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Doris E Brown-Jordan
Sep 23, 2007
Doris E Brown-Jordan (June 21, 1924 – September 23, 2007)
Doris E. Brown-Jordan, 83, of Shelbyville, died at 4:15 p.m. Sunday, September 23, 2007 in Shelbyville Manor.Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m. Wednesday in Howe & Yockey Funeral Home, Shelbyville with Rev. Barbara Stroud-Borth officiating. Visitation from 5:00-8:00 p.m. Tuesday. Burial will be in Glenwood Cemetery,...
Beatrice G Willey
Sep 3, 2007
Beatrice G Willey (April 02, 1920 – September 03, 2007)
Beatrice “Bea” (Jones) Willey, 87, of Shelbyville, died at 7:30 a.m. Monday, September 3, 2007 in Savannah, Tennessee.Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. Thursday in Howe & Yockey Funeral Home, Shelbyville with Rev. Lee Lovett officiating. Visitation will be from 6:00-8:00 p.m. Wednesday. Burial...
Guy E Wilcox
Sep 1, 2007
Guy E Wilcox (November 21, 1917 – September 01, 2007)
Guy E. Wilcox, 89, of Shelbyville, died at 7:05 p.m. Saturday, September 1, 2007 in Shelby Memorial Hospital.Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Tuesday in Howe & Yockey Funeral Home, Shelbyville with Elder Christine Ober officiating. Visitation from 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. Tuesday. Burial...
Paul E Stanford
Aug 27, 2007
Paul E Stanford (September 29, 1942 – August 27, 2007)
Paul Eugene Stanford, Sr., 64, of Shelbyville, died at 8:43 a.m. Monday, August 27, 2007 in Shelby Memorial Hospital.Memorial services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Friday in Howe & Yockey Funeral Home, Shelbyville.
Mr. Stanford was born on September 29, 1942 in Bement,...
Jan Bucy
Aug 26, 2007
Jan Bucy (February 26, 1941 – August 26, 2007)
Janice Sue “Jan” Bucy, 66, of Shelbyville, died at 7:42 p.m. Sunday, August 26, 2007 in Shelby Memorial Hospital.Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Thursday in Howe & Yockey Funeral Home, Shelbyville with Rev. David McHenry officiating. Visitation from 5:00-8:00 p.m. Wednesday. Burial will be...
Jake Edwards
Aug 19, 2007
Jake Edwards (May 21, 1978 – August 19, 2007)
Jacob Michael “Jake” Edwards, 29, of Findlay, died at 3:00 a.m. Sunday, August 19, 2007 as the result of an automobile accident in Holland Twp. of Shelby County, Illinois.Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday in Howe & Yockey Funeral Home, Shelbyville with Rev. David...

Brenda G Frerichs
Aug 16, 2007
Brenda G Frerichs (November 08, 1953 – August 16, 2007)
Brenda G. (Craig) Frerichs, 53, of Clinton, MO, passed away Thursday, August 16, 2007 at Golden Valley Memorial Hospital, Clinton, MO.Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m. Monday, August 20, 2007 at the River Church, Warsaw, MO. Visitation from 6:00-8:00 p.m. Sunday at the church. Graveside services...

Frank Mcclay
Aug 15, 2007
Frank McClay (January 08, 1926 – August 15, 2007)
Frank McClay, 81, of Shelbyville, formerly of Chicago, died at 11:45 a.m. Wednesday, August 15, 2007 in the Shelbyville Rehabilitation and Health Care Center.Graveside services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Friday in Mt. Carmel Cemetery, Shelbyville with Rev. David McHenry officiating. Visitation from noon – 1:30...
Sereno R Tait
Aug 12, 2007
Sereno R Tait (November 01, 1924 – August 12, 2007)
Sereno Robert “Bob” Tait, Jr., 82, of Shelbyville, died at 3:02 a.m. Sunday, August 12, 2007 in the Mattoon Health Care Center. Graveside services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday in Camp Butler National Cemetery, Springfield, Illinois, with Rev. David McHenry officiating. Military honors will be provided...Ronald J Apke
Aug 6, 2007
Ronald J Apke (July 21, 1947 – August 06, 2007)
Ronald Joseph Apke, 60, of Strasburg, died at 8:00 a.m. Monday, August 6, 2007 at his home surrounded by his family.Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. Thursday in Howe & Yockey Funeral Home, Strasburg with Mike Giertz officiating. Visitation from 4:00-8:00 p.m. Wednesday. Burial...
Lester L Donnel
Aug 6, 2007
Lester L Donnel (June 26, 1916 – August 06, 2007)
Lester L. Donnel, 91, of Shelbyville, died at 5:30 p.m. Monday, August 6, 2007 at his residence.Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Friday in Howe & Yockey Funeral Home, Shelbyville with Rev. Randy Miller officiating. Visitation from 10:00 a.m. Friday until time of service....
George P Koester
Aug 3, 2007
George P Koester (March 13, 1941 – August 03, 2007)
George Purshing Koester, 66, of Shelbyville, formerly of Tinley Park, Illinois, died at 5:11 p.m. Friday, August 3, 2007 in Shelby Memorial Hospital.Memorial Mass will be 11:00 a.m. Wednesday in Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, Shelbyville with Father Don Wolford officiating. Howe & Yockey Funeral Home in...
Vera M Kite
Jul 27, 2007
Vera M Kite (May 02, 1917 – July 27, 2007)
Vera May Kite, 90, of Shelbyville, died at 12:30 p.m. Friday, July 27, 2007 in Decatur Memorial Hospital.Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, July 31, 2007 in Howe & Yockey Funeral Home, Shelbyville with Rev. Lynette DeAtley officiating. Visitation from 6:00-8:00 p.m. Monday....
Tanner J Williamson
Jul 18, 2007
Tanner J Williamson (February 17, 1997 – July 18, 2007)
Tanner James Williamson, 10, of Windsor, died at 4:33 p.m. Wednesday, July 18, 2007 in Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center, Mattoon, Illinois.Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Saturday in Howe & Yockey Funeral Home, Shelbyville with Rev. Lisa Taylor-Jimenez officiating. Visitation from 4:30 –...

Frances D Furr
Jul 15, 2007
Frances D Furr (September 20, 1921 – July 15, 2007)
Clyde W. Furr (May 16, 1923 – November 10, 2004)Memorial graveside services will be held for Clyde and Frances Furr on Saturday, July 21, 2007 at 1:30 p.m. in Fairlawn Cemetery, Decatur with Rev. Sally Hamon officiating. Visitation will be from 9:30-10:30 a.m. Saturday in Howe...
Joeann Mueller
Jul 5, 2007
Joeann Mueller (June 21, 1929 – July 05, 2007)
Joeann Mueller, 78, of Shelbyville, died at 8:54 p.m. Thursday, July 5, 2007 in Shelby Memorial Hospital.Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Sunday in Howe & Yockey Funeral Home, Shelbyville with Rev. E. Wade Helmkamp officiating. Visitation from 4:30-7:30 p.m. Saturday and one hour before...

Roger L Perry
Jul 3, 2007
Roger L Perry (June 21, 1941 – July 03, 2007)
Roger L. Perry, 66, of Shelbyville, died at 4:15 a.m. Tuesday, July 3, 2007 at his residence.Memorial services will be held at a later date. Arrangements are by Howe and Yockey Funeral Home in Shelbyville.
Roger was born on June 21, 1941 in Macomb,...
Majean Ragan
Jun 29, 2007
Majean Ragan (January 28, 1935 – June 29, 2007)
Lenora Majean Ragan, 72, of Warsaw, Missouri, passed away Friday, June 29, 2007 in St. John’s Hospital, Springfield, Missouri from injuries sustained in an automobile accident.Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m. Monday, July 2, 2007 in River Church, Warsaw, Missouri. Visitation from 6:00-8:00 p.m. Sunday in the...
Virginia K Brandenburgh
Jun 27, 2007
Virginia K Brandenburgh (February 11, 1916 – June 27, 2007)
Virginia K. (Mercer) Brandenburgh, 91, of Las Vegas, Nevada, formerly of Shelbyville, died at 4:45 a.m. Wednesday, June 27, 2007 in St. Rose Hospital, Henderson, Nevada.Graveside services will be held at 3:30 p.m. Monday, July 2, 2007 in Glenwood Cemetery, Shelbyville with Dr. David Middleton officiating....
Forrest R West
Jun 27, 2007
Forrest R West (March 31, 1918 – June 27, 2007)
Forrest Ray West, 89, of Shelbyville, died at 1:00 a.m. Wednesday, June 27, 2007 in Shelbyville Manor. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m. Monday, July 2, 2007 in Howe & Yockey Funeral Home, Shelbyville with Rev. Kevin Ray officiating. Visitation will be two hours before services....