All Obituaries

Sheila A. Hackworth, 44, of Rushville, passed away at 2:40 PM, Monday, September 17, 2018, at Culbertson Memorial Hospital in Rushville. She was born on December 3, 1973, in Jacksonville, Illinois, the daughter of John C. and Linda (Schoon) Smith.  She married Danny Hackworth on September 6, 1997, in White Hall, Illinois and he survives. Also surviving are two children Ryan Hackworth and Rachel Hackworth both of Rushville, her mother and stepfather, who helped raise her Linda and Fred...

Ruth A. Phillips, 85, of Augusta, passed away at 7:31 PM, Saturday, September 8, 2018, at the McDonough District Hospital in Macomb. She was born on November 12, 1932, in Fall Creek Township, Adams County, Illinois, the daughter of Fred and Dora (Keil) Baker.  She married Ralph Phillips on January 26, 1952, in Fall Creek Township, Adams County, Illinois. Surviving are her husband Ralph Phillips of Augusta, one daughter Kathy Walck and husband Ed of Spring Grove, Illinois, two...

Thomas B. “Chip” Estep, 69, of Springfield, passed away at 12:42 PM, Thursday, September 6, 2018, at Memorial Medical Center in Springfield. He was born on September 8, 1948, in Washington, D.C., the son of Thomas B. and Verna (Cuny) Estep, II.  He married Patricia Phillips on May 13, 1999, in Springfield and she survives. Also surviving are one daughter Leesa (Tony) Boyer of Streetsboro, Ohio, two grandchildren Cassidy and Gabriel Boyer, his mother-in-law Zehrea Phillips...

June Elizabeth (Goldsborough) Huston, 91, of Rushville, passed away at 2:05 PM, Wednesday, September 5, 2018, at Heritage Health in Beardstown.  She was born on August 22, 1927, in Schuyler County, Illinois, the daughter of Harvey Curtis and Anna Maria (Dean) Goldsborough. June was a 1945 graduate of Rushville High School.  She married Harold Huston in 1952. She worked for many years as a cook at Rushville Junior High School Cafeteria and later as a ward clerk at Culbertson...

Lonnie Ray “L.R.” Robbins, II, 38, of La Prairie, passed away at 5:55 PM, Saturday, September 1, 2018, as the result of a tractor accident near Camden. He was born on April 7, 1980, in Pittsfield, Illinois, the son of Lonnie Ray and Wendy Holly (DeCamp) Robbins.  He married his soulmate Ashley Sprinkle on July 22, 2017, at their home and she survives. Surviving are his wife Ashley, two sons Collin Robbins of Cuba, and Hunter Robbins of  Roanoke, his father Lonnie...

Bette J. Lybarger, 92, of Beardstown, formerly of Browning, passed away at 10:07 AM, Tuesday, August 14, 2018, at Heritage Health in Beardstown. She was born on January 22, 1926, in Sheldon’s Grove, Illinois, the daughter of Willis and Doris (Lane) Hamm.  She married James Rollin Lybarger on October 22, 1944, in Troy, Kansas.  He preceded her in death on August 5, 1996. Surviving are one brother Robert Hamm of Browning, two sisters Clara June Little and Mary Lois Hamm both...

Dixie L. Prather, 68, of Camden, passed away at 9:41 PM, Sunday, August 12, 2018, at Culbertson Memorial Hospital in Rushville. She was born on May 10, 1950, in Coshocton, Ohio, the daughter of Ernest and Orpha (Dunmire) Wilson.  She married Larry Prather on April 17, 1970, in Mt. Sterling and he survives. Also surviving are one son David Prather and Danielle Agans of Camden, one grandson Nic Agans, two granddaughters Shelby Lung and Taylor Lung, two great grandchildren Dawsen and...

Donald L. Crosier, 88, of Rushville, passed away at 2:48 PM, Wednesday, August 1, 2018, at the Rushville Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Rushville. He was born on June 19, 1930, in Schuyler County, Illinois, the son of Vail and Goldie (Rittenhouse) Crosier. He served in the US Army from February 1953 to January 1955 and in the Reserves until 1962. Don worked at International Harvester in Canton and Caterpillar in Peoria.  He also worked as a mechanic at Nelson Implement Company...

     Doris M. Young, 93, of Rushville, passed away at 11:05 PM, Sunday, July 22, 2018, at St. John’s Hospital in Springfield.      She was born on March 31, 1925, in Golden, Illinois, the third child of Heie J. and Bertha (Mueller) Eckhoff.  She married John Paul Young on March 6, 1943, in the Trinity Lutheran Church in Golden.  Doris was baptized in the Lutheran faith April 26, 1925 and confirmed on April 2,...

Malinda M. “Mid” Zeisler, 93, of Rushville, passed away at 5:03 PM, Saturday, July 21, 2018, at Culbertson Memorial Hospital in Rushville. She was born on January 6, 1925, in Brown County, Illinois, the daughter of Charles and Nancy (Thomas) Katzenburger.  She first married Marcellus “Cy” Ashbaker on December 15, 1945 and he preceded her in death.  She later married Karl Zeisler on July 20, 1977, in Minot, North Dakota. Surviving are her husband Karl, one...