Photo by Crystal Reed
Bailey Trussell Campaign Visits Sullivan
The Darren Bailey and Stephanie Trussell campaign made a stop at New Life Church in Sullivan on Monday, June 20. Sullivan was stop 48 of 102 in 14 days. The campaign will be visiting all 102 counties over a two week time period. Pictured is Darren Bailey addressing those who gathered at the church to hear him speak.
Helen Snyder
Helen P. Snyder, 89, of Sullivan, passed away at 7:45 a.m., Wednesday June 15, 2022, in her residence.
Private graveside services will be held in Greenhill Cemetery in Sullivan with Pastor Grant Wade officiating. There will not be any visitation. Memorials are suggested to Sullivan Ambulance Service. Arrangements are by Reed Funeral Home in Sullivan. Online condolences may be sent to the family at reedfuneralhome.net Read More
Deborah Sanders
Deborah (Debbie) Norton Sanders passed away peacefully on June 7, 2022 in Cape Coral, Fla. at the age of 71. Read More
Tina Ridenhour
Tina L. Ridenhour, 53, of Mattoon, passed away 7:30 a.m., Wednesday, June 15, 2022, at her home in Mattoon. Read More
Rose Jackson
Rose Lucille Jackson, 92, of Centralia, Illinois, passed away at 11:45 a.m., Monday, June 13, 2022, at SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital in Mount Vernon, Illinois, with her loving family by her side. She was born May 18, 1930 in DuBoistown, Pennsylvania, a daughter of John and Margarite Irene (Grimm) Gaffney. She married John D. Jackson August 14, 1999, in Centralia, and he survives her in Centralia. Earlier in life, she married Courtice F. Bowman in 1961, and he preceded her in death May 25, 1991. Read More
Ella Antle
Ella Rosetta “Rosie” Antle, 82, of Mattoon, passed away at 5:17 p.m., Friday, June 17, 2022, at HSHS St. John’s Hospital in Springfield, Ill.
Funeral services were held at Wednesday, June 22, 2022, at Penn Station in Arthur, IL. Pastor Bill Livesay and Pastor Darrell Helmuth officiated. Burial was in Resthaven in Mattoon. Edwards Funeral Home assisted with arrangements. Read More
This home is located east of Sullivan on route 121 between Sullivan & Mason Point (a.k.a. the house with the lions). The first man on the bike to the left is Bud Devore. The year that this photo was taken is unknown. Please submit photos to the News Progress for future consideration. Originals will be saved for return or forwarded to Moultrie County Historical Society. If you have any other information, please contact the Moultrie County Historical Society at 217-728- 4085.
•June 22, 2022•
By Jim Baumann
NP Guest Writer
Assistant Weekend Editor Susan Klovstad said she thought of me when she saw this in a recent news release:
“In the summer of 1978, two recent college graduates and their high school drama director founded the organization because they wanted to expand the scope of community theater in town by producing plays and musicals that run the gambit from important classics to completely new plays and musicals.”
“Obviously, he means ‘run the gamut,’” Susan told me.
If you’re a Netflix subscriber, you probably remember hearing of or breathlessly streaming “The Queen’s Gambit,” a series about a young female chess player who takes the boys club of players by storm in the 1950s and ’60s. Read More
25 Years Ago This Week
Sullivan native Griz England was selected as a finalist for the 1997 Marconi award in the category of Small Market Personality of the Year.
Lovington Hall of Fame and Citizen of the Year award winners were announced at Lovington’s Junefest. Charles G. Glancy (deceased) and Ellen Thomas were long-time Lovington residents who performed many services for the community. They won the Hall of Fame and Citizen of the Year awards respectively. Read More
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Steve Jenne sits in the co-pilot seat after taking a flight on a B-25. His father flew 50 bombing missions in a B-25.
•June 22, 2022•
by Crystal Reed
NP Writer
Steve Jenne’s father, Loren E. Jenne, flew 50 bombing missions in a B-25. Steve recalls that after his father got home, he returned the plane to Chanute but not before buzzing the Moultrie County courthouse. This past Saturday, Steve had the opportunity to be a passenger in a B-25 which flew out of Champaign.
Loren was a well-known pilot and was a teacher in Jonathan Creek and at Sullivan Junior High. While he passed in 2016 at the age of 98, his son has donated his diary, uniform, medals and ribbons to the Moultrie County Historical and Genealogical Society Museum. One thing that wasn’t donated was his father’s original issue flight wings and a tie tack that is the profile of a B-25, both of which Steve wore on his flight this past Saturday. Read More