All Obituaries

There will be a graveside memorial service for Donald Ray Brown, Donald L. "Donnie" Brown and Martha J. Brown Friday, May 18, 2018, at 4:00 p.m. at Highland Memorial Cemetery, 1827 College Drive, Mt. Carmel, Illinois.

Martha J. Brown, 83, of Mt. Carmel, Illinois, passed away Saturday, April 28, 2018, at The Waters of Princeton.   She was born October 12, 1934, in Wabash County, Illinois, the youngest child of Frank and Loretta Grace (Ross) Hedge.    Martha was a member of Heartland Worship Center.  During her life, she worked as a waitress for many restaurants in Las Vegas and owned her own restaurant in Memphis, Tennessee at Charles Baker...

Melanie Sue Banks, 45, of Effingham, Illinois, passed away Tuesday, May 8, 2018 of unexpected surgical complications in Springfield, Illinois, surrounded by her family. Melanie was born on November 11, 1972, in Ocala, Florida, the daughter of Steve and Katie (Dee) Banks. She had an Associate’s Degree in Arts and worked at Three-Z-Printing.  Melanie enjoyed her work and the many friendships she had with coworkers.  She lived an adventurous life. ...

Husband and father, “Bob,” 88, of Hendersonville, NC, passed peacefully into the hands of our Lord on Wednesday, April 18, 2018.   Bob was born March 4, 1930, in Detroit, MI, the son of the late Glenn and Lillian L. Tolleson Chapman.    He graduated from General Motors Institute and worked for General Motors 35 years before retiring to Mills River, NC.  He loved to travel and to learn something new every...

Joan E. Wolfe died on April 18, 2018, at the United Methodist Village, Lawrenceville, Illinois.  She was born on April 14, 1933, on 1300 East Road, Allendale, Illinois.  She married James F. Wolfe on July 21, 1951.  She was predeceased in death by her husband of more than fifty years, James F. Wolfe, her parents, Franklin Michael and Rose Mary (Fox) Price and only sibling, Donna Ellen Dunkel, of Mt. Carmel, Illinois.  She graduated from Allendale High School in 1950...

  Ruth D. Wever, 83, of Mt. Carmel, Illinois, passed away Wednesday, April 11, 2018, at Wabash General Hospital.   She was born October 12, 1934, the daughter of Estes P. and Hazel M. (Mode) Deisher in Mt. Carmel, Illinois.  Ruth was married to William “Bill” Wever.  He preceded her in death.   For twenty-two years Ruth and Bill owned and operated Bill & Ruth’s Upholstery Shop in Dallas, Texas. ...

Joyce F. Mason Goldman, 94, of Mt. Carmel, Illinois, went to be with the Lord Thursday, April 5, 2018.   She was born September 1, 1923, in Griffin, Indiana, to Everett and Bessie (Moutray) Bump.    Joyce married Quentin “Smokey” O. Goldman on August 8, 1981, in Mt. Carmel.  He preceded her in death.  She was a member of the First Church of Nazarene where she served on the board and worked as church secretary. ...

Daniel Wayne Kendle, 62, passed away Sunday, March 11, 2018, at his residence in Georgetown, Arkansas.  He was born December 18, 1955, in Princeton, Indiana, the son of Daniel Franklin Kendle and Eva Mae Kendle Gray.  On January 8, 1993, Daniel married Donna in Searcy, Arkansas. Daniel was a member of Bethany Baptist Church in Georgetown, Arkansas.  Most of his life he farmed, and worked for Land O Frost.  He enjoyed hunting, arrowhead hunting,...

Sherman Lee Weller, 73, of Mt. Carmel, Illinois, passed away March 16, 2018, at Deaconess Hospital in Evansville, Indiana.   He was born in Mineola, New York, on July 9, 1944, the only child of William and Virginia (Leonard) Weller.     Lee was a member of the Mt. Carmel High School graduating class of 1962.  He went to college and earned an Associate’s Degree in Universal Electronics Maintenance.  Lee honorably served in the...

Our loving Angel mother, Betty Marie (Barr) Dean, passed away Monday, March 19, 2018, and at this time she is with our Heavenly Father and her family in Heaven; and we know that she is resting in peace.   When our father Harold B. Dean, Sr. passed away at the age of 32 in 1958, she was lost.  However, with four children to raise, she learned to drive, received her GED and some college.  She worked as a school cook, dental assistant, Phlebotomist and did...