Remembering

Holly Ann Lidy was a beautiful young lady inside and out. Her sparkly personality and quick wit would put a smile on your face every time. Holly would give 100% to every task she faced whether it was studying for a test, improving her volleyball spike or maneuvering her 4-H pig around the show ring. […]

My dear son, Tom Lewis, passed away this year after succumbing to a long battle with cancer. He was the third generation of Thomas Lewis’s and his dad died in 2004. Tom was a very kind, sweet person and a talented musician who played blues guitar with several local bands, including The Debbie Ross Band […]

Mac Graham exemplified a life well lived. His love for his wife and family guided his every action while core values of faith, family and community permeated his life. Architecture was a calling which enabled him to express these values in churches, schools, hospitals and other buildings. His carefully considered designs inspire as places of […]

With a love for the 1940s and vintage clothing, music, movies, poetry, books and superheros, Adrienne was born in the wrong era. Her two sisters, stepbrother, parents and stepparents miss her unique ways. Springfield Vintage hosted a pinup class where Adrienne discovered pinup contests to enter. She was killed in a car accident while traveling […]

Merle was born in Tovey, Illinois. He loved to talk about his service in the U.S. Navy aboard the USS Levy DE162 where the signing of the Japanese surrender at Wake Island took place. He wrote a poem describing his time aboard ship that was published worldwide in the Navy newspaper. He had a witty […]

My daughter, Lindsay, was a sweet blond-haired, blue-eyed child with a quick wit and wonderful sense of humor. She loved to draw and was a talented artist. She even tried her hand at writing and taught herself how to play the bass guitar. Her love for cooking stayed with her throughout her life and she […]

Our father, Richard “Dick” Martinie, and mother, Marian, started their family in 1950. They had three boys and a girl, all of whom were blessed by having them as parents. Pop was a school board member, a Cub Scout leader and an active PTA member while we were in school. He was also on the […]

Lillian was humble by all the definition of the word and honored by more generations than she knew. As a young woman, she was an amazing athlete who set records that earned her a place in the Women’s Hall of Fame for softball fastpitch. She was also well known for her rank in women’s golf […]

Grief shatters your world and the grief of the loss of my husband did just that. Though a lot of people believe he was only good for laughs, dirty jokes and pink bubble wrap, I knew better. Chuk was a man who was able to make you laugh when upset or smile when you were […]

Longtime central Illinois congressman Paul Findley died in Jacksonville on Aug . 9, 2019. He was 98. As a young man, Paul Findley was a typical moderate Republican of the sort that mid-Illinois once produced like corn. A small-town boy born and bred in farm country, he was a Main Street Republican businessman who was […]

John Knoepfle: husband, father, grandfather, recipient of Purple Heart (shrapnel for proof!), poet, storyteller: 25-plus books that garnered many prizes – among th em the “Mark Twain Award for Poetry” and “lllinois Writer of the Year” – professor, collaborator, mentor, colleague, friend and skilled harmonica player in a dulcimer band, performing with it a few […]