Robert 'Bob' Dean Jackson

May 25, 2024

Robert Dean Jackson is now resting in the comforting presence of his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. He died on Saturday, May 25, 2024, after years of kidney and heart disease.

This kind, generous, loving man entered this life on April 14, 1944, in Terre Haute, Indiana. He was the third son of Elsie Cheesewright Jackson and...

Charles 'Charlie' A. Watts

May 25, 2024

Charles "Charlie" Allen Watts, 83, of Covington went to be with the Lord on May 25, 2024 at 2:28 am at the Bickford of Crawfordsville.

He was born December 11, 1940, in Covington, Indiana, the son of the late Henry Everett and Gertrude May Shumaker Watts. He married Cheryl Loleta Lyons on May 4, 1962 in Covington,...

Barbara Diane (Washburn) Franklin

May 25, 2024

Barbara Diane Franklin, 79, of Rantoul, passed away at 6:30 a.m. Saturday, May 25, 2024, at Carle Hospital, Urbana. Barbara was born February 1, 1945 in Urbana, the first of four daughters of Jack and Beulah Washburn. As a child and young adult, she attended St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Urbana, and enjoyed substituting periodically as the organist. She...

Linda Hall

May 24, 2024

Linda Hall, 83, of Georgetown, Illinois, passed away on Friday night May 24, 2024. Linda was born on October 27, 1940, in Paris, Illinois, the daughter of Lester and Ruth (Stanfield) Shipley. Linda married the love of her life Carl Hall on December 9, 1960, in Oliver, Illinois, and they enjoyed each other's company until February 4, 2023, when...

Betty J. Nolen Rodriguez

May 24, 2024

Betty J. Nolen Rodriguez, of Danville and formerly of Cayuga, passed away on May 24, 2024 at Carle Foundation Hospital in Urbana. She was 89. Betty was born on September 27, 1934 in Hillsdale to the late Roy and Myrtle Southard.

Betty is survived by her grandsons Michael (Melissa) Murdock of Danville and Randall (Elizabeth) Murdock of...

Ruth Matilda Jones

May 24, 2024

Ruth Matilda Jones, 99, of Danville, IL went home to be with Jesus on May 24, 2024. She passed away at 6:45 a.m.

Ruth was born on December 4, 1924 the daughter of Cord and Fern (Craigmyle) Dolbee in Newtown, IL. She married Johnny Rossnett on October 3, 1942 and he preceded her in death on March...

Charles Wayne Shull

May 24, 2024

Charles Wayne Shull of Georgetown, Illinois passed away at 5:58pm on Friday May 24, 2024, at St. Joseph Hospital in Bloomington Il at the age of 82. Charles was born March 18, 1942, in Danville, IL to Alvin and Winifred (Frazee) Shull. He married Charlene (Rudd) Crawford on Nov. 1, 1973. They shared 50 beautiful years together.

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Calvin Lewayne Hickman

May 23, 2024

Calvin Lewayne Hickman passed peacefully in Carle Foundation Hospital on May 23, 2024, after a battle with pneumonia. Calvin was born October 21, 1941, in South Bend, Indiana. During his childhood he moved frequently throughout the South with his folks and his four siblings. During the late 1950s Calvin attended the Palace Movie Theatre one evening where he was...

Patricia Herambourg

May 23, 2024

Patricia Herambourg, 84, of Westville, Illinois, passed away at OSF Heart of Mary in Urbana, Illinois, on May 23, 2024. Patricia was born February 7, 1940, in Westville, Illinois, the daughter of John and Regina (Kupcik) Webster. Patricia married Alfred Herambourg on June 25, 1968, and Danville. He proceeded her and Death.

Surviving Patricia are three children,...

Omer Wilkins Jr

May 23, 2024

Omer Wilkins Jr., 63, of Rantoul went to be with the Lord on Thursday, May 23, 2024, at Carle Foundation Hospital, Urbana. He was born Feb. 1, 1961, in Omaha, Neb., a son of Omer and Evanna (Stray) Wilkins Sr. He married Zina D. Hayes on April 21, 1994, in Urbana. She survives. Also surviving are two children, Mario...