Obituaries

Dec 8, 2022

Kenneth F. Scheurich, 93, of Covington died Thursday December 8, 2022 at home.  He was born February 28, 1929 at Bondville, IL the son of John and Helen (Oakes) Scheurich.

Kenneth moved to Covington in 1943 and graduated from Covington High School in 1946.  He was a farmer for many years.  He drove a school bus for...

Dec 7, 2022

Robert Edward Cope, 66, of State Line, IN died Wednesday December 7, 2022 at his home.  He was born January 11, 1956 at Danville, IL the son of the late Charles and Elizabeth (Gee) Cope.

Robert was a life resident of State Line and a member of the State Line Volunteer Fire Department.  He attended Seeger High...

Nov 25, 2022

Helen M Gebhart, 90, of Covington died at 5:38 P. M. Friday November 25, 2022 in OSF Sacred Heart Medical Center, Danville, Il.  She was born July 2, 1932 at Stockland, IL, the daughter of Chester and Thelma (Scott) Delp.

Helen was a 1950 graduate of Perrysville High School.  She married Harold T. Gebhart October...

Nov 25, 2022

Mary “Joyce” Lawson, 86, of Westville, Illinois, passed away peacefully on November 25, 2022 with her family by her side.

Born October 1, 1936, in Mt. Vernon, Indiana, Joyce was the daughter of William and Dorothy (Stettler) Ridens.  She married Joe Lawson April 1, 1973.  She was preceded in death by her parents, William and...

Nov 20, 2022

Rendall Wayne Allen, 92, of Burt, MI died November 20, 2022.  He was born in Wabash Township, Covington, IN on September 11, 1930 the son of Noah and Lucy Rebecca (Pritchard) Allen.

He was a 1948 graduate of Perrysville High School.  He was an Army veteran, serving from 1951 to 1954, and a retired truck driver.

Nov 18, 2022

Ramona Lynne Felgenhauer, 63, of Covington died Friday November 18, 2022 at home having been ill for some time.  She was born July 20, 1959 at Danville, IL the daughter of Fred and Dorothy (Beck) Underwood.

Ramona was a resident of Perrysville most of her life, moving to Covington in February.  She was a 1978 graduate of...

Nov 14, 2022

Dr. Jack Lee High, 75 of Covington died Monday November 14, 2022 at home.  He was born on November 27, 1946, in Danville, IL to the late William High and June Gross High.  On October 26, 1968, he married Karen Warrick High.  He and his wife served for 40 years in children’s home ministries.  He was a member of...

Nov 6, 2022

Steven Jay Allen, 64 of Lebanon, IN died at 2:07 pm Sunday Nov. 6, 2022, at I.U. Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis. He was born Feb. 27, 1958 in Danville, IL. to Gordon D. and Marjorie L. (Coleman) Allen. He was a 1976 graduate of North White High School, received a Bachelor of Science in 1980 from Purdue and a...

Nov 3, 2022

Roger New, 72, died Thursday November 3, 2022 at Mulberry Health Care in Mulberry, IN.  He was a life resident of Covington and attended Covington Schools.  Roger was born December 2, 1949 the son of Robert C. and Virginia Lee (Barker) New.

Surviving are two cousins, Daniel Barker of Commerce City, CO, and David Barker of Bayshore,...

Oct 23, 2022

William “Bill” Lewis Smail, 99, died Sunday October 23, 2022 at Autumn Trace in Attica, IN.  He was born in Covington, IN on February 27, 1923 to William Sherman and Lennie Leon (Holycross) Smail.  He married Carol Dennis on January 16,1943.  She preceded him in death October 27, 2012.  He was also preceded in death by his siblings, Fauniel...

Oct 6, 2022

Kathryn Louise Carey, 87, of Covington went to be with the Lord at 5:13 A. M. Thursday October 6, 2022 at OSF Medical Center, Danville, Il.  She was born April 5, 1935 at Covington, IN the daughter of Franklin Melben and Lois (Howard) Allen.

Kate was a life resident of Covington and attended Covington School.  Her most...

Sep 29, 2022

Page Townsend Stevens Lane, 83, died Thursday September 29, 2022 at her home.  She was born August 20, 1939 in Wabash Township south of Covington, Indiana to Yvonne (Craycraft) and Virgil Townsend.

Page attended her first 8 years of school at Rabb school where she made many lifelong friends.  She graduated from Covington High School...

Aug 29, 2022

Mary Beth Winslow, 39, lost her battle with cancer Monday August 29, 2022 at Franciscan Hospice House in Indianapolis.

Mary was born September 4, 1982 in Danville, IL to Danny Hutson and Deena Nelson Hutson.  She was a resident of Covington most of her life, except for five years in Brownsburg, IN.  Mary received her...

Jul 30, 2022

Jean Bone of Covington, loving wife and mother, passed away at age 98 on Saturday July 30, 2022 at Wellbrooke of Crawfordsville.

Jean was born on January 14, 1924 in Covington, IN to Ray and Susie (Wright) Geiger.  She was a nurse for more than 30 years.  On, June 1, 1946 she married Norman Bone.  They raised...

Jul 19, 2022

Sandra Kay Boyd, 80, of Covington, Indiana, and previously from Neosho, Missouri, and White Hall, Illinois, went to be with her Lord and savior on Tuesday, July 19, 2022.  She was born January 29, 1942, at home in Hillview Illinois to Roy and Stella (Chapman) Allen.

Sandy married Robert Pinkerton and had two sons, Sandy then married...

Jul 13, 2022

Steven Bradley Hammer, 44, of rural Kingman, IN died Wednesday at 11:10 P. M. July 13, 2022 at Kindred Hospital North, Indianapolis.  He was born February 20, 1978 at Danville, IL the son of Henry C and Elizabeth (Belcher) Hammer.

Steve was a life resident of Fountain County and 1997 graduate of Covington High School. ...

Jul 9, 2022

Alice Marilyn Butts, 91, of Danville died Saturday July 9, 2022 at Gardenview Manor, Tilton.  She was born May 13, 1931 at Hoopeston, IL the daughter of Vernon John and Helen Aleatha (Thornburg) Gholson, Sr.

She married Larry L Butts on January 14, 1950 in Hoopeston and they enjoyed sixty-six years together before his death...

Jun 20, 2022

Billy Ray Williams, 77, of Covington died at 2:35 P. M. Monday June 20, 2022 at the Waters of Covington.  He was born November 23, 1944 at Danville, IL the son of the late Dorsie Ray and Jessica Belle (Hundley) Williams.

Billy was a graduate OF Danville High School and a member of the Lutheran Church and...

May 23, 2022

James “Jim” Christopher Allen Micklus, 52, passed away peacefully at his home in Veedersburg, Indiana on Monday, May 23, 2022, after a courageous two- year battle with pancreatic cancer. Jim was born in Danville, Illinois in 1970 the son of Albert Lee and Patricia Lou (Howard) Micklus.  He would go on to spend the first 8 years of his...

Apr 29, 2022

Mary Elizabeth Shelby Hoagland died Friday April 29,2022 at Bell Trace Health & Living, Bloomington, IN after a brief but challenging battle with Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. Mary was born on New Year’s Day in 1940, the youngest of six children of Frank and Helen (VanDorn) Shelby. She graduated as the salutatorian from Covington High School in 1958, and...