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Area Obituaries

Obituary of Diana Lynn Kumorek

Diana Lynn Kumorek returned to heaven to be with her parents on Sunday morning, March 29, 2020 at the early age of 62. Our sweet, but very hardheaded mother and nanny, but most importantly, wife, was born September 24, 1956 to Herb and Jean Price in Vandalia, IL. Diana moved during her junior high years…

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Nina H. (Lane) Mathews

Nina H. Mathews, age 84, died on Thursday, March 26, 2020 at her daughters’ home, surrounding by her family. Nina was born on Sparks Hill in Hardin County, on June 2, 1935 to the late Alfred and Eula (Miles) Lane. On September 13, 1956 she married Jim Mathews who preceded her in 2004. Nina is…

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Obituary of Lillian Alene (Upton) Stone

Lillian Alene (Upton) Stone passed away peacefully on Saturday, March 28th, 2020 in Hardin County General Hospital at the age of 92. Alene was born on June 16th, 1927 in Vienna, Illinois to the late Earl Roy Upton and the late Ruby Gladys (Walker) Upton. Alene was preceded in death by Jerry Edward Stone (husband…

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Loree Austin Smith Colver

Loree Austin Smith Colver, 98, died on Tuesday, March 24, 2020 at Hillcrest Convalescent Center. Mrs. Colver was born in Hardin County, IL, the daughter of the late Charles Macon Austin and Nora Holloway Austin. She was also predeceased by her husbands, Raymond H. Smith, Elton E. “Pete” Colver; brothers, Clifford Holloway, Paris Ulyssus, Arthur…

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Dorothy Ellen Mittl

Dorothy Ellen Mittl, 94, of Rosiclare, IL died Monday, March 23, 2020 at Rosiclare Rehab and Health Care Center.  She was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church. Survivors include her children, Barbara Mittl of Harrisburg, IL and Donna Williams of Harrisburg, IL; and granddaughter, Morgan Mittl of Carbondale, IL. She was preceded in death…

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Sarah Dawn Wayland

Sarah Dawn Wayland, 29, born June 26, 1990 in Carbondale, Illinois to Marla Fulkerson Winters and Mark Wayland, passed away at Deaconess Midtown Hospital, Evansville, IN on Wednesday, March 11, 2020. Sarah leaves behind her mother and step-father, with whom she lived, Chuck and Marla Winters of Elizabethtown, IL; father, Mark Wayland of Golconda, IL;…

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Obituary of Earl Davis, Jr.

Earl Davis, Jr., 89, of New London, IA, died Wednesday, February 26, 2020 at Henry County Health Center, Mt. Pleasant. Earl was born January 2, 1931 in Elizabethtown, Illinois, the son of Earl Sr. and Stella Marie Fricker Davis. He married Marilyn Lee Garmoe on January 4, 1951 at Faith Lutheran Church in Mt. Pleasant.…

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Obituary of Jeffrey Allen Stone

Jeffrey Allen Stone, age 57 of Golconda, Illinois passed from death to life (John 5:24) after the most wonderful and loving care possible in the Hardin County General Hospital, Rosiclare, IL, on Thursday, February 20, 2020. Jeff was born on February 9, 1963, the only child of Donald Allen and Mary Rose (Butler) Stone in…

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Obituary of Charles E. “Jackie” Milligan

Charles E. “Jackie” Milligan, 90, of Cave-In-Rock, IL and a longtime resident of Wasson, IL went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, February 18, 2020 at Hardin County General Hospital in Rosiclare, IL. He was born March 25, 1929 in Lambtown, IL to the late Arthur and Etta Huffsey Milligan. His mother died when…

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Kenneth G. McNeil

Kenneth G. McNeil, 82, of Eldorado, IL and longtime Ridgway resident, died on February 6, 2020. Kenny was born on August 25, 1937 to the late Harry McNeil and Cleo (King)(McNeil) Duncan. On November 26, 1960 he married Libby (Emert) who preceded him in death in 2002. Kenny served his country in the US Navy.…

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