View Obituaries for Beardstown, IL
Lena Alcorn
Jan 17, 2022
Lena Marie Alcorn, age 74 of Beardstown, died Monday, January 17, 2022 at Jacksonville Memorial Hospital.
She was born February 18, 1947 in Beardstown, the daughter of Arthur and Ruth Hull Scheer.
She is survived by her son Matt (wife Brittany) Alcorn of Beardstown; her granddaughter who was her pride...
Susan Swan
Jan 17, 2022
Susan Jane Swan, age 59 of Rushville, died Monday, January 17, 2022 at Sarah D. Culbertson Memorial Hospital in Rushville.
She was born February 18, 1962 in Beardstown, the daughter of James F. Swan, Sr. and Anna Marie Silsby.
She is survived by a stepmother Karen Swan of Fairchild, WI.;...
Sue Norton
Jan 14, 2022
Sue Ann Norton, age 59 of Meredosia, died Friday, January 14, 2022 at her home.
She was born September 24, 1962 in Beardstown, the daughter of Edward Robert and Betty Ann Bollinger Norton.
She is survived by her sister Carol Sue Norton of Arenzville; two brothers Robert Norton of Meredosia...
Myles Krohe
Jan 13, 2022
Myles Edmund Krohe, age 70 of Beardstown, went to be with the Lord Thursday, January 13, 2022 at Jacksonville Memorial Hospital.
He was born December 1, 1951, in Beardstown the son of Oliver Andrew and Jewel Elizabeth “Bettie” Hamblin Krohe. He married Deb Jackson on February 5, 2000 at Beardstown Church of the Nazarene...
John Andris
Jan 12, 2022
John Andris, age 78 of Beardstown, died Wednesday, January 12, 2022.
He was born July 13, 1943 in Beardstown, the son of Joe and Helen Schaeffer Andris. He was married to Sue Vredenburgh and they later divorced. He then married Joyce Lael and they also later divorced.
...
William Middleton
Jan 8, 2022
William O. “Bill” Middleton, age 73 of Jacksonville, died Saturday, January 8, 2022, at Heritage Health in Jacksonville.
He was born June 18, 1948, in Santa Barbara County, CA, the son of Robert Bertell and Mary Rossi Middleton. He married Debbie Taylor and she survives.
He is also survived by...
Jacqueline "Jackie" Bresnahan
Jan 1, 2022
Jacqueline Jean “Jackie” Bresnahan, 72 of Beardstown, died Monday, November 28, 2022 at St. John’s Hospital in Springfield.
She was born January 23, 1950 in Beardstown, the daughter of Edwin “Tuck” and Peggy Brooks Walters.
She is survived by two grandsons Chase Bresnahan of Belleview, MO and Trenton Murray of...
Jeffrey Bennett
Dec 29, 2021
Jeffery James Bennett, age 51 of Havana, died Wednesday, December 29, 2021 at his home.
He was born August 23, 1970 in Canton, the son of James E. and Evelyn M. Messman Bennett.
He is survived by three sons Tyler, Zachary, and Hunter Bennett all of Havana; a brother John...
Christina Craig
Dec 27, 2021
Christina Lynn Craig, age 37, passed away on December 27, 2021 at OSF Hospital in Bloomington, IL. She was born in Patuxent River, Maryland to Marvin Earl and Susan Marie (Finley) Craig.
Christina was a person of many passions. She loved traveling, music, basketball, her family, Jesus and the happiness of others. Christina loved...
Vera (Nee Hendricker) Johnson
Dec 25, 2021
Vera Joan Johnson (nee Hendricker) went to be with the Lord on Christmas Day. She passed peacefully in her home in Jacksonville, Illinois with her husband, daughters, and granddaughter at her side. Vera was born on August 14, 1931 on her family farm in Arenzville, Illinois. She is survived by her husband of 68 years, Cal Johnson and...
Julie Jorganson
Dec 15, 2021
Julie Ann Jorganson, age 63 of Virginia, died Wednesday, December 15, 2021 at her home.
She was born March 16, 1958 in Kewanee, the daughter or Wilbur, Jr and Judy Ramsy Jones. She married Arthur Jorganson on September 26, 1998 and he survives.
She is also survived by her father...
Timothy D. "Mudd" Emerick
Dec 14, 2021
Timothy D. “Mudd” Emerick, age 57 of Tremont, died Tuesday, December 14, 2021 at OSF St. Francis Hospital in Peoria.
He was born August 24, 1964 in Jacksonville, the son of Dwane and Dorothy Coats Emerick. He married Martha Walton on January 9, 2021 in Tremont, after 30 years of companionship. ...
Gloria Fritz
Dec 11, 2021
Gloria J. Fritz, age 78 of Beardstown, died Saturday, December 11, 2021 at Heritage Health in Beardstown.
She was born September 20, 1943 in Beardstown, the daughter of Melvin and Dorma Lisenbee Fritz.
She is survived by her daughter-in-law Janet Fritz of Beardstown; two grandchildren Amanda (husband Tanner) Howell and...
Debra Swan
Dec 9, 2021
Debra Sue “Debbie” Swan, age 64 of Beardstown, died Thursday, December 9, 2021 at Sarah D. Culbertson Memorial Hospital in Rushville.
She was born August 12, 1957 in Beardstown, the daughter of James Newton and Nellie Fritz Brewer. She married her high school sweetheart, John Swan, on July 12, 1975 at Beardstown Church of...
Lois White
Dec 3, 2021
Lois Jane White, age 101 of Beardstown, died Friday, December 3, 2021 at Culbertson Memorial Hospital in Rushville.
She was born October 12, 1920 in Beardstown, the daughter of Edwin B. and Lillian Olga Long Treadway. She married Berlyn Hugh White on October 2, 1943 in Spokane, WA and he preceded her in death on November...
Betty Norton
Nov 29, 2021
Betty Ann Norton, age 86 of Jacksonville, died Monday, November 29, 2021, at Jacksonville Memorial Hospital.
She was born November 19,1935 in Astoria, the daughter of Luther and Leona Vaughn Bollinger. She married Edward Norton and he preceded her in death in 2003.
She is survived by four children Robert...
Janet Stetler-Bailey
Nov 27, 2021
Janet Lynn Stetler-Bailey, age 68 of Havana, died Saturday, November 27, 2021 at her home.
She was born September 2, 1953 in Peoria, the daughter of Robert and Norma Jean Bailey. She married Phillip Melvin Welbourne and they later divorced and he preceded her in death on April 25, 2016.
...
Benny Murphy
Nov 11, 2021
Benny Murphy, age 94, of East TN, formerly of Cuba, IL passed away November 11, 2021.
He was a United States Army veteran of the Korean War. After a long career at Alexander Lumber Company in Cuba, IL he retired in 1989.
He was preceded in death by his parents,...
Betty Lyles
Nov 10, 2021
Betty Lou Lyles, age 84 of Beardstown, died Wednesday, November 10, 2021 at St. John’s Hospital in Springfield.
She was born October 28, 1937 in Gary, IN the daughter of Andrew Jackson and Helen Christina Webster Florey. She married Walter Lee Lyles on February 3, 1973 and he preceded her in death...
Subscribe
Subscribe to get alerts on new obituaries
365 Days of Grief Support
Sign up for one year of grief messages designed to offer hope and healing during difficult first year after a loss