Obituaries

Mary Butler

Mary R. “Rosie” Butler, 67, Paris, passed away at 3:15 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023, at the home of her daughter, following a lengthy illness. She had been a CNA before retiring from …

Janet Kraemer

Janet Elaine Kraemer, 64, of Terre Haute, Ind., passed away at 9:57 p.m. EDT Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023, at her residence. A service celebrating her life is noon Thursday, Sept. 28, at Templeton …

James Cown

James Raymond "Ray" Cown, 79, Marshall, passed away 2:22 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023, in Union Hospital, Terre Haute, Ind. A public graveside service is 11 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 23. More …

Shawnna Cunningham

Shawnna Lynn Cunningham, 44, Kansas, passed away Monday, Sept. 18, 2023, at her home. The family will host a memorial service at a later date. Templeton Funeral Home is assisting with arrangements. …

Carrie Collier

Carrie Lee Collier, 46, Paris, passed away 5:37 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 16, 2023. Burial was private in Edgar Cemetery. Templeton Funeral Home of Paris was in charge of arrangements. Mrs. …

Daryl Huffstutler

NEWMAN – Daryl R. Huffstutler of Newman, formerly of Mahomet, passed away 2 p.m. Monday, Sept. 18, 2023, at his home. A funeral service is 11 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 23, at Joines Funeral Home and …

Barbara Ross

Barbara Ann Ross, 79, Chrisman, passed away 5:02 a.m. Monday, Sept. 18, 2023, at her home. A funeral service is 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 23, at Stewart and Carroll Funeral Home. Burial follows in …

Robert Collenberger

URBANA — Robert E. Collenberger, 91 of Urbana, passed away Sept. 16, 2023, at home.  Burial is in St. Mary’s Catholic Cemetery, Paris. Renner-Wikoff Chapel is in charge of the …

Patrick Dillon

NEWMAN — Patrick E. Dillon, 63, of Newman passed away Monday, Sept. 11, 2023, at Paris Community Hospital. A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated at 10 a.m. Sept. 15 at St. Aloysius …

Marjorie Milliner

Marjorie E. Milliner, 102, of Paris, passed away at 2:30 a.m. on Thursday, Sept. 7, 2023, at Paris Health and Rehab Center.  A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated 2 p.m. Sept. 9 at St. …

Leatha Romine

TUSCOLA — Leatha P. Romine, 97, of Tuscola, formerly of Brocton, passed away at 8:11 a.m., Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023, at Brookstone Estates, Tuscola. A graveside services is 1 …

Michael McCarty

Michael Lawrence McCarty, 71, of Paris, passed away at 6:41 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2023, at his home. He was retired after many years of working in maintenance. Private interment is at a later …

Carla Schetter

LAS VEGAS – Carla Schetter, 64, Las Vegas, Nev., passed away Friday, July 7, 2023. A private memorial service will be held. Mrs. Schetter was born in Paris and lived 40 years in …

Doyle Smith

MARSHALL – Doyle Levon Smith, 81, Terre Haute, Ind, formerly of Martinsville, passed away 8:40 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023, at his home. A memorial service is 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 23, at …

Janet Vice

Janet Ruth Vice, 74, Paris, passed away 7:45 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023, at Anderson Hospital in Maryville, Ill. She had worked many years as a CNA with the University of Iowa Hospitals. A …

Jerry Cusick

Jerry Lee Cusick Jr., 69, Paris, passed away Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2023, at Union Hospital from a long illness. He fought hard until the very end. His wishes were to be cremated with no services. …

Richard Ellingsworth

Richard “Dick” Allen Ellingsworth, 74, Paris, passed away 9:55 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2023, at Union Hospital. A funeral service is 11 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 19, at Stewart and …

Patricia Cardinal

SUN CITY WEST, Ariz – Patricia A. Sanders Cardinal, 90, formerly of Paris and Petersburg, Ind., passed peacefully April 17, 2022, of natural causes at her group home in Scottsdale, Ariz., …

David Cardinal

SUN CITY WEST, Ariz. – David E. Cardinal, 92, formerly of Petersburg, Ind., passed peacefully of natural causes Sept 6, 2023, in his group home in Scottsdale, Ariz., surrounded by his son, …

LaVerne Fraser

NEWMAN – LaVerne H. Fraser, 91, Newman, passed away Saturday, Sept. 9, 2023, at his home. A celebration of life is 1 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 24, at the First Christian Church in Newman. More …

Patrick Dillon

NEWMAN – Patrick Dillon passed away Monday, Sept. 11. A funeral service is 10 a.m. Friday, Sept. 14, at St Aloysius Church in Paris and visitation is 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 14, at Newman …

Eugene Shotts

MARSHALL – Eugene S. Shotts, 81, Marshall, passed away 8:15 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 9, 2023, at his home. A funeral service is 1 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 14, at Pearce Funeral Home and visitation is …

David Bowers

David Kirk Bowers, 73, Paris, passed away at 2:03 a.m. EDT Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023, at IU Health Hospice House, Bloomington, Ind. He was an engineer with the former Midwest Body Corporation and had …

Margaret Ramsey

MARSHALL – Margaret A. Ramey, 94, Dennison, passed away 11:25 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 7, 2023. A graveside service is 1 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 9, at Bethesda Cemetery, West Terre Haute, Ind. More …

Linda Gosnell

Linda Sue Gosnell, 64, Redmon, passed away 7:11 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2023, at Gibson Family Center for Hospice Care in Terre Haute, Ind.  She was a homemaker. A service celebrating her …

Timothy Porter

MARSHALL – Timothy Jack Porter, 64, Marshall, passed away 11 p.m. Saturday, Sept 2, 2023. Private services will be held at a later date. More information at www.pearcefuneralservices.com.

Vicki Remlinger

MARSHALL – Vicki L. Remlinger, 77, Marshall, passed away Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2023. Arrangements are pending at Pearce Funeral Home. More information at www.pearcefuneralservices.com.

Lance Baldwin

Lance Michael Baldwin, 41, Chrisman, passed away Monday, Sept. 4, 2023. A funeral service is 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 9, at Templeton Funeral Home and visitation is from 1 p.m. until the service time …

Ruth Wilkey

Ruth Wilkey, 94, Paris, passed away 5:04 p.m. Friday, Sept. 1, 2023. A funeral service is 11 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 6, at Templeton Funeral Home and visitation is from 9 a.m. until the service time …

Norman Kerans

OAKLAND – Norman Eugene Kerans, 91, Oakland, passed away Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023. A funeral service is Tuesday, Sept. 5, at Krabel Funeral Home and visitation is from 10 a.m. until the service …

Pama Brown

Pama Lee Brown, 75, Paris, passed away at 11:45 a.m. Monday, Aug. 28, 2023, at her home. A service celebrating her life is 10 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 9, at Templeton Funeral Home with the Rev. …

Patty Huddlestun

MARSHALL – Patty A. Huddlestun, 74, Casey, passed away Sunday, Aug. 27, 2023. A funeral service is 2 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 5, at Pearce Funeral Home and visitation is from noon until the service …

John Holmes

NEWMAN – John Luther Holmes passed away Friday, Aug. 25, 2023. A funeral service is Wednesday, Aug. 30, at Joines Funeral Home, Newman and visitation is 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 29, at the …

Marc Fletcher

Marc David Fletcher, 65 of Paris, Illinois, passed away at 11:33 a.m. Friday, Aug. 25, 2023. Visitation is from 2 to 4 p.m. Friday, Sept. 1, at Templeton Funeral Home and military honors follow the …

William Johnson

William Larry Johnson, 76, Vermilion, passed away 10:55 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 25, 2023, at the Gibson Family Center for Hospice Care in Terre Haute, Ind. A funeral service is 11 a.m. Thursday, …

Rosemary Hopper

Rosemary Sanqunetti Hopper, 83, Paris, passed away 11 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023, at her home surrounded by family. A Mass of Christian Burial is 10 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 29, at St. …

Charles Denbo

Charles Richard “Rich” Denbo, 75, Hume, passed away 11:57 a.m. Monday, Aug. 21, 2023, surrounded by his family at his residence. A graveside service is 11 a.m. Monday, Aug. 28, at …

Harold Rigdon Sr.

Harold E. Rigdon Sr., 85, Paris, passed away 2:55 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 23. 2023, at Horizon Health Paris Community Hospital.  He was a retired after 32 years of being owner/operator of Harold …

Virginia Deisher

MARSHALL – Virginia Ann Miller Deisher passed away Friday, Aug. 18, 2023. A funeral service is 3 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 26, at Pearce Funeral Home and visitation is from 1 p.m. until the service …

Karl Lenhart

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – Karl Omer Lenhart, 64, Terre Haute, Ind., passed away Aug. 19th, 2023. A funeral service is 1 p.m. Friday, Aug. 28, at Samaritan Funeral Home and visitation is from 11 a.m. …

Oles Winanas

Oles Marie Winans, 101, Paris, passed away 5:18 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 20, 2023, at Paris Health and Rehab Center. She had been a receptionist and bookkeeper for the Paris Clinic for 48 years. A …

Forrest Horton

Forrest Leslie Horton, 84, Kansas, passed away 7:10 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 17, 2023. A funeral service is noon Thursday, Aug. 24, at Templeton Funeral Home and visitation is 10 a.m. until the service …

Joseph henson

Joseph Michael Henson, 66, Paris, passed away 2:22 p.m. Friday, Aug. 18, 2023, at Gibson Hospice in Terre Haute, Ind. A Mass of Christian Burial is 10 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 26, at St. Mary’s …

Timothy Hovis

Timothy James Hovis, 61, Paris, passed away 5:52 p.m. Friday, Aug. 11, 2023. Visitation is from 3 to 5 p.m. Monday, Aug.21, 2023, at Templeton Funeral Home and interment will be private at a later …

Geneva Evans

MARSHALL – Geneva Evans, 94, Marshall, passed away 1:05 p.m. Monday, Aug. 14, 2023. A funeral service is 10 a.m. Monday, Aug. 21, at Pearce Funeral Home and visitation is from 5 to 7 p.m. …

John Shotts II

MARSHALL – John Marshall Shotts II, 54, of Marshall,  passed away 4:28 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 12, 2023. A funeral service is 11 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 19, at Pearce Funeral Home and visitation …

Dorothy Waltz

Dorothy L. Waltz, 99, Paris, passed away 12:20 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 12, 2023. A funeral service is 11 a.m. today, Aug. 19, at Stewart and Carroll Funeral Home with Bro. Nate Alexander …

Barbara Carroll

HUME – Barbara Ann Carroll, 83, Chrisman, formerly of Danville, peacefully passed away 12:15 p.m. Sunday, Aug.13, 2023, at Pleasant Meadows Senior Living in Chrisman. A Mass of Christian …

Travis Wilson

MARSHALL – Travis Desmond Wilson, 49, Normal, formerly of Marshall, passed away 8:40 a.m. Friday, Aug. 11, 2023. A funeral service is 3 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 20, at Pearce Funeral Home and …

Sandra Landsaw

Sandra D. Landsaw, Paris, passed away 3 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2023, at her home. She was a group leader and quality technician at Simonton Windows where she had worked for 26 years. A …

Dana Hales

NEWMAN – Dana Richard Hales died peacefully 1:30 p.m. Aug. 6, 2023, at his home surrounded by his loving family. A funeral service is 10 a.m. Friday, August 11, at Joines Funeral Home. …

John Swanson

John Arthur Swanson, 91, Paris, passed away 6:54 p.m. Monday, Aug. 7, 2023. He retired in 2001 after 41 years as a physical therapist, 21 years of which were spent at Paris Hospital. A funeral …

James Daugherty

James F. “Jamie” Daugherty, 53, Paris, passed away 6:18 p.m. Friday, Aug. 4, 2023. Visitation is 4 to 6 p.m. Aug. 14 at Templeton Funeral Home. More information at …

Robert Peck

Robert Bryan Peck, 66, Champaign, passed away Sunday, July 30, 2023. Services will be at a later date. More information at www.joinesfuneralhome.com.

Paula Shetler

MARSHALL – Paula Rae Shetler,76, Marshall, passed away at 8:15 p.m. Monday, July 31, 2023. Services will be held at a later date. More information at www.pearcefuneralservices.com.

Louis Riggs

MARSHALL – Louis Cecil Riggs Jr., 42, Casey, passed away at 11:23 p.m. July 29, 2023. Private services will be held at a later date. More information at www.pearcefuneralservices.com.

Melinda Lewis

Melinda C. Lewis, 84, Kansas, passed away at 2:39 p.m. Thursday, July 27, 2023. A service celebrating her life is 2 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 2, at Templeton Funeral Home and visitation is from 1 p.m. …

Marcella Deisher

MARSHALL – Marcella Alberta “Gracie” Deisher, 81, Marshall, passed away 1:50 p.m. Thursday, July 27, 2023. A funeral service was 2 p.m. Sunday, July 30, at Pearce Funeral Home and …

Elizabeth Schaefer

Elizabeth “Libby” Sue Schaefer, 75, Olney, passed away 4:32 p.m. on Friday, July 28, 2023, at Carle Richland Memorial Hospital, Olney. Visitation will be from 2 to 4 p.m. Tuesday, …

Phyllis Webster

Phyllis Ann “Mimi” Webster passed away Tuesday, July 25, 2023, from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. She was retired from the banking industry. At her request, there …

Mildred Stephen

MARSHALL – Mildred M. Stephen, 91, Martinsville, passed away at 4:45 a.m. Monday, July 24, 2023. A funeral service is 11 a.m. Saturday, July 29, at First Christian Church and visitation is from …

Steve Johnson III

Steve Dwayne Johnson, Jr., 51, of Paris, Illinois, passed away at 6:23 a.m. Wednesday, July 26, 2023. A service celebrating his life is 10 a.m. Monday, July 31, at Templeton Funeral Home and …

Darrell Lowry

Darrell E. Lowry, 50, of Dudley, Illinois, took off on his biggest ride yet on July 24, 2023. The family will host a private celebration of life at a later date. More information at …

Freda Noppert

MARSHALL – Freda J. Noppert, 85, Marshall, passed away 9:05 p.m. Friday, July 21, 2023. A service honoring her life is 11 a.m. Wednesday, July 26 at Pearce Funeral Home and visitation is from …

Charles Nay

The Rev. Charles Kenneth “CK” Nay, 59, Paris, found his heavenly home 7:30 p.m. Saturday, July 22, 2023, at Carle Hospital, Urbana. A funeral service is 2 p.m. CDT Friday, July 28, …

Kenneth Knight

Pastor Kenneth Dale Knight, 82, of Paris, went to Heaven at 1:30 a.m. EDT Thursday, July 20, 2023, at Indiana University Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis. He retired in 2020 after over fifty-three …

Andrew Riza

Andrew Lane Riza, 17, of Ridge Farm, passed away at 8:19 a.m. Wednesday, July 19, 2023. The family will host a private celebration of life at a later date. More information at …

Gerald Waltrip

MARSHALL – Gerald “Gerry” or “Wally” E. Waltrip Gerry, 62, Marshall, formerly of Paris, passed away 1:43 a.m. Wednesday July 12, 2023. He was under Hospice Care at …

Stone Soup is about cooperation

This past Christmas I purchased, for my wife, a set of DVDs featuring nine seasons of the much beloved television series from the 1970s and 1980s, “Little House on the Prairie.” One …

Harold Noyes

MARSHALL – Harold J. Noyes, 94, of Paris, IL, formerly of Marshall, IL, passed away Wednesday, July 19, 2023. There will be no services. More information at www.pearcefuneralservices.com.

Kenneth Jensen

MARSHALL – Kenneth Andrew Jensen, 92, passed away 10:10 PM Saturday, July 15, 2023, at Twin Lakes Rehab in Paris. He was retired from the banking industry A graveside service is 1 p.m. …

Ronald Kiger

MARSHALL – Ronald Lee Kiger, 81, of Terre Haute, Ind., formerly of Marshall, passed away July 15, 2023. A memorial service is 3 p.m. Sunday, July 23, at Pearce Funeral Home and visitation is …

Nada Dunn

NEWMAN – Nada Lou Richards Dunn, 84, of Newman passed away Monday, July 17, 2023. A funeral service is 10 a.m. Friday, July 21, at Joines Funeral Home and visitation is 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, …

Calvin Stockman

Dr. Calvin Stockman, formerly of Paris, passed away June 21, 2023, in Scottsdale, Ariz.

Scott Liggett

MARSHALL – Scott S. Liggett, 48, Terre Haute, Ind., passed away at 1:21 a.m. Friday, July 14, 2023. A memorial service is 2 p.m. CST Saturday, July 22, at Pearce Funeral home and visitation is …

Chris Julian

Chris Julian, 65, Aurora, passed away Friday, May 5, 2023. A service celebrating his life is 3 p.m. Wednesday, July 19, at Templeton Funeral Home. Visitation is from 2 p.m. until the service time …

Carrie Lance

Carrie Kathleen Lance, 99, of Paris, passed away at 2:05 a.m. Tuesday, July 11, 2023, at Willowbrook Memory Care in Marshall. A graveside service is 2 p.m. Friday, July 14, at Edgar Cemetery in …

Wanda McKnight

Wanda Maxine McKnight, 81, of Chrisman, passed away at 12:34 a.m. on Tuesday, July 11, 2023, at Villas of Hollybrook in Danville. She was the office manager for Pleasant Meadows Christian Village for …

Donald Camp

Donald Wayne “Red” Camp, 88, of Paris, Illinois, passed away at 7:36 p.m. Sunday, July 9, 2023, at Horizon Health Paris Community Hospital. He was retired after many years in farming and …

John Gallagher

MARSHALL – John "JB" Gallagher passed away on Sunday, April 23, 2023. A graveside service is 10 a.m. July, 29,  in St. Mary’s Cemetery. A celebration of life follows at the Marshall …

Linda Tucker

Linda L. Tucker, 82, of Paris, passed away after a short battle with cancer at 2:50 p.m. Tuesday, July 4, 2023, at her home, surrounded by her family. A graveside service is 11 a.m. Saturday, …

Lawrence Bryan

Lawrence Edward “Larry, L.B.” Bryan, 69, of Olney, formerly of Ingraham, passed away at his home. A funeral mass is 1 p.m. Saturday, July 8, at Holy Cross Church in Wendelin.  …

Harold Wilcoxon

BROCTON – Harold “Mack” McQueen Wilcoxon of Newman, went home to be with the Lord at 5 pm, Monday, July 3, 2023. Mack retired as an electrician-mechanic from a coal mine in …

Joshua Goodwin

Joshua Adam Goodwin, 44, of Freelandville, Ind., passed away Friday, June 30, 2023. He was currently a machinist at Toyota and previously at GE Aviation. A funeral service is 11 a.m. Friday, …

Marilyn Kelly

Marilyn K. Kelly, 79, of Paris, passed away at 9:59 p.m. Friday, June 30, 2023, at Carle Hospital, Urbana. She was a devoted homemaker. She had also worked at TRW, Zenith, Colson’s, and most …

Orville Waggoner Jr.

Orville Waggoner Jr., 78, Marshall, formerly of Martinsville, passed away at 10 p.m. Thursday, Jene 29, at his home. There is no services scheduled. More information at www.pearcefuenralservices.com.

Charles Pennington

Charles R. Pennington, 90, of Marshall, passed away Tuesday, June 27th, 2023. A service honoring his life is 10:30 a.m. Saturday, July 1, at Pearce Funeral Home and visitation is from 4 to 7 p.m. …

Teressa Steen

Teressa Lynn Steen, 55, of Paris, passed away 2:28 p.m. EDT Tuesday, June 27, 2023. At her request, no public services are planned. Interment will be private. More information at …

William Newlin

William F. P. “Bill” Newlin, Jr., 72, of Paris, formerly of Morgantown, W. Virginia, passed away at 1:22 p.m. EDT Monday, June 26, 2023. A service celebrating his life is 2:00 p.m. …

William Cash

William “Bill” Edward Cash, 84, passed away Saturday, June 17, 2023.  A celebration of life is 1 p.m. Sunday, July 16, at the American Legion in Paris with military rites by American …

Gladys Riddle

MARTINSVILLE – Gladys “Trudy” Gertrude Cunningham Riddle, 80, Talking Rock, Ga., passed away Tuesday, May 2, 2023, at her daughter’s home while in hospice care. She married …

Judith Bennett

Judith C. "Judy" Bennett, 76, of Charleston, IL, formerly of Martinsville, IL, passed away 2;32 AM Saturday, June 24, 2023. A service honoring her life is 10 a.m. Friday, June 30, at Pearce Funeral …

Esther Spires

Esther L. Spires, 95, of Terre Haute, IN, formerly of Marshall, IL, passed away 1:05 AM Saturday, June 24, 2023. A service honoring her life is 1 p.m. Thursday, June 29, at the Clarksville Baptist …

Emily Nixon

Emily Ann Ward Nixon, 89, Kansas City passed away at 5:50 a.m. Thursday, June 22, 2023. A graveside service is 10 a.m. Tuesday, June 27, at St. Mary’s Cemetery in Paris. Stewart and …

Charles Gates

Charles Ray Gates, 85, of Paris, passed away June 20, 2023, at home surrounded by family.   Following cremation, a memorial visitation is 4 to 7 p.m. Friday, June 30, at Stewart & …

Dan and Twila Hall

A memorial service for Dan and Twila Hall, who passed away in 2022, is noon Saturday, July 1, at Stewart and Carroll Funeral Home. Visitation is from 10 a.m. until the service time Saturday at the …

Eric Gale

BERLIN, N.H. — Eric W. Gale, 64, of Berlin, N.H., passed away June 20, 2023, at his home. A private memorial service will be held. Burial at sea is being conducted by the U.S. military. …

Mackenzi White

OAKLAND – Mackenzi Krystyna White, 54, of Oakland, died June 20, 2023, at her home. No public services are scheduled. More information at www.krabelfuneralhome.com

Patricia Schaich

Patricia Ann Schaich, 90, of Paris, passed away at 6:45 a.m. Thursday, June 22, 2023, at Paris Health and Rehab Center. She was retired after twenty years as a cashier with Central Illinois Public …