Obituaries

Apr 15, 2018

Virgil L. McConnell, 92, of Danville, IL, formerly of Covington, IN passed away Sunday afternoon, April 15, 2018.

Virgil was born in Hillsboro, KY on November 28, 1925, the son of Rev. E.E. and Opal McConnell.  On August 10, 1947, he and Katherine Lewsader were married at the Covington First Church of Christ...

Mar 15, 2018

Jack H. Dennis, 98, of Gessie died at 9:47 A. M. Thursday March 15, 2018 at OSF Sacred Heart Medical Center, Danville. He was born December 12, 1919 at Danville, IL the son of Garsa L. and Gertrude C. (Hagen) Dennis.

Jack was a 1937 graduate of Perrysville High School and Utterbach Business College. He entered the...

Mar 13, 2018

Lois Jane Dunagan, 77, of Rantoul, IL, a native of Covington, IN died at 1:12 P. M. Tuesday March 13, 2018 at Helia Healthcare, Champaign. She was born in Covington July 1, 1940 the daughter of Ambrose and Ollie (Roth) Hegg.

Lois was a 1958 graduate of Covington High School and a Covington resident until moving to...

Feb 13, 2018

Minnie E. Clawson, 96, of Covington died Tuesday at her home following an extended illness. She was born at Covington August 29, 1921 the daughter of Frank Millard and Daisy Leah (Smith) Vickery.

Minnie was a life resident of Covington area and a 1942 graduate of Perrysville High School. She was a   member of the First Church...

Jan 13, 2018

Alice Louise (Brasker) Payne, 83, of Covington, IN passed away Saturday, January 13, 2018 at The Waters of Covington. She was there for a brief time for rehabilitation from a recent case of dehydration and pneumonia.

Alice was born October 14, 1934 in warren County, Indiana to Garnet Louise (VanPelt) Brasker and Donald Brasker. She married Vernon...

Dec 9, 2017

Ann Scheurich, 88, of Covington died at 8:25 A. M. Saturday December 9, 2017 at St. Vincent Williamsport Hospital. She was born February 24, 1929 at Veedersburg the daughter of the late Roger William and Betty (Bettice) McMahon.

Ann was a life resident of Covington and a 1947 graduate of Covington High School. She was a member...

Nov 28, 2017

Garvin Leon Davis, 67 of Danville passed away at 3:26 A.M. Tuesday November 28, 2017 at home. Leon was born and raised in Albany, Ky. Before moving to Hoopeston, IL.

He was a graduate of Hoopeston High School and worked at Silgan Containers from 1974 until he retired in June of 2010.

Leon is survived...

Nov 23, 2017

Mark Allen Abernathy, 59, of Covington died at 1:21 P. M. Thursday November 23, 2017 at St. Vincent Hospital, Indianapolis. He was born January 12, 1958 at Danville, IL the son of Quentin M. and Belinda (Allen) Abernathy.

Mark was a life resident of Covington and a 1976 graduate of Covington High School. He was a carpenter...

Nov 18, 2017

Donna Lucille Alpers, 68, of Rossville, IL died at 12:32 A. M. Saturday November 18, 2017 at the Waters of Covington. Donna was born to Allen and Hazel (Probasco) Haire on January 31, 1949.  Donna was from Rossville, IL and graduated from Rossville High School in 1967.

Donna married Steven Alpers on April 13, 1985. They lived...

Nov 11, 2017

Mary E. Cates-Palica, 73, of rural Attica died at 2:32 P. M. Saturday November 11, 2017 at St. Vincent Williamsport Hospital. She was born May 24, 1944 at Danville, IL the daughter of Harold Leon and Angela D. (Mackiewicz) Cates.

She was a graduate of Nazareth Academy, Lagrange, IL and Oak Park Nursing Academy. She was a...

Nov 6, 2017

Donald E. Vyse, 82, of Covington, IN died at 8:52 P M. Monday November 6, 2017 at Presence USMC Logan ER.

He was born May 8, 1935 in Covington, IN the son of Darrell and Everel (Clark) Vyse. He married Patricia A. Garrigus June 7, 1957. She is deceased.  He graduated from Covington High School...

Oct 29, 2017

Millard “Mutt” Allen, 96, of the Stringtown area died at 2:24 A. M. Sunday October 29, 2017 at St Vincent Hospital, Indianapolis.  He was born in Stringtown December 15, 1920 the son of Zimmie and Anna Mae (Berto) Allen.

Mutt was a life resident of Stringtown and a farmer all of his life.  He also worked in...

Oct 24, 2017

John Wesley Keller, 82, of Covington, IN passed away at 12:35 A. M. Tuesday October 24, 2017 at the Waters of Covington, where he was a resident for over four years.

John was the ninth son of Jesse and Ida (Winters) Keller. John is survived by his children, Johnna (Ed) Smith of Danville, IL; Jeff (Tina) Keller...

Oct 18, 2017

Terry Wayne Gurney, 69, of rural Kingman died at 9:00 A. M. Wednesday October 18, 2017 at Presence USMC. He was born January 4, 1948 at Danville, IL the son of Robert Wayne and Mary Jane (Farley) Gurney.

He grew up in Danville and was a 1964 graduate of Danville High School, moving to Kingman in 1994....

Oct 14, 2017

Andrew “Andy” Dean Harper, 29, of Perrysville died Saturday evening at home. He was born July 13, 1988 at Danville, IL the son of Sandy and Terry (Tibbett) Harper.

Andy recently moved to Perrysville from Bloomington, IN and formerly lived at Kingman. He attended Covington, Fountain Central schools and was a graduate of Rockville.  Andy enjoyed being...

Oct 11, 2017

Robert Dean Spiering, 67, of Covington died suddenly Wednesday October 11, 2017 at home. He was born July 20, 1950 at Danville, IL the son of Henry E. and Mary Louise (Finney) Spiering.

Bob was a life resident of Covington, graduating from Covington High School in 1968. He served two years in the Army during the Vietnam...

Oct 4, 2017

Nancy D. Suttles, 79, of Covington died at 3:52 P. M. Wednesday October 4, 2017 at Franciscan St. Elizabeth Health in Crawfordsville following a short illness. She was born February 9, 1938 at Hendersonville, NC the daughter of Charles and Arlene Bessie (Whitlock) Roller.

Nancy was a graduate of Brevard, NC High School. She moved to Covington...

Sep 25, 2017

Kim D Rowe was born June 13, 1965 at Danville, IL the son of David and Cheryl (Auter) Rowe. He died Monday September 25, 2017 at his home, rural Kingman.

He attended Covington Schools and was a millwright working on construction. Kim enjoyed outdoor activities, hunting, fishing and mushrooming.

Surviving is his father David (wife...

Aug 10, 2017

Barbara Lou Walter, 87, of Covington died on Thursday August 10, 2017 after a short illness. She was born in Danville, Illinois on February 16, 1930 to Alberta Thayer Martin and Paul Hanley Martin.

She graduated from Danville High School in 1947. After high school, she worked at the Flamingo Hair Pin factory putting hair pins on...

Jul 18, 2017

Eva May Abernathy, 87, of Veedersburg died at 5:25 P. M. Tuesday July 18, 2017 at home. She was born July 15, 1930 at Covington the daughter of Freeman and Stella L. (Williams) Newkirk.

She moved to Veedersburg in 1964 from Covington and had attended Covington Schools. She enjoyed her family and was a former member of...