All Obituaries

Connie Rae (Reid) Whitehead, 60, of Hillsboro, IL passed away on Saturday, March 6, 2021 at 2:34 p.m. at her residence. Cremation rites were accorded and no services are to be held at this time. Ms. Whitehead was born on November 17, 1960 to the late Gerald and Thelma (Edwards) Reid. She graduated from High School in New Lenox, IL. She had worked as a bartender and also did marketing work for Coty Cosmetics.  Ms. Whitehead had lived in Brownsville, TX; San Antonio, TX; and she had...

Wilma L. (Schievenin) Boyd, 96, of Schram City, IL passed away on Sunday, February 28, 2021 at 9:00 p.m. at Life Care Center of Bridgeton in Bridgeton, MO. A Funeral Service will be held on Thursday March 4, 2021 at 11:00 a.m. at Bass Patton Dean Funeral Home in Hillsboro, IL.  Burial will be held at Oak Grove Cemetery in Hillsboro, IL. Father Jim Gahan will officiate. Mrs. Boyd was born on February 1, 1925 in Witt, IL to the late John & Elizabeth (Rodeghier) Schievenin. She...

George J. Cerutti, 80, of Irving, IL passed away on Tuesday, February 23, 2021, at 10:12 p.m., at his residence.  Graveside services will be held on Saturday, February 27, 2021, at 12:30 p.m., at Bost Hill Cemetery in Fillmore, IL.  Friends may meet at Bass Patton Dean Funeral Home, at 12:00 p.m. (noon), to proceed to the cemetery.  Father Daniel Willenborg, Pastor of St. Agnes Catholic Church in Hillsboro, IL, will officiate.  Military rites will...

Gary G. Cartwright, 75, of Litchfield, IL, passed away on Monday, February 15, 2021, at 2:00 p.m., at his residence.  Visitation will be held on Wednesday, February 24, 2021, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., at Bass Patton Dean Funeral Home, Hillsboro, IL.  Memorial services will be held on Wednesday, February 24, 2021, at 1:30 p.m., at Bass Patton Dean Funeral Home, Hillsboro, IL.  Cremation rites were accorded.  Granddaughter, Brooke, to eulogize. Mr. Cartwright was born...

Larry E. Pierson, 83, of Hillsboro, IL, passed away on Monday, February 15, 2021, at 6:50 p.m., at Montgomery Nursing & Rehab, Taylor Springs, IL.  Private Family Visitation will be held at Bass Patton Dean Funeral Home, Hillsboro, IL.  Private Family Graveside services will be held at Old Union Cemetery, Louisville, IL.  Burial will take place in Old Union Cemetery, Louisville, IL.  Mark Noyes, Hillsboro, IL, will officiate. Mr. Pierson was born on March 6, 1937, in...

Allen R. Van Hyning, 81, of Butler, IL, passed away on Monday, February 1, 2021 at 12:13 p.m. at Montgomery County Nursing and Rehab Center, Taylor Springs, IL.  Graveside services will be held on Saturday, February 6, 2021, at 10:00 a.m., at Wares Grove Cemetery, rural Butler, IL.  Burial will be in Wares Grove Cemetery, rural Butler, IL.  Cremation rites were accorded.  Military rites will be accorded.  Mark Noyes, Hillsboro, IL, will officiate. Mr. Van Hyning was...

Rosemary (Cress) Osborn, 88, of Liberty Lake, WA passed away on February 1, 2021 with daughters at her side. She was born April 10, 1932 in Hillsboro, IL as the 12th child to George Leo and Rosa Belle (Hicks) Cress. She was raised by her aunt and uncle, Ed and Hazel (Hicks) Dammann from the age of 5 days old after her mother passed away from pneumonia.  She and Lane Ware Osborn were married in Metropolis, IL on May 27, 1950, the day after her Hillsboro High School graduation. They...

Roberta Kay (Naylor) Wright, 76, of Fillmore, IL, passed away on Sunday, January 31, 2021, at 7:08 a.m. at HSHS St. John’s Hospital, Springfield, IL.  Memorial services will be held on Saturday, February 13, 2021 from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. at Woodside Church, Irving, IL.  Cremation rites were accorded. Mrs. Wright was born on December 30, 1944 in Muncie, IN to the late Ivan Walter and Uva (Bennett) Naylor.  She earned an Associate’s Degree and worked as an LPN at...

Doris E. (Mollmann) Benny, 86, of Hillsboro, IL, passed away on Saturday, January 30, 2021, at 10:38 p.m., at her residence.  Visitation will be held on Tuesday, February 9, 2021, from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., at Bass Patton Dean Funeral Home, Hillsboro, IL.  Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, February 9, 2021, at 1:00 p.m., at Bass Patton Dean Funeral Home.  Burial will take place in Oak Grove Cemetery, Hillsboro, IL.  Rev. Stefan Munker, Pastor, St. Paul’s...

Helen Ann (Bateman) Niehaus, 87, of Taylor Springs, IL, formerly of Hillsboro, IL passed away on Saturday, January 30, 2021 at 10:09 a.m. at Montgomery Nursing and Rehab Center in Taylor Springs, IL. Cremation rites were accorded and arrangements are pending at Bass Patton Dean Funeral Home in Hillsboro, IL. Mrs. Niehaus was born on March 31, 1933 in Hillsboro, IL, to the late Roscoe Allen and Martha Emma Bateman. She was a 1951 graduate of Hillsboro High School in Hillsboro, IL. Mrs....