Thursday, June 18, 2009 www.jg-tc.com RECORDS AREA DEATHS Lois Irene Farthing MATTOON Lois Irene Farthing, 90, of Mattoon, formerly of Tamaroa, died Tuesday (June 16, 2009) at Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center. The funeral will be at noon Saturday at the Nine Mile Baptist Church in Tamaroa with the Rev. M. Shaw DeMent officiating. Burial will be in the Sunset Memorial Park in DuQuoin.
Visitation will be 9 a.m. until noon Saturday at the church. The Pyatt Funeral Home in DuQuoin is assisting the family with arrangements. She was born Aug. 8, 1918, in Sunfield, the daughter of Curtis and Minnie Morris Gant.
She married John Emery Farthing in 1934; he died in 1999. Survivors include one daughter, Alice Drummond of Mattoon; one sister, Poe of Mulkeytown; four grandchildren; five stepgrandchildren; 27 great-grandchildren; and 15 great-great-grandchildren. She also was preceded in death by one daughter, three brothers, three grandchildren, three great-grandsons and one great-great-grandson. Mrs. Farthing was a homemaker and a member of the Nine Mile Baptist Church in Tamaroa.
Memorials may be made to the Nine Mile Baptist Church in Tamaroa. Condolences may be sent to the family at www.pyattfuneralhome.com. N. Patsy Jayroe Goodwin DECATUR H. "Patsy" Jayroe Goodwin, 98, of Decatur, formerly of Mattoon, died Tuesday (June 16, 2009) in the McKinley Court Care Center.
A graveside service will be 11 a.m. Friday at the Dodge Grove Cemetery in Mattoon. There will be no visitation. The Moran and Goebel Funeral Home and Cremation Services in Decatur is assisting the family with arrangements. She was born Oct.
19, 1910, in Peru, the daughter of Norman and Mellie Bradford. She married G.W. Truett Jayroe in 1930; he preceded her in death. She later married the Rev. Foster Goodwin in 1969; he also preceded her in death.
Survivors include two sons, E. Leroy Jayroe of Phoenix and Terry Jayroe of Decatur; one stepdaughter, Ramona Goodwin Landris, of Chicago; five grandchildren; and five great She also was preceded in death by one daughter, Earlita Jayroe Frederick; one brother, Norman, and eight sisters, Margaret, Maxine, Opal, Martha, Edna, Lelia, Wilma, and Esther. Mrs. Jayroe Goodwin was a member of the First Baptist Church in Mattoon. Condolences may be sent to the family at www.moranandgoebel.com.
Ben W. Schrock ARTHUR Ben W. Schrock, 86, of Arthur died at 7 p.m. Tuesday (June 16, 2009) at his residence in rural Arthur. The funeral will be 9 a.m.
Friday at the family residence, 468 E. C.R. 400 N. in rural Arthur, with Bishop Jake Stutzman officiating. Burial will be in the Otto Cemetery in rural Arthur.
Visitation will be anytime prior to the funeral at the family residence. The Edwards Funeral Home is assisting the family with arrangements. He was born July 31, 1922, in Arthur, the son of William B. and Elsie Kauffman Schrock. He married Lucy A.
Miller in 1949; she survives. Other survivors include five children: Katie Ellen Miller, Vernon Schrock, Marvin Schrock, Mary Plank and Irene Farmwald, all of Arthur; two sisters, Katie Kauffman and Lucy Yutzy, both of Arthur; 21 grandchildren; two stepgrandchildren; and 32 -grandchildren. He was preceded in death by one daughter, two brothers and two sisters, Mr. Schrock was a retired farmer and member of the Old Order Amish. Ashworth service MATTOON The funeral for Blanche P.
Ashworth was Wednesday at the St. John's Lutheran Church in Mattoon with the Rev. Bruce D. Osborne officiating, assisted by the Rev. Troy A.
Countryman. Burial was in the Dodge Grove Cemetery. The Schilling Funeral Home assisted the family with arrangements. Organist Dr. Herman Taylor played the congregational hymns "Amazing Grace," "Abide With Me," "For All The Saints," "My Hope Is Built On Nothing Less," "Just As I Am, Without One Plea" and "I'm But A Stranger Here." Pallbearers were Jeffrey, Joseph and Dylan Haskins, Gary Englebart, Terry VonBehrens, Brian Starner, Steve Trumbold and Russell Jordan.
Honorary pallbearers were Madonna Teets, Carol Jean Campbell, Gary Englebart, Janet and Jennifer Jordan and Randy Gust. Mrs. Ashworth, 96, of rural Mattoon died June 13, 2009, at Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center: Aten service CHARLESTON The funeral for NaDean Aten was Wednesday at the First Baptist Church in Charleston with Gene Scholes officiating. Burial was in the Aten Cemetery in Jasper County. Adams Funeral Chapel assisted the family with arrangements.
Pianist Sharon Juriga accompanied Leli Adair, who sang "Amazing Grace." A recording of "Go Rest High On That Mountain" was also played. A recording of "Amazing Grace" by the Caledonian Heritage Bagpipers was played at the cemetery. Pallbearers were Keith Aten, Kevin Aten, Paul Aten, Chris Aten, Ron Aten, and Jeff Purcell. Honorary pallbearers were Christina Purcell, Leanna Purcell, Ashley Purcell and Sarah Aten. Mrs.
Aten, 68, of Charleston died June 13, 2009, at the Carle Foundation Hospital in Urbana. Dammerman service MATTOON The funeral for Ernest E. Dammerman was Wednesday at the Mitchell-Jerdan Funeral Home with the Rev. Robert Clark officiating. Burial was in the Oakridge Cemetery in Effingham.
Vocalist Jim Easter sang "How Great Thou Art" and "Peace in the Valley." Pallbearers were Kurt Norville, Bret Storm, Gary Larimore, Brad Norville, Mark Norville and Mark Hardesty. Mr. Dammerman, 69, of Mattoon died June 14, 2009, at Carle Foundation Hospital in Urbana. Decker service MATTOON The funeral for Charity May Culp Decker was Wednesday at the Schilling Funeral Home in Mattoon with the Rev. Dave Dolan officiating.
Burial was in the Rest Haven Memorial Gardens in Mattoon. Musical selections included "Free To Be Me" by Francesca Battistelli, "In Color" by Jamey Johnson, "Halo" by Beyonce, "If Today Was Your Last Day" by Nickelback and "Angel" by Sara McLachlan. Pallbearers were Brian Shadow, Travis Moschenrose, James Bryant, Carl Carter, Nathan Coleman and Tommy Lee. Ms. Decker, 36, of Mattoon died June 13, 2009, in Hardin County.
Schmink service CHARLESTON- The funeral for Donald L. Schmink was Wednesday at the Caudill-King Funeral Home with the Rev. Ray Finney officiating. Burial with military rites was in the Jones Grove Cemetery in Catlin. Recordings of "Amazing Grace" and "How Great Thou Art" were played.
Pallbearers were Jim Hood, Frank Smith, Dale Downs, Dave Bradley, Les Trueblood, and Phil Kerz. Members of the Paul McVey V.F.W. Post 1592 participating were Detail Commander: Henry Bough; Chaplain: Bob Jones: Flag Detail: Bob Woodyard; Color Guard: Ed Hudson and Rick Stewart; Color Bearers: Jerry Buffenmeyer, Jackie Tucker, and Dennis Richey; Bugler: Reggie Replogle; Riflemen: Jim Hood, Frank Smith, Dale Downs, Dave Bradley, Les Trueblood, Phil Kerz, and Eric Hiltner. Mr. Schmink, 73, of Charleston died June 13, 2009, at his home.
EPA declares health emergency in Mont. town Leona M. Nichols SULLIVAN Leona Mae Nichols, 64, of Sullivan passed away at 5:25 a.m. Tuesday, June 16, 2009 at St. Mary's Hospital, Decatur.
Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday, June 20, 2009 at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Country Club Road, Mattoon officiated by Bishop Jake Emmett. Visitation will be held from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Friday at McMullin- Young Funeral Home, Sullivan. Burial will be in Oak Grove Cemetery, Bethany.
Memorials may be made to the donor's choice. Leona was born May 12, Dorthella Smith MATTOON Dorthella Smith, 85, of Mattoon, passed away at 12:00 Noon on Tuesday, June 16, 2009, at Sarah Bush coln Health Center. Graveside services will begin at 2:00 p.m. on Friday, June in the Dodge Grove Cemetery with Pastor Jack Woods may gather at Schilling Funeral 1:00 p.m. until 1:45 p.m.
Friday A memorial service honoring held at 3:00 p.m. on Tuesday, Schilling Funeral Home with Woods officiating. Bertha J. Risley WINDSOR Bertha Juanita Risley 86, of Windsor passed away at 3:30 a.m. Sunday (June 14, 2009) in the Sullivan Health Care Center.
Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. Saturday in the Lovins-Lockart Funeral Home, Windsor with Rev. Richard Eident and Rev. Jim Dona officiating. Visitation will be from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.
Friday. Burial will be in Ash Grove Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the Lincolnland Hospice. 1945, the daughter of Robert L. and Lottie (Burkhead) Hudson.
She married Ken Nichols on November 2, 1962 in Kirksville. Leona was a homemaker and assisted her husband with their rental properties and insulation business. She was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ Of Latter Day Saints, Mattoon. She is survived by her husband Ken of Sullivan; sons, Nathan (Christine) Nichols of Sullivan, Jason Nichols of Sullivan; daughter, Laura (Keith) Whitaker of Sullivan; sisters, Louise O'Melia of Sullivan and Lois (Bob) Jackson of Sullivan; grandchildren, Tabitha (Joshua) Baird of Tuscola, Willie Nichols, Kirk Whitaker, Parker Whitaker, Adalee Nichols and Mallory Nichols all of Sullivan; Nichols great -grandson, Samuel Baird of Tuscola. She is preceded in death by her parents, and brother, Lloyd Hudson.
Condolences may be made to the family at www.mcmullinyoung.com. To sign the online guestbook, go to www.jg-tc.com and click on obituaries. Smith Friends Home from afternoon. her life will be 30, at the Jack She was born May 23, 1923 in Ash Grove Township, Shelby County the daughter of Sherman and Effie (Conrad) Hartsell. She married David Eugene Risley preceded her She was a Ash Grove and the Jolly She was a cook sor Grade School 20 years.
WASHINGTON (AP) The Obama administration said Wednesday it will pump more than $130 million into a Montana town where asbestos contamination has been blamed for more than 200 deaths. EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson said the agency for the first time has determined there is a public health emergency in a contaminated community, targeting Libby, immediate federal attention. Jackson's announcement will not result in an evacuation of Libby's 2,600 residents, but will require an extensive, home-by-home cleanup and better health protections for those with asbestos-related illnesses. The EPA will invest at least $125 million over the next five years in the ongoing clean up of Libby and Troy, a nearby town of about 1,000. The Health and Human Services Department will spend an additional $6 million on medical assistance for area residents suffering from asbestos-related illnesses.
The money is in addition to hundreds of millions of dollars the government and Marylandbased W.R. Grace Co. have spent to clean up Libby, where asbestos contamination from a now-closed vermiculite mine has been cited in the deaths of more than 200 people and illnesses of thousands more. Before the vermiculite mine was closed in AP Sources: Better training urged in Afghan probe Associated Press US Army soldiers transferring out of a forward operating base in the Zabul province of Afghanistan wait to board a Chinook helicopter from Bravo Company, 3rd Battalion of the 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade, Wednesday. The Obama administration is sending 21,000 troops to Afghanistan to bolster the nearly 8-year-old campaign.
That will bring the total foreign force there to some 68,000 Americans and 33,000 allied NATO forces by the end of the year. Defense Secretary Robert Gates and other top military officials have said that reducing civilian deaths is crucial to winning Afghan support for Dorthella was born September 6, 1923 in Herrin, Illinois, a daughter of George Cravens and Edna (Maushaldt) Cravens. She married Albert Russell Smith in 1950 in Mattoon. He passed away January 27, 1994. She was also preceded in death by her son, Norman Smith, two brothers and one sister.
Survivors include her niece, Linda GraffTepelidis of Encino, California; and her special friend, Helen Townley of Mattoon. Mrs. Smith was a former manager at Young's Dept. Store in Mattoon for many years. She was a member of Faith United Methodist Church in Mattoon.
Dorthella loved to shop and go to the beauty shop. To sign the online guestbook, go to www.jgte.com and click on obituaries. Risley Surviving are one daughter, Donna Sheets (Larry) of Manassas, VA; granddaughters, Michelle Sheets Howard of Bristow, VA and Melisa Sheets Gibson of Warrenton, VA; great-grandsons, Avery Risley Howard Jr. and Logan Howard of Bristow, VA; and in 1945 and he great granddaughter, Alexa in death in 1975. Howard of Bristow, VA.
member of the She was preceded in death Christian Church by her parents, husband and Neighbors Club. brother, Vernon Hartsell. at the Wind- To sign the online guestfor nearly book, go to www.jg-tc.com and click on obituaries. 1990, miners carried asbestos home on their clothes. Vermiculite once covered school running tracks in Libby and some residents used vermiculite as mulch in their home gardens.
Jackson called Libby a "tragic public health. situation" that has not received the recognition it deserves from the federal government for far too long. "We're making a long delayed commitment to the people of Libby and Troy," Jackson said. "Based on a rigorous re-evaluation of the situation on the ground, we will continue to move aggressively on the cleanup efforts and protect the health of the people. We're here to help create a long and prosperous future for this town." Jackson said the announcement was the first time the EPA has made such a determination under authority of the 1980 Superfund law that requires the clean up of contaminated sites.
Sen. Max Baucus, called the emergency declaration a great day for Libby, which he said "had to wait year after year as the last administration failed to determine that a public health emergency exists." The EPA had previously declared the area a Superfund site, but had not determined there was a public health emergency until Wednes- WASHINGTON (AP) A report on deadly airstrikes in Afghanistan calls for better training for air and ground forces to reduce civilian casualties that have undermined the counterinsurgency campaign, The Associated Press has learned. The recommendation on training and a second one urging a review of the use of air support are among a halfdozen findings in an unreleased report on a May 4 bombing that was aimed at Taliban militants but also killed dozens of Afghan civilians, two Defense Department officials said Wednesday. They spoke on condition of anonymity because the report has not been made public. A separate recommendation is to review aircraft used for air support that troops call in to back them up, officials said.
The report says that U.S. air and ground forces headed to Afghanistan should receive advance training in the kinds of scenarios they could face, including situations that have resulted in civilian deaths, one official said. The report suggests periodic refresher training throughout troops' tours of duty in the war zone, meaning that forces would get training early and often to reinforee battlefield tactics. of young field commanders "very tough" when they have to call for close air support. He declined to comment specifically on the report because it hasn't been released.
Afghan officials have said that 140 civilians were killed during the airstrikes in Farah province. The report being prepared for release holds to earlier U.S. estimates of a lower death toll of about 30 civilians and 60 to 65 Taliban fighters. Officials acknowledged that a precise number may never be known because many victims were buried before the investigation started. Defense officials have struggled for days to produce an unclassified summary that can be released publicly and would explain the findings of the investigation.
They have also worked to pare down hours of video that shows what happened. But defense officials already have acknowledged mistakes in the airstrikes, saying some tactics and procedures were not followed strictly. The review found the bombings were carried out against legitimate Taliban targets but that, at least in one case, it was unclear whether civilians were in the vicinity. SIREN REPORT Charleston fire Firefighters responded at 2:10 p.m. Monday to a false alarm caused by a child triggering a pull box alarm at 1924 Reynolds Drive.
Charleston police Lauren A. Huss, 23, of Palatine, was ticketed for failing to yield after a collision with a vehicle driven by Marissa R. Woodfall, 2317 Stoner Drive West, at 3:15 p.m. Tuesday at Lincoln Avenue and Third Street. Cody W.
Mason, 615 Ashby Drive, was cited for driving under the influence of alcohol when his vehicle went off the road and struck a tree sometime on June 10 on Lovers Lane west of Courtland Drive. Coles County sheriff Kenneth D. James of Kansas reported the trailer he was hauling snapped in half and damaged the roadway at 2:20 a.m. Monday on County Road 2400E south of 1150N. PERSONALS American and coalition operations against the insurgents and boosting the population's support for the central government.
Canadian Brig. Gen. Richard Blanchette, a spokesman for NATO forces in Afghanistan, said the review will help international forces improve their operations. "This will close the loop of what needs to be done to have the right kind of learning process," Blanchette told The Associated Press in an interview from Kabul. Blanchette also said, as a number of commanders have, that some of the deaths in Afghanistan are the direct result of the insurgents' intentional practice of hiding among civilians.
He said using civilians as human shields is designed "to discredit the action of our forces," and making the jobs Memoriams IN MEMORY OF Vickie (Overton) Clodfelder 6-18-45 6-21-01 Gene Betty, Larry Family.
