Florence "Flossie" Mae Ellison
Sep 22, 2017
Florence Mae Alcorn Ellison, 85, passed away peacefully on September 22, 2017 at ProMedica Ebeid Hospice Residence in Sylvania, Ohio. She was surrounded by family.
Florence (Flossie) was born on June 14, 1932 in Tuscola, Illinois to Sanford and Reba Cobb Alcorn. She married Robert Ellison on October 14, 1949. Their marriage of almost sixty-eight years was...
Elizabeth A. Cottle
Sep 21, 2017
Elizabeth A. Cottle, a retired teacher at Tuscola Community High School, passed away on Thursday, September 21, 2017 at her residence. Elizabeth was born November 13th, 1942 in Cheyenne, WY, the daughter of Raymond E. Dicks and Hilda Kauffman. She was preceded in death by her parents and brother Raymond. Surviving are her sons, Todd (Lisa) Cottle of Longmont, CO;...
Kenneth Earl Ducker, Sr.
Sep 21, 2017
Kenneth E. Ducker, Sr., 76, of Sullivan, formerly of Mattoon, died at 3:20 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 21, 2017 at Carle Hospital, Urbana. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m. Tuesday, September 26, 2017 at Shrader Funeral Home, 431 S. Vine Street, Arthur, with Pastor Francis Farney officiating. Burial will follow in the Arthur Cemetery. Visitation will be held two...
Mabel Elizabeth Bennett
Sep 21, 2017
Mabel Elizabeth Bennett, 90, of Humboldt, died at 9:20 a.m. Thursday, September 21, 2017 at Heartland Christian Village in Neoga. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m. Monday, September 25, 2017 at Shrader Funeral Home, 204 N. Locust Street, Arcola, with Rev. Jeremy Harminson officiating. Burial will follow in the Humboldt Cemetery. Visitation will be held 2 hours prior...
Rowena D. Gates
Sep 20, 2017
Rowena Hay Gates of Tuscola, passed away at 6:20 p.m. on Wednesday, September 20, 2017, at the Tuscola Health Care Center. Rowena was born on July 2, 1914, in Toulon, Illinois, to attorney Marion Lloyd Hay and Catherine Giles Hay. She married Gaylord Thayer Gates on July 4, 1936, who preceded her in death on August 14, 1978. Rowena is...
Eva E. "Toots" Williams
Sep 19, 2017
Eva E. "Toots" Williams, 92, of Tuscola, IL, passed away at 10:10 a.m., Tuesday, September 19, 2017 at her residence. Funeral Services will be held at 3:00 p.m., Friday, September 22, 2017 at the Hilligoss Shrader Funeral Home, 705 South Main Street, Tuscola, IL. Visitation will be held 1 hour prior to the services at the funeral home. Burial will...
Jo Elaine Greene
Sep 7, 2017
Jo Elaine Greene (nee Hoots), passed away, Thursday, September 7, 2017. Beloved wife of the late Robert Greene. Dear mother of Debra (Eric Beger) Greene, Dani Greene, and the late Angela Buijs. Loving grandmother of Jessica (Andrew Wachowicz) Hagen, Matthew Hagen, Samantha Greene, Sean Hagen, Danisha Greene, Hope Greene, Lucas Buijs, Kathryn Buijs, and Thomas Buijs. Dear great-grandmother of Braeden,...
Marvin F. Boberg
Sep 4, 2017
Marvin F. Boberg, 81, formerly of Monticello, IL, passed away on Monday, September 4, 2017 at Bickford of Champaign, Champaign, IL Visitation will be held from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m., on Friday, September 8, 2017 at the First Baptist Church of Monticello, 114 North Emerson Street, Monticello, IL. Graveside Services with military rites will be held immediately following the...
Doris "Eva" Lee Wheeler
Sep 2, 2017
Doris Lee "Eva" Wheeler, 83, of Arthur, died at 6:45 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 2, 2017 at Decatur Memorial Hospital.
Graveside Services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, September 5, 2017 at the Arthur Cemetery with Ron Bartanen officiating. Â Shrader Funeral Home, 431 S. Vine Street, Arthur, is handling the arrangements.
Eva was born June...
Lester L. Kauffman
Aug 18, 2017
Lester "Les" Kauffman, 81, of Arthur, died at 1:45 a.m. on August 18, 2017 at Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center in Mattoon, surrounded by his wife and daughters. Les was born in Tuscola on April 12, 1936 to Verna (Beachey) Kauffman and Levi J. Kauffman.
A Celebration of Life Service will be held at 6:00 p.m. Wednesday,...
Gene Seaman
Aug 18, 2017
Gene Ernest Seaman, 80, of rural Mattoon, passed away on August 18, 2017 at Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center, Mattoon.
Funeral services will held at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, August 22, 2017 at Shrader Funeral Home, 204 N. Locust Street, Arcola, with Pastor Virgil F. Baker officiating. Receiving of family and friends will be one hour prior to...
Philip H. Buoy
Aug 16, 2017
Philip H. Buoy, 58, of Atwood, IL, passed away at 7:39 p.m., Wednesday, August 16, 2017 at Decatur Memorial Hospital, Decatur, IL. Celebration of Life Services will be held at 3:00 p.m. Friday, August 25, 2017 at the Hilligoss Shrader Funeral Home, 66 East US Highway 36 Atwood, IL. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the services at...
Jerry Ross Rund
Aug 11, 2017
Jerry Ross Rund, 80, of rural Tuscola, IL, passed away at 1:20 a.m., Friday, August 11, 2017 at his residence surrounded by his loving family. A Memorial Mass will be held at 11:30 a.m., Saturday, August 19, 2017 at the Forty Martyrs Catholic Church, 201 East Van Allen Street, Tuscola, IL with Father Angel Sierra and Father Aloysius Okey Ndeanaefo...
William "Bill" L. Oesch
Aug 9, 2017
William L. "Bill" Oesch, 67, of Arthur, died at 8:15 a.m. Wednesday, August 9, 2017 at Mason Point, near Sullivan. Bill was born May 18, 1950 in Peoria, the son of William E. and Esther L. Wilson Oesch (Plummer). Funeral services will be held at 3:00 p.m. Saturday, August 12, 2017 at the Mason Point Chapel near Sullivan with visitation...
L. Stanton Dotson
Aug 8, 2017
L. Stanton Dotson, age 79, of Charleston, succumbed to ALS at his home on August 8, 2017 at 9:42 a.m. Funeral arrangements are incomplete with Shrader Funeral Home, 204 N. Locust Street, Arcola. It is requested thoughtful donations in his honor be made to Lincolnland Hospice, Prairie Pavilion 2, 1004 Health Center Drive, Suite 202, Mattoon, IL 61938; or...
Kenneth J. "Junie" Donnals
Aug 7, 2017
Kenneth J. "Junie" Donnals, 69, of Tuscola, IL, passed away at 1:45 p.m., Monday, August 7, 2017 at his residence. Funeral Services will be held at 1:00 p.m., Friday, August 11, 2017 at the Hilligoss Shrader Funeral Home, 705 South Main Street, Tuscola, IL with Pastor Derold Doughty officiating. Burial will follow in the Tuscola Township Cemetery. Visitation will be...
Richard M. "Rick" Wierman
Aug 5, 2017
Richard M. "Rick" Wierman, 72, of Atwood, IL, passed away at 3:00 p.m., Saturday, August 5, 2017 at the Carle Foundation Hospital, Urbana, IL. Funeral Services will be held at 10 a.m., Wednesday, August 9, 2017 at the Hilligoss Shrader Funeral Home, 66 East US Highway 36, Atwood, IL, with Rev. Mike Drake officiating. Burial will follow in the Mackville...
John Allen Edgecombe
Jul 31, 2017
John Allen Edgecombe, 87, of Tuscola, IL, passed away at 8:44 a.m., Monday, July 31, 2017 at the Presence Covenant Medical Center, Urbana, IL Celebration of Life Services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Thursday, August 3, 2017 at the Hilligoss Shrader Funeral Home, 705 South Main Street, Tuscola, IL with Rev. Mike Drake officiating. Visitation will be held 1...
Doss Robert Heath
Jul 27, 2017
Doss Robert Heath, 88, of Tuscola, IL, passed away at 4:00 a.m., Thursday, July 27, 2017 at Presence Covenant Medical Center, Urbana, IL Celebration of Life Services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Sunday, July 30, 2017 at the Hilligoss Shrader Funeral Home, 705 South Main Street, Tuscola, IL, with Rev. Kenneth Roedder officiating. Visitation will be held 1 hour...
Arthur Good, Jr.
Jul 24, 2017
Arthur Good, Jr, 85, of Atwood, IL passed away at 7:58 a.m. Monday, July 24, 2017 at his residence. Celebration of Life Services will be held at 11 a.m., Saturday August 5, 2017 at the Southern Baptist Church of Sullivan, 615 East Jackson Street, Sullivan, IL with Pastor Don Lusk officiating. Visitation will be held one hour prior to services...
