Martha M. Smith
Dec 27, 2005
Martha M. Smith 80 of Danville passed away at 10:04 P.M.Tuesday December 27, 2005 at Provena USMC Hospital. She was born August 20, 1925 in Chicago, the daughter of William and Rose Roush Edge. She married Raymond Vanduyn on April 22, 1946 in Chicago he preceded her in 1979 and later married Earl Smith on July 4, 1981 he...
Otah W. Smith
Dec 27, 2005
To Teach is to Touch a Life Forever Otah W. Smith, 82, a lifetime Danville resident, passed away at his home in the comfort of his loved ones on Tuesday, December 27, 2005. He had not been well all fall. He was born June 19, 1923 in Little Rock, Arkansas the son of the late George and Ruth (Straley)...
Ruth Noggle
Dec 27, 2005
GEORGETOWN - Ruth Noggle, 91, of Georgetown, passed away at 6:30am, December 27th, 2005, in Columbus, IN. She was born September 15th, 1914, near Newport, Indiana, the daughter of Wilbert and Iva (Jones) Downs. She married Forrest Noggle on February 14th, 1937, in Dana, IN. He preceded her in death. She was also preceded in death by one sister-Frances...
Virginia 'Jinny' Ann Shaw
Dec 26, 2005
WESTVILLE- Virginia Ann (Miller) Shaw of Westville received her Peace from our Lord on December 26, 2005 at her residence. Mrs. Shaw was born on September 11, 1920, in Danville, IL, the daughter of Percy S. and Hazel (Barger) Miller. Both precede her in death. She was married to, and raised their children with Joseph Shaw for 33 years....
Robert J. Burow
Dec 25, 2005
Robert J. Burow, 92, former publisher of the Commercial-News and active community member, died Sunday evening, Dec. 25, 2005, at a nursing home in Tucson, Ariz. He traveled between Danville and Tucson for close to 40 years, but stopped coming back the past five years. Burow had a 36-year career with Gannett Co., retiring as publisher of the Commercial-News...
Robert Mervyn Demarse
Dec 23, 2005
Robert Mervyn DeMarse, 64, of Danville passed away at 1:35 p.m. Friday, December 22, 2005 at Provena United Samaritans Medical Center in Danville. Robert was born on February 11, 1941 in Watseka, Illinois, the son of Fred and Opal (Price) DeMarse. He married Ronda Smith on February 18, 1977 in Westland, Michigan. She survives. He is also survived by...
Judi Russian
Dec 22, 2005
Judith Judi Ann Russian, 59, of Tilton passed away at 8:08 p.m. Thursday, December 22, 2005 at Carle Foundation Hospital in Urbana. Judi was born on March 31, 1946 in Danville, the daughter of Wilbur Anderson and Amelia Jane (Jenkins) Riggs. She married Richard Louis Russian on February 13, 1971 at St. Marys Catholic Church in Westville. He survives....
Alice Kathy Heidrick
Dec 22, 2005
Alice Kathleen Kathy Arnold Heidrick, 55, of Danville, died at 1:10 pm on Thursday, December 22, 2005 at Carle Foundation Hospital in Urbana. She was born April 12, 1950 in Springfield, IL the daughter of Glenn Hobart and Lorna Eileen (List) Arnold. She married Max Edward Heidrick on July 20, 1969 in Petersburg, IL. He survives. Alice is also...
Sarah Louise Zillman
Dec 21, 2005
Sarah Louise (Stumme) Zillman passed away peacefully on December 21, 2005 at the Hawthorne Inn where she had been a resident since 2002. She was born at home in Danville on September 27, 1915, the daughter of Louis and Lillian Stumme. She attended Trinity Lutheran School through the eighth grade. She attended Danville High School, where she excelled in...
Foyer Helen
Dec 20, 2005
WESTVILLE- Helen (LeSage) Foyer, 93, of Westville, passed away on December 20, 2005, at her residence in Westville. Helen was born on September 6, 1912, in Sandy Run, PA, the daughter of Henry and Myrtle (Richir) LeSage. On September 6, 1930, Helen married Joseph R. Foyer in Bunsenville, IL. He preceded her in death in 1984. Helen was a...