Putnam County High School Illinois Alumni Obituaries

Ronald Lynn Waite 72 of Angola Indiana passed away peacefully on Wednesday February 4 2026 at Parkview Regional Medical Center Fort Wayne Indiana. Ron was born on May 26 1953 in Angola Indiana. He was the son of Robert C. and Betty J. Sams Waite. He graduated from Angola High School in 1971. He farm...

Robert Bob Allan Putnam 81 of Lewiston Maine went to be with his Lord and Savior on November 6 2020 while residing at Montello Heights where he gained an even larger extended family. Bob was born in 1939 in Cary Maine and grew up in Aroostook County. Bob attended Hodgdon High School. He served in th...

Patricia Ann Dowling, 77, of Hollister, passed away Saturday, December 27, 2025 at Haven Hospice Roberts Care Center in Palatka.Patrica was born and raised in Jacksonville, where after high school She worked for a time as a bookkeeper for Southern Bell and was actively involved in Westbrook Baptist ...

JOHNNY THOMPSONJohn Michael Ray “Johnny” Thompson, 37, of Interlachen received his wings Wednesday, December 31, 2025 at his residence.Johnny was born in Phoenix, Arizona and had been a lifelong resident of Putnam County, first living in Palatka and later in Interlachen. He was a 2006 graduate of Pa...

Virgil Allen Williams 82 of Monticello FL. peacefully went home to be with the Lord Sunday December 14th at Tallahassee Memorial Hospital. Virgil is the son of the late Vernon Williams and the late Vater Grant. He was born March 30 1943 in Pierson FL. He was educated in the Putnam County School Syst...

Lee was born February 6 1945 in Eastland. He was the oldest child of Dowel Avery Abernathy and Sibyl Sessions Abernathy. His great greatgrandparents came with the railroad to settle at Putnam in eastern Callahan County. As an infant he was the sixth generation to live in the family home at Atwell TX...

Janet Y. Pitchford 89, of Pt. Pleasant passed away Thursday October 30, 2025 at Pleasant Valley Health Care Center. She was a graduate of Dunbar High School and attended Salem Baptist Church. She was a lifelong homemaker and loved quilting.Born May 29, 1936 in Putnam County she was the daughter of t...

Terry Glenn Johnson 76 passed away unexpectedly on November 12 2025 at his home in Putnam. He was born in Eastland on September 22 1949. Terry was the son of Glover and Clydine Ramsey Johnson. Terry lived in Scranton most of his young life where he attended school at Scranton elementary and high sch...

On December 22, 2025, Rowena Carol Zepp (ne Wiggins), beloved wife of Edwin Andrew (Drew) Zepp of St. Peter, MO, beloved mother of Scott Zepp (Lindsay) and James Zepp (Heather), both of Columbia, MO and proud grandmother of Callie, Renley, Colton and Atley, passed from this life. She was 74 years ol...

Ronnie Lee Duncan 69 of Hurricane WV passed away on December 27 2025 at Teays Valley Hospital with his family by his side. He was born in Putnam County WV on October 10 1956 and was the son of the late Norman Randell Duncan and Dorthy Jean Duncan. After graduating in 1974 from Hurricane High School ...

Carmen Mae Hogrefe 88 of Deshler Ohio passed away early Sunday morning November 9 2025 at Vancrest Health Care Center Holgate. She was born May 19 1937 in Holgate Ohio to the late Martin and Laura Koppenhofer Imbrock. She graduated from Deshler High School in 1955. On September 8 1957 she married Do...

William Bill Clayton Triplett 67 of Livonia Missouri passed away at his home in Livonia Missouri on Thursday November 27 2025. The son of Darwin Eugene and Georgia Dean Fullerton Triplett he was born on April 24 1958 in Unionville Missouri. He was a graduate of the Putnam County High School in Union...

PAT DEANPatrick L. “Pat” Dean, Sr., 63, of Interlachen passed away Thursday, December 11, 2025 due to injuries sustained in a vehicular accident.Born in Bartow, Florida, Pat had resided in west Putnam County for the past 51 years coming from Starke. Pat was a 1980 graduate of Interlachen High School...

Franklin Joseph Wesley Joe Russell 78 passed away December 6 2025 in McGuire VA Medical Center. Born in Suffolk he was a son of the late Stanley Horton Russell and Ophelia Belle Parker Hill. He was also predeceased by a daughter Tammy Jo Russell Steinert and two brothers Stanley Parker Russell and ...

Robbie Gould Jr. 46 of East Killingly Connecticut peacefully passed away last month on December 14th after a brief illness. He was born in Putnam CT on July 21st 1979 three months premature and with cerebral palsy. Despite his handicaps he remarkably exceeded all doctors expectations. He graduated w...

SHERRY R. JOHNSSherry Romaine Johns, 71, of Interlachen passed away Monday, December 8, 2025 at HCA Florida North Florida Hospital in Gainesville following a brief illness.A Palatka native, Sherry had been a lifelong resident of Putnam County. She attended Palatka South High School and had attended ...

DENISE "NECIE" ROCKAngelita Denise “Necie” Gore Rock, 54, of Bardin passed away Sunday, December 7, 2025 at Haven Hospice Roberts Care Center in Palatka following and extended illness.A native of Palatka and lifelong resident of Putnam County, Denise had been a lifelong member of Providence Baptist ...