Area Obituaries

Gaylene Kidwell, 79, of Bethany, passed away 3:44 p.m. Wednesday, January 14, 2026, at her home. Funeral services will be held 11:00 a.m. Monday, January 19, 2026, at McMullin-Young Funeral Home, Bethany. Visitation will be held an hour prior to the service Monday at the funeral home. Burial will be held at a later date…

“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.” Matthew 11:28 Karen Lynn Felkner (age 75) found her rest on January 10, 2026, when she left her burdened body to join her parents Richard Paul and Beulah Irene (Coslet) Hoffman and her brothers John and Dean (Jane). After…

Lola Kathleen Johnston Dunlap (Kathy), 84 of Villa Grove, IL passed away January 7, 2026 surrounded by family. Kathy was born November 3, 1941 to Margaret Jewel French Johnston and James William Johnston in Covington, Virgina. She grew up in Virgina and enjoyed spending time with her brothers. In her teen years, Kathy’s family moved…

Marquitta Ann “Skeets” Mulrooney, 86, of Decatur, IL formerly of Arcola, IL passed away at 12:25 PM on Saturday, January 10, 2026 at her residence. Funeral services will be held at 4:00 PM on Wednesday, January 21, 2026 at the Edwards Funeral Home, 221 East Main St., Arcola, IL.  Chaplin Joe Bowman will officiate.  Visitation…

Lela June (Lewis) Hamilton of Bement, previously from Atwood, Illinois, passed away on January 4, 2026.  She was born on June 30, 1929, in Wever, Iowa, to Harry Edgar Lewis, Sr. and Avis Lela (Sheppard) Lewis. She was the youngest of seven children: Roy, Sherley, Harry, Dean, Dorothy, and Verna. Her parents and siblings preceded…

Margaret Louise “Peggy” Butler, 76, of Hindsboro, IL passed away at 5:10 AM on Sunday, January 4, 2026 at Willow Breeze Hospice House in Mattoon, IL. Private burial will be held in the Union Cemetery. The Edwards Funeral Home is assisting the family. Peggy was born on April 14, 1949 in Douglas County, IL.  She…

Mary Jeanne Brown, 80, of Champaign passed away peacefully on Sunday, January 4, 2026 at the Newman Rehabilitation and Health Care Center in Newman. Mary Jeanne was born on February 28, 1945 in Urbana to Theodore and Rita (Hettinger) Rund.  She married Harold Brown on April 12, 1969 at St. Mary Catholic Church in Pesotum,…

Leanne Bowrey, 77, of Monticello, IL, passed away on Wednesday, January 7, 2026. Visitation will be on Friday, January 9, 2026, from 10 am to 11 am, at Brintlinger and Earl Funeral Home, Cerro Gordo with funeral service to follow at 11 am. Memorials in Leanne’s honor may be made to PiatTran, Monticello, IL. Leanne…

John Michael Bosch, age 91, of Newman, Illinois, passed away peacefully at his home on December 28th 2025. John was born on November 14, 1934 in Newman to Anthony and Emmeline (Rund) Bosch, who preceded him in death. John married Marlene (Hinds) Bosch on February 1st, 1964 in Hume IL. Together they shared 61 years…