
2006 Wayne County Press
Obituaries
By
Betty Wheat
Betty Wheat has collected the obituaries out of the Wayne County Press for the year 2006 and assembled them into a book. Below is a summery of the obituaries by Laurie Selpien. Complete obituary is available by request. Many thanks to Betty for all her hard work! lselpien@msn.com
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Transcribed by Laurie Selpien
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Name |
Birth date |
Death date |
Married |
Buried |
Obituary Date |
Father /Mother |
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ABEL, Norine Faye LYDICK |
Jan 27, 1918 Chelsea, OK
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Feb 11, 2006 Fairfield Il. |
Mitch Abel d. Mar 8, 1995
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Maple Hill |
Wayne Co. Press Feb 13, 2006 |
d/o Ray & Ruth WHITE Lydick |
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ADAIR, Mary Nancy FELIX |
Aug 5, 1918 Barnhill |
Dec 19, 2006 |
m.1 William T. Anniss d. m.2 Ernest R. Adair d. |
Graceland |
Wayne Co. Press Dec 12, 2006 |
d/o Joe & Edna Lucy HOOPER Felix |
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ALKIRE, Charles E. |
Apr 15, 1925 Bucyrus, Ohio |
Mar 21, 2006 Ohio |
Jan 4, 1945 Annabell Ehresmen d. 1993 |
Union
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Wayne Co. Press Mar 23, 2006 |
s/o Orley & Mildred CONL:EY Alkire
WWII |
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ALDRICH, Kathryn L. CORRY |
Dec 11, 1922 |
Aug 12, 2006 Flora Clay Co. Il |
Apr 9, 1948 Henderson KY Milton “Buck” Aldrich d. Jan 18, 1998 |
Elmwood Flora |
Wayne Co. Press Aug 14, 2006 |
d/o William McKinley & Tesse Mae Robinson Corry |
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ANDERSON, Robert |
Sept 28, 1929 Metropolis |
May 20, 2006 Fairfield |
June 11, 1950 Alice Jane Harner |
Hillerman Massac Co. |
Wayne Co. Press May 22, 2006 |
s/o Dave & Ruth ROYSTER Anderson U. S. Army Korean War |
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ANDREWS, Bernice V. ZIMMERMAN |
July 17, 1921 |
June 9, 2006 Evansville IN |
Walter Andrew d. Dec 21, 1988 |
Maple Hill |
Wayne Co. Press June 12, 2006 |
d/o Aaron & Myrtle NEFF Zimmerman |
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ASH, Lillian WINLAND |
May 1, 1915 W C Il. |
Nov 11, 2006 Olney |
George Ash d. |
Maple Hill |
Wayne Co. Press Nov 13, 2006 |
d/o Finis White & Laura Windland
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ATTEBERRY, Dennis “DOG” |
Jan 25, 1954 Gary IN |
July 14, 2006 Fairfield Il. |
Wanda |
Maple Hill |
Wayne Co. Press July 17, 2006 |
s/o Orval & Myrtle TAYLOR Atteberry |
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ANDERSON, Mable NALE |
Apr 1, 1919 Lincoln |
Mar 24, 2006 Fairfield, Il. |
June 1935 Mt. Vernon Forrest Anderson d. Apr 7, 1994 |
Maple Hill |
Wayne Co. Press Mar 27, 2006 |
d/o Royal & Lavada BLACKLEDGE Nale |
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ATWOOD, Donald |
July 28, 1929 Mt. Erie |
Jan 20, 2006 Fairfield, Il. |
Fern Bailey |
Travers |
Wayne Co. Press Jan 23, 2006 |
s/o William & Rachael GARDNER Atwood |
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ADAMS, Jennie M.PELLIGRENO |
June 4, 1928 Chicago, Il. |
Oct 1, 2006 Mill Shoals |
Feb 11, 1950 Chicago Stanley Adams d. Aug 19, 1978 |
Cremation |
Wayne Co. Press Oct 2, 2006 |
d/o John & Beatrice CAMPNA Pelligreno |
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AUSTIN, Beulah BOZARTH |
June 29, 1920 |
Mar 21, 2006 |
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Thomason |
Wayne Co. Press Mar 23, 2006 |
d/o Sheridan & effie HOLLINGSWORTH Bozarth |
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ATTEBERRY, Beulah May VAUGHN |
Aug 12, 1907 Fairfield, Il. |
Feb 3, 2006 Watseka |
Feb 18, 1927 Frank F. Atteberry d. Jan 5, 1991 |
Onarga Onarga Il. |
Wayne Co. Press Feb 6, 2006 |
d/o Henry S. & Eliza E. HARRIS Vaughn |
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AYERS, Lillian LAMBRICH |
Sept 1, 1922 |
Oct 3, 2006 Lockport |
m. 1 Chauncey Daubs d. 1961 Jesse Ayers d. |
Cremated |
Wayne Co. Press Oct 5, 2006 |
d/o Albert & Ethel MARKAM Lambrich |
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BARNETT, Linda HOLLAND |
Nov 26, 1954 Fairfield Il. |
Dec 4, 2006 Hammond IN |
Mar 12, 1993 Dennis Barnett |
Bovee |
Wayne Co. Press Dec 7, 2006 |
d/o Catherine Taylor Holland |
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BAILEY, Earl |
Feb 9, 1942 Princeton IN |
Mar 4, 2006 Evansville IN |
Mar 16, 1964 Beatrice Timberlake |
Mt. Carmel |
Wayne Co. Press Mar 6, 2006 |
s/o Major & Ruth HINDERLITER Bailey |
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BARKER, Sylvia Robley |
Oct 26, 1917 |
Sept 11, 2006 Fairfield, Il. |
Single |
Maple Hill |
Wayne Co. Press Sept 14, 2006 |
d/o Earl & Zelda CARIENS Barker |
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BARRETT, Pauline RUSSELL |
July 11, 1924 |
May 21, 2006 |
Oct 26, 1942 St. Charles Mo. D. Eugene Barrett d. Feb 3, 1978 |
Bestow |
Wayne Co. Press May 25, 2006 |
d/o Charles & Bertha BASHORE Russell |
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BANKSTON, Nell Marie BRASWELL |
Jan 10, 1940 Pascola Mo. |
Dec 30, 2005 |
Mar 17, 1960 Leon Bankston |
Maple Hill |
Wayne Co. Press Jan 3, 2006 |
d/o James L. & Lettie Braswell |
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BARTON, George Robert |
Feb 2, 1931 Blackburn OK |
Aug 19, 2006 Olney |
|
Maple Hill Veteran |
Wayne Co. Press Aug 21, 2006 |
s/o Arthur Lee & Vivian WALTERS Barton |
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BAUER, Bonnie BENNETT |
Mar 28, 1911 W C Il. |
Dec 24, 2005 Muscatine Iowa |
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Cremated Gravesite in Michigan |
Wayne Co. Press Jan 16, 2006 June 15, 2006 |
d/o John & Lela Bennett |
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BEAMAN, Mary Ann HARL |
Feb 3, 1940 W C Il. |
May 10, 2006 Ocala Fla. |
Oct 21, 1957 Dutch Beaman |
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Wayne Co. Press May 11, 2006 |
d/o Charles V. & Flora HATLETT Harl |
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BELANGEE, Bill |
Sept 12, 1937 White Co., Il. |
Nov 20, 2006 |
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Wayne Co. Press Nov 20 2006 Nov 22, 2006 |
s/o Sherman & Esther WALTERS Belangee |
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BELANGEE, Margaret Caryle |
Feb 7, 1946 Fairfield |
Aug 22, 2006 |
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Maple Hill |
Wayne Co. Press Aug 24, 2006 |
d/o Walter Curtis & Dorothy STANLEY Belangee |
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BERG, Dorothy MURPHY |
Feb 8, 1911 |
June 17, 2006 |
Hershel E. Berg |
Buckeye |
Wayne Co. Press June 19, 2006 |
d/o Roy & Rhonda RUTGER Murphy |
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BEST, Rosemary Louise HARRIS |
Dec 22, 1954 Fairfield |
Jun 12, 2006 Vidor, Texas |
Mark Best |
Vidor |
Wayne Co. Press June 15, 2006 |
d/o Robert & Neva Harris |
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BLESSING, Helen T. TAYLOR |
July 30, 1920 Champaign Co. |
Nov 25, 2006 Fairfield, Il. |
Darell Blessing d. Sept 19, 1984 |
Maple Hill |
Wayne Co. Press Nov 27, 2006 |
d/o Fred C. & Della ROSENBERGER Taylor |
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BISHOP, Evelyn B. |
Sept 15, 1923 Chicago |
June 9, 2006 Evansville, IN. |
Arthur Bishop |
Maple Hill |
Wayne Co. Press June 12, 2006 |
d/o Luther & Anna FILES Brown |
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BLASKI, Judy |
Feb 3, 1945 Wayne Co., Il. |
Aug 25, 2006 Fairfield |
John Blaski |
Ebenezer WC, Il. |
Wayne Co. Press Aug 28, 2006 |
Worked in upholstrey |
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BLISS, Lona FOUTY |
Nov 25, 1923 Hooker Okla. |
July 30, 2006 Fairfield |
1940 Hubert Bliss d. June 23, 2003 |
Oblong Cem. Oblong |
Wayne Co. Press July 31, 2006 |
d/o Lester & Violet GRAY Fouty |
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BOARAH, John |
St. Louis Mo. |
Sept 4, 2006 Riverside, Ca. |
Maggie |
Riverside National Cem. Ca. |
Wayne Co. Press Oct 5, 2006 |
Retired U. S. Air Force |
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BOKENKAMP, James |
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Mar 7, 2006 Chicago area |
Angie Young |
Bethania |
Wayne Co. Press Mar 13, 2006 |
Korean War Army Vet |
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BOLEN, Lulu ZIMMERMAN |
Mar 23, 1917 Wayne Co., Il. |
Aug 2, 2006 Tulsa Okla. |
Aug 14, 1940 William L. Bolen d. Jan 1976 |
Maple Hill |
Wayne Co. Press Aug 3, 2006 |
d/o Ernest & Eva PEARL Zimmerman |
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BOLSLEY, Cleo L. MATCHETT |
July 29, 1913 Johnsonville |
Jan 5, 2006 Effingham |
Apr 22, 1931 Ogie G. Bosley d. Jan 28, 1993 |
Cisne |
Wayne Co. Press Jan 9, 2006 |
d/o Ira C. & Sarah Emma HILLARD Matchett |
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BONE, Mary “Betty” ARMSTRONG |
Apr 22, 1928 Fairfield |
June 28, 2006 Mt. Vernon |
George Bone Sr. |
Maple Hill |
Wayne Co. Press June 29, 2006 |
d/o Otis B. & Sylvia JACKSON Armstrong |
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BONE, Mary E. |
Apr 25, 1960 Urbana |
June 11, 2006 |
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Maple Hill |
Wayne Co Press June 15, 2006 |
d/o George & Mary ARMSTRONG Bone Sr. |
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BRATTON, Fern ELLIS |
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Mar 13, 2006 95y Madison IN |
July 25, 1931 Stanley Bratton Died |
Johnsonville |
Wayne Co. Press Mar 16, 2006 |
d/o Fred & Lucretia Ellis |
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BROWN, Albert |
Feb 10, 1932 Fairfield |
Nov 10, 2006 Fairfield |
Dec 31, 1952 Marilou Clemmer WC, Il. |
St. John Lutheran Bartonville |
Wayne Co. Press Nov 13, 2006 |
s/o Robert P. & Hazel NEAVILLE Brown |
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BROWN, Ron |
Dec 27, 1942 Fairfield |
Mar 3, 2006 Elk Grove Village |
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Thomason |
Wayne Co. Press Mar 9, 2006 |
s/o Sayle & Grace McCULLOUGH Brown |
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BROWN, William “Bill” |
June 20, 1954 Anna |
May 1, 2006 California MO. |
Sept 28, 1974 Diane GIBBS |
Jonesboro |
Wayne Co. Press May 11, 2006 |
s/o Oliver E. & Golda HOWELL Brown |
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BROWN, William C. “Bill” |
Sept 17, 1940 W C, Il. |
Feb 5, 2006 Evansville, IN |
Marlyn |
Maple Hill |
Wayne Co. Press Feb 6, 2006 |
s/o Roy & Etta COX Brown |
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BUCHANAN, Olita M. |
Apr 25, 1915 Wayne Co. Il |
Feb 2, 2006 Nokomis, Fla. |
Tiffin D. Buchanan d. |
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Wayne Co. Press Feb 16, 2006 |
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BUNTING, Charles |
Sept 14, 1937 Golden Gate |
Sept 27, 2006 O’Fallen Mo. |
Kay Kerr |
Bethel United Ellery |
Wayne Co. Press Sept 28, 2006 |
s/o Virgil & Geraldine MANN Bunting |
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BUNTING, Edward W. |
June 28, 1919 Ellery |
Dec 12, 2006 Petersburg IN |
Nov 9, 1957 Catherine Stone Ellery |
Bethel |
Wayne Co. Press Dec 14, 2006 |
s/o Frank K. & Carrie SNIDLE Bunting |
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BURGESS, Carroll |
Oct 29, 1937 WC, Il. |
July 26, 2006 |
July 13, 1988 Patsy Renolds Hallsville KY |
Mt. Pleasant |
Wayne Co. Press July 27, 2006 |
s/o Fred & Erma HARRELL Burgess |
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BURGESS, Gregg D. |
Jan 21, 1955 Clay Co., Il. |
July 24, 2006 Xenia |
Apr 11, 1987 Vicki J. Henson Paducah KY |
Powers Xenia |
Wayne Co. Press July 27, 2006 |
s/o Roy R. “Blue” & Betty M. BYERS Burgess |
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BURGESS, Helen THOMAS |
Mar 8, 1926 Harlan, KY |
Mar 4, 2006 Mt. Vernon |
Eber Burgess |
Garrison Temple |
Wayne Co. Press Mar 6, 2006 |
d/o Henry & Lula NAPIER Burgess |
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BURTON, Louella HUBBLE |
Aug 19, 1923 Zip Twp. |
Apr 2, 2006 Springfield Il. |
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Elmwood Flora |
Wayne Co. Press Apr 6, 2006 |
d/o Leslie & Leone PITTMAN Hubble |
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BUTLER, Dallas “Bud” |
Nov 20, 1944 Joliet |
Dec 6, 2006 Geff |
Oct 15, 1966 Joliet |
Arrington |
Wayne Co. Press Dec 11, 2006 |
s/o Herman & Margaret McGAHEY Butler Army Airborne Bronze star |
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CANULL, Lois E. ECKLEBERRY |
Feb 4, 1916 Fairfield |
July 27, 2006 Fairfield |
Dec 26, 1935 Jacob S. Canull d. Sept 14, 1948 |
Koontz |
Wayne Co. Press July 31, 2006 |
d/o John & Lutie HARRISON Eckleberry |
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CARTER, Eva L. MELROSE |
Nov 4, 1914 Ellery |
June 24, 2006 Champaign |
Oct 1932 Johnnie R. Carter Princeton IN |
Mount Hope Champaign |
Wayne Co. Press June 29, 2006 |
d/o Frank & Mabel DAY Melrose |
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CATES, Harold |
May 19, 1938 Xenia |
Jan 4, 2006 Mongomery, Co. |
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Richland Fairfield |
Wayne Co. Press Jan 9, 2006 |
s/o William Lee & Freeta Irene POWERS Cates |
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CATES, Mabel I. COX |
May 1, 1921 McLeansboro |
June 24, 2006 Fairfield |
Oct 15, 1940 Leonard S. Cates WC, Il d. Nov 23, 1984 |
Richland |
Wayne Co. Press June 26, 2006 |
d/o Elvis & Myrtle CARTER Cox |
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CATES, Opal PENNINGTON |
Nov 5, 1917 Zenith |
Mar 19, 2006 Fairfield |
Nov 25, 1935 Burl Cates d. Feb 27, 1989 |
Cisne |
Wayne Co. Press Feb 20, 2006 |
d/o Curtis & Essie Pennington |
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CARTER, Dorothy M. |
Mar 12, 1921 |
Dec 10, 2006 Wabash general Hospital |
Willard Carter |
Hammack Springerton |
Wayne Co. Press Dec 19, 2006 |
d/o wood & Madge McGAHEE Carter |
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CARTER, Janice |
Sept 21, 1938 Connersville IN |
Feb 22, 2006 Fairfield |
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Cremated |
Wayne Co. Press Feb 27, 2006 |
d/o Dennis Sr. & Louise POWER Carter |
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CARTER, Lowell Ray |
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Jan 11, 2006 Metropolis |
Served 3 year under patton |
Garden of Memories Carmi |
Wayne Co. Press Jan 12, 2006 |
s/o Silas & Hattie PHILLIPS Carter |
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CHAMBLISS, Loretta M. |
Oct 4, 1924 Centralia |
May 16, 2006 Mt. Vernon |
Nov 14, 1942 Leuty Chambliss St. Charles Mo. |
Harmony Jefferson Co., Il |
Wayne Co. Press May 18, 2006 |
d/o James Isaac & Valley KNIGHT Stover |
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CHAPPELL, Myrtle THOMPSON |
Nov 9, 1919 Carmi |
Nov 23, 2006 Mt. Carmel |