All Obituaries

Gloria A. Tomlinson, 87, of Rushville, passed away at 12:20 AM, Tuesday, November 13, 2018, At HSHS St. John’s Hospital in Springfield.  She was born on January 30, 1931, in Schuyler County, Illinois, the daughter of Jerry and Corinne (Livingston) Workman.  She first married Richard Law in 1949, in Schuyler County.  She later married Wayne Tomlinson on November 3, 1979, in Rushville and he survives. Also surviving are one son Rick L. Law and wife Rosemary of Oswego,...

Colleen Edwards, 69, of Rushville, passed away at 3:56 PM Monday, October 29, 2018, at Rushville Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Rushville. She was born on December 27, 1948, in Rushville, the daughter of Evelyn Campbell. Surviving are one daughter Staci Proksha of Topeka, Kansas, three grandchildren Ryan Wood of Greenfield, Iowa, Abigail Cullen and Trevor Cullen both of Topeka, Kansas, two step sisters Janet O’Malley of Rushville, and Jerri Pursley of Lansing, Michigan, two...

Albert Danny Lung, 71, of Macomb, formerly of Camden, passed away at 3:42 PM, Wednesday, October 10, 2018, at his home. He was born on March 29, 1947, in Camden, the son of Henry and Ica (Shores) Lung. Surviving are one son Bobby Lung and wife Sarah of Ursa, three children, who he helped raise Kevin, Mark and Kimmy,six grandchildren Shaylee Boyd and companion Kody Burgett, Shelby Lung, Taylor Lung, Dalayna Lung, Wesley Brasch, and Bristol Lung, four great grandchildren Hunter, Kamdyn,...

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...