Remembering

We lost my beloved mother-in-law, Elsie Jane Black, in September of this year. Mom, or “Momma Else,” as her son and my husband, Eric, called her, had a smile that would light up a room and melt away any troubles. She was a devoted mother, wife and sister. Momma Else was also grandmother extraordinaire to […]

Brandon was a faithful follower of God, loving brother, friend and beloved son. He was an Eagle Scout, member of Chatham Baptist Church, participant in Boys State and lover of the band Twenty One Pilots. He was incredibly intelligent and always had a passion for following the Lord and seeking after God no matter the […]

During this past year we lost the matriarch of our family, Delores L. (Prior) Powers. She was born Dec. 18, 1940, in Mechanicsburg. She married John F. Powers Sr. (1940-2003) on Oct. 15, 1957. They had five children, John F. Powers Jr., Levi L. Powers Sr., Vickie D. Landholt, Mark Q. Powers and Charlene D. […]

D’Wayne Morris was the kind of friend everyone wishes they had: selfless, kind and always up for an adventure. He was a friend to everyone – someone with whom you could share successes, heartbreak, secrets and fears. His infectious laugh and warm smile could brighten even the darkest day. He was a confidante, a comforter […]

My sister, Linda Kay Vincent (nee Lee), passed away April 10 after a six-year battle with Alzheimer’s disease. She was diagnosed in her early 60s as early onset dementia. They say Alzheimer’s/dementia is the long goodbye and it truly is. I miss my sister. We were only 1 1/2 years apart in age and many […]

I would like to take a moment to pray for the peace of members of the homeless community that we have lost this past year. There is no obituary mentioning family and their accomplishments. Their voice is quiet but their value is great as everyones’ is. They are children of God and will be missed […]

Long before Susy Woods began advocating for children with disabilities throughout Illinois, she graduated from high school at Ursuline Academy and was preparing to become an Ursuline nun and teach. She left the convent after an accident caused her to have seizures that interrupted her studies. “The Ursulines felt that their way of life would be […]

“She was so empathetic, generous, humble and her leadership was so subtle, so loving, so free of ego that it almost defied the usual ways leadership is defined in our society,” said Alyshia Galvez, a professor at the New School in New York City, where Emma Shafer earned a bachelor’s degree in urban studies. Emma’s […]

Springfield lost a legal community stalwart on July 16 when Judge Richard “Dick” Mills of Springfield passed away. A child of the Great Depression, Richard grew up in the river town of Beardstown, weaned on small-town values he learned at home, in church and in a one-room schoolhouse. Mills had many dimensions to his life, […]

Radio legend Rich Bradley left us in 2023. Countless NPR listeners across central Illinois will remember him as the comforting voice over the airwaves going back to the mid-1970s.  Rich was a constant, from the early days when Sangamon State University’s WSSR went on the air in 1975, and long after its transformation to WUIS by […]

Sam, the neighborhood basset hound, knew where to find a kind heart and comforting hand. “Every time it would rain, that poor dog would become afraid and come to our back door and start scratching to be let in. Of course, Mel would always let him in to our house. One time, that dog walked […]