
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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Name |
Birth date |
Death date |
Married |
Buried |
Obituary Date |
Father /Mother |
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MADDING, Veda DENNY |
Jan 16, 1901 Celina, Ohio |
July 1, 2006 Mt. Erie |
Mar 2, 1929 Henry C. Madding d. Oct 30, 1964 |
McKendree |
Wayne Co. Press July 3, 2006 |
d/o Noah & Barbara KANTZER Denny |
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MADDING, Tina M. |
Oct 20, 1962 Gibson city |
May 3, 2006 Fairfield |
Mar 14, 1997 Ed Madding |
McKendree |
Wayne Co. Press May 8, 2006 |
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MAJERNIK, Mary Madonna BLESSING |
Apr 27, 1937 Makanda |
Jan 28, 2006 Vincennes, Ind. |
Sept 12, 1965 James A. Majernik |
Maple Hill |
Wayne Co. Press Feb 2, 2006 |
d/o Rev. Donald L. Allene HINES Blessing |
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MANN, Carla REID |
Feb 17, 1961 Wayne Co., Il. |
Mar 19, 2006 |
Ronald E. Mann |
Maple Hill |
Wayne Co. Press Mar 23, 2006 |
d/o Norman R. & Sandra WYATT Reid |
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MANN, Charles M. |
Aug 20, 1918 Wayne Co., Il. |
Feb 23, 2006 Fairfield |
Mary Gash |
Maple Hill |
Wayne Co. Press Feb 23, 2006 |
s/o Loren & Mamie FENIMORE Mann |
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MANN, Lulu F. WATSON |
Mar 17, 1908 Wayne Co., Il. |
Apr 22, 2006 Albion |
Dec 4, 1928 Eugene Mann d. Sept 19, 1980 |
Maple Hill |
Wayne Co. Press Apr 24, 2006 |
d/o Claude & Alma McCOLLUM Watson |
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MARTIN, Annabelle BURKETT |
Feb 16, 2006 Zenith |
Feb 16, 2006 Fairfield |
1945 Stanley Martin Henderson KY |
Brush Creek Zenith |
Wayne Co. Press Feb 20, 2006 |
d/o Charlie & Heppie MORRIS Burkett |
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MARTIN, Richard “Dick” |
Feb 5, 1938 Mt. Vernon |
Jan 7, 2006 St. Louis Mo. |
June 21, 1980 Vivian L. Martintoni |
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Wayne Co. Press Jan 9, 2006 |
s/o William & Clara BROWN Martin |
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MARSHEL, Ruby BROWN |
Jan 28, 1923 Wayne Co., Il. |
July 14, 2006 Fairfield |
Charles Marshel |
Maple Hill |
Wayne Co. Press July 17, 2006 |
d/o Mode & Stella WHITE Brown |
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MASON, Madge |
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Nov 18, 2006 Fairfield 81y |
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Maple Hill |
Wayne Co. Press Nov 20, 22, 2006 |
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MASON, Patty |
Sept 12, 1962 Fairfield |
Dec 26, 2006 Fairfield |
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Maple Hill |
Wayne Co. Press Dec 28, 2006 |
d/o Kenneth Kincart & Darlene Hunsinger |
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MATTHES, Dr. Robert |
Jan 20, 1938 |
Aug 22, 2006 Los Angeles California |
Martha |
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Wayne Co. Press Sept 18,2006 |
s/o Charles H. & Ruby HIGGINS Matthes |
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MATTHEWS, Robert L. |
Apr 13, 1936 Wayne Co., Il. |
July 30, 2006 Evansville Ind. |
Sept 17, 1960 Nancy Harris |
Maple Hill |
Wayne Co. Press July 31, 2006 |
s/o Arthur & Lily McCLAIN Matthews |
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MATTOX, R. Ivan |
Dec 17, 1923 Wayne Co., Il. |
Aug 2006 |
Marjorie |
Fairmont Cemetery Henderson |
Wayne Co. Press Aug 24, 2006 |
s/o Elza & Elsa Mattox |
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MAYBERRY, Ruth NALE Vaughn |
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Nov 6, 2006 Tucson AZ |
Eldon “Arkie” Vaughn d. Jan 1970 m.2 Lee Mayberry d. 2005 |
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Wayne Co. Press Nov 9, 2006 |
d/o Royal & LaVada Nale last living child of above |
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MEEKS, James Robert |
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Aug 17, 2006 Lewiston, Idaho |
Hazel Eckleberry |
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Wayne Co. Press Aug 24, 2006 |
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McCLEARY, Elizabeth WRIGHT |
July 6, 1943 Fairfield |
May 18, 2006 St. Louis, Mo. |
Sept 9, 1960 Richard D. McCleary In Fairfield |
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Wayne Co. Press May 22,2006 |
d/o Nile Stinton & Quma Inez CHALCRAFT Wright |
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McCORMICK, Eileen M. BURGESS |
Mar 10, 1917 Clay Co., Il. |
May 26, 2006 Flora |
1965 William Arlie “Day” McCormick d. Dec 4, 1992 |
Powers |
Wayne Co. Press May 30,2006 |
d/o Robert “Robbie” & Juno BANDY Burgess |
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McCRACKEN, William |
Oct 2, 1930 Cisne |
Feb 10, 2006 Pensacola, Fla. |
1951 Ann Sherratd |
Veteran’s National Pensacola, Fla. |
Wayne Co. Press Feb 14, 2006 |
s/o Everett & Edith CLUTTER McCracken |
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McDUFFEE, Maude ELLEN |
Apr 3, 1902 Albion |
June 2, 2006 Albion |
1947 Rance McDuffee d. 1970 |
Maple Hill |
Wayne Co. Press June 5, 2006 |
d/o Joseph & Katie BASSETT Ellen |
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McELHATTAN Jr., Leo D. |
Apr 26, 1923 Bridgeport |
Mar 5, 2006 Flora |
Dec 13, 1945 Kathryn Shehorn d. Dec 11, 2004 |
Bunker |
Wayne Co. Press Mar 9, 2006 |
s/o Leo D. Sr. & Thelma CONNOR McElhattan WWII Army Air Corps |
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McKITRICK, Auburn |
June 3, 1922 Wayne Co., Il. |
Dec 24, 2006 Mt. Vernon |
Nov 14, 1942 Virginia Barr |
Thomason |
Wayne Co. Press Dec 26, 2006 |
s/o Jewel A. & Corine WEAVER McKitrick WWII Army Veteran |
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McNEIL, Alva |
July 23, 1940 Wayne Co., Il. |
Apr 14, 2006 Evansville, Ind. |
Sept 9, 1967 |
Victory |
Wayne Co. Press Apr 17, 2006 |
s/o Millard & Jessie FINLEY McNeil |
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McRILL, Billie Edward |
Nov 4, 1927 Wayne Co., Il. |
Feb 19, 2006 Herrin |
Aug 7, 1956 Doris B. Hickle Cornith, Miss. |
E. Hickory Hill Jefferson Co. |
Wayne Co. Press Feb 27, 2006 |
s/o Ed & Corrine THOMASON McRill WWII U. S. Navy |
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MEDLER, Richard Eugene “Dick” |
Dec 30, 1927 Fairfield |
Feb 24, 2006 Assumption |
Dec 27, 1950 Wanda Lee Sain |
Pleasant View Assumption |
Wayne Co. Press May 8, 2006 |
s/o Brose Lyman & mabel COULSON Medler |
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MELTON, Edwin Glendon |
July 2, 1939 Beach Grove, Ark |
Sept 13, 2006 Portsmouth, Ohio |
May 3, 1965 Carol Ann Adams |
Melton Family Cem. Lucasville |
Wayne Co. Press Sept 18,2006 |
s/o Cecil Melton & Maude Mae ALLISON Melton Paul |
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MERRICK, Linda CARTER |
June 22, 1954 Fairfield |
Nov 25, 2006 Fairfield |
Richard Merrick |
Maple Hill |
Wayne Co. Press Nov 27, 2006 |
d/o Robert & Idalene Carter |
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MERRITT, James E. |
Dec 1, 1942 Mt. Vernon |
Oct 21, 2006 Mt. Vernon |
Phyllis Pike |
Maple Hill |
Wayne Co. Press Oct 23, 2006 |
s/o Edward & Virginia HILL Merritt |
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MICHAEL, Ethel BELL |
Aug 10, 1926 Barnhill |
July 2, 2006 Robinson |
June 21, 1948 E. Michael d. Sept 29, 1998 |
Prairie Cem. Robinson |
Wayne Co. Press July 6, 2006 |
d/o Isaac & Christena ROSE Bell |
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MONGE, Gloria BRIAN |
Dec 19, 1921 Winfield, Kan. |
June 21, 2006 Fairfield |
Aug 9, 1940 Dominick Monge |
Cremated |
Wayne Co. Press June 22, 2006 |
d/o Burnace & Josephine REDMON Brian |
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MOONEY, Janice RESPONDEK |
Nov 23, 1978 Greenville |
Mar 26, 2006 St. Louis, Mo. Age 27y Lymphoma |
Apr 16, 1999 Bobby Mooney |
Thomason |
Wayne Co. Press Mar 27, 2006 & Mar 30, 2006 |
d/o Jerry & Leslie SKELLY Respondek |
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MOORE, Lulu RUPHARD |
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July 16, 2006 Fairfield 93y |
Claud “Curly” Moore d. 1988 |
Gholson Cem. Broughton |
Wayne Co. Press July 17, 2006 |
d/o Teoria SCOTT & Lewis Ruphard |
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MURPHY, James L. |
Nov 25, 1917 Enfield |
June 21, 2006 Miami Springs, Fla. |
Leonor Murphy |
Union |
Wayne Co. Press Aug 10, 2006 |
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MUSGRAVE, Barbara BALDING |
Feb 4, 1943 Wayne Co., Il. |
Nov 9, 2006 Mt. Vernon |
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Cremated |
Wayne Co. Press Nov 9, 2006 |
d/o Marvin & Phyllis SHAW Balding |
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Nancy, Gene |
Nov 15, 1923 Fairfield |
May 19, 2006 Fairfield |
Bernice d. Nov 26, 2005 |
Maple Hill |
Wayne Co. Press May 2, 2006 |
s/o Newton Elsworth & Lorretta Florence TROTTER Nancy |
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NELSON, Ethel DURANLEAU |
Mar 5, 1917 Gary Ind. |
Apr 14, 2006 Yucca Valley Calif. |
Sept 28, 1938 Carlton nelson In Gary Ind. d. Oct 1987 |
Burnt Prairie |
Wayne Co. Press Apr 17, 2006 |
d/o Arthur & Flossie C. PARSONS Duranleau |
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NEW, Carl E. |
Mar 16, 1918 Oilton, Okla. |
Nov 8, 2006 Fairfield |
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Cremated |
Wayne Co. Press Nov 9, 2006 |
s/o George H. & Olive CARNEY New |
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NEWCOM, Barbara |
Aug 10, 1946 Chicago |
Jan 15, 2006 Springfield |
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Maple Hill |
Wayne Co. Press Jan 19, 2006 |
d/o Myrl & Virginia Newcom |
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NEWMAN, Alice K. LEINARD |
May 14, 1941 Wayne Co., Il. |
Mar 22, 2006 Fairfield |
Dec 25, 1962 Tom Newman In Fairfield |
Martin Creek |
Wayne Co. Press Mar 23, 2006 |
d/o Harvey & Lavina Katherine WILLIAMS Leinard |
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NOVAK, Robert |
Sept 4, 1933 Richland Co., |
July 13, 2006 Ft. Wayne Ind. |
Never married |
Shiloh #2 w. of Olney |
Wayne Co. Press July 27, 2006 |
s/o Edward & Beulah NICHOLS Novak |
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ODLE, Fern SWEETIN |
Mar 16, 1918 Jefferson Co., |
Feb 3, 2006 Mt. Vernon |
m.1 William H. Grahlherr d. m.2 Walter Odle d. |
Kirk Cem. Ina |
Wayne Co. Press Feb 6, 2006 |
d/o Jim C. & Flossie OWEN Sweetin |
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O’DELL, Leitha CORDER |
Sept 23, 1911 Wayne Co., Il. |
June 24, 2006 Erin, TN |
Feb 14, 1950 William S. O’Dell In Mississippi d. Mar 13, 2005 |
Maple Hill |
Wayne Co. Press June 26 2006 |
d/o William Alfred & Maria EATON Corder |
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OLIVER, Elizabeth Louise McGEHEE |
Nov 5, 1911 Springerton |
Aug 6, 2006 Mt. Vernon |
1930 Deneen Oliver d. 1986 |
Hammack Cem. Springerton |
Wayne Co. Press Aug 10, 2006 |
d/o Elias & Mattie WOODROW McGehee |
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PAUL, Gary |
June 15, 1949 Fairfield |
Nov 16, 2006 Columbia, Mo. |
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Maple Hill |
Wayne Co. Press Nov 20, 2006 |
s/o Fred E. & Veda F. HARL Paul |
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PENNINGTON, Rachel MOORE |
June 21, 1975 Texarkana, TX |
Oct 26, 2006 McLeansboro |
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Hopewell McLeansboro |
Wayne Co. Press Oct 30, 2006 |
d/o Wendell & Anna Marie LENARD Moore |
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PENROD, Lola G. THOMAS |
Nov 3, 1937 Olney |
June 12, 2006 Mt. Vernon |
Oct 16, 1954 Albert Penrod Jr. d. Apr 25, 1992 |
Macedonia w. Salem |
Wayne Co. Press June 15 2006 |
d/o John & Amy Alene LOMAS Thomas |
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PERKINS, Eva Mae DOADES |
Oct 1, 1940 Knox Co., Ind. |
May 14, 2006 Vincennes, Ind. |
1968 Myron “Mike” Perkins |
Highland Mem. Mt. Carmel |
Wayne Co. Press Feb 18, 2006 |
d/o Ira & Helen ANTHIS Doades |
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PERKINS, Gerald W. “Jerry” |
Sept 18, 1935 Edwards Co., Il. |
Aug 10, 2006 Evansville, Ind. |
June 17, 1960 Marjorie Woods |
Mt. Zion |
Wayne Co. Press Aug 14, 2006 |
s/o Harold & Frieda BISCH Perkins U. S. Army |
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PETERSON, Eileen RUDESILL |
Mar 19, 1919 Wayne Co., Il. |
Oct 26, 2006 Port Charlotte, Fla. |
Preceded by 2 husbands |
Charlotte Mem. Gardens Fla. |
Wayne Co. Press Oct 30, 2006 |
d/o C. T. “Tiff” & Emma McCORMICK Rudesill |
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PHILLIPS, Reba DYE |
Feb 27, 1923 Cisne |
July 9, 2006 Enfield |
Oct 14, 1940 Robert K. Phillips d. Nov 14, 1991 |
Enfield Cem. Enfield |
Wayne Co. Press July 10, 2006 |
d/o Silas & Stella MILLER Dye |
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PHILLIPS, Thomas J. |
Aug 23, 1925 Rinard |
Feb 1, 2006 Evansville Ind. |
Jan 25, 1948 Barbara Brown |
Willow Branch Rinard |
Wayne Co. Press Feb 6, 2006 |
s/o Grover & Ruth ELLIS Phillips Navy WWII |
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PIKE, Vicki F. LANG |
Aug 5, 1953 Livingston, Co. |
Sept 22, 2006 Fairfield |
James Pike |
Maple Hill |
Wayne Co. Press Sept 25, 2006 |
d/o Calvin & Gretta Lang |
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PILCHER, James E. “Jim” |
Apr 26, 1942 Fairfield |
Jan 20, 2006 Mt. Vernon |
Dec 27, 1960 Roxie Garrett |
E. Salem Baptist Mt. Vernon |
Wayne Co. Press Jan 23, 2006 |
s/o Edward & Janie SIMPSON Pilcher |
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PITTMAN, Dorothy SHAFER Casto |
Feb 26, 1914 Alva Okla. |
Dec 23, 2006 Camdenton, Mo. |
Jan 26, 1942 Fred Pittman d. Aug 12, 1973 m.2 Nov 18, 2000 Owen Casto
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New Home Camdenton |
Wayne Co. Press Dec 26, 2006 |
d/o Jessie E. & Cora Bell OGLESBY Shafer |
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POLLARD, Cora Irene JOHNSON |
Sept 27, 1907 White Co., Il. |
Oct 25, 2006 Albion |
Dec 30, 1925 Floyd Pollard d. |
Burnt Prairie |
Wayne Co. Press Oct 26, 2006 |
d/o Riley V. & Lilly MANN Johnson |
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PORTER, Blanche BRATTON |
May 6, 1912 Cisne |
Sept 20, 2006 Mt. Vernon |
June 30, 1934 Samuel Albert Porter d. Dec 16, 1945 |
Cariens |
Wayne Co. Press Sept 25, 2006 |
d/o Orley & Nora WATSON Bratton |
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POSEY, Ruby M. |
Aug 30, 1909 Ozark, Mo. |
Mar 22, 2006 Fairfield |
Glen Posey d. |
Maple Hill |
Wayne Co. Press Mar 23, 2006 |
d/o Fred & Pearl TERRY Robertson |
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POTTER, Bessie COURTRIGHT |
Aug 16, 1912 Wayne co., Il. |
Apr 17, 2006 Fairfield |
Mar 15, 1936 Clarence Potter d. July 8, 1996 |
Maple Hill |
Wayne Co. Press Apr 20, 2006 |
d/o Rev. William Evans & Alice MOLT Courtright |
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POTTORFF, Dorothea McGEHEE |
May 1, 1914 St. Louis Mo. |
Aug 10, 2006 Clay Co. Hosp |
Aug 23, 1934 Harry W. Porttorff |
Cisne |
Wayne Co. Press Aug 14, 2006 |
d/o Wright & Bertha WALTER McGehee |
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POTTORFF, Harry W. |
Nov 25, 1909 Burnt Prairie |
Feb 15, 2006 Clay Co. Hospital |
Aug 23, 1934 Dorothea McGehee |
Cisne |
Wayne Co. Press Feb 16, 2006 |
s/o Oscar C. & Mary E. PHELPS Pottorff |
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POTTORFF, James E. “Jim” |
July 29, 1927 Barnhill |
June 18, 2006 Fairfield |
May 31, 1947 Frances Griffith |
Maple Hill |
Wayne Co. Press June 19, 2006 |
s/o Noble & Edith ETHERIDGE Potteroff |
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POTTORFF, Timothy Joseph |
June 27, 1957 Omaha, Neb. |
Mar 23, 2006 Mt. Vernon |
July 4, 1996 Ronda Draper |
Olive Branch |
Wayne Co. Press Mar 27, 2006 |
s/o Jacob & Shirley OUELLETTE Pottorff |
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PUNTNEY, Wanda BLAZIER |
May 19, 1921 Gallatin |
Feb 6, 2006 Carmi |
Dec 29, 1945 Wilson Putney d. Dec 27, 1971 |
Centerville Cem Carmi |
Wayne Co. Press Feb 9, 2006 |
d/o Dee & Hattie MUIR Blazier |
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RADFORD, Patricia FILES |
Aug 31, 1935 Mill Shoals |
Sept 17, 2006 Lawrence Kans. |
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Oak Hill Lawrence, Kans. |
Wayne Co. Press Oct 9, 2006 |
d/o James V. & Alberta Files |
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RALEY, Gregory Lee |
May 7, 1961 Olney |
July 15, 2006 Flora |
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Bunker |
Wayne Co. Press July 17, 2006 |
s/o Ronald & Carol LENTS Raley |
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RANDOLPH, Bernard L. |
July 27, 1915 Burnt Prairie |
Oct 13, 2006 |
Wanda Holtclaw d. 1985 |
Centerville Carmi |
Wayne Co. Press Oct 16, 2006 |
s/o William Andrew & Elva Ora JOHNSON Randolph WWII & Korean War Vet. |
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RANKEN, Estalee SLEDGE |
Feb 16, 1920 Bluford |
Oct 26, 2006 Redding Calf |
Jan 4, 1942 Francis N. Ranken |
Redding Cem |
Wayne Co. Press Nov 13, 2006 |
d/o Everett & Mary Ethel Sledge |
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READ, Charles A. |
Oct 12, 1919 Lamard, Wayne Co. |
Oct 25, 2006 Fairfield |
Mar 9, 1940 Geneva E. Young |
Bovee |
Wayne Co. Press Oct 26, 2006 |
s/o Charles A. & Gaynell McDANNEL Read |
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REDMON, Ronnie |
Apr 28, 1942 Aden |
July 25, 2006 St. Louis Mo. |
Oct 19, 1963 Retta Jane Masterson |
Old Springer |
Wayne Co. Press July 31, 2006 |
s/o George Normal & mary M. WILSON Redmon |
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REED, Pearl CASEBIER |
July 23, 19 |