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Larry R. Michels, 84, passed away Saturday Aug. 8 at his home in Ellery with his family at his side. He was born March 3, 1936 to Bert and Matilda (Pettigrew) Michels. He married Mary Katherine (Kate) Anniss on Sept. 15, 1956. The two enjoyed nearly 64 years together. Larry was a long time m…

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S. L. (Sharon Lee) Thompson passed into God’s care at 3:37 p.m. on July 3, one day after his 72ndbirthday. He was born July 2, 1948 in St. Francisville, Ill. to Herschel B. and Juliett (Pierson) Thompson. The Thompsons moved to Lincoln, Ill. in 1964. Sharon graduated from Lincoln Community H…

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Darrell Sawyer age 93 of Albion, passed from this life to the next on July 10 at Rest Haven Manor in Albion. 

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55 year old Albion resident, Donald Ray Brinkley passed away Thursday morning, July 9 at his residence.

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Frank Shearer Pixley, age 87 of West Salem passed from this life to the next on June 29 at Oak View Nursing and Rehab in Mount Carmel.

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Donald L. McClane, 86, of Mount Carmel passed away Wednesday, July 1 at home with his family by his side. He was born on May 9, 1934 in Mount Carmel, the son of Charles and Sybil (Hill) McClane. He married Joyce Carpenter on Nov. 22, 1952, and she survives.

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Ray Alan Marks passed away on July 5 at St. Vincent Hospital in Evansville, Ind. Ray was born Aug. 19, 1932 near West Salem. Ray was the son of Pernie and Ruth (Reckling) Marks. He married Ruby Lee McKnight on March 4, 1951. 

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Stanley Linden Mann passed from this life to the next on June 23 at his home in Ellery.  Stan the Mann was born on his brother Ron’s tenth birthday, June 27, 1950 in Ellery.  Stan grew up on the family farm with parents Virgil and MaryAnn (Shepard) Mann and brothers Ray, Ron, Steve and Mike Mann.  

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76-year old Albion resident, Thomas Boyd Jones passed away Saturday morning, June 27 at Deaconess Midtown in Evansville, Ind. Tom was born December 1, 1943 in Ellery. He was born to Thomas and Erma (Johnson) Jones. Tom was an over the road truck driver having last worked for Waltz Trucking C…

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93-year old Albion resident, Mona June Stennett passed away Friday morning, June 19 at her residence surrounded by her loving family. June was born June 17, 1927 in Edwards County. The daughter of Ira and Gertrude (Lindsey) Coleman. She married Bernard Stennett on July 24, 1945 in Albion, an…

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89-year old Hendersonville, Tenn. resident Marlene Ginther passed away peacefully at her residence, Clarendale, at Indian Lake Retirement Community on Wednesday, evening June 17.

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98-year old Helen G. Tribe, of Albion, passed away early Tuesday morning, June 9 at Rest Haven Manor in Albion. Helen was born to Herbert and Gertrude (Waters) Tribe on Oct. 26, 1921 in Albion. She graduated from Albion High School and briefly went out west to work in Washington State, later…

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Herschel D. Root, age 86 of Bone Gap passed from this life to the next on May 30 at Rest Haven Manor in Albion.

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Delores Ann Compton, 85, of Grayville, Ill., died Sunday, May 24 at Wabash Christian Village in Carmi, Illinois. She was born Aug. 10, 1934, in Bowlegs, Oklahoma, the daughter of Daniel M. “Doc” and Lula L. (Harp) Morris.

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78-year old Evelyn Ilene Singer of Albion peacefully passed away from this life early Thursday morning, May 14 at her residence. She was born on Feb. 26, 1942 in Edwards County to Mervin and Kathryn (Cox) Rigg. Evelyn married Porter G. Singer Sr. on Nov. 15, 2000 in Albion and he survives. E…

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Edna Faye Davis, 98, of Grayville, died Sunday, May 17 at Meadowood Nursing Home in Grayville. She was born March 29, 1922, in Shortville, Ill., the daughter of Jesse and Elizabeth (Wall) Lamont. She married Henry P. Davis on June 17, 1939 and he survives.

Darrell D. Roosevelt, age 91, of Mount Carmel, Ill., formerly of Albion, Ill. passed away at Oakview Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Mount Carmel on May 12.

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Hazel L. Winter, 93, of Carmi, Ill., died Tuesday, May 5 at Wabash Christian Village in Carmi. She was born March 27, 1927, in Carmi Township, White County, Ill., the daughter of Joe A. and Ellen Ara (King) Renshaw.  She was married to Clyde Hankins and he preceded her in death in 1967. She …

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Imalee “Verna” Robbins, 86, of Grayville, died Wednesday, April 29, at Meadowood Nursing Home in Grayville. She was born Aug. 31, 1933, in Grayville, the daughter of Jessie and Lillian (Weller) Rudisill. She was married to Jesse Ray Robbins on Sep. 21, 1950, and he preceded her in death in 1993.

Ronnie E. Mapps, age 62, of Albion, Ill., formerly of Marion, Illinois, passed away on Saturday, May 2 at 11:55 p.m. in his home.

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94-year old Albion resident, Carroll Moore left this world on Saturday, April 25 and walked into the arms of his beautiful wife of 57 years to celebrate eternity.

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91-year old West Salem resident, Betty J. Keener passed away Friday morning, April 24 at Oakview Nursing and Rehabilitation in Mount Carmel.

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James Harlan “Jim” Hill of the Grab Community of Green County, son of the late Starley Hill and Mildred Hill, was born on Saturday, Aug. 13, 1938 in Lockhart, Texas and went to his heavenly home on Friday, March 13 after a brief illness. He was 81 years and 7 months of age.

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Chelsi Eileen Johnson, 19, of Grayville, died Thursday, April 2 at Wabash General Hospital in Mount Carmel. She was born May 26, 2000 in Olney, the daughter of Mark Edward Johnson and Katie Eileen (Butler) Hawkins.

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90-year-old Albion resident, Delbert Bunnage passed away early Thursday morning, March 26 at Oakview Nursing & Rehabilitation in Mt. Carmel.

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94-year-old former Albion resident, Doris Garner Shain passed away Saturday afternoon, March 21 at Oakview Nursing and Rehabilitation in Mount Carmel.

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Norma Marie Armstrong, 86, of Evansville, passed away Friday, March 20 at Linda White Hospice House. She was born on Oct. 26, 1933, to the late Henry C. and Elizabeth L. (Kuehn) Reimann.

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Steve Hixon, 57, of Claremont, died on Wednesday, March 11 at his residence. Steve was born on June 6, 1962 in Richland County, the son of Raymond and Barbara (Allen) Hixon. 

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Mr. William D. “Bill” Littlejohn, age 85 of Robinson, Ill. passed away Friday February 28 at 7:20 p.m. at Heritage Health and Rehab (Cotillion Ridge) in Robinson following many months of failing health.

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Velda Ruth Balding, 82, of Olney, died on Friday, March 6 at Carle Richland Memorial Hospital in Olney. Velda was born on Aug. 26, 1937 in St. Francisville, Ill., the daughter of Ernest Eldo and Edna Ruth (Knoblett) Pittman. She married Max D. Balding on Dec. 31, 1958 at the First United Met…

Opal Dorman, 91, of West Salem passed from this life to the next on March 2 at Helia Healthcare in Olney, Ill.

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Harry Ray Curtis, 81, Pana, passed away Thursday, Feb. 27. He was born Aug. 24, 1938 in Browns, Ill. to George and Beatrice (Ginther) Curtis. A graduate of Edwards County High School, Harry played basketball for Southern Illinois University for a year before transferring to Eastern Illinois …

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82-year old Fairfield resident, formerly of Albion, Ron Wiles passed away Sunday evening, March 1 at Fairfield Memorial Hospital.

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Jeffery Calvin “J.C.” Osborne, 29, of LaGrange, Ky., formerly of Grayville, died Friday, February 21 from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. He was born Aug. 2, 1990 in Fairfield, Illinois, the son of Jeffery E. and Shellie L. (Monroe) Patterson.

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Sharon Kay Perry, 72, of Grayville, Ill., died Monday, Feb. 17 at Deaconess Gateway Hospital in Newburgh, In.  She was born July 15, 1947, in Olney, Ill., the daughter of James and Kathryn (Faris) Fiock.  She was married to Larry Perry on Feb. 3, 1965, and he preceded her in death on Feb. 14, 2013.

Funeral homes often submit obituaries as a service to the families they are assisting. However, we will be happy to accept obituaries from family members pending proper verification of the death.