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Wally E. Willoughby
Aug 9, 2018
Walmer E. "Wally" Willoughby, 89, of Arthur, passed away at 7:34 a.m. Thursday, August 9, 2018 at his residence.
Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Monday, August 13, 2018 at the Vine Street Christian Church, 249 S. Vine Street, Arthur, with Rev. Bob Silvanik officiating. Burial will follow in the Arthur Cemetery. Visitation will be...
Irene E. Kappes
Jul 22, 2018
Irene E. Kappes, 97, of Tuscola, IL, passed away at 6:25 p.m., Sunday, July 22, 2018 at the Tuscola Health Care Center, Tuscola, IL Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:00 a.m., Thursday, July 26, 2018 at the Forty Martyrs Catholic Church, 201 East Van Allen Street, Tuscola, IL with Father Angel Sierra as celebrant. Burial will follow...
Faye E. Lewis
Jul 21, 2018
Faye E. Lewis, 88, of Tuscola, IL passed away at 1:20 p.m. Saturday, July 21, 2018 at the Tuscola Health Care Center, Tuscola, IL. Celebration of Life Services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday, July 30, 2018 at the Hilligoss Shrader Funeral Home, 705 South Main Street, Tuscola, IL. Burial will be held immediately following in the Tuscola Township...
Ruby Fern Wildman
Jul 18, 2018
Ruby Fern Wildman, 96, formerly of Tuscola, IL, passed away on Wednesday, July 18, 2018 at Woodmont Health Campus, Boonville, Indiana. Graveside Services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, August 11, 2018 at the Mackville Cemetery, Atwood, Illinois with Rev. Terri Haas officiating. Hilligoss Shrader Funeral Home, Tuscola, IL is handling the arrangements. She was born on July 13,...
M. Jane Wood
Jul 15, 2018
M. Jane Wood, 82, of Tuscola, IL, passed away at 6:24 a.m., Sunday, July 15, 2018 at Arbor Rose of Arcola, Arcola, IL Funeral Services will be held at 11 a.m., Monday, July 30, 2018 at the Tuscola United Methodist Church, 901 North Prairie Street, Tuscola, IL. Burial will follow in the Tuscola Township Cemetery, Tuscola, IL Visitation will be...
Bernice Cavett Blackwell
Jul 15, 2018
Bernice Cavett Blackwell, 103, of Arcola, died at 1:05 p.m. Sunday, July 15, 2018 at the Arthur Home.
Graveside services will be held at 3:00 p.m. Thursday, July 19, 2018 at the Arcola Cemetery with Rev. Rick Snyder as officiant. Shrader Funeral Home, 204 N. Locust Street, Arcola, is assisting the family with arrangements.
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Nancy Ann Smith
Jul 10, 2018
Nancy Ann Smith, 83, of Tuscola, IL, passed away at 3:23 p.m., Tuesday, July 10, 2018 at the Carle Foundation Hospital, Urbana, IL Memorial Services will be held at 1:00 p.m., Saturday, September 1, 2018 at the Tuscola United Church of Christ with Rev. Ralph Deal officiating. Hilligoss Shrader Funeral Home, 705 South Main Street, Tuscola, IL is entrusted with...
Mark R Tuttle
Jul 5, 2018
Mark Richard Tuttle, 63, of Arcola, died at 4:39 p.m. Thursday, July 5, 2018 as the result of a farming accident in rural Hindsboro. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m. Sunday, July 8, 2018 at Shrader Funeral Home, 204 N. Locust Street, Arcola, with Rev. Brent Budd officiating. Burial will follow in the VanVoorhis Cemetery, rural Hindsboro. Visitation...
Dr. Robert Edmund Smith
Jun 28, 2018
Dr. Robert Edmund Smith, age 81, of Arcola, passed away peacefully Thursday morning at Barnes Jewish Hospital in St. Louis with his wife and children at his side.
Beloved husband of Natalie for 58 years; loving father of Sue (Kevin) Full of Overland Park, KS, Mark (Lisa) Smith of Glenview, IL, and Ann (Cliff) Peterson of O'Fallon,...
Terri Michelle Martin
Jun 23, 2018
Terri Michelle Martin, 39, of Charleston, formerly of Atwood, passed away on Saturday, June 23, 2018 at her residence. Private family services will be held. Hilligoss Shrader Funeral Home, Atwood, IL is assisting the family with the arrangements. Terri was born on April 16, 1979 in Dallas, TX, the daughter of Scott F. and Andrea S. Hobblit Aubert. Survivors include...
Verleta M. Gabbard
Jun 16, 2018
Verleta M. Gabbard, 60, of Camargo, IL, passed away on Saturday evening, June 16, 2018 at her residence. Services celebrating her life will be held at 5:00 p.m., Thursday, June 21, 2018 at the Hilligoss Shrader Funeral Home, 705 South Main Street, Tuscola, IL with Rev. Duane Piercy officiating. Visitation will be held 1 hour prior to the services at...
Alberta M. Travis
Jun 8, 2018
Alberta M. Travis, 97, of Tuscola, IL, passed away at 6:53 a.m., Friday, June 8, 2018 at Carriage Crossing Senior Living, Arcola, IL Funeral Services will be held 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, June 12, 2018 at the Hilligoss Shrader Funeral Home, 705 South Main Street, Tuscola, IL with the Rev. Kenneth Roedder. Burial will follow in the Tuscola Township Cemetery. Visitation...
Virginia M. Walkup
Jun 8, 2018
Virginia Miller Walkup passed away peacefully on June 8, 2018 at Decatur Memorial Hospital surrounded by family. She was 93 years old. Born January 4, 1925 in Boonville, NY to Bessie Wade and Walter Karl Miller, Virginia was a graduate of Boonville High School and Cornell University. Virginia married Norris Wayne Walkup at the First Baptist Church in Boonville on...
Suzy Bean
Jun 7, 2018
Suzy Bean went to heaven on June 7, 2018 after a long and courageous battle with Alzheimer's disease. Funeral Services celebrating her life will be held at 2:00 p.m., Sunday, June 10, 2018 at the Hilligoss Shrader Funeral Home, 705 South Main Street, Tuscola, IL with Rev. Tony Crouch officiating. Burial will follow in the Tuscola Township Cemetery. Visitation will...
Rhea P. Romine
Jun 2, 2018
Rhea Phyllis Romine, 92, formerly of rural Atwood, IL, died Saturday, June 2, 2018 at Lewis Memorial Christian Village in Springfield. She was born on February 16, 1926 in Decatur, IL to Reed and Lora (Ballard) Hoff. Rhea married Robert J Romine on September 2, 1945 in Garrett, IL. Survivors include three sons, Aaron (LuAnn) Romine of Springfield, Barry Romine...
Paul D. Stuerke
May 31, 2018
Paul David Stuerke, son of Rudolph Fritz and Olinda Evert Stuerke, was born on May 3, 1943, in Higginsville, Missouri, and died at OSF Heart of Mary Medical Center, Urbana, IL on Thursday, May 31, 2018. Celebration of Life Services will be held at 10:30 a.m., Monday, June 4, 2018 at the Tuscola United Methodist Church, 901 North Prairie Street,...
Jorge Arguelles Franco
May 26, 2018
Jorge Arguelles Franco, 51, of Champaign, formerly of Arcola, died at 9:47 a.m. Saturday, May 26, 2018 at Carle Hospital, Urbana.
Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:30 a.m. Friday, June 1, 2018 at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, Arcola, with Rev. Fr. Angel Sierra as officiant. Burial will follow in the Arcola Cemetery....
Jeffery N. Browning
May 18, 2018
Jeffery N. Browning, 60, of Atwood, IL, passed away at 10:02 p.m. Friday, May 18, 2018 at his residence. A Memorial Service will be held at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, May 26, 2018 at the Sadorus United Methodist Church, 214 West Church Street, Sadorus, IL. Hilligoss Shrader Funeral Home, 66 East US Highway 36, Atwood, IL is assisting the family with...
Eldon L. Foltz
May 15, 2018
Eldon L. Foltz, 94, of Tuscola, IL, passed away at 6:10 a.m., Tuesday, May 15, 2018 at the Newman Rehab and Health Care Center, Newman, IL Funeral Services will be held at 10:30 a.m., Friday, May 18, 2018 at the Hilligoss Shrader Funeral Home, 705 South Main Street, Tuscola, IL. Visitation will be held from 10 to 10:30 a.m. at...
Wilfrieda Florence Gillins
May 13, 2018
Wilfrieda Florence Gillins, 93, of Tuscola, IL, passed away at 6:35 p.m.; Sunday, May 13, 2018 at the Tuscola Health Care Center, Tuscola, IL.
Wilfrieda was born February 14, 1925, the daughter of Herman N. and Loretta K. Laley Decker. She grew up on a farm south of Philo,...
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