Ruby Lowry
Ruby N. Lowry, age 93, of Sullivan passed away at 12:48 p.m. Sunday, June 30, 2019 at Mason Point in Sullivan.
A funeral service in her honor was held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, July 3 at Mitchell-Jerdan Funeral Home, 1200 Wabash Avenue in Mattoon. Pastor Ron Dickinson officiated, and the Reverend Michael Smith assisted. A committal service immediately followed at Branchside Cemetery in Gays. Read More
Jerry Isaacs
Jerry L. Isaacs, 77, of Sullivan, passed away at 1:45 a.m. Sunday, June 23, 2019 in St. Mary’s Hospital in Decatur.
Celebration of Life services will be 11 a.m. Friday at Reed Funeral Home with Pastor Tom Farris officiating. Burial with military rites conducted by Sullivan American Legion Post #68 will be in Greenhill Cemetery. Visitation will be 10-11 a.m. Friday. Read More
Juanita West
Juanita Frances West, 89, of Decatur passed away at 5:30 a.m. Sunday, June 23, 2019 in Moweaqua Rehabilitation and Health Care Center. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, June 28 at McMullin-Young Funeral Home in Bethany. Visitation will be held an hour prior to the service Friday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Marrowbone Township Cemetery in Bethany. Read More
Elizabeth Peadro
Eleanor Elizabeth Sitter Peadro, 94, passed away peacefully on June 9, 2019 at her residence in Belvedere Commons in Ft. Walton Beach, Fla. Elizabeth was born May 2, 1925 in Cairo, Ill. to L. Oard and Beulah Rendleman Sitter.
She was preceded in death by her husband Robert E. Peadro and her brother Lloyd E. Sitter as well as her parents. Read More
•June 19, 2019•
Victor Ronald Landers, 85, passed away May 20, 2019 at his residence in Longmont, Colorado. “Ron” was born October 8, 1933 to Victor William Landers and Corina Mabel Poland Landers in Sullivan.
Ron is a graduate of Sullivan High School and Eastern Illinois University in Charleston. While attending Eastern, he played football for the EIU Panthers. After graduating, he became coach at Pleasant Hill, Illinois High School and later became a coach in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Real Estate led Ron to move to Longmont, Colorado where he resided with his surviving wife Nancy Vaughn Landers. Read More
Alice Meador
Alice J. Meador, 82, of Florida passed away unexpectedly June 12, 2019 in Florida.
Private funeral services will be held. Read More
Judy Wilson
Judith Anne Wilson, 78, of Hutton Township, Illinois, passed away Saturday, June 8, 2019. Visitation was held from 5-7 p.m. Tuesday, June 11 in Adams Funeral Chapel in Charleston. The funeral service was held Wednesday at 10 a.m. Burial followed in Hurricane Cemetery south of Charleston. Read More
Martin Elzy
Austin, Texas resident Martin Elzy passed away on June 2, 2019 due to ALS. Martin was born June 27, 1947 in Decatur, Illinois to Ruby Irene Elzy and Junior Dale Elzy of Sullivan. Martin grew up among many beloved relatives and attended Sullivan High School where he played several sports, joined the student government, and sang for weddings.
At Eastern Illinois University Martin completed his 1968 Bachelors in Education and 1969 Masters in History, earning EIU’s 2006 Outstanding Graduate Alumnus Award. Martin spent one year teaching high school world history in Franklin, Ohio, before earning his 1975 Doctorate in History at Miami University of Ohio. Read More
Barbara Wilson
Barbara Wilson, 80, of Sullivan, passed away at 12:56 p.m. Saturday, June 8, 2019 in St. Mary’s Hospital in Decatur. A prayer service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, June 15 in McMullin-Young Funeral Home in Sullivan. Visitation will be held from 10-11 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home. Read More
Bill Alwerdt
Dr. William E. ‘Bill’ Alwerdt, 87, of Sullivan passed away at 12:20 a.m. Sunday June 9, 2019 in Arbor Rose of Arcola surrounded by his family.
Celebration of Life services will be 10:30 a.m. Friday in Reed Funeral Home in Sullivan with Pastor Grant Wade officiating. Visitation will be 5-7 p.m. Thursday. Public Masonic Rites will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday. Burial will be in Greenhill Cemetery in Sullivan. Read More