U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
Waller
DECATUR -- Helen Louise Waller, 77, of Decatur died 4:45 p.m. Wednesday (April 11, 2001) in McKinley Court Nursing Home.
Graveside services will be 2 p.m. Monday in Graceland Cemetery. Brintlinger and Earl Funeral Homes is in charge of arrangements.
Helen was born Nov. 8, 1923, in Decatur, the daughter of Herbert H. and Ida Laura Mueller Waller.
Surviving are her sisters, Elizabeth Walser of Decatur; Gloria Moutrey and husband Wilburn of Decatur.
She was preceded in death by her parents, two sisters and three brothers.
Waller
DECATUR -- Idell Hope Waller, 64, of Decatur, retired from Dollar General, died Monday (April 9, 2001).
Memorial services: 10 a.m. Friday, Calvary Southern Baptist Church. Arrangements by: Graceland/Fairlawn Funeral Home. Memorials: Idell Waller Memorial Fund, Prairie State Bank and Trust, Mount Zion.
Welton
DECATUR -- Sanford M. Welton Sr., 64, Decatur, died Monday (April 9, 2001).
Services: 7:30 p.m. Friday, Dawson & Wikoff West Wood Street Funeral Home. Visitation: two hours before services. Burial: Philos Cemetery, Westernport, Md. Memorials: DMH Home Health and Hospice.
Bartley
CALHOUN -- John Robert Bartley, 79, Calhoun, died Thursday (April 12, 2001).
Memorial services: 1 p.m. Saturday, Summers-Kistler Funeral Home, Olney. No visitation. Burial: St. Joseph Cemetery, Olney. Memorials: Hospice of Southeastern Illinois.
Kranz
SULLIVAN -- Judge W.B. "Dutch" Kranz, 83, of Sullivan died 5:45 a.m. Wednesday (April 11, 2001) in Sullivan Health Care Center.
Services will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday in Reed Funeral Home, Sullivan, with the Rev. Glen Stewart officiating. Visitation will be 6 to 8 p.m. Friday. Burial will be in Greenhill Cemetery, Sullivan. Memorials: American Heart Association or donor's choice.
Judge Kranz was born April 13, 1917, in Chicago, the son of Philip R. and M. Pearl Brown Kranz. Dutch was a 50-year member of Illinois State Bar Association, 53-year member of American Legion, 50-year member of Methodist Church, member of Sullivan Lions Club, George A. Sentel 764 AF & AM, a 32nd-degree mason with Bloomington Valley Scottish Rite and was a former member of Moweaqua Rotary Club and Moweaqua school board.
Dutch graduated from Danville High School in 1935 and was a 1940 graduate of Caterpillar Inc. Machinist Tool and Die Maker School. He then graduated from University of Illinois in Champaign and John Marshall Law School in Chicago in 1950. From 1950 until 1968, he practiced law in Moweaqua, from 1967 until 1973 he practiced law in Sullivan and from 1961 until 1967 he was the closing attorney for land purchases on the Lake Shelbyville Dam Project.
On April 2, 1973, Dutch was appointed an associate judge of the Sixth Judicial Circuit. On April 1, 1980, he was appointed resident circuit judge for Moultrie County in the Sixth Judicial Circuit. In November 1982, he was elected resident circuit judge and retired from that position Oct. 2, 1987. Dutch served in the
Army Corps of Engineers attaining the rank of 1st Lieutenant He married Mary L. Walker Nov. 30, 1940, in East Peoria.
Surviving are his wife; daughters, Susie Alexander and husband Bob of Decatur; Sandra Bland of Bemidji, Minn.; grandchildren, J. Luke Bland of Decatur; D. Wesley Bland of Menomonie, Wis.; Amanda B. Bland of Mankato, Minn.; brother, retired Col. "Jack" A. Kranz of Savanna.
He was preceded in death by his parents and infant twin brothers.
Healy
GREENVILLE -- Sarah Lucille Healy, 77, Greenville, died Thursday (April 12, 2001).
Services: 2 p.m. Saturday, Young Funeral Home, Greenville. Visitation: two hours before services. Burial: Lawrenceville Cemetery. Memorials: Fair Oaks Nursing Home Activities Department or St. Luke's Methodist Church, Maryville.
Caudle
FARINA -- Dorothy Ilene Caudle, 73,
Shelburn, Ind., formerly of Farina, retired from Pipe Trades Health & Welfare Local 157, died Thursday (April 12, 2001). Member: Shelburn United Methodist Church. Survivors: husband, M.B. "Gus"; son, Herre, Riverside, Calif.; daughter, Marcelaine Weisheit, Terre Haute, Ind.; sisters, Helen Storck, Plant City, Fla.; Mary Hemphill, Edwardsville; Elizabeth Reed, Washington, Ill.; three grandchildren; one stepgrandchild; one great-grandchild. Preceded by: parents, one son, one daughter and one grandchild.
Services: 1 p.m. Saturday, Shelburn United Methodist Church. Visitation: two hours before services. Burial: Farina Cemetery. Arrangements by: DeBaun Funeral Homes and crematory, Shelburn. Memorials: Shelburn United Methodist Church or American Cancer Society.
Chapman
ARCOLA -- Dorothy Laverne LeGrand Chapman, 70, Arcola, homemaker, died Wednesday (April 11, 2001). Survivors: husband, Charles; sons, Duane, Villa Grove; Darrell, Arthur; Dana, Humboldt; daughter, Diane Stoltey, Monticello; sister, Juanita Belles, Mattoon; nine grandchildren; three stepgrandchildren; three great-grandchildren; seven great-stepgrandchildren. Preceded by: parents.
Services: 2 p.m. Saturday, Edwards Funeral Home, Arcola. Visitation: one hour before services. Burial: Humboldt Cemetery. Memorials: American Lung Association.
Pasley
BETHANY -- Kathleen Lillian Pasley, 77, of Bethany died 2 p.m. Wednesday (April 11, 2001) in St. John's Hospital, Springfield.
Services will be 1:30 p.m. Saturday in McMullin-Young Funeral Home, Bethany, with visitation 6 to 8 p.m. Friday. Burial will be in Marrowbone Township Cemetery, Bethany. Memorials: donor's choice.
Kathleen was born April 28, 1923, in Shelby County, the daughter of Lyman C. and Wilma M. Woolen Manship. She was a member of First Christian Church, Bethany, and attended First United Methodist Church, Dalton City. She married Joseph J. Pasley Dec. 27, 1940, in St. Charles, Mo.
Surviving are her husband; sons, Jon H. Pasley of Findlay; Timothy J. Pasley of Phoenix, Ariz.; daughters, Sharon K. Ward of Bryan, Texas; Marcia E. Anzelc of Decatur; sisters, Carlin Jo Booker of Newport, Fla.; Jennie Lee Mounce of Richey, Fla.; nine grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren.
Stites
MATTOON -- Harold F. Stites, 83, Mattoon, formerly of Charleston, died Wednesday (April 11, 2001).
Services: 3:30 p.m. Saturday, Adams Funeral Chapel, Charleston. Visitation: one hour before services. Burial: Roselawn Cemetery, Charleston. Memorials: American Lung Association.
Fisher
VILLA GROVE -- Hazel C. Fisher, 89, Crisman, formerly of Villa Grove, former employee of Christi Clinic business office, died Wednesday (April 11, 2001). Member: Villa Grove United Methodist Church. Survivors: brother, retired Lt. Col. Ernest Soard, Universal City, Texas; sister, Edith Parsons, Denver, Colo.; four grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren. Preceded by: husband, Richard, one son and one sister.
Graveside services: 11 a.m. Saturday, Villa Grove Cemetery. No visitation. Arrangements by: Joines Funeral Home, Villa Grove. Memorials: donor's choice.
Hollister
GREENVILLE -- J. Elliott Hollister, 89, Greenville, died Wednesday (April 11, 2001). Arrangements incomplete: Donnell-Wiegand Funeral Home, Greenville.
Hughes
HERRIN --
William Rudd Hughes, 79, Mount Vernon, retired from Illinois Power, died Thursday (April 12, 2001). World War II Navy veteran. Member: St. Mary's Catholic Church and American Legion Post 141 of Mount Vernon. Survivors: wife, Jane M.; sons, Robert W., Herrin; William Richard "Bill," Mount Vernon; daughters, Ruth Ann Gartell, Phoenix, Ariz.; Martha Jane Wade, Bloomington, Minn.; Mary Jean Raney, Mount Vernon; brother, Robert, Georgetown, Texas; sister, Patsy Burch, Las Cruces, N.M.; 11 grandchildren; three great-grandchildren. Preceded by: parents.
Memorial Mass: 10 a.m. Monday, St. Mary's Catholic Church Parish Center, Mount Vernon. Visitation: one hour before services. Burial: St. Mary's Cemetery, Mount Vernon. Arrangements by: Hughley Funeral Home, Mount Vernon. Memorials: St. Mary's School or Nature Conservatory.
Jackson
GREENUP -- Patricia A. Jackson, 50, Greenup, nurse's aide, died Wednesday (April 11, 2001).
Services: 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Barkley Funeral Home, Greenup. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Friday. Burial: Aten Cemetery, Hidalgo.
Moomaw
ARCOLA -- Macayla Ann Moomaw, infant daughter of John and Melinda Moomaw of Rantoul, was stillborn 6:03 a.m. Wednesday (April 11, 2001) in Carle Foundation Hospital, Urbana.
Graveside services will be 10 a.m. Friday in Arcola Cemetery
with Father Joseph Allen officiating. Edwards Funeral Home, Arcola, is in charge of arrangements.
Surviving are her parents; grandparents, Larry and Cheryl Switzer and Sherron Moomaw, all of Arcola; great-grandparents, Telva Williams of Arcola; Elsie Switzer of Newman; Lyle and Betty Nicholas of Mahomet; several aunts, uncles and cousins.
She was preceded in death by her grandfather, Bob Moomaw, and two great-grandfathers.
Pekovitch
MOWEAQUA -- Anthony J. "Chan" Pekovitch, 79, Moweaqua, died Thursday (April 12, 2001). Arrangements incomplete: Seitz Funeral Home, Moweaqua.
Quillman
OBLONG -- Dwight Quillman, 76, Oblong, died Thursday (April 12, 2001). Arrangements incomplete: Pulliam Funeral Home, Oblong.
