Joseph Alan “Joe” Cross, age 28, of Browning, Illinois and formerly of Mt. Sterling, Illinois passed away at 9:05 p.m. Saturday, March 28, 2020 at Culbertson Memorial Hospital in Rushville, Illinois from injuries sustained in a side by side ATV accident which occurred in rural Schuyler County. He was born January 29, 1992 in Quincy, Illinois the son of William Alan and Angela Lynn Hollembeak Cross.   Joseph was a crane operator and diver for...

Mt. Sterling, Illinois – Dorothy Agnes Tracy, 91, co-founder of Dot Foods, died at 12:05 a.m. on Friday, March 27, 2020, in her home. She died of natural causes not related to the recent COVID-19 pandemic. Dorothy was born on January 21, 1929, in Taylorville, Ill. She was one of Lawrence and Marie Curtin’s seven children. She grew up on their farm in Blue Mound, Ill., attended Stonington Community High School, and graduated from Sacred Heart Academy in Springfield, Ill. In 1949,...

  Donald Earl Jennings, age 84, of Mt. Sterling,Illinois passed away at 9:51 p.m. Tuesday, March 24, 2020 at Blessing Hospital in Quincy, Illinois.  He was born September 5, 1935 in Brown County, Illinois the son of Herbert and Anna Lucille Christner Jennings.  He married Mary Ann Butler on August 24, 1956 in Mt. Sterling, Illinois and she preceded him in death on July 15, 2018.  Mr. Jennings was a partner in Jennings Brothers Sanitation for many years and earlier in...

Graydon Dale Sides, age 93, of Versailles, Illinois passed away at 8:47 a.m. Sunday, March 22, 2020 at his residence.  He was born January 28, 1927 in Versailles, Illinois the son of Lewis Wayne and Mary Lucinda Davis Sides.  He married Barbara Anne Yeakel on September 24, 1955 and she survives.  Mr. Sides worked for the Illinois Farm Bureau, FS Farm Services in Scott County, Illinois and had owned and operated a soil testing business for several years.   He...

Eva Mae Lewis, age 74, of Mt. Sterling, passed away at 6:53 a.m. Saturday, March 21, 2020 at Culbertson Memorial Hospital in Rushville, Illinois.  She was born August 22, 1945 in Jacksonville, Illinois the daughter of Loren and Fern Phillips Ballenger.  She married Samuel Lewis on August 26, 1961 at the Chambersburg Christian Church and he survives.  Mrs. Lewis was a homemaker and had also worked at Jacksonville Country Club, Excel in Beardstown, Tate Cheese in Valley City...

  Esther Eloise Laning, age 97, of Mt. Sterling, Illinois passed away at 1:15 p.m. Wednesday, March 18, 2020 at Blessing Hospital in Quincy, Illinois.  She was born June 30, 1922 in Cooperstown Township in Brown County the daughter of Frank Lee and Tessa Lenora Long Laning.   Esther attended Meyers Grade School in Brown County, graduated from Mt. Sterling High School and St. Frances School of Nursing in Peoria, Illinois.  She was a veteran of World War II, having...

  Daniel Joseph Busby, age 64, of Rushville, Illinois and formerly of Mt. Sterling passed away at 7:45 a.m. Wednesday, March 11, 2020 at St. John’s Hospital in Springfield, Illinois.  He was born October 18, 1955 in Quincy, Illinois the son of George B. and Anna Marie Mayfield Busby. He worked for Roberts Farms in Timewell, Illinois for several years and had also worked for Tate Cheese in Valley City, Illinois.  Dan graduated from Brown County High School and was of...

  Charles Edward Rigg, age 81, of Mt. Sterling, Illinois passed away at 6:45 p.m. Sunday, March 8, 2020 at Blessing Hospital in Quincy, Illinois.  Charles was born on August 10, 1938 in Brown County, the son of George and Blanche Friday Rigg.  He married Martha Marie Tongate on November 29, 1963 in the Baptist Church in Mt. Sterling, and she survives.   Charles was a graduate of Brown County High School with the class of 1956.  He then served four years in...

Donald Dewayne Perry, age 88, of Versailles, Illinois was born in Mt. Sterling, Illinois to Guy E. and Allena B. Smith Perry on May 20, 1931 and passed away at St. John’s Hospital in Springfield, Illinois on March 7, 2020 with family at his side.  He was preceded in death by his parents, an infant son, Douglas A. Perry, two great grandsons, Joshua and Christopher Perry and their mother, Kayla Perry, a sister Joann Bedwell, brother-in-law Wayne Bridgewater, step-father Harvey...

Gerald W.  Yates, age 86, of Timewell, Illinois passed away on Thursday, February 20, 2020 at Blessing Hospital in Quincy, Illinois.  “Jerry” was born February 5, 1934, in Concord Township to Violet Logsdon Yates and Charles J. Yates.  He married Dorothy (Sailer) and they loved and cared for each other for 67 ½ years.    Jerry received his education in Brown County schools.  He served 2 years in the United States Army during the Korean...