Area Obituaries

  Imogene Emery, 97 of Carlinville, passed away Tuesday, July 1, 2025 at Lakeside Health and Rehab Center in Carlinville. Imogene was born to Fred and Grace Geneva (Douglas) Eichen in Polk Township on Jan. 5, 1928. She married Orville Jacob “OJ. Doc” Emery on Jan. 13, 1946.  He preceded her in death on Nov.…

  Verna Marie Brown, of Chesterfield, passed, and got to spend her 80th birthday in heaven with her Lord, on June 11, 2025. She was born on June 11, 1945, in Litchfield, the daughter of the late Stanley Otto and Irene Elizabeth (Kunz) Davis. Verna eloped when she was 16 and married Dwight Maurice Brown…

Rick Garbin, 72, of Gillespie, passed away at St. John’s Hospital, Springfield, on Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 1:03 pm. He was born March 17, 1953, in Staunton, to Louis P. Garbin and Marie (Grman) Garbin. He married Regina  M. Bomkamp on July 20, 1974 in Gillespie. Rick was a retired coal miner for Monterey…

Stephen J. “Huntly” Hunt, 69 of Carlinville, passed away on Sunday morning, June 29, 2025, at his home in Carlinville. Stephen was born April 27, 1956, in Carlinville, a son of Barry Hunt and Mary Jean (Wheeler) Hunt Rumble. Stephen attended Chesterfield and Carlinville schools.  He married Julie Boente, on June 9, 1989 at St.…

Rick L. Stewart, 69 of Waggoner, passed away on Monday, June 23, 2025, at Memorial Hospital in Springfield. Rick was born Jan. 1, 1956, in Litchfield, a son of Henry and Ruth (Bethard) Stewart. Rick graduated from Carlinville High School with the class of 1974. Upon his high school graduation, Rick held many different occupations,…

  Judy A. DeMunbrun, 87, of Auburn, previously from Carlinville and Chesterfield, passed away on Thursday morning, June 19, 2025, at her home in Auburn. Judy was born March 8, 1938, in Carlinville, a daughter of  Bert Estell and Mary Ion (Griffin) Ruyle. Judy graduated from Carlinville High School with the class of 1955. She…

  Michael Kent “Mikey” Dugger 61, of Modesto passed away Sunday, June 22, 2025. He was born on Dec. 15, 1963 in Jacksonville, the son of Robert “Red” Dugger and Clara Vivian Clark Dugger. He was a carpenter and worked at Trusslater in Virden for over 20 years. He loved playing pool on Tuesdays with…

  John Elden Boston, 91, of Girard, passed away peacefully on Monday June 9, 2025, at HSHS St. John’s Hospital in Springfield. John was born on Sept. 12, 1933, in Atwater, to Marion and Gladys (Jones) Boston. He graduated from Carlinville High School in 1952 and later married Maxine Whitworth on April 15, 1963, in…

  John “Jack”  M. Yule, 58, of Plainview, passed away Wednesday, June 4, 2025, at his home in Plainview. Jack was born Dec. 25, 1966, in Boston, MA, a son of Robert Yule and Patricia (Hickey) Yule. He attended high school in Brockton, MA, and graduated with the class of 1984. He married Sarah Heitzman…