Obituaries in Virginia, IL

Louise Florence Wildt 99 of Virginia Illinois passed away November 19 2025 at Cass County Senior Living and Rehabilitation. She was born September 7 1926 in Virginia the daughter of Charles and Doris Schaad Ruppel. She married Robert P. Wildt on April 10 1949 and he preceded her in death on January ...

Hazel Sue L. Moss 95 of Jacksonville Illinois passed away Tuesday December 16 2025. She was born on January 28 1930 in Jacksonville to the parents of Herbert E. and J. Edith Watson Hogan. Sue married Warren E. Moss on February 16 1947 and he survives. Sue had said that her biggest accomplishment was...

Layne Hayden McGinnis 63 a longtime resident of Jacksonville Illinois passed away at Rushville Nursing and Rehabilitation Center on November 3 2025. He was born on October 26 1962 at Ft. Leonard Wood MO to Carroll and Marian J. Deitrick McGinnis. He is survived by his mother Marian Deitrick McDonald...

Michael Lee Big Dad Bell 58 of Ashland Illinois passed away Thursday November 13 2025 at his home. He was born April 27 1967 in Jacksonville the son of William Buddy and Patsy Turner Bell. He married Melissa Bloomfield on October 13 2024 in Ashland and she survives. He is also survived by two sons a...

He was born on August 6 1947 the son of Paul and Minerva Harr Laich. He married Sheri Lanham in Jacksonville and she survives. Paul is also survived by his stepchildren Jennifer Brad Baptist of Jacksonville Benjamin Michelle Reese of Ashland and Dane Bonnie Dorsey of Norman Oklahoma twelve stepgrand...

Ralph E. Vortman 85 of New Berlin Illinois passed away Tuesday January 6 2026 at The Grove in Jacksonville. He was born March 22 1940 in Jacksonville the son of Luther and Nina Louise Krusa Vortman. He married Linda Estabrook on December 22 1967 in Springfield and she preceded him in death on Septem...

Norman John Bryant 93 of Ashland Illinois passed peacefully into the arms of Jesus on Tuesday November 11 2025 at Sunny Acres Nursing Home near his hometown of Petersburg. Norman was surrounded by loved ones and had just received military honors as it was Veterans Day. Norman was born April 25 1932 ...

Jeffrey Ray Darnell 68 of Ashland Illinois died Sunday November 23 2025 at Cass County Senior Living and Rehabilitation in Virginia. He was born March 29 1957 in Springfield the son of J.R. and Eva Jean Willis Darnell. Jeff married Karen Coy on September 22 1973 and she survives in Ashland. He is al...

Esther Imogene Jean Briggs 93 of Springfield Illinois died Friday December 5 2025. She was born August 3 1932 in Benville Illinois to Markie Glen and Mabel Alice Davis Newton. She married Robert Lyle Briggs on March 1 1953 who preceded her in death. Jean is survived by her sons Rick Briggs Sharon of...

Anthony "Tony" Platukas age 90 of Cadiz Kentucky passed away Monday December 15 2025 at Princeton Nursing and Rehabilitation in Princeton Kentucky. Born on August 4 1935 in Garden City Michigan he was the son of Alfred and Jenny Gutvosky Platukas. Tony worked as a machine journeyman with Ford Motor ...

William Edward Bill Sorrill 80 of Virginia Illinois passed away Thursday October 23 2025. He is survived by one sister and two brothers Mary Lou J.R. Davey of Litchfield Richard Donna Sorrill of Nescopeck Pennsylvania and Kenneth Sorrill of Virginia and several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in...

Lois Jane Smith Rust 97 of Jacksonville Illinois died Wednesday December 17 2025 at The Pointe in Jacksonville. She was born July 6 1928 to LeRoy Thomas and Hattie Belle Scott Smith in Jacksonville. Lois married Paul Oliver Rust on July 24 1949 at Central Christian Church in Jacksonville they were m...