98 year old Norma Hammann of Carlinville passed away January 29. Funeral services will be held Thursday (Feb 2) at 10:00am at St. Paul's United Church of Christ in Carlinville. Burial will be in Mayfield Memorial Park cemetery. Friends may call Wednesday from 4-7pm at the church. The Davis-Anderson Funeral Home in Carlinville is in charge of arrangements.

79 year old Jeanette Tongate of rural Roodhouse passed away January 26. A graveside service will be held Monday (Jan 30) at 2:00pm in Bethel cemetery in rural Greenfield. The Davis-Anderson Funeral Home in Carlinville is in charge of arrangements. 

91 year old Greta Faye Calvin of Shipman passed away January 25. A graveside service will be held Monday (Jan 30) at 1:15pm in the Shipman cemetery. Friends may call Monday from 11:00am until 1:00pm at Anderson Family Funeral Home in Brighton.

56 year old Steven Leroy Settles of Greenfield passed away January 22. Funeral services will be held Sunday (Jan 29)  at 3:00pm at Shields-Bishop Funeral Home in Greenfield. Friends may call Sunday from 1:00pm until the time of the service at the funeral home. Military Honors will be conducted graveside.

81 year old Janet Brown of Gillespie passed away January 16. A Celebration of Life will be held Sunday (Jan 29) at 1:00pm in the Gillespie Civic Center. The Kravanya Funeral Home in Gillespie is in charge of arrangements.

86 year old Charles Edward "Dundee" Dragovich of Gillespie passed away January 21. A Joint Polka Mass wil be conducted for Charles and his wife Sandra (who died in November 2021) on Saturday (Jan 28) at 1:30pm at St. John Paul II Catholic Chuch in Mt. Olvie. Joint burial will be in Calvary cemetery. Friends may call Saturday from 11:00am until 1:00pm at Becker and Son Funeral Home in Mt. Olive.

43 year old Wendy Kay Looser of Mt. Olive passed away January 12. Funeral mass will be conducted Saturday (Jan 28) at 11:00am at St. John Paul II Catholic Church in Mt. Olive. Burial will be in Calvary cemetery. Friends may call Saturday from 9:00am until the time of the service at the church. The Becker and Son Funeral Home in Mt. Olive is in charge of arrangements. 

82-year-old Dale Chaplin of Donnelson  passed away Monday (January 23rd).  No services are being held for 82-year-old Dale Chaplin at this time.   Toberman Dean Funeral Home in Coffeen in charge of arrangements. 

99-year-old Ailene Katherina (Fuchs) Schmidt of Litchfield passed away  January 12.  Funeral Services will be conducted Saturday (January 28),  at 1:00 pm at Zion Lutheran Church, Litchfield.   Visitation  Saturday,  11:00 to 1:00 pm at Zion Lutheran Church, Litchfield. Burial will follow in Elm Lawn Cemetery, Litchfield. Litchfield Family Funeral Service is in charge of arrangements.. 

79-year-old Linda Jean Collins of Hillsboro passed away Monday (January 23). No services are planned.  Hough and Sons Funeral Home in Hillsboro is in charge of arrangements. 

78 year old Dale Hull of Litchfield passed away on Monday (January 23). Funeral services for 78 year old Dale Hull will be held on Sunday (January 29) at 2:00 p.m. at Zion Lutheran Church in Litchfield. Visitation  Saturday from 3:00 until 6:00 p.m. at Plummer Funeral Home in Litchfield.   Burial will be in Elm Lawn Cemetery. 
 

87-year-old Delores Watson of Litchfield, formerly of Sorento, passed away  Monday (January 23). Funeral services will be held Friday (January 27th) at noon at Perfetti-Assalley Funeral Home in Sorento. Visitation Friday from 11 a.m. until noon at the funeral home. Interment will follow the funeral ceremony at Kirkland Cemetery in Sorento. 

74-year-old Kenneth “Gene” White  of Hillsboro passed away on Tuesday (January 24). Funeral Mass will be held on Monday (January 30) at 10:00 a.m. at St. Agnes Catholic Church in Hillsboro.  Visitation will be held on Sunday (January 29) from 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. at Bass Patton Dean Funeral Home. Burial will take place at St. Agnes Catholic Cemetery in Hillsboro. 

64 year old Ronnie Bates of Sun City, AZ, formerly of Litchfield, passed away on Jan. 19. Memorial services for 64 year old Ronnie Bates will be held NEXT SATURDAY, Feb. 4th, at 11:00 a.m. at Union Avenue Christian Church in Litchfield. Visitation will be at the church from 9 a.m. until service time. Plummer Funeral Home is in charge of local arrangements. 

85 year old Harold Smith Sr. of Gillespie passed away January 23. Funeral services will be held Saturday (Jan 28) at 11:00am at Kravanya Funeral Home in Gillespie. Burial will be in Mayfield Memorial Park cemetery. Friends may call Friday from 5-7pm at the funeral home.

70 year old John Edward Pickett of Gillespie  passed away January 18, Funeral services will be held Thursday (Jan 26) at 7:00pm at Kravanya Funeral Home in Gillespie. Friends may call Thursday from 5:00pm until the time of the service at the funeral home.

87 year old Marietta Welborn of Staunton passed away January 10. A memorial mass will be conducted Wednesday (Jan 25) at 10:00am at St. Michaels Catholic Church in Staunton. Private interment will be in Memorial Park cemetery. The Williamson Funeral Home in Staunton is in charge of arrangements.

76-year-old John Harold Klekamp of South Litchfield Township passed away Thursday (January 19th).   Funeral services Friday (January 25th) at noon at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Mt Olive.   Visitation Thursday from 5 p.m. until 8 p.m. at Becker and Sons Funeral Home in Mt Olive and Friday from 11 to noon at the church.  Burial Mt Olive City Cemetery.  Military graveside services conducted by the Mt Olive Area Veterans.    

90-year-old Martha G. Richmond of Hillsboro passed away on Friday (January 20). Funeral Services will be held Monday (January 23) at 11:00 a.m. at Bass Patton Dean Funeral Home in Hillsboro. Visitation will be held  from 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. at Bass Patton Dean Funeral Home. Burial will be held at Oak Grove Cemetery in Hillsboro

99-year-old  Josephine Irene “Sandy” Pasdeck Sloan of Nokomis passed away Friday (January 20).   Services for 99-year-old Josephine Sloan will be held Saturday (January 28) at 11 am at the United Pentecostal Church of Nokomis.  Visitation will be held from 10:00 A.M. until the time of service at the church.  Burial will be a later date at Calvary Cemetery, Nokomis.  Stiehl Dawson Funeral Home of Nokomis is assisting the family with  arrangements. 

74-year-old Howard Martin “Hardy” Huber of Coffeen passed away on Sunday (January 22). Funeral mass will be held on Friday (January 27)  at 10:00 a.m., at St. Agnes Catholic Church in Hillsboro. Visitation will be held on  Thursday from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., at Toberman-Dean Funeral Home in Coffeen. Burial will be in St. John's Cemetery in Coffeen.

53-year-old Tony Lee Dyer of Coffeeen passed away on Friday (January 20th).  Cremation rites will be accorded.  A celebration of life  will be held at a later date. Burial in Olive Hill Cemetery. Toberman Dean Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.   

90 year old Merlyn Richard Ashbaugh of Girard passed away January 16.  A graveside service will be held Tuesday (Jan 24) at 11:00am in the Waverly East cemetery in Waverly. The Davis-Anderson Funeral Home in Girard is in charge of arrangements.

81 year old Billy "Bill" Probst of Mt. Olive passed away December 4. A memorial service will be held Saturday (Jan 21) at Noon at Becker and Son Funeral Home in Mt. Olive. Burial will be in Union Miner cemetery. Friends may call Saturday from 10:00am until the time of the service at the funeral home.

88 year old Harold "Hodge" Clark of Hettick passed away January 18. Funeral services will be held Saturday (Jan 21) at 1:00pm at Davis-Anderson Funeral Home in Carlinville. Burial will be in Gilead cemetery. Friends may call Saturday from 11:00am until the time of the service at the funeral home.

30 year old Michelle Bushue of Jerseyville passed away January 15. Funeral services will be held Saturday (Jan 21) at 10:00am at Crawford Funeral Home in Jerseyville. Burial will be in Saint John cemetery. Friends may call Friday from 5-8pm at the funeral home.

75 year old Jim Thomas Duncan of Gillespie passed away January 5. Funeral serices will be held Saturday (Jan 21) at 11:00am at Kravanya Funeral Home in Gillespie. Burial will be in Holy Cross cemetery. Friends may call Friday from 4-7pm and Saturday from 10:00am until the time of the service at the funeral home.

87 year old Kenneth Charles Kay of Benld passed away January 18. Funeral services will be held Saturday (Jan 21) at 10:00am at Kravanya Funeral Home in Benld. Burial will be in Benld cemetery. Friends may call Friday from 5-8pm at the funeral home.

48-year-old Scott White of Hillsboro passed away Sunday (January 15). Funeral Services will be held Saturday----January 28 at 1:00 p.m. at Bass Patton Dean Funeral Home in Hillsboro. Visitation will be Saturday (January 28) from 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. at Bass Patton Dean Funeral Home. Burial will be held at Mt. Zion Cemetery in Nokomis.  

97-year-old Melba Mae Wiseman of Nokomis passed away Sunday (January 15).  Funeral services will be held Thursday (January 19) at noon at the United Methodist Church of Nokomis.  Visitation will be held from 10:00 AM until the time of service at the church.   Stiehl Dawson Funeral Home in Nokomis is in charge of arrangements. 

33 year old Adam Thomason of Bethalto, formerly of Litchfield and Staunton, passed away on Friday (Jan 13). Private family services will be held and burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery in Staunton. Plummer Funeral Home in Litchfield is in charge of arrangements. 

94 year old Edith Pruitt of Butler passed away on Thursday (January 12).  Private graveside services were held for 94 year old Edith Pruitt.   Plummer Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. 

25-year-old Benjamin David “Ben” Leible of Hillsboro passed away on Monday (January 16). Funeral Services will be held on Saturday (January 21) at 11:00 A.M. at Hillsboro Presbyterian Church in Hillsboro. Visitation will be held on Friday (January 20) from 5:00 P.M. – 7:00 P.M. at the church.  Burial will be held at Oak Grove Cemetery in Hillsboro.  Bass Patton Dean Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. 

69-year-old Thomas Neil Pollock Sr. of Litchfield passed away  Monday (January 16).  Memorial services for Mr. Pollock will be held on Wednesday (January 25)  at 6:00 p.m. at Plummer Funeral Home in Litchfield. Visitation will be from 4:00 p.m. until the time of service. 

94 year old Clara Marie Mansholt of Staunton passed away January 9. Funeral service will be held Thursday (Jan 19) at Noon at Williamson Funeral Home in Staunton.  Bural will be in Memorial Park cemetery. Friends may call Thursday from 10:00am until the time of the service at the funeral home.

83 year old Mary Ann Cherry Scopel of Benld passed away January 10. Funeral mass will be coducted Wednesday (Jan 18) at 10:00am at St. Joseph's Church in Benld. Burial will be in Benld cemetery. Friends may call Tuesday from 5-8pm at Kravanya Funeral Home in Benld.

74 year old Aaron Tytus Robbins of Benld passed away January 12. Funeral services will be held Tuesday (Jan 17) at 2:00pm at Kravanya Funeral Home in Gillespie. Burial will be in Jefferson Barracks National cemetery. Friends may call Tuesday from Noon until the time of the service at the funeral home.

60 year old Jeffrey Scott Timmermeier of Litchfield passed away January 11. Funeral mass will be condcted Tuesday (Jan 17) at 11:30am at St. Michael's Church in Staunton. Burial will be in St. Michael's cemetery. Friends may call Monday from 5-8pm at the Kravanya Funeral Home in Gillespie.

80 year old Lois Marie Miller of Bunker Hill passed away December 21. A Celebration of Life will be held Saturday (Jan 14) at 2:00pm in the Bunker Hill Community Center.  The Kravanya Funeral Home in Bunker Hill is in charge of arrangements. 

96 year old Flora "Flo" Clark of Gillespie passed away January 5. Funeral services will be held Saturday (Jan 14) at 1:00pm at Kravanya Funeral Home in Gillespie. Burial will be in Gillespie cemetery. Friends may call Saturday from 1100am until the time of the service at the funeral home.

88 year old Randall Herman Caldwell of Bunker HIll passed away January 3. A memorial service will be held Saturday (Jan 14) at 1:00pm at Kravanya Funeral Home in Bunker Hill. Friends may call Saturday from 11:00am until the time of the service at the funeral home.  

97 year old Marjorie Koehm of Greenfield passed away January 6. Funeral services will be held Saturday (Jan 14) at 11:30am at Shields-Bishop Funeral Home in Greenfield. Burial will be in Hickory Grove cemetery. Friends may call Saturday from 10:30am until the time of the service at the funeral home. 

72-year-old Howard Zumwalt of Litchfield passed away January 4th. No services are planned. Plummer Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.  

67-year-old Gregory Dean Jones of Hillsboro passed away on Wednesday (January 4).   Cremation Rites were accorded. Celebration of Life will be held on Saturday, February 4 at 1:00 p.m. at Bass Patton Dean Funeral Home in Hillsboro, IL  Visitation will be held on February 4 from 11:00 a.m.- 1:00 p.m. at Bass Patton Dean Funeral Home. . . Burial will take place at Cress Hill Cemetery in Hillsboro. 

90 year old Edith Law of Litchfield passed away on Wednesday (January 11). Funeral services for 90 year old Edith Law will be held on Monday (January 16) at 11:00 a.m. at Plummer Funeral Home in Litchfield..   Visitation will be from 10:00 a.m. until service time at the funeral home. Burial will be in Elm Lawn Cemetery.

82-year-old Dennis M. O’Malley of Nokomis passed away on Monday, (January 9). A  Funeral Mass will be held Saturday (January 14th) at 11am at St. Louis Catholic Church in Nokomis.   Visitation will be held on Saturday from 9:00-11:00 A.M. at St. Louis Catholic Church in Nokomis, IL.  Interment will follow the Funeral Mass at St. Louis Catholic Cemetery in Nokomis. The family asks that you do not dress up and that you wear your favorite sports attire to the service. Sutton Memorial Home in Taylorville is in charge of arrangements. assisting the family with arrangements

84-year-old Joseph Maurice “Joe” Martin of Raymond passed away  January 7   Funeral Mass will be held  January 12 at  10 am at St. Raymond Catholic Church.     Interment will follow at Asbury Cemetery in Raymond    The family is being assisted by Hough Funeral Home in Raymond. 

64 year old Stacie Jo Rushing of Brighton passed away January 6. Funeral services will be held Saturday (Jan 14) at 11:00am at Anderson Family Funeral Home in Brighton. Burial will be in Brighton cemetery. Friends may call Friday from 4-7pm at the funeral home.

95 year old Ruth Eileen Groppel of Jerseyville, formerly from Rosedale passed away January 7. Funeral services will be held Friday  (Jan 13) at Noon at Crawford Funeral Home in Jerseyville. Burial will be in Fieldon cemetery. Friends may call Friday from 10:00am until the time of the servuce at the funeral home.

79 year old Anita Mae Vaughn of Bunker Hill passed away December 17. Funeral services will be held Wednesday (Jan 11) at 12:30pm at Kravanya Funeral Home in Bunker Hill. Burial will be in Upper Alton cemetery. Friends may call Wednesday from 11:30am until the time of the service at the funeral home.

99 year old Berniece Harper of Carlinville passed away January 5. Funeral services will be held Wednesday (Jan 11) at 11:00am at Davis-Anderson Funeral Home in Carlinville. Burial will be in Mayfield Memorial Park cemetery. Friends may call Wednesday from 10:00am until the time of the service at the funeral home. 

93 year old Velma Ilene Lockwood of Girard passed away January 4. Funeral services will be held Monday (Jan 9) at 11:00am at Davis-Anderson Funeral Home in Girard. Burial will be in Girard cemetery. Friends may call Monday from 10:00am until the time of the service at the funeral home. 

84 year old Marvin Okal Wrightsman of Virden passed away January 2. Funeral services will be held Monday (Jan 9) at 10:00am at Airsman and Calvert Funeral Home in Virden. Burial will be in Pleasant Hill cemetery. Friends may call Sunday from 3-5pm at the funeral home. Military rites will be conducted by the Virden American Legion.

86 year old Helen Jody Zarr of Mt. Olive passed away January 2. Funeral services will be held Monday (Jan 9) at 11:00am at Becker and Son Funeral Home in Mt. Olive. Burial will be in Union Miner cemetery. Friends may call Sunday from 5-7pm at the funeral home.

67 yea old Janice Kern of Gillespie passed away December 25. A Celebration of Life will be held Saturday (Jan 7) from 3-5pm at Kravanya Funeral Home in Gillespie.

59 year old Kenneth Otto Stolte Jr. of Carlinville passed away December 25. Funeral services will be held Saturday (Jan 7) at Noon at Cross Church in Carlinville. Friends may call Saturday from 10:00am until the time of the service at the church. The Davis-Anderson Funeral Home in Carlinville is in charge of arrangements. 

90 year old Sarah Lou Pembrook of Greenfield passed away January 2. Funeral services will be held Saturday (Jan 7) at Noon at Greenfield Baptist Church. Burial will be in Oak Wood cemetery. Friends may call Saturday from 9:00am until the time of the service at the church. The Shields-Bishop Funeral Home in Greenfield is in charge of arrangements. 

91 year old Janet Steed Burns of Carlinville passed away November 30. Funeral services will be held Saturday (Jan 7) at 10:30am at Saints Mary and Joseph Catholic Church in Carlinville. Burial will be in Camp Butler National cemetery. Friends may call Saturday from 9:30am until the time of the service at the church. The Davis-Anderson Funeral Home in Carlinville is in charge of arrangements.

93 year old Helen Ruth Clark of Virden passed away December 26. Funeral services will be held Friday (Jan 6) at 11:00am at the Virden United Methodist Church. Burial will be in Virden cemetery. Friends may call Friday from 10:00am until the time of the service at the church. The Airsman and Calvert Funeral Home in Virden is in charge of arrangements. 

87 year old Roleen Kirkwood of Mt. Olive passed away December 28. Funeral services will be held Friday (Jan 6) at Noon at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Mt. Olive. Burial will be in Mt. Olive City cemetery. Friends may call  Friday from 10:00am until the time of the service at the church. The Becker and Son Funeral Home in Mt. Olive is in charge of arrangements. 

84 year old Maurice Franz of Greenfield passedaway December 29. Funeral services will be held Friday (Jan 6) at 11:00am at Shields-Bishop Funeral Home in Greenfield. Burial will be in Valhalla Memorial Park. Friends may call Friday from 9:30am until the time of the service at the funeral home.

49-year-old Shane Phillip Tate Sr. of Donnellson passed away Saturday (December 31).  A Celebration of Life will be held at a later date. Hough & Sons Funeral Home in Hillsboro is in charge of arrangements. 

58-year-old Robert Lynn Miller of Fillmore passed away December 28, Graveside services for Mr. Miller will be held Friday (January 6) at 10 AM at Witt Cemetery. Stiehl Dawson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.  

98-year-old Rev. Wilfrid Martin Alfred Frick of Litchfield passed away Sunday, (January 1). Funeral services for Rev. Wilfrid Martin Alfred Frick will be held Saturday (January 7) at 11:00 a.m. at the Plummer Funeral Home in Litchfield, IL.  Visitation will be held Saturday morning from 10:00 a.m. until the time of service.   Burial will be in the Elmwood Cemetery in Litchfield.  

81-year-old Robert ‘Bob’ Tolley Ruby of Alton, formerly of Hillsboro, passed away Monday (January 2).   Cremation services will be accorded. The family will have a celebration of life at a later date.  Hough & Sons Funeral Home in Hillsboro is in charge of arrangements. 

80-year-old Frederick “Fred” Guffy of Nokomis passed away Monday (January 2). Services will be held at a later date at Christy-Smith Funeral Home in Sioux City, Iowa. Stiehl Dawson Funeral Home in Nokomis is in charge of local arrangements.

86 year old Gail Crotchett of Jerseyville passed away Jnauary 1. Funeral services will be held Thursday (Jan 5) at 1:00pm at Crawford Funeral Home in Jerseyville. Burial will be in Kane cemetery. Friends may call Thursday from 11:00am until the time of the service at the funeral home.

69 year old Candice "Candy" Chapman of Shipman passed away January 2. Funeral services will be held Thursday (Jan 5) at 11:00am at Anderson Family Funeral Home in Shipman. Burial will be in Shipman cemetery. Friends may call Thursday from 10:00am until the time of the service at the funeral home.

97 year old Raymond Wayne "Jack" Love of Carlinville passed away December 30. Funeral services will be held Wednesday (Jan 4) at Noon at Davis-Anderson Funeral Home in Carlinville. Burial will be in the Mayfield Mausoleum of Valor. Friends may call Wednesday from 10:00am until the time of the service at the funeral home.

89 year old Norma Stone of Carlinville passed away December 28, Funeral mass will be conducted Wednesday (Jan 4) at 11:00am at Saints Mary and Joseph Catholic Church in Carlinville. Burial will be in New Calvary cemetery. Friends may call Wednesday from 9:00am until the time of the service at the church. The Heinz Funeral Home in Carlinville is in charge of arrangements. 

101 year old James Willard Rives Sr. of Carlinville passed away December 28. Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday (Jan 3) at 10:00am at Saints Mary and Joseph Catholic Church in Carlinville. Burial will be in Calvary cemetery. Friends may call Tuesday from 9:00am until the time of the service at the church. The Davis-Anderson Funeral Home in Carlinville is in charge of arrangements.

77 year old Charles Allen Siegel of Carlinville passed away December 29. Funeral services will be held Tuesday (Jan 3) at Noon at St. Paul United Church of Christ in Carlinville. Friends may cal Tuesday from 10:00am until the time of the service at the church. The Heinz Funeral Home in Carlinville is in charge of arrangements.