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VILLA GROVE – Ned E. McNussen, 79, of Villa Grove died 5:53 a.m. Sunday [May 27, 2001] in his home. Services will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday in New Covenant Fellowship Church with Pastor Judson Chubbuck officiating. Visitation will be 6 to 8 p.m. Friday in the Joines Funeral Home, Villa Grove. Private burial services will […]

Joseph A. Corbin [May 18, 2001] was born near Wolf, OK, on February 22, 1924, the third child of Earnest B. and Edith Roach Corbin. He attended Junior High and Senior High schools in Konawa, Okla. graduating as salutatorian of the class of 1940. He served in the Second Marine Battalion of Carlson’s Raiders in […]

Major Chester Halcomb, 81, retired U.S. Marine Corps, passed away on May 13 [2001] at Hemet Valley Hospital from lung and heart failure. Born in London, Kentucky, Mr. Halcomb lived in Hemet twenty-five years. Major Halcomb was a Pearl Harbor Survivor on the “Lucky Lou’” U.S.S. St. Louis. Mr. Halcomb is survived by his wife, […]

Services for Thomas Jefferson “Jeff” Johnson Jr. of Brookhaven are at 3 p.m. Sunday, May 13, at Brookhaven Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Easthaven Cemetery. Visitation is from 8 o’clock this morning until the time of the service at the funeral home. Mr. Johnson, 77, died May 11, 2001, at King’s Daughters Medical Center. […]

Clifford L. Wells, 81, of Battle Creek died Saturday, May 5, 2001, at home. He was born Dec. 23, 1919, in Eaton County to Henry L. and Georgia M. (Edson) Wells. He attended Springfield schools. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II in the South Pacific with the Fourth Marine [Regiment] […]

TALLULAH – Raymond Gloede died Friday, May 4, 2001, at his home in Tallulah. He was 84. Mr. Gloede was born in Evanston, Ill. He was the retired owner of a lawn equipment sales and service business. He was a veteran of World War II having served as a platoon sergeant in the Amphibious Recon […]

Kenneth C. Smith, Fri., April 27, 2001; dear father and father-in-law of Carol Ann (George) Pollock and Regina (Bob) Craner; dear brother of LaVerne E. Shamel; dear grandfather, great-grandfather, great-great grandfather, and uncle. Services Tues., May 1, 11:30 a.m. at Collier’s Funeral Home, 3400 N. Lindbergh Blvd. Interment National Cemetery. Memorials may be made to […]

Harry L. “Bud” Minegar, 82, of Pierce Street in Osceola, Ind., passed away of natural causes at 4:15 p.m. on Wednesday, April 25, 2001, in his residence. Mr. Minegar was born on Jan. 23, 1919, to Harry C. and Nora (Barnhart) Minegar in Osceola. On Jan. 13, 1945, he married Catherine “Tap” Baker after his […]

MERRITT ISLAND – Retired Marine Corps 1st Sergeant, Thomas L. Head, passed away peacefully at his home on Friday, April 20, 2001. He was a Marine of uncommon valor and a beloved father. Born in Oklahoma City on December 25, 1921, he lived most of his life in South Florida until his enlistment in the […]

Lester William “Bill” Malone, age 81, of Mattoon, formerly of Olney, passed away at 11:45 a.m. Thursday, April 19, 2001, at the Odd Fellow-Rebekah Home. Memorial services celebrating his life will begin at 1:30 p.m. Sunday at the Schilling Funeral Home with the Reverend Eugene Black officiating. No visitation is planned. Bill was born March […]