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Nancy Roberts Durning
Nov 30, 2008
Nancy Roberts Durning (March 24, 1921 – November 30, 2008)
Nancy Roberts Durning, 87, of Prescott, AZ, formerly of Shelbyville, passed away in her daughter’s arms the morning of November 30, 2008 at her residence.Funeral services will be held at 11:30 a.m. Saturday, December 6, 2008 in Howe and Yockey Funeral Home, Shelbyville. Visitation from 11:00-11:30...
Evelyn M Jones
Nov 27, 2008
Evelyn M Jones (August 15, 1927 – November 27, 2008)
Evelyn M. Jones, 81, of Shelbyville, died at 12:10 a.m. Thursday, November 27, 2008 in Shelbyville Manor.Burial will be at a later date in Glenwood Cemetery, Shelbyville. Howe and Yockey Funeral Home in Shelbyville is in charge of arrangements. Memorials may be given to the Alzheimer’s...
Earl Shumard
Nov 27, 2008
Earl Shumard (March 09, 1919 – November 27, 2008)
Earl Shumard, 89, of Stewardson, died at 1:20 p.m. Thursday, November 27, 2008 in Heartland Christian Village, Neoga, Illinois.Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. Monday, December 1, 2008 in Howe and Yockey Funeral Home, Shelbyville with Brother Wayne Polk officiating. Visitation from 4:00-8:00 p.m. Sunday...
Mary E Walden
Nov 27, 2008
Mary E Walden (September 03, 1918 – November 27, 2008)
Mary E. (Shaffer) Walden, 90, of Shelbyville, died at 6:30 a.m. Thursday, November 27, 2008 in Shelbyville Manor.Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Sunday, November 31, 2008 in Howe and Yockey Funeral Home, Shelbyville with Gary Crowder officiating. Visitation from 1:00-2:00 p.m. Sunday. Burial...

Harold F Roellig
Nov 25, 2008
Harold F Roellig (April 23, 1930 – November 25, 2008)
Harold Frederick Roellig, 78, born 23 Apr. 1930 in Detroit, MI, died Tuesday, 25 Nov 2008, of Multiple Myeloma. He grew up in Detroit, MI, the son of an auto worker. He himself worked in car factories from 1948 to 1950, when he began his career as a...Kenneth H Smith
Nov 22, 2008
Kenneth H Smith (January 11, 1923 – November 22, 2008)
Kenneth H. Smith, 85, of Decatur, formerly of Shelbyville, died at 8:52 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 22, 2008 in Decatur Memorial Hospital.Funeral services will be held at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2008 in Howe and Yockey Funeral Home, Shelbyville. Visitation from 10:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m. Tuesday. Burial...
Anna Roberta Sain Miller
Nov 18, 2008
Anna Roberta Sain Miller (January 07, 1929 – November 18, 2008)
Anna Roberta (Wyatt) Sain Miller, 79, of Shelbyville, died at 4:40 a.m. Tuesday, November 18, 2008 in Decatur Memorial Hospital.Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday in Howe and Yockey Funeral Home, Shelbyville with Rev. Jim Whittaker and Rev. Kent Melcher officiating. Visitation from 5:00-8:00...
William K Durst
Nov 16, 2008
William K Durst (June 05, 1922 – November 16, 2008)
William K. Durst, 86, of rural Findlay, died at 6:02 a.m. Sunday, November 16, 2008 in Heritage Manor, Pana, Illinois.Funeral services will be 12 noon on Wednesday, November 19, 2008 in Howe and Yockey Funeral Home, Shelbyville with Rev. Kevin Ray officiating. Visitation from 10:30 a.m....
Lavonne Compton
Nov 16, 2008
Lavonne Compton (July 01, 1926 – November 16, 2008)
Lavonne Compton, 82, of Shelbyville, died at 11:15 a.m. Sunday, November 16, 2008 in Shelbyville Manor.Memorial services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Thursday, November 20, 2008 in Howe and Yockey Funeral Home, Shelbyville with Rev. Nadine Preston officiating. Visitation from 10:00-11:00 a.m. Thursday. Burial will be...

Walker D Durbin
Nov 14, 2008
Walker D Durbin (November 14, 2008 – November 14, 2008)
Walker Dale Durbin, infant son of Brandi Nicole Durbin, died at 10:25 a.m. Friday, November 14, 2008 in Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center, Mattoon, Illinois.Graveside services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, November 18, 2008 in Glenwood Cemetery, Shelbyville with Rev. Darrell Hinkle officiating. Arrangements...
Charles H Williams
Nov 12, 2008
Charles H Williams (June 24, 1922 – November 12, 2008)
Charles H. Williams, 86, of Shelbyville, died at 1:25 p.m. Wednesday, November 12, 2008 in Shelby Memorial Hospital, Shelbyville.Graveside services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, November 15, 2008 in Glenwood Cemetery, Shelbyville with Rev. Robert Hoover officiating and military rites by the Shelby County...
William A Shull
Nov 6, 2008
William A Shull (September 05, 1924 – November 06, 2008)
William A. Shull, 84, of Shelbyville, died at 9:00 p.m. Thursday, November 6, 2008 in Shelby Memorial Hospital, Shelbyville.Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Monday in Howe and Yockey Funeral Home, Shelbyville with Rev. Lee Lovett officiating. Visitation from 3:00-6:00 p.m. Sunday. Burial will...
Jordan A Fox
Nov 1, 2008
Jordan A Fox (October 13, 1991 – November 01, 2008)
Jordan Ashlin Fox, 17, of Shelbyville, died at 6:27 a.m. Saturday, November 1, 2008, near Shelbyville as the result of an automobile accident.Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, November 5, 2008 in Howe and Yockey Funeral Home, Shelbyville. Visitation from 4:00-8:00 p.m. Tuesday....
Clyde K Standley
Oct 31, 2008
Clyde K Standley (May 26, 1937 – October 31, 2008)
Clyde K. Standley, 71, of Shelbyville, died at 10:22 p.m. Friday, October 31, 2008 in Carle Foundation Hospital, Urbana, Illinois.Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday in Howe and Yockey Funeral Home, Shelbyville with Rev. Lee Lovett officiating. Visitation from 5:00-7:00 p.m. Monday. Burial...
Shirley L Donald
Oct 27, 2008
Shirley L Donald (May 02, 1938 – October 27, 2008)
Shirley L. Donald, 70, of Shelbyville, died at 2:45 p.m. Monday, October 27, 2008 in Shelby Memorial Hospital, Shelbyville.Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday in Howe and Yockey Funeral Home, Shelbyville. Visitation from 5:00-8:00 p.m. Wednesday. Burial will be in Glenwood Cemetery, Shelbyville....
Ruth Yantis
Oct 23, 2008
Ruth Yantis (March 14, 1929 – October 23, 2008)
Wylma “Ruth” Yantis, 79, of Shelbyville, died at 7:22 a.m. Thursday, October 23, 2008 in her residence.Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Sunday, October 26, 2008 in Howe and Yockey Funeral Home, Shelbyville with Rev. Lee Lovett officiating. Visitation from 4:00-7:00 p.m. Saturday, October 25,...
Eldo C Tate
Oct 22, 2008
Eldo C Tate (May 28, 1923 – October 22, 2008)
Eldo Charles Tate, 85, of Stewardson, died at 2:10 p.m. Wednesday, October 22, 2008 in St. Anthony’s Memorial Hospital, Effingham, Illinois.Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, October 25, 2008 in Trinity Lutheran Church in Stewardson with Rev. Richard Bremer officiating. A private family...
Robert C Sylvester
Oct 11, 2008
Robert C Sylvester (July 10, 1918 – October 11, 2008)
Robert C. Sylvester, 90, of Shelbyville, died at 4:30 p.m. Saturday, October 11, 2008 in Shelbyville Manor.Memorial graveside services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Friday, November 7, 2008 in Glenwood Cemetery with Rev. Jeff Grote officiating and Masonic rites by Jackson Masonic Lodge #53. Arrangements...
Pauline E Himes
Oct 11, 2008
Pauline E Himes (January 05, 1914 – October 11, 2008)
Pauline E. (Doll) Himes, 94, of Tower Hill, died at 1:15 p.m. Saturday, October 11, 2008 in Decatur Memorial Hospital.Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, October 14, 2008, in St. Paul’s United Church of Christ, Dollville, IL. Visitation from 6:00-8:00 p.m. Monday in...
Gary J Rhodes
Oct 9, 2008
Gary J Rhodes (November 13, 1944 – October 09, 2008)
Gary J. Rhodes, 63, of Shelbyville, died at 4:37 p.m. Thursday, October 9, 2008 in St. John’s Hospital, Springfield, Illinois.Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m. Monday in Howe and Yockey Funeral Home, Shelbyville with Rev. Greg Breeden officiating. Visitation from 4:00-7:00 p.m. Sunday with...