Obituaries

May 28, 2016

Jane L. Fearneyhough, age 89 of Beardstown, died surrounded by her family, Saturday morning May 28, 2016, on her beloved late husband’s birthday, at Memorial Medical Center in Springfield. She was born January 21, 1927 in Louisiana, MO, the daughter of Clyde Milton and Jessie Belle Dillender. She married Glenn A. Fearneyhough on November 28, 1948 and he preceded...

May 25, 2016

Edwin Christopher “Ed” Brannan, age 64 Bluff Springs, died Wednesday, May 25, 2016 at his home. He was born October 7, 1951 in Beardstown the son of John S. and Margaret Ann Walker Brannan. He married Carole Perry on March 23, 2007. He is survived by his wife Carole Brannan of Bluff Springs; his sons Edwin Christopher (wife Jenny)...

May 25, 2016

Barbara Jean “Barb” Arenz, 58 of Beardstown, died Wednesday, May 25, 2016 at her home. She was born March 26, 1958 in Madison, WI the daughter of Donald E. and Patricia Wipperfurth Swingle. She is survived by her daughter Pamela (husband Terry) Cadwell of Beardstown; her father Donald Swingle, her granddaughter Calissa Cadwell; two brothers Dale (wife Lisa) Swingle...

May 10, 2016

Virginia Maxine Stevens Wyant, 89 of Rushville, died Tuesday, May 10, 2016 at Heritage Health in Beardstown. She was born November 22, 1926 in Beardstown, the daughter of Daniel Martin and Nellie Opal Downs Reed. She married Howard Dale Stevens on August 5, 1944 in Beardstown and he preceded her in death on June 3, 1987. She later married...

May 5, 2016

Mary Frances Fischer Blum, 92 of Beardstown, died Thursday, May 5, 2016 at Heritage Health in Beardstown. She was born May 1, 1924 in Beardstown, the daughter of Roy and Minnie Miller Fischer. She married Orville “Dutch” Blum on August 15, 1945 in St. Peter’s Lutheran Church in Arenzville, and he preceded her in death on January 12, 2007....

Apr 15, 2016

Betty Wessel, age 85 of Beardstown, died Friday, April 15, 2016 at Evergreen Place in Beardstown. She was born October 18, 1930 in Virginia, the daughter of William “Will” and Rosa Wallace Hixon. She married Ralph Wessel on October 21, 1949 in and he preceded her in death on October 1, 2006. She is survived by her two sons...

Apr 5, 2016

Rosa Melida Valiente López , de 55 años de edad de Beardstown, falleció el martes, 5 de abril del 2016, en su casa. Rosa nació el 15 de octubre de 1960 en El Salvador, hija de Ysaías Valiente y Marta Celida López. Le sobreviven su compañero de años Mario Arias de Beardstown; sus hijos Alex Alfonso Valiente, Roxana Esmeralda...

Mar 28, 2016

Leland F. Seaman, age 88 of Beardtown, died Monday, March 28, 2016 at Heritage Health in Beardstown.

He was born June 24, 1927 in Cass County, the son of Roy F. and Irene Jokisch Seaman. He married Claribel L. Miller on October 26, 1957. He is survived by his wife Claribel Seaman of Beardstown; his son Craig...

Mar 27, 2016

Linda Elaine Hamm Pierson, age 72 of Beardstown, died Sunday, March 27, 2016 at her home. She was born May 19, 1943 in Browning, the daughter of Willis Leo and Doris Emmaline Lane Hamm. She married Arthur M. Pierson on March 30, 1964 and he preceded her in death in 1982. She is survived by her children Judy Swan...

Mar 23, 2016

Charlotte Jean Sample, age 81 of Beardstown, died surrounded by her family, Wednesday morning, March 23, 2016 at Heritage Health in Beardstown. She was born January 1, 1935 in Chapin, the daughter of James Earl and Mary Ruth Smith Fountain. She married Robert Lee Sample on April 17, 1954 in Jacksonville and he preceded her in death on March...

Mar 17, 2016

John drove his tractor off into the sunset and onto the fields of Heaven Thursday, March 17, 2016, where planting and harvest never end. John William Aten was born February 12, 1938, to Annetta Gain Parker Aten and Merlin John Aten in rural Astoria, IL. He was preceded in death by his parents, one brother, Robert Paul, a niece,...

Mar 5, 2016

Thomas William DeWitt,79 of Beardstown, died, Saturday, March 5, 2016 at Heritage Health in Beardstown. He was born September 24th, 1936 in Beardstown, the son of Seneca and Stella Mikesell Dewitt. He married Judy Kay Baer May 7th, 1966 at First Evangelical Lutheran Church in Beardstown. He is survived by his wife Judy Dewitt of Beardstown; three sons Thomas...

Mar 4, 2016

Micah Joseph Davis was born at 1:09 pm March 4, 2016 and passed peacefully in the arms of his loving parents, after 4 ½ beautiful and unforgettable hours at Passavant area hospital.

Micah is the son of Brian and Lindsey Davis of Beardstown; little brother of Logan Davis; grandson of Rosemary Davis of Barry, and Alan and...

Mar 1, 2016

Clyde Wilbur Jamison, 82 of Camden, Illinois, formerly of Beardstown, passed away on February 29th at St. John’s Hospital in Springfield. He was given the gift of life in Beardstown on November 28, 1933, the youngest son of Frank Lemuel and Edith Hill Jamison. He married Rachel G. Stolp on June 8, 1957 in Rushville, and she survives. Also...

Feb 28, 2016

Naomi Lucille Fiedler Dotzert, 94 of Beardstown, died Sunday, February 28, 2016 at Heritage Health in Jacksonville. She was born January 27, 1922 in Bluff Springs, the daughter of John Valentine and Minnie Elizabeth Jorden Fiedler. She married William Louis Dotzert on Easter Sunday, April 17, 1949 at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Bluff Springs and he preceded her...

Feb 23, 2016

Jack Miller,77 of Beardstown, died, surrounded by his family, Tuesday, February 23, 2016 at his home.

He was born October 3,1938 in Quincy, the son of Frank Gibbs and Irene Eisenberg Keil. He married Dolores A. Harbin on December 7, 1958 in Beardstown and she preceded him in death on January 5, 2015.

He is...

Feb 18, 2016

William Charles “Billy” Hendricks, 46 of Beardstown, died Thursday, February 18, 2016 at St. John’s Hospital in Springfield. He was born October 26, 1969 in Beardstown the son of Gloria Bauser. He is survived by his mother Gloria Jones of Beardstown; his grandfather Lawrence Bauser, three sisters Angela (husband Scott) Flynn of Beardstown, and Christy and Tina Hendricks of...

Feb 13, 2016

Stevin Troy Brockschmidt, 53 of Riverton and formerly of Beardstown, died Saturday, February 13, 2016 at his home.

He was born October 26, 1962 in Beardstown, the son of Terry and Mary Smith Brockschmidt. He is survived by his daughter Breana (fiancé Josh Stocker) Brockschmidt of Beardstown; his sister Lynette (husband Tony) McLain of Gifford; his brother...

Feb 10, 2016

Joan Korsmeyer, formerly of Beardstown, died February 10, 2016 at Virginia Highlands Health Care in Germantown, Wisconsin.

She was Born April 18, 1937 in Rural Beardstown daughter of Louis H. Korsmeyer and Amelia Fricke Korsmeyer.

She is survived by two sisters, Dorothy Lamb and Irene Lamkin, two sisters-in-law, Betty Lamb Korsmeyer and Carnell Jolly Korsmeyer,...

Feb 9, 2016

Evelyn Fry, 92 of Beardstown, died Tuesday, February 9, 2016 at Evergreen Place in Beardstown. She was born March 9, 1923 in Beardstown, the daughter of Clarence and Alice Boice. She married Durward L. Fry on December 24, 1942 and he preceded her in death on July 26, 1987. She is survived by her daughter Deborah (husband Greg) Wessel...