All Obituaries

Frances Busby Ogden, 85, of Beardstown, passed away at 10:35 AM, Tuesday, May 21, 2019, at her home. Services for Frances Busby Ogden will be announced by the Wood Funeral Home in Rushville.

     Madelyn Rose “Lynn” Kettering, 84, of Rushville, passed away at 6:28 AM, Friday, April 26, 2019, at the Rushville Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Rushville.      She was born on September 21, 1934, in Bronx, New York City, New York, the daughter of William Leroy and Johanna (Lovaglio) Schneider.  She married B. Douglas Kettering, who she had met at a USO dance in New York City.  They were married on October 16, 1954, at...

Richard Paul “Dick” Diseron, 86,  of Rushville, formerly of Camden, passed away at 7:50 AM, Friday, April 19, 2019, at the Rushville Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Rushville. He was born on December 8, 1932, in Huntsville Township, Schuyler County, Illinois, the son of Verne Anderson and Edna V. (Agans) Diseron.  He married Ruth Ross on August 10, 1957, in Concord, Illinois, and she survives. Also surviving are one daughter Janice Bryant and husband Tim of...

Edna Peterson, 91, of Macomb, formerly of Brooklyn, passed away at 1:16 PM, Monday, April 15, 2019, at The Elms in Macomb. She was born on March 14, 1928, in McDonough County, Illinois, the daughter of Lloyd L. and Cloah Pearl (Lickey) Lung.  She married Robert “Bob” Peterson on September 19, 1947, in Palmyra, Missouri and he preceded her in death on January 19, 2019. Surviving are three daughters, Roberta McClure and Susan Carson and husband Randall all of Colchester and...

Gene H. Burton, 91, of Browning, passed away at 5:03 PM, Monday, April 8, 2019, at the Rushville Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Rushville. He was born on October 11, 1927, at the family home in Browning, the son of Arlie H. and Mabel E. (Hoyt) Burton.  He married Barbara J. Galloway on February 15, 1948, in Mt. Sterling.  She preceded him in death on January 2, 1996. Surviving are three sons Charles Burton and wife Sheila and Paul Burton and wife Kathy all of Rushville, and...

Martha Moreece McQuaid, 83, of Camden, passed away at 10:00 AM, Monday, April 8, 2019, at the Rushville Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Rushville. She was born on December 2, 1935, in Timewell, Illinois, the daughter of Marvin Owen and Martha Mae (Mercer) McQuaid. Surviving are her brother Richard McQuaid and wife June of Rushville, one sister Jacky Way of Danville, sister-in-law Jan McQuaid of Phoenix, Arizona, and several nieces and nephews.  She was preceded in death by her...

Clara “Rosalee” Kotter, 88, of Rushville passed away at 10:35 A.M. on Tuesday, March 5, 2019 in the Culbertson Memorial Hospital in Rushville. Rosalee was born on July 10, 1930 in Oakland Township in Schuyler County. She was the daughter of the late David Carson and Rhoda Mae (Trone) Abbott. She married Franklin F. Kotter on January 11, 1948 in the First United Methodist Church in Rushville. Franklin passed away on November 4, 2008. Surviving are; three daughters, Beverly...

Richard A. “Dick” McClelland, 81, of Springfield, Missouri, formerly of Rushville, Illinois, passed away on Thursday, February 28, 2019, at the Cox Medical Center in Springfield, Missouri. He was born on January 13, 1938, in Rushville, the son of William H. and Lucille (Pryor) McClelland and he was raised in the home of his grandparents C.W. “Ned” and Ruby Thurman.  He married Kay Powell on January 27, 1962, at the First United Methodist Church in Rushville and...

Lillian C. Pierson Hoover, 92, of Huntsville, passed away at 7:27 AM, on Friday, February 8, 2019, in St. John’s Hospital in Springfield.  She was born on August 9, 1926 at Camp Point. She was the daughter of Ray W. and I. Marie (Whitehead) Pierson.  On October 9, 1947, in Sciota, she was united in marriage to Neil E. Hoover. He preceded her in death on November 12, 1985. Lillian graduated from Augusta Community High School, Augusta, in 1943 and Gem City Business College in...

Mildred Eyler Gibb Hunter Born 29 November 1915, passed away January 29, 2019, at the age of 103.   She has spent the last four years in the loving care of her daughter and son-in-law in Sleepy Hollow, IL. Mildred was born to John and Bertha Eyler near the town of Alexis, IL and spent her early years in small farming communities, and different farms around Monmouth.   Mildred was one of ten children, one   brother passing at age 10.   All of the nine...