Edith Marie Faugust, age 89 of Burlington, Iowa and formerly of Mt. Sterling, Illinois passed away at 11:10 p.m. Tuesday, October 20, 2020 at Bickford of Burlington.  She was born April 13, 1931 in Brown County, Illinois the daughter of Louis Luke and Florence Kerr Kassing.  Marie’s mother died when she was a little girl and her father needed to work out of town so she was raised by her grandmother and Aunt Helen and Uncle Frank Kassing and their children, James and...

Alison Virginia Lung, age 68, of Mt. Sterling Illinois, passed away at 4:30 A.M. on Saturday, October 17, 2020 at Jacksonville Skilled Nursing and Rehab in Jacksonville, Illinois.  She was born March 18,1952 the daughter of Ivan and Patricia Kirby Derry. She married Gary Lee Lung on March 21, 1986 in Mt. Sterling, Illinois and he preceded her in death on February 23, 2015. Mrs. Lung was a homemaker and had also worked as a C.N.A. for several nursing homes.  She always enjoyed...

  Mildred Louise “Milly” Geisler, age 94 of Mt. Sterling, Illinois passed away at 11:23 p.m. Wednesday, October 14, 2020 at Bickford of Macomb. She was born September 13, 1926 in Schuyler County, Illinois, the daughter of Earl and Hattie Spates Downs.  She attended rural schools and was a graduate of Rushville High School and Gem City Business College in Quincy, Illinois.  She worked as a private secretary until her marriage to Cletus A. Geisler on January 31,...

  Rose Newell Cooper, age 103, of Versailles, Illinois passed away at 12:50 p.m. Saturday, October 10, 2020 at Heritage Health, Therapy and Senior Care in Mt. Sterling.  She was born August 23, 1917 in Brown County, Illinois the daughter of Albert Franklin and Laura Louise Diebold Moulton.  She married Eli Newell on December 1, 1933 in Beardstown, Illinois and he preceded her in death in 1967.  She later married Jimmie Cooper on April 29, 1974 in Jacksonville, Illinois...

Jack Lee Logsdon, age 88, of Mt. Sterling, Illinois passed away at 7:35 p.m. Friday, October 2, 2020 at Rushville Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Rushville, Illinois.  He was born October 25, 1931 in Ashland, Illinois the son of Edward M. and Emma Lucille Peacock Logsdon.  He married Eleanor Wagner on October 21, 1950 in Mt. Sterling, Illinois and she survives.  On August 3, 1961 Jack and Eleanor adopted a family of 4 children Terina, Wendy, Joe and Rob, that they loved...

  Jon Marc Heckel, age 73, of Mt. Sterling, Illinois passed away at 11:40 a.m. Wednesday, September 23, 2020 at Memorial Medical Center in Springfield, Illinois. He was born October 12, 1946 in Kankakee, Illinois the son of Glenn F. and Hazel R. DeMent Heckel.  He married Cathy Lynne Wilkerson on November 10, 2001 in Mt. Sterling and she survives.  Mr. Heckel worked for the Illinois Department of Corrections for over 30 years retiring as Assistant Warden of Western Illinois...

Robert Glen “Bob” Lauderback, age 71, of Beardstown, Illinois passed away at 9:23 p.m. Monday, September 7, 2020 at Culbertson Memorial Hospital in Rushville, Illinois.  He was born April 8, 1949 in Beardstown, Illinois the son of Glen and Dorothea Louise Schaefer Lauderback.  He married Janet Jockisch on June 1, 1969 at the First Southern Baptist Church in Beardstown, Illinois and she survives.   Mr. Lauderback owned and operated Lauderback Carpet in...

    Larry Nelson Harshman, age 80, of Pittsfield, Illinois and formerly of Mt. Sterling, Illinois passed away at 9:39 p.m. Friday, September 4, 2020 at Blessing Hospital in Quincy, Illinois. He was born January 26, 1940 in Griggsville, Illinois the son of William P. and Stella Eileen Roberts Harshman.  He married Carol Ashby on June 2, 1961.  He later married Janet Irene Feld Peacock on May 30, 1975 in Mt. Sterling, Illinois and she preceded him in death on December...

    Dean Mountain died Tuesday, September 1, 2020, at 10 am. He was 84 years old.  W. Dean Mountain was born to his parents, Earl and Gladys, at home in northwest Pike County near Fishhook, Illinois, on July 10, 1936. It was one of the hottest years on record at that time. His mother Gladys always said she tried to keep him outdoors in the shade as much as she could, fanning him while he slept. Dean attended one-room schoolhouses until high school.  He graduated from...

  Robert Raymond “Bob” Behrends, age 68, of Mt.Sterling, passed away at 12:57 a.m. on Saturday, August 29, 2020 at his residence. He was born June 16, 1952 in Pontiac, Illinois the son of Robert J. and Marilyn Joan Root Behrends.  He married Cynthia Smith on January 15, 1986 in Palmyra, Missouri and she survives.  Mr. Behrends had worked at Dot Foods in Mt. Sterling, PACTIV in Jacksonville, Timewell Tile in TImewell, Illinois and Electric Wheel in Quincy,...