Barbara Lenz
Barbara J. Lenz, 79, of Shelbyville died at 10:36 a.m. Friday Dec. 25, 2015 in her residence.
Funeral services were held at 10:30 a.m. today (Wednesday) in Grace Lutheran Church in Strasburg. Burial was in Grace Cemetery in Strasburg. Howe and Yockey Funeral Home in Shelbyville handled arrangements. Read More
Marge Gordon
Marjory Eileen Gordon, 85, of St. Louis passed away at 4:55 a.m. Monday, December 28, 2015 in her home in St. Louis.
Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, January 2 in McMullin-Young Funeral Home in Sullivan. Visitation will be held one hour before the services in the funeral home in Sullivan. Burial will be in Greenhill Cemetery in Sullivan. Marge was born August 4, 1930 in Findlay. She grew up on her parents’ (Clarence and Mary Gordon) farm near Bruce and later moved with her family to Sullivan. She had one brother, Harold, who preceded her in death in 1960. Following her high school graduation, she enrolled in and graduated from Decatur-Macon County Hospital School of Nursing. She subsequently earned a bachelor of science degree from Millikin University and a master’s degree in nursing from the University of Colorado. Marge worked 35 years for the Veteran’s Administration at the Denver VA Medical Center and retired from the St. Louis, Mo. VA Medical Center in 1995. She served as the Associate Chief Nurse, Nursing Education and received a number of awards for her contributions to patient care and education at both medical centers. Marge enjoyed the beauties of nature, birds, flowers, plants and fish which found her baited hook. She traveled extensively and was an avid camper. She overcame considerable health issues in her life but succumbed to pancreatic cancer. Read More
Leola Scott
Leola Jane Scott, 89, of Bethany, passed away at 9:02 a.m. Monday, December 28, 2015 in Decatur Memorial Hospital.
Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. today (Wednesday) December 30 in McMullin-Young Funeral Home in Bethany. Burial was in Marrowbone Township Cemetery in Bethany. Read More
Beverly Brown
Beverly A. “Bev” Brown, 76, of Decatur, formerly of Sullivan and Lovington, passed away Friday, December 18, 2015 in Decatur Memorial Hospital.
Memorial services will be held at 6:30 p.m. Monday, December 28 in McMullin-Young Funeral Home in Sullivan. Visitation will be held 4:30-6:30 p.m. Monday in the funeral home. Private family burial was held in Moultrie County Memorial Park in Bethany. Read More
Phillip King
Phillip O. King, 79, of Sullivan, died at 4:15 a.m. Wednesday December 16, 2015 in his residence.
Celebration of Life services were at 10 a.m. Tuesday in Reed Funeral Home in Sullivan. Burial was in Jonathan Creek Cemetery in rural Sullivan. Read More
James Elliott
Military rites for James Edward Elliott, 41, of Southern Pines, N.C. were provided by the Macon County Honor Guard at 1 p.m. Saturday Dec. 19. Graceland Fairlawn Funeral Home in Decatur assisted the family with arrangements.
The former Lovington resident died Dec. 11, 2015 in North Carolina.
He was born Sept. 7, 1974 in Decatur, the son of Mary Ellen Mocabee Burt and Kent Edward Elliott. Read More
Bob Phillips
Robert “Bob” Phillips, 47, of Arthur passed away at 4:30 a.m. Monday, December 21, 2015 in St. John’s Hospital in Springfield.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, December 26, 2015 in the McMullin-Young Funeral Home in Sullivan. Visitation will be held from 9-11 a.m. Saturday in the funeral home. Burial will be in Penn Township Cemetery in Moweaqua. Read More
David Baker
David Ronald Baker, 76, of Sullivan, died at 11:30 p.m. Friday December 18, 2015 in Mason Point in Sullivan.
Private family burial was held Tuesday in Liberty Cemetery in Sullivan. Arrangements were by Reed Funeral Home, Sullivan.
David was born February 5, 1939 in London, England, a son of Ronald and Irene Evans Baker. Read More
Gene Newberry
Clyde E. “Gene” Newberry, 84, of Lovington passed away at 12:45 p.m. Wednesday, December 9, 2015 in Carle Foundation Hospital in Urbana.
Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. Saturday in First Baptist Church in Lovington. Burial with military rites by Lovington American Legion Post # 429 was in Keller Cemetery in Lovington. McMullin-Young Funeral Home in Lovington handled arrangements. Read More
Joshua England
Joshua Garrett England, 33, of Sullivan died at 12:30 a.m. Saturday Dec. 12, 2015 in Nokomis.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday Dec. 19 in Stiehl-Dawson Funeral Home in Nokomis with Pastor Lonnie Laughlin officiating. Visitation will be 4-7 p.m. Friday. Burial will be in the Nokomis Cemetery. Read More