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Roy Warren Seaman
Jan 16, 2020
Roy Warren Seaman, age 87 of Beardstown, died Thursday, January 16, 2020 at his home.
He was born July 8, 1932 the son of Roy Frederick and Irene Angeline Jokisch Seaman.
He is survived by his brother Don (wife Carolyn) Seaman of Beardstown; his sister Mary Clarke (companion Jon Reichert)...
Leslie Crafton
Jan 11, 2020
Leslie Crafton, age 51 of Springfield and formerly of Beardstown, died Saturday, January 11, 2020 at his home.
He was born April 29, 1968 in Beardstown, the son of Richard Robert and Lettie Hagerty Crafton.
He is survived by his mother Lettie Crafton of Springfield; his daughter Amanda Knous (fiancé...
Betty Lippert
Jan 1, 2020
Betty A. Lippert, age 88 of Beardstown, died Sunday, October 18, 2020 at Heritage Health in Beardstown.
She was born August 10, 1932 in Beardstown, the daughter of Marvin Ray and Katherine Schweer Hungerford. She married Max Alden Lippert on March 2, 1952 and he preceded her in death on July 26, 2011.
...Mark Schwalb
Dec 15, 2019
Mark Anthony “Tony” Schwalb, age 54 of Beardstown, died Sunday, December 15, 2019.
He was born February 10, 1965 in Jacksonville, the son of Gaylen “Sonny” and Carol Hudson Schwalb. He married Lisa Ann Collins on October 27, 2007 in Jacksonville.
He is survived by his wife Lisa Ann Schwalb of Beardstown; his mother Carol...
Robert "Bob" Hale
Dec 11, 2019
Robert (Bob) Hale, 73, passed away peacefully, surrounded by family, at 1:35 a.m. on Wednesday, December 11th, 2019 at his home in Bonita Springs, Florida after a brief battle with cancer.
Bob was born in Beardstown, Illinois on July 1, 1946 the son of Everett E. and Florence J. Hale, who preceded...
Carl Myslinski
Dec 11, 2019
Carl W. Myslinski, age 84 of Meredosia, died Wednesday, December 11, 2019 at Memorial Medical Center in Springfield.
Memorial services will be held at 11 AM Tuesday, December 17, 2019 at Colwell Memorial Home in Beardstown. There will be no burial. The family will meet with friends one hour prior to the services at the memorial home...
Gerald Dodds
Nov 27, 2019
Gerald Eugene Dodds, age 81 of Beardstown, died Wednesday, November 27, 2019 at St. John’s Hospital in Springfield.
He was born September 14, 1938 in Rushville, the son of Homer and Rosalee Robison Dodds.
He is survived by his son Chris Dodds of Beardstown; his daughter Missy (husband...
Patsy Collison
Nov 5, 2019
Patsy Collison passed away peacefully, surrounded by family at 9:17 am, on Tuesday, November 5th, 2019 at Blessing Hospital in Quincy, Illinois.
She was born in Beardstown, Illinois on April 3rd, 1931, the daughter of Lewis and Marie Shouse Jones. She is survived by three children. A daughter, Vickie (husband Dale) Ring of Rushville,...
Frederick Hardwick
Nov 4, 2019
Frederick H. “Fred” Hardwick, age 73 of Peoria, and formerly of Beardstown, died Monday, November 4, 2019 at OSF St. Francis Medical Center in Peoria.
He was born September 13, 1946 in Genoa, NE, the son of Homer and Virginia Kenner Hardwick.
He is survived by his daughter Heather of...
Wayne Montgomery
Oct 31, 2019
Wayne Allen “Butch” Montgomery, age 72 of Beardstown, died Thursday, October 31, 2019 at Sarah D. Culbertson Memorial Hospital in Rushville.
He was born July 27, 1947 in Beardstown, the son of Arthur and Margaret Atwater Montgomery.
He is survived by his son Allen Montgomery of Keokuk, IA; his friend Leona Kost of Beardstown; his...
Patsy Edwards
Oct 24, 2019
Patsy Ann Edwards, age 92 of Beardstown, died Thursday, October 24, 2019 at Heritage Health in Beardstown.
She was born October 7, 1927 in Beardstown, the daughter of Henry Eason and Florence Julia Bean Bridgman. She married Robert Lee Edwards on July 21, 1946 at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Beardstown, and he preceded her in death...
Freddy Shelby
Oct 21, 2019
Freddy Wayne Shelby, age 68 of Beardstown, died Monday, October 21, 2019 at St. John’s Hospital in Springfield.
He was born July 21, 1951 in Pekin, the son of Alfred Milton Shelby Sr. and Martha Joann Mock Shelby.
He is survived by three sons Paul Skaggs, Fred (wife Sarah) Frye,...
Clifford Bottens
Oct 19, 2019
Clifford Edward Bottens, age 81 of Beardstown, died Saturday, October 19, 2019 at Illinois Veteran’s Home in Quincy.
He was born December 22, 1937 in Beardstown, the son of Wilbur and Fern Schertz Bottens. He married Virginia Turner on June 20, 1964. He later married Donna J. Parsano on December 26, 1978 at the Browning...
Jeanie Pults
Oct 17, 2019
Jeanie L. Pults, age 72 of Beardstown, died Thursday, October 17, 2019 at Heritage Health in Beardstown.
She was born April 25, 1947 in Pittsfield, the daughter of Charles and Ester Hammitt Dark. She married Ronald Pults and he preceded her in death.
She is survived by two daughters Barbara (husband William) Armstrong of Meredosia...
Cathy Sue Rausch Knott
Oct 17, 2019
Cathy Sue Rausch Knott, age 72 of Beardstown, died Thursday, October 17, 2019 at her home.
She was born May 9, 1947 in Jacksonville, the daughter of Herman and Maxine Yeakel Rausch. She married Leland D. “Mike” Knott on November 15, 1986 and he preceded her in death on September 9, 2017....
Sharon Daniel
Sep 9, 2019
Sharon Lea Daniel, 84, of Beardstown, IL, died Monday, September 9, 2019, at Heritage Health in Beardstown.
She was born March 12, 1935, at home in the west end (Hog Ward) of Beardstown, Illinois, the daughter of Hartford and Fanny Alberta (Hagerty) Seward. She married Floyd (Ike) Daniel on October 16, 1954, in Beardstown.
Surviving...
Virginia Baker
Sep 1, 2019
Virginia Jane Baker, age 94 of Cuba, died Sunday, September 1, 2019 at her granddaughters’ home in Macon, Missouri.
She was born January 3, 1925 in Cuba, the daughter of James and Elizabeth Kerr Murphy. She married Melvin Baker in 1948, and he preceded her in death in 1988.
She is survived by one son...
Nina Ford
Aug 30, 2019
Nina Sue Ford, age 74 of Rushville, died Friday, August 30, 2019 at Heritage Health in Mt. Sterling. She was born February 21,1945 in Schuyler County, the daughter if George and Ruth Morrell Leverton. She married Donald Ford on March 21, 1958 in Rushville. She is survived by her husband Donald Ford of Rushville; her daughter Kim Ford of Beardstown;...
Donald Gibbons
Aug 17, 2019
Donald Gene Gibbons, age 86 of Beardstown, died Saturday, August 17, 2019 at St. John’s Hospital in Springfield.
He was born November 1, 1932 in Cass County, Illinois, the second son of Virgie Elma (Walbert) and George Gibbons.
Growing up on the family farm just outside of Virginia, he learned the value of...
Joan Mcgill
Jul 21, 2019
Joan McGill, age 86, of Springfield, formerly from Beardstown, died peacefully at Memorial Hospice at Heritage Health in Springfield, early Sunday, July 21, 2019. She was born in Beardstown, on May 3, 1933, a daughter of Greenville and Edith May Middaugh Simmons. She married Melvin H. McGill on November 13, 1950, in Beardstown and he preceded her in death...