Canton High School Illinois Alumni Obituaries

Bonita Saxbury age 84 of Center Missouri and formerly of Hull Illinois passed away on Monday December 29 2025 at Barry Healthcare and Senior Living in Barry Illinois. She was born October 1 1941 in Barry Illinois to Ben W. and Alma Blacketer Saxbury. Bonita was baptized as a Baptist in the Mississip...

Glenn E. Gearing age 79 of Canton Illinois passed away at 145 pm Wednesday January 29 2020 at Graham Hospital in Canton Illinois. He was born on March 9 1940 in Alton Illinois the son of James and Olivia June Croxton Gearing. He married Donna Kay Wilson on July 23 1960 in Rushville. She preceded ...

Melba B. Collins 96 a resident of Bickfords Assisted Living in Macomb Illinois went home to be with her heavenly father on December 28 2023. She had previously resided at Cuba Frederick Astoria rural Astoria and Canton Illinois. Born November 4 1927 in Woodland Township Fulton County Illinois the o...

Carroll E. Oliver passed away on June 15 2023 in Mission Texas. He was formerly of Canton Illinois. Carroll was born on August 25 1933 to John S. and Alice Lutz Oliver from Vermont Illinois. He married Kathryn F. Burriss from Astoria Illinois on May 25 1954. Kathryn passed away in October of 201...

Marlin G. Livers age 85 of Canton Illinois passed away at 1037 a.m. Monday February 6 2023 at the Sunset Manor Nursing Home in Canton. He was born on August 27 1937 in Table Grove Illinois the son of Gale O. and Hazel R. Weber Livers. On November 2 2006 he married Betty Ann Trone Stewart in Canton...

Jenna Sue Thomas age 78 of Peoria Illinois passed away at 730 p.m. Monday December 8 2025 at her home. She was born on September 12 1947 in Canton Illinois the daughter of Robert E. and Eva E. Cooper Horwedel. She married Steve Thomas on May 5 1978 in Rushville Illinois. He survives. Also survi...

Ruth Adell Miller age 91 of Canton Illinois formerly of Ipava and Carthage passed away at 845 am on Sunday February 17 2019 at Renaissance Care Center in Canton. She was born on March 23 1927 in Macomb Illinois the daughter of Benjamin and Dorothea David Etter. She was a graduate of Ipava High Scho...

Sydney L. Williams age 27 of Astoria Illinois passed away on Thursday January 1 2026 in the Emergency Room at Graham Hospital in Canton Illinois. She was born on September 12 1998 in Canton the daughter of Curtis Lee and Kacie Lynn Shaw Williams. Sydney worked at Klides Fast Stop in Astoria for sev...

Earl Dennis Briney age 87 of Bluff City Illinois passed away at 804 pm Wednesday December 16 2020 at the Renaissance Care Center in Canton Illinois. He was born on August 11 1933 in Bluff City the son of Earl and Bernice Hamm Briney. On April 20 1958 Dennis married Peggy Ann DeRenzy in Bushnell Il...

Lois Evelyn Gorsage age 89 of Lewistown Illinois passed away at 500 am on Sunday January 23 2022 at Clayberg Nursing Center in Cuba Illinois. She was born on July 30 1932 in Canton Illinois the daughter of Harold and Nelda Jo Smith Burgard. She married Lawrence Coleman in 1954 in Lewistown. He pr...

Anita Marie Duckwiler age 64 of Ipava Illinois passed away at 230 am on Friday December 24 2021 at her home. She was born on August 27 1957 in Canton Illinois the daughter of Rex Wayne and Anna Maye Welker Fouts. On June 26 1976 she married Steve Duckwiler in Summum Illinois. He survives. Also su...

Dorothy I. Arnett age 82 of Lewistown Illinois passed away at 848 am on Thursday May 2 2024 at The Loft in Canton Illinois. She was born on December 31 1941 in Astoria Illinois the daughter of Vern Roy and Adah Fern Bankes McCormick. Dorothy married Lyle Arnett on July 16 1967 in Astoria. He surv...

Lisa Ann Parry age 57 of Ipava Illinois passed away at 940 am on Friday July 10 2020 at her home. surrounded by her family. She was born on January 16 1963 in Macomb Illinois the daughter of Mickie D. and Patricia A. Brooks Williams. Lisa married Danny Parry on February 12 1993 in Astoria Illinois...

Carl William Bill Burnham age 71 of Canton Illinois passed away at 103 pm on Wednesday December 28 2022 at his home. He was born on November 4 1951 in Canton the son of Carl H. and Loretta A. Davis Burnham. He married Annie Mitchell on December 13 2014 in Astoria Illinois. She survives. He is als...

Ernest Duane Shanks age 88 of Astoria Illinois passed away at 850 am at Graham Hospital in Canton Illinois. He was born on October 13 1932 in Macomb Illinois the son of Ivan Ocie and Olive Mae Frazee Shanks. He married Jeannine Powell on February 4 1951 in Brooklyn Illinois. She survives. Also su...

Marty was born in Canton Illinois in 1949 to Clifford and Virgene Cardot. She is the sister of Anita Heaton Camille Plunk Mary Wilkinson Cathy Parkinson and Carol Wages. Marty was a loving mother and grandmother. She enjoyed learning and growing in God through church and Bible study. Fried fish home...

Deborah S. Ward age 63 of Bluff City Illinois passed away at 1222 pm on Saturday May 31 2025 at her home. She was born on September 23 1961 in Havana Illinois the daughter of Elmer and Genevieve Dobson Ford. On July 28 2001 Deborah married Randy Ward in Astoria Illinois. He survives. Also survivi...

Sheri Parsano age 77 of Hodges Alabama formerly of Adair Illinois passed away on Thursday March 27 2025 at her daughters home in Hodges. She was born on September 26 1947 in Beardstown Illinois the daughter of Clifford and Glenna Palmer Parry. On June 25 1970 Sheri married David Lee Parsano in Rus...

Marilyn Lucille Groff age 84 of Macomb Illinois formerly of Astoria passed away at 1044 am on Wednesday March 24 2021 at The Elms in Macomb. She was born on December 24 1936 in Pekin Illinois the daughter of Frank and Grace Strubhar Goulding. Marilyn married Phillip Dean Groff on June 4 1954 in Ip...

Eldon Lee Wright age 82 of Ipava Illinois passed away at 945 am Thursday June 17 2021 in Woodland Township Fulton County Illinois. He was born on July 7 1938 in Laura Illinois the son of Russell and Gladys Kneer Wright. In 1957 Eldon married Mary Blazevich. He was a US Navy veteran serving from 19...

Phillip D. Workman age 82 of Astoria Illinois passed away peacefully on Saturday July 26 2025 surrounded by his family. He was born on January 19 1943 in rural Astoria the son of Everett and Lola Pearl Smith Workman. He married Vicki I. St. Dennis on March 23 1963 in Canton Illinois. She preceded...

Kenneth G. Red Brobston Sr. of Vermont IL passed away at 1115 pm on Wednesday March 1 2023 at his home in Vermont IL. He was born on June 30 1942 in Mount Pleasant IA the son of Howard and Evon Ferrel Brobston. Red married Karen Wilson on October 23 1976 in Vermont IL. She survives. Also survivi...

Bill H. Ogden 76 of Havana Illinois passed away on Tuesday May 31 2022 at Mason District Hospital in Havana. He was born on September 12 1945 in Canton Illinois the son of Harold and Leona Klinedinst Ogden. Bill married Connie Curless on July 17 1963 in Lewistown Illinois. She survives. He is also s...

Gale D. Beekman age 76 of rural Ipava Illinois passed away at 1005 am Sunday March 12 2023 in the Emergency Room of OSF St. Clair Medical Center in Princeton Illinois. He was born on December 23 1946 in Ipava the son of Willis F. and Marjorie L. Thompson Beekman. He married Annie Stambaugh on Augu...

Deborah R. Lindsey age 59 of Astoria Illinois passed away at 1145 am on Thursday January 14 2021 in Rushville Illinois. She was born on August 26 1961 in Rushville the daughter of Roy Lee Dode and Margaret Ann Thompson Hollenback. She was married to Roger Lindsey from 1980 to 1997. She is survived...

George R. "Rusty" Wilson age 70 of Table Grove Illinois passed away at 1111 pm Saturday February 2 2019 at OSF St. Francis Medical Center in Peoria Illinois. He was born on August 29 1948 in Canton Illinois the son of George and Margie Malott Wilson. He married Mary Dennis on March 31 1984 in Verm...

On Wednesday February 17 2021 Rosalie Ann Wilson Barrett passed away at the age of 82. She was born on October 6 1938 in Watseka Illinois the daughter of Ferris and Verna Mae Dickinson Wilson. Rosalie married Paul E. Barrett on October 7 1956 in Chandlerville Illinois. He preceded her in death on...

To be known by Jenny Lynn Farr was to be loved wholly and fully for life. Jenny was blessed with the gift of loving people and welcoming them into her home and we can only imagine her joy as she was welcomed through heavens gates on Sunday September 6 2020 at 1232 pm. He father Roger Lee Clanin an...

Michael Lee Dailey age 61 of Ipava Illinois passed away on Friday October 10th as a result of a kayaking accident while camping near Thompson Michigan. He was born on June 19 1964 in Canton Illinois the son of Raymond and Ethel Marie Wise Dailey. He married Sue Ulmer in Lewistown Illinois. She su...

Betty June Lawver age 91 of Astoria Illinois passed away at 350 am Thursday March 18 2021 at Graham Hospital in Canton Illinois. She was born on June 26 1929 in Bluff City Illinois the daughter of William Jennings "W.J." and Inez Mae Stambaugh Palmer. Betty married Dwayne D. "Boon" Lawver on Septe...