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Dorie Miller
Apr 8, 2016
Helen Dolores "Dorie" Miller, 90, of Arcola, died at 2:23 PM Friday, April 8, 2016 at Sarah Bush Lincoln Hospital, Mattoon. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM Tuesday, April 12, 2016 at St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Dorans, with Pastor Paul Hopkins officiating. Burial will follow in the Arcola Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 5:00-7:00 PM Monday at...
Virginia Cornwell
Apr 8, 2016
Virginia Kathryn Cornwell,89, of Arthur, died at 5:25 AM Friday, April 8, 2016 at Decatur Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM Tuesday, April 12, 2016 at Shrader Funeral Home, 431 S. Vine Street, Arthur, with Rev. Bruce Weiman officiating. Burial will follow in the Arthur Cemetery. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the funeral...
Dorthea Alta Abbott
Apr 5, 2016
Dorthea Alta Abbott, 90, of Sullivan, died at 4:30 PM Tuesday, April 5, 2016 at Carle Hospital, Urbana. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM Friday, April 8, 2016 at Shrader Funeral Home, 431 S. Vine Street, Arthur, with Rev. Ron Thomas officiating. Burial will follow in the Bourbon Cemetery, Bourbon. Visitation will be held one hour prior to...
James Howard Grant
Apr 5, 2016
James Howard Grant, 89, of Atwood, IL, formerly of Tuscola, died at 4:34 a.m. on the 5th day of April, 2016. Remains reside at Cartwright Cemetery, rural Tuscola. Hilligoss Shrader Funeral Home handled the arrangements. Mr. Grant was born June 11, 1926 in Douglas County, IL, the son of John and Edith Grant. He married Dolores June Oye on December...
Joan C. Carter
Apr 2, 2016
Joan Cecelia Carter passed away on April 2, 2016 at her home in Tuscola, Illinois. She was 76. Joan was born on October 22, 1939 in Sangerville, Maine, to Raynold and Regina LaBree. She was preceded in death by her parents and two brothers, Gary and Paul, and a sister, Donna. She is survived by her husband, Albert E. Carter...
William Dale "Bill" Wierman
Apr 1, 2016
William D. "Bill" Wierman, 94, of Atwood, IL, passed away at 11:37 p.m., Friday, April 1, 2016 at the Piatt County Nursing Home, Monticello, IL Funeral Services will be held at 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, April 5, 2016 at the Hilligoss Shrader Funeral Home, 66 East US Highway 36, Atwood, IL. Visitation will be held from 4:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.,...
Harold Dean Smith
Mar 28, 2016
Harold Dean Smith, age 83 of Gallatin, TN, passed away peacefully on Monday, March 28, 2016. Mr. Smith was born on August 21, 1932 in Camargo, Illinois to the late Louis and Ida Mae Smith. Mr. Smith grew up in Camargo and graduated from Villa Grove High School as part of the "Nifty-Fifty" class of 1950. After high school he...
Helen J. Kellogg
Mar 26, 2016
Helen J. Kellogg, 93, of Tuscola, IL, passed away at 1:29 p.m., Saturday, March 26, 2016 at the Carle Foundation Hospital, Urbana, IL Funeral Services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, March 29, 2016 at the Hilligoss Shrader Funeral Home, 705 South Main Street, Tuscola, IL, with Rev. Kenneth Roedder officiating. Visitation will be held 1 hour prior to...
Rodie King
Mar 26, 2016
Rosemary Clara (VanGundy) "Rodie" King, 90, of Arcola, passed away at Carriage Crossing in Arcola on Saturday, March 26, 2016 at 9:37 a.m., surrounded by her children and caregivers at Carriage Crossing. Per her wishes, the Rite of Cremation will be performed. A memorial service and celebration of her life will be held at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, March 29, 2016...
Stephen T. Albin
Mar 25, 2016
Stephen T. Albin, 51, of Tuscola, IL passed away at 1:30 p.m. Friday, March 25, 2016 at his home. Memorial Services will be held at Noon Saturday, April 2, 2016 at the Harrisburg Park District, Harrisburg, IL. Hilligoss Shrader Funeral Home 705 South Main Street, Tuscola, IL is assisting the family. Mr. Albin was born November 27, 1964 in Davenport,...
E. Lavonne Smith
Mar 21, 2016
E. LaVonne Smith, 98, of Arcola, IL, passed away at 12:33 a.m., Monday, March 21, 2016 at the Arthur Home, Arthur, IL Funeral Services will be held at 10 a.m., Friday, March 25, 2016 at the Arcola United Methodist Church, 121 South Locust Street, Arcola, IL with Rev. Vince Rohn officiating. Burial will be in the Arcola Township Cemetery, Arcola,...
Lois J. Helm
Mar 12, 2016
Lois Helm, passed away peacefully on Saturday afternoon, March, 12, 2016 at Carle Hospital in Urbana, IL. She was born Lois Jean Perry. She lived and went to school in Villa Grove and Atwood. She married Roscoe Helm in 1944. He preceded her in death in 2013. She was a wife, homemaker and mother on their Tuscola farm. She is...
Leona Hughes
Mar 11, 2016
Leona Marie Hughes, 88, of Arthur, died at 8:15 PM Friday, March 11, 2016 at the Arthur Home. Memorial service will be held at 11:00 AM on Saturday, March 19, 2016 at the Arthur United Methodist Church with Rev. Bruce Weiman officiating. Visitation will be from 6:00-8:00 PM on Friday, March 18, 2016 at Shrader Funeral Home, 431 S. Vine...
Lloyd E. Dunwoodie
Mar 10, 2016
Lloyd E. Dunwoodie, 87, of Tuscola, IL, passed away at 4:41 a.m., Thursday, March 10, 2016 at his residence. Funeral Services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Monday, March 14, 2016 at the Hilligoss Shrader Funeral Home, 705 South Main Street, Tuscola, IL, with Rev. Bob Williams officiating. Visitation will be held 1 hour prior to the services. Burial will...
Ruth Lois Holaday
Mar 3, 2016
Ruth Lois Campbell Holaday, age 91, passed away peacefully Thursday March 3, 2016, at Carle Hospital with family at her side. Ruth was born February 11, 1925 in Chesterville Illinois to Charles Woodrow and Ursula (Hendrickson) Campbell. She married Robert Holaday on November 24, 1944, in San Bernardino, California where Bob was stationed during WWII. In 1947, they made their...
James Lewis Bales
Feb 27, 2016
James Lewis Bales, 78, of Hammond died at 8:50 am Saturday (February 27, 2016) at his daughter's home in Atwood with his girls by his side. Visitation will be from 6 to 8pm Tuesday, March 1 at Hilligoss Shrader Funeral Home, 66 East US Highway 36, Atwood, IL. Funeral services will be held at 11 am, Wednesday, March 2 at...
Joseph Ehrhart
Feb 21, 2016
Joseph Loyd Ehrhart, 81, of Urbana, formerly of Arcola, died at 7:55 AM Sunday, Feb. 21, 2016 at the Marigold Healthcare and Rehab in Galesburg. Graveside services will be held at 2:00 PM Wednesday, February 24, 2016 at the Arcola Cemetery with military rites by the Navy Honor Guard. Visitation will be held from 1:00-2:00 pm at the Shrader Funeral...
James Edward Nelson
Feb 21, 2016
James Edward Nelson, 67, of Atwood, IL, passed away at 8:34 p.m., Sunday, February 21, 2016 at the Presence Medical Center, Urbana, IL Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Thursday, February 25, 2016 at the First Baptist Church, 231 North Illinois Street, Atwood, IL, with Dr. Lanny Faulkner officiating. Visitation will be held 1 hour prior to the...
Nancy Marie Black
Feb 19, 2016
Nancy Marie Black, 93, of Sullivan, IL, formerly of Atwood, IL, passed away at 11:15 a.m., Friday, February 19, 2016 at Mason Point, Sullivan, IL Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Sunday, February 21, 2016 at the Hilligoss Shrader Funeral Home, 66 East US Highway 36, Atwood, IL. Visitation will be held 1 hour prior to the services...
Alma Grace Harshbarger
Feb 19, 2016
On February 19, 2016, at 8:00 AM CST, the heart, which had faithfully performed so well for 102 years needed a rest, giving the hard-working farm girl, Alma Grace Swick Harshbarger some peace. She died of natural causes at her home of 76 years, south of Arcola. The family has planned a visitation for Thursday, February 25, 2016 from 6:00-8:00...
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