52-year-old former Fairfield resident, Michael Savage of Chicago died at 9:26 p.m. on Thursday, June 24, 2004 following a whitewater rafting accident in Alaska.
Survivors include his mother, Maureen Savage, now residing in Lake Zurich, Il., a brother, Chuck Savage of Jacksonville, IL; a sister, Cynthia Osowski, of Barrington, Il; nephews Dan, Tim and Kevin Savage; and nieces Joan Savage, Kari and Anna Osowski and his partner Andy Swan of Chicago.
A Memorial service will be held on Thursday, July 15, at 1:30 p.m. at the Apostolic Church of God, in Chicago.
Visitation will be held from 3:00-8:00 p.m. Thursday, July 1, at St. Gertrude’s Church, in Chicago. Mass will be said at 11:00 a.m. Friday, July 2 at St. Gertrude’s. Burial will be private.
In lieu of flowers, memorials can be made to the Mike Savage Memorial Fund for Uninsured Patients, c/o Access Community Health Network, 1501 S. California Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, 60608.
Doris Jean Jones
83-year-old former Wayne County resident, Doris Jean Jones of Indianapolis, IN died at 10 a.m. Sunday, June 27, 2004 in Indianapolis, IN.
Survivors include a daughter, Lynn Farmer of Indianapolis, IN; two brothers, Rolland Scott of Calvert City, KY and Max Scott of Fairfield, and several grandchildren and great grandchildren.
Funeral services for Doris Jean Jones will be at 10 a.m. Thursday, July 1 at the Leppert Funeral Home in Indianapolis, IN.
Visitation will be from 4-7 p.m. Wednesday at the Leppert Funeral Home of Indianapolis, IN.
Marie B. Conard
84-year-old Flora resident, Marie B. Conard died at 3:35 Tuesday morning, June 29, 2004 at Flora Healthcare Center.
Survivors include two daughters, Janis Shelton of Fairfield and Joyce Utterback of Flora; a son, Charles Dennis Conard of Flora; a sister, Pauline Willison of Louisville, IL; sisters-in-law, Louise Bunnell of Cisne and Alpha Bunnell of Fairfield, nine grandchildren, 19 great grandchildren and 2 great great grandchildren.
Funeral services for Marie B. Conard will be at 11 a.m. Thursday, July 1 at the Frank & Bright Funeral Home in Flora with burial at Elmwood Cemetery, Flora.
Visitation will be after 9 a.m. Thursday at the Frank & Bright Funeral Home in Flora.
Memorials may be made to the First Baptist Church of Flora.
Richard W. Dye
62-year-old Fairfield resident, Richard W. Dye died at 1:55 Monday afternoon, June 28, 2004 at Fairfield Memorial Hospital following an apparent heart attack.
He served on the Fairfield Community High School Board, and previously had served as chairman of the Wayne County Board. Dye had been employed as an attendant at the Gas for Less Service Station in Fairfield.
Survivors are his wife, Sue of Fairfield, a son, Richard Dale Ray, and a daughter, Amanda' four brothers, James and George Dye of Fairfield, Charles Dye of Texas and Danny Dye of California.
Funeral services for Richard W. Dye will be 10 a.m. Thursday at the Johnson Funeral Home in Fairfield with burial in Maple Hill Cemetery.
Visitation will be from 6 til 8 Wednesday evening at the Johnson Funeral Home in Fairfield.
Memorials for the Dye family may be made at the Wayne County Sheriff's Department.
Mary Louise (Jacobs) Elledge
71-year-old Enfield resident, Mary Louise Jacobs Elledge died at 7:25 a.m. Monday, June 28, 2004 at Deaconess Hospital in Evansville, IN.
Survivors include two daughters, Cretia Dauby of Enfield and Loretta Elledge of Carmi, two grandchildren and one great grandchild.
Funeral services for Mary Louise Jacobs Elledge will be at 10 a.m. Thursday, July 1 at the St. Patrick Catholic church in Enfield with burial at the St. Patrick Catholic Cemetery.
Visitation will be from 5-8 p.m. Wednesday, June 28 with special service to begin at 7 p.m. at the Elledge Funeral Home in Enfield.
Memorials may be made to the Polycystic Kidney Research Foundation, the Hamilton Memorial Hospital Foundation or to the Donor's choice.
The Elledge Funeral Home of Enfield is in charge of the arrangements.
Dora Dale
88-year-old former Macedonia resident, Dora Dale died at 4:12 Monday morning, June 28, 2004 at Benton Healthcare Center in Benton, Il.
Survivors include two daughters, Dorma Louise Roberson of Cedartown, GA and Mary Vesta Cohoon of Oklahoma City, OK; a son, James Edwin Dale of Yuma, AZ; one half brother, Bill Wagner of Johnston, Iowa, 11 grandchildren, 12 great grandchildren and 8 great great grandchildren.
Funeral services for Dora Dale will be at 11 a.m. Thursday, July 1 at the Harre Funeral Home in McLeansboro with burial at Pleasant Grove Cemetery near McLeansboro.
Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. Wednesday, June 30 at the Harre Funeral Home, McLeansboro.
Dorothy Maxine Borah Scherer
83-year-old Mount Erie native, Dorothy Maxine Borah Scherer of Walnut Creek Californiadied at 8:50 p.m. Friday, June 25, 2004 in the John Murrah Hospital in Walnut Creek, Calif. She had worked for the Bond Department of the U.S. Treasury in Chiago and taught Social Studies, Biology and P.E. at the high school level in Brownstown, Il., and Olney, Ill.
Survivors include three sons, Stephen Eugene Scherer of Bel-Air, Calif., Phillip Edward Scherer of Walnut Creek, Calif., and Joseph Arthur Scherer of Oakland, Calif. Four grandchildren also survive.
Funeral services for Dorothy Maxine Borah Scherer will be 10 a.m. Saturday, July 3, at the West United Methodist Church in Mount Erie with burial in the Church Cemetery.
Visitation will be from 6 til 8 Friday evening, July 2, at the Summers Kistler Funeral Home in Olney.
Memorials may be made to the West United Methodist Church at Mount Erie.
Ruby Holt
95-year-old former Dahlgren resident, Ruby Holt died at 8:15 Saturday morning, June 26, 2004 at the Orlando Regional Medical Center in Orlando, Fla. She had owned and operated Mound City Furniture Store in Mount Vernon for many years, and from 1960 until 1984, she served as Administrative Assistant for the Easter Seal Society in Atlanta, Georgia.
Survivors include daughtrs, Joyce Pickering of Arlinigton, Va., and Rozan Kuenz of Orlando, Fla., nine grandchildren and thirteen great-grandchildren.
Funeral services for Ruby Holt will be 11 a.m. Monday, July 5, at the Gholson Funeral Home in Dahlgren wioth burialin the Oddfellows Cemetery at Dahlgren.
Visitation will be 10 a.m. Monday, July 5, until the time of service at the Gholson Funeral Home in Dahlgren.
Cecil Crews
91-year-old Fairfield resident, Cecil Crews died at 5:15 Monday morning, July 5, 2004 at WayFair in Fairfield.
Among his survivors is his wife, Irma.
Services for Cecil Crews are pending at the Johnson Funeral Home in Fairfield.
Paula Shelby Litherland
49-year-old former Cisne resident, Paula Shelby Litherland of New Brighton, Minnesotadied July 1, 2004 at Norris Memorial Medical Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She had owned and operated a home cleaning business.
Local survivors include 2 sisters, Sherrie Taylor of Mount Erie and Rita Boyles of Bixby, Oklahoma; 3 sons, Troy Burgess of Evansville, Kevin Litherland of Allendale and Jeffrey Litherland of Vincennes, Indiana; 3 brothers, Bill Shelby of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, Tom Shelby of Bixby, Oklahoma and Earl Shelby of Iuka; a daughter, Shelby Zollars of Bridgeport; and 3 grandchildren.
Funeral services for Paula Shelby Litherland will be at 3 p.m. Tuesday, July 6th at the Johnson Funeral Home in Fairfield. Burial in Barnhill Cemetery.
Vistiation from 1 p.m. Tuesday, July 6th until the time of service at the Johnson Funeral Home in Fairfield.
Norma Sue Xanders
60 year old Fairfield resident, Norma Sue Xanders, died at 2:30 a.m. Saturday, July 3rd, 2004 at the Flora Pavilion Nursing Center. She was a member of the Epsilon Sigma Alpha-Gamma Chi Chapter.
Surviving are a daughter, Renee McCoy of Fishers, Indiana; 2 sisters, Betty McCullough of Fairfield and Elnora Deisher of Mt. Carmel; and 2 grandsons.
The body was cremated, and private services will be held at a later date. There will be no visitation.
The Johnson Funeral Home in Fairfield is in charge of the arrangements.
