Marsha Hall
Marsha Ann Gray Hall, 64, of Sullivan passed away at 9:57 p.m. Wednesday, February 28, 2018 in Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center in Mattoon.
Services will be held at a later date. McMullin-Young Funeral Home in Sullivan is in care of arrangements. Read More
Paul Sager
Paul L. Sager, 93, of Sullivan, passed away at 8:01 p.m. Tuesday, February 13, 2018 in Carle Foundation Hospital in Urbana.
Funeral services were held at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, February 17 in McMullin-Young Funeral Home in Sullivan. Burial with military rites by Sullivan American Legion Post #68 was in Greenhill Cemetery in Sullivan. Read More
Sam Kidwell
Sam Kidwell, 80, of Sullivan passed away at 8:20 a.m. Thursday February 15, 2018 in the Arthur Home.
Celebration of Life services were 11:30 a.m. today (Wednesday) in Reed Funeral Home in Sullivan with Chaplain Mark Maxey officiating. Burial was in Moultrie County Memorial Park Cemetery in Sullivan. Read More
Paul Potter, Jr.
William Paul Potter, Jr., 46, of Sullivan passed away at 2:28 a.m. Sunday, February 18, 2018 in Sullivan.
Celebration of Life services will be 7 p.m. Thursday in Reed Funeral Home in Sullivan. Visitation will be 5-7 p.m. Thursday. Burial will be in New Hope Cemetery in Renick, Missouri. Read More
Sam Kidwell
Sam Kidwell, 80, of Sullivan passed away at 8:20 a.m. Thursday February 15, 2018 in the Arthur Home.
Celebration of Life services will be 11:30 a.m. Wednesday in the Reed Funeral Home, Sullivan with Chaplain Mark Maxey officiating. Visitation will be 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Wednesday in the funeral home. Burial will be in the Moultrie County Memorial Park Cemetery, Sullivan. Memorials are suggested to Muscular Dystrophy Association or to the Moultrie County Relay for Life. Online condolences may be sent to the family at reedfuneralhome.net. The family suggests casual attire.
Sam was born May 29, 1937 in Kirksville the son of Ralph and Ida Bea Blackwell Kidwell. He had worked at the Brown Shoe Company in Sullivan until it closed and then was a truck driver and retired driving for Barney Ozier. He married Linda Isaacs on November 22, 1969 in Sullivan and she preceded him in death on June 29, 1985.
Surviving are his daughters Teresa (Paul) Fleshner, Carla Kidwell and honorary daughter Chris Schumacher all of Sullivan; sons Mike (Cheryl) Kidwell of Bethany, Richard Kidwell of St. Louis, Missouri, Gary (Dara) Kidwell of Tuscola; brothers Ralph (Evelyn) Kidwell, Jr. of Sullivan, Richard (Donna) Kidwell of Tuscola, eleven grandchildren, eighteen great grandchildren and three great-greatgrandchildren and his dog Duke.
He was preceded in death by his parents; wife Linda; brother Jerry Kidwell; sister Betty Younker
Paul L. Sager Paul L. Sager, 93, of Sullivan, passed away 8:01 p.m. Tuesday, February 13, 2018, at Carle Foundation Hospital, Urbana. Funeral services will be held 2:30 p.m. Saturday, February 17, 2018, at McMullin-Young Funeral Home, Sullivan. Visitation will be held an hour prior to the services at the funeral home. Burial will be in Greenhill Cemetery, Sullivan, with Military Rites by the Sullivan American Legion Post #68. Memorials may be made to the First Christian Church in Sullivan. Paul was born October 22, 1924, in Worth, the son of Ralph E. and Ocie (Vandeveer) Sager. He married Anna Jane Davis on April 15, 1944, in St. Charles, MO; she survives. Paul served in the United States Army during World War II and fought in the Battle of the Bulge. He was a member of the First Christian Church in Sullivan, served as a Sullivan Fire Department Trustee and was on the Moultrie County Draft Board. He was also a bus driver for the Sullivan School District for many years. Paul is survived by his wife, Anna Jane Sager of Sullivan; son, Tony (Roseanne) Sager of Sullivan; daughter, Susie (Roger) Fuller of Sullivan; grandsons, Michael Sager, Jeremy Sager and Jared Fuller. He was preceded in death by his parents 2 brothers, 3 sisters and 1 infant daughter. Condolences may be offered to the family at www.mcmullinyoung.com
Myrta Pound
Myrta Clare Pound, 86, of Decatur passed away at 10:15 a.m. Tuesday, February 6, 2018 in her home in Decatur.
Funeral services were at 3 p.m. Saturday, February 10 in McMullin-Young Funeral Home in Sullivan. Burial was in Marrowbone Township Cemetery in Bethany. Read More
Wanda Reid
Wanda June Reid, 72, of Sullivan passed away at 12:07 p.m. Tuesday, February 6, 2018 in St. Mary’s Hospital in Decatur. No services will be held. Burial will be at a later date in Camp Butler Cemetery in Springfield.
Wanda was born August 4, 1945 in Virden, the daughter of Claude and Lavada McKee Gibson. She married Robert Reid in April of 1972, and he preceded her in death in 1988. She was a member of the Die-Hard Cubs Fan Club. She was loved dearly by her friends and family, and she may be gone but will never be forgotten. Read More
Donald Ferguson
Donald J. Ferguson, 88, of Sullivan passed away at 8:03 p.m. Thursday February 8, 2018 in Mason Point in Sullivan.
Celebration of Life services were 10:30 a.m. Tuesday in Mason Point Chapel in Sullivan with Pastor Rodney Houser officiating. Burial was in Greenhill Cemetery in Sullivan. Arrangements were by Reed Funeral Home in Sullivan. Read More
Richard Shellabarger
Paul Richard Shellabarger (Shelly) passed away peacefully after a lengthy battle with cancer February 10, 2018 with his family by his side.
He was born March 16, 1940 in Natchez, Mississippi.
A memorial service was held Monday, Feb. 12 in First United Methodist Church in Sullivan. Read More