83-year-old Priscilla L. Gonet of Nokomis passed away Saturday (February 26). Funeral services Thursday at 11 a.m. at St. Louis Catholic Church in Nokomis. Visitation Thursday at 10 a.m. at the church. Arrangements thru Stiehl Dawson Funeral Home.

85-year-old Melbourine Blackburn of Coffeen passed away on Friday, (February 25). Funeral Services will be held on Tuesday (March 1) at 1:00 p.m. at Toberman-Dean Funeral Home in Coffeen. Visitation will be held on Tuesday from 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. at Toberman-Dean Funeral Home in Coffeen.  

67 year old Ronald Bridges of Athens, formerly from Carlinville and Alton passed away February 25. Funeral services will be held Tuesday (Mar 1) at 11:00am at Davis-Anderson Funeral Home in Carlinville. Burial will be in Moore cemetery. Friends may call Tuesday from 10:00am until the time of the service at the funeral home.

80 year old Geraldine Daniels of Jerseyville passed away February 22. Funeral services will be held Tuesday (Mar 1) at 10:00m at Life Church X in Jerseyville. Burial will be in Kane cemetery. Friends may call Monday from 4-7pm at the church. The Crawford Funeral Home in Jerseyville is in charge of arrangements. 

91 year old Jean Federle of Elsah passed away February 19. Funeral services will be held Saturday (Feb 26) at Noon at Crawford Funeral Home in Jerseyville. Burial will be in Elsah cemetery. Friends may call Saturday from 10:00am until the time of the service at the funeral home.

87 year old Dorothy Lee Hillebrand of Staunton passed away February 20. Funeral services will be held Saturday (Feb 26) at 11:00am at Zion Lutheran Church  in Staunton. Burial will be in Prairietown cemetery. Friends may call Saturday from 10:00am until the time of the service at the church. The Williamson Funeral Home in Staunton is in charge of arrangements. 

90 year old Iola Lorraine Atteberry of Jerseyville passed away February 19. Funeral services will be held Saturday (Feb 26) at 10:00am at Gospel Assembly Church in Jerseyville. Burial will be in Carrollton cemetery. Friends may call Saturday from 9:00am until the time of the service at the church.  The Crawford Funeral Home in Jerseyville is in charge of arrangements. 

91 year old Violet Felchner of Staunton passed away February 12. Amemorial mass will be conducted Friday (Feb 25) at 11:00am at St. Michael Catholic church in Staunton. Burial will be in Memorial Park cemetery. Friends may call Friday from 9:00am until the time of the service at the church. The Williamson Funeral Home in Staunton is in charge of arrangements.   

82 year old Virginia Andrews of Jerseyville passed away February 17. Funeral services will be held Wednesday (Feb 23) at Noon at Crawford Funeral Home in Jerseyville. Burial will be in Noble cemetery. Friends may call Wednesday from 10:00am until the time of the service at the funeral home.  

71 year old Larry Featherstone of Greenfield passed away February 16. A memorial service will be held Wednesday (Feb23) at 11:00am at Greenfield United Methodist Church. Inurnment will be in Oak Wood cemetery. Friends may call Wednesday from 9:30am until the time of the service at the church. The Shields-Bishop Funeral Home in Greenfield is in charge of arrangements.

62-year-old Christine “Tina” Evelyn Crabtree of Litchfield passed away on Friday (February 18). A funeral service will be held Friday (Feb 25) at 1:00pm at Hough Funeral Home in Raymond, Visitation Friday at noon at the funeral home. Burial will follow the funeral service at St. Raymond Cemetery in Raymond.

91-year-old Robert Eugene Davis of Hillsboro passed away Friday (Feb. 18). Funeral services will be Wednesday (Feb. 23) at 12:00 PM at Hough &Sons Funeral Home in Hillsboro. Visitation will be Wednesday from10:00 AM until service time. Burial will be in Oak Grove Cemetery in Hillsboro. 

97 year old Glenn Painter, Sr. of Litchfield passed away on Thursday (Feb. 17).. Services for 97 year old Glenn Painter, Sr. will be held on Friday (February 25th) at 12 noon at Plummer Funeral Home in Litchfield. Visitation will be Friday from 10:00 a.m. until the time of service at Plummer Funeral Home.Burial will follow at Cedar Ridge Cemetery in Honey Bend. 

58 year oldKenneth "Wasy" Wasylenko of Gillespie passed away February 17. A visitation will be held Monday (Feb 21)  from 5:30 until 8:00pm at Kravanya Funeral Home in Gillespie.

59 year old Bonnie Zirkelbach of Benld passed away February 13. Funeral services will be held Monday (FEb 21) at Noon at Kravanya Funeral Home in Benld. Burial will be in Benld cemetery. Friends may call Monday from 10:00am until the time of the service at the funeral home.

71 year old Gladys Windau of rural New Douglas passed away February 15. Funeral services will be held Monday (Feb 21) at 11:00am at Immanuel Lutheran Church in New Douglas. Burial will be in New Douglas cemetery. Friends may call Monday from 9-10:45am at the church. The Lesicko Funeral Home in Livingston is in charge of arrangements. 

71-year-old Carlos Elias Padilla of Nokomis passed away Friday, February 11. Services will be held Saturday at 1pm at Stiehl Dawson Funeral Home.  Visitation Saturday from 11 to 1.  Burial in his native Guatemala. 

81-year-old Sharon Hethmon of Nokomis passed away Wednesday (Feb 16). Funeral services for 81-year-old Sharon Hethmon will be held Sunday (Feb 20) at 3 p.m. at Stiehl Dawson Funeral Home in Nokomis. Visitation Sunday from 1 to 3 at the funeral home.

87 year old Betty Archer of Gillespie passed away February 6. A memorial service will be held Saturday (Feb 19) at 6:00pm at Kravanya Funeral Home in Gillespie. Friends may call Saturday from 4:00pm until the time of the service at the funeral home. 

94 year old Maxine Johnson of St. James, MO, passed away February 13. Funeral services will be held Saturday (Feb 19) at 11:00am at Crawford Funeral Home in Jerseyville. Burial will be in Brighton cemetery. Friends may call Saturday from 9:00am until the time of the service at the funeral home.  

91 year old Levetta Ayres of Collinsville passed away February 3. Funeral services will be held Friday (Feb 18) at 11:00am at Crawford Funeral Home in Jerseyville. Burial will be in Noble cemetery. Friends may  call Thursday from 5-8pm at the funeral home.

91 year old Mary Ruth Thomas of Jerseyville passed away February 14. Funeral services will be held Friday (Feb 18) at 10:00am at First United Methodist Church in Jerseyville. Burial will be iin Oak Grove cemetery. Friends may call Thursday from 4-7pm at the church. The Crawford Funeral Home in Jerseyville is in charge of arrangements.   

95-year-old Velma Rose Wise of Farmersville passed away on Wednesday (February 09). A graveside service will be held at a later date in Rovey Cemetery in Farmersville. Hough Memorial Home in Farmersville is in charge of arrangements.

67 year old Paul Widner of Eagerville passed away on February 8th. . A memorial service for 67 year old Paul Widner will be held Tuesday, February 22, beginning at 11 a.m. at Plummer Funeral Home in Litchfield. Visitation will be at Plummer Funeral Home from 10:00 a.m. until service time.

77-year-old Dan Saathoff, of Hillsboro, formerly of Panama, passed away December 4th.  Cremation rites were accorded and a Celebration of Life will be held on Sunday (February 20) from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., at The Abbey on Broad in Hillsboro. Bass Patton Dean Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.

76-year-old Geraldine Elaine (Thacker) Eccles of Panama passed away Saturday (Feb 13). Geraldine and her sister Jerry Snider will have a combined grave side memorial service on Saturday May 7th at 1:00 PM at Mt. Moriah Cemetery in Rural Coffeen. Hough and Sons Funeral Home in Hillsboro is in charge of arrangements.

92 year old Thelma Lucille Hankins of Virden passed away February 10. A graveside service will be held Tuesday (Feb 15) at 11:00am in the Waverly East cemetery. The Airsman-Calvert Funeral Home in Virden is in charge of arrangements.

101 year old Ruth Marie Nitz of Dorchester passed away February 10. Funeral services will be held Monday (Feb 14) at 11:00am at Kravanya Funeral Home in Gillespie. Burial will be in New Douglas cemetery. Friends may call Monday from 10:00am until the time of the service at the funeral home. 

70 year old Jay William Adams, longtime Litchfield attorney, passed away on Tuesday (Feb. 8).   Funeral services for 70 year old Jay Adams will be held on Tuesday (Feb. 15) at 11:00 a.m. at Union Avenue Christian Church in Litchfield.  Visitation will be held on Monday (Feb. 14) from 3 p.m. until 7 p.m. at Plummer Funeral Home in Litchfield. 

87 year old Paul Leroy Cavins of Benld passed away February 8. A memorial service will be held Saturday (Feb 12) at 3:00pm at Kravanya Funeral Home in Benld. Friends may call Saturday from 2:00pm until the time of the service at the funeral home. 

97 year old Catherine Mae Platto of Alton passed away February 3. Funeral services will be held Saturday (Feb 12) at Noon at Crawford Funeral Home in Jerseyville. Burial will be in Oak Grove cemetery. Friends may call Saturday from 10:00am until the time of the service at the funeral home.

100 year old Alfred Keith Muntz of Greenfield passed away February 8. Funeral services will be held Saturday (Feb 12) at 11:00am at Charity Southern Baptist Church in Greenfield. Private burial will be in Oak Wood cemetery. Friends may call Saturday from 9:30am until the time of the service at the church. Military rites will be conducted by the Tri-County Horor Guard. The Shields-Bishop Funeral Home in Greenfield is in charge of arrangements. 

85 year old Elvis Davis of Medora passed away February 7. Funeral services will be held Saturday (Feb 12) at 11:00am at Anderson Family Funeral Home in Brighton.  Burial will be in Scenic Hill cemetery. Friends may call Saturday from 9:00am until the time of the service at the funeral home. 

83 year old Frieda Bolin of Livingston passed away January 23. A Graveside Committal Service and Interment of Cremains for 83 year old Frieda Bolin will be held on Friday (February 11) at 11:00 AM at the Memorial Park Cemetery in Staunton, IL. The Lesicko Funeral Home in Livingston is in charge. 

89 year old Verla Ilean Sarver of Gillespie, formerly of Waggoner, passed away on Wed. (Feb. 9). Funeral Services for 89-year-old Verla Sarver will be held on Sat. (Feb.12)  at 12 noon at Pleasant Hill Christian Church in Rural Raymond.  Visitation will be held Saturday at Pleasant Hill Christian Church from 10 a.m. until service time. Burial will be in Asbury Cemetery in Raymond.. The Plummer Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements 

80-year-old Junior Lee Neville of Witt passed away Tuesday (Feb. 8).   Burial will be scheduled for Witt Cemetery at a later date. Hough and Sons Funeral Home in Hillsboro is in charge of arrangements.  

41 year old John A. Kruse, Jr. of Litchfield passed away Saturday (Feb. 5). Funeral services for 41 year old John A. Kruse, Jr. will be held Saturday (Feb. 12) at 11:00 AM at the Plummer Funeral Home in Litchfield. Visitation Friday from 3:00 PM until 7:00 PM at the funeral home.  Cremation Rites will follow the service. 

62-year-old Bobby Purgerson of Nokomis passed away Tuesday (February 8).  Funeral Services for 62-year-old Bobby Purgerson will be held Saturday (February 12th) at 7 p.m. at First Pentecostal Church in Nokomis. Visitation Saturday from 5 to 7pm at the church. Stiehl Dawson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

63 year old Howard Schehl of Mt. Olive passed away February 3. Funeral services will be held Saturday (Feb 12) at Noon at Becker and Son Funeral Home in Mt. Olive. Burial will be in Chapman cemetery. Friends may call Friday from 6-8pm at the funeral home.

93 year old Joseph Dona of Gillespie passed away February 6. Funeral mass will be conducted Friday (Feb 11) at 11:30pm at Saints Simon and Jude Church in Gillespie. Burial will be in Holy Cross cemetery. Friends may call Friday from 9:30am until the time of the service at the church. The Kravanya Funeral Home in Gillespie is in charge of arrangements.

75 year old James Burbon Stark of Greenfield passed away February 3. Funeral services will be held Friday (Feb 11) at 2:00pm at Anderson Family Funeral Home in Brighton. Burial will be in Brighton cemetery. Friends may call Thursday from 4-7pm at the funeral home.

97 year old William Hamilton of Gillespie passed away February 6. Funeral services will be held Thursday (Feb 10) at Noon at Kravanya Funeral Home in Gillespie. Burial will be in Gillespie cemetery. Friends may call Thursday from 10:00am until the time of the service at the funeral home.  The family requests covid guidelines by observed.

80 year old Ava Mary Norris of Springfield, formerly from the Virden and Girard area passed away February 5. Funeral services will be held Thursday (Feb 10) at 10:30am at St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Girard. Burial will be in Virden cemetery. Friends may call Thursday from 9:00am until the time of the service at the church. The Davis-Anderson Funeral Home in Girard is in charge of arrangements. 

86-year-old Verna Baker-Porter of Hillsboro passed way Saturday (February 5).   Memorial services will be held Friday (February 11) at 10:00 A.M. at Litchfield Family Funeral Service . Visitation will be held Friday from 8:00 A.M. until time of service at the funeral home. Private burial will take place at Cedar Ridge Cemetery in Honey Bend 

86-year-old Betty Smalley of Nokomis passed away Sunday (February 6). Funeral services for 86-year-old Betty Smalley will be held Saturday at 11am at Stiehl Dawson Funeral Home. Visitation Saturday from 9 to 11 at the funeral home. Burial Nokomis Cemtery.  

84 year old Betty Louise Young of Kane passed away February 4. Funeral services will be held Thursday (Feb 10) at 11:00am at Kane Baptist church. Burial will be in Kane cemetery. Friends may call Wednesday from 4-7pm at the Crawford Funeral Home in Jerseyville.  

65 year old David "Bloz" Buck Sr. of Medora passed away January 31. A visitation will be held Wednesday (Feb 9) from 3-5pm at Anderson Family Funeral Home in Brighton. Private burial will be in Medora cemetery.

71 year old Sheryl Elaine Halpin of Dorchester passed away January 17. A memorial service will be held Wednesday (Feb 9) at 1:00pm at Kravanya Funeral Home in Gillespie. Friends may call Wednesday from 11:30am until the time of the service at the funeral home. 

94-year-old Marilyn Louise Knutson, formerly of Litchfield, passed away January 28th.   A memorial service for 94-year-old Marilyn Louise Knutson will be held Saturday (February 19th) at 11 a.m. at Zion Lutheran Church in Litchfield.  Visitation Saturday from 9 to 11 a.m. at the church.  Kravanya Funeral Home in Gillespie in charge of arrangements.  

98 year old Florence "Sis" Trantham of Jerseyville passed away February 2. A Mass of Christian Burial will be conducted Tuesday (Feb 8) at 11:00am at Holy Ghost Catholic Church in Jerseyville. Burial will be in St. Mary's cemetery. The Crawford Funeral Home in Jerseyville is in charge of arrangements. 

98 year old Lois Neubaber of Carlinville passed away February 3. Funeral services will be held Tuesday (Feb 8) at 11:00am at Memorial Christian Church in Carlinville.  Burial will be in Morrisonville City cemetery.  Friends may call Tuesday from 9:00am until the time of the service at the church. The Heinz Funeral Home in Carlinville is in charge of arrangements.

50-year-old James “Jamey” Allen Huber of Hillsboro passed away on Monday (January 31). Funeral Service will be held on Saturday (February 5) at 2:00 p.m. at Bass Patton Dean Funeral Home in Hillsboro. Visitation will be held on Saturday from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at Bass Patton Dean Funeral Home.  Burial will be at Olive Hill Cemetery in Coffeen, IL. 

79-year-old Raymond  "Ramie" Beiermann of Harvel died Thursday (January 27). Funeral services have been rescheduled for 10 a.m. Friday (February 4) at St. Raymond Catholic Church in Raymond. Burial will be in St. Raymond Cemetery in Raymond. Hough Funeral Home in Raymond in charge of arrangements. 

75-year-old John “Bill” Eller of Nokomis passed away on Saturday (January 29), John will be cremated and services will be held at a later date.  Sutton Memorial Home in Taylorville in charge of arrangements.  

79-year-old Carolyn Cooper of Coffeen passed away on Tuesday (February 1).  Memorial Services for 79-year-old Carolyn Cooper will be held on Monday (February 7) at 11:00 a.m. at the First United Methodist Church in Vandalia. Visitation will be held Monday from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.at the First United Methodist Church in Vandalia,.   Cremation rites were accorded. Toberman Dean Funeral Home in Coffeeen in charge of arrangements.   

87-year-old Richard “Dick” Elam Sr. of Taylor Springs passed away Monday (Jan 24). Services for 87-year-old Richard “Dick” ELam Sr. will now be held Saturday (Feb. 5) at 11:00 AM at the Taylor Springs Community Center in Taylor Springs. Burial will be at a later date. Hough & Sons Funeral Home in Hillsboro is in charge of arrangements. 

95-year-old Clarence William Keiser of Witt passed away Sunday (January 30).   Funeral Services for 95-year-old Clarence Keiser will be held Tuesday  (February 8) at 11:00 AM at St Paul’s Lutheran Church, Nokomis.  Visitation Monday (February 7) from 5 to 7 pm at the church.  Burial: St. Paul’s Lutheran Cemetery in Nokomis.  Stiehl Dawson Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.