Effingham County High School Georgia Alumni Obituaries

Beverly A. Donahue 82 of Sparta passed away on Friday January 16 2026 at Gundersen by Emplify in La Crosse. She was born on October 14 1943 to Walter and Lola Blaser Hoyer in Marysville Kansas. She grew up in rural Cummings Kansas and graduated from Atchison County Community High School in Effingham...

Janett Stinchcomb Harris, 81, of Springfield, GA, formerly of Cumberland, MD, passed away on Thursday, January 1, 2026, at Effingham Care and Rehabilitation Center, Springfield, GA.Born November 10, 1944, in Baltimore, MD, Mrs. Harris was the daughter of the late Virgil Stinchcomb and Edna Morris St...

Donald Henry Kentzler 93 passed away on October 31 2025 at the Wathena Care Center with his beloved wife Beverly by his side. Don was born on September 20 1932 in Effingham Kansas to Walter Henry and Blanche Linck Kentzler. His parents were tenant farmers and he lived his early life attending countr...

Donald E. “Donnie” Kraus, 78, of rural Oblong, passed away at 9:55 PM on Friday, January 23, 2026, at Carle Richland Memorial Hospital, Olney, IL.Donnie was born December 28, 1947, in Ste. Marie Township, Jasper County, IL the son of Edgar George Kraus and Rosena Saloma Hahn Kraus. He married Bonni...

Robert Joe Joseph Musson passed away Sunday June 13 in Effingham from a heart attack. He was born June 15 1980 in Des Moines Iowa to Bobby and Jeri Musson. Joe is survived by his parents Bobby and Jeri Musson two sisters Nicole and Matt Westcott of Rushville and Jessie and Wes Wendte of Altamont fou...

Joyce was born in Effingham Illinois the daughter of John Truman and Mildred Pauline AdermanGarner on February 16.1938. She graduated from Altamont Community High School. She married Ronald Dean Finfrock and he preceded her in death. To this union was born a son Curtis Dean Finfrock on June 1 1957 a...

80 year old Mason Illinois resident Loren Earl Witter passed away November 21 2025 at a care facility in Monticello Illinois. Loren was born November 24 1944 in Wayne County Illinois. He was one of three triplets born to George and Alberta Witter. He graduated from Fairfield High School then enliste...

Norma Maye Pederson 86 of Muscotah Kansas passed away at her home near Muscotah Kansas on August 2 2025. Norma was born on April 3 1939 at the Horton Hospital in Horton Kansas the daughter of Glen Alexander and Bertha Jane Stirton Wilson. Norma was a graduate of Atchison County Community Schools ACC...