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Donald L. Eversole
Aug 29, 2025
Donald Lee Eversole, 90, of Shelbyville, IL, passed away at 5:28 a.m. on Friday, August 29, 2025, in HSHS Good Shepherd Hospital in Shelbyville, IL.
Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, September 5, 2025, in Howe and Yockey Funeral Home, Shelbyville, IL with Pastor Derrick Ritchie officiating and special music by step-grandson, Michael Marshall. Visitation will be...
Mark L. Parr
Aug 24, 2025
Mark Len Parr, 73, of Shelbyville, IL, passed away at 10:29 a.m. on Sunday, August 24, 2025, in Pana Health and Rehabilitation Center, Pana, IL.
Graveside services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, September 3, 2025, in Glenwood Cemetery, Lookout Addition, Shelbyville, IL. Arrangements are by Howe and Yockey Funeral Home in Shelbyville, IL. Memorials may be given to...
Michael L. Reynolds
Aug 23, 2025
Michael Lynn “Moochie” Reynolds, 74, of Shelbyville, IL, passed away at 1:39 p.m. on Saturday, August 23, 2025, in his residence.
Graveside services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Friday, August 29, 2025, in Glenwood Cemetery, Shelbyville, IL, with military rites by the Shelby County Honor Guard. Visitation will be from noon – 1:00 p.m. Friday in the funeral home. Arrangements...
Donna D. Tull
Aug 15, 2025
Donna D. Tull, 88, of Shelbyville, IL, passed away at 5:14 a.m. Friday, August 15, 2025, in her residence.
Graveside services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, August 20, 2025, in Glenwood Cemetery, Lakeside Addition, in Shelbyville, IL with Pastor Bill Smith officiating. Arrangements are by Howe and Yockey Funeral Home, Shelbyville, IL. Memorials may be given to Sarah...
Dean W. Urfer
Aug 12, 2025
Dean Wesley Urfer, 81, of Tower Hill, IL, passed away at 6:25 p.m. Tuesday, August 12, 2025, at Pana Community Hospital, Pana, IL.
A graveside service with military rites will be held at 11:30 a.m. Thursday, August 21, 2025, at Mt. Carmel Cemetery, Shelbyville, IL, with Pastor Archie Fox officiating. Friends and family are invited to gather for a visitation from...
Susan D. Dobbs
Aug 10, 2025
Susan Diane Dobbs, 61, of Effingham, IL, passed away at 7:48 p.m. on Sunday, August 10, 2025, with loved ones by her side, in Carle Foundation Hospital, Urbana, IL.
Details of a memorial service to honor her memory will be shared once arrangements are finalized. Arrangements are by Howe and Yockey Funeral Home, Shelbyville, IL. Memorials may be given to the...
Beulah Rose Edwards
Aug 8, 2025
Beulah Rose Edwards, 77, of Mode, Illinois, peacefully passed away at 11:43 p.m. on Friday, August 8, 2025, in St. John’s Hospital, Springfield, Illinois.
Private graveside services will be held in Mt. Zion Cemetery, near Shelbyville, Illinois. Arrangements are by Howe and Yockey Funeral Home in Shelbyville, Illinois. Condolences may be sent to her family at www.howeandyockey.com
Beulah was born on September...
Laura A. Uphoff
Aug 5, 2025
Laura Anne Uphoff, 55, of Shelbyville, IL, passed away at 1:55 p.m. on Tuesday, August 5, 2025, in HSHS Good Shepherd Hospital, Shelbyville, IL.
There will be a Celebration of Laura’s Life at 4:00 p.m. on Sunday, August 10, 2025, in Howe and Yockey Funeral Home in Shelbyville, IL, with Pastor Don Jefferies officiating. Visitation will be from 2:00-4:00 p.m. on...
Tickie Wooters
Aug 4, 2025
Talpha Leona “Tickie” Wooters, 80, of Findlay, IL, passed away at 10:29 a.m. on Monday, August 4, 2025, in her residence.
Graveside services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, August 10, 2025, in Wright Cemetery, near Findlay, IL with Pastor Mike Reynolds officiating. Arrangements are by Howe and Yockey Funeral Home in Shelbyville, IL. Memorials may be given to...
Marjorie L. Uphoff
Jul 31, 2025
Marjorie Louise Uphoff, 82, of Findlay, IL, passed away at 1:55 am Thursday, July 31, 2025, in Shelbyville Manor.
Funeral services for Marjorie and Duane will be held at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, August 2, 2025, in the First Christian Church, 202 W. Division St., Findlay, IL 62534, with Nathan Jesse officiating. Their visitation will be from 4:00-7:00 p.m. Friday, August 1,...
Lyle E. Lieb
Jul 30, 2025
Lyle E. Lieb, age 71, of Metropolis, Illinois formerly of Mode, Illinois and Shelbyville, Illinois passed away on Wednesday, July 30, 2025, at his residence.
A Celebration of Life with military rites will be held at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday, August 7, 2025, at Aikins-Farmer-Loftus-McManus Funeral Home with Dan Haun and Harvey Baxter officiating. Visitation will be held on Thursday, August...
Duane G. Uphoff
Jul 29, 2025
Duane Gordon Uphoff, 84, of Findlay, IL, passed away at 1:25 a.m. Tuesday, July 29, 2025, in Shelbyville Manor.
Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, August 2, 2025, in the First Christian Church, 202 W. Division St., Findlay, IL 62534, with Nathan Jesse officiating. Visitation will be from 4:00-7:00 p.m. Friday, August 1, 2025, in the First Christian...
Dennis L. Price
Jul 23, 2025
Husband, father, and friend, Dennis Lee Price, 70, of Shelbyville, IL, passed away at home at 9:40 a.m. on Wednesday, July 23, 2025.
A Celebration of Dennis’s Life will be held from 4:00-7:00 p.m. on Friday, August 1, 2025, in Howe and Yockey Funeral Home, Shelbyville, IL. Memorials may be given to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
Born on February 5, 1955,...
Makinsley Veleah Covarrubias
Jul 19, 2025
Makinsley Veleah Covarrubias, infant daughter of Keigan and Cheyenne (Underwood) Covarrubias, passed away at 7:41 p.m. on Saturday, July 19, 2025, in Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center, Mattoon, IL.
A memorial service will be held at 11:00 am on Friday, July 25, 2025, in Howe and Yockey Funeral Home, Shelbyville, IL, with Pastor Jereme Suey officiating. Memorials may be given to...
Jody Lynn Stevens
Jul 16, 2025
Jody Lynn Stevens, 68, of Shelbyville, IL, passed away at 2:30 a.m. Wednesday, July 16, 2025, at Shelbyville Manor.
A Celebration of Jody’s life will be held on Saturday July 26, 2025, from 2:00 – 4:00 p.m. at Howe and Yockey Funeral Home, Shelbyville, IL. Memorials may be given to Saving Orphaned Animals in Shelby County.
Jody was born on September 5,...
Michael P. Cruit
Jul 16, 2025
Michael Paul Cruit, 78, of rural Bethany died on July 16, 2025, in St. John’ s Hospital in Springfield following a series of strokes.
Graveside services will be held 1:30 p.m. Sunday, July 20, 2025, at Locust Grove Cemetery, Pickaway Township, with Rev. Ron Dickinson officiating and military rites by the Clarence Bixler American Legion Post #409 of Findlay, IL. Arrangements...
William Joseph "Joe" Norfleet
Jul 15, 2025
William Joseph “Joe” Norfleet, 77, of Shelbyville, IL, went to be in the loving arms of Jesus at 12:03 p.m. Tuesday, July 15, 2025, at Haven of St. Elmo, IL.
A memorial service will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, July 26, 2025, at the First Church of the Nazarene in Shelbyville, IL, with Pastor Bob Turner officiating. Burial with military...
Henry M. "Mike" Jackson
Jul 11, 2025
Henry M. “Mike” Jackson, 71, of Portland, OR was found deceased in his home on July 11, 2025.
He was born on September 1, 1953, in Battle Creek, Michigan to Lyle H. and Janet K. (Melcher) Jackson who soon moved to Westervelt, Illinois where he spent his younger years. He graduated from Shelbyville High School in 1971 and attended Southern Illinois...
Carolyn A. Crutcher
Jul 11, 2025
Carolyn Alice Crutcher of Tower Hill, IL, passed away at 9:35 a.m. on Friday, July 11, 2025, in her home. She was 93.
Carolyn was born on June 4, 1932, to Orrel Herten and Blondell Williams Herten, at her maternal grandparents’ home in Shelbyville, IL. She was their only child. After her parents’ divorce, her childhood was divided by time spent...
John O. Stewardson
Jul 10, 2025
John Otis Stewardson, 77, of Shelbyville, IL, passed away at 6:30 a.m. Thursday, July 10, 2025, at HSHS St. Anthony Hospital, Effingham, IL.
Graveside services will be held at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, July 19, 2025, in Glenwood Cemetery, Shelbyville, IL, with Jason Palmer officiating. Military rites will be conducted by the Shelby County Honor Guard. Arrangements are by Howe & Yockey...