All Obituaries

Kenneth E. Traylor, 84, of Hillsboro, IL, passed away on Wednesday, May 23, 2018, at 12:48 a.m. at Barnes Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, MO.  Memorial visitation will be held on Saturday, May 26, 2018 from 12:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. at Bass Patton Dean Funeral Home, Hillsboro, IL.  Memorial Service will be held on Saturday, May 26, 2018 at 3:00 p.m. at Bass Patton Dean Funeral Home, Hillsboro, IL.  Cremation rites were accorded.  Military rites will be accorded at Bass...

Harold Franklin Sorrell, 96, of Hillsboro, IL passed on Thursday, May 17, 2018, at his residence.  Visitation will be held on Thursday, May 24, 2018, from 12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. at Bass Patton Dean Funeral Home, Hillsboro, IL.  Funeral service will be held on Thursday, May 24, 2018, at 1:30 p.m. at Bass Patton Dean Funeral Home, Hillsboro, IL.  Rev. Ralph Ward, Hillsboro, IL, will officiate.  Cremation rites will follow. Mr. Sorrell was born on April 16, 1922,...

Emily Louise Battin, 77, of Litchfield, formerly of Raymond, died on Tuesday, April 3, 2018 at 3:10 p.m. at St. John’s Hospital in Springfield, IL. Memorial visitation will be held on Saturday, May 19, 2018 from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. at Bass Patton Dean Funeral Home, Hillsboro, IL.  Memorial Service will be held on Saturday, May 19, 2018 at 3:00 p.m. at Bass Patton Dean Funeral Home, Hillsboro, IL.  Pastor Bert Eickhoff, Pastor of Trinity Lutheran...

Rose Marie Beard, 77, of Hillsboro, IL, passed away on Friday, May 11, 2018 at 10:34 a.m. at Hillsboro Rehab and Health Care, Hillsboro, IL.  Visitation will be held on Thursday, May 17, 2018, from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., at First Presbyterian Church, Hillsboro, IL.  Funeral services will be held on Friday, May 18, 2018, at 10:00 a.m., at First Presbyterian Church, Hillsboro, IL.  Burial will take place in Irving Cemetery, Irving, IL.  Rev. Matt Ferguson, Pastor of...

Samuel Thomas "Tom" Harrelson, 80, of Fort Lewis, WA, passed away on April 19, 2018 at 12:40 p.m. at Madigan Army Medical Center, Fort Lewis, WA.  Graveside memorial services will be held on Thursday, May 17, 2018 at 11:00 a.m. at Green Hill Cemetery, Van Burensburg, IL.  Rev. Myron Kirk, Pastor of Grace Fellowship Church, Fillmore, IL, will officate.  Military rites will be accorded by VFW Post 1306 and American Legion Post 425. Mr. Harrelson was born on...

Valle Harold “Zeke” Funk passed away Thursday, May 10, 2018 at St. John’s Hospital in Springfield, IL.  A Memorial visitation will be held on Wednesday, May 16, 2018 from 10:00 a.m. until time of service at Bass Patton Dean Funeral Home in Hillsboro, IL.  Memorial services will be held on Wednesday, May 16, 2018, at 11:00 a.m., at Bass Patton Dean Funeral Home in Hillsboro, IL.  Rev. James Hayes, Pastor of St. James Baptist Church in Hillsboro, IL, will...

Dorothy Mae Davidson, 92, of Girard, IL, formerly of Coffeen, IL, passed away on Tuesday, May 8, 2018, at 8:20 a.m. at Pleasant Hill Village, Girard, IL.  Visitation will be Thursday, May 10, 2018, from 10:00-11:00 a.m. at Toberman-Dean Funeral Home, Coffeen, IL.  Funeral services will be Thursday, May 10, 2018, at 11:00 a.m. at Toberman-Dean Funeral Home, Coffeen, IL.  Burial will take place in Olive Hill Cemetery, Coffeen, IL.  Rev. Jeff Hemken, Pastor of Calvary...

Betty Ruth (Kanowsky) Harpole, 89, of Westlake Village, CA, formerly of Hillsboro, IL, passed away on Tuesday, April 3, 2018, in Westlake Village, CA.  A Memorial Mass will be held on Saturday, May 5, 2018, at 11:00 a.m., at St. Agnes Catholic Church in Hillsboro, IL.  Father Daniel Willenborg, Pastor of St. Agnes Catholic Church, will officiate.  Burial will be in St. Agnes Cemetery in Hillsboro, IL.  A Celebration of Life gathering will be held on Saturday, May 5,...

David Donald Lynch, 89, of Hillsboro, IL, passed away on Friday, May 4, 2018 at his residence.  Private burial will be held at Oak Grove Cemetery in Hillsboro, IL.  Mr. Lynch was born on September 26, 1928, in Hillsboro, IL, to the late David O. and Fern (Hults) Lynch.  He married Betty Jean Osborn and they later divorced.  He married Phyllis Dodd Hayes, in 1984, in Forsyth, MO.  She survives in Hillsboro, IL.  He served in the U.S. Army during the...

Barbara J. (Baum) See, 80, of Hillsboro, IL, passed away on Wednesday, April 25, 2018, at 5:05 a.m. at Montgomery Nursing and Rehab Center, Hillsboro, IL.  Cremation rites were accorded.  Private family services will be held at a later date.  Burial will take place in St. Agnes Cemetery, Hillsboro, IL.  Father Dan Willenborg, St. Agnes Catholic Church, Hillsboro, IL, will officiate. Mrs. See was born on August 28,1937, in Decatur, IL, to the late Wilbur and...