Area Obituaries

George Robert Smith, 78, of Barry, died Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025. A funeral service will be held Wednesday, Dec. 17 at 10:30 a.m. at Niebur Funeral Chapel in Barry. Visitation will be Tuesday, Dec. 16, from 4 to 6 p.m. at Niebur Funeral Chapel. Interment to follow service at Shiloh Cemetery in rural Plainville. Memorials…

Helen Marie Likes Dopheide, 83, of Quincy, passed away Saturday, Nov. 29, 2025 at her home in Quincy, IL surrounded by her family. Helen was born Nov. 5, 1942, in Hull, IL to Bennie and Alene (Eales) Likes. She attended Whittleton and Barry Schools, graduating in 1960. Helen married James Dopheide in September 1961. A…

Herman LeRoy “Roy” Rogers, 83, of Fieldon, died at 5:33 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 23, 2025 in the Emergency Room at Jersey Community Hospital. He was born on Dec. 24, 1941 in Illiopolis, Illinois, the son of the late Herman Houston and Mary Helen Jane (Chance) Rogers. Roy grew up in Illiopolis, where he remained known…

Melba Marie Droege, 94, of Godfrey, passed away at 10:20 a.m. on Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025 at the home of her daughter and son-in-law in Gillespie, IL. She was the only child of Oren Walter and Luella Emma (nee: Kinder) MaGuire on March 18, 1931 in Golden Eagle, IL. She wed Robert Droege on Dec.…

On Sept. 27, 1934 life in Belleview Hollow, Calhoun County, IL hadn’t changed much in over a hundred years. That day, Betty Louise was born at home to Vera (Whisman) and Casper Steinberg. A three-room house with no electricity, phone, or indoor plumbing. Travel was by horse and wagon. Heat came from a wood cook…

James Edward ‘Cork’ Lemons, age 83 of Pittsfield, IL passed away Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025, at Harry Truman Veterans Memorial Hospital in Columbia, MO. He was born Aug. 21, 1942, in Pittsfield, IL to Howard L. ‘Jack’ and Mavis Marie Dark Lemons. James first married Patricia Evans and to this union, two sons were born.…

Charles Arthur “Chuck” Bradburn passed away on Nov. 22, 2025, in St. Louis, Missouri, at the age of 86. Born on Aug. 4, 1939, in Detroit, Illinois, Chuck grew up in Pittsfield, Illinois as the eldest child of Lawrence Milburn Bradburn and June Adaline Bradburn (née Ellis). He was predeceased by his parents; his sister…

Richard Lee Henderson, 95, of Plainville, died at home on Saturday, Nov. 29, 2025. A Celebration of Life will be held at the First Baptist Church in Plainville on Sunday, Dec. 14, at 2 p.m. Visitation will be held prior from 1-2 p.m., at the church. Richard’s favorite donuts will be served following the celebration.…

Edwin L. Dietsch, of Florence, died Saturday, Nov. 15, 2025, in Havana. Daws Family Funeral Home in Jacksonville is in charge of arrangements.