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

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

MADDING, Tina M.

Oct 20, 1962

Gibson city

May 3, 2006

Fairfield

Mar 14, 1997

Ed Madding

McKendree

Wayne Co. Press

May 8, 2006

 

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

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

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

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

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

MARTIN, Richard “Dick”

Feb 5, 1938

Mt. Vernon

Jan 7, 2006

St. Louis Mo.

June 21, 1980

Vivian L. Martintoni

 

Wayne Co. Press

Jan 9, 2006

s/o William & Clara BROWN Martin

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

 MASON, Madge

 

Nov 18, 2006

Fairfield 81y

 

Maple Hill

Wayne Co. Press

Nov 20, 22, 2006

 

 MASON, Patty

Sept 12, 1962

Fairfield

Dec 26, 2006

Fairfield

 

Maple Hill

Wayne Co. Press

Dec 28, 2006

d/o Kenneth Kincart & Darlene Hunsinger

 MATTHES, Dr. Robert

 Jan 20, 1938

Aug 22, 2006

Los Angeles California

Martha

 

Wayne Co. Press

Sept 18,2006

 s/o Charles H. & Ruby HIGGINS Matthes

 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

 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

MAYBERRY, Ruth NALE Vaughn

 

Nov 6, 2006

Tucson AZ

Eldon “Arkie” Vaughn

 d. Jan 1970

m.2 Lee Mayberry

d. 2005

 

Wayne Co. Press

Nov 9, 2006

d/o Royal & LaVada Nale

last living child of above

 MEEKS, James Robert

 

Aug 17, 2006

Lewiston, Idaho

Hazel Eckleberry

 

Wayne Co. Press

Aug 24, 2006

 

McCLEARY, Elizabeth WRIGHT

July 6, 1943

Fairfield

May 18, 2006

St. Louis, Mo.

Sept 9, 1960

Richard D. McCleary

In Fairfield

 

Wayne Co. Press

May 22,2006

d/o Nile Stinton & Quma Inez CHALCRAFT Wright

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

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

 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

 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

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

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

 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

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

 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

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

 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

 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

 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

 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

 MOORE, Lulu RUPHARD

 

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

MURPHY, James L.

Nov 25, 1917

Enfield

June 21, 2006

Miami Springs, Fla.

Leonor Murphy

Union

Wayne Co. Press

Aug 10, 2006

 

 MUSGRAVE, Barbara BALDING

Feb 4, 1943

Wayne Co., Il.

Nov 9, 2006

Mt. Vernon

 

Cremated

Wayne Co. Press

Nov 9, 2006

d/o Marvin & Phyllis SHAW Balding

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

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

NEW, Carl E.

Mar 16, 1918

Oilton, Okla.

Nov 8, 2006

Fairfield

 

Cremated

Wayne Co. Press

Nov 9, 2006

s/o George H. & Olive CARNEY New

 NEWCOM, Barbara

Aug 10, 1946

Chicago

Jan 15, 2006

Springfield

 

Maple Hill

Wayne Co. Press

Jan 19, 2006

d/o Myrl & Virginia Newcom

 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

 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

 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

 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

 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

 PAUL, Gary

June 15, 1949

Fairfield

Nov 16, 2006

Columbia, Mo.

 

Maple Hill

Wayne Co. Press

Nov 20, 2006

s/o Fred E. & Veda F. HARL Paul

PENNINGTON, Rachel MOORE

June 21, 1975

Texarkana, TX

Oct 26, 2006

McLeansboro

 

Hopewell

McLeansboro

Wayne Co. Press

Oct 30, 2006

d/o Wendell & Anna Marie LENARD Moore

 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

 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

 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

 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

 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

 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

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

 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

 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

 

 New Home

Camdenton

Wayne Co. Press

Dec 26, 2006

d/o Jessie E. & Cora Bell OGLESBY Shafer

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

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

 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

 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

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

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

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

 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

  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

 RADFORD, Patricia FILES

Aug 31, 1935

Mill Shoals

Sept 17, 2006

Lawrence Kans.

 

Oak Hill

Lawrence, Kans.

Wayne Co. Press

Oct 9, 2006

d/o James V. & Alberta Files

 RALEY, Gregory Lee

May 7, 1961

Olney

July 15, 2006

Flora

 

Bunker

Wayne Co. Press

July 17, 2006

s/o Ronald & Carol LENTS Raley

 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.

 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

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

 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

 REED, Pearl CASEBIER

July 23, 19