Area Obituaries

Harold L. Smith, age 95 of Lawrenceville, passed away Thursday, April 25, 2019 at Lawrence County Memorial Hospital. He was born to Angelo and Kittie (Conour) Smith on August 17, 1923 at the family

Harold R. Jackman, age 93 years and 11 months, of Sumner, Illinois passed away on Friday, April 26, 2019 at the United Methodist Village in Lawrenceville, Illinois. He was born May 25, 1925 in

Rodney Lee Higginbotham, age 53 of Mt. Carmel, passed away Friday, April 19, 2019 at Deaconess Gateway Hospital. He was born in Mt. Carmel on December 28, 1965 to Thomas Ray Hedge and Donna Marie

Vincent John Ozburn, age 38 of rural Chauncey, passed away unexpectedly at his home on Saturday, April 20, 2019. He was born in Palos Heights, IL to Donald Schulte and Linda Ruth (Nikliborc)

Shirley Joanne Smith, age 73, of Lawrenceville, Illinois passed away Friday, April 19, 2019 at the Franciscan Hospice House in Indianapolis, Indiana. She was born March 6, 1946 in Lawrence County,

Philip Baker Benefiel, age 95, died Sunday, April 7, 2019 at his home in Champaign. Judge Benefiel was born June 25, 1923 in Lawrenceville, Illinois to Ross J. and Amanda Jane (née Baker)

Karen Jean (Moran) Spangler 70 of Lawrenceville, Illinois passed away suddenly at Good Samaritan Hospital in Vincennes, Indiana on Friday, April 19, 2019.

She was born on January 26, 1949 to

Kathy E. (Wells) Fletcher, age 64 of Bridgeport, passed away Friday, April 19, 2019 in Vincennes, IN at Good Samaritan Hospital. She was born in Lawrenceville to William “Bill” Wells and his

Frederick Matthew ‘Matt’ Polston, age 62, of rural Lawrenceville, Illinois passed away Sunday, April 14, 2019 at the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio surrounded by his family. He was born