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Patricia A. Hayes
Dec 2, 2020
Patricia A Hayes, 88, of Effingham died at 12:26 AM Tuesday, December 2, 2020 at Evergreen Nursing Home, Effingham.
A private funeral mass will be held at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Effingham with burial in St. Anthony Cemetery. Memorial donations may be given to Sacred Heart Church.
Ms. Hayes was born April 30, 1932...
Linda Hutmacher
Dec 2, 2020
Linda Hutmacher, of Teutopolis IL, peacefully passed away on December 2, 2020. She wrote a biography of her life for her family and it began, "… World War II had just started, the world was in turmoil, and it was affecting everyone, but I was born anyway, August 12, 1940."
A Mass of Christian Burial will be...
Juanita June Barnes
Dec 1, 2020
Juanita June Barnes, 84 of Teutopolis, passed away Tuesday, December 1, 2020 at Riverside Medical Center in Kankakee.
Graveside services will be held at 10:00 a.m. Friday, December 11, 2020 at St.Francis Cemetery in Teutopolis. Memorial donations may be given to St. Jude's Children's Hospital or Catholic Charities, as these were charities she had always donated to....
Doris Rhodes
Dec 1, 2020
Doris Rhodes, 82, passed away Tuesday, December 1, 2020 at Aperion Care in Fairfield.
Private family graveside services will be held at St. Francis Cemetery in Teutopolis. Memorial donations may be given to the Epilepsy Foundation.
Doris was born February 22, 1938 in Decatur to the late Marie Schnur. She was the supervisor for the...
Rita Stumborg
Dec 1, 2020
Rita M. Stumborg, 91 of Effingham, passed away Tuesday, December 1, 2020 at Effingham Rehabilitation and Health Care Center.
A private funeral mass will be held at St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church in Effingham with burial in St. Mary's Cemetery, Green Creek.
Rita was born January 30, 1929 in Effingham, the daughter of William...
Betty A. Hirtzel
Nov 30, 2020
Betty A. Hirtzel, 77 of Effingham, passed away Monday, November 30, 2020 at Willowbrook Memory Care in Effingham.
Private funeral services will be held at Bauer Funeral Home in Effingham with entombment in Woodlawn Cemetery. Memorial donations may be given to the donor's choice.
Betty was born December 16, 1942 in Effingham, the daughter of...
Barbara A. Berggren
Nov 29, 2020
Barbara Ann Berggren, 86 of Effingham, passed away Sunday, November 29, 2020 at Effingham Rehabilitation and Health Care Center.
Barbara was born February 3, 1934 in Peoria, the daughter of Narcisco and Lena M. (Gebhart) Ortiz. She loved spending time with her family, laughing & joking. Barbara enjoyed her cats, visiting and working flea markets where she...
Timothy G. Wendt
Nov 28, 2020
Timothy G. Wendt, 64 of Effingham, passed away Saturday evening, November 28, 2020 at Barnes Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri. He was surrounded by his family and went peacefully.
Tim was born December 16, 1955, the son of Frank and Mildred (Coriell) Wendt of Teutopolis. He was a member of Labor Local #703 out of Champaign...
Alma Braun
Nov 27, 2020
Alma Lee Braun, 86 of Effingham, passed away Friday, November 27, 2020 at Willowbrook Memory Support Residences in Effingham.
Private family services will be held on Tuesday, December 1, 2020 at Bauer Funeral Home in Effingham with burial in St. Anthony Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be given to the donor's choice.
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Norma Jean Ruholl
Nov 27, 2020
Norma Jean Ruholl, 87, passed away Friday, November 27,2020 at her home in Teutopolis.
Due to Covid-19 guidelines , a private mass will be held at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in Teutopolis with burial in St. Francis Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, the family wishes donations to be made to the donor's choice.
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Thomas H. Antonacci
Nov 22, 2020
On November 22, 2020, Tom Antonacci, 81 years old, was called to God's side.
Tom was born September 30, 1939 in Chicago, the son of the late Thomas E. and Mildred Antonacci.
Following his passion for the outdoors he moved his family to a farm in Eddyville and stayed 40 years. Realizing it was time...
Velma Wagner
Nov 18, 2020
Velma Wagner, 101 of Shumway, passed away November 18, 2020 at Heartland Senior Living in Neoga. Private family services will be held with burial in St. John's Lutheran Cemetery in Effingham. Link to livestream of service: https://www.facebook.com/100001256448730/videos/3795510853834092/ She was born October 13, 1919 in Watson. Velma was married in 1936 to Adam Wagner and was a lifelong resident of Shumway. ...
Dolores C. Johnson
Nov 17, 2020
Dolores C. Johnson, 93, passed away on November 17, 2020 at Lakeland Rehabilitation and Health Care Center in Effingham.
Dolores, the eldest of five children, was born at home on April 18, 1927 to Clarence and Clara (Hemmen) Willenborg. She was followed by siblings Clarence, Theodore, Dennis and Karen. She grew up on the family farm north...
Nina L. Mcwhorter
Nov 14, 2020
Nina L. McWhorter, 69, passed away Saturday evening, November 14, 2020 at her home in Effingham.
A walk-through memorial visitation will be held from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. on Saturday, November 21, 2020 at Bauer Funeral Home in Effingham. Memorial donations may be given to the American Cancer Society.
Nina was born March 6,...
Karen K. Hurst
Nov 13, 2020
Karen K. Hurst, 66 of Effingham, passed away Friday, November 13, 2020 at Lakeland Rehabilitation and Health Care Center.
No services are planned at this time.
Karen was born January 17, 1954 in Effingham, the daughter of John and Sarah (Beaver) Swinney. She married Orville Richard "Smiley" Hurst and he passed away in 1991. Karen...
Eunice A. Lidy
Nov 9, 2020
Eunice A. Lidy, 98 of Dieterich, passed away Monday, November 9, 2020 at HSHS St. Anthony Memorial Hospital in Effingham.
Private family services will be held with burial in St. Aloysius Cemetery, Bishop Creek. Memorial donations may be given to the St. Aloysius Cemetery Fund.
Eunice was born September 4, 1922 in Crete, the daughter...
Frank D. Day
Nov 8, 2020
Frank D. Day, 87, a resident in Effingham Rehabilitation and Health Care Center, formerly a resident of Beecher City, passed away at 4:45 a.m. Sunday, November 8, 2020 at St. Anthony Memorial Hospital in Effingham.
Private graveside services will be held at a later date.
Mr. Day was born February 12, 1933 in Moccasin, the...
Roy Wakefield
Nov 4, 2020
Roy Wakefield, 85 of Shumway, passed away November 4, 2020 at St. John's Hospital in Springfield.
A family mass will be held with burial in St. Mary's Cemetery in Shumway with military graveside rites. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be given to St. Mary's Catholic Church in Shumway or to Catholic Charities.
Roy...
Paul T. Mcdaniels
Nov 2, 2020
Paul T. McDaniels, 73 of Effingham, passed away Monday, November 2, 2020 at Carle BroMenn Medical Center in Normal.
Private family services will be held with burial in St. Anthony Cemetery. A memorial mass will be held at a later date. Memorial donations may be given to Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Effingham or to the Parkinson's...
Lois E. Kyle
Oct 22, 2020
Lois Ellen Kyle, 90 of Effingham, went to her heavenly home after passing away at Lakeland Rehabilitation and Health Care Center in Effingham on October 22, 2020.
Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Monday, November 2, 2020 at St. John's Lutheran Church in Effingham with Pastor Mike Burdick officiating. Graveside services will follow at Pleasant...
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