Obituaries in Robinson, Palestine, Flat Rock, West Union, and Surrounding Areas in Illinois
Patricia A. Braden
May 21, 2014
Patricia Ann Braden, 79, of Robinson, passed away at 3:10pm Wednesday, May 21st, 2014 at the United Methodist Village in Lawrenceville. She was born December 16, 1934 in McLeansboro, IL, the daughter of Ebb and Mable Hargrave. She retired from GTE, which she brought to Robinson in the late 60’s. Her hobbies included the outdoors, her flower and vegetable...
Sandra Kay "Sandy" Baud
May 20, 2014
Sandra Kay “Sandy” Baud, 62, of Robinson IL, died May 20th, 2014 surrounded by her family at her home in Robinson, following a battle with pulmonary disease. She was born on August 31st, 1951 in Lawrenceville, the daughter of Homer “Jack” and Betty Edgin Pinnick. Sandy worked as a CNA at Glenwood and the Convalescent Center. She attended the...
Estalene Smith
May 17, 2014
Estalene Smith, 86, of Robinson, IL died at 12:15 a.m. on Saturday, May 17, 2014 at the Casey Health Care Center in Casey, IL. She was born August 21, 1927 in Flat Rock, the daughter of Alonzo Meeker & Ruth Hale Meeker. She was a beloved schoolteacher for the Palestine School District for over 30 years, and was a...
Toni Tanneur
May 17, 2014
Toni Tanneur, 73, of Robinson, IL passed away at 8:12 p.m. on May 17, 2014 at the Crawford Memorial Hospital in Robinson with her family by her side. She was born June 21, 1940 in Tampa, FL, the daughter of Joseph & Lola Hernandez. She attended Findlay College in Ohio and graduated from EIU as a mother of two....
Wilma F. Wilson
May 15, 2014
Wilma Wilson, 93, of Flat Rock, IL, died at 1:13 p.m. on May 15, 2014 at Aperion Care, Bridgeport, IL. She was born November 28, 1920 in West Union, IL, the daughter of Charles Ingram & Mary Sheets Ingram. She was a former member of the Robinson Moose Lodge #1369, the Flat Rock United Methodist Church, Royal Neighbors, the...
Etta M. "Pudge" Knoblett
May 15, 2014
Etta M. “Pudge” Knoblett, 77, of Robinson died at 2:31 p.m. on May 15, 2014 at St. Anthony’s Memorial Hospital in Effingham. She was born August 20, 1936 in West Union, IL, the daughter of Adolph Glenn Yargus & Ola Pearl Counterman. Etta worked as an inspector at Victor Dana for several years. She was a member of the...
Robert Dean Gray
May 12, 2014
Robert Dean Gray, 79, of Graysville, died 11:50pm on Monday, May 12th at his home. He was born in West Plains Missouri on December 4th, 1934, the son of Charles Edward and Velma Pauline Fine Gray. He served in the United States Air Force from 1956-1960 where he was stationed in England. Robert served as an ordained minister at...
Larene Adams
May 11, 2014
Larene Marie Adams, 86, of Robinson, died at 2:20 p.m. on Sunday, May 11, 2014 at the North Campus of the United Methodist Village in Lawrenceville, IL. She was born on January 11, 1928 in Centralia, Illinois, and was the daughter of Ray and Laura (Fritz) Mann. She was a member of Mt. Zion Church. She worked as a...
Dr. Stephen Young
May 10, 2014
Dr. Stephen Young, 71, of Flat Rock, IL, formerly of TX, died at 9:15 p.m. on Saturday, May 10, 2014 in Flat Rock. Steve was born on March 18 1943 in McAllen, Texas, the son of Richard Young & Wanda Fox Young. He graduated from Cuero High School in Cuero, Texas. He earned his undergraduate degree from the University...
Carolyn (Macey) Chapman
May 9, 2014
Carolyn (Macey) Chapman, 70, of rural Annapolis, IL died at 5:30 a.m. on Friday, May 9, 2014 in rural Annapolis. She was born September 8, 1943 in Terre Haute, the daughter of Leo Macey & Audrey Atkins. Faith played an important part in Carolyn’s life, as she was an active member of the St. Elizabeth Catholic Church in Robinson,...
Bernice Mae Ford
May 6, 2014
Bernice Mae Ford, 86 of rural Robinson, IL, died at 7:00 a.m. Tuesday, May 06, 2014 at Magnolia Center, Crawford Memorial Hospital, Robinson, after an extended illness. She was born April 17, 1928 in West Salem, IL, the daughter of Earl Ibbotson and Ella Hodgson Ibbotson. Bernice was a member of the Hardinville Christian Church, She was baptized at...
James Donald White
Apr 29, 2014
James Donald White, 85, of Robinson, IL, passed away Tuesday, April 29, 2014. He was born to the late Oscar and Leafy White, October 1, 1928 in Hardinville, IL. Don graduated from Robinson Township High School in 1946. He and wife Lorena (Weger) White have lived in Robinson, IL since they were married. In 1946, Don was a member...
Shirley Denton
Apr 28, 2014
Shirley Denton, 73, of Robinson died at 6:31 a.m. on April 28, 2014 at Brookstone Estates in Robinson, IL. She was born November 26, 1940 in Flora, IL, the daughter of Werner Schlabach & Ada Mitchell Schlabach. Shirley graduated from Flora High School in 1958. She enjoyed bird watching and in her younger days, she loved camping with her...
Lilas Ruth Tomczewski
Apr 27, 2014
Lilas Ruth Tomczewski went home to be with the Lord on April 27, 2014, at the age of 79. Lilas was a lifetime resident of Maryland until 2010 when she moved to the Villas of Holly Brook in Marshall, Illinois, where she spent her days enjoying southern life with her late husband Buddy, her daughter Sharlene, and her grandchildren,...
Mardell Mae Manship
Apr 26, 2014
Mardell Mae Manship, 87 of Robinson, IL, died at 6:15 a.m., Saturday, April 26, 2014 at the Magnolia Center, Crawford Memorial Hospital, Robinson, after an extended illness. She was born March 27, 1927 in East St. Louis, IL, the daughter of John and Lillian Schleater Keasling. Mardell graduated from Indiana Beauty College and went on to own and operate...
Rae Jean Nash
Apr 24, 2014
Rae Jean Nash, 77 of Palestine, IL, died at the Magnolia Center of Crawford Memorial Hospital, Robinson, IL at 8:35 a.m. Thursday, April 24, 2014. She was born June 14, 1936 in Palestine, the daughter of Harvey J. McNair and Helen M. McNair. Rae Jean was a “Customer Service Representative” for 26 years for the cable company industry. She...
Gerald "Goat" Watts
Apr 23, 2014
Gerald “Goat” Watts, 77, of Robinson, formerly of Palestine, died Wednesday April 23, 2014 at 5:35 p.m. in the comfort of his home. He was born in Robinson on November 29, 1936, the son of John F. Watts & Rosetta Doyle Watts. He served his country in the U.S. Army from 1954-1956. He belonged to the Illinois Carpenter Union,...
Georgia L. Atteberry
Apr 21, 2014
Georgia Leigh Atteberry, 65, of Flat Rock, IL died at 1:58 p.m. on Monday, April 21, 2014 at the United Methodist Village in Lawrenceville, IL. She was born November 15, 1948 in Robinson, the daughter of Walter & Norma Evans. Georgia graduated from beauty college in 1966, and spent most of her life as a homemaker. She was an...
Phillip Wayne Tuttle
Apr 21, 2014
Phillip Wayne Tuttle, 69, of Robinson, IL died at 1:16 p.m. on Monday, April 21, 2014 in the comfort of his home. He was born September 6, 1944 in Robinson, the son of Robert Carl Tuttle & Vera Pearl Montgomery. He served his country in the U.S. Army from 1963-1966. He spent thirty years in mail service, 25 of...
Vicki Jo King
Apr 18, 2014
Vicki Jo King, 59, of Annapolis, IL died at 8:30 p.m. on Friday, April 18, 2014 in the comfort of her home. She was born November 15, 1954 in Terre Haute, IN, the daughter of Norman Walls & JoAnn Ashley. Vicki was baptized Methodist in Findlay, OH. She was an RN and worked for Union Hospital in Terre Haute,...
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