Obituaries in Robinson, Palestine, Flat Rock, West Union, and Surrounding Areas in Illinois
Carl Dean Hulse
Dec 10, 2020
Carl Dean Hulse, 82, of Palestine, IL, died Thursday, December 10, 2020. He was born October 30, 1938, in Palestine, the son of Virgil & Alta (Seaney) Hulse. Having grown up in the rural Palestine area, he attended Adams School until it consolidated with Palestine Grade School. A 1957 graduate of Palestine High School, Carl would go on to...
Juanita "Willie" Larose
Dec 10, 2020
Juanita "Willie" LaRose, 93, of Robinson, IL, died December 10, 2020, at Cotillion Ridge in Robinson. She was born May 3, 1927 in Eureka, KS, the only child of Burr & Zella (Knight) Williams. In the 1930's, the family moved to Mattoon, IL, where she attended grade school before graduating from Mattoon High School in 1945. After high school,...
Iona L. Rich
Dec 9, 2020
Iona L. Rich, 83, of Flat Rock, IL, died December 9, 2020, at Cotillion Ridge in Robinson, IL. She was born January 16, 1937, in Lawrenceville, IL, the daughter of Ralph & Rose Waldrop, both of whom preceded her in death. She was also preceded in death by her father-in-law & mother-in-law, Chester & Martha Rich; by her siblings,...
Tyler L. Davis
Dec 9, 2020
Tyler L. Davis, 40, of Robinson, IL, died on December 9, 2020 at Crawford Memorial Hospital in Robinson. He was born April 10, 1980, in Vincennes, IN, the son of Thomas & Elizabeth (Waller) Davis. He grew up in the Bridgeport and Hutsonville areas and was a 1998 graduate of Hutsonville High School. He found work with a number...
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
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
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
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...
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