2004 Wayne County Press

Obituaries

By

 Betty Wheat

Betty Wheat has collected the obituaries out of the Wayne County Press for the year 2004 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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MALONE, Julia B. SIMPSON

July 20, 1914

Geff

Nov 30, 2004

Evansville Ind.

Dec 25, 1935

Merle J. Malone

d. May 7, 2003

Cisne

Wayne Co. Press

 

Dec 2, 2004

d/o Samuel & Sidney Ellen SPRIGGS Simpson

MANAHAN, Lena L. WARREN

Mar 27, 1914

Wayne Co.

Apr 29, 2004

Fairfield

Jan 2, 1932

Lewis Manahan

d. 1984

Bailey

Wayne Co. Press

May 3, 2004

d/o Oliver & Sarah POWLESS Warren

MANN, Marion Lee Sr.

Oct 23, 1910

Wayne Co.

Nov 20, 2004

Franklin Grove

Nov 29, 1933

Matilda Jane Heidinger

d. Dec 11, 1979

Trinity Memorial Gardens

Rochelle

Wayne Co. Press

Nov 22, 2004

s/o Frank & Augusta SMITH Mann

MANN, Wayne Loren

Jan 30, 1922

Wayne Co

Sept 20, 2004

Indianapolis Ind.

June 27, 1946

Vivian G. Ganong

d. Feb 1, 1996

East Lawn Cemetery

Salem

Wayne Co. Press

Sept 23, 2004

s/o Loren O. & Mary FENIMORE Mann

WWII U. S. Army Vet

MARSHEL, Stanley R.

Aug 30, 1941

Bloomington

Oct 14, 2004

W. Brooklyn

 

Lawnridge

Rochelle

Wayne Co. Press

Oct 18, 2004

s/o Strauder & Cletus AYERSMAN Marshel

MARTIN, Danny Ray

Jan 13, 1953

Edwards Co., Il.

Jan 29, 2004

Noble

Dec 6, 1997

Karen Rule (Shain)

Marion Cemetery

W. Salem

Wayne Co. Press

Feb 2, 2004

s/o Odean & Bernita BAKER Martin

Vietnam Vet U. S. Navy

MARTIN, Mary Ann HOLLINGER

Mar 1, 1940

Jan 26, 2004

Flora

 

Martin Creek

Wayne Co. Press

Jan 29, 2004

d/o Roy & Elizabeth MEDLER Hollinger

MARVEL, Rev. Raymond LeRoy

“Lucky LeRoy”

Aug 9, 1924

Benton

Jan 12, 2004

Mt. Vernon

June 24, 1952

Norma J. York

Mt. Vernon Memorial Gardens

Wayne Co. Press

Jan 15, 2004

s/o Everett B. Belvia OVERTURF Marvel

U. S. Army Vet 2 bronze stars & Purple Heart

MASSIE, Norman Wilson

Feb 25, 1913

Mt. Erie

Aug 17, 2004

Carmi

Jan 7, 1939

Anna Fern Wells

Travers Cemetery

Mt. Erie

Wayne Co. Press

Aug 19, 2004

s/o Grover & Lora FLOYD Massie

MASSEY, Stowell

 “ Zane”

 

Nov 20, 2004

Fairfield 71y

Jan

 

Wayne Co. Press

Nov 22, 2004

s/o William & Cloe Massey

MATTEWS, Dale L.

Arizona Territory before it was a state

Nov 22, 2004

95y

1981

Virginia Moss

d. 1996

Maple Hill

Wayne Co. Press

Nov 22, 2004

Nov 24, 2004

 

MATZ, Joyce McDermott POLLARD

July 12, 1920

Burnt Prairie

May 30, 2004

Fairfield

 

White Co. Memorial Gardens

Carmi

Wayne Co. Press

June 3, 2004

 

MAYER, Grace V. COMPTON

Oct 17, 1914

White Co.

Nov 22, 2004

Houston, Texas

m.1 Paul Spencer

d 1949

m.2 John Mayer

d. 1983

Maple Hill

Wayne Co. Press

Nov 22, 2004

Nov 24, 2004

Nov 29, 2004

d/o Roy & Eva HUTCHCRAFT Compton

MAYFIELD, Alice JETT

Dec 11, 1926

Oct 28, 2004

Phoenix Arizona

 

Cedar Hill

New Mexico

Wayne Co. Press

Nov 15, 2004

d/o Arthur Lindsay & Fern Lois Lucretia HARRIS Jett

MAYFIELD, Elizabeth & Joshua (newborn Twins)

Mar 7, 2004

May 7, 2004

Chicago

 

Maple Hill

Wayne Co. Press

Mar 11, 2004

c/o Jeff & Cynthia Mayfield

MCCARY, Jack C.

Apr 30, 1917

Diamond Okla.

Apr 9, 2004

Fairfield

Sept 13, 1939

Roberta BROWN

Maple Hill

Wayne Co. Press

Apr 12, 2004

s/o Clarence & Hazel McCary

McCARY, Roberta BROWN

Nov 28, 1921

Pondcreek Okla.

Sept 5, 2004

Fairfield

Sept 13, 1939

Jack McCary

d. Apr 9, 2004

Maple Hill

Wayne Co. Press

Sept 7, 2004

d/o Robert & Anna GARTEN Brown

MCCORMICK, Burl (Robert)

May 20, 1908

Wayne Co.

Feb 22, 2004

Wayne City

Jan 19, 1934

Gladys (BUTLER)

d. Aug 30, 2003

Olive Branch

Wayne Co. Press

Feb 23, 2004

s/o Chesley Robert & Mary Elizabeth WOODS McCormick

MCCORMICK, Daniel L.

Apr 2, 1954

McLeansboro

Apr 6, 2004

DeSoto Mo.

Sept 1, 1980

Peggy Twiggs

Thomason

Wayne Co. Press

Apr 12, 2004

s/o Dennis “Dutch” & Lucille SPICER McCormick

MCCORMICK, Esther Merle DAVIDSON

Sept 7, 1916

Eddyville

Jan 9, 2004

Kankakee

July 29, 1934

Edward McCormick

d. Oct 10, 1977

 

Wayne Co. Press

Jan 15, 2004

d/o Dr. Frank Finis & Mary Ethel PYLE Davidson

MCCOY, Esther Lorene PENNINGTON

June 24, 1920

Wayne Co.

June 28, 2004

Springfield

Freeman “Mick” McCoy d.

Rochester Cemetery

Rochester

Wayne Co. Press

July 1, 2004

d/o James Harrison “Harry” & Clara VAUGHN Pennington

MCCULLEY, Desiree Janice

 

Nov 15, 2004

12y hit by car

Nashville TN

 

 

Wayne Co. Press

Nov 18, 2004

d/o John & Kim McCulley

MCDUFFEE, Ronald Dale “Spanky”

July 16, 1968

Pomona California

Sept 22, 2004

Marion

V. A. Hospital

 

Maple Hill

Wayne Co. Press

Sept 23, 2004

s/o Elmer & Carolyn COPLAND McDuffee

Navy Vet 1988-1992

McELHATTAN, Kathryn SHEHORN

Dec 11, 1927

Rinard

Dec 11, 2004

Cisne

Dec 13, 1945

Leo McElhattan

Bunker Cemetery

Rinard

Wayne Co. Press

Dec 13, 2004

d/o Clarence H. & Juanita GRANDON Shehorn

MCGREW, Madalyn COOK

Mar 29, 1921

Gary Ind.

Mar 6, 2004

Clay Co.

June 14, 1941

Robert L. “Tony”

McGrew

d. Feb 14, 1992

Willow Branch

Rinard

Wayne Co. Press

Mar 8, 2004

d/o Walter & Florence LEWIS Cook

McGUIRE, Karen PETTIGREW

Mar 19, 1944

Morris

Dec 25, 2004

Fairfield

July 2, 1981

Darrel BUCKLES

(as written in obit)

Graceland

Albion

Wayne Co. Press

Dec 27, 2004

d/o James & Eva Grace GILL Pettigrew

MCKAY, Elmer

Aug 9, 1919

Mt. Erie

Oct 24, 2004

Flora

Alberta

d. 1992

Oak Valley cemetery

Wayne Co. Press

Oct 28, 2004

s/o Chaney & Hannah WALTERS McKay

MCKIBBEN, Mildred Jane COLLINS

Sept 29, 1914

Ellery

Dec 24, 2004

Olney

Sept 29, 1935

John A. McKibben

Graceland

Albion

Wayne Co. Press

Dec 27, 2004

d/o Lawrence & Myrtle BUNTING Collins

MCKINNEY, Evelyn WOOD

June 6, 1914

Wayne County

Mar 29, 2004

Wayne City

William “Bill” McKinney

d. Feb 28, 1988

Thomason

Wayne Co. Press

Apr 1, 2004

d/o Fred & Elsie SHARP Woods

MCLERRAN, Mary Opal FYIE

Aug 27, 1909

Dexter MO

Sept 22, 2004

Olney

Jan 5, 1928

Russell McLerran

d. Aug 22, 1981

Maple Hill

Wayne Co. Press

Sept 23, 2004

d/o Nocholas & Martha McINTOSH Fyie

MCKNEELEN, Ruthy Pearl RICHISON

Feb 2, 1900

Orchardville

Feb 7, 2004

Nashville TN

Feb 3, 1918

Leslie McKneelen

d. May 21, 1989

Cisne

Wayne Co. Press

Feb 9, 2004

d/o Halleck & Dollie HAWKINS Richison

McSORLEY, Richard L. “Dick”

Apr 13, 1935

Shelby Co.

Nov 1, 2004

Wayne City

May 4, 1978

Barbara Jean Bozarth

Thomason

Wayne Co. Press

Nov 4, 2004

s/o Orval & Thelma HARRISON McSorley

U. S. Army Vet

MEDLER, Charles R.

June 2, 1932

Fairfield

Apr 12, 2004

Joliet

1951

Shirley Overbee

Riverview Cemetery

Wayne Co. Press

Apr 15, 2004

s/o Holly & Gladys FLANDERS Medler

MEDLOCK, Dale L.

Nov 6, 1978

June 12, 2004

Missouri

 

 

Wayne Co. Press

June 14, 2004

s/o Dillard & Brenda Medlock

MEINSOHN, James Dudley

Oct 25, 1928

St. Louis Mo.

July 1, 2004

Englewood Colo.

 

Cremated

Wayne Co. Press

July 12, 2004

s/o Sarah STEWART Meinsohn

served in the pacific

MELTON, Gerald

July 12, 1934

Paragould, Ark

July 21, 2004

Fairfield

Bernice Musgrave

Maple Hill

Wayne Co. Press

July 22, 2004

s/o Cecil & Maudie ALLISON Melton

MERCER, Annabelle JAMERSON

July 7, 1913

Springerton

May 5, 2004

Evansville, Ind

Jan 3, 1931

John Mercer

d. Sept 22, 1997

Springerton

Cemetery

Springerton

Wayne Co. Press

May 6, 2004

d/o William Henry & Ida METCALF Jamerson

MERITT, C. Ray

Mar 14, 1933

Burnt Prairie

Jan 1, 2004

Fairfield

 

Maple Hill

Wayne Co. Press

Jan 5, 2004

s/o Rissell Harrison & Emalia K. KIESER Meritt

Korean War Vet

MERITT, Dora JAMERSON

Sept 20, 1905

Hamilton Co.

May 23, 2004

Fairfield

Curtis Meritt

d. Apr 20, 1977

Shrewsbury

Wayne Co. Press

May 24, 2004

d/o Henry & Ida METCALF Jamerson

MERRICK, Blade Kristopher

Aug 22, 2000

Fairfield

Sept 6, 2004

Drowning accident

 

Branch Cemetery

Geff

Wayne Co. Press

Sept 7, 2004

s/o Clayton Merrick & April Clifton

 MERRITT, Raymond E. Sr.

Dec 13, 1923

Carmi

May 14, 2004