Monica Jolene “Mickey”  Westlake age 80, a resident of Heritage Health, Therapy and Senior Care in Mt. Sterling, Illinois passed away at 2:26 P.M. on Tuesday November 24, 2020 at the nursing home. She was born March 7, 1940 in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Leopold and Mildred Fees Rogers. She married Richard Donald Westlake in April of 1967. Monica was a homemaker and had also worked as a home healthcare nurses aid for several years.  She graduated...

  Gale Roger “Archie” Bradbury, age 71 of Versailles, Illinois passed away at 10:40 P.M. Monday November 23, 2020 at his residence.  He was born November 25, 1948 in Versailles, Illinois the son of Roy Marden and Garnet Eileen Pritchet Bradbury.  He married Lulu Belle Wheeler on December 30, 1970 in Versailles, Illinois and she survives.  Mr. Bradbury was a correctional officer for Western Illinois Correctional Center for 22 years, retiring in 2008. ...

Sheridan Byrle Jones, age 79, a resident of Liberty Village in Pittsfield, Illinois and formerly of Mt.Sterling, passed away at 9:59 p.m. on Saturday, November 21, 2020 at Liberty Village. He was born February 6, 1941 in Brown County, Illinois the son of Bates Byrle and Evelyn Riggal Jones.   Mr. Jones was a self employed carpenter and was also engaged in farming.   Sheridan was of the Christian faith.  He always enjoyed coon hunting and was a 50 year member of...

  Ronald Rolland Hess, age 76, of rural Mt. Sterling, Illinois passed away at 7:05 a.m. Friday, November 20, 2020 at The Elms in Macomb, Illinois.  He was born June 25, 1944 in Quincy, Illinois the son of Cecil H. and Grace Leona Kerr Hess.  He married Erma Brush Swanson on December 31, 1992 in Mt. Sterling, Illinois and she survives.  Mr. Hess was a lifelong Brown County farmer and had also worked for the Brown County Highway Department for several years and then...

  Charles Raymond Bradbury, age 95, of Versailles, Illinois passed away at 8:27 a.m. Friday, November 20, 2020 at the home of his daughter near Versailles, Illinois.  He was born July 20, 1925 in Versailles, Illinois the son of Charles Brock and Grace Meyer Bradbury.  He married Sylvan Irene Kleinlein on November 4, 1945 at the Mt. Sterling Christian Church parsonage and she preceded him in death on December 15, 2010.   Mr. Bradbury owned and operated Bradbury...

  Donald Lee Mountain, age 82, of Perry, Illinois passed away at 12:55 a.m. on Friday, November 13, 2020 at Heritage Health, Therapy and Senior Care in Mt. Sterling, Illinois. He was born November 26, 1937 in Quincy, Illinois the son of Doyle and Olive Wagner Mountain.  He married Sharolyn “Sherry” Lee Vose on December 29, 1955 in Perry, Illinois and she preceded him in death on June 11, 2012.  Don and his wife  owned and operated Mountain Farmers Market in...

  Mr. Leslie Brooks Paris, age 80, a resident of Heritage Health, Therapy and Senior Care in Mt. Sterling, Illinois and formerly of Perry, Missouri, passed away at 6:16 A.M on Tuesday, November 10, 2020 at Culbertson Memorial Hospital in Rushville, Illinois. He was born June 24, 1940 in Mexico, Missouri the son of LeRoy and Alberta Marie Jackson Paris.  He married Phyllis Sinclair in 1977.   Mr. Paris was the owner/operator of Perry Plumbing, Heating and Air...

  Gary Kent Wilkerson, age 63 of rural Versailles,Illinois passed away at 4:30 p.m. on Friday, November 6, 2020 at Memorial Medical Center in Springfield, Illinois. He was born June 9, 1957 in Jacksonville, Illinois the son of Horace Eugene and Iona Mae Greiwe Wilkerson.  He married Cindy L. Browning on July 12, 2001 at his home in Elkhorn Township in Brown County.    Gary was a lifelong Brown County farmer and had also served as Elkhorn Township Road Commissioner...

  Helen Lucille Wagner, age 93, of Mt.Sterling, passed away at 12:43 a.m. on Friday, November 6, 2020 at Heritage Health, Therapy and Senior Care in Mt. Sterling. She was born April 26, 1927 in Brown County, Illinois the daughter of Joseph William and Bertha Marie Koch Elbus.  She was united in marriage to Edward L. Wagner on August 21, 1954 at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Mt. Sterling and he preceded her in death on March 20, 1986.   Lucille was a...

  Verlin D. Perry climbed mountains in Austria, piloted airplanes flying throughout the mid-west, rode with the wind on his Indian motorcycle throughout the rural counties of Illinois, boated and water skied often on the Illinois River, and spent countless hours on his fertilizer sprayer in the fields of West Central Illinois.  God called him home on Wednesday, October 28, 2020, at 5:40 p.m. with his family holding his hands and surrounding his bedside.  Born in Quincy on...