Mapleton – Christine K. Bell, 72, of Mapleton, passed away at 5:12 AM on Wednesday, October 23, 2019 at Farmington Country Manor. She was born on May 22, 1947 to Paul and Nona (Fryman) Emerson. She married Tom Bell on September 22, 1973 at the Zion Lutheran Church in Peoria; he survives. Also surviving is her...
Ellisville – Frank Record, 88, of Ellisville, passed away Tuesday, October 22, 2019 at his daughters’ home. He was born on May 29, 1931 in Farmington to Roy and Catherine (Callister) Record. He married May Lou Anderson in November of 1966, she preceded him in death on November 7, 2015. Surviving is one daughter, Susan (Brian)...
John D. Gilson, 42, formerly of Lewistown, passed away at 3:32 PM on Monday, October 21, 2019 at Resolute Health Hospital in New Braunfels, TX, while staying with his sister. He was born on August 15, 1977 in Canton, IL to Denny and Joyce (Berry) Gilson. He married Julie Hillman; she survives. Also surviving is his...
Cheryl Ann Luper, 72, of Osage Beach, MO, formerly of Canton, IL, passed away at 4:25 PM on Saturday, October 19, 2019 at Sunset Rehabilitation Center in Canton. She was born on September 4, 1947 in Elmwood, IL to Robert and Wilma (Ray) Roffey. She graduated from Farmington High School in May 1965 and married...
Farmington – Betty L. Summers, 83, of Farmington, passed away at 1:10 PM on Monday, October 14, 2019 at her residence. She was born on March 24, 1936 in Canton to Chester F. and Edna (Ball) McMillan Sr. She married Harold Summers on September 20, 1972, he preceded her in death on July 8, 1995....
Monterey – Michele Lucille Smith, 53, of Monterey/Canton, passed away at 12:40 PM on Wednesday, October 9, 2019 at the University of Chicago Hospital. She was born on December 19, 1965 in Canton to Donald “Doc” and Mauricette (Bontemps) Ball. She married Harold Smith on November 11, 1989 in Canton; he survives. Also surviving are...
Farmington - Richard Aaron “Mick” Kimbrell, of Farmington, Illinois, died at 5:56 p.m. on October 8, 2019. Born June 5, 1933, in Farmington, Illinois, to Delbert and Lillian Fincher Kimbrell, he married Ruth A. Blackmer on July 18, 1953, at Camp Gordon, Georgia. They were married for 57 years. He was preceded in death by his wife,...
B. Rose Toben passed peacefully October 7, 2019 at the age of one hundred years at Graham Hospital. She had resided at the Courtyard Estates in Farmington, Illinois, for the past three years. Rose descends from a large Mills family from England that settled on Long Island after arriving in 1630 and a Scots-Irish Huey...
Kenneth L. Holmstrom, 91, of Farmington, IL, passed away on Thursday, October 3, 2019, at 8:54 PM at Courtyard Estates in Farmington. He was born in Varna, IL, on December 26, 1927, the son of Louis and Nettie (Extrom) Holmstrom. He married Myra D. Dietrich on June 17, 1950 in Goodfield, IL. She preceded him...
Canton – Charles “Bob” R. Webb, 76, of Canton, passed away at 4:25 AM on Thursday, October 3, 2019 at his residence surrounded by his family. He was born on January 9, 1943 in Canton, IL to Robert and Nelda (Conner) Webb. He married Cheryl (DeMay) Goyen on January 23, 1993 in Canton; she survives....