Doris Bartanen
Doris Ann Bartanen, loving wife of Ronald Dale Bartanen, went home to be with the Lord on July 1, 2022.
Funeral services were held Wednesday, July 6, at McMullin-Young Funeral Home in Sullivan. Burial was in Greenhill Cemetery in Sullivan. Memorials may be made to Highway Church of Christ in Sullivan. Read More
Young women were often counseled in their last year of high school to find themselves a preacher to take good care of them and "out of those hollows." She soon met Ronald Bartanen, a young minister who was a Bible Student attending Freed Hardeman College in Henderson, Tennessee, when he came to speak at Cox's Chapel, the little country church that Doris attended.
Doris graduated in May of 1954, and married Ronald on June 1, 1954. They welcomed a son, Richard Paul, the following year on July 27, 1955, and a daughter, Beth Ann, four years later on September 23, 1959. Ron and Doris had the privilege of celebrating their 68th wedding anniversary this past June.
While she was active in the ministry as a minister’s wife and Sunday School teacher, her primary focus and joy was that of being a mother.
Their lives together in the ministry took them far from the hills of Tennessee, from congregations throughout the Midwest to upper Michigan. While she often longed for those hills, she worked diligently to help her husband build up the Lord's church and remained faithfully by his side while he continued to preach to a small congregation in Arthur, Illinois while they were both in their 80s. Doris was her husband's biggest supporter of his artwork, helping him pick out frames and attending art shows where he won many awards.
Doris is survived by her loving husband Ronald Bartanen and their two children Rick (Crystal) Bartanen of Pace, Florida and Beth (Mike) Cooper of Great Falls Montana and their five granddaughters; Jami (Mark) Johnson, Atwood, Illinois, Katrina Bartanen, Monticello, Illinois, Sarah Weeks, Fairbury, Illinois, Kaitlin (Edwin) Torres, Helena, Montana and Kristen (Jake) Johnson, Bozeman, Montana; ten great-grandchildren; Carissa and Aaron Williams, Rianne and Clayton Ayers, Benjamin, Kayla, Sophia and Ethan Johnson, and Carder and Sadie Weeks.
The family was blessed to all spend Easter together with their grandma Doris. As they stood in a circle holding hands Doris was able to join in the singing of Amazing Grace. We concluded with the words "Will the circle be unbroken by and by Lord in the sky."
Condolences may be offered to the family at www.mcmullinyoung.com
•June 29, 2022•
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Marjorie Sheridan
Marjorie Joan (Hamblin) Sheridan was reunited with her beloved Charlie and all her loved ones in the light of Jesus on June 16, 2022. She bid farewell to her daughters, Cynthia (Robert) O’Connor and Patricia McCray, her three treasured grandchildren, Jeffrey McCray (Kelley), Laura Boillot (Paul), and Michael O’Connor, and her great-grandchildren, Reece Charles McCray, Elowyn Boillot, and Baby McCray due in November. Read More
Jean Pleasant
Jean Pleasant, 78, of Sullivan, passed away at 1:40 p.m., Thursday, June 23, 2022, at St. Mary’s Hospital in Decatur.
Graveside services will be 10 a.m., Saturday, July 9, at Greenhill Cemetery in Sullivan. Read More
Elizabeth Hubbert
Elizabeth Colleen Hubbert, 59, of Sullivan, passed away at 12:16 a.m. Thursday, June 23, 2022, at Sarah Bush Lincoln Hospital in Mattoon. Read More
Sandra Dolan
Sandra June Dolan, 83, of Arthur, passed away at 8:36 p.m., Thursday, June 23, 2022 at Carle Foundation Hospital in Urbana.
Funeral services were held Wednesday, June 29, at Vine Street Christian Church in Arthur with Pastor Bob Silvanik officiating. Burial was in Arthur Cemetery. Edwards Funeral Home assisted with arrangements. Read More
Sandra June Dolan
Sandra June Dolan, 83 of Arthur, IL passed away at 8:36 PM on Thursday, June 23, 2022 at Carle Foundation Hospital in Urbana, IL.
Visitation will be held from 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Monday, June 27, 2022 at McMullin-Young Funeral Home, Sullivan, with a Prayer Service held at 4:30 p.m. Monday. Mass of Christian Burial will be held 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, June 28, 2022, at the St. Columcille Catholic Church, Sullivan. Burial will be in Greenhill Cemetery, Sullivan. Memorials may be made to St. Columcille Catholic Church of Sullivan.
Elizabeth was born on April 14, 1963, in Decatur; the daughter of Richard and Joyce (Woolen) Welsh. She was the Deputy Supervisor of Moultrie County Assessments. Elizabeth was a member of the St. Columcille Catholic Church.
She is survived by her son, Michael Hubbert of Sullivan; daughters, Sarah Hubbert of Sullivan and Christina (Ian) Naslund of Elmwood; granddaughter, Evelyn Davis; sisters, Patricia (Dr. James) Mauck of Elkhart, IN, and Victoria (Steve) Ludwig of Ocala, FL.
She was preceded in death by her parents and 1 brother, Timothy Welsh.
Condolences may be offered to the family at www.mcmullinyoung.com
Helen Snyder
Helen P. Snyder, 89, of Sullivan, passed away at 7:45 a.m., Wednesday June 15, 2022, in her residence.
Private graveside services will be held in Greenhill Cemetery in Sullivan with Pastor Grant Wade officiating. There will not be any visitation. Memorials are suggested to Sullivan Ambulance Service. Arrangements are by Reed Funeral Home in Sullivan. Online condolences may be sent to the family at reedfuneralhome.net Read More