Watseka Comm High School Illinois Alumni Obituaries

Mary Jane Smith 90 of Odin passed away Sunday February 15 2025 at the home she raised her family in Odin. She was born on November 15 1935 the daughter Harold and Leona Pence Templeman. She was raised by Virgie Pence Sapp. She married her one true love Paul Delano Smith on December 7 1956 in Watseka...

William Earl Miller known to all as Earl passed away at the age of 94 in Branson Missouri. He was born in Watseka Illinois and went on to build a full and meaningful life rooted in faith family and hard work. Earl proudly served his country in the United States Army during the Korean Conflict from 1...

Karen Ruth Johnson, 69, passed away peacefully in her home in Brooksville, KY on the evening of December 9, 2025.She was born in Watseka, Illinois on Jan. 22, 1956, to Kenneth Rex Kendall and Martha Annette White Kendall, and was the oldest of three children. Karen was raised in Kentland, Indiana wi...

    Rosalyn McKay Eyman, 95, of rural Knox City, Missouri, passed away Thursday, July 17, 2025, at the Boone Hospital in Columbia, Missouri, surrounded by family.    Rosalyn was born on June 5, 1930, in Watseka, Illinois, the daughter of Orion McKay “O.M.” and Dorothea Arnold War...

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...

Wilma L. Zeidler 98 of Buckley passed away at 1120 p.m. February 5 2026 at Accolade Healthcare of Paxton on Pells. Funeral services will be held at 1100 a.m. Tuesday February 10 2026 at St. Johns Lutheran Church Buckley with Rev. J. Kevin Wycoff officiating. Burial will follow in St. Johns Cemetery ...

Richard Louis Farney was born on February 18 1936 in Peoria Illinois to the late Melvin and Dorothy Michael Farney. He was united in marriage to Watseka Alcorn Farney who survives of London Kentucky. He is also survived by two devoted Stepsons Dennis Wombles of London Kentucky and Wesley Wombles and...

Joyce D. Baker 94 of Bement IL. passed away at 918 P.M.on Sunday November 2 2025 at Carle Foundation Hospital Urbana IL. Memorial services will be held on Sunday November 23 2025 at 200 P.M. at the Bement Baptist Church 748 S. Macon St. Bement. The Pastor Pat Tieman will officiate. Visitation will b...

Shirley Mae Hough, a beloved homemaker and cherished member of her family, passed away peacefully on January 4, 2026, in Culver, Indiana. Born on August 11, 1945, in Watseka, Il...