Obituaries

Obituaries in Highland, Lebanon, Pocahontas, Albion, Allendale, West Salem, Collinsville, and Cisne and their surrounding areas in Illinois

Rod Crome

Rod Crome

It is with great sadness that the family announces the passing of Rod Crome. Rod was born to Keith and Helen Crome on September 26, 1953 in Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Rod was raised on a farm just north of Albion, Illinois and graduated from Edwards County High School in 1972. Rod was a member of 4-H, FFA and...

Barbara A. Rakers

Barbara A. Rakers

The youngest of seven, Barbara A. Rakers was born in St Jacob and raised north of Highland, IL. She graduated from St Paul High School in 1959, and was married in 1961. She worked at Farmers and Merchants bank before leaving to raise her family.

She was always a volunteer for the many organizations that her 5...

Paul G. Orr

Paul G. Orr

Born in a little 4 room house on the south side of Moose Lake in Edwards County, Illinois on November 7, 1935, Paul Gordon Orr, the son of Donald E. and Huldah May Mills Orr was humbly born and lived inside that same home for most of his life.  He attended school at the nearby Montgomery one room school...