Marylee Manzella
Dec 17, 2020
Marylee Manzella, 71, of Tuscola, IL, passed away at 4:24 p.m., Thursday, December 17, 2020 at Carle Foundation Hospital, Urbana, IL.
Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, December 22, 2020 at Forty Martyrs Catholic Church, 201 East Van Allen Street, Tuscola, IL with Father Angel Sierra officiating. Burial will follow in the...
Sherrill Jean Shunk
Dec 17, 2020
Sherrill Jean Shunk, 81, of Tuscola, formerly of Villa Grove and Arthur, IL, passed away on Thursday morning, December 17, 2020 at Mattoon Health Care Center.
Private Services will be held. Burial will be in the Camargo Cemetery, Camargo, IL. Hilligoss Shrader Funeral Home, Tuscola, IL is handling the arrangements.
A memorial service will be...
Elvon Edgar Fulton
Dec 16, 2020
Elvon Edgar Fulton passed away on Wednesday, December 16, 2020, at 5:17 a.m. at Decatur Memorial Hospital in Decatur, Illinois
Elvon was the son of S. Edgar and Edna B. (Mundorf) Fulton. He was born on January 11, 1940 at Jarman Hospital in Tuscola, Illinois.
Elvon graduated from Arthur High School in Arthur, Illinois in...
Patricia Beth Bartholomew
Dec 15, 2020
FLOWER MOUND, Texas — Patricia Beth (Ulrey) Bartholomew, a loving mother and grandmother, was called to her Heavenly Father on Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020. She spent her final moments on Earth with her youngest son, Mark, by her side.
Beth was born on July 20, 1934, in Casey, Ill. She was the sixth child of Elza and...
Ruthann Spear
Dec 13, 2020
Ruthann Spear, 76, of Hammond, IL, passed away at 3:58 p.m., Sunday, December 13, 2020 at the Decatur Memorial Hospital, Decatur, IL
Private family services will be held. Burial will be in the Lake Fork Cemetery, rural Atwood, IL. Hilligoss Shrader Funeral Home is assisting the family with the arrangements.
Ruthann was born on June...
Carol Mateer
Dec 12, 2020
Carol L. Mateer, 77, of Atwood, IL, currently residing at Carriage Crossing, Arcola, IL, passed away at 4:02 p.m., Saturday, December 12, 2020 at Carle Foundation Hospital, Urbana, IL.
Private graveside services will be held at Cartwright Cemetery, rural Tuscola, IL. Hilligoss Shrader Funeral Home is assisting the family with the arrangements
Carol was born...
Wanda Traxler
Dec 8, 2020
Wanda C. Traxler, 92, of Arthur died at 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, December 8, 2020 at Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center, Mattoon.
Graveside service will be held at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, December 12, 2020 at the Arthur Cemetery with Pastor Mitch Flesch officiating. Shrader Funeral Home, Arthur, is assisting the family with arrangements.
Wanda was born...
Mary Peters
Dec 6, 2020
Mary Peters, 92, of Arthur, died Sunday, December 6, 2020 at Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center in Mattoon.
Memorial Services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, May 8, 2021 at the Arthur Cemetery with Pastor Jill Bunker officiating.
Mary was born April 20, 1928 in Monticello, the daughter of Byron and Loreen Tarr Lewis....
Gary Dale Gardner
Dec 5, 2020
Gary Dale Gardner, 75, of Byhalia, Mississippi, formerly of Arcola, passed away Saturday, December 5, 2020 at his residence.
A Graveside Service will be held at 11:00 a.m. Friday, December 11, 2020 at the Arcola Cemetery with Pastor Bob Silvanik officiating. A visitation will be held from 9:00-11:00 a.m. Friday at Shrader Funeral Home, Arcola.
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Dorothy "Dottie" Mae Bidwell
Dec 3, 2020
Dorothy "Dottie" Mae Bidwell, 89, of Arthur, died at 8:47 p.m. Thursday, December 3, 2020 at the Arthur Home.
Funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, December 9, 2020 at the Shrader Funeral Home, 431 S. Vine Street, Arthur, with Pastor John Stewart officiating. Burial will follow in the Bourbon Cemetery. Visitation will be held...
Margaret Roellig
Dec 3, 2020
Margaret Roellig, 94 of Tolono, IL, died at 12:55 p.m., Thursday, December 3, 2020.
Per Public Health guidelines there will be no visitation. The funeral service will be private. Friends are invited to the graveside service at 11:30 a.m., Tuesday, December 8, 2020, at Craw Cemetery, Sadorus.  COVID-19 guidelines will be followed, and masks will be required....
Dr. Samuel M. Blackwell, Jr. Phd
Dec 3, 2020
Dr. Samuel M. Blackwell, Jr., PHD, 76, of Joliet, formerly of Arcola, died at 11:15 a.m. Thursday, December 3, 2020 at Silver Cross Hospital in New Lenox.
A Private Family Funeral Service will be held at 1:00 p.m. Saturday, December 12, 2020 at the Arcola Presbyterian Church. Livestream of the service will be available at meet.google.com\pkd-btmt-rwh. Burial...
Donna Jean Thornton
Dec 2, 2020
Donna Jean Thornton, 82, of Arcola, died at 11:07 a.m. Wednesday, December 2, 2020 at her residence.
A Memorial Service will be held at 3:00 p.m. Monday, December 7, 2020 at Shrader Funeral Home, Arcola, with visitation from 1:00-3:00 p.m. Burial will be in the Chesterville Cemetery.
Donna was born October 20, 1938 in Arcola,...
Joan Jeanette Winters
Nov 26, 2020
Joan Winters, age 93, of Arthur Illinois, went to Heaven on Thanksgiving Day, at her home with her loving husband by her side.
Born June 28, 1927, at their farm home in Coulterville Illinois, she was the daughter of Albert Allen Ketchum, Sr. and Sylvia Mae Ketchum. She was raised on that same farm.  Their home had...
Martha Reimer
Nov 22, 2020
Martha Jean Toland Reimer, 89, of Tuscola, IL, passed away of natural causes on Sunday, November 22, 2020 at the Tuscola Health Care Center.
She is survived by her 4 children: Gerald John "Rocky" Reimer, Jr., Brenda Lucille Reimer, Jeffrey Dale Reimer and Dianne Reimer Lynch. Martha is also survived by her 6 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren....
Ella Mae Harshbarger
Nov 21, 2020
Ella Mae Harshbarger, 87, passed away November 21, 2020 at the Hearth at Stones Crossing, Keepsake Unit in Greenwood, Indiana. She was born on January 19, 1933 to Lowell and Opal Pearl (Hood) Connor in Decatur, Illinois. Ella Mae was named for her grandmothers, Rose Ella Deen and Carrie Mae Hood. She attended school in Decatur where she enjoyed...
Tim Adkins
Nov 20, 2020
Tim L. Adkins, 67, of Longview, IL passed away at 6:45 p.m., Friday, November 20, 2020 at his home.
Graveside Services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, November 24, 2020 at the Tuscola Township Cemetery.
Mr. Adkins was born June 21, 1953 in Heston, KY the son of Samuel M. and Delcia M. Cross...
Mary Goeken
Nov 18, 2020
Mary Elizabeth Goeken, 89, of Tuscola, IL, passed away at 4:30 p.m., Wednesday, November 18, 2020 at the Carle Foundation Hospital, Urbana, IL
Funeral Services will be held at 1:00 p.m., Friday, November 20, 2020 at the Hilligoss Shrader Funeral Home, 705 South Main Street, Tuscola, IL with Rev. Kenneth Roedder officiating. Burial will follow in the...
Rose Lubitz
Nov 16, 2020
Rose Marie Marler Lubitz, 87, entered eternity on Monday, November 16, 2020, at Carle Hospital, Urbana, IL
Rose and her twin, John Francis, were born to Frank M. and Marie L. Jenkins Marler in Tuscola on Dec 5, 1932.
Rose attended Tuscola schools and followed her two older brothers, Frank Wayne and Charles Dean, to...
Carolyn Rose Haney
Nov 15, 2020
Carolyn Rose Haney, 90, of Lawrenceville, formerly of Arthur, died at 6:53 p.m. Sunday, November 15, 2020 at United Methodist Village in Lawrenceville.
Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. Thursday, November 19, 2020 at the Arthur United Methodist Church with Pastor Jill Bunker officiating. Burial will follow in the Oakland Cemetery, Oakland. Shrader Funeral Home,...
