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Area Obituaries

S. Vincent Adams

  S. Vincent Adams, 31, of Chesterfield, passed away Saturday, March 2, 2024, at Memorial Medical Center in Springfield. Vince was born Aug. 19, 1992 to Roy and Jenny Adams. He was a farmer with his father on the family farm in Chesterfield. Vince had a life full of love for his family, fiancée Alicia, …

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James Philip Cherry

  James Philip Cherry, 69, of Girard, passed away peacefully on Sunday, Feb. 25, 2024, at his home in Girard. Jim was born May 14, 1954, in Springfield, the son of Philip and Helen (Allen) Cherry. He graduated salutatorian from Girard High School in 1972 and attended Millikin University in Decatur, where he became a…

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Dolores M. Dobos

Dolores M. Dobos, 96, of Mt. Clare, passed away at her residence on Monday, Feb. 19, 2024. She was born Oct. 29, 1927, in Litchfield, to John Stottler and Elizabeth Lillian Schwappach Stottler. She married Joseph Bernard Dobos.  He preceded her in death on March 14, 1999. She was a homemaker and an avid bowler.…

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John Theodore Boerckel III

  John Theodore Boerckel, III, of Litchfield, passed away on Monday, Feb. 12, 2024 at his residence in Litchfield. John was born on March 9, 1951 to John T. and Caroline Buzick Boerckel. John worked as a laborer building grain dryers for Zimmermann in Litchfield, and  later for GSI. He retired in 2012 after 42…

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Betty A. Brese

  Betty A. (Huyear) Brese, 78, of Indianapolis, IN, passed away on Feb. 12, 2024. She was born June 14, 1945, in Carlinville, the daughter of Clarence (deceased) and Ione (Hewitt) Huyear. She is survived by her husband Eugene of Indianapolis, IN; daughters, Lisa (Kevin) Harreld, Dawn (Brad) Holifield, Deborah (Marcus) Weidner, all of Zionsville,…

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Evelyn J. Weller

  Evelyn J. Weller, 92 of New Palestine, IN, formerly of Girard, passed away in Shelbyville, IN on Feb. 9, 2024. Evelyn was born Feb. 18, 1931, in Girard, to Lewis and Ruth Ball. She was born in the house that she would call home for many years.  Evelyn went to school, which she enjoyed,…

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Joann Burk Michaelis

  Joann Burk Michaelis, 71, of Carlinville and formerly of Hettick, passed away on Thursday, Feb. 15, 2024 in Springfield. She was born Dec. 5, 1952 in Alton, the daughter of the late Charles Bernard and Wanda Jean Stewart Burk. She married Jerry Michaelis on April 19, 1980 in Carlinville. Joann was a 1971 graduate…

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Eleanor Jade Blum

Eleanor Jade Blum, of Palmyra, gained her angel wings on the day of her birth, Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2024, at HSHS St. John’s Hospital in Springfield. Eleanor was born in Springfield, a daughter of Dustin Major Levi and Anna Elizabeth Blum. Memorial service will be held at a later time. Eleanor was to join her…

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Shirley May Myatt

  Shirley May Myatt, 80, of Edwardsville, passed away at Edwardsville Care Center, Edwardsville, on Sunday, Feb. 11, 2024 at 4:25 p.m. She was born Sept. 21, 1943, in East Fork Twp, to George A. Spinner and Edna Meyer Spinner. She married William E. Myatt on March 13, 1966 in Bunker Hill.  He preceded her…

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Ronald L. Bray

  Ronald L. Bray, 74, of Gillespie, passed away at Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, on Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2024 at 10:24 a.m. He was born Feb. 6, 1950, in Litchfield, to Andrew Bray and Elizabeth Dunn Bray. He married Nancy Meehan Bray on Sept. 15, 1972 in Gillespie. He was retired after having been an…

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