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Finding an Archived Obituary
To find an archived obituary, click above on the first letter of their last name. Maiden names and additional married names will be cross-referenced with married names at the time of death, so try whichever name you know. If you don't find a name at first, please come back to our site another time and try again. This is a long-term archival project and will continually be updated as we have the time to do so. Our obituary record index currently goes back to Jan. 1914. We also have access to microfilm covering older obituaries from the late 1800s. You can email us at argus@kkspc.com with any obit requests for obituaries you do not yet find here.
Please note that any issues from June 1910 up to and including the Nov. 6, 1974 issue were called The Astoria Argus-Searchlight, while papers after that date were published under the The Astoria South Fulton Argus name when The Astoria Argus-Searchlight combined subscribers with The Table Grove Herald.
We have compiled a master list of all obituaries beginning Jan. 5, 1914, to the current week. The list is organized alphabetically by most recent surname, and summarizes each person's name(s), age, death date, and town of residence at the time of death if available. This can aid you in narrowing down the issue of the Argus in which the obituary was published. Please click HERE to access the master list.
More recent obituaries may be available in full online; if so, they are marked (FULL OBIT) in the index. You can access these by clicking on the words "(FULL OBIT)." We currently have all obits from 2006 to the present completed. For obits older than this, only the year of publication is listed.
Back issues of the Astoria South Fulton Argus are available for sale for a year following publication. Any issues older than one year are available on microfilm at the Schuyler Jail Museum and Genealogical Center. For more information, please click HERE.
RECENT OBITUARIES
Listed below are the obits published in the past month. Obituaries older than a month will be available by following the links above.*
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Stuart A. Anderson, 73, of Galesburg died at 4:05 a.m. Jan. 17, 2012, at Heartland Healthcare in Galesburg.
Published in the Astoria South Fulton Argus on 1/25/2012 |
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Jack Bath Jr., 80, of Lewistown died at 1:35 p.m. Jan. 10, 2012, at Graham Hospital Extended Care.
Published in the Astoria South Fulton Argus on 1/18/2012 |
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Eleanor Bernice Berry, 96, of Canton died at 12:10 a.m. Friday, Dec. 30, 2011, at Red Oak Estates in Canton where she was a resident.
Published in the Astoria South Fulton Argus on 1/4/2012 |
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Dale D. Burgard, 90, of Lewistown died at 7:10 p.m. Dec. 28, 2011, at Mason District Hospital in Havana.
Published in the Astoria South Fulton Argus on 1/4/2012 |
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Amanda D. Chrisco, 32, of Macomb died at 6 p.m. Jan. 9, 2012, at home.
Published in the Astoria South Fulton Argus on 1/11/2012 |
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George Louis Cleavinger, 66, of Vermont died at 5:32 a.m. Jan. 8, 2012, at McDonough District Hospital in Macomb.
Published in the Astoria South Fulton Argus on 1/11/2012 |
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Fred Edwin "Ed" Curry, 62, of Frederick died at 12:58 a.m. Jan. 14, 2012, at Blessing Hospital in Quincy.
Published in the Astoria South Fulton Argus on 1/18/2012 |
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Nancy Einhouse, 62, of Astoria died at 12:40 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 7, 2012, at St. John's Hospital in Springfield.
Published in the Astoria South Fulton Argus on 1/11/2012 |
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Raymond T. "Ray" Engel, 93, of Quincy, formerly of Ipava, died at 4:40 a.m. Jan. 13, 2012, at Illinois Veterans Home in Quincy.
Published in the Astoria South Fulton Argus on 1/18/2012 |
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Clifford N. Heflin, 86, of Vermont died at 1:35 p.m. Jan. 7, 2012, at Culbertson Memorial Hospital in Rushville.
Published in the Astoria South Fulton Argus on 1/11/2012 |
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Mildred Lois Hickenbottom, 92, of Bickford Cottage, Macomb, formerly of Table Grove, died at 7:10 p.m. Jan. 24, 2012, at Bickford Cottage.
Published in the Astoria South Fulton Argus on 2/1/2012 |
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Charles W. "Charlie" Huston, 68, of Macomb died at 8:34 a.m. Dec. 31, 2011, at McDonough District Hospital.
Published in the Astoria South Fulton Argus on 1/11/2012 |
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George W. "Bill" Kerr, 86, of Cuba died at 5:45 p.m. Dec. 27, 2011, at Graham Hospital in Canton.
Published in the Astoria South Fulton Argus on 1/4/2012 |
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Clinton Earl "Jack" Kessler Jr., 69, of Greenfield, Ohio, died Jan. 1, 2012, at home.
Published in the Astoria South Fulton Argus on 1/4/2012 and 1/25/2012 |
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Raymond A. Lewis, 81, of Havana, formerly of Lewistown, died Jan. 3, 2012, at his home.
Published in the Astoria South Fulton Argus on 1/11/2012 |
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Karen McCombs-Chavez, 61, of Peoria died Dec. 23, 2011, at Bella Vista Nursing Home in Peoria Heights.
Published in the Astoria South Fulton Argus on 1/11/2012 |
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M. June McCormick, 91, of Rushville, formerly of Vermont, died at 1:20 a.m. Jan. 24, 2012, at Snyder Vaughn-Haven Nursing Home in Rushville.
Published in the Astoria South Fulton Argus on 2/1/2012 |
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Violet L. Melvin, 84, of Lewistown died at 12:20 a.m. Jan. 20, 2012, at Prairie City Rehab and Healthcare Center in Prairie City.
Published in the Astoria South Fulton Argus on 1/25/2012 |
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Eleanor Marshall Mills, 91, of Cuba died at 4:52 p.m. Jan. 22, 2012, at Clayberg Nursing Home.
Published in the Astoria South Fulton Argus on 1/25/2012 |
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Verlin Peacock, 92, of Rushville died at 1:50 a.m. Jan. 17, 2012, at Snyder's Vaughn-Haven Nursing Home in Rushville.
Published in the Astoria South Fulton Argus on 1/18/2012 |
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Joshua Ryan Pilger, 17, of Chillicothe died at 7:23 a.m. Dec. 29, 2011, at OSF St. Francis Children's Hospital in Peoria.
Published in the Astoria South Fulton Argus on 1/4/2012 |
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Carolyn M. Saunders, 83, of Astoria died at 11:50 p.m. Jan. 30, 2012, at Heartland Healthcare Center in Macomb.
Published in the Astoria South Fulton Argus on 2/1/2012 |
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Rosalee V. Schnarr, 86, of Lewistown died at 6:37 p.m. Jan. 7, 2012, at Clayberg Nursing Home in Cuba.
Published in the Astoria South Fulton Argus on 1/11/2012 |
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Mary Elizabeth "Betty" Underwood Sheets, 89, of Lewistown and Bardolph, died at 9:55 p.m. Jan. 14, 2012, at Renaissance Care Center in Canton.
Published in the Astoria South Fulton Argus on 1/18/2012 |
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Dennis Simpson, 68, of Canton, formerly of Cuba, died at 5:35 a.m. Jan. 31, 2012, at Graham Hospital in Canton.
Published in the Astoria South Fulton Argus on 2/1/2012 (pending) |
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Beulah B. Skiles, 93, of Macomb, formerly of Industry, died at 11:40 p.m. Jan. 26, 2012, in Heartland Healthcare Center in Macomb.
Published in the Astoria South Fulton Argus on 2/1/2012 |
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Beverly J. (Davenport) Smay, 79, formerly of Macomb and Versailles, died Jan. 1, 2012, at Garden Grove Hospital in Garden Grove, Calif.
Published in the Astoria South Fulton Argus on 1/4/2012 (pending) and 1/11/2012 |
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Glen Edward Stambaugh, 84, of Macomb died Dec. 28, 2011, at Wesley Healthcare Center.
Published in the Astoria South Fulton Argus on 1/4/2012 |
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Randy Lee "Fuzz" Stolp, 50, of Littleton died at 11:40 a.m. Jan. 15, 2012, at his residence.
Published in the Astoria South Fulton Argus on 1/18/2012 |
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Ruby Thompson, 88, of Rushville died at 3:30 a.m. Jan. 10, 2012, at Snyder's Vaughn Haven Nursing Home in Rushville.
Published in the Astoria South Fulton Argus on 1/18/2012 |
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Floyd L. "Bane" Webb, 92, of rural Lewistown died at 4:35 a.m. Jan. 6, 2012, at Clayberg Nursing Home in Cuba.
Published in the Astoria South Fulton Argus on 1/11/2012 |
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Maurice W. Webb, 99, of Lewistown died Jan. 11, 2012, at Clayberg Nursing Home in Cuba.
Published in the Astoria South Fulton Argus on 1/18/2012 |
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*Note: Our online obituary archives are incomplete due to the fact that this is an ongoing project. Most obituaries older than 2006 are not yet available in full online. The obituary archive index is complete, however, and is sorted alphabetically by last name (at the time of death) rather than by death date to make it easier to use. In addition, we are in the process of indexing all surnames on their own individual pages (this task is not fully complete yet). If you are searching for an obituary listing and cannot find it, please feel free to email us at argus@kkspc.com and we can look it up for you.
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