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Douglas Klay

Douglas Klay

Dec 9, 2019

Douglas E. Klay, 63, of Tuscola, IL, passed away on Monday, December 9, 2019 at his residence.

Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Friday, December 13, 2019 at the Hilligoss Shrader Funeral Home, 66 East US Highway 36, Atwood, IL with Rev. Don Gerkin officiating. Burial will follow in the Arthur Cemetery, Arthur, IL

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Helen Hurt

Helen Hurt

Dec 6, 2019

Helen Louise Ulrey Hurt, 91, most recently of Tuscola, Illinois, died on Friday, December 6, 2019, at Reflections Memory Care in Savoy, Illinois.

She was born September 10, 1928, in Shelbyville, Illinois, the daughter of Mary Purcell Ulrey and Wayne Ulrey. Helen married Gerald Hurt, her loving husband of over 69 years, on April 28, 1946, in...

George Baker

George Baker

Nov 25, 2019

George A. Baker, 89, of Atwood, IL, passed away at 2:18 p.m., Monday, November 25, 2019 at the Arthur Home, Arthur, IL

Graveside and Military Services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Friday, November 29, 2019 at the Mackville Cemetery, Atwood, IL with Pastor Lanny Faulkner officiating.

Visitation will be held from 10 to 11...

George S. Bradbury

George S. Bradbury

Nov 19, 2019

George S. Bradbury, 87, of Fairfield, IL, formerly of Tuscola, IL, passed away on Tuesday, November 19, 2019 at his home in Fairfield, IL.

Memorial Services will be held at 3 p.m., Saturday, November 23, 2019 at the Hilligoss Shrader Funeral Home, 705 South Main Street, Tuscola, IL. Visitation will be held from 1-3 p.m. Saturday, November...

Alice Johnson

Alice Johnson

Nov 18, 2019

Alice R. Johnson, 75, of Arthur, IL passed away at 11:58 p.m. Monday, November 18, 2019 at her residence.

Funeral Services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Thursday, November 21, 2019 at the Hilligoss Shrader Funeral Home, 705 South Main Street, Tuscola, IL with Rev. Kenneth Roedder officiating. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the...

Max E. Carey

Max E. Carey

Nov 13, 2019

Max E. Carey, 79, of Ashmore, formerly of Arcola, died at 1:59 a.m Wednesday, November 13, 2019 at Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center.

Max was born December 6, 1939 in Humboldt, the son of George Hugh and Ethel Rita Toland Carey. He married Lila Bright in Arcola on September 28, 1958; she preceded him in death on...

Joyce Fancher

Joyce Fancher

Nov 13, 2019

Joyce A. Fancher, 70 of rural Sadorus, IL, passed away at 6:09 p.m., Wednesday, November 13, 2019 at OSF Heart of Mary Medical Center, Urbana, IL

Memorial Services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Monday, November 18, 2019 at the Hilligoss Shrader Funeral Home, 705 South Main Street, Tuscola, IL with Pastor Joe Carter officiating.

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Phyllis Kleiss

Phyllis Kleiss

Oct 30, 2019

Phyllis J. Kleiss, 89, of Tuscola, IL, passed away surrounded by loved ones at 7:01 a.m., Wednesday, October 30, 2019 at Carriage Crossing, Arcola, IL

Services celebrating her life will be held at 11:00 a.m., Monday, November 4, 2019 at the Hilligoss Shrader Funeral Home, 705 South Main Street, Tuscola, IL with Father Angel Sierra officiating. Burial...

Don Rankin

Don Rankin

Oct 25, 2019

Don (Don) Rankin , age 76 of Arcola, IL, was born June 6, 1943 in Princeton, MO, the son of William Harrison and Mary Zella Busby Rankin. He died October 25, 2019. His wife of 50 years, Linda Jane Jaspers Rankin survives along with their sons, William Jason (Sarah) Rankin, of Edwardsville, IL, and Donald Chase (Lynn) Rankin of...

Marilyn Birch

Marilyn Birch

Oct 25, 2019

Marilyn Joe Wilcoxen Birch was born into this world on December 30, 1934 to Joseph L and Mildred E. Utsler Wilcoxen and went home to her Heavenly Father on Friday, October 25, 2019. In 1954, she married the love of her life, Robert L. Birch, and together they raised two children: Jeffrey L. Birch and Jan E. Birch Parchem....

Lloyd Ivan Parkhurst

Lloyd Ivan Parkhurst

Oct 24, 2019

Lloyd Ivan Parkhurst, 79, of Mattoon, died at 10:26 a.m. Thursday, October 24, 2019 at Heartland Senior Living in Neoga.

A Memorial Service will be held at 2:00 p.m. Sunday, November 3, 2019 at Shrader Funeral Home, 204 N. Locust Street, Arcola. Visitation will be held from 1:00-2:00 p.m. Burial will be in the Humboldt Cemetery at...

Donald Mosbarger

Donald Mosbarger

Oct 23, 2019

Donald H. Mosbarger, 87 of Atwood, IL, passed away at 1:45 p.m., Wednesday, October 23, 2019 at the Arthur Home, Arthur, IL

Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Monday, October 28, 2019 at the Hilligoss Shrader Funeral Home, 66 East US Highway 36, Atwood, IL with Rev. Don Gerkin officiating. Burial will be in the...

Violet M. "Bessie" Benson

Violet M. "Bessie" Benson

Oct 23, 2019

Violet M. "Bessie" Benson, 98, of Tuscola, IL, peacefully passed away at 4:10 a.m., October 23, 2019 at the Tuscola Health Care Center.

Funeral Services will be held at 11 a.m., Saturday, October 26, 2019 at the Immanuel Lutheran Church, 600 East Northline Road, Tuscola, with Pastor Jason Braaten officiating. Burial will follow in the Tuscola Township...

Janice Hunter

Janice Hunter

Oct 15, 2019

Janice Kay Hunter, 56, of Tuscola, IL, passed away at 8:27 a.m., Tuesday, October 15, 2019 at the Carle Foundation Hospital, Urbana, IL

Celebration of Life Services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, October 19, 2019 at the Hilligoss Shrader Funeral Home, 705 South Main Street, Tuscola, IL with Rev. Terri Haas officiating.

Visitation...

Kent Alan Stock

Kent Alan Stock

Oct 10, 2019

Kent Alan Stock, 55, of Arthur passed away on Thursday, Oct. 10, 2019 at Sarah Bush Lincoln Hospital in Mattoon. He was born at Jarman Hospital in Tuscola on May 27, 1964 which was also the birthdate of his great grandfather, Herman Stock, who was born 100 years earlier on May 27, 1864.

His parents, who preceded...

Orville Frye

Orville Frye

Oct 8, 2019

Orville Dale Frye, passed away on Tuesday, October 8, 2019 at University Rehab Center in Urbana. Orville was born in White Heath, IL on February 2, 1931, the son of Orville P. and Katherine (Harper) Frye, the third of four children. He was raised on a farm in Piatt County and attended Bement High School. He graduated from Argenta...

Ruth Lewis

Ruth Lewis

Oct 7, 2019

Ruth E. Lewis, 89, of rural Pesotum, IL, passed away at 6:55 p.m., October 7, 2019 at the Villas of Hollybrook, Savoy, IL.

Funeral Services will be held at 10 a.m., Saturday, October 12, 2019 at the Immanuel Lutheran Church, 601 East Northline Road, Tuscola, IL with Pastor Jason Braaten officiating. Burial will be held at the...

Billy Joe Barnhart

Billy Joe Barnhart

Oct 6, 2019

Billy Joe Barnhart, 93, of Arthur, died at 8:30 a.m. Sunday, October 6, 2019 at the Arthur Home.

Billy was born February 18, 1926 in Greenfield, Indiana, the son of Cleatus and Thelma Tinney Barnhart. He married Jean Powell in Greenfield, Indiana on November 16, 1946; she survives.

Besides his wife, Jean Barnhart, he is...

Gene Weir

Gene Weir

Oct 3, 2019

Norman "Gene" Weir, 88, of Eberhardt Village in Arthur, IL, formerly of rural Atwood, IL passed away at the place of his birth, Decatur Memorial Hospital in Decatur, IL on October 3, 2019, surrounded by his loving family.

Born January 12, 1931 to Dr. Edgar Wilkin and Blanche Vivian (Kamm) Weir, he spent an idyllic childhood in...

Nancy Bosch

Nancy Bosch

Oct 3, 2019

Nancy L. Bosch, 82, of Tuscola, IL, passed away at 3:46 p.m., Thursday, October 3, 2019 at her residence.

Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10 a.m., Monday, October 7, 2019 at the Forty Martyrs Catholic Church, 201 East Van Allen Street, Tuscola, IL with Father Angel Sierra as celebrant. Burial will follow in the...

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