•March 6, 2019•

Ellen Little VandenBrink, 86, passed away February 27, 2019, in the presence of her family who all loved her dearly. Ellen was born in Sullivan, Illinois, to Inis and Guy Little, Sr. The family was complete when her brother Guy Little, Jr. (who preceded her in death) was born a few years later. She attended DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana, where she earned a degree in physical education. Upon graduation, she taught English and P.E. at Sullivan High School, her alma mater. Her world changed while at the wedding of a dear friend in Sullivan when she met the love of her life, Dale VandenBrink, MD. After marrying and starting their family in Sullivan, Dale’s medical career took them to Los Angeles where they lived happily together until Dale’s death in July 2015, three months shy of their 60th wedding anniversary. Read More

Dick Kite

Dr. William Richard “Dick” Kite of Crawfordsville, Ind. (formerly of Laguna Woods, Calif.) passed away Saturday February 2, 2019 after a long and courageous battle with cancer. Dick truly lived out his alma mater’s motto – Wabash Always Fights!
A Celebration of Life service will be held at Wabash Avenue Presbyterian Church, 307 S. Washington St. in Crawfordsville, Ind. Saturday April 27, 2019 at 10 a.m. with burial to follow in Greenhill Cemetery in Sullivan, Ill. Read More

Rosanna Specht

Rosanna Specht, 79, of Mattoon passed away at 6:50 p.m. Wednesday, February 20, 2019 in Odd Fellow Rebekah Home in Mattoon.
Memorial services were held at 4 p.m. Sunday, February 24 at Southern Baptist Church in Sullivan. McMullin-Young Funeral Home was in charge arrangements. Read More

Joyce Heffner

Joyce Louise (Robinson) Hefner, 79, went to be with our Lord on February 25, 2019 in Autumn Leaves Assisted Living in Flower Mound, Texas.
Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Friday, March 1, 2019 at McMullin-Young Funeral Home in Sullivan. Visitation will be held an hour prior to the service Friday at the funeral home. Burial will be in French Cemetery in Allenville. Read More

Clark Foster

Clark Foster, 72, of Berea, Ky., formerly of Sullivan, died Wednesday, February 13 in VA Medical Center Hospice Care in Lexington, Ky.
Clark was a loving husband to Betty Jo Grayum Foster for 25 years, a father figure to three grown stepchildren: Mike Emerson, Joy Emerson, and Johnnie (Donna) Smith, devoted PaPaw to nine step-grandchildren: Kaitlin (Gunny) Dean, Tyler Poynter, Johnna Smith, Lindsey Poynter, Cloe Emerson, Matthew Poynter, Alex Emerson, Donovan Smith, Klaire Emerson, and five great-grandchildren: Kamryn Watts, Tristen Poynter, Malachi Dean, Asher Lee and Lilliana Dean. Clark is also survived by his sister Karen (John) Stinson of Lovington; sister-in-law Phyllis Foster of Kirkwood, Mo. and several nieces, great- nieces, nephew and great-nephews. Read More