Melvin Reynolds

W. Melvin Reynolds, age 84, of Allenville, went to be with God at 4:40 a.m. Thursday, November 29, 2018. He was home surrounded by his family while they said their farewells through tears of sorrow and grief.
Celebration of Life services were at 10:30 a.m. Monday in Reed Funeral Home with Pastor Dave Dolan officiating. Burial was in French Cemetery in Allenville.
Melvin, as he’s well known, was born Sunday, April 1, 1934 to Luther and Bernice Malone Reynolds in Shelby County, Illinois. On Friday November 20, 1953 Melvin married the love of his life Zelma Louise Colclasure. They were married 65 wonderful years. Read More

James Yates

James W. Yates, 95, of Sullivan passed away at 11:10 a.m. Thursday, November 22, 2018 in Eastview Terrace in Sullivan.
Funeral services were held at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, November 25 at McMullin-Young Funeral Home in Sullivan with Pastor Charliam Renner officiating. Burial with military rites by Sullivan American Legion Post #68 and the Illinois Patriot Guard was in Greenhill Cemetery in Sullivan. Read More

Andrew Helmuth

Andrew O. Helmuth, 67, who lived south of the Otto Center in Arthur, died at 8:26 a.m. Monday, November 12, 2018 in St. Mary’s Hospital in Decatur. Funeral services will be held at 9 a.m. Thursday, November 15 at the HCK West Building in Arthur. Visitation will be held after 10 a.m. today (Wednesday) at the HCK West Building in Arthur. Burial will be in Otto Cemetery in Arthur. McMullin-Young Funeral Home in Sullivan is in care of the arrangements.
Andrew was born October 4, 1951 to Oba and Anna Mae Schrock Helmuth. He married JoAnna Kaufman November 23, 1978 in Arcola. He was a member of the Old Order Amish. Read More

Bruce Frederick

Bruce Edward Frederick, 96, of Westfield, Ill. died Nov. 6, 2018 in Casey Health Care Center in Casey, Ill.
There will be no service.
He was born Oct. 2, 1922 in Moultrie County, a son of M.D. and Edna Matheson Frederick. Bruce was a veteran of the U.S. Navy, serving aboard the ship Saginaw Bay. He received many decorations including the American Pacific Theater of War Ribbon, Asiatic-Pacific Theater of War Ribbon with a silver star for Pala, Leyte, Lingayen Gulf, Iwo Jima & Okinawa Campaigns and Philippine Liberation Ribbon with one star for enemy air attack. He was a charter member of the Sullivan VFW. Read More

Patricia Yargus

Patricia Margaret Madigan Yargus, 93, of Marshall, Ill. passed away at 8:50 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 3, 2018 in the Gibson Center For Inpatient Hospice Care in Terre Haute, Ind.
She was born June 5, 1925 in Brocton, Ill., a daughter of Patrick H. and Rosa Ann Carroll Madigan. She married Lloyd A. Yargus Nov. 25, 1942 in St. Louis, Mo., and he preceded her in death Nov. 16, 2010.
Surviving are her children Loretta Allen of Marshall, Ill., Linda (Rick) Hardway of Petersburg, Ill. and Larry (Jenny Higginbotham) Yargus and Lyle Yargus both of Marshall; grandchildren Christina Hardway, Tricia Hardway, Joe A. Hardway, Anne Sheehy, Catherine Shaffer, Margaret Steward, Matthew Yargus and Adam Yargus; great-grandchildren Jonah Fried, Eliza Fried, Ava Hardway, Drew Hardway, Keil Roberts, Ella Roberts, Benjamin Sheehy, Tommy Sheehy, Rose Shaffer, Patrick Shaffer and Riley Newlin and her special caregiver Alona Conrad. Read More