Category: Obituaries

Wanda Lee Ensign, age 98 December 7, 1924 – May 12, 2023 Wanda Lee Ensign, age 98, of Newton, Illinois, passed away at 5:49 AM – Friday, May 12, 2023, at Helia Healthcare of Newton, Illinois.    Funeral services celebrating Wanda’s life will be held at 11:00 AM – Wednesday, May

Jody Christine Butler Moldroski, of Ingraham, Illinois, was freed from her earthly body on May 7, 2023, at her home. Jody was born on August 10, 1966, to Joe and Judy Butler who survive.  Also surviving are sisters Jana South, Joetta McFarland, and Jenessa Lutz, and a brother Jeremy Butler. 

Ronald Lee Beavers, age 78 June 4, 1944 – May 11, 2023 Ronald Lee Beavers, age 78, of Newton, Illinois, passed away at 12:30 AM – Thursday, May 11, 2023, at Helia Health Care Center in Newton, Illinois. Private family services will be held.  Arrangements are under the care of

Richard A. Nance, age 77 May 16, 1945 – May 6, 2023 Richard A. Nance, age 77, passed away at 6:30 PM – Saturday, May 6, 2023, surrounded by his family. Private family services were held at a later date.  In lieu of flowers, please consider making donations to the

Jane Hart, 78, of Newton, died Tuesday, May 9, 2023, at her home.  Born in Lakeland, Florida, November 11, 1944, the only daughter of James and Helen Blankenship McLain, Jane spent the first half of her childhood growing up on a farm along the Ohio River near Bayou, Kentucky, and

Betty Louise Matlock, age 92 January 4, 1931 – May 5, 2023 Betty Louise Matlock, age 92, of Newton, Illinois, passed away at 5:30 AM – Friday, May 5, 2023, at her daughter’s home in Newton, Illinois.     Private family services will be held with burial in the Trexler Cemetery west

Reverend Jerry Don Bagwell, age 70 July 26, 1952 – May 2, 2023 Reverend Jerry Don Bagwell, age 70, of Effingham, Illinois, passed away at 2:09 PM – Tuesday, May 2, 2023, at HSHS St John’s Hospital in Springfield, Illinois. Funeral services celebrating Pastor Bagwell’s life will be held at

Ronald Eugene WorkmanDecember 12, 1951 – May 1, 2023 Ronald Eugene Workman, age 71, of Olney, Illinois, passed away at 12:45 AM – Monday, May 1, 2023, at Carle Richland Memorial Hospital in Olney, Illinois.Ronald was born on December 12, 1951, in Lawrenceville, Illinois, the son of Charles J. and

Stanley Eugene Cox, 71, passed away at 6:00 am on Thursday, April 27, 2023, in the comfort of his own home in Hidalgo, IL surrounded by family and friends. Funeral services will be at 11:00 am on Monday, May 1, 2023, at the Barkley Funeral Chapel in Greenup, IL. Visitation will be

NEWTON Lon Thomas May, age 86, died at Diversicare Nursing Home in Martin, TN on Good Friday, April 6, 2023. Lon was born January 4th 1936 in Newton, IL to Ira and Dorothy May. He was the youngest in a family of three sisters and two brothers, John, Don, Lenora,