Area Obituaries

Sarah Elizabeth Briscoe (nee Gibson) died on Saturday, December 21, 2024, aged 90, at her home in London, England. She died peacefully in her sleep and was accompanied by her son James. A funeral service will be held at her local church St. John’s Fulham in London on Monday, January 13, 2025. Visitation will be…

Roger Gail Winters, 76, of Elizabethtown, IL passed away peacefully at his home in the Rock Creek community on Tuesday, December 17, 2024. Roger was born on July 5, 1948; the only son of Floyd T. and Hazel Winters of Rock Creek. He graduated from Cave in Rock High School in 1967. Roger served his…

Robert Edward “Bob” Anderson, 69, of Galatia, Illinois, and a former resident of Shetlerville, Illinois, passed away on Thursday, December 12, 2024, at 5:47 p.m. at the University of Indianapolis Hospital after an extended illness. Bob was born October 25, 1955 in Shetlerville, Illinois to Clarence “Dock” Anderson and his wife, Doris Lucille (Smock) Anderson.…

  December 29, 1943 – December 13, 2024 Thomas Michael “Mike” Cochran, 80, passed away peacefully in his sleep on Friday, December 13, 2024 at Garden View Care Center in Valley Park, MO. Mike was born on December 29, 1943 in Evansville, IN, to CT “Plue” Cochran and Gladys (née Lamb) Cochran. Mike graduated from…

LaWanda Jean Jackson, age 77 years, a former resident of Rosiclare, Illinois, passed away Tuesday morning, December 10, 2024, at 11 a.m. in her residence at the Autumn Ridge Supportive Living in Vienna. Jean, as she was known to family and friends, was born June 17, 1947 in Elizabethtown, Illinois. She was the daughter of…

Darwyn Allen Daymon, Cave-in-Rock, Illinois, died Tuesday, December 10, 2024. He was born September 18, 1947 in the Cave-in-Rock, IL to John Allen Daymon and Nola Jane McPhearson Daymon. He is survived by three children, Shane and Darlene Winters Cave-in-Rock, Jeff and Denise Jones Equality, Mark and Desirae Smock Cave-in-Rock, IL; four siblings, Anna Jaspring,…

Donna Marie (Mittl) Williams, 67, of Harrisburg, Illinois, and a former resident of Rosiclare, Illinois, passed away Saturday, November 23, 2024, around 9:30 p.m. in Harrisburg after an extended illness. She was born March 9, 1957, in Chicago, Illinois, to John and Dorothy (Zimmers) Mittl. She is survived by her husband, Richard Williams, niece, Morgan…

Eula Mae Frailey, 89, of Cave in Rock, IL went peacefully to be with her Lord and Savior Thursday, November 28th at 4:10 p.m., in her home surrounded by her family. Eula was born in her family home December 31st, 1934, to Owen and Minnie (Davis) Vaughn. There she spent her childhood growing up on…

Ludean Ann Atkinson Gholson born August 7, 1952, to Wayne and Ludean Atkinson in Rosiclare, IL passed away peacefully on Tuesday, November 26, 2024, at the Saint Vincent Hospital in Evansville, Indiana. By her side was her daughter, granddaughter, granddaughter-in-law, and niece. Ludean was one of eight children. On September 1, 1989, she married Ted…

Mitzi (Margaret Lewis) Owen Knight, age 81, passed away on Friday, November 15, 2024, after a short illness. Mitzi was born on October 26, 1943, to Walter and Mary Owen in Peoria, IL where she spent her childhood. She graduated from Richwoods Community High School in 1961 and continued her education at St. Louis University…