Category Archives: Obituaries

Paul M. Evans, age 98 of Salem, passed away on Friday, May 31, 2024, at Salem Township Hospital. Paul was born on January 6, 1926, in West Frankfort, IL the son of Charles and Bertha (Swopsher) Evans....

Daisy Jean Newcomb, 85 of Centralia passed away Sunday, June 2, 2024. She was born on February 27, 1939, in Florida. Daisy was preceded in death by both of her parents, Thomas and Avis (Gilliard) Kenn...

Elizabeth June Thalman, 91, of Patoka passed away peacefully Wednesday, June 5, 2024, at her home. She was born on April 5, 1933, the daughter of George and Pearl (Walker) Peddicord. She married Cecil...

Sarah "Kay" Shields (Mabry), 85, of Aurora, Illinois, went home to the Lord on June 3, 2024. She was born in Dallas, Texas in 1938 to Dick and Sally Mabry before moving to Albuquerque, New Mexico. Kay...

Jacqueline Veach, 79, of Odin passed away on March 8th, 2024, at Salem Township Hospital. She was born on January 31st, 1945, in Mattoon, Illinois to Raymond and Marjorie (Burwell) Nottingham. She is ...

Betty Marie (Jackson) Kirkpatrick, 104, passed away at Saint Dominic Hospital in Jackson, Mississippi on June 4, 2024. She was born October 12, 1919, in Waldren, Arkansas to the late George and Theo S...

Judy Ann Shoemaker, age 77 of Salem, passed away on Tuesday, June 4, 2024 at Salem Township Hospital. Judy was born on September 7, 1946 in Salem, the daughter of Dale and Bernice (Williams) Phillips....

Mary Florence McKowen, 86, of Mount Vernon, IL, passed away on June 4, 2024, at her home. She was born August 25, 1937, in Mount Vernon, the daughter of the late Robert Lee and Vona (Reynolds) Quinn a...

Susan R. Overbee, age 70 of Salem, passed away on June 3, 2024 at Helia Healthcare in Salem. Arrangements are pending at Crouse Funeral Home in Salem.

Kyle C. Moore, 69, of Odin passed away Thursday, May 30, 2024, at Salem Township Hospital. He was born on June 27, 1954, the son of Harold and Mary (Payne) Moore in Fairfield. He married Barbra Junger...