Area Obituaries

Jerry L. Milligan, 85, resident of Harrisburg passed away Thursday, March 27, 2025 at Saline Care Nursing and Rehab in Harrisburg. Jerry was born September 25, 1939 in Cave-In-Rock, Illinois to the late Aurthur Floyd and Ruby (Simmons) Milligan. Jerry served in the U.S. Navy. Jerry is survived by his former wife, Shirley Savinski; his…

Sally Ann Winters, 34, died on Monday, March 3, 2025 in Evansville, IN. She was born on May 23, 1990 in Herrin, Illinois to Ronnie Joe Winters and Ruby Lynette Price. Sally is survived by her parents, Ruby Winters and Rodney Palmer; grandparents, James (Carol) Price of Elizabethtown; aunts and uncles, Harvey Winters, Charles Palmer,…

  Velma Rose Oxford, 92, of Cave-In-Rock, IL passed away Monday, March 31, 2025 at Hardin County General Hospital. Survivors include her children, Jerry (Winnie) Oxford and Kathy (John) Sheridan; grandchildren, Stephanie (Aaron) Meuser, Kim (Peter) Barna, Kari Oxford, Brad (Amanda) Sheridan, and Jason (Dana) Oxford; great-grandchildren, Gabrielle, Aiden and Lia Meuser, Ella Barna, and…

Dottie Mae Cook was born March 28th, 1951 in Chicago, Illinois to Walter August Eggert and Dorothy Odell Vack. Dottie was the second out of seven children born to that union. The family migrated to Rosiclare, Illinois, where on a bright sunny day, while Dottie was sunbathing in the yard, at the tender age of…

Bonnie Reva (Hicks) Barger age, 90, of Golconda, IL passed away on Monday, March 24, 2025, at home surrounded by her loving family. Bonnie was the youngest and last child of ten. She was born March 5, 1935, on the family farm in the Herod Community of Pope County to Frank and Ethel (Crabb) Hicks.…

Orpha Earline McBee was born on June 25, 1932 to Stella (Pennell) and Everett “Abe” Covert. She died Saturday, March 22, 2025. Orpha was preceded in death by her parents, Stella and Abe Covert; husband, George (Muckle) McBee; daughter and son-in-law, Georgetta and Wendel Morris. She is survived by her granddaughters, Kimberly (Jeremy) Knop, Karie…

October 26, 1934 – March 26, 2025 Charles Troy “Tom” Davis, age 90, of the Hickstown community southeast of Herod, Illinois, passed away at 3:13 p.m., Wednesday, March 26, 2025, at Deaconess Midtown Hospital in Evansville, Indiana. Charles Troy, better know as “Tom” was born on October 26, 1934, in the Kaskaskia community in Hardin…

Toni Rose Kaylor Stone, age 67, of Elizabethtown, IL passed from death to life (John 5:24) on Wednesday, March 19, 2025. Toni was born September 20, 1957 in the Pierce Hospital Eldorado, Illinois, the daughter of Lennie Lowell and Verna Lea (Bayne) Kaylor. She has one brother, Lennie Lee Kaylor; nephew, Ryan Lee Kaylor; great-nephew,…

Frederick (Fred) Eugene Cota passed away on Friday morning, March 14, 2025, at his home in Mercer Wisconsin while in the care of his family, with the support of Compassus Hospice. Fred was born in Mason City, Iowa in 1938, son of Paul and Mae (Kellum) Cota. Growing up, Fred was known for his love…

Della Mae Ramsey, 92, passed away Tuesday, January 14, 2025 in Jacksonville, FL. She was born to Howard and Ida Fricker in Hardin County, IL in 1932 and lived there until after high school graduation in 1950. Della married James Durward Ramsey son of Myrtle and James Ramsey of Rosiclare, on July 8, 1950, in…