Fred L. Crenshaw, age 76, of Mt.Sterling, Illinois passed away at 5:18 p.m. on Monday, January 18, 2021 at the Iowa City Veterans Administration Hospital in Iowa City, Iowa. He was born December 13, 1944 in Macomb, Illinois the son of Fred Eugene and Virginia Rosalie Hendricks Crenshaw.  Fred married Marilyn Dunbar and she survives. Mr. Crenshaw graduated from Rushville High School and had worked as a railroad conductor for Burlington Northern Railroad for 37 years, retiring...

  Marilyn Joan Esela, age 88, a resident of Sunset Home in Quincy, Illinois and formerly of Mt. Sterling, passed away at 5:58 a.m. on Sunday, January 17, 2021 at the nursing home. She was born March 17, 1932 in Brown County, Illinois the daughter of Walter and Ruth Lewis Lehne.  She married Carroll Eugene Lenover and he preceded her in death.  She later married William Richard Esela on December 2, 1962 in Mt. Sterling, Illinois and he survives.  Mrs. Esela was a...

  Betty Jane Elbus, age 86, a resident of Heritage Health, Therapy and Senior Care in Mt. Sterling, Illinois and formerly of Galveston, Texas passed away at 5:02 p.m. Friday, January 15, 2021 at the nursing home.  She was born February 7, 1934 in Chicago, Illinois the daughter of Charles Hastings Mauck and Grace Louise Ott Mauck.  Betty graduated from Brown County High School in Mt. Sterling as the Valedictorian of her class.  She married Frederick J. Elbus on August...

  Nina Maxine Young, age 81, a resident of the Clark County Nursing Home in Kahoka, Missouri and formerly of Ripley, Illinois passed away at 12:45 p.m. on Monday, January 11, 2021 at the nursing home. She was born June 14, 1939 in Ripley, Illinois the daughter of Russell Roscoe and Ruby Pearl Gossage Moore.  She married John Munson Young on January 3, 1958 in Palmyra, Missouri and he preceded her in death on November 20, 2016.   Mrs. Young was a homemaker.  She...

    Harry Russell Manley, age 97, of Fishhook, Illinois passed away at 5:00 p.m. Thursday, January 7, 2021 at the Illinois Veteran’s Home Hammond Hall in Quincy, Illinois.    He was born September 21, 1923 in Tulsa, Oklahoma the son of Cale and Lelah Lane Manley.  He married Mary Balzer on December 3, 1946 in Quincy, Illinois and she preceded him in death on June 5, 2017.   Mr. Manley was a farmer and had also worked for Gardner-Denver in Quincy,...

  Laurie Ann McDowell, age 54, of Mt.Sterling, Illinois passed away at 3:07 p.m. on Tuesday, January 5, 2021 at her residence. She was born February 2, 1966 in Phoenix, Arizona the daughter of William G. and Donna McGeorge McDowell.   Laurie graduated from Phoenix, Arizona schools and was of the Christian Faith. She also worked in a thrift store in Beardstown, Illinois for several years.  Laurie was an avid Chicago Cubs fan and always enjoyed coloring, making crafts,...

  Edna Louise Busen, age 97, of Timewell, Illinois passed on to her heavenly home at 12:25 p.m. on Monday, January 4, 2021 in the Rushville Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Rushville, Illinois. She was born in Lee Township in Brown County, Illinois on August 2, 1923 the daughter of Earl and Mary (McCaskill) Knight.  Louise graduated from Mt. Sterling High School with the class of 1941.  She received her teaching certificate in 1943 and returned to college in 1976 to...

  Sherwood Spears Surratt Age 83 of Mt. Sterling, Illinois (Formerly of Concord, Illinois) passed away at 7:02 p.m. Saturday, January 2, 2021 at Blessing Hospital in Quincy, Illinois. Sherwood was born December 12, 1937 in Sinclair, Illinois at home.  Son of William O. Surratt Sr. & Elizabeth L. Spears Surratt.  He married Dorothy Joan Bennett June 30, 1956 at the Concord Christian Church in Concord, Illinois.  He is survived by his wife Dorothy of Mt. Sterling,...

  Lawrence Harrison Wiese, age 87, of rural Versailles, Illinois passed away at 6:35 p.m. Thursday, December 24, 2020 at his residence.  He was born January 31, 1933 in Nashville, Illinois the son of George H. and Clara L. Diedrich Wiese.  He married Betty Ann Bear on January 26, 1958 in the First United Methodist Church of Mt. Sterling and she survives.  Mr. Wiese was a lifelong Brown and Pike County farmer and was also engaged in farming in Washington County in Otis,...

  Marcia Darlene Baughman, age 79, of Mt. Sterling, Illinois passed away at 7:24 p.m. Friday, December 18, 2020 at Blessing Hospital in Quincy, Illinois.  She was born December 23, 1940 in Pike County, Illinois the daughter of Leo Roy and Mary Genevieve Daniels Butler.  She married Ernest Alonzo Baughman on December 23, 1956 in Pittsfield, Illinois and he preceded her in death on June 2, 1992.   Mrs. Baughman was a homemaker and had also worked at the Land of...