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Ronal R. Keller
Apr 18, 2020
Ronal R. Keller, 71 of Effingham, passed away Saturday, April 18, 2020 at Lakeland Rehabilitation and Health Care Center in Effingham.
Private family services will be held at Bauer Funeral Home in Effingham with burial in Woodlawn Cemetery with military rites.
Ronal was born July 29, 1948 in Shelby County, the son of the late...
William L. "Corky" Wernsing
Apr 14, 2020
William L. "Corky" Wernsing, 59 of Effingham, passed away Tuesday morning, April 14, 2020 at Lakeland Rehabilitation and Health Care Center in Effingham.
Private family services will be held with interment  in St. Francis Cemetery in Teutopolis. Memorial donations may be given to the Sister Ethelbert Center at St. Francis Church. Donations will be accepted by mail...
Milton L. Mcmillan
Apr 8, 2020
Milton Lee McMillan, 80 of Effingham, IL passed away of natural causes on Wednesday, April 8th, 2020, at the home of his daughter, surrounded by family.
A celebration of life will be scheduled at a later time and place with interment at Caledonia Cemetery, in Sparta, Illinois. The family requests that in honor of Milton's love of...
Javier C. Navarro
Apr 7, 2020
Javier Cruz Navarro, 65, of Shumway passed away Tuesday, April 7, 2020 at University of Illinois Chicago Hospital.
Private family services will be held at Bauer Funeral Home in Effingham with burial at St. Anthony's Cemetery.
Javier was born July 9, 1954 in the city of Leon, in Guanajuato, Mexico, to Eduardo and Amalia (Cruz)...
Joan C. Meyer
Apr 4, 2020
Joan C. Meyer, 80, passed away Saturday, April 4, 2020 at her home in rural Effingham.
Private family services will be held with burial in St. Michael Cemetery in Sigel. Memorial donations may be given to Bethany Christian Services -Intact Family Services- and will be accepted by mail at Bauer Funeral Home, â„… Meyer Memorial, 1212 West...
Edith E. Giesler
Apr 1, 2020
Edith Evelyn Antrim Giesler, 96 of Altamont, passed away Wednesday, April 1, 2020 at HSHS St. Anthony Memorial Hospital in Effingham.
Private family services will be held with burial in Arborcrest Memorial Park in Effingham. A public service to celebrate Edith's life will be held at a later date. Memorial donations may be given to Lutheran Care...
Robert G. Rogers, Jr.
Mar 30, 2020
Robert Gene Rogers Jr., 56 of Effingham, passed away Monday, March 30, 2020 at Evergreen Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Effingham.
Robert was born March 26, 1964 in Joliet, the son of Robert Gene Sr. and Shirley (Bell) Rogers.
He is survived by his children, Kyle (Sophia) of Effingham, Tyler of Harrisburg and Shawn of...
Helen V. Wakefield
Mar 28, 2020
Helen V. Wakefield, 98 of Effingham, passed away Saturday, March 28, 2020 at Lakeland Rehabilitation and Health Care Center in Effingham.
Funeral services will be held privately at Bauer Funeral Home in Effingham with burial in Oakridge Cemetery. Memorial donations may be given to the charity of the donor's choice and will be accepted by mail at...
John P. Sheehan
Mar 25, 2020
John P. Sheehan, 84, passed away Wednesday, March 25, 2020 at his home in Teutopolis.
Private family graveside services will be held Friday, March 27, 2020 at St. Francis Cemetery in Teutopolis with military rites. Due to recent events, a public mass will be held at a later date. Memorial donations may be given to Land of...
Sandra G. Mcdevitt
Mar 22, 2020
Sandra G. "Sandy" (Reitz) McDevitt, 59, passed away peacefully at home on Sunday, March 22, 2020 after a courageous 4-year battle with pancreatic cancer. She was born in Champaign, Illinois, the second of three daughters to George and Mae (Runge) Reitz. She grew up in Effingham and graduated from Effingham High School in 1979.
Sandy married Michael...
Robert L. Kremer
Mar 14, 2020
Robert "Bob" Louis Kremer, 73, of Teutopolis, died of a sudden heart attack while on his way home from his hunting cabin on Saturday evening, March 14, 2020.
Born February 15, 1947, in Effingham, he was the seventh child of Herman and Della ( Luchtefeld ) Kremer.  In what was to become a family of...
Ronald J. Buening
Mar 11, 2020
Ronald "Tanker" Buening, 74 of Effingham, passed away Wednesday, March 11, 2020 at HSHS St. Anthony Memorial Hospital in Effingham.
Funeral services will be held at 12:00 p.m. Saturday, March 14, 2020 at Bauer Funeral Home in Effingham with private family burial in St. Michael Cemetery, Sigel. Visitation will be held from 9:30 a.m. to time of...
Audry V. Gress
Mar 11, 2020
Audry V. Gress, 92 of Effingham, passed away Wednesday, March 11, 2020 at Carle Foundation Hospital in Urbana.
Due to the new guidelines set by the CDC, the memorial mass for Audry is now limited to his immediate family ONLY.
In lieu of the visitation, his family will have a...
Charles A. "Chuck" Grunloh
Mar 6, 2020
Charles A. "Chuck" Grunloh, 69 of Teutopolis, was reunited in death with his beloved wife, Geri, on Friday, March 6, 2020.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, March 10, 2020 at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in Teutopolis with burial in St. Francis Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 4:00...
Dolores P. Will
Mar 2, 2020
Dolores P. Will, 100 of Effingham, formerly of Teutopolis, passed away Monday, March 2, 2020 at her home.
A Mass of Christian Burial to celebrate her life will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday, March 6, 2020 at St. Francis Catholic Church in Teutopolis with burial in St. Francis Cemetery. Visitation will take place Thursday evening from...
Susan A. Keller
Feb 29, 2020
Susan A. Keller, 73, passed away Saturday, February 29, 2020 at the United Methodist Village in Lawrenceville.
Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, March 11, 2020 at Bauer Funeral Home in Effingham with burial in Woodlawn Cemetery in Effingham.
Susan was born October 8, 1946 in Washington, D.C., the daughter of Montague...
Alan Malloch
Feb 19, 2020
Robert Alan Malloch, 57 of Wheeler, passed away Wednesday, February 19, 2020 after a hard fought battle with cancer. A Celebration of Life service will be held from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Saturday, February 29, 2020 at Bauer Funeral Home in Effingham. Alan is survived by his daughter, Nichole Malloch of Newton; mother, Mary Lou (Walters) Malloch of Effingham;...
Donald E. Brumleve
Feb 19, 2020
Donald Edward Brumleve, 89 of Teutopolis, passed away Wednesday, February 19, 2020 at Lakeland Rehabilitation and Heath Care Center in Effingham.
Donald was born in Mattoon, Illinois on April 15, 1930, the son of Lois (Waters) and Edward L. Brumleve. In 1938, the family moved to Washington D.C where his father worked as a civil employee at...
George A. Westjohn
Feb 19, 2020
George A. Westjohn, 76, of Effingham, IL, passed away unexpectedly on February 19, 2020, in Sebring, FL.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:00 a.m. Friday, February 28, 2020 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Effingham with burial in St. Anthony Cemetery with military rites. Visitation will be held from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00...
Judith I. Ruholl
Feb 18, 2020
Judith I. Ruholl, 81 of Effingham, passed away Tuesday, February 18, 2020 at HSHS St. Anthony Memorial Hospital in Effingham.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, February 22, 2020 at St. Michael's Catholic Church in Sigel with entombment in the mausoleum at Woodlawn Cemetery in Effingham. Visitation will be held from...
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