LERNA - Owen D. Ryan, 94, of Lerna died at 11:40 p.m. Sunday (Dec. 19, 1999) at Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center.
The funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Barkley Funeral Home, Toledo, with the Rev. Stephen Gray and the Rev. Jim Snead officiating. Burial will be in Tippett Cemetery, rural Toledo. Visitation will be 5 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.
He was born Aug. 17, 1905, in Toledo, the son of Oliver and Permelia Carrell Ryan. He married Sarah Aleen Coleman in 1934. She survives.
Also surviving are one son, Jim Ryan of Findlay; one brother, Paul Ryan of Prescott, Ariz.; one grandchild; and one great-grandchild.
He was preceded in death by two brothers and four sisters.
Mr. Ryan was a farmer and attended the First Baptist Church, Mattoon.
Robert Helton
MIDDLESWORTH - Robert P. Helton, 85, of Middlesworth died at 1:05 p.m. Monday (Dec. 20, 1999).
Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Howe & Yockey Funeral Home, Shelbyville.
Donald L. Shawver
CHARLESTON - Donald L. Shawver, age 76, of Charleston, passed away on Saturday, December 18, 1999 at his residence.
Thomas A. Sidwell
CHARLESTON, IL - Thomas Alfred (T.A.) Sidwell, age 75, of Charleston, passed away on Monday, December 20, 1999 at his residence.
Myra Stites
CHARLESTON - Myra Ellen Stites, 97, of Charleston died at 12:17 p.m. Monday (Dec. 20, 1999) at Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center.
James Thompson
NEOGA - James F. Thompson, 70, of Neoga, formerly of Gibson City, died at 12:30 a.m. Monday (Dec. 20, 1999) at Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center.
Ree Booth
ARCOLA - Ree Booth, 92, of Arcola, died at 5:30 a.m. Saturday (Dec. 18, 1999) at the Arthur Home.
Nelle Eileen Christensen
MATTOON - Nelle Eileen Christensen, 79, of Mattoon, passed away at 10:45 p.m. Thursday, December 16, 1999 at Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center.
Olen H. Cline
MATTOON - Olen H. Cline, age 77, passed away 6:30 p.m. Saturday, December 18, 1999 at his residence.
Lowell Cox
ARCOLA - Lowell Munson Cox, 88, of Arcola, died at 5:58 p.m. Saturday (Dec. 18, 1999) at the Douglas Nightingale Manor in Tuscola.
Evelyn Howard
Evelyn J. Howard, age 88, of Tuscola, formerly of Mattoon, passed away at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday, December 18, 1999, at the Tuscola Nightingale Manor.
Bessie Johnson
TOLEDO - Bessie D. Johnson, 91, of Toledo, died at 11:55 a.m. Friday (December 17, 1999) at the Cumberland Nursing Center in Greenup.
Geneva Kost
Geneva Kost, 95, of Mattoon, passed away at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday, December 18, 1999, at the Mattoon Health Care Center.
Margaret Markwell
CHARLESTON - Margaret Ann "Peggy" Markwell, 61, of Charleston, formerly of Mattoon, died at 9:22 p.m. on Friday (December 17, 1999), at her daughter's residence.
Elma Moncel
MATTOON - Elma C. Moncel, 91, of Mattoon, formerly of Newton, died at 10:30 a.m. Friday (Dec. 18, 1999) at the Harmony Center in Mattoon.
LaRue Pate
MT.VERNON - LaRue Tate, 86, of Mt. Vernon, died at 12:45 p.m. Sunday (Dec. 19, 1999) at Sunbridge Care Center in Salem.
Donald L. Shawver
CHARLESTON - Donald L. Shawver, age 76, of Charleston, passed away on Saturday, December 18, 1999 at his residence.
Lowell Sparks
CALIFORNIA, MO. - Lowell W. Sparks, 78, of California, Mo., formerly of Mattoon, died Saturday (Dec. 18, 1999) at California Care Center in California, MO.
Opal Spaugh
SULLIVAN - Opal Mathias Spaugh, 91, of Sullivan, died at 11 a.m. Friday (Dec. 17, 1999) at the Sullivan Living Center.
Cleve Woodfall
CHARLESTON - Cleve "Peck" Woodfall, 97, of Charleston, died at 6:03 p.m. Friday (Dec. 17, 1999) at Heartland Manor Nursing Center in Casey.
Beatrice Alexander
GAYS - Beatrice Alexander, 85, of Gays died at 4:40 p.m. Thursday (Dec. 16, 1999) at Shelby Memorial Hospital.
Eve Centers
CHARLESTON - Eve Renee Centers, infant daughter of Joshua Centers and Melinda Tewell passed away on Wednesday, December 15, 1999 at Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center.
Robert 'Frosty' Hill
Robert Lee "Frosty" Hill, 76, of Mattoon, passed away at 8:47 p.m. on Wednesday, December 15, 1999, at the Sunbridge Care & Rehabilitation Center.
D. Maurice Ozee
Maurice Ozee, 84, of Mattoon, passed away at 3:25 a.m. on Thursday, December 16, 1999, at the Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center.
Evelyn Vaught
MATTOON - Evelyn I. Vaught, 77, of Mattoon, formerly of Brocton and Charleston, died at 11 p.m. Wednesday (Dec. 15, 1999) at the Odd Fellow-Rebekah Home.
