Pekin Community High School Illinois Alumni Obituaries

Elaine Baker, 99, Carthage, Missouri, passed away Monday, January 12, 2026, at Freeman West Hospital, Joplin, Missouri. Elaine was born on October 5, 1926, in St. Michael, Nebraska. She was the middle daughter of Vera Mae Wilks and Orville Harvey Timm. She graduated from Carthage High School and the...

Russell P. Erbaugh age 91 of Havana Illinois passed away at 806 pm on Thursday December 15 2022 at his home. He was born on February 25 1931 in Logansport Indiana the son of Daniel and Etta Genseal Erbaugh. He was raised by his grandparents James and Catherine Genseal Kitson. Both his parents and...

Edward McIntyre Hinman age 83 of Astoria Illinois passed away at 143 am on Saturday September 18 2021 at the University Of Iowa Hospitals in Iowa City Iowa. He was born on August 15 1938 in Pekin Illinois the son of Earl and Blanche McIntyre Hinman. On August 15 1965 Edward married Nancy Cremeens ...

Fred A. Carlton age 82 of Astoria Illinois passed away on Thursday August 22 2024 at 940 p.m. at his home. He was born on May 5 1942 in Peoria Illinois the son of Robert and Bessie Wamsley Carlton. On July 3 1987 Fred married Mary Standley in Meredosia Illinois. She preceded him in death on Octob...

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...

Patricia Nelson age 94 of Vermont Illinois passed away at 645 pm Sunday January 1 2023 at the Macomb Post Acute Care Center. She was born on August 19 1928 in Eldorado Township McDonough County Illinois the daughter of Dwight and Mary Short Johnson. On January 5 1947 Pat married John Wade Nelson ...

Leann Baum 65 of Pekin Illinois formerly of Ipava for most of her life went home to hug Jesus Saturday September 7th. She was surrounded by loved ones at her daughters home in Pekin. Leann was born February 6 1959 to Robert and Joann Baum they survive. Leann left behind her beloved son Robert Baum P...

Roy Eugene Van Fossen passed away on Wednesday November 3 2021 at Grand View Memory Care in Peoria IL. He was born on August 3 1934 in Ipava IL to Clyde Van Fossen and Christina Van Fossen Shaw. He married Mary Irene Vinson in Peoria IL on August 19 1960 along with Irenes four young children. Roy...

Mary Irene Vinson Van Fossen transitioned to her heavenly home to join her husband on November 1 2022 at Richard Owens Hospice Home in Peoria IL. Irene was born on May 9 1933 in Denton Hollow Alabama the second of five children to Johnny C. and Grace Frost Vinson. She married Roy Van Fossen on Augu...

William Bill H. Pilger age 83 of Ipava Illinois passed away at 910 am on Sunday January 1 2023 at McDonough District Hospital in Macomb Illinois. He was born on July 17 1939 in Chandlerville Illinois the son of Russell and Frances Hopping Pilger. Bill married Nancy M. Hicke on July 17 1959 in Asto...

Dr. Steven D. Tippen, son of the late Rev. Ed Tippen and Mary Davis Tippen, was born on August 23, 1952, in Dexter, Missouri, and departed this life on December 24, 2025, at Mercy Hospital Southeast in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, at the age of 73 years.Dr. Tippen was the minister at Mt. Gilead (Hill) ...