1981
Wayne County Press Obituary Summaries
Originally saved and organized by Verla Morrie & Bettie Wheat
Transcribed with permission from above April, 2008 by Michael J. Von Gebel in conjunction with Laurie Selpien, if you would like an actual copy of the obituary you can email me at vongoebel@hotmail.com;
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Name |
Birth Date |
Death Date |
Married |
Buried |
Obit Date |
Father/Mother |
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Allison, Cecil J. |
Oct. 6, 19(??), Wayne Co. |
Sept., 1981, Fairfield |
Edna Koontz, Mar. 12, 1930, Fairfield |
Maple Hill Cem. |
Sep. 14, 1981, WCP |
James & Rhoda (Maricle) Allison |
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Arnold, Herman |
Nov. 24, 1906, Wayne Co. |
Dec., 1981, Paxton, IL |
Hortence Moore, Jan. 19, 1929, Paxton, IL |
Glen Cem., Paxton, IL |
Dec. 12, 1981 |
Walter & Frances Thomason Arnold |
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Atteberry Mrytle E. |
Dec. 6, 1901, Van Buren, AR |
Nov. 14, 1981, Fairfield |
Marvin E. Atteberry, Mar., 1922- died-1936 |
Koontz Cem. |
Nov. 16, 1981 WCP |
Mark Moore & Rebecca Jane (Langston) Moore |
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Atteberry, Myrtle J. |
Jun. 4, 1928, Gary, IN |
1981,Fairfield |
Orval "Pete" Atteberry |
Maple Hill Cem. |
Nov. 2, 1981, WCP |
William A. & Ella L. (Clark) Taylor |
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Atteberry, Nellie C. |
Sep. 22, 1891, Wayne Co. |
1981, Fairfield |
William Atteberry, Dec., 1910-died July, 1967 |
Laird Cem., Enterprise |
Jul. 2, 1981 WCP |
Chesney & Emma (Barnes) Wilkins |
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Atteberry, Percy B. |
Jul. 12, 1895, Wayne Co. |
Jan., 1981, Wayne Co. |
Lue Billingsley, Dec. 12, 1919, Mt. Erie, died- Nov. 24, 1975 |
Cisne Cem. |
Jan. 19, 1981, WCP |
William & Mary (Tidball) Atteberry |
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Atteberry, Walter "Tubb" |
May 29, 1893, White Co. |
May 7, 1981, McLeansboro |
Mary Logan, 1935 |
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May 7, 1981 WCP |
Sims & Mary (Ambers) Atteberry |
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Baer, Jane (Shehorn) |
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Aug. 18, 1981, Chicago, IL |
Eugene "Bud" Baer |
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Aug. 20, 1981 WCP |
Mr. & Mrs. Clarence Shehorn |
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Bailey, Ira Amos |
Apr. 12, 1895, Crawford Co. |
Jul. 3, 1981, Evansville, IN |
Gertrude Berry- she died in 1967 |
Oakwood Cem. S. of Olney |
Jul 6, 1981 WCP |
Amos & Susan Bailey |
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Barnard, Clara |
Dec. 10, 1891, Wayne Co. |
Mar. 24, 1981, Sullivan, IN |
Louis Barnard, died-1968 |
Bailey Cem. |
Mar. 26, 1981 WCP |
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Barnett, Florida Alma |
Aug. 4, 1887, Wayne Co., IL |
Oct. 17, 1981, Mt. Vernon, IL |
Charlie Barnett- dec'd |
Thomason Cemetery |
Oct. 19, 1981 WCP |
Richard & Martha (Buchanan) Draper |
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Bell, Rachel |
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Jul. 21, 1981, Torrance, CA |
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Jul. 23, 1981 WCP |
James W. & Julie (Murphy) Harris |
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Bullard, Fred |
Oct. 25, 1893 |
Sep. 22, 1981, nr. Iuka, IL |
M1- Mabel Ostrander, Nov. 27, 1915- she died in 1957; M2- Mabel Brubaker, Aug. 6, 1965 |
Elmwood Cem., Flora |
Sep. 24, 1981 WCP |
Lawrence & Emma Withrow Bullard |
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Bunting, Howard |
Jan. 9, 1901, Richland Co., IL |
Feb. 19, 1981, Fairfield |
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Maple Hill Cem. |
Feb. 23, 1981 WCP |
Elwin & Grace (Shelby) Bunting |
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Caldwell, Lewis Thomas |
Jan. 18, 1888, Enfield, IL |
Jan. 16, 1981, Fairfield |
Mary Susan Young, Nov. 2, 1910, died- Jan. 11, 1970 |
Maple Hill Cem. |
Jan. 19, 1981, WCP |
Henry & Maggie (Fowler) Caldwell |
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Case, H. Buel |
Oct. 28, 1918, Wayne Co. |
Sep. 14, 1981, Fairfield |
Marcia (????) |
Koontz Cem. |
Sep. 17, 1981 WCP |
Arthur & Martha (Long) Case |
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Courtright, Roy |
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Apr., 1981, Springfield, OR |
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Springfield, OR |
Apr. 23, 1981 WCP |
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Cribelar, John J. |
Apr. 19, 1924, Casey, IL |
Feb. 19, 1981, Springfield, IL |
Mary Goodall |
Maple Hill Cem. |
Feb. 23, 1981 WCP |
Nollie & Cora (Smith) Cribelar |
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Dawson, Delmar |
Apr. 18, 1928, Wayne City |
1981, Pontiac |
Marcella Burke, 1946, Cahokia, MO |
South Side Cem. |
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Curt & Frances Williams Dawson |
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Dixon, J. Russell |
Jun. 14, 1905, Sims |
Jul. 29, 1981, Fairfield |
Alfhild Mattson |
Oak Lawn Cem., Mt. Vernon |
Jul 29, 1981, WCP |
J.E. & Mattie Blanchard Dixon |
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Edgington, John |
Sep. 18, 1918, Marion Co., IL |
Jan., 1981, Urbana, IL |
Barbara Jackson, August, 1969 |
Thomason Cem. |
Jan. 8, 1981 WCP |
Herschel & Edna (Greenwalt) Edgington |
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Ellis, Hubert R. |
Jun. 30, 1913, Wayne Co. |
July, 1981 |
Hettie Opal Howell, July 12, 1934, Pontiac, IL- she died Oct. 19, 1974 |
Chenoa Cem., Chenoa, IL |
Jul. 31, 1981 |
Rufus & Maude Pennington Ellis |
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Feller, Verne Edwin |
Jul 5, 1944, Wayne Co. |
Jan. 18, 1981, Albuquerque, NM |
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Maple Hill Cem. |
Jan. 19, 1981, WCP |
Charles & Mary (Bower) Feller |
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Fry, Cyril |
Feb. 2, 1914, Jefferson Co. |
October, 1981, Mt. Vernon |
Ruby Decker, Mar. 1, 1937 |
Thomason Cem. |
Oct. 22, 1981 WCP |
William & Ruth (Cameron) Fry |
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Garrison, Leland |
Sep. 20, 1905, Hamilton Co. |
May 25, 1981, Evansville, IN |
Velma Jones, Jun. 10, 1928 |
Maple Hill Cem. |
May 25, 1981 WCP |
Andrew & Lucy (Hill) Garrison |
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Goodman, Violet |
Feb. 2, 1913, Goldengate |
Jan. 18, 1981, Fairfield |
Roland Goodman, 1932, Louisville, KY |
Graceland Cem., Albion |
Jan. 19, 1981, WCP |
Orville & May (Bias) VanFleet |
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Green Jr., Lloyd |
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March, 1981, Kansas City, MO |
Alice Boze |
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Mar. 30, 1981 WCP |
Lloyd & Bronta Green Sr. |
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Gregory, Hazel |
Jan. 27, 1923, Wayne Co. |
Sep. 16, 1981, St. Louis, MO |
Elmer Gregory, Dec. 25, 1940 |
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Sep. 17, 1981 WCP |
Herman & Flossie (McCormick) Farmer |
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Harrington, Hazel A. |
Jan. 16, 1912, Wayne Co. |
Mar. 2, 1981, Flora, IL |
Linus Harrington, Nov. 27, 1937, Cisne |
Gunion Cem. |
Mar. 2, 1981 WCP |
Ray & Mamie (McCormick) Laird |
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Harris, Carl G. |
Jan. 31, 1908, Wayne Co. |
Aug. 4, 1981, Fairfield |
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Victory Cem. |
Funeral Card |
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Harris, Loren S. |
Mar. 28, 1907, Wayne Co. |
Aug. 2, 1981, Fairfield |
Esther Carter, Nov. 15, 1928 |
Union Cem. |
Aug. 3, 1981 WCP |
Robert & Mary Musgraves Harris |
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Hawbecker, Clara E. |
Jun 10, 1905, Goldegate |
Jul. 7, 1981, Fairfield |
Arthur Hawbecker-he died Dec. 30, 1977 |
Maple Hill Cem. |
Jul. 1981 WCP |
Frank & Maude Wilson Troyer |
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Hayward, Robert William |
May 29, 1900, Fairfield |
April, 1981 |
Ida May Turner, Oct. 3, 1928 |
Maple Hill Cem. |
Apr. (10), 1981 WCP |
Robert & Lillian Frazier Hayward |
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Hilliard, William N. |
Dec. 14, 1914, Cisne |
Oct. 25, 1981, Ohio |
M1- Ethel Mayo- she died May 12, 1942; M2-Irene Thompson, Oct. 14, 1943 |
Cisne Cem. |
Oct. 26, 1981 WCP |
Edward & Daisy (Sweeney) Hilliard |
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Holstein, Charles E. |
Aug. 18, 1913, Fairfield |
Mar. 29, 1981, Fairfield |
Henrietta Scott, Sep. 29, 1935 |
Maple Hill Cem. |
Mar. 30, 1981 WCP |
Frank & Annie (Gray) Holstein; WWI |
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Hughes, Mary Spriggs |
Oct. 16, 1895, Greenwood Co., KS |
Aug. 18, 1981, Fairfield |
Alva F. Hughes, Dec. 12, 1912- died, 1945 |
Maple Hill Cem. |
Aug. 20, 1981 WCP |
Benton & Rachel Hudspeth Spriggs |
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Jackson, Ed |
Aug. 16, 1890, White Co. |
May, 1981, Fairfield |
Myrtle Mossburger, Nov. 22, 1911 |
Maple Hill Cem. |
May 21, 1981 WCP |
Zechariah & Georgeann (Hutchcraft) Jackson |
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Johnson, Kate |
Nov. 1, 1896, Mill Shoals |
Nov., 1981, McLeansboro |
Willie (Bill) Johnson-died 1958 |
West Antioch Cem. |
Nov. 16, 1981 WCP |
William & Addie (Hornick) Jameson |
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LeCroy, Fred C. |
May 15, 1881, Wayne Co. |
Mar. 12, 1981, nr. Cisne |
M1- Nola Caldwell, 1926- dec'd; M2- Nettie Hillard Pennington, 1960, dec'd; |
Maple Hill Cem. |
Mar. 16, 1981 WCP |
William & Helen (Tubbs) LeCroy |
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LeCroy, William E. |
Jan. 3, 1887, Wayne Co. |
Feb. 20, 1981, Fairfield |
Julie Morris-dec'd |
Maple Hill Cem. |
Feb. 23, 1981 WCP |
William & Helen (Tubbs) LeCroy |
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Lowe, Inez M. |
Sep. 4, 1902, Wayne Co. |
Sep. 5, 1981, Flora, IL |
Charlie Lowe, Feb. 10, 1921; he died in 1952 |
Pleasant Grove Cem. |
Sep. 7, 1981 WCP |
William & Grace (Schofield) Porter |
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Mays, Linda Lee |
Apr. 15, 1947, Bluford, IL |
Mar. 29, 1981, St. Louis, MO |
Rev. Richard G. Mays Sr. |
Thomason Cemetery |
Apr. 2, 1981 WCP |
Vernon & Waneta (Braddy) Evans |
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Miller, Harry "Gid" |
Nov. 7, 1893, Wayne Co. |
Sep., 1981, Olney, IL |
Mary Reid, Sep. 15, 1918 |
Cisne Cem. |
Sep. 24, 1981 WCP |
Daniel & Adolphena (Feller) Miller |
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Miller, Harry "Gid" |
Nov. 7, 1893, Wayne Co. |
Sep., 1981, Olney, IL |
Mary Reid, Sep. 15, 1918 |
Cisne Cem. |
Sep. 24, 1981 WCP |
Daniel & Adolphena (Feller) Miller |
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Morris, Bonnie L. |
Sep. 17, 1933, Wayne Co. |
Aug. 30, 1981, Fairfield |
Henry edgar Morris,-died, Feb. 4, 1976 |
Lappin Cem., nr. Geff |
Aug. 31, 1981 WCP |
Albert J. & Ethel Markham Lambrich |
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Mullinax, Bill |
Aug. 29, 1933, Geff |
Nov. 15, 1981, Bloomington, IL |
Doris Geske, Nov. 3, 1965, Lincoln, IL |
Heyworth Cem. |
Nov. 17, 1981 Pantagraph |
Lee & Anna Faith Mullinax; Korean War |
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Musgrave, Cloyd Dewey |
Aug. 29, 1898, Wayne Co. |
May, 1981, Fairfield |
Tillie Irene McBride, Sep. 15, 1918 |
Maple Hill Cem. |
May 23, 1981 WCP |
Wayne & Susie (Vaughan) Musgrave |
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Musgrave, Iris L. |
May 23, 1920, Wayne Co. |
Mar. 30, 1981, Evansville, IN |
Dellos Musgrave, Oct. 31, 1936 |
Maple Hill Cem. |
Apr. 2, 1981 WCP |
Clarence & Ora (Mayberry) Williams |
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Nettleton, Helen |
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Feb. 9, 1981, Fairfield |
Ernest Nettleton |
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Feb. 9, 1981 WCP |
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Patterson, Joe |
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