1991
Wayne County Press Obituary Summaries
Originally saved and organized by Verla Morrie & Bettie Wheat
Transcribed with permission from above April, 2008 by Michael J. Von Gebel in conjunction with Laurie Selpien, if you would like an actual copy of the obituary you can email me at vongoebel@hotmail.com
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Name |
Birth Date |
Death Date |
Married |
Buried |
Obit Date |
Father/Mother |
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Baker, Albert |
Sims |
Oct. 15, 1991, Huron, OH |
Ella Robery; died 1967 |
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Oct. 21, 1991 WCP |
Jesse Baker & Mrs. Esther Frenk |
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Ballard, Ernest |
Dec. 18, 1923, St. Louis, MO |
Jan. 24, 1991, Peoria, IL |
Hazel Shreve, dec'd |
Thomason Cem. |
Jan. 31, 1991 WCP |
Ernest & Lena Todd Ballard Sr. |
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Barnard, Ralph |
Jul. 2, 1899, Wayne Co. |
Feb. 3, 1991, Cisne |
Ruth Peddicord, died May 18, 1985 |
Bailey Cem. |
Feb. 7, 1991 WCP |
Elie & Melvina Henson Barnard |
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Barnes, Homer |
Mar. 2, 1908, Cisne |
Feb. 8, 1991, Fairfield |
Icel Harrel, Mar. 10, 1934, Geff |
Cisne Cem. |
Feb. 11, 1991 WCP |
Edward & Sarah Auvil Barnes |
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Benskin, Ethel |
Apr. 13, 1903, Wayne Co. |
Jan. 26, 1991, Flora, IL |
Orville Benskin, Feb. 9, 1927, Olney; died 1983 |
Kneff Cem. |
Jan. 28, 1991 WCP |
Lafayette & Nancy Kauble Gill |
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Borah, Lillian |
Aug. 3, 1917, Mt. Erie |
Aug. 29, 1991. Fairfield |
Percy Borah, Jul. 11, 1942, Mt. Erie |
West Cem. |
Sep. 2, 1991 WCP |
William & Stella Billingsley McDowell |
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Brach, Gladys |
1907, Fairfield |
Jun. 20, 1991, Denver, CO |
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Jun. 24, 1991 WCP |
Walter & Emma Brach |
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Bratton, Millie Chloe |
Mar. 7, 1899, Wayne Co. |
Feb. 8, 1991, Mt. Carmel |
Herbert Bratton, Sep. 19, 1915; died 1963 |
White Co. Memorial Gardens, Nr. Carmi, IL |
Feb. 11, 1991 WCP |
O.O. & Louella Weaver Leathers |
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Bright, Mabel C. |
Jul. 6, 1915, Wayne Co. |
Jan. 29, 1991, Mt. Vernon |
Emil Bright |
Jacob Hill Chapel Cem. |
Jan. 29, 1991 WCP |
Elezo M. & Ida May Bailey Withrow |
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Bunting, Virgil |
Oct. 3, 1910, Wayne Co. |
Feb. 20, 1991, Olney, IL |
Geraldine Mann, Sep., 1932, Goldengate |
Bethel Cem., nr. Ellery, IL |
Feb. 21, 1991 WCP |
Frank & Alice Hodgson Bunting |
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Burch, Verna Lee |
Apr. 5, 1921, Wayne Co. |
Feb. 28, 1991, LaCrosse, WI |
M1-Phillip Clark, 1937; died 1984 M2- Walter Burch, 1985 |
Lakewood Memorial Park Cem. |
Feb. 28, 1991 WCP |
Fred & Elsie Sons Dawson |
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Cariens, Flora |
Aug. 6, 1898, Geff |
Feb. 24, 1991, Fairfield |
Edgar Cariens, Sep. 9, 1919, Fairfield; died Mar. 19, 1968 |
Bestow Cem. |
Feb. 25, 1991 WCP |
William Hester & Martha Jelley Smith |
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Carnahan, Carrie Ivers |
Dec. 22, 1893, Beal, IN |
Dec. 18, 1991, Evansville, IN |
Martin Carnahan, died- Mar.,1968 |
Koontz Cem. |
Dec. 19, 1991 WCP |
Walter & Emmaline Barnes Ivers |
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Chapman, Vernie A. |
Aug. 18, 1919, Geff |
Nov. 19, 1991, Fairfield, CA |
Dorothy M. Shehorn |
Maple Hill Cem. |
Nov. 21, 1991 WCP |
Orville & Virgia Withrow Chapman |
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Chase, Eva |
Jun. 28, 1900, Wayne Co. |
Mar. 28, 1991, Mt. Vernon |
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Mt. Zion Cem., Keenes |
Apr. 1, 1991 WCP |
Frank & Minnie Mateer Chase |
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Clevenger, Lizzie |
Sep. 9, 1900, Barnhill |
Apr. 4, 1991, Eldorado |
Dave Clevenger, died May 5, 1953 |
Koontz Cem. |
Apr. 4, 1991 WCP |
John & Mary (Peer) Sorks |
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Cote, Marie |
Feb. 5, 1924, Rochelle |
Dec. 28, 1991, Fairfield |
Roger Cote |
Richland Cem., Boyleston |
Dec. 30, 1991 WCP |
Charles & Erma Braddy Fyre; WWII-USN |
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Crask, Gary |
Oct. 10, 1969, Mt. Vernon |
Jan. 18, 1991, Saudi Arabia |
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Jan. 21, 1991 WCP |
Stanley & Evelyn Evans Crask; Vet 1st Gulf War |
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Curneal, Grace |
Jun. 18, 1895, Wayne Co. |
Sep. 8, 1991, Albion |
M1-Thomas J. Atteberry, Jun. 23, 1916, dec'd; M2- Elder Lester Curneal, died- Jan. 21, 1969; |
Pleasant Grove Cem. |
Sep. 9, 1991 WCP |
George & Indiana Harris Locke; |
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Davis, Marie |
Aug. 11, 1904, Oakland City, IN |
Apr. 29, 1991, Fairfield, IL |
Walter H. Davis, dec'd; |
Maple Hill Cem. |
Apr. 29, 1991 WCP |
William & Eva Foley |
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Dickey, Lois (Simpson) |
Feb. 1, 1913, Wayne Co. |
Aug. 22, 1991, Mt. Vernon |
Glenn O. Dickey |
Thomason Cem. |
Aug. 22, 1991 WCP |
William G. & Retha Draper Simpson |
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Draper, Hubert |
May 6, 1910, Wayne Co. |
Nov. 18, 1990, Winter Haven, FL |
Wanda (????) |
Lakeside Memorial Park |
Jan. 28, 1991 WCP |
Levi & Eulalia Draper |
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Draper, Maurice |
Oct. 1, 1901, Wayne Co. |
Dec. 21, 1991, Wayne City |
Nona Koontz, Jul 5, 1924 |
Thomason Cem. |
Dec. 23, 1991 WCP |
Marion & Bertha Ballard Draper |
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Duke, Rada |
Jul 6, 1893, Wayne Co. |
May 11, 1991, Fairfield |
Clinton M. Duke, Oct. 23, 1910, Enterprise |
Cisne Cem. |
May 13, 1991 WCP |
George Douglas & Susan Sanders Shaw |
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Eckelberry, Ruth V. |
Jan. 1, 1904, Wayne Co. |
Oct. 7, 1991, Mt. Vernon |
Harry Eckelberry, Dec. 28, 1919, died-Apr. 21, 1964; |
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Oct. 7, 1991 WCP |
Tom & Della Fry |
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Farmer, Cecil |
Feb. 21, 1920, |
Oct. 17, 1991, Wayne Co. |
Helen Jessup, Oct. 13, 1956 |
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Oct. 17, 1991 WCP |
Herman & Flossie McCormick Farmer; WWII |
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Farmer, Elmer D. |
May 3, 1918, Wayne Co. |
Mar. 27, 1991, Mt. Vernon |
Margaret Zimmerman, 1944 |
Maple Hill Cem. |
Mar. 28, 1991 WCP |
Herman & Flossie McCormick Farmer |
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Galiher, Zelma Pearl |
Apr. 12, 1902, Rinard |
Feb. 13, 1991, Mesa, AZ |
Raymond Galiher, 1919,-dec'd; |
Mountain View Memorial Gardens, Mesa, AZ |
Feb. 14, 1991 WCP |
Clyde & Angie Flanders Whitlock |
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Galloway, Gerald |
Dec. 9, 1915, Boyleston |
Feb. 4, 1991, Fairfield |
Gladys Cravens, 1939, Kentucky- died 1954 |
Maple Hill Cem. |
Feb. 7, 1991 WCP |
Charles Abner & Flossie Refern Galloway |
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Gammon, Carl W. |
Jun. 10, 1921, Hamilton Co. |
Jan. 26, 1991, Texico |
Ruth Buhler |
Olive Branch Cem. |
Jan. 28, 1991 WCP |
Johnce G. & Naomia Wilton Gammon |
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Garrison, Stella Mae |
Jun. 21, 1911, Bluford |
Feb. 19, 1991, Mt. Vernon |
M1- William H. Rudolph- died 1962; M2- Raliegh C. Garrison, Apr. 2, 1976, Mt. Vernon |
Stokes Chapel Cem. Nr. Crossville |
Feb. 25, 1991 WCP |
Warren & Matilda C. Page Stone |
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Hallam, Helen |
Sep. 19, 1898, Goldengate |
Nov. 12, 1991, Fairfield |
Otis Hallam, Sep. 11, 1923, died-1972; |
Maple Hill Cem. |
Nov. 11, 1991 WCP |
Horace & Florence Cox Holt |
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Harris, Ford |
Feb. 13, 1909, Lamard Twp. |
Jan. 19, 1991, Fairfield |
Thelma Burton, Oct. 19, 1930,- died Jul. 20, 1988 |
Pleasant Grove Church Cem. |
Jan. 21, 1991 WCP |
C.E. & Ida Florence Simms Harris |
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Hillard, Samanth Jo |
Sep. 11, 1990 |
Apr. 13, 1991, Warner-Robbins, GA |
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Apr. 15, 1991, WCP |
Martin & Dwandra Leach Hilliard |
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Hood, Florence |
Oct. 9, 1901, Wayne Co. |
Dec. 22, 1991, Mt. Vernon |
Lemma Hood,died- Oct. 14, 1977; |
Thomason Cem. |
Dec. 23, 1991 WCP |
George W. &Emma Ellen Merritt Scott |
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Hunt, Inez Morris |
Oct. 9, 1896, Hamilton Co. |
Oct. 2, 1991, McLeansboro |
M1- Joseph Morris; M2-M.L. Hunt Sr. |
IOOF Cem., McLeansboro |
Oct. 3, 1991 WCP |
David & Paralee Carey Thompson |
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Hutchison, Eugene |
Aug. 15, 1915, Mt. Vernon |
Jun. 6, 1991, Fairfield |
Forrestine Scott, Jun. 30. 1946, Goldengate |
Maple Hill Cem. |
Jun. 10, 1991 WCP |
Eugene & Alma Estes Hutchison |
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Ivers, Fred |
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Sep. 15, 1991, Highland, IN |
Wreath Friend |
Highland, IN |
Sep. 16, 1991 WCP |
Walter & Emmaline Ivers |
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Jett, Arnold E. "Ed" |
Nov. 6, 1942, Mt. Vernon |
Jun, 1991, Phoenix, AZ |
Sharon Morris Thompson |
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Jul. 1, 1991 WCP |
Arthur L. & Fern Harris Jett |
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Jones, H.W. |
Sep. 1, 1895, Nevada, MO |
Aug. 14, 1991, Cisne |
Beulah Sperzel, Oct. 27, 1919, New Albany, IN |
Cisne Cem. |
Aug. 15, 1991 WCP |
Asa W. & Caroline Ready Jones |
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Keener, Mary |
Dec. 25, 1905, Wayne Co. |
Feb. 16, 1991 Mt. Carmel |
George Keener, Nov. 4, 1922, Carmi,died-Aug. 14, 1986; |
Graceland Cem., Albion |
Feb. 21, 1991 WCP |
Peter F. & Amanda Plumley Daniels |
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Lane, Thelma K. |
Nov. 29, 1900, Rinard |
Aug. 27, 1991, Fairfield |
Howard Lane, Mar. 6, 1922, died- May, 1988; |
Indian Prairie Twp. |
Aug. 29, 1991 WCP |
George Washington & Almeda Kessel Daughenbaugh |
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Leathers, Otis M. |
Jul. 1, 1921, Argenta, IL |
Mar. 29, 1991, St. Louis, MO |
Dorothy C. Farthing |
Mt. Vernon Memorial Gardens |
Apr. 1, 1991 WCP |
Hubert & Elsie Rapp Leathers; WWII- Us Army |
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Lowery, Mabel Miles |
Feb. 7, 1909, Bluford |
Jan. 19, 1991, Mt. Vernon |
M1-Lester Miles- died Jan. 3, 1972; M2-Roland Lowery- died Mar. 16, 1982 |
Thomason Cem. |
Jan. 21, 1991 WCP |
Homer & Hettie Williamson Wood |
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Malone, Glen |
Jan. 12, 1910, Wayne Co. |
Jan. 28, 1991, Fairfield |
Ellen McNew, Aug. 24, 1944, Morganfield, KY |
Maple Hill Cem. |
Jan. 31, 1991 WCP |
William & Elizabeth Shehorn Malone |
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Maricle, W. Lee |
Mar. 26, 1911, Mill Shoals |
Nov. 3, 1991, Fairfield |
Addie Rush, Jan. 30, 1937 |
Maple Hill Cem. |
Nov. 4, 1991 WCP |
Victor & Alta Files Maricle; WWII |
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Marlin, Della |
Jan. 25, 1896, Burnt Prairie |
Apr. 2, 1991, Fairfield |
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Lakeview Cem., Silver Lake, IN |
Apr. 4, 1991 WCP |
James H. & Emmaretta Ward Marlin |
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Martin, McDowell "Mac" |
Aug. 10, 1907, Burnt Prairie |
Oct. 9, 1991, Fairfield |
Justine Meyer, Jun. 21, 1941, died-Dec. 25, 1982; |
Maple Hill Cem. |
Oct. 10, 1991 WCP |
Oscar C. & Alice (McDowell) Martin |
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Matherly, John E. |
Jan. 14, 1904, Clark Co., KY |
Feb. 19, 1991, Kincaid Acres |
Flossie Beard |
Maple Hill Cem. |
Feb. 21, 1991 WCP |
John H. & Martha Adams Matherly |
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Matthews, Lucille |
Nov. 27, 1907, Athens, GA |
Feb. 21, 1991, Fairfield |
C. Deneen Matthews, 1944, died-May 6, 1982; |
Maple Hill Cem. |
Feb. 25, 1991 WCP |
Joseph B. & Lottie Lucille Holmes |
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McCleary, Rosella |
Jan. 9, 1922, Wayne Co. |
Feb. 21, 1991, Fairfield |
David A. McCleary, Jul. 16, 1942 |
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Feb. 21, 1991 WCP |
James Benjamin & Ida Elizabeth Shelby Harrison |
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McCormick, Eugene "Mac" |
Feb. 15, 1921, Wayne Co. |
Jan. 23, 1991, Fairfield |
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Veterans Memorial Cem. |
Jan. 24, 1991 WCP |
Elmer & Sarah Maude Easley McCormick; WWII- US Army |
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McDannel, Florine |
Oct. 11, 1904, Woodford Co., IL |
Mar. 13, 1991, Fairfield |
George McDannel, 1923, died- Jan. 10, 1980; |
Maple Hill Cem. |
Mar. 14, 1991 WCP |
Mr. & Mrs. Calvin Freeman |
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Michels, Elbert O. |
Sep. 24, 1918, Rinard |
Jan. 29, 1991, Carbondale |
Ann Bruchhauser, Jun. 5, 1941, Altenberg, MO; |
Anna City Cemetery |
Jan. 31, 1991 WCP |
Hugh H. & Flossie Cunningham Michels; WWII US Army |
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Milner, Harvey J. |
May 26, 1911, Johnsonville |
Sep. 7, 1991, Fairfield |
Iva Clevenger, died-1971 |
Bailey Cem. |
Sep. 9, 1991 WCP |
Harvey F. & Josie Flynn Milner |
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Musgrave, Helen B. VandaVeer |
Jan. 31, 1909, Mt. Erie |
Feb. 26, 1991, Tucker, GA |
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McKendree Cem., Mt. Erie |
Feb. 28, 1991 WCP |