Obituaries - Record Herald News

Debra Myers, 68, formerly of Garrett, IL passed away on December 12, 2022 of Acute Leukemia while on vacation in Aruba. Graveside memorial services will be held at 2:00 PM on Tuesday, December 12, 2023 in the Arthur Cemetery. Debra was born on November 19, 1954 in Tuscola, IL, a daughter of Hiram James and…

Suzanne “Suzie” (Watkins) Freese, 84 of Taylorville, went to be with the Lord at 11:07 a.m. on Monday, November 27, 2023, at St. John’s Hospital in Springfield. She passed peacefully, with family and friends by her side. Suzie was born on August 5, 1939, in Urbana, the daughter of Reese and Erma (Heerdt) Watkins.  She…

Daniel A. “Dan” Beachy, 76, of Sullivan went to be with the Lord at 12:58 p.m. on Friday, November 24, 2023, at Deaconess Gateway Hospital, Newbury, IN, with his loving wife and two daughters by his side. He was born June 19, 1947, the son of Andrew S. and Esther (Stutzman) Beachy. He married RosElla…

Nancy Gail (Hargrave) Schnierle, 79, of Bement, IL, passed away at 11:53 A.M., on Thursday, November 23, 2023, at Arbor Rose of Monticello, IL. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 A.M., on Monday, November 27, 2023, at the Bement United Methodist Church, 249 N. Piatt St., Bement, IL. The Pastor Naomi Roberts will officiate.…

Patricia J. “Pat” Johnson, 69, of Atwood, passed away on Saturday evening, November 18, 2023 at her residence. Graveside Services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Monday, November 27, 2023 at the Mackville Cemetery, Atwood, IL. Pat was born on November 17, 1954 in Paxton, the daughter of Ralph and Jeanne Denniston Kemper. She married…

Diana L. Sellers, 78 of Atwood, IL passed away at 2:20 P.M. on Monday, October 30, 2023, at her residence in Atwood, IL. Diana was born on March 30, 1945, in Decatur, IL to Truman D. and Dorothy M. (Shonkwiler) Traxler. She married Ray Sellers on April 27, 1962, in St. Louis, MO. Left to…

Susan M. White, 61, of Tuscola, formerly of Atwood, passed away at 3:40 a.m., Saturday, October 28, 2023 at Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Care Center, Mattoon, IL. Funeral Services will be held at 1:00 p.m., Friday, November 3, 2023 at the Hilligoss Shrader Funeral Home, 66 East US Highway 36, Atwood, IL with Pastor Woody…

Robert “Robbie” Franklin Tilford, 42, of Arthur, Illinois, formerly of Windsor, Illinois, passed away much too soon on October 25, 2023, as the result of an accident. Born March 7, 1981, in Mattoon, the son of Duane and Kathy (French) Tilford, Robbie was a beacon of light and joy to all who knew him. Robbie…

Robert “Bob” Anderson, 60 of Tuscola, IL passed away at 4:19 AM on Wednesday, October 11, 2023 at Carle Foundation Hospital in Urbana, IL. A memorial service will be held at 2:00 PM on Sunday, November 5, 2023 at the Edwards Funeral Home, 221 East Main St., Arcola, IL.  Private Burial will be held in…