 2020

Phyllis Strohm entered heaven early Sunday morning, December 6th, 2020, at Skyline Medical Center, Nashville, TN. She was born July 16, 1936, in rural Belknap, IL to Evelyn (Schmedake) Crawford and William J. Crawford. She was an avid reader, collector of history, and of anything you happened to tell her you liked. She could justify buying anything from Goo...

Alex S. Sakonyi

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...