Area Obituaries

Goldie Joan Heavner, infant daughter of Jacob and Claire Heavner of Pittsfield, died Sunday, Feb. 15, 2026. Funeral service will be held privately. Memorials are suggested to be made to the Mae and Sunny Heavner Educational Fund. Online condolences may be left to the family at www.nieburfh.com. Niebur Funeral Home in Pittsfield is handling the arrangements.

Virginia Irene Myers, 90, of Jerseyville, died at 4:20 a.m., Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026 at Jerseyville Manor Nursing Home. Visitation was held from 4 to 7 p.m. Monday, March 2 at Crawford Funeral Home in Jerseyville. Funeral Services were conducted at 10 a.m. Tuesday, March 3 at Delhi Baptist Church. Burial was in Oak Grove…

Dannie R. Malone, 91, of Jerseyville, died at 9:40 a.m., Monday, Feb. 23, 2026, at his home. Visitation was held from 12 p.m. until the time of funeral services at 2 p.m., Friday, Feb. 27, at Crawford Funeral Home in Jerseyville. Burial followed at Oak Grove Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be given…

Glendel H. Ralph, 95, of Barry, died Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026 at Liberty Village in Pittsfield. A funeral service was held Friday, Feb. 27, at 12 p.m. at Niebur Funeral Chapel in Barry. A visitation was held prior to the service from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. Interment followed the service at Parklawn Cemetery in…

Shirley Sue Fessler, 83, of Jerseyville, died at 9:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026 at Jerseyville Manor Nursing Home. Visitation was from 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. at Crawford Funeral Home in Jerseyville. Visitation was also held from 10 a.m. Friday, Feb. 27 until time of funeral services at 11 a.m at the First…

Leonard Dee “Sandy” Sutton, 74, of Grafton, died at 6:20 a.m., Sunday, Feb. 22, 2026, at Jerseyville Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Visitation will be held from 10 a.m. until the time of memorial services at 12 p.m. on Friday, March 6, 2026 at Crawford Funeral Home in Jerseyville. Inurnment will follow at Scenic Hill Cemetery…

Emil Lee Fessler, 88, of Jerseyville, died at 5:10 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 28, 2026 at Jerseyville Manor. Visitation will be held from 11 a.m. until time of funeral services at 1 p.m., Friday, March 6, at First United Methodist Church in Jerseyville.  Burial will follow at Oak Grove Cemetery. Memorials may be given to First United…

Ruby B. Quiller, 98, of Mozier, IL passed away Thursday morning Feb. 19, 2026 at Sunset Home in Quincy surrounded by her family.Ruby was born Oct. 12, 1927 in Hamburg, a daughter of William Riley and Lena Bell Day Howland. She married Merle D. Quiller on March 10, 1945 in Hamburg and Merle preceded her…

MaryAnn (Flanigan) Tepen, 90, of Meppen, passed away peacefully Feb. 18, 2026, at Evercare of Calhoun in Hardin, Illinois. She was born Jan. 28, 1936, to Edwin C. and Emma M. (Kamp) Flanigan in Meppen, Illinois. She married Norbert J. Tepen on May 10, 1958, in Meppen. They enjoyed 58 years together. Together they had…

Robert Henry “Bob” Benton, 88, of Jacksonville, Illinois, passed away Feb. 13, 2026. Born May 28, 1937, in Scott County, Illinois, he was the second child of the late Henry Franklin Benton and Eunice I. Cox Benton.Bob married V. Karen Benton in 1977, and she preceded him in death on Dec. 14, 2024. Together they…