93 year old Lula Vaughn of Bunker Hill passed away October 26. Funeral services will be held Monday (Nov 1) at 1:00pm at Zion Lutheran Church in Bunker Hill. Burial will be in Rose Lawn Memory Gardens. Friends may call Sunday from 4-7pm at the Kravanya Funeral Home in Bunker Hill. 

82 year old Stefni Schwappach of Gillespie passed away October 3. A memorial visitation will be held Sunday (Oct 31) from 3-4pm at Trinity Baptist Church in Gillespie. A graveside service will be held Monday (Nov 1) at 10:00am in Jefferson Barracks National cemetery in St. Louis. The Kravanya Funeral Home in Gillespie is in charge of arrangements

79 year old Jack Evans of Girard passed away October 15. A Celebration of Life will be held Sunday (Oct 31) at 1:00pm at Otter Lake in rural Girard. The Davis-Anderson Funeral Home in Girard is in charge of arrangements.

81-year-old Larry Leon Collins of Taylor Springs passed away Tuesday (October 26). Cremation rites have been accorded and remains will be buried at a later date.  Hough and Sons Funeral H

93-year-old Glenn E. Karrick of Litchfield passed away Thursday (October 28)  Funeral services will be held Sunday (October 31) at 2:00 P.M. at the Litchfield Family Funeral Service. Visitation will be held Saturday, from 4:00 until 7:00 P.M. at the funeral home. Burial will be in the Bethel Ridge Cemetery near Atwater.

50 year old Rebecca Ruth French of Brighton passed away October 27. Funeral services will be held Saturday (Oct 30) at 10:00am at First Christian Church in Gillespie. Burial will be in Asbury cemetery. Friends may call  Friday from 4-8pm at the  church. The Kravanya Funeral Home in Gillespie is in charge of arrangements.

63 year old Allen "Butch" Greeling of Alton passed away October 24. Funeral services will be held Fridy (Oct 29) at1:00pm at Kravanya Funeral Home in Bunker Hill. Burial will be in Bunker Hill cemetery. Friends may call Friday from 11:00am until the time of the service at the funeral home.

75 year old Karen Hall of Gillespie passed away October 23. Funeral mass will be conducted Friday (Oct 29) at 10:00am at Saints Simon and Jude Church in Gillespie. Burial will be in Holy Cross cemetery. Friends may call Thursday from 5-7pm at Kravanya Funeral Home in Gillespie.

92 year old Hilda Elizabeth Bettis of Girard passed away October 22. Funeral services will be held Friday (Oct 28) at 10:00am at Davis-Anderson Funeral Home in Girard. Friends may call Thursday from 3:30pm until 7:00pm at the funeral home.

39-year-old Larry Francis Golladay of Mount Juliet, TN, formerly of Hillsboro, passed away on October 16.   Funeral Services for 39-year-old Larry Golladay will be held on Saturday (October 30) at 11:00 a.m. at Bass Patton Dean Funeral Home, Hillsboro. Visitation will be on Friday from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the funeral home.  Burial will take place in Oak Grove Cemetery in Hillsboro 

96-year-old Wilma J. Taylor of Litchfield passed away Friday (October 22). Funeral services for 96-year-old Wilma J. Taylor will be held Wednesday (October 27)  at 12:00 Noon at the Plummer Funeral Home.  Visitation will be from 11:00 until time of service.  Burial in the Elm Lawn Cemetery in Litchfield 

78 year old Margaret Jo Leihy of Alton passed away October 21. Funeral services will be held Tuesday (Oct 26) at 6:00pm at Kravanya Funeral Home in Bunker Hill. Friends may call Tuesday from 4:00pm until the time of the service at the funeral home.

58-year-old Jeffery Kirk Harbaugh of Litchfield passed away Wednesday (October 20). Funeral services are JMonday (October 25) at 11 a.m. at First Baptist Church, Gillespie. Visitation Sunday (October 24) from 5 p.m. until 7 p.m. at the church.  COVID 19 guideline will be followed including mandatory masks.  Kravanya Funeral Home, Gillespie is in charge of the arrangements. 

68 year old Nancy Jean O'Dell of Virden passed away October 20. Funeral services will be held Tuesday (Oct 26) at 10:00am at First Christian Church in Virden. Burial will be in Virden cemetery. Friends may call Monday from 4-7pm at Davis-Anderson Funeral Home in Girard.

64 year old Donald Ray “Grover” Clelland of Litchfield, passed away Wednesday (Oct. 20).  Funeral services for 64 year old Donald Clelland will be held Sunday (Oct. 24 th ) at 3:00 p.m. in PlummerFuneral Home in Litchfield. Friends may call Sunday from 1:00 p.m. until service time in Plummer Funeral Home in Litchfield.  Cremation will follow the services, and interment will be in Elm Lawn Cemetery in Litchfield. 

58 year old Jeffery Kirk Harbaugh of Litchfield passed away October 20. Funeral services will be held Monday (Oct 25) at 11:00am at First Baptist Church in Gillespie. Friends may call Sunday from 5-7pm at the church. Masks are mandatory. The Kravanya Funeral Home in Gillespie is in charge of arrangements. 

61-year-old Theresa (Wheeling) Legg  of Hillsboro passed away Thursday. (Oct. 21). , Cremation rites were accorded and a private family burial will be held at a later date. Hough & Sons Funeral Home in Hillsboro is in charge of arrangements. 

66 year old Kathryn Kirkwood of Staunton passed away October 7.  A Celebration of Life will be held Saturday (Oct 23) from noon until 2:00pm in the Water Tower Park in Staunton. The Williamson Funeral Home in Staunton is in charge of arrangements.

86 year old Arlene Ward of Carlinville passed away October 20. A graveside service will be held Saturday (Oct 23) at 10:00am in Mayfield Memorial Park cemetery in Carlinville. The Davis-Anderson Funeral Home in Carlinville is in charge of arrangements.    

91-year-old George  Lesicko of New Douglas, the Patriarch of Lesicko Funeral Home, passed away Monday (October 18).  A Funeral Mass for George Lesicko will be held on Friday (October 22) at 11:00 AM at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Livingston.  George Lesicko will lie in repose on Thursday, October 21, 2021 from 3:00 PM to 7:00 PM at the Lesicko Funeral Home  in Livingston,.  All Coronavirus guidelines will be observed, with facial coverings or masks required.   Burial with Full Military Honors provided by the Staunton Area Veterans Honor Guard will be in the New Douglas Cemetery. 

86-year-old Ruth Ellen Elsas of Hillsboro passed away on Tuesday, October 19.  Graveside Services will be at Wares Grove Cemetery in Butler, IL on Thursday, (October 21) at 11:00 a.m. Bass Patton Dean Funeral Home in Hillsboro is in charge of arrangements.   

49-year-old James Sexton of Springfield, formerly of Litchfield, passed away Friday (October 15).   Funeral services will be held Saturday (October 23) at Noon at Litchfield Family Funeral Service.,  Visitation will be held on Saturday from 10:00am to Noon at Litchfield Family Funeral Service. Burial will follow in Elm Wood Cemetery. 

94-year-old Ruth (Jordan) Hanke Creighton of Hillsboro passed away Sunday (October 17). Cremation rights were accorded and a memorial service will be held at a later date.   Bass Patton Dean Funeral Home in Hillsboro is in charge of arrangements.  

91 year old Alice Parrish of Litchfield, passed away Saturday (Oct. 16 th ).  Memorial services for 91 year old Alice Parrish will be held Saturday (Oct. 23 rd ) at 11:00 a.m. in Mt. Zion Lutheran Church in Litchfield. Visitation Saturday from 10:00 a.m. until service time in Mt. Zion Lutheran Church.  Inurnment will be in Elm Lawn Cemetery in Litchfield.   The Plummer Funeral Home in Litchfield is in charge of arrangements. 

78-year-old Sylvester “Sy” Jarman Jr. of Litchfield passed away Saturday.  Funeral services for 78-year-old Sylvester Jarman Jr will be held Wednesday (October 20th) at 10:30 AM at Litchfield Family Funeral Service.  Visitation Tuesday 4 to 7 pm at the funeral home.  Burial Elmlawn Cemetery. 

20-year-old Gracie (Young) Hiller of Hillsboro passed away Wednesday (Oct. 13 th ).   Funeral services for 20-year-old Gracie Hiller will be held Tuesday (Oct. 19 th) at 11:00 a.m. in First Baptist Church in Litchfield. Visitation Monday (Oct. 18 th ) from 4:00 – 7:00 p.m. in Plummer Funeral Home in Litchfield. Cremation will follow the services. 

79-year-old Joseph O. Counts of Beebe, AR, formerly of Panama, passed away on October 5th.   A graveside ceremony will be held Saturday, (October 16)  at Sunnyside Cemetery in Sorento    Perfetti-Assalley Funeral Home in Sorento is in charge of arrangements.

56-year-old Randy A. Meyer of Rural Witt passed away on Friday ( October 8).  Funeral services for 56-year-old Randy Meyer will be held on Wednesday (October 13) at 2:00 p.m. at the First Baptist Church in Nokomis.  Visitation will be held on Tuesday (October 12) from 4:00-8:00 p.m. at First Baptist Church in Nokomis.  Burial will be in Nokomis Cemetery in Nokomis, IL. Sutton Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.   

86-year-old Jeannette E. Johnson of Springfield formerly of Nokomis passed away Saturday (Oct 9).   Funeral services for 86-year-old Jeannette Johnson will be held Wednesday (October 13) at 11:00 am in St. Paul's Lutheran Church.  Visitation Wednesday from 10 to 11 am with burial in St. Paul's Lutheran Cemetery. Stiehl Dawson Funeral Home in Nokomis is in charge of arrangements.  

79-year-old Doris Lentz of Hillsboro passed away Sunday.  Funeral services for 79-year-old Doris Lentz will be held  Saturday (Oct 16) at 10 a.m. at the Hillsboro Free Methodist Church.  Visitation Friday (Oct 15) from 4 until 7 p.m. at the church.  Burial Cress Hill Cemetery in Rural Hillsboro.  The Bass Patton Dean Funeral Home in Hillsboro is in charge of arrangements.   

80 year old Phillip Louis Maton of Pana passed away Sunday, October 10. The McCracken-Dean Funeral Home in Pana is in charge. A private mass and funeral will be held Wednesday, October 13, 2021 at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church, Pana and will be followed by a private graveside service.

100 year old Edna Redfern of Litchfield, formerly of Raymond, passed away Sunday (Oct. 10^th) The Plummer Funeral Home in Litchfield is in charge of arrangements. PRIVATE graveside service for 100 year old Edna Redfern will be held Wednesday (Oct. 13^th) in Cedar Ridge Cemetery in Honey Bend. No visitation will be held.

93 year old Lela A. Matthews of Pana passed away Saturday, October 9, 2021. The McCracken-Dean Funeral Home in Pana is in charge. Per Lela’s wishes, cremation rites will be accorded and private family services will be held.

77 year old Jim Fray of Pana passed away Sunday (October 3).  Funeral services for 77 year old Jim Fray will be held Friday (October 8) at 11:00 a.m. in McCracken-Dean Funeral Home.  Visitation Friday from 9:00 a.m. until service time in the funeral home.   Inurnment will be in Rosemond Grove Cemetery, Rosamond. 

81-year-old David Young of Coffeen passed away on Sunday (October 3).  A Celebration of Life will be held on Saturday ( October 9) at 1:00 p.m. at Indian Springs Golf Course in Fillmore with a meal and golf scramble to follow the service. Cremation rites were accorded.  Burial will be in Waveland Cemetery at a later date.  Toberman Dean Funeral Home in Coffeen is in charge of arrangements.  

87-year-old Richard Joseph “Sarge” Luczak of Taylorville, formerly of Morrisonville, passed away on Friday, October 1.  Funeral Mass: Thursday (October 7th) at 11 am at St. Maurice Catholic Church.  Visitation Thursday from 9:00 a.m. until the time of the funeral mass at 11:00 a.m.  Inurnment will follow the mass at St. Maurice Catholic Cemetery in Morrisonville.  Perfetti-Assalley Funeral Home in Morrisonville is in charge of arrangements.

67 year old Franklin “Frank” Davis, Jr. of Butler passed away Thursday (Sept. 30th ) Funeral services for 67 year old Frank Davis, Jr. will be held Tuesday (Oct. 5 th ) at 11:00 a.m. in Plummer Funeral Home in Litchfield.  Visitation Monday from 4:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. in Plummer Funeral Home in Litchfield.  Burial will be in Elm Lawn Cemetery in Litchfield. 

83-year-old Elbert “Elbo” Carl Grindley of Coffeen passed away on Sunday  (September 26).   Funeral services Monday October 4th at 2 p.m. at Toberman Dean Funeral Home in Coffeen.  Visitation Sunday 2 to 5 at the funeral home.  Burial Olive Hill Cemetery Coffeen.  

74-year-old Johnny Russ Summers of Coffeen passed away  September 22, A graveside service will be held on Saturday, October 2, 2021 at 2:00 p.m. at Olive Hill Cemetery in Coffeen, IL. Burial will be at Olive Hill Cemetery in Coffeen.  Bass Patton Dean Funeral Home is in chargeof arrangements.   

99 year old Erma Hardt of Litchfield, passed away Sunday (Sept. 26 th )  Funeral services for 99 year old Erma Hardt will be held Saturday (Oct. 2 nd ) at 2:00 p.m. in Zion  Lutheran Church in Litchfield. Burial will be in Elm Lawn Cemetery in Litchfield.   Visitation today  from 4:00 – 7:00 p.m. at Plummer Funeral Home in Litchfield.

96-year-old Catherine “Katie” Peat of Palmer passed away Wednesday (September 29).   Funeral services for 96-year-old Catherine Peat will be held Monday (October 4) at noon at Perfetti-Assalley Funeral Home in Morrisonville.  Visitation Monday rom 10:00-12:00 p.m.at Perfetti-Assalley Funeral Home. Interment will follow the ceremony at Morrisonville Cemetery in Morrisonville.