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

Name

Birth date

Death date

Married

Buried

Obituary

Date

Father /Mother

ABEL, Norine Faye LYDICK

Jan 27, 1918

Chelsea, OK

 

Feb 11, 2006

Fairfield Il.

Mitch Abel

d. Mar 8, 1995

 

Maple Hill

Wayne Co. Press

Feb 13, 2006

d/o Ray & Ruth WHITE Lydick

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

ALKIRE, Charles E.

Apr 15, 1925

Bucyrus, Ohio

Mar 21, 2006

Ohio

Jan 4, 1945

Annabell Ehresmen d. 1993

Union

 

Wayne Co. Press

Mar 23, 2006

s/o Orley & Mildred CONL:EY Alkire

 

WWII

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

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

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

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

 

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

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

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

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

AUSTIN, Beulah BOZARTH

June 29, 1920

Mar 21, 2006

 

Thomason

Wayne Co. Press

Mar 23, 2006

d/o Sheridan & effie HOLLINGSWORTH Bozarth

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

BAUER, Bonnie BENNETT

Mar 28, 1911

W C Il.

Dec 24, 2005

Muscatine Iowa

 

Cremated

Gravesite in Michigan

Wayne Co. Press

Jan 16, 2006

June 15, 2006

d/o John & Lela Bennett

BEAMAN, Mary Ann HARL

Feb 3, 1940

W C Il.

May 10, 2006

Ocala Fla.

Oct 21, 1957

Dutch Beaman

 

Wayne Co. Press

May 11, 2006

d/o Charles V. & Flora HATLETT Harl

BELANGEE, Bill

Sept 12, 1937

White Co., Il.

Nov 20, 2006

 

 

Wayne Co. Press

Nov 20 2006

Nov 22, 2006

s/o Sherman & Esther WALTERS Belangee

BELANGEE, Margaret Caryle

Feb 7, 1946

Fairfield

Aug 22, 2006

 

Maple Hill

Wayne Co. Press

Aug 24, 2006

d/o Walter Curtis & Dorothy STANLEY Belangee

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

BOKENKAMP, James

 

Mar 7, 2006

Chicago area

Angie Young

Bethania

Wayne Co. Press

Mar 13, 2006

Korean War Army Vet

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

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

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

BONE, Mary E.

Apr 25, 1960

Urbana

June 11, 2006

 

Maple Hill

Wayne Co Press

June 15, 2006

d/o George & Mary ARMSTRONG Bone Sr.

BRATTON, Fern ELLIS

 

Mar 13, 2006

95y Madison IN

July 25, 1931

Stanley Bratton

Died

Johnsonville

Wayne Co. Press

Mar 16, 2006

d/o Fred & Lucretia Ellis

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

BROWN, Ron

Dec 27, 1942

Fairfield

Mar 3, 2006

Elk Grove Village

 

Thomason

Wayne Co. Press

Mar 9, 2006

s/o Sayle & Grace McCULLOUGH Brown

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

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

BUCHANAN, Olita M.

Apr 25, 1915

Wayne Co. Il

Feb 2, 2006

Nokomis, Fla.

Tiffin D. Buchanan d.

 

Wayne Co. Press

Feb 16, 2006

 

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

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

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

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

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

BURTON, Louella HUBBLE

Aug 19, 1923

Zip Twp.

Apr 2, 2006

Springfield Il.

 

Elmwood

Flora

Wayne Co. Press

Apr 6, 2006

d/o Leslie & Leone PITTMAN Hubble

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

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

 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

 CATES, Harold

May 19, 1938

Xenia

Jan 4, 2006

Mongomery, Co.

 

Richland

Fairfield

Wayne Co. Press

Jan 9, 2006

s/o William Lee & Freeta Irene POWERS Cates

 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

 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

 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

 CARTER, Janice

Sept 21, 1938

Connersville IN

Feb 22, 2006

Fairfield

 

Cremated

Wayne Co. Press

Feb 27, 2006

d/o Dennis Sr. & Louise POWER Carter

 CARTER, Lowell Ray

 

 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

 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

CHAPPELL, Myrtle THOMPSON

Nov 9, 1919

Carmi

Nov 23, 2006

Mt. Carmel