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Ruth McCorvie

Ruth McCorvie February 2, 1923 – January 17, 2023
Ruth Helen Kohlhauff was born in St. Louis, Missouri on February 2, 1923. Her father, William Kohlhauff was employed at the Brown Shoe Company. Her mother, Rose Graff Kohlhauff was a homemaker. She lived with her parents on Minnesota Avenue in Dutchtown, a German-American community in south St. Louis. She spent many happy hours, days and weeks and summers with her grandparents and cousins at the local pool at Marquette Park. Read More

Rosemary Kneller

Rosemary Kneller, 81, of Sullivan, formerly of Shelbyville, passed away at 2:29 p.m. Monday, May 1, 2023 in Decatur Memorial Hospital, Decatur, IL.
Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Howe and Yockey Funeral Home, Shelbyville

Arthur Welsh

Arthur R. Welsh, 85 of Sullivan, passed away peacefully surrounded by his family at 7:12 a.m., Sunday, April 16, 2023, in Courtyard Estates of Sullivan. Read More

Richard Betzler

Richard Darrell Betzler, 88, of Sullivan, passed away at 12:30 a.m., Friday, April 14, 2023, in Sullivan Rehabilitation and Health Care.
Funeral services were held Tuesday, April 18, at McMullin-Young Funeral Home in Sullivan. Burial was in Greenhill Cemetery in Sullivan, with military rites by Sullivan American Legion Post #68. Memorials may be made to St. Jude Children’s Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105. Read More

Ruth Vallicelli

Ruth Leone Vallicelli, 103, of Urbana, formerly of Sullivan, passed away at 3:11 p.m., Saturday, April 1, 2023, in her home. Read More