Stephen Hower
Stephen W. ‘Ike’ Hower, 54, of Sullivan, passed away at 3:20 p.m. Sunday July 21, 2019 in St. Mary’s Hospital in Decatur.
Celebration of Life services will be 10 a.m. Friday in Reed Funeral Home in Sullivan. Visitation will be 5-7 p.m. Thursday. Burial will be in Greenhill Cemetery in Sullivan. Read More
Margaret Gibbons
Margaret A. Gibbons, 91, of Bethany, passed away at 10:33 a.m. Saturday, July 20, 2019 in The Arthur Home.
Graveside services were held at 1 p.m. Tuesday, July 23 in Marrowbone Township Cemetery in Bethany. McMullin-Young Funeral Home in Bethany handled arrangements. Read More
Marylin Stables
Marylin Kay (Taylor) Von Lanken–Stables,
Jan. 1, 1934 – July 3, 2019
“Special K”, a life about others. By Scott Von Lanken (Son)
When I think back to high school, one of my friends used to call my mom “Special K”. It was funny and endearing back then, but now “Special K” takes on different meaning for me. Because in 1965 when the world was about “Free Love” and “The Summer of Love” my mom demonstrated what love was all about.
There are only two times in my life where I have felt so overwhelmed with gratefulness and thankfulness that it literally stops you. The first was when I realized my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ knows me, loves me, died and rose for me, rescued me from myself, and now calls me Son. The second was when I thought about my mom, Marylin Kay (Taylor) Von Lanken–Stables, who could not bear children of her own, and instead, adopted three children, Scott, Craig and Emily. Read More
Millie Mills
Millie May ‘Midge’ Mills, 93, of Sullivan passed away at 9:39 p.m. Tuesday July 16, 2019 in St. Mary’s Hospital in Decatur.
Celebration of Life services were 11 a.m. Saturday in Reed Funeral Home in Sullivan with Pastor Grant Wade officiating. Burial was in Greenhill Cemetery in Sullivan. Read More
Don Newberry
Donald Dale “Pap” Newberry, 89, of Lovington, passed away at 3:04 a.m. Friday, July 12, 2019 in Mason Point in Sullivan.
Funeral services were at 2 p.m. Sunday, July 14 at McMullin-Young Funeral Home in Lovington. Burial was in Keller Cemetery in Lovington. Don was born July 17, 1929, in Lovington, a son of Vernon and Clara Esther Beckenbridge Newberry. Read More
Ferol Henry
Ferol Vaughn Henry, 90, a longtime resident of Springfield, Illinois, passed away peacefully Sunday, Feb. 3, 2019, in Meridian, Idaho. A private burial will be held July 17, 2019, in Calvary Cemetery in Jacksonville, Illinois, with the Rev. Steven Janoski officiating.
Curry Funeral Home in Pawnee is serving the family of Ferol Henry. Online condolences may be expressed at www.curryfh.com.
Gene Jones
Vernie “Gene” Jones, Jr. of Bethany passed away Monday, July 1, 2019 at 10:38 p.m., in Decatur Memorial Hospital.
Funeral services were at 10 a.m., Friday, July 5 in First General Baptist Church in Decatur.
Brintlinger and Earl Funeral Home in Decatur handled arrangements. Burial was in Boiling Springs Cemetery in Decatur. Read More
Ace Wright
Ace Conrad Wright, 6 month old son of Shane and Kayla Wright, passed away at 5:48 a.m. Monday, July 1, 2019 in St. John’s Children’s Hospital in Springfield, Ill.
Graveside services were held at 11 a.m. Friday, July 5 in Wright Cemetery near Findlay, Ill. with Pastor Mike Reynolds officiating. Howe and Yockey Funeral Home in Shelbyville handled arrangements.
Ace was born December 14, 2018 in Decatur, a son of Shane Tanner and Kayla Rena Miller Wright. Read More
Emmie Young
Emmie Joleen Young, 5 weeks 6 days old, passed away July 1, 2019 in her home. Private family services will be held at McMullin-Young Funeral Home in Sullivan. Burial will be in Hewitt Cemetery in Lovington.
Emmie was born May 14, 2019 in Centralia, the daughter of Shelby Futch of Salem and Braedan Young of Sullivan. Read More
Samuel Carter
Samuel Albert Carter III, born on August 23, 1951, died Wednesday, June 26, 2019 in Houston, Mo.
Sam was a longtime educator, teaching English and social studies at the secondary and college levels in Florida and, in recent months, tutoring law school students online from his adopted hometown of Licking, Mo. Read More