Area Obituaries

Pauline Mae Purcell, age 91 of Bridgeport, passed away Tuesday, January 15, 2019 at the United Methodist Village- North Campus in Lawrenceville. She was born August 14, 1927 in Bridgeport to Harry

Kenneth Eugene Jackson 75 of Olney, Illinois passed away at Carle Richland Memorial Hospital on Wednesday, January 9, 2019.

He was born on November 14, 1943 to Margaret Jackson in Olney,

Paul Franklin Preston, Sr., 87, of Lawrenceville, Illinois passed away Monday, January 7, 2019, surrounded by family at Heritage Health Therapy & Senior Care in Robinson, Illinois. He was born

Harold Neal Roberts, age 80 of St. Francisville, passed away surrounded by his family on Saturday, January 5, 2019 at Good Samaritan Hospital in Vincennes, IN. He was born in Sumner on May 12, 1938

Oren R. Mulvany, 90, of Lawrenceville, Illinois passed away Thursday, January 3, 2019 at Lawrence County Memorial Hospital in Lawrenceville, Illinois. He was born August 30, 1928 in Louisville,

Charles O. ‘Chuck’ Hesler, 74, of Sumner, Illinois passed away Wednesday, January 2, 2019. He was born December 6, 1944 in Lawrence County, Illinois, the son of James and Mildred (McCarty)

Melvin Myrle Mahin, 53, of Centralia, Illinois passed away Monday, December 31, 2018 at St. Mary’s Hospital in Centralia, Illinois. He was born September 15, 1965 in Sioux City, Iowa, the son of

William ‘Bill’ Cobb, age 83, of Lawrenceville, Illinois passed away on Friday, December 28, 2018 at Good Samaritan Hospital in Vincennes, Indiana. He was born June 14, 1935 in Oolitic, Indiana,

Phyllis “Patty” Ann (Ridgley) Smith 83 of Bridgeport passed away on Sunday, December 30, 2018 at home with her loving family and furry babies at her side.

She was born on July 23, 1935