Illinois
Obituaries
Berkshire County (MA) Eagle 07/09/1863
Almira B. Higginbotham (1795-1863) CT/IL
At Freedom, Ill., June 5, Mrs. Almira B. Higginbotham, widow of the late Thomas
Higginbotham, formerly of this town, aged 67 years, 11 months, 8 days.
Berkshire County (MA) Eagle 07/09/1863
Hattie M. Higginbotham (1863-1863) IL
At Freedom, Ill., June 24, Hattie M. Higginbotham, daughter of Thomas H. and
Susan C. Higginbotham, aged 6 weeks and 2 days.
Chicago Tribune 3/9/1864
James B. Higginbotham (ca1838-1864) IL
Brutal Outrage And Murder
A Free Colored Man Murdered by Copperheads
(From the Salem, Ill., Loyalist)
About two miles from Oskaloosa, in Clay county, if we are rightly informed, a
colored man by the name of Higinbotham lived. He had resided there for years;
and besides redeeming his family from slavery he had accumulated a large
property, so that at one time he paid the largest tax on real estate of any man
in Clay county. He is over 89 years of age, and lives in as fine, large and well
furnished a house as any man in that country.
His son, James B. Higginbotham, a robust, hardy, industrious young man, of about
twenty-six years of age, lived also at this place, possessed considerable
property, which he had accumulated by his industry.
About in the region where those colored men lived, were the most unmitigated and
despicable set of Copperheads with which any section of Egypt is cursed - men,
who on the last 4th of July, would have pulled down the star spangled banner and
trampled on it, had not Governor Yates promised pardon to any one who would
shoot them down in the act; and if such were convicted for it, he would pardon
them.
These colored men were so much above these miserable fiends in human shape, in
substantial, moral, and even intellectual worth, that they despaired of ever
rising to an "equality" with them, and therefore conspired in various ways to
drive them out of the country. The details of the petty persecutions they
underwent would protract this article to an immoderate length, and we will only
describe the culmination of the matter.
Three or four days since, in the fulfillment of threats which had previously
been made on several occasions, James B. Higginbotham, the young man, while
returning from his mill, where he had been at work, until late in the evening,
was shot dead, pierced by two balls. From the direction in which the balls
passed through him, it is evident that the assassins were either on horseback or
in a tree by the roadside. The dastardly and sneaking cowards and assassins
knew very well that if they did make sure of his death at first shot, and if
they were on the ground where he could reach them, they would never have a
chance to load and fire a second shot, for he was a strong and muscular man and
could have dispatched any three or four of such low, cowardly villains.
Here is another murder growling out of the teachings of Copperheads and
Copperhead journals. They have tried to rouse up the prejudices and passions of
the vile and ignorant against the colored race, and her is the brutal result.
The Inter Ocean (Chicago, Illinois) 12/13/1887
Albert H. Higinbotham (1831-1887) NY/IL
Joliet, Ill., Dec. 12 - Albert Higginbotham, a well-known and prominent citizen
of Joliet, died of pneumonia at his residence at 10 o'clock this evening, in the
57th year of his age. Deceased was a brother of Harlow Higginbotham, of Marshall
Field 7 Co., Chicago, and has a brother, Charles, living at Elgin, this State.
He went to California in '49, returned a few years later to Chicago, and at the
outbreak of the rebellion, enlisted as a private in the Twentieth Illinois
Infantry, and served gallantly through the was as captain. Subsequently he was
employed as a book-keeper for Field, Leadley & Co., Chicago, and in 1879 came
with his family to this city, where he had been an official at the penitentiary
ever since. He was a Mason in good standing, also a prominent member of
Bartlesion Post, G.A.R., of this city. A widow and four daughters are left to
mourn his loss, his oldest daughter being the wife of Mr. Frank Mason, of
Chicago.
The Belvidere Standard 3/11/1891
Charles W. Higinbotom (1832-1891) IL
C. W. Higinbotom, of Vandalia, and old and successful businessman and a
prominent mason, dropped dead of heart disease at his hardware store.
Edwardsville Intelligencer 01/03/1896
Annie Higginbotham (????-1896) IL
Annie, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Higginbotham, died
Saturday. The funeral took place Monday afternoon from the Methodist church,
thence to Glenwood Cemetery. (Collinsville)
Chicago Tribune 9/11/1904
Harry T. Higinbotham (1873-1904)
WI/IL
Sept. 9 - Harry T., son of Emma S. and the late Granby
Higinbotham. Funeral Sunday, 2 p.m., from the residence of his brother, F.J.
Higinbotham, 1194 Wilton Ave.
Daily Republican-Register (Mount Carmel, Illinois) 10/24/1905
John D. Higginbotham
(ca1865-1905) IL
John D. Higginbotham, a prominent citizen of Gibson county,
living between Owensville and this city, died Sunday, at the age of forty years.
The (IA) Daily Times Tribune 03/27/1906
Edward T. Higginbotham (1879-1906) IL
Tack Causes Fatal Explosion
East St. Louis, Ill., March 26-A carpet track caught between
cog wheels caused a spark that resulted in the blowing up of the works of the
Phoenix Powder company, eight miles east of here, and killing John Nash, aged 58
years, and Edward Higginbotham, aged 24 years.
Suburban Economist (Chicago, Illinois) 3/13/1908
Catherine Ramsey Higinbotham
(1833-1908) OH/IL
Mrs. Robert S. Higinbotham died at her home, 6952 Parnell
Ave., Friday last and was buried Saturday at Mt. Home cemetery. Mrs. Higinbotham
was the mother of William, Elmer and George Higinbotham, and was a devoted wife
and loving mother.
The Rockford Morning Star Thursday, January 7, 1909
James Higginbottom (1827-1909) England/IL
COUNTY PIONEER DIED LAST NIGHT
James Higginbottom Passed Away At Hospital
WAS 83 YEARS OF AGE
Formerly a Farmer of Burritt and for Fifteen Years a Resident of This
City--Suffered From Paralysis.
James Higginbottom, a pioneer of Winnebago County, and for many years a resident
of Rockford, died last night at 8:55 o'clock at Rockford Hospital, at the age of
83 years.
Death was due to a stroke of paralysis, which the aged man suffered Saturday,
and a general breakdown brought on by old age. He was taken to the hospital
Saturday and since that time had shown no signs of improvement.
Decedent was born in England eighty-three years ago and came to America at the
age of 20 years. He lived in Boston for a few years, where he married Miss
Rebecca Hilton. The couple made the overland journey to Illinois more than fifty
years ago; making much of the trip by wagon.
Mr. Higginbottom resided on a farm in Burritt for many years. He owned the tract
until his wife died about fifteen years ago, when he disposed of it and came to
Rockford, where he had since resided. For some time past he had resided with his
daughter, Mrs. M.J. Day, 714 Locust Street.
The other survivors are four sons and two daughters. They are Charles H.
Higginbottom of Burritt, Mrs. John Dyson of Burritt, Mrs. W.H. Rogers of
Freeport, Warren Higginbottom of Fairfield, In., and Albert Higginbottom of
Stratford, Tex.
Decedent was one of the first settlers in Burritt and much of his land was in
timber when he began farming. Rockford was a small village and the farm products
had to be hauled by wagon to Chicago. He was well known throughout the county,
and had a large acquaintance in Rockford.
Funeral arrangements have not been made.
Chicago Tribune 4/5/1909
William Higinbotham (1857-1909)
IL
Higinbotham - William Higinbotham, April3, 4 p.m., aged 52
years; beloved husband of Rena, nee Hinman, oldest son of Robert S., brother of
Elmer and George Higinbotham. Funeral from late residence, 6954 Parnell Ave.,
10:30 a.m., Tuesday, April 6. Interment at Mount Hope cemetery.
Chicago Tribune 6/28/1910
Almeda Marie Higinbotham Lees
(1869-1910) IL
Mrs. Almeda Higginbotham Lees, wife of John W. Lees,
superintendent of the Inland Steel mills, Indiana Harbor, and daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Albert Higinbotham of Chicago, died shortly after 2 o'clock yesterday
afternoon at the South Bay hotel, Indiana Harbor.
The Washington Post 07/04/1910
Evelyn Higginbotham (ca1899-1910) IL
Two Killed Over Child
Father Shoots Daughter and Her Step-father, and is Fatally
Hurt
East St. Louis, Ill., July 3-Michael Moser and Evelyn
Higginbotham were killed and two men were wounded today when Robert
Higginbotham, of Kansas City, attempted to remove his daughter, Evelyn, 11 years
old, from the home of his former wife.
Higginbotham was divorced from his wife five years ago. Two
years ago she was married to Moser, retaining the custody of her daughter
Evelyn.
Higginbotham came from Kansas City today and went to the Moser
house. He was met at the door by Moser, who refused to allow him to take the
girl. Higginbotham drew a revolver and shot Moser while the girl stepped in line
just in time to receive the second bullet. H. C. Fellauer, a boarder, then shot
Higginbotham, probably fatally, but Higginbotham, before he fell to the ground,
shot Fellauer through the arm and breast.
The Daily Free Press 07/27/1910
Robert Higginbotham (????-1910)
IL
SLAYER DIES IN HOSPITAL
Robert Higginbotham Succumbs to Wounds Received in Duel With Neighbor of M.
Moser
St. Louis, July 27-Robert Higginbotham, slayer of his 13 year-old daughter
Evelyn and her stepfather, Michael Moser, died in St. Mary's hospital, East St.
Louis, from the wounds inflicted in his chest by Henry C. Fellauer.
Fellauer, whom Higginbotham wounded in the right leg during his attempt to
exterminate his household, is at the same hospital and is slowly recovering from
the wound. He was a neighbor and was in no way concerned with Higginbotham's
trouble with the former Mrs. Higginbotham and her second husband, Moser.
Higginbotham visited his wife's home the afternoon of July 3, and when prevented
from taking his daughter away he killed the girl and Moser, then pursued Mrs.
Moser to Fellauer's hose and engaged in a duel with Fellauer.
The Joliet News 10/15/1910
George Harold Higinbotham (1877-1910) KS/IL
Higinbotham - George Harold, nephew of H. N. Higinbotham of this city, at his
home in Elgin this morning at 5 o'clock, from appendicitis. He leaves behind his
wife, formerly Genevieve Rodgers, his father, Charles S. Higinbotham, one
brother, Albert, and two sisters, Gertrude and Helen, all of Elgin. Funeral
Monday afternoon at Elgin.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian 8/22/1911
Edward Absalom Higginbotham (1861-1911) KY/IL
Edward A. Higginbotham, who was born in Christian County, Ky., Dec. 24, 1861,
died in Taylorsville, Ill., a few days ago, after an illness of four years, of
partial paralysis. Both of his parents died before he was 12 years old and he
began making his own living as a farm hand when 16 years old. He leaves a
considerable estate and $7000 insurance to his family, consisting of a wife and
seven children.
Englewood Times 08/16/1912
Robert S. Higinbotham (1826-1912) OH/IL
Robert S. Higenbotham
Died at his home, 6954 Parnell Ave. Thursday of last week and
his funeral occurred Saturday; interment was Mt. Hope cemetery.
Chicago Tribune 12/21/1912
Ella E. White Higinbotham
(1841-1912) Canada/IL
Mrs. Ella Higinbotham Dies
Aged Widow of the Late Albert H. Higinbotham Succumbs to a
Stroke of Paralysis
Mrs. Ella E. Higinbotham, widow of the late Albert H.
Higinbotham and sister-in-law of Harlow N. Higinbotham, died yesterday at her
residence at 3319 North Halstead street, from the effects of a stroke of
paralysis. Mrs. Higinbotham was born at Colchester, Ont., in 1841 and came to
Chicago in 1855. Her maiden name was Ella E. White. She married Mr. Higinbotham
in 1866. Six children were born to them, of whom three survive. They are Mrs.
William R. Horne, Mrs. A. T. Wright, and Mrs. Minnie Wittboldt. She also has one
sister living, Mrs. James Cleveland. Arrangements for the funeral have not yet
been completed.
The Decatur Herald 5/25/1915
Mary Higginbotham Karl
(1856-1915) Germany/IL
Mrs. Mary Karl Dies in Tower Hill
Member Methodist Church More than 80 Years Old, Leaves Three
Sons
Tower Hill, May 25 - The funeral services of Mrs. Mary Karl
was held in the Methodist Church Sunday afternoon. Rev. Mr. Bonnefin preached
the sermon. Burial was in the Knobs cemetery north of town, where her two former
husbands are buried. She was the mother of Zekeal Higginbotham of Salina, Kan.;
Daniel R. Higginbotham of St. Louis, and John Higginbotham of Assumption. She
was past 80 years of age and was a devout member of the Methodist Episcopal
church.
The Decatur Herald 3/31/1917
Louisa Middlesworth Higginbotham
(1847-1917) IN/IL
A large number of Pana people attended the funeral of Mrs.
Louisa Higginbotham, held in Tower Hill Methodist church yesterday afternoon.
Rev. Charles Wehrman, the pastor, officiated, assisted by Rev. R.H. McHenry,
pastor of the Presbyterian church.
Decatur, IL Daily Review 08/03/1918
Lafayette Higginbotham (1839-1918) IL
TOWER HILL MAN DEAD
Lafayette Higginbotham, for many years a well known resident
of Tower Hill, died at his home there Wednesday and was buried Friday. He had
been ill for a long time. At one time Mr. Higginbotham conducted a drug store in
Tower Hill, and later was village marshal for a number of years. He is survived
by two sons and five daughters, namely: Charley Higginbotham of Mattoon, Edgar
Higginbotham, Mrs. L. H. Fluckey and Mrs. E. C. Miller of Tower Hill; Mrs. Frank
Stiarwalt of Shelbyville; Mrs. C. L. Cosey of Lockhart, and Mrs. Bertha
Higginbotham at home.
The Decatur Herald 4/19/1919
Harlow Niles Higinbotham
(1838-1919) IL/NY
H. N. HIGINBOTHAM DIES IN NEW YORK
Leader in Business Circles in Middle West for Many Years
Killed by Automobile
Chicago, April 18 - Harlow N. Higinbotham, who died in New
York today after being struck by an automobile, was widely known as president of
the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1892. He was one of the city's
few remaining leaders of the generation in which Potter Palmer and Marshall
Field were chiefs of industry in Chicago and and middle west. Mr. Higinbotham
would have been 81 years old next fall.
He had been in excellent health and had passed the winter with
his son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. B. T. Crane, Jr., at Jekyl Island, Ga.
Born in Joliet, Ill., Mr. Higinbotham attended Lombard college
at Galesburg, Ill., and business college in Chicago; married and became a clerk,
then cashier of a bank in Joliet, and came to Chicago as a bookkeeper. He served
in the Civil War as chief clerk to the chief quartermaster of the department of
Ohio. He entered the employ f Field, Palmer and Leiter, merchants, and became a
partner in the business which became Marshall Field 7 Co.
Aside from his business interests, Mr. Higinbotham took a deep
interest in every effort for Chicago's advancement. He was president for several
years of the field Museum of Natural History, and of other public institutions.
Four children, Mrs. Crane, Mrs. Joseph Medill Patterson,
Harlow D. Higinbotham, Joliet, Ill., and Harry M. Higinbotham, Chicago, survive.
Decatur, IL Review July 3, 1919
Bonnie Lee Higginbotham
(1915-1919) IL
Bonnie Lee Higginbotham, little daughter of Mr. & Mrs.
Earl Higginbotham of Assumption, died at 8:10 o'clock Wednesday evening at the
Decatur and Macon County hospital. She was three years old last December. Her
death was caused by tetanus or lock jaw. About ten days ago, the little girl,
while at play, cut her foot on a piece of broken glass. She was brought to the
hospital on Monday but tetanus had developed and it was impossible to save her
life. She was born Dec 9, 1915. The body was removed to the Dawson undertaking
establishment and prepared for burial and was taken to Assumption Thursday. The
funeral will be held there Saturday morning. Interment will be in the Old
Stonington cemetery.
The Decatur Review 10/02/1919
James Benjamin Higginbotham (1862-1919) IL
James B. Higginbotham, a former merchant of Clarksville, died
in St. Vincent hospital yesterday following a long illness. Arrangements for the
funeral will not be made until the arrival of a son who is in the Army at Fort
Bliss, Texas.
Chicago Tribune 3/6/1920
Harry Mortimer Higinbotham
(1869-1920) IL
Harry Higinbotham Dies After a Short Illness
Harry Mortimer Higinbotham, son of the late Harlow N.
Higinbotham, died at 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon, after a short illness from
peritonitis. He was born in Chicago fifty-one years ago and was married in 1904
to Miss Natalie Blair, and three children were born of that marriage. Surviving
him are a brother, Harlow D. Higinbotham and two sisters, Mrs. Richard T. Crane
and Mrs. J.M. Patterson. Plans for the funeral will be announced later.
The Decatur Herald 8/16/1921
Elmer Daniel Higginbotham
(1882-1921) IL
Assumption, Aug. 15 - Elmer Higginbotham, 39, died early
Monday morning in the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Higginbotham of
Assumption. Death was caused by tuberculosis, of which Mr. Higginbotham had
suffered for several years, following an attack of pneumonia.
Mr. Higginbotham was married to Stella Moore about nine years
ago. Three years ago his wife and one child died, one child, Wayne living. In
the hope of benefitting his health he spent the winter in Colorado returning the
first of June. About two weeks ago he had a severe hemorrhage and his decline
was rapid. He leaves beside his son, his parents, on sister Florence and six
brothers, Earl, William, Virgil, Ray, Charles and Jim all of whom have been with
him the past week.
Funeral services will be conducted in the home at 3 o'clock
this afternoon, by Rev. Milton Wilson. Burial will be in Greenwood cemetery.
The Times (Streator, Illinois) 9/19/1921
Emily Jessup Wilkinson
Higinbotham (1879-1921) IL
The funeral for Mrs. Emily Higinbotham will be held Tuesday
afternoon. The remains arrived from Rockford yesterday afternoon. A short
service will be held at 2 o'clock at the residence by the King's Daughters. At
2:30 a short service will be held at the M. E. Church with the Rev. J. R. Henry
officiating. The casket will be open at the church after the service in order
that friends may view the remains, which will be shipped to Clay Center, Kansas,
for interment. Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Higinbotham of Clay Center arrived here
yesterday.
The Decatur Herald 4/17/1923
Robert Wesley Higginbotham
(1842-1923) KY/IL
Sullivan, April 16 - Robert W. Higginbotham died at his home
southwest of Sullivan Saturday morning at the age of 81 years. He was a veteran
of the civil war, and the funeral services, which were held in the residence
Monday afternoon, were under the auspices of the Grand Army post. Rev. W. B.
Hopper preached the funeral sermon. Burial was in the Campfield cemetery.
Chicago Tribune 7/23/1923
Samuel B. Higenbotham
(1856-1923) NY/IL
Samuel B. Higenbotham, July 21, 1923, beloved husband of Mary
Lovell Higenbotham, father of Louise Higenbotham Hancock of Chicago and Edith
Higenbotham Garriet of Greyball, Wyo. Funeral Monday, July 23, 1923, from
chapel, 1116 Lake St., Oak Park, Ill., at 11 a.m. Interment Mount Hope.
Chicago Tribune 8/10/1925
Sophie Higginbotham
(ca1873-1925) IL
Street Car injuries Fatal
Sophie Higginbotham, colored, 52, 1446 Weiland street, died
yesterday at the Henrotin hospital of injuries incurred several days ago, when
she was struck by a street car.
Chicago Tribune 7/9/1926
Bruce Higinbotham (1911-1926) IL
Blair Grandson Dies At End Of Swimming Race
Overcome at the end of a swimming race at Culver, Ind., in
which he finished third, Bruce Higinbotham, 15 year old son of Mrs. Natalie
Blair Bradley, 1205 Ridge Avenue, Evanston, died yesterday of acute dilation of
the heart.
Young Higinbotham was a grandson of Henry A. Blair, traction
magnate. His father, Harry M. Higinbotham, who died several years ago, was a son
of the late Harlow N. Higinbotham.
The young man was a sophomore in the Evanston High School, but
was taking summer school work at Culver in preparation for the United States
Naval Academy at Annapolis.
Other boys in the race noticed Higinbotham's strength failing
as he began to sink at the end of the race. He was carried to the bank of the
stream, but died a few minutes later.
Mr. Blair, who was playing golf when he heard of his
grandson's death, left his game, and after communicating with Mrs. Blair,
announced that he would go to Culver at once and take charge of the body. In
addition to his mother, a brother, Blair Higinbotham; a sister, Priscilla
Higinbotham, and a step-brother, Cameron Bradley, survive the victim.
St. Louis (MO) Globe-Democrat 7/27/1927
Selina Fletcher Higginbotham (1848-1927)
England/IL
Funeral services were held in Collinsville, Ill. yesterday afternoon, for Mrs.
Selina Higgenbotham, 79 years old, a resident of Collinsville for many years,
who died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Fern Simpson of East St. Louis,
Sunday morning.
Services were conducted from the home of a niece, Mrs. John Millet, to the
Methodist Church, Rev. William H. Poole officiating. Burial was in Glenwood
Cemetery.
Mrs. Higginbotham was born in England. She is survived by four daughters: Mrs.
Stella Simpson and Mrs. Fern Simpson of East St. Louis; Mrs. Julia Kampmeyer of
O'Fallon, and Mrs. Mayme Pitter of Cuba, Mo.
The Decatur Review 08/17/1927
James Isaac Higginbotham
(1845-1927) KY/IL
Retired Business Man of Pana Dies
Pana, Aug. 17--James Isaac Higginbottom died at the family home, 302 Kitchell
avenue, of a complication of diseases at 3:40 Tuesday afternoon. He suffered a
stroke of paralysis Aug. 9, and since that time has been in a semi-conscious
condition. He was a Civil war veteran and retired business man, having formerly
been in the meat market business here for many years, retiring about fifteen
years ago.
Mr. Higginbottom was born in Russell county, Ky., Sept. 7, 1849(5), the son of
the late Moses and Elizabeth Ann Higginbottom. When a young man he came to Tower
Hill, and in 1872 married Miss Mary Ann Miller. She died in 1912.
He was the father of five children. One of them, Miss Eva, died in 1909, and
another, a son Charles, died in infancy. The survivors are Miss Cora
Higginbottom, Mrs. Bertha Murray and Miss Patience Higginbottom, all of Pana. He
also leaves a sister, Mrs. Lizzie Howell of Western, Neb., three grandchildren
and an uncle, Granville Miller of Tower Hill.
Mr. Higginbottom enlisted in 1862 in Co. F. 13 Kentucky cavalry, and at his
death , was a member of Pope Post, 411 G. A. R. Pana, the Adair Lodge, I. O. O.
F. , Pana Encampment No. 1, Captain Kitchell Circle and the First Methodist
church.
The funeral will be held at the church at 4 o'clock Friday afternoon, conducted
by Rev. H. F. Powell, and with burial in Linwood, Members of the organizations
of which he was a member will attend.
The Daily Palladium, Pana, IL, Saturday, February 25, 1928, pg
1
Sarah Higginbotham White
(1881-1928) KY/IL
SARAH WHITE DIED SATURDAY FROM CANCER
Well Known Pana Woman Died at Early Hour - Funeral Monday Afternoon at 2
O'clock.
Mrs. Sarah White, aged about 42 years, died at No. 4 West Washington street, at
seven o'clock Saturday Morning following an extended illness with cancer.
Mrs. White was born in Pana on January 14, 1881. She was the daughter of the
late Mrs. Ida French, who died here October 15, 1927.
Deceased leaves no brothers or sisters.
The funeral services will take place on Monday afternoon at two o'clock ....
Interment will be made at Linwood cemetery.
Journal Gazette (Mattoon, Illinois) 1/3/1930
Denver William Hickenbottom
(1907-1929) IL
Lerna, Ill., Jan. 3 - Funeral services for Denver William
Hickenbottom, who passed away at the family home last Sunday, were held on
Tuesday at the Methodist church here, conducted by Rev. Rohrig, with burial
following in Muddy point cemetery.
A two weeks' illness of pneumonia and complications was the
cause of death.
Surviving are the parents, Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Hickenbottom,
residing about five miles northwest of Learna; two sisters and eight brothers,
Eldon of Lerna, Ray of Mattoon and Faye, Thomas, Edna, Cleona, Ruth, Delbert,
Isaac and Arthur, all at home, and his Grandmother Hickenbottom of Utica.
Acting as pallbearers at the funeral were Floyd Knight,
Granville White, Henson Gammill, Theodore Dixon, Hugh Bennett and John Newman.
Denver William Hickenbottom was born near Lerna, November 8,
1907, and has passed his life in this vicinity.
Dixon Evening Telegraph 1/21/1930
Fay S. Hickenbottom (1910-1930)
IL
Mattoon - Fay Hickenbottom, 20 , suffered a fatal skull
fracture when a tree felled by his father and brother, crushed him.
Chicago Tribune 12/28/1930
Nancy Anne Singleton Smith
Higinbotham (1872-1930) VA/IL
Mrs. Harlow B. Higinbotham Is Dead At Joliet
Mrs. Nancy S. Higinbotham, wife of Harlow B. Higinbotham, died
yesterday at her home in Joliet following a long illness. Besides her husband,
she is survived by a son, Harlow N., and a daighter, Florence. Funeral services
will be held at Graceland cemetery chapel in Chicago tomorrow afternoon at 2
o'clock.
Mrs. Higinbotham was formerly of Norfolk, Va., where she and
Mr. Higinbotham were married in 1898. The family is one of Chicago's oldest and
most prominent. Mr. Higinbotham's father, Harlow N. Higinbotham, was a pioneer
here in the dry goods business. He began as assistant bookkeeper with Cooley,
Farwell & Co., and later went with Field, Palmer & Leiter. He was president of
Marshall Field 7 Co., from 1881 until 1901. He served as president of the
World's Columbian exposition in 1892-'93.
IL State Journal, Springfield, IL, 4/8/1932
Mahala Elizabeth Higinbotham
Wells Hill (1852-1932) IL
Mrs. Mahala Elizabeth Hill died April 7, 1932, at residence of
granddaughter, Mrs. Henry Knepler, Berlin, age 79 years, 8 months and 7 days.
Survived by two sons, B. H. and William Wells, both of city; one stepson, Grover
Nation of city; four daughters, Mrs. William Nave of Palmer, Mrs. Ed Hill, Miss
Sadie Harris and Mrs. A. S. Burt; two sisters, Mrs. John Nation and Mrs. George
Nation, both of city.
Funeral at Ellinger & Kunz funeral home. Interment in Oak Ridge.
Journal Gazette 11/9/1933
John T. Higinbotham (1853-1933)
IL
John T. Higinbotham Of Arcola Passes Away
Arcola, Ill., Nov. 9. - John T. Higinbotham, 80, died at his
home in Arcola Wednesday. Funeral services were conducted at St. John's Catholic
church in Arcola today. Interment was in Sullivan at the side of his wife, who
died seven years ago.
He was born in Sullivan July 23, 1853, and in early life
married Miss Mary Sciphers. Surviving members of the family are a son, N.J.
Higinbotham of Buffalo, N.Y., and a daughter, Mrs. Frank F. Collins of Arcola.
Mr. Higinbotham spent most of his business life in various
connections with the grocery trade - as a clerk, store owner, traveling salesman
and assistant manager of a wholesale grocery. He also served a number of years
as deputy internal revenue collector. He was in business in Arcola 35 to 40
years ago moving from here to Champaign and later to Decatur, but for the past
15 years had been a resident of Arcola.
4/30/1934
Betty Carolyn Higginbotham
(1933-1934) IL
Betty Carolyn, six months old daughter of Harry and Bertha
Ledermann Higginbotham, died Sunday at one o'clock. She is survived by the
parents, four sisters and four brothers, the grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. John
Higginbotham and Mr. and Mrs. John Ledermann. Funeral services were held Monday
afternoon at two o'clock at the Ohio Chapel.
Chicago Tribune 5/8/1934
Genevieve Rogers Higinbotham (1882-1934) IL
Genevieve Higginbotham, nee Rogers, wife of the late Harlow
G., daughter of Mrs. James Rogers, sister of Ethel and Charles Rogers. Remains
at home, 4241 N. Kostner av., until Wednesday, 10 a.m. Services at 1:30 p.m. at
chapel, 2483 Milwaukee av. Interment, Elgin, Ill. Member of Portage Park Rebekah
lodge No. 819, I.O.O.F.; North Shore chapter, No. 840, O.E.S.; Degree of Honor
Protective association, and Dames of Malta.
Journal Gazette (Mattoon, Illinois) 10/24/1935
Earl Faye Hickenbottom
(1933-19350 IL
Mr. and Mrs. Hickenbottom Lose Their Little Son
Humboldt, Ill., Oct. 24 - Earl Fay, two-year-old son of Mr.
and Mrs. Ray Hickenbottom, died about 11 o'clock Wednesday night at the family
home five miles east of here. Death was due to kidney trouble.
Funeral services will be conducted Saturday morning from the
Walnut Grove Christian church, Rev. J.C. Mullins officiating. Burial will be in
Muddy Point cemetery, Lerna.
Mr. and Mrs. Hickenbottom have one other son, Lowell Ray, aged
5.
Chicago Tribune 12/16/1935
Mary Elizabeth Higinbotham
Hughes (1848-1935) IN/IL
Mary Hughes, 87, Utility Chief's Mother, Is Dead
Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Hughes, 87 years old, mother of George A.
Hughes, president of the Edison General Electric Appliance company, died
yesterday in her apartment in the Seneca hotel after a long illness.
Mrs. Hughes was the widow of Gen. Alexander Hughes, once
attorney general of Dakota territory. She was born in Greencastle, Ind., the
daughter of Dr. Samuel Higginbotham, one of the early physicians of South Bend.
As a school teacher in Monticello, Ia., she met and married Gen. Hughes. For
many years they lived in Bismarck, N.D. Later they moved to Minneapolis, where
Mrs. Hughes was the president of the women's club for many years.
In addition to her son, George, Mrs. Hughes is survived by
three other sons, William B. of Evanston, E.A. Hughes, a retired utility
executive of Chicago, and Frank C. Hughes of Glendive, Mont., and a daughter,
Mrs. George W. Dulaney of Chicago.
Funeral services will be held in the Lakewood chapel,
Minneapolis, at 12:45 p.m. today.
12/13/1936
Mary E. Higganbotham Zike
(1903-1936) IL
Mrs. Mary Zike, wife of Arthur Zike, died at 9 o'clock Tuesday
night at the family home, 501 South Twenty-eighth street, following a week's
illness. She was 33 years old.
The funeral will be held at 1:30 o'clock Thursday afternoon at
the Schilling funeral home. Burial will be in the Brown Chapel cemetery near
Charleston.
Mrs. Zike was born in Centralia, Sept. 8, 1903, a daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. James Higgenbotham. She came to Mattoon in her childhood and was
married to Mr. Zike Sept. 11, 1924.
Surviving are her husband and five children, Ruby Geneva,
Junior, Betty and Berndine, all at home. She also leaves her mother, Mrs. Mary
Higgenbotham, and three brothers, James Higgenbotham, Daniel Higgenbotham and
Francis Higgenbotham, all of Mattoon.
Mrs. Zike was a member of the Pentecostal church.
Chicago Tribune 12/16/1936
Charles Edward Higginbotham
(1885-1936) IL
Crushed By Rail Cars; Dies
Taylorsville, Ill., Dec. 15 - Charles Edward Higginbotham, 51,
died today from injuries received Monday when he was caught between two railroad
cars at Peabody...pairman for the Chicago and Illinois Midland Railroad.
The Decatur Herald 3/3/1937
James Robert Higginbotham
(1901-1937) IL
Higginbotham, James, 36, Mattoon, died Monday night; services
9:30 a.m. Thursday in Schilling funeral home; burial in Mound cemetery near
Charleston.
Mattoon Daily Journal-Gazette 04/14/1937
Charles E. Higginbotham
(1882-1937) IL
C. E. Higginbotham Dies Suddenly
Charles E. Higginbotham of Tower Hill, a Big Four railroad
conductor, was found dead late Tuesday in a bathtub at the Joseph E. Mathews
Home, 1013 Edgar avenue, where he had made his home for the past two months.
Coroner F. S. Schilling said the death was due to a cerebral hemorrhage. Mr.
Higginbotham had been suffering from a heart ailment several months.
The funeral will be held at Stumpf funeral home in Tower Hill
at 2:30 o'clock Friday afternoon.
Mr. Higginbotham was born Nov. 17, 1882, in Shelbyville, a son
of Mr. and Mrs. Lafayette Higginbotham, but had spent the greater part of his
life in Tower Hill. He had been in the service of the Big Four 27 years and was
a conductor on freight trains running between Mattoon and St. Louis. He had not
worked for about two months, however, because ill health.
He leaves five sisters, Mrs. Ida Fluckey, Mrs. Nellie Miller,
Miss Bertha Higginbotham and Mrs. May Stairwalt of Tower Hill and Mrs. Alta
Sanford of Fremont, Wis., and a brother, Edgar Higginbotham of Tower Hill.
He was a member of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen and the
Loyal Order of Moose.
The Decatur Daily Review 2/9/1938
Lucy Jane Thompson Higginbotham
(1858-1938) OH/IL
Pneumonia Brings Death to Assumption Resident
Assumption - Mrs. John Higginbotham, 79, died at 7:30 a.m.
Wednesday of pneumonia, of which she had ill a week.
Lucy Jane Thompson, born in Columbus, O., April 30, 1858, came
to Illinois with her parents while in her childhood, and the rest of her life
was passed in this community. She was married to John Higginbotham, who with
seven of their eight children survives her. A son, Elmer, is dead. There are
eight grandchildren.
No date has been set for funeral services, but they will be
conducted in the Baptist church, of which Mrs. Higginbotham was a member. Burial
will be in Greenwood cemetery.
Chicago Tribune 10/9/1938
Frederick Johnson Higinbotham
(1863-1968) Canada/IL
Frederick J. Higinbotham of 17 S. Stone avenue, La Grange,
beloved husband of Nellie B., dear father of Helen Love, and Emily Johnson, dear
grandfather of Constance, Marilyn, and Sylvia. Funeral services Monday, 2 p.m.,
at daughter's residence, 84 S. 6th avenue, La Grange. Interment Rosehill,
Chicago.
2/11/1939
James Axel Higganbotham Jr.
(1868-1939) IL
James Higganbottham, resident in Charleston for the past
twenty years, died at his home at 501 North Division street, at 12:30 o'clock
the (Friday) morning. He had been seriously ill since New Year's day at which
time he suffered a stoke from apoplexy. The body was removed to the Harper
Funeral Home for preparation for burial.
Funeral services will be conducted at the Harper Home at 10:30
o'clock Sunday morning with interment in the Bell Cemetery in Cumberland county.
The Reverend John Hodge of Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, will officiate.
Mr. Higganbottham was born in Union Township in Cumberland
county, on May 4. 1868, a son of Axley and Elizabeth Higganbottham. He followed
the occupation of farming most of his life. He was also employed for sometime at
the Nickel Plate railway roadhouse. He was married to Alice Johnson on May
4.1924.
Surviving Mr. Higganbottham are: his widow; two sons by a
former marriage, Francis and Daniel Higganbottham, both of Mattoon; four
grandchildren, two step-children; and a half sister, Mrs. Catherine Tinsman of
Charleston.
9/28/1940
Maude Higginbotham Trigg
(1918-1940) IL
Mrs. Maude Trigg died Friday evening at the home of her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Higginbotham, 226 South Eighth street. Mrs. Trigg was
21 years of age at the time of death.
Deceased was born October 8, 1918, in Tilden, Ill., and moved
to this city when a child. She was married April 12, 1935 to Carl Trigg, who
survives with one daughter, Shirley Ann, four years old.
Other survivors are the parents, Mr. and Mrs. John
Higginbotham, four brothers, Howard, Freddie, Kenneth and Arthur and one sister,
Goldie, all of Murphysboro, and a number of nieces and nephews.
The body will remain at the Meyer Funeral home until 2 o'clock
Sunday afternoon.
Funeral services will be conducted st the Assembly of God
church with Rev. Horstman in charge, Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock.
Interment will be in Tower Grove Cemetery.
Clark County Democrat 04/16/1941
Mamie Emaline Brokaw
Higginbotham (1888-1941) IN/IL
Mamie Emaline, youngest daughter of Douglas and Della Brokaw,
was born June 6, 1888 in Sullivan, Indiana, and departed this life, April 9,
1941 at the age of 52 years, 10 months and 3 days. On September 1, 1903 she was
united in marriage to William Higginbotham. To this union was born 2 children, a
son and a daughter. The greater part of her life was spent in Wabash township,
Clark county, Illinois, where she made and retained many, many friends. Her
greatest pleasure was to have her children, relatives and friends with her, and
she will be sadly missed by all who knew her. Although not belonging to any
particular church she was a strong believer of the bible and the faith of Our
Heavenly Father. She served God by doing for others and making her friends
happy. She leaves to mourn her sudden departure, the husband, William, one
daughter, Winona, and one son, Conway. Also one brother, Fred Brokaw of Terre
Haute, Indiana, one sister, Grace Gary of Houston, Texas, besides many other
relatives and a host of friends.
Chicago Tribune 9/6/1941
Janet Higinbotham Horne
(1867-1941) IL
Janet Horne, nee Higinbotham, beloved wife of William Horne,
loving mother of Marie Beardslee and Albert Horne, fond sister of Laura B.
Higinbotham, and four grandchildren. At chapel, 127 N. Northwest highway, Park
Ridge. Services 3 p.m. Monday. Cremation Acadia Park crematory.
The Decatur Herald 6/15/1942
Orville Anderson Higginbotham
(1914-1942) WV/IL
1 Killed, 3 Hurt In Salem Crash
A Flora man was killed and three Xenia persons were injured,
two critically, in a truck-auto collision one and a half miles south of here on
route 37 at 11 p.m. Saturday.
Orville A. Higginbotham, 28, of Flora died soon after the
accident.
All were riding in a car driven by Higginbotham when it
collided with the rear of the northbound truck.
Higginbotham leaves his wife, the former Dorothy Markham, of
Flora, two sons, and his parents living in Pennsylvania.
The body was taken to the Hancock funeral home at Flora where
services will be conducted at 2:30 p/.m. Wednesday. Burial will be in Elm Wood
cemetery, Flora.
The Daily Independent 08/17/1942
John Washington Higginbotham
(1888-1942) TN/IL
John Higginbotham Died Saturday Afternoon
John Washington Higginbotham died Saturday
afternoon, August 15, at 4:00 p.m. at his home at 226 South 5th Street,
Murphysboro,
Illinois.
He was 54 years, 7 months, 12 days of age at the time of his death. He was born
at Palmyra,
Tenn., Jan 3, 1888. In February, 1908, he
married Hallie Tyner of Herrin, who survives him.
Other survivors are children, Arthur,
Goldie, Howard of Murphysboro, and Kenneth of Vandalia, and Sergeant Fred of
Virginia Beach; one sister, Vallie May Tucker,
Livermor,
Kentucky; and one brother, Robert;
and seven grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held Monday, August
17, at the Assembly of God, with Reverend J. A. Roberts officiating. Burial in
Tower Grove cemetery. The remains will be at the Meyer Funeral home until the
hour of service.
Chicago Tribune 11/12/1942
David Hugh Higginbotham (1942)
IL
David Hugh Higginbotham, Nov. 11, 1942, at Harvey, Ill.,
infant son of William B. and Louise Higginbotham, brother of Paul. Funeral
private.
The Decatur Daily Review 11/7/1944
Mary A. Giesson Higginbotham
(1889-1944) IL
Higginbotham, Mrs. Mary A., 54, Taylorville, died at 3:30 a.m.
today in Decatur and Macon county hospital, where she had been a patient for two
months; leaves husband, Benjamin, in the Army, recently returned from Hawaii;
son, Lawrence Nichols, Vandalia; sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Dillihunt, Decatur;
brothers, Charles Giesson, Decatur; Homer Giesson, Vandalia; Walter, East St.
Louis; Ora, Ramsey; body at Joe Shafer funeral home, Taylorville; services 2:30
p.m. Thursday in Bethel church near Vandalia; burial in Browning cemetery near
Vandalia.
6/16/1946
Mary Alma Gilliland Higganbotham
(1873-1946) IL
Mrs. Alma Higgenbotham, 67, a former resident of Charleston,
widow of the late James Higgenbotham, died at her home, 624 South Twenty-First
street, Mattoon, at 8 o'clock Thursday night, following a week's illness of
asthma and heart trouble. The funeral services will be held at the
Swank-Mitchell Funeral Home, Mattoon, at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon with the
Reverend C. C. Breen, of Charleston, officiating. Burial will be in Brown's
chapel cemetery, southwest of Charleston.
Mrs. Higgenbotham, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Gilliland,
was born near Charleston, July 31, 1873, and was married to Mr. Higgenbotham 45
years ago. The husband died in 1939. She leaves her mother and two sons, Daniel
and Francis, and a brother, Mont Gilliland, of Charleston. She had made Mattoon
her home for some years.
Daily Illinois State Journal (Springfield, Illinois) Tuesday,
November 19, 1946
Melvin H. Higginbotham
(1872-1946) IL
Melvin Higginbotham, 74, of 1812 Morgan avenue died Saturday,
Nov. 16, 1946, at Memorial hospital.
Mr. Higginbotham was born in Riverton and had been a resident of Springfield for
the last 40 years.
He resided at the Morgan avenue address for the last 14 years.
Mr. Higginbotham, a retired coal miner who formerly worked at the old
"Do-Little" mine off Laurel street, is survived by three stepdaughters, Mrs.
Lela Blissett, Springfield; Mrs. Hazel Schellinger, Hammond, Ind.; and Mrs. Ruth
Harbour, Springfield; three stepsons, Johnny Ritz, Dodd Ritz and Chester Ritz,
all of Springfield; a half-brother, John Hornbacher, Springfield.
Funeral services were held at the Vancil funeral home.
Burial was in Oak Hill cemetery.
The Times (Streator, Illinois) 3/8/1948
Sarah Catherine Stanford
Hickenbottom (1850-1948) IL
Lostant Woman Is Summoned
Sarah Hickenbottom, 97, To Be Buried From Granville Funeral
Home
Mrs. Sarah Catherine Hickenbottom, aged 97, who spent the
greater part of her life near Lostant, died in the Cheery Rest home in Streator
at six o'clock Sunday morning. Her passing was attributed to the infirmities of
old age.
The body was taken to the Dysart funeral home in Granville,
where services will be conducted at two o'clock Tuesday afternoon. Interment
will occur in Quincy, Wednesday.
The daughter of Mordecai and Rebecca Stanford, Mrs.
Hickenbottom was born in Clay county, June 8, 1850. Her marriage with Isaac
Hickenbottom occurred April 15, 1868 and they became the parents of 11 children,
seven of whom remain and are Mrs. Eva Mix of Flora; Mrs. Andrew Stanford of
Tonica; Mrs. Ogie Earhart of Utica; Mrs. Otto Cooper of Lostant; William of
Culbertson, Mont.; Mose of Table Grove and Hugh of Charleston.
There are 45 grandchildren, 96 great-grandchildren and 26
great-great grandchildren. Mr. Hickenbottom died in 1922.
Mrs. Hickenbottom lived with her daughter, Mrs. Cooper near
Lostant until she entered the nursing home.
The Decatur Daily News 5/17/1948
Bertha Higgenbottom Murray
(1874-1948) IL
Murray, Mrs. Bertha M., 73, Pana, died at 6:50 a.m. today in
Huber Memorial hospital, Pana; Leaves husband, Melvin; daughter, Mrs. Helen Torp,
Rich Hill, Mo.; sons, Robert, Pana, and Joe, Chicago; sisters, Miss Cora
Higgenbotham, Pana and Mrs. Henry Barnstable, Pana; funeral services 2 p.m.
Wednesday in McCracken funeral home, Pana; burial in Rosemond cemetery, near
Pana.
Terre Haute Tribune 05/23/1948
Dorothy Malinda Clouse Higginbotham (1921-1948) IL
WEST UNION, Ill., May 22 — Mrs. Dorothy Higgenbotham, 27 years old, of West
Union, died at the St. Anthony's Hospital at Terre Haute at 10:45 o'clock
Saturday morning. She is survived by the husband, Herschel; two sons,
Ronald and Robert; the mother, Mrs. Gertie Smitley of Marshall, Ill., and
several sisters and brothers. The body was taken to the Prust Funeral Home and
will be removed to the residence Monday morning. Services will be held at 2
o'clock Tuesday afternoon at the Christian church with Rev. H. J. Kemp
officiating. Burial will be in Harrison cemetery. The body will be taken to the
church one hour before service time.
The Evening Telegraph 07/26/1948
Harlow Davison Higinbotham (ca1867-1946) IL
Photography Pioneer Succumbs in Virginia
Richmond, Va., July 26-Harlow Davison Higinbotham, 82, of Joliet, Ill., a
director of the Chicago Home for Incurables, died here Saturday night during a
visit to his daughter.
Higinbotham, a pioneer in color photography, is survived by his daughter, Mrs.
John Skelton Williams, Jr., of Richmond, a son, Harlow Miles Higinbotham, of
Joliet; two sisters and five grandchildren.
Funeral rites were set for this afternoon.
Journal Gazette (Mattoon, Illinois) 6/27/1949
Della Neer Hickenbottom (1886-1949) IL
Coles Woman Dies; Long Ill
Mrs. Hugh Hickenbottom, 62, died Sunday afternoon at her home west of Charleston
following a stroke nine weeks ago.
Funeral services will be held at 2:30 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at the Lerna
Methodist church, with burial in Upper Muddy cemetery.
Mrs. Hickenbottom, as Della Neer, was born near Charleston Nov. 26, 1886, and
lived in the Charleston-Lerna vicinity all her life. She was married in 1905.
Surviving are her husband; eight sons, Elden of Lerna, Ray of Decatur, Joe of
Bethany, Cleave, Thomas, Isaac and Arthur of Charleston, and Donald at home; two
daughters, Mrs. Ruth Skrock of Milwaukee, and Edna at home; 10 grandchildren and
a great grandchild, and two brothers, Eugene Neer of Charleston, and Arthur, of
Paris.
Chicago Tribune 7/29/1949
Florence Higinbotham Crane (1870-1949) IL/MA
Florence Crane, nee Higinbotham, July 28, 1949, at Ipswich, Mass., beloved wife
of the late Richard T. Crane Jr., fond mother of Cornelius Crane and Florence C.
Belosselsky, sister of Alice H. Patterson. Funeral notice later.
The Daily Times (Davenport, Iowa) 9/6/1949
Audrey Olivia Bland Higginbotham (1932-1949) IL/MO
Lyndon, Ill. - (Special) - Mrs. Audrey Higginbotham, 16, former Lyndon resident,
died Sept. 1 in Wessell hospital in Clinton, Mo., according to word received
here. She had been ill for a short time.
The body was removed to the Gardner chapel, Clinton, Mo., where funeral services
were held yesterday. Burial will be in Lyndon cemetery.
Mrs. Higginbotham was born Nov. 12, 1932, in Indianapolis, Ind. She came to
Lyndon at the age of six, receiving her education in that community, and in Rock
Falls. She was married to Wayne Higginbotham in Rock Falls on Nov. 21, 1948,
moving later to Clinton, Mo. She was a member of the Rock Falls Congregational
church.
Surviving are the husband; the parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Bland, Lyndon; and
the maternal and paternal grandparents.
The Decatur Herald 11/23/1949
Cora Belle Higginbottom (1872-1949) IL
Higginbotham, Cora Belle, 77, Pana, died 9:10 p.m. Monday in Huber Memorial
hospital. Leaves sister, Mrs. Patience Barnstable, Pana. Services 2 p.m.
Wednesday in Stumpf funeral home; burial, Linwood.
The Terre Haute (IN) Star 07/25/1950
George William Higginbotham (1868-1950) IL
MARSHALL, Ill., July 24-William Higginbotham, 81 years old, died early this
morning at the home of his son, Conway Higginbotham, five miles southeast of
Marshall. Surviving, besides his son, are a daughter, Miss Winona Higginbotham
of R.R. 4, Marshall; two brothers, Samuel Higginbotham of Eureka Springs, Ark.,
and Clayton Higginbotham of West Terre Haute, and a sister, Mrs. Mattie Black of
Chowchilla, Cal. The body was brought to Marrs Funeral Home, where services will
be held at 2 o'clock Central Standard Time, Wednesday afternoon. The Rev. R. S.
Wheeldon will officiate, and burial will be in Black Cemetery.
Charleston (WV) Gazette 02/08/1951
Thelma R. Higginbotham Slater (aft1898-1951) WV/IL
Mrs. Thelma Slater Dies at Chicago Home
Friends here learned of the death Sunday of
Mrs. Thelma Slater at her home in
Chicago
after a short illness.
Mrs. Slater had taught school at
Dunbar
Elementary School before leaving for
Chicago eight years ago.
She was the widow of Eurich Slater, who had taught at Boyd
Junior High School.
Mrs. Slater is survived by one son, Eurich
Slater, Jr.; of Chicago; her mother, Mrs. Mary Ann Taylor of Falls Mill
Va.; one sister, Mrs. Eula Mitchell of
Bluefield,
and one brother, Raymond Higginbotham of
Bluefield.
The body will be taken to Bluefield for service and burial.
Southern Illinoisan (Carbondale, Illinois) 4/13/1951
Nellie McKie Higginbotham (1897-1967) IL
Johnston City: Higginbotham, Mrs. Nellie, 54, f 400 South Washington
street, died at Herrin hospital Wednesday at 12:15 p.m. Leaves, husband,
William; two daughters, Katheryn, at home, and Mrs. Laura Stover, Johnson City;
two sons, Hildreth and Roy, Chicago; two step-daughters, Mrs. Emma Ice, Johnson
City, and Mrs. Alice Parvin, Alabama; one brother, Lawrence McKie, Beach Creek,
Kt.; one sister, Mrs. Edith Jenkins, Penrod, Ky.; seven grandchildren, and one
great-grandchild. Funeral services, Saturday 2 p.m. at the Johnston City
Christian church with Elder R.E. Walston officiating. Burial at Lakeview
cemetery of Johnston City.
The Decatur Herald 7/3/1951
Evalina Hickenbottom Bingham Mix (1871-1951) IL
Nix, Mrs. Eva, 81, Flora, died 8 a.m. Monday in Clay County Hospital,
Flora' leaves daughters, Mrs. Bertha Davis, Mrs. Sally Babcock and Rose Nix of
Flora; Mrs. Florence Sunday, Clay City, and Mrs. Nancy Mitchell, Indianapolis'
sons, Henry, Flora; Elmer, Rinard, and Isaac Bingham, Camino, Calif.; services 2
p.m. Thursday in Indian Prairie church, near Rinard; burial in Indian Prairie
cemetery; DeSelms funeral home, Cisne, in charge.
St. Clair Chronicle 11/15/1951
Lottie May Walters Hickinbotham (1877-1951) VA/MO/IL
Lottie May Hickinbotham was born in Pulaski, Va., February 16, 1877 and
passed away in Chicago after an extended illness on October 29, 1951, having
reached the age of 74 years, eight months and 13 days.
The deceased was married to John Hickinbotham in 1904. After his death she
married his brother, Alvin Hickinbotham in 1911 and to this union were born five
children. Preceding her in death were her husband, two children, Anna May and
Joseph, and one step-daughter, Mrs. Rose Christiansen.
Left to mourn her departure are two sons, Fred and Mark, of Chicago; one
daughter, Mrs. Mary Goldberg, also of Chicago; two sisters, Mrs. Molly Brookman,
of Pulaski, Va., and Mrs. Alice Bolden, of Chicago; two step-sons, Jesse H., of
St. Louis, and Harry Hickinbotham, of Anaconda.
Mrs. Hickinbotham moved to Chicago in 1937 where she made her home until
her death. She was a member of the Nazarene Church, and a devout follower of
Christ thru-out her life.
The remains were brought to St. Clair for burial in the Anaconda Cemetery,
with Casey & Lenox in charge. Rev. J.F. Quick preached the funeral services.
Chicago Tribune 1/26/1952
Pricilla Higinbotham (1909-1952) IL/AZ
HOLD PRISCILLA HIGINBOTHAM RITES MONDAY
Services for Priscilla Higinbotham, formerly of Evanston, who has been
living in Douglas, Ariz., for the last few years, will be held at 1 p.m. Monday
in the chapel at 1567 Maple Av., Evanston. She is survived by her mother, Mrs.
Ray Silvertongue, now living in Roswell, N.M., a brother, Blair Higinbotham and
a half brother, Cpt. Cameron Bradley, and two aunts, Mrs. Alice Higinbotham
Patterson, 209 Lake Shore Drive, and Miss Anita Carolyn, Blair, Drake hotel.
Miss Higinbotham's grandfather, the late Harlow N. Higinbotham, was head of
the World's Fair of 1893. At one time she was the only woman student in
Northwestern University's school of crime detection. She served in the Women's
Army Auxiliary corps during the war. In recent years she had been a secretary on
a government project in Douglas.
Miss Higinbotham collapsed and died in her office last Tuesday. She had
moved to Arizona for a climatic change because of a sinus condition.
Dixon Evening Telegraph 02/06/1953
Margin Higginbotham (ca1875-1953) IL
Aged War Veteran Found Dead Here In Basement
Home
One of the few remaining veterans of the
Spanish-American war in
Dixon
died last night.
Margin Higginbotham, 78, was found dead in
his basement room in the residence of Dr. M. L. White, 111 E.
Second St
.
According to Dixon police, Mr. Higginbotham was found by Edgar Coleman ,
612 Monroe av.,
who tends the furnace in the White home.
Coleman told police that he knocked on the
door to the dead man's room, just off from the stoker room, when he arrived in
the basement this morning.
When no one answered after several tries,
Coleman entered the room and found the deceased lying on his back across his
bed. He immediately reported his findings to the police.
According to Lee County Coroner Robert
Preston, Higginbotham apparently died of a heart attack. He was known to have a
heart condition.
An inquest into the death win be held
Thursday morning in the Preston
funeral home.
Preston
said that the last person known to have seen him alive was Miss Gladys Distin,
who took tea and milk to him at about 9 p.m. Tuesday.
His doctor had seen him earlier in the
evening regarding his heart condition,
Preston
added.
Higginbotham was a retired
Dixon carpenter
and tended to odd jobs around the White residence. Dixon Police Officers
Woodyalt and McCoy investigated the death.
He is survived by several brothers, and four
children, Mrs. Marjorie Scorzo,
Chicago, John
Wakefield, National City,
Calif., Mrs. Helen Hawe,
San Diego, and George Wakefield, Wash., D. C., and five
grandchildren.
Funeral services were held today at the
Preston funeral home for Margin Higginbotham. Rev. A. A. Vinz
officiated. Burial was in Oakwood cemetery.
Mr. Higginbotham, a resident of
Dixon
for the past 19 years, was a relative of John Quincy Adams, a distant cousin.
His wife, Martha, died in 1921 in
Phoenix, Ariz. She had been a school teacher.
The oldest active member of the Veterans of
Foreign Wars, Dixon, he was a veteran of the
Spanish-American War, having seen active duty In Cuba. He
belonged to the carpenters union most of his life.
His brother, Albert Higginbotham, died in
June in this city and Margin had plans to go to
California
to be near his daughter, Helen, and son, John, of San Diego.
The VFW was in charge of the military
funeral for Mr. Higginbotham. His granddaughter, Miss Gloria Scorzo, Chicago,
accepted the flag the veterans presented and will present it to Camp
Reynoldswood. Gloria is a member of the Girl Scout
Pathfinders club of the Seventh Day Adventists.
Surviving Mr. Higginbotham are four
children, George Wakefield, Washington, D. C.; John Wakefield,
San Diego; Mrs. Helen Hawe, San Diego, and Mrs.
Marjorie Scorzo,
Chicago;
seven grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.
The Decatur Daily Review 3/23/1953
Edgar Higginbotham (1876-1953)
IL
Higginbotham, Edgar, 77, Tower Hill, died 6 a.m. Sunday,
Shelby County Nursing Home, Shelbyville; leaves wife, Oma; sisters, Mrs. Nellie
Miller, Tower Hill, Mrs. Mae Stairwalt, Tower Hill; Mrs. Alta Sanford,
Chillicothe, Ill.; services 2 p.m. Wednesday, Tower Hill Methodist Church;
burial. Tower Hill Cemetery; body at Stumpf Funeral Home, Pana.
Blytheville (AR) Courier News 08/04/1953
Sandra Darlene Higginbotham
(1953-1953) IL
Higginbotham Child Dies; Rites Tomorrow
Services for Sandra Darlene Higginbotham, one-month-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas Higginbotham of Chicago, formerly of Blytheville, will be conducted
tomorrow in Cobb Funeral Home Chapel by the Rev. Bob Petrovich.
Burial will be in Maple Grove Cemetery. The child died Sunday in Chicago, where
her parents had moved recently.
Other survivors include a brother, David.
The Decatur Daily Review 9/26/1953
William J. Higginbotham (1884-1953) IL
Higginbotham, William J., 69, Assumption, died 12:30 a.m. Friday in Springfield
Memorial Hospital; leaves wife, the former Rose Clem; sons, Roland, Pana; and
Billy, Assumption; brothers, Earl, Moweaqua; Arthur, Dayton, Ohio; Ray, Detroit,
Mich.; James, Phoenix, Ariz.; Charles, Gary, Ind.; services 2 p.m. Sunday in
Assumption Methodist Church; burial in Pleasant View Cemetery; Stauter Funeral
Home, Assumption, in charge.
Chicago Tribune 11/2/1953
Roy Higginbotham (1921-1953) IL
Roy Higginbotham, suddenly, devoted husband of Betty, loving father of Dennis
Roy, son of William, brother of Hildreth, Laura Stover, Katherine, Irma Ice, and
Maxine, son-in-law of Joseph and Helen Simko. Services Wednesday, 1:30 p.m., at
chapel, 5218 S. Kedzie Avenue. PRospect 6-3810.
Chicago Tribune 12/31/1953
Natalie Blair Higinbotham Silvertongue (1883-1953)
IL/NM
Mrs. Roy Silvertongue
Services for Mrs. Natalie Blair Silvertongue, 73, who died Sunday in her home in
Roswell, N.M., will be held at 11:30 a.m. Saturday in the chapel at 1567 Maple
St., Evanston. She was the daughter of Henry A. Blair, who was president of
Chicago Surface Lines at the time of his death in 1932.
Surviving are her husband, Ray; two sons, Blair Higinbotham and Cameron Bradley,
and a sister.
The Decatur Herald 01/02/1954
John Earl Higginbotham (1887-1953) IL
Hilda Brown Higginbotham (1892-1953) IL
Funeral services for Earl (Cy), 67, and his wife, Hilda B., 61, of Moweaqua, who
were killed in a collision Thursday, will be at 2 p.m. Sunday in Moweaqua
Christian Church. Burial will be Odd Fellows Cemetery.
The Stine Funeral Home, Moweaqua, will be in charge.
The couple was killed at 7:25 p.m. when their car ran head-on into a
semi-trailer truck on Route 51, two miles south of Moweaqua. The truck driver,
Gene R. Moffett, 22, of Blue Mound, escaped injury.
Mr. Higginbotham was the owner of Higginbotham Coal Company here. He was a
Mason, a veteran of World War I and a member of the Moweaqua Businessmen's Assn
and the American Legion.
Mrs. Higginbotham was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star, the Royal
Neighbors Camp and the Legion auxiliary.
She and Mr. Higginbotham were married Sept. 15, 1924.
In addition to survivors already listed, Mr. Higginbotham leaves four brothers,
Arthur, Dayton, Ohio; James, Phoenix, Ariz.; Ray, Detroit, Mich.; and Charles,
Gary, Ind. Mrs. Higginbotham leaves four brothers, Lewis V. Brown, Howard, Earl
and Wendel, all of Moweaqua.
The couple also have two daughters, Mrs. Fred Burt, Santa Monica, Calif.; and
Mrs. Frank Supinie, Lawrenceville.
The Decatur Herald 9/14/1954
Rosa E. Clem Higginbotham (1888-1954) IL
Higginbotham, Mrs. Rosa E., 66, Assumption, widow of late William Higginbotham,
died 5:30 a.m. Monday, Moweaqua Hospital, where she had been a patient five
months; leaves sons, Billy D., Assumption, Roland C., Pana; sister, Mrs. Pearl
Sturgeon, Butte, Mont. A Shelby County native, Mrs. Higginbotham was born Jan.
26, 1888, daughter of Jefferson and Josephine McCants Clem. Funeral services 2
p.m. (CST) Wednesday, Methodist Church, burial Pleasant View Cemetery,
Assumption; Stauter Funeral Home in charge.
Southern Illinoisan (Carbondale, Illinois) 11/11/1956
William Higginbotham (1879-1956) IL
William Higginbotham, 76, 400 S. Washington St. Johnston City, died at 6 a.m.
Saturday in Marion Memorial Hospital where he had been a patient four days.
He was born Dec. 5, 1879 in Bowling Green, Ky., and had lived in Johnston City
43 years. A retired miner, he was a member of the United Mine Workers of America
and of Lake Creek Masonic Lodge 729.
He leaves his wife, Ernie; a son, Hildreth Higginbotham, Westchester; daughters,
Miss Katherine Higginbotham, at home; Mrs. Laura Stover, Melrose Park; Mrs. Erma
Ice, Johnston City; and Mrs. Alice Parvin, Jasper, Ala. One son preceded him in
death.
He also leaves brothers, Tom of Louisville, Ky., Fred of Evansville, Ind., and
Charles of Bowling Green, Ky., eight grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
Higginbotham was a deacon of the First Christian Church of Johnston City where
funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Monday. The Rev. William Reese will officiate
and burial will be in Lakeview Cemetery. Friends may call at the Murman-Wilson
Funeral Home after 4 p.m. Sunday.
The Times (Streator, Illinois) 4/23/1958
Bertha L. Evans Hickenbottom (1912-1958) IL
Local Woman Laid To Rest
Funeral services for Mrs. Bertha Hickenbottom, who passed away Sunday morning
were held yesterday at 8:30 a.m. from the Winterrowd funeral home, followed by
the Mass at 9 a.m., celebrated by Rev. Edward Bader in Immaculate Conception
church. Music was furnished by St. Mary's school children's choir. Rev Julius
Zane, pastor of St. John's church at Lostant, conducted the graveside rites in
St. John's cemetery at Lostant.
Pallbearers were Thomas Locascio, Lee Rathburn, Jan Christensen, Max Heinz, Earl
Maskel and Gerald Rhodes.
Attending the services were relatives and friends from Fairfield, Geneva, Clay
City, Flora, Henry, Oglesby, Lostant, and the surrounding community.
The Decatur Herald 2/14/1959
Arthur Virgil Higginbotham (1889-1959) IL/IN
Higginbotham, Arthur Virgil, 70, formerly of Assumption, died Thursday in
Veterans Hospital in Indianapolis, Ind.; leaves brothers, J.M., Phoenix, Ariz.;
Charles R., Lowell, Ind.; Ray H., Detroit, Mich.; services 2 p.m. Sunday in
Stauter Funeral Home, Assumption; burial in Greenwood Cemetery; call at funeral
home Sunday morning.
The Decatur Review 4/20/1959
Myrtle Iva Dixon Hickenbottom (1907-1959) IL
Rites Tuesday For Mrs. Hickenbottom
Funeral services for Mrs. Myrtle Hickenbottom, 51, of Rural Route 7, will be at
11 a.m. Tuesday at the J.J. Moran & Sons Funeral Home where friends may call
after 4 p.m. today. Burial will be in Muddy Point Cemetery near Mattoon.
Mrs. Hickenbottom died at 12:10 p.m. yesterday at St. Mary's Hospital where she
had been a patient since Feb. 15.
Mrs. Hickenbottom, a Decatur resident for 20 years, was born Aug. 12, 1907, in
Coles County, a daughter of William and Lydia L. Arthur Dixon.
She married Ray Hickenbottom on Nov. 2, 1929.
Mrs. Hickenbottom was past president of Long Creek Methodist Church Women's
Society of Christian Service.
She leaves her husband, two sons, Lowell and Harold, both of Decatur; two
daughters, Mrs. Betty Faulkner, Argenta; Miss Alice Hickenbottom, Decatur; and a
grandchild.
Also surviving are a brother, Theodore Dixon, Humboldt; and five sisters, Mrs.
Maude George, Hammond, Ind.; Mrs. Mary E. Brown, Oakley; Mrs. Grace Eastin,
Humboldt; Mrs. Rhoda Farrell, Oakwood; and Mrs. Margaret Bridges, Mattoon.
One son preceded her in death.
Chicago Tribune 5/5/1959
Elsie Marie Ulrich Higginbotham (1885-1959) PA/IL
Elsie M. Higginbotham, 9541 Moody, Oak Lawn, Ill., May 4, 1959, beloved wife of
the late L. L. Higginbotham; dear mother of Ernest L. Higginbotham. At chapel,
2121 W. 95th street, where services will be held Thursday, May 7, at 2 p.m.
Interment Chapel Hill Gardens South.
The Terre Haute Tribune 7/22/1960
Hershel Higginbotham (1902-1960) IL
West Union, Ill., July 22 - Herschel Higginbotham, 57 years old, of RR 1, West
Union, died at 12:45 o'clock Thursday afternoon at the Paris Hospital. Surviving
are the widow, Dema; two sons, Ronald or Marshall, Ill., and Robert Higginbotham
at home; three sister, Mrs. Lula Bierbaum of Marshall, Mrs. Hattie Lederman of
RR, West Union, and Mrs. Mattie Carpenter of RR 2, West Union; and four
brothers, Ed Higginbotham, of RR 2 West Union, Ott and Harry, both of Marshall,
Ill., and Ormal of Martinsville, Ill. Services will be at 2 o'clock Saturday
afternoon at the Prust-Hosch Funeral Chapel. Burial will be in Harrison
Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral chapel after 7 o'clock Friday evening.
The Terre Haute Tribune 8/24/1960
John Edward Higginbotham (188401960) IL
West Union, Ill., Aug. 24 - Ed Higginbotham, 76 years old, of RR 2, West Union,
died Tuesday afternoon at 3 o'clock at his residence. Surviving are the widow,
Grace; a son, Everett at home; a daughter, Mrs. Gladys Garver of Marshall; three
brother, Otto and Harry Higginbotham, both of Marshall, and Ormal Higginbotham
of Martinsville; three sisters, Mrs. Lulu Bierbaum of Marshall, Mrs. Hattie
Lederman and Mrs. Mattie Carpenter, both of rural West Union; three
grandchildren and a great-grandchild. Services will be at 2 o'clock Friday
afternoon at the Prust-Hisch Funeral Chapel. The Rev. Clebert Weger will
officiate and burial will be in Ohio Cemetery. Friends may call after 7:30
o'clock Wednesday evening.
Edwardsville Intelligencer 06/17/1961
Clifford D. Higginbotham (1899-1961) MO/IL
Clifford D. Higginbotham of Route 2,
Edwardsville, died at 7:15 p.m. Friday at Veterans
Hospital,
St. Louis, where he had been a patient 10 days.
Mr. Higginbotham, 81, was engaged in
farming.
A requiem mass will be read at 10 a.m.
Monday at St. Boniface Catholic church with the Rev. George E. Faller, pastor,
in charge, followed by interment in Calvary Cemetery. Friends may call after 7
o’clock this evening at the Pieper funeral home, Granite City, until 9:15
a.m. Monday. The rosary will be recited at 8 o’clock Sunday evening at the
funeral home.
Mr. Higginbotham was born Dec. 26, 1899 in
St; Louis, the son of Daniel and Margaret Carrico Higginbotham. He married April
6, 1935 at
Waterloo
to Theresa Kellerman, who survives.
Besides his wife, he is survived by a
daughter, Mrs. Virginia Herkenhoff,
St. Louis;
one brother, Arthur E. Higginbotham,
Belleville; and four grandchildren.
He was a member of the Edwardsville Veterans
of World War I.
Chicago Tribune 12/21/1961
Margaret Conway Higginbotham
(1879-1961) IL
Margaret Higginbotham, 1809 E. 71st Place, Dec. 20, 1961,
beloved wife of Joseph; fond mother of Harold; sister of Mrs. Lawrence Reckner;
grandmother of Jane Pongratz; great grandmother of three. At Lain & Son Chapel,
2024 E. 75th Street at Jeffrey Boulevard, where services will be held Saturday,
Dec. 23 at 1 p.m., under the auspices of the Forestville Chapter O.E.S. No. 177.
Interment Cedar Park.
Chicago Tribune 7/4/1962
Florence Higinbotham Williams (1901-1962) IL/VA
Mrs. Florence Williams, 61, a member of a family long prominent in Chicago and
Joliet, died yesterday in Richmond, Va. Mrs. Williams was the granddaughter of
Harlow N. Higginbotham, onetime president of Marshall Field & Co., and president
of the Columbian exposition. She was active in the Chicago Junior League before
she moved to Richmond after her marriage to John Skelton Williams in 1933 at the
Higinbotham estate in Joliet. She leaves her husband; a son, John Skelton
Williams Jr.; a daughter, Mrs. Anne Marsden Gresham; two granddaughters; and a
brother. Private services will be held.
The Terre Haute Star 07/18/1962
William Otto Higginbotham (1882-1962)
IL
MARSHALL,
Ill.,
July 17.-(Special)
Otto Higginbotham, 80 years old, formerly of
Marshall, died at 8 o'clock Tuesday morning at the Vermilion Nursing Home,
Danville, Surviving are six daughters, Mrs. Hazel Good of Oblong, Mrs. Velma
McCarty and Mrs. Rachel Jones, both of Chrisman; Miss Erma Higginbotham of
Rockville, Mrs. Mildred Walters of R.R. 5, and Mrs. Martha Sadler of Danville;
three sons, John Higginbotham of Oblong, Ernie Higginbotham of
Danville, and Lloyd Higginbotham of Reno,
Nev.; two brothers, Harry Higginbotham of
Marshall
and Ormal Higginbotham of Martinsville; three sisters, Mrs. Mattie Carpenter and
Mrs. Hattie Lederman, both of West Union and Mrs. Lou Bierbaum of Marshall; 19
grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren. Friends may call after 2 o'clock
Wednesday afternoon at the Marrs Funeral Home. Services will be at 2 o'clock.
Thursday afternoon at the Marrs Chapel, with the Rev. H. J. Kemp will officiate
and burial will be in
Auburn
Cemetery.
Journal Gazette (Mattoon, Illinois) 11/5/1962
Hugh Hickenbottom (1885-1962) IL
Charleston, Ill. - Funeral services for Hugh Hickenbottom, 77,
Charleston, were conducted at 2 p.m. today at the Lerna Methodist Church with
burial in Upper Muddy Cemetery near LErna. The Caudill Funeral Home was in
charge.
Mr. Hickenbottom died Friday night. He was born Oct. 14, 1885,
in Bonham, Tex., a son of Isaac and Sarah Catherine Stanford Hickenbottom.
His wife, Della, died in 1949.
Surviving are seven sons, Eldon, Lerna; Ray, Decatur; Delbert,
Bethany and Tom, Cleone, Arthur and Don, Charleston; two daughters, Miss Edna,
at home, and Mrs. Ruth Skroch, Wauwatosa, Wis.; and three sisters, Mrs. Emma
Stanford and Mrs. Ida Cooper, Tonica, and Mrs. Bessie Earhardt, Utica.
Chicago Tribune 3/30/1963
Mary Higginbotham Hess
(1912-1963) MS/IL
Mary Hess, March 28, age 50, beloved wife of Ralph; daughter
of Mrs. Willie Higginbotham and the late Martin; sister of Mrs. Jacob (Grace)
Smith, Van Higginbotham, both of Grenada, Miss., and William Higginbotham of
Little Rock, Ark. Resting at the Tews Funeral Home, 79th Street and Phillips
Avenue, after 6 p.m., Friday. Services 1 p.m. Monday. Interment Mount Hope. SO
8-6959.
The Decatur Daily Review 4/28/1963
Florence Ida Stanford
Hickenbottom Behlen (1878-1963) IL
Behlen, Mrs. Ida, 84, Flora; died 8:10 a.m. Saturday; leaves
husband, Fred; brother, Dave Stanford, West Plains, Mo.; sister, Mrs. Clara
McCann, Flora; services 2 p.m. Tuesday in Hancock Funeral Home, Flora; burial in
Elmwood Cemetery, Flora; call after 2 p.m. Monday.
Southern Illinoisan 12/18/1963
William Howard Higginbotham (1916-1963) IL
FORMER RESIDENT DIES
Funeral Services Set Thursday For William
Higginbotham
Funeral services for William H.
Higginbotham, 47-year-old former Murphysboro resident, will be Thursday at 10
a.m. at Meyer-Denny Funeral Home in Murphysboro.
Rev. William J. Boatman will officiate.
Burial will be in Tower
Grove
Cemetery. Friends may call
at the funeral home after 6 p.m. today.
Mr. Higginbotham died Sunday in
St.
Therese
Hospital in
Waukegan. Death was attributed to a heart attack.
He was a plumber. He had lived in
Waukegan
for about 15 years, and previously had lived in Murphysboro.
He was born Feb. 11, 1916, in Du Quoin, the
son of John and Hallie Tyner Higginbotham. He was married Sept. 8, 1946, to Rose
Trione.
Mr. Higginbotham leaves his wife; a
daughter, Mrs. Jean Plucker of Murphysboro; a son,
Howard of Gurnee; his mother, Mrs. Hallie
Williams of
North Chicago;
six grandchildren; a sister, Mrs. Goldie Nanny of Carbondale; and brothers,
Arthur of North Chicago, Kenneth of Carbondale, and Fred of Sacramento, Calif.
Southern Illinoisan 03/27/1964
Sheri Lynn Higginbotham (1963-1964) IL
HIGGINBOTHAM INFANT DIES
Sheri Lynn Higginbotham, 10 months, daughter
of Robert Higginbotham of Phoenix,
Ariz., and Mrs. Lora Higginbotham of
Dixon, died at 2 p.m. Thursday in
Dixon
Hospital.
She died of pneumonia.
She was born May 15, 1963, in
Kankakee.
Besides her parents, she leaves
grandparents, Mrs. Eunice Keyes of
Dixon, Charles
Works of Bradley, and Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Higginbotham of Phoenix.
Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Saturday at
Murman and Wilson Funeral Home, Johnson City. Rev. Claude Childers will
officiate. Burial will be in
Lakeview
Cemetery. Friends may call
after 6 p.m. today at the funeral.
The DeKalb Daily Chronicle 6/6/1964
Mary Emma Hickenbottom Stanford
(1880-19640 IL
Tonica - Mrs. Andrew Stanford, 85, of Tonica, died Friday
night, June 5, 1964, at her home after an extended illness.
Mrs. Stanford was the mother of Roy Stanford of 416 Terrace
Drive, Sycamore, and had visited in Sycamore on many occasions. Surviving are
her husband, one daughter, four sons, 17 grandchildren, and 47
great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be Monday at 2 p.m. at the Elias Funeral
Home in Tonica with interment in Fairview Cemetery at Tonica.
Clark County Democrat, 29 January 1965
Bertha Amanda Ledermann
Higginbotham (1893-1965) IL
"Bertha A. Higginbotham, 71, passed away at noon Monday at her home, 415 N.
Michigan Avenue, Marshall.
She is survived by her husband, Harry; three sons, Eugene, Route 2,
Martinsville; Russell, Route 1, Marshall, and Gerald, of West Union; four
daughters, Mrs. Eleanor Barkalow, Bensenville, Ill.; Mrs. Marjorie Moran,
Joliet, Illinois; Mrs. Doris Jenkins, Baltimore, Maryland; and Mrs. Norma
Wilhoit, Route 4, Marshall; three brothers, Fred, Geo., and Wm. Ledermann; and
one sister, Mary Ledermann, all of West Union, and eighteen grandchildren. One
son, Woodrow, was killed in World War II, in December, 1942.
Funeral services were held Thursday at 2:00 o'clock at the Marshall Baptist
Church. Rev. C. C. Campbell officiated, and burial was in the Ohio Cemetery.
The Paducah Sun (Paducah, KY) 9/7/1966
Ona May Calvin Higginbotham
(1898-1966) KY/IL
Mrs. Higginbotham Dies In Illinois
Cairo, Ill., Sept. 7 - Mrs. Ona May Higginbotham, 68, of
Cairo, died at 6:15 a.m. Tuesday at Western Baptist Hospital, Paducah.
Mrs. Higginbotham and her husband, Tom Higginbotham, were
former residents of Wickliffe where they operated a hotel for a number of years.
She was a member of the Mound City Baptist Church.
Besides her husband, she is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Kay
Lambert of Cairo; a son, Dick Higginbotham of Jacksonville, Fla.; a stepson,
Russell Higginbotham of St. Louis, and a brother, Iva Calvin of Mound City.
Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday at Crain
Funeral Chapel here, 1600 Poplar St., with the Rev. Francis Watson officiating.
Burial will be in Mound City National Cemetery.
Friends may call at the funeral home after 5 p.m. today.
Journal Gazette (Mattoon, Illinois) 9/27/1966
Alice Hodge Johnson
Higganbottham (ca1876-1966) IL/CA
Toledo, Ill. - Funeral services for Mrs. Alice Johnson
Higganbottham, 90, of Anaheim, Calif., will be held Thursday at the Lashmet
funeral home here.
Friends may call at the funeral home Wednesday evening. Other
arrangements are incomplete.
Mrs. Higganbottham died Saturday in Anaheim. She was the
daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Hodge, formerly of Toledo.
The Fresno (CA) Bee 12/07/1966
Alice Higinbotham Patterson (1878-1966) IL
PATTERSON EX-WIFE DIES
Chicago-Alice Higinbotham Patterson, 85, divorced wife of the
late Joseph Medill Patterson, founder of New York Daily News and co publisher of
the Chicago Tribune, died Tuesday. Mrs. Patterson was the daughter of Harlow
Niles Higinbotham, and early pioneer of Chicago who became a partner of Marshall
Field and helped build Marshall Field and Co.
The Dispatch (Moline, Illinois) 3/14/1967
David Dwayne Hickenbottom (1967)
IL
Cambridge - David Dwayne Hickenbottom, infant so of Mr. and
Mrs. Roger D. Hickenbottom, RR 2, Cambridge, died two hours after birth Sunday
evening in the Hammond-Henry District Hospital, Geneseo.
Graveside services were at 2 this afternoon in Rosedale
Cemetery, here, with the Rev. J. Soule Chapman of the Cambridge Baptist Church
officiating.
The Stackhouse Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Surviving are the parents; grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Donald
J. Bengston of Cambridge and Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Hickenbottom of Osco, and
great-grandparents, Mrs. John Bengston of Cambridge and Mr. and Mrs. John
Mallery of LaFayette.
Itasca Register 06/06/1968
Kathleen A. Higginbotham
(ca1951-1968) IL
A 17-year-old Melrose Park girl died early
yesterday after being found in a car parked in a building under construction in
Klefstad Industrial Park,
Bensenville.
The girl, Kathleen A. Higginbotham, of
2080 N. 18th Ave.,
Melrose Park, was an apparent victim of
carbon monoxide poisoning, Bensenville police
reported. She was pronounced dead at
Elmhurst
Memorial
Hospital.
…Miss Higginbotham was found in the front
seat of the car with driver’s door open, police reported.
…An autopsy was being performed yesterday by
the office of Dr. Samuel Lewis, DuPage County Coroner. An inquest will be held
at a later date.
Southern Illinoisan 06/30/1968
Hallie Tyner Higginbotham
Williams (1895-1968) IL
MRS. HALLIE WILLIAMS, 72,
HURST DIES
Mrs. Hallie Williams, 72, of
1114 King Ave.,
Hurst,
died Thursday in Holden Hospital,
Carbondale.
She was a daughter of Christopher and Maude
E. Pippin Tyner and was married to Floyd Williams.
Besides her husband she leaves a daughter,
Mrs. Goldia Nannie of Hurst; sons, Kenneth
Higginbotham of Carbondale, Freddie Higginbotham
of Sacramento,
Calif., and Arthur Higginbotham of
Waukegan; 19 grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren; sister, Mrs. Ted
Tyner of Wisconsin; and a brother, Lester Tyner of
New Rochelle,
N.Y.
Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Sunday in
Van Natta Funeral Home in Carbondale with the Rev. Frank Clark, pastor
of Herrin Pentecostal Church, officiating.
Burial will be in Tower
Grove
Cemetery in Murphysboro.
Friends may call after 4 p.m. Saturday at
the funeral home.
The Decatur Herald 7/3/1968
Daniel D. Higganbotham
(1908-1968) IL
Funeral services for Daniel D. Higginbotham of 1332 N. Water
St. will be at 11:30 a.m. Friday in the J.J. Moran & Sons Funeral Home, with
burial in Point Pleasant Cemetery, Long Creek. Friends may call in the funeral
home after 2 p.m Thursday.
Mr. Hiinbotham, 60, died in Decatur and Macon County Hospital
at 6:25 a.m. Tuesday. He was born on April 14, 1908, in Centralia, the son of
James and Alma Gilland Higginbotham.
Mr. Higginbotham was married to Delsie Spencer, who survives.
The Decatur Daily Review 9/20/1968
Lora E. Donaldson Higginbotham
(1901-1968) IL
Mrs. Benjamin H. (Lora E.) Higginbotham, 66, of Route 3 died
at 6 a.m. today in Decatur and Macon County Hospital.
She had been a resident of Decatur for 58 years. Mrs.
Higginbotham was born Nov. 10, 1901, in Fillmore, a daughter of Isaac and Leona
Keiser Donaldson. She was married to Benjamin H. Higginbotham in 1946 in
Decatur.
Mrs. Higginbotham leaves her husband and mother, both of
Decatur; son, Leo D. Pressley, Decatur; daughter, Mrs. Betty Urbanowicz,
Decatur; sister, Luvene Donaldson, Coffeen; 10 grandchildren and three great
grandchildren.
Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Monday in the Dawson &
Wikoff Funeral Home. Burial will be in Fairlawn Cemetery. Friends may call at
the funeral home after 3 p.m. Sunday.
Mason County Democrat 10/21/1968
Ernest J. Higginbotham
(1909-1968) IL
Ernest J. Higginbotham, 59, of 526 E. Main Street, Havana, IL,
died at 6 a.m. Wednesday October 2, 1968, at his home. Mr. Higginbotham was born
June 20, 1909 in IL, the son of George and Mae Watkins Higginbotham. He married
Vonee Pearl Whitlow on March 22, 1930 in Havana, IL. Surviving, besides his wife
and mother, are two sons, Richard Higginbotham of Grants, NM; and John
Higginbotham of Havana; one sister, Mrs. Ernestine Mustered of Easton; and three
grandchildren. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Hurley Funeral
Home here. Rev. Peter Borzeka, pastor of the Havana First Baptist church, will
officiate. Interment will be in Laurel Hill Cemetery. Visitation will be from 2
to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home. Tangible expressions of sympathy
may be made in the form of memorial contributions to the Mason District Hospital
building fund or to the heart fund.
Chicago Tribune 12/2/1968
Joseph H. Higginbotham
(1876-1968) IL/CO
Joseph H. Higginbotham, Nov. 28, 1968, Colorado Springs,
Colo., formerly of Chicago, beloved husband of the late Margaret Higginbotham;
dear father of Harold (Irene) Higginbotham; grandfather of Jane Pongratz;
great-grandfather of three; Brother of Harriett Stone. At Lain and Son Chapel,
2121 W. 95th street, where services will be held Tuesday, Dec. 3, at 11 a.m.,
under the auspices of Compass Lodge No. 922, AF&AM. Interment Cedar Park. Member
of C.T.U, No. 16 and former employee of Chicago Tribune.
Quad-City Times (Davenport, Iowa) 1/7/1969
Orin G. Hickenbottom (1901-1969) OH/IL
Orin G. "Shorty" Hickenbottom, 67, of 1730 1/2 13th St., Moline, died Monday
night in Moline Lutheran Hospital.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Thursday in the Esterdahl Chapel, where visitation is
after 7 p.m. Wednesday.
Burial will be in Moline Memorial Park.
Mr. Hickenbottom was born in Holloway, Ohio. He had worked at Republic Steel
Co., Moline.
There are no immediate survivors.
The Vincennes Sun-Commercial (Vincennes, Indiana) 4/23/1969
Nancy Wilson Higginbotham (1879-1969) IL
Lawrenceville, Ill. - Mrs. Nancy Higginbotham, 90, died at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday at
her residence, 1504 Fifth St. She had been in failing health for several years.
She was born at Belmont, Ill., on March 26, 1879, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
William Wilson and was married to Arthur Higginbotham, who preceded her in
death. She was a member of St. James A.M.E Church. There are no near relatives.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. (CST) Friday at the Emmons Chapel, with
the Rev. William Newell Guy officiating. Burial will be in Portee Cemetery.
Friends may call at the Emmons Funeral Home after 4 p.m. (CST) Thursday.
The Edwardsville Intelligencer 07/30/1970
Theresa Kellerman Higginbotham (1897-1970) IL
Mrs. Theresa Higginbotham, 73, of
Granite City, formerly of the Edwardsville-Glen Carbon area, died at
9 a.m. Wednesday in St. Elizabeth’s Hospital,
Granite City.
She is survived by a step-daughter, Mrs.
Bernard (Virginia) Herkenoff of St. Louis, and
by six sisters: Mrs. Margaret Viere and Mrs. Henry (Annie) Perry, both of Glen
Carbon; Mrs. Frieda Vieth and Mrs. Thomas (Dorothy) Stack, both of Edwardsville;
Mrs. Marie Perry and Mrs. Dan (Gertrude) Boyle, both of
Granite City.
Mrs. Higginbotham was preceded in death by
her husband, Clifford Higginbotham, who died in June 16, 1961. She was a member
of Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Granite City.
Friends may call at the Pieper Funeral Home,
1929 Cleveland Ave.,
Granite City, after 2 p.m. today. Funeral services will
be at 9 a.m. Friday in
Sacred
Heart
Church.
The rosary will be said at 7:30 p.m. today
in the funeral home. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery, Edwardsville.
Quad-City Times (Davenport, Iowa) 10/21/1970
Darrell James Hickenbottom (1924-1970) IA
Clinton, Iowa - Services for Darrell J. Hickenbottom, 46, of 333 8th Ave. S., a
past commander of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2288, Clinton, will be at 10
a.m. Thursday at St. Mary's Catholic Church, Clinton.
Burial will be in St. Mary's Cemetery, with an honor guard from the U.S. Navy
Reserve unit at Davenport and military rites by members of the VFW.
Visitation is at Dalton Funeral Home, Clinton, where the Office of the Dead will
be 7:30 p.m. today. A prayer service will be at 9:30 a.m. Thursday at the
funeral home.
He was born at Miles, Iowa. He married Betty Mayer at Clinton in 1946. He was a
U.S. Navy veteran and an employee of E. I. Du Pont de Nemours Co. plant at
Camanche, where he died Monday while at work.
Mr. Hickenbottom is survived by his wife; daughters, Mrs. Gerald (Shirley)
Enwright, Orlando, Fla., Mrs. Robert (Susan) Burns, Clinton, and Sandy, Sally,
Sheila and Sheri, all at home; sisters, Mrs. Virgil (Marian) Bentley, Clinton,
and Mrs. Orville (Shirley) Longbough, Chelek, Wis.; and brothers, Clifford,
Davenport, Louis, Williston, Fla., Robert, Green Valley Lake, Calif., and
Richard, in the U.S. Air Force.
Southern Illinoisan 11/18/1970
Erma Higginbotham Ice (1905-1970) KY/IL
Mrs. Erma Ice, 65, of
206 Washington St.,
Johnson City, died at 8:30 a.m. today in
Herrin Hospital, where she had been a patient four weeks.
Mrs. Ice was born May 1, 1905, in
Bevier, Ky., the daughter of William and Avis Simmons
Higginbotham. She was a member of the First Christian Church, Johnson City.
Her husband, Edwin, died in 1966.
She leaves a daughter, Mrs. Sue Childers of
Johnson City; two grandchildren; a sister, Mrs. Alice Herrin of
Johnson City; half-sisters, Mrs. Laura Stover of
Johnson City
and Mrs. Katherine Burgess of Maywood; and a
half-brother, Hildreth Higginbotham of
Downey,
Calif.
Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Friday at
the Murman and Wilson Funeral Home, Johnson City. Rufus Gerkin will officiate and
burial will be in the Freedom Cemetery, south of
Marion. Friends may call at the funeral home
after 5 p.m. Thursday.
Edwardsville (IL) Intelligencer 01/30/1971
Noel Coy Higginbotham (1931-1971) AR/IL
Noel C. Higginbotham of Edwardsville, Ill., 39-year-old son of
Walter and Ruth Higginbotham of Warm Springs, was killed Friday night in a car
wreck in Edwardsville. A car which Higginbotham's car was meeting is said to
have crossed the centerline on a curve at a high rate of speed and hit
Higginbotham head-on. Both cars were demolished. The two occupants of the other
car are in critical condition in a Granite City, Mo., hospital. Born Oct. 7,
1931, he was an employee of General Motors. In addition to his parents, he is
survived by 3 brothers, Paul Higginbotham of Edwardsville, James Higginbotham of
Rt. 5; Pocahontas, and Boyd Higginbotham of Bernie, Mo.; 1 sister, Mrs. Doris
Martin of Dallas, Tex. Funeral services were held at 10 a. m., Tuesday in the
Chapel of McNabb Funeral Home with Grant Robinson officiating. Interment
followed in Randolph Memorial Gardens under direction of McNabbs.
Chicago Tribune 8/25/1971
Lucille C. Raack Higginbotham
(1911-1971) IL
Lucile R. Higginbotham of Des Plaines, beloved wife of the
late Rudolph; dear sister of Marion (Roman) Rengel, Marguerite (Peggy) (Harold)
Neff and Albert (Loretta) Raack. Visitation after 3 p.m. Wednesday at Oehler
Funeral Home, Lee at Perry Streets, Des Plaines, where services will be held
Thursday, 11 a.m. Interment Elm Lawn. 824-5155
Mason County Democrat 11/12/1971
Vonee Pearl Whitlow Higginbotham
(1909-1971) IL
Mrs. Ernest (Vonee Pearl) Higginbotham, 61, 330 E. Mound,
Havana, IL, died at 6:55 a.m. November 11, 1971, at Mason District Hospital.
Services will be 10:30 a.m. today at Hurley Funeral Home, the Rev. Peter Borzeka
officiating. Burial will be in Laurel Hill Cemetery, Havana, IL. She was born in
Mason City, December 24, 1909, a daughter of Richard and Betty Dobson Whitlow.
She was married in Havana March 21, 1929, to Ernest Higginbotham. He died in
1968. Surviving are two sons, Richard of Bartonville, and John of Havana and
three grandchildren; two brothers, Dellard of Paris, KY; and John Whitlow of
Columbus, IN; and three sisters, Mrs. Zelda Steging of Peoria, Mrs. Audrey
League, in Thailand, and Mrs. Gladys Arrenholz of Havana, IL. Memorials may be
made to the American Cancer Society.
Alton Evening Telegraph (Alton, Illinois) 11/13/1971
Estelle Higginbotham Simpson
(1889-1971) IL
Bunker Hill - Mrs. Estelle Simpson, 82, the widow of Edward
Simpson, died at 1:45 p.m. Friday at her home in Bunker Hill.
She was born in Collinsville, Jan. 17, 1889, and lived most of
her life in the East St. Louis area.
Surviving are a son, Edward of Bushnel, Ill.; a daughter, with
whom she made her home, Mrs. Ear (Fern) Thompson of Bunker Hill; three
grandchildren; two great-grandchildren and a sister, Mrs. Fern Simpson of
Belleville.
Visitation will be gin after 2 p.m. Sunday at Jacoby-Wise
Funeral Home in Bunker Hill where funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Monday with
the Rev. Robert Ridenour officiating.
Burial will be in St. John's Cemetery, Collinsville.
The Decatur Herald 10/4/1972
Waldo S. Higinbotham (1898-1972)
IA/IL
Waldo S. Higinbotham, 74, of Nokomis died 2:30 p.m. Monday,
Hillsboro Hospital; Born Tama City, Io.; married Ruth Smalley Brown, July 3,
1933, Shelbyville; Leaves wife, daughters, Mrs. Maxine Pearson, Irving; Mrs.
Vivian McElroy, Anaheim, Calif.; sisters, Mrs. Loelos Batesole, Hamet, Calif.;
Mrs. Marie Schrempp, Pana; 10 grandchildren; services 10 a.m. Thursday, Davis
Funeral Home, Nokomis; burial Woodside Cemetery, Irving; call after 4 p.m.
Wednesday.
Chicago Tribune 9/25/1973
Charles Frederick Higginbotham
(1904-1973) IL
Charles F. Higginbotham, of Kenilworth, Sept. 22, beloved
husband of Marie, nee Flentye; father of Mrs. Mary Beaven and James Marshall
Higginbotham; six grandchildren; brother of Mrs. B. Curtis Taylor of Elmhust,
Ill., and Mrs. Alice Eisenberg of New York, N.Y.. Memorial services 4 p.m.
Tuesday, at Kenilworth Union Church, 211 Kenilworth Av., Kenilworth. Interment
private. In lieu of flowers, memorial may be made to the Wesley Pavillion
Intensive Care Unit, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, 222 E. Superior St.,
Chicago 60611.
The Terre Haute (Indiana) Tribune 10/25/1973
Harry Daniel Higginbotham
(1895-1973) IL
Marshall, Ill. - Services will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. at
Marshall Baptist Church for Harry D. Higginbotham, 78, 414 N. Michigan St., who
died Wednesday afternoon in Paris Community Hospital. Surviving are the widow,
Zola; three sons, Eugene, Martinsville; Russell, Marshall; and Gerald, West
Union, Ill.; four daughters, Mrs. Eleanor Barkalow, David, Ill.; Mrs. Marjorie
Moran, Joliet, Ill.; Mrs. Doris Jenkins, Silver Springs, Md.; and Mrs. Norma
Wilhoit, RR 1, Marshall; six step sons, Wayne Evans, Marshall; Warren Evans,
West York, Ill.; Fred Evans, Terre Haute.; Burton Evans, Palestine, Ill.; Verlin
Evans, Hutsonville, and Max Evans, Robinson; five stepdaughters, Mrs. Vivian
Miller, Annapolis, Ill.; Mrs. Sylvia Stephen, Marshall; Mrs. Erma Angel and Mrs.
Shirley Dawson, both of West York; and Mrs. Marilyn Wells, Mackinaw, Ill.; a
brother, Ormal, RR 2, Martinsville; a sister, Mrs. Hattie Ledermann, West Union;
20 grandchildren, teo great-grandchildren, 30 step-grandchildren and five
great-step-grandchildren. Burial will be in Ohio Cemetery and friends mat call
after 1 p.m. Friday at the Moore Funeral Home.
The Terre Haute (Indiana) Tribune 11/5/1973
Louise Maxine Higginbotham Veach
(1929-1973) IL
Marshall, Ill. - Services for Mrs. Louise Veach, 44, RR 1,
Willow Hill, Ill., formerly of Marshall, who died Saturday evening at the
Richland Hospital, Olney, Ill, will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Marrs-Soyder
Funeral Home, Brother R. Wernimont will officiate and burial will be in the
Marshall Cemetery. Friends may call. Surviving are the husband, Earl; two sons,
Gary and Kevin; a daughter, Connie, all at home; the parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ormal
Higginbotham, Martinsville, Ill.; six brothers, Gene Higginbotham, Marshall,
Chester Higginbotham, Paris, Ill., Clifford Higginbotham, Charles Higginbotham,
and Robert Higginbotham, all of Martinsville; and two sisters, Mrs. Hazel Austin
and Mrs. Rosemary Thompson, both of Marshall.
Mt. Vernon Register-News (Mt. Vernon, Illinois) 3/18/1974
Julia Ann Hill Higganbotham
(1893-1974) IL
Mrs. Julia Ann Higganbotham 81, of Kell, died Sunday morning
at the Good Samaritan Hospital in Mt. Vernon.
She and her husband were retired custodians of the Kell
School.
Funeral services will be held at the Donoho Prairie Christian
Church near Kell at 2 p.m. Tuesday, with the Rev. Grant Hawkins officiating.
Burial will be in the church cemetery.
Friends may call at the R.L. Osborn and Son Funeral Home in
Kell from 6 to 9 p.m. today.
Born in Marion county on Feb. 25, 1893, she was the daughter
of Isaac and Emma (Allen) Hill.
She is survived by her husband, Herschell; one daughter, Mrs.
Martha L. Vock of Kell; three brothers, William I. Hill, West Hope, N.D.,
Sanford C. Hill, Leola, Ark., and Clark B. Hill, Texico; two sisters, Mrs.
Martha Tate, Mt. Vernon, and Mrs. Grace Beckham, Holton, Ind.; three
grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Olney Daily Mail March 24, 1975
Shana Sue Hickenbottom (1975) IL
Shana Sue Hickenbottom, the infant daughter of Allen and Sharon Lame
Hickenbottom passed away Friday evening at the St. John's Premature Clinic in
Springfield.
Besides the parents the infant leaves a twin brother, Shane; and the following
grandparents: Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Hickenbottom of Claremont, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred
Lame of Parkersburg, great-great-grandmothers, Mrs. Alice Thomas of Cisne and
Mrs. Alice Tracy of Decatur.
Graveside services for Shana Sue were held this afternoon in the Crest Haven
Cemetery Babyland with Bro. Lyle Berry officiating.
NOTE: In May 1987, Shana was disintered at Crest Haven and reintered at Oak Hill
Cemetery.
Fort Lauderdale News (Florida) Thursday March 18, 1976
Gertrude May Rutledge
Hickenbottom (1901-1976) IL/FL
Gertrude M. Hickenbottom, 74, of 800 SE 14th Drive, Deerfield
Beach passed away Monday, March 15th. Services and interment in Bushnell, Ill.
Arrangements by Becker Funeral Home, 1444 South Federal Highway, Deerfield
Beach.
The Decatur Daily Review 4/12/1976
Ruth V. Smalley Higginbotham
(1905-1976) IL
Mrs. Waldo (Ruth Smalley) Higginbotham, 70, of Nokomis died
3:450 a.m. Sunday in Hillsboro Hospital.
Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Wednesday in Davis-Karlovsky
Funeral Home, Nokomis, with visitation 2 t 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday. Burial
will be in Woodside Cemetery.
Mrs. Higginbotham was born in Montgomery County, daughter of
William and Delia Smalley. She was a member of Nokomis First Baptist Church, the
women's Bible class and Montgomery County Senior Citizen's Club. She married
Waldo Higginbotham in 1932. He died in 1972.
Surviving are her daughters, Mrs. Maxine Pearson of Irving;
Mrs. Vivian McElroy of Anaheim, Calif.; 10 grandchildren.
Daily Republican-Register (Mount Carmel, Illinois) 10/22/1976
David H. Higginbotham
(1909-1976) IN/IL
David H. Higginbotham, 67, of McDowell St., Mt. Carmel, passed
away at Wabash General Hospital Wednesday, October 20, 1976, at 8:50 p.m. The
son of Thomas Jefferson and Merle Riddle, he was born October 17, 1909, in
Princeton, Indiana.
He is survived by: two children, Miss Donna Higginbotham, Mt.
Carmel and Jerry Higginbotham, Lebanon, Indiana; six grandchildren; and two
sisters, Mrs. Ann May Mauck, Johnson, Ind., and Mrs. Helen Condiff, Princeton,
Ind.
Funeral services will be Saturday at 10:00 a.m., from the Roy
D. Short Memorial Chapel with Reverend John Yarbor officiating. Interment will
be in Maumee Cemetery, Johnson, Indiana.
Friends may call at the funeral home after 2:00 p.m. Friday.
Journal Gazette (Mattoon, Illinois) 16 Dec 1976, Thu.
Edna Beatrice Pforr Hickenbottom (1918-1976) IN/IL
CHARLESTON - Mrs. Edna B. Hickenbottom, 58, of Charleston died at 8:45 p.m.
Wednesday in Charleston Community Hospital.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday in Caudill-King Funeral Home,
Charleston with burial in Roselawn Cemetery, Charleston. Friends may call at the
funeral home after 5 p.m. Friday.
Mrs. Hickenbottom was born July 29, 1918 in Charleston, a daughter of Joseph and
Grace Beavers Pforr. She married Cleone Hickenbottom March 25, 1939, in
Rockville, Ind. He survives.
Also surviving are one son, Leslie of Charleston, one daughter, Mrs. Roberta Ann
Hamilton of Mattoon., one brother, Gleason Pforr of Charleston, and three
grandchildren.
She was a member of the Firt Christian Church of Charleston and the United
Shoeworkers. She worked for Brown Shoe Co. for 25 years.
Chicago Tribune 3/17/1977
Harlow Niles Higinbotham
(1904-1977) IL
Private services will be held Friday in Joliet for Harlow
Niles Higinbotham, 72, a La Salle Street broker. Mr. Higinbotham, of Lincoln
Highway, Joliet, died Tuesday in the La Salle Street Station. For the last 23
years he was associated with the New York based brokerage firm of Fahnestock &
Co., with Chicago offices at 135 S. La Salle St. He is survived by his widow,
Eleanor; two daughters, Mrs. Susan Mennis and Mrs. Anne Rosenberg; and a son,
Harlow Jr.
Southern Illinoisan 07/31/1977
Alice Emma Higginbotham Parvin Herrin Isom (1907-1977) KY/IL
Funeral services for Alice Isom, 70, of
Goreville, will be at 2 p.m. today at the Busby Chapel in Goreville. Burial will
be in
Stotlar
Cemetery in Herrin.
Mrs. Isom died Thursday, July 28, 1977, at
home.
She was a member of the First Christian
Church in Johnson City.
She was born Jan. 12, 1907, in
Bowling Green,
Ky. to William and Avis Simmons Higginbotham.
She married Matthew Parvin in 1923. He preceded her in death in 1967. She then
married Alfred Herrin in
Johnson City
in 1969. He died in 1970. She married David Ison on June 8, 1972, in Goreville.
He survives.
Other survivors include a daughter, Maxine
Decker of Chester; a stepdaughter, Maxine
Billingsley of DeForest, Wis.; eight grandchildren, 12
great-grandchildren and one step-grandson; two half-sisters, Arwyn Stover of
Johnson City and Kay Constable of Westchester; and a half-brother, Hildreth
Higginbotham of California.
The Terre Haute Tribune 11/28/1977
Grace Lorene Carpenter Higginbotham (1896-1977)
IL/IN
West Union, Ill. - Arrangements are pending at Prust-Hosch Funeral Chapel, West
Union, for Mrs. Grace Higginbotham, 80, Route 2, West Union, who died Sunday
afternoon in Paris Community Hospital, Paris, Ill. Surviving are the son,
Everett, West Union; the daughter, Mrs. Gladys Garver, Marshall, Ill.; three
brothers, the Rev. Carl Carpenter, Martinsville, Harry Carpenter, West Union,
and Herman Carpenter, Veedersburg; two sisters, Mrs. Francis Miller,
Martinsville and Mrs. Bonnie Sanders, Terre Haute; three grandchildren and seven
great-grandchildren.
The Decatur Herald 1/22/1978
Julia Ada Higginbotham Martin
Newlan (1882-1978) MO/IL
Mrs. Emery (Julia A. Higginbotham) Newlan, 95, of Atwood died
9 a.m. Saturday (Jan. 21, 1978) in Arthur Home, where she had been for four
weeks.
Funeral services will be 1:30 p.m. Monday in Born Funeral,
Atwood, with visitation 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday. Burial will be in Mackville
Cemetery, Atwood.
Mrs. Newlan was born in Dunklin County, Mo., daughter of James
Franklin and Martha Jane Bennett Higginbotham. She was a member of the First
Baptist Church of Atwood. She married John E. Martin in 1910. He died in 1940.
She then married Emery Newlan in 1951. He died in 1962.
Surviving are a niece, Mary Jane Hall of Atwood.
Five sisters and two brothers preceded in death.
The Times (Streator, Illinois)
Wanda Mae Hillenburg Brown
Hickenbottom (1911-1978) IL
In ill health for the past several years, Mrs. Cecil (Wand)
Hickenbottom, 67, 410Hunt Street, died at 8:40 p.m. Saturday in Ottawa Care
Center.
Visitation will be Monday from 5-9 p.m. at Winterrowd funeral
home with services there Tuesday at 2 p.m. Burial will be in Phillips Cemetery.
Mrs. Hickenbottom was born Feb. 1, 1911, in Streator to
Everett and Elizabeth (Nelson) Hillenburg. She married Cecil Hickenbottom Feb.
13, 1959, in Streator. She was formerly married to Merle Brown, R.R. 3.
Surviving are three sons, Reuben Brown of San Francisco,
Calif., Marlin and Kenneth Brown, R.R. 3, Streator; 12 grandchildren; one
step-son, Cecil Hickenbottom, Streator; two brothers, Frank Hillenburg, Streator
and Arthur Hillenburg, Rutland; a sister, Miss Onie Hillenburg, Indianapolis,
Ind., and several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents and one sister in
infancy.
She had resided in Streator and Manville are most of her life
and was affiliated with Hope Methodist Church.
Quad-City Times (Davenport, Iowa) 1/12/1979
Clarence L. Hickenbottom (1944-1979) IA/IL
Clarence L. Hickenbottom, 34, of Osco, was found dead shortly
after 3 p.m. Wednesday in his garage where he had been working on his truck. The
truck engine had been running, Henry County Sheriff Gib Cady said. An autopsy
will be performed and a coroner's inquest will be held later.
Services will be 1:30 P.M., Saturday at Myers Funeral Home, Geneseo, with the
Rev. Alfred Schubkegel, St. John's Lutheran Church, Edford Twp., officiating.
Burial will be in Morristown Cemetery, near Osco. Visitation is 3 to 5 and 7 to
9 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to the family.
Mr. Hickenbottom was born in Ainsworth, Iowa. He was employed as an industrial
trucker for John Deere Harvester, East Moline. He was a member of the Henry
County 4-Wheel Drive Club. He married Janice Baraks, January 11, 1964, in Edford
Twp.
Survivors include his widow, two sons, Jerry and Donald, and a daughter, Lynne,
all at home, His mother, Mrs. Richard Boyle, Rock Island, two brothers, Robert,
Coal Valley, and Donald, Davenport, a sister, Mrs. Jerry Ristau, Port Byron, and
paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Hickenbottom, Packwood, Iowa. He was
preceded in death by his father.
The Decatur Herald 2/5/1980
Eldon C. Hickenbottom
(1906-1980) IL
Eldon C. Hickenbottom, 73, of Lerna died 10:50 a.m. Monday
(Feb. 4, 1980) in Mattoon Health Care Center.
Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Thursday in Mitchell-Jerdan
Funeral Home, Mattoon, with visitation after 5 p.m. Wednesday. Burial will be in
Upper Muddy Cemetery, Pleasant Grove Township, Coles County
Mr. Hickenbottom was the son of Hugh and Della Hickenbottom.
He was a retired road commissioner in Pleasant Grove Township, Coles County.
Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Tom (Berndina) Randolph of
Lerna; brothers, Ray of Long Creek; Tom, Cleone, Ike, Arthur and Don, all of
Charleston; Joe of Bethany; sisters, Edna HArdy of Charleston; Marcel (Ruth)
Skroch of Milwaukee, Wis.; five grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren.
Two brothers and one sister preceded him in death.
Chicago Tribune 8/4/1980
Carl W. Higginbotham (1906-1980)
AL/IL
Carl W. Higginbotham, 74 years, beloved husband of Helen, nee
Graham; dear father of Carl G. (Ann Marie, nee Burns) and Marlene (William L.)
Lane; fond grandfather of Kelly Higginbotham and Brian, Kevin, Laura and Karen
Lane; brother of Juanita Gomez, Junis Higginbotham, Lois Watkins, John
Higginbotham, R.B. Higginbotham and the late Otis Higginbotham. Resting at
Stermer Funeral Home, 3653-59 Fullerton Ave. Services Tuesday, Aug. 5, 10 a.m.
Interment private. Please omit flowers. Visitation after 3 p.m. Monday.
BE5-1815.
Journal Gazette (Mattoon, Illinois) 5/13/1981
Maribeth Reasor Higginbotham
(1940-1981) IL/MO
Charleston - Former Charleston resident Maribeth Reasor
Higginbotham, 40 of Springfield, Mo., died Tuesday (May 12, 1981) as a result of
injuries received in an automobile accident there.
Mrs. Higginbotham was the daughter of Mrs. Ruth Ellen Reasor
of Vero Beach, Fla., formerly of Charleston, and the late Walter H. Reasor Jr.
The funeral will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday in the Wesley
United Methodist Church, Springfield, Mo.
Friends may call from 8 to 9 p.m. today at the Greenlawn
Funeral Home South in Springfield.
Mrs. Higginbotham was born Nov. 15, 1940, in Charleston. She
married Larry Higginbotham in March. 1961. He survives.
Also surviving are her mother; one son, Bill, and two
daughters, Michelle and Beth, all at home; two brothers, Bill Reasor of
Perrysburg, Ohio, and John Reasor of Charleston; four sisters, Mrs. Greg (Julia)
Fischer of Naperville, Mrs. Joe (Peggy) Davis of Mokena, Mrs. Rich (Kathy)
Stickan of Springfield, Mo, and Melanie Reasor of Winter Park, Fla.
Mrs. Higginbotham was a graduate of Charleston High School.
She received her nursing degree from Barnes School of Nursing in 1961, and a
bachelor's degree from Southern Illinois University in 1964.
She was an instructor in the LIFE Program at Cox Medical
Center in Springfield, Mo.
Memorials may be made to the CPR Fund, Lester Cox Medical
Center, 1423 N. Jefferson St., Springfield, Mo.
Chicago Daily Herald 09/12/1981
Cedric J. Higginbotham (ca1956-1981) IL
Tollway Accident Kills Cyclist
A 25-year-old Chicago man was killed early Friday when he lost
control of his motorcycle on the entrance ramp to the Northwest Tollway at
Barrington Road, northwest of Hoffman Estates.
Cedric J. Higginbotham was pronounced dead on arrival 45
minutes later at Suburban Medical Center, Hoffman Estates. Illinois State Police
Trooper James Monroe said Higginbotham was "going too fast," when "he went
flying off his motorcycle and hit the guardrail" at about 12:15 a.m.
Higginbotham was thrown about 75 feet before hitting the
guardrail, Monroe said.
Herald and Review (Decatur, Illinois) 12/2/1981
Benjamin Harold Higginbotham
(1898-1981) IL
Benjamin Harold Higginbotham, 83, of 136Dipper Lane died 11:15
a.m. Monday (Nov. 30, 1981) in Monroe House.
Graveside services will be 10 a.m. Thursday in Fairlawn
Cemetery. Visitation will be 4 to 6 p.m. Wednesday at Dawson & Wikoff Funeral
Home.
Mr. Higginbotham was born in Clarksdale. He was a world War I
and World War II veteran. He married Lora E. Donaldson. She died in 1968.
Surviving are his stepson, Leo Pressley of Decatur;
stepdaughter, Betty Urbanoweiz of Decatur; one step-grandchild.
Quad-City Times (Davenport, Iowa) 3/6/1982
Lowell H. Higginbottom
(1923-1982) IL
Cambridge, Ill. - Lowell Higginbottom, 58, of Cambridge died
Friday at his home after an extended illness.
Services will be 1 p.m. Monday at Stackhouse-Schueneman
Funeral Home. Burial will be in Rosedale Cemetery.
Visitation is noon to service time Monday.
Memorials may be made to the family.
Mr. Higginbottom was a farmer.
Mr. Higginbottom married Ruth Marsh in 1947 in Saffell, Ark.
Survivors include his wife; a son, Jerry, East Moline; his
mother, Alie Matheny, Batesville, Ark.; sisters, Mrs. Orville (Oline) Huskey,
Strawberry, Ark.; Mrs. Harvey (Lorina) Wells and Mrs. Donald (Doris) Anderson,
both of Kansas City, Mo.; and Mrs. Dale (Floene) Collins, Batesville, Ark.; and
a brother, Odell, Ravena, N.Y.
Herald and Review (Decatur, Illinois) 5/11/1982
Ila Zoe Furry Hickenbottom
(1912-1982) IL
Charleston - Mrs. Thomas (Ila Z. Furry) Hickenbottom, 70, of
Charleston died 6:25 p.m. Sunday (May 9, 1982) in Sarah Bush Lincoln Health
Center, Coles County.
Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Wednesday in Caudill-King
Funeral Home, Charleston, with visitation 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday. Burial will be in
Mound Cemetery.
Mrs. Hickenbottom was born in Toledo, daughter of Joel and Ona
R. Furry. She was a member of Loxa Presbyterian Church. She married Thomas
Hickenbottom in 1933.
Surviving are her husband; daughters, Mrs. Keith (Jarvis)
Malcom and Joyce Hickenbottom, both of Charleston; Mrs. Michael (Jane) Strange
of Chatham; brothers, Joel and Carl Furry, both of Shelbyville; Stanley Furry of
Green Castle, Ind.; three grandchildren.
7/3/1982
Orland Higginbottom (1919-1982)
IL
A funeral mass for Orland Higginbottom Sr., 63, of St. Anne,
who died Friday, was celebrated at 10 a.m. Thursday at St. Patrick Church,
Momence, by the Rev. Tony Taschetta. Burial was in the church cemetery.
Pallbearers were Mel Perry, Dwayne Olawumi, Marcus Bobo, Tommy Williams, Joe
Franklin and Rudy Hicks.
Herald and Review (Decatur, Illinois) 7/30/1982
Alma Dean Scott Hickenbottom (1907-1982) IL
Mattoon - Alma Dean (Scott) Hickenbottom, 74, of Mattoon,
formerly of Lerna, died 6:27 a.m. Thursday (July 29, 1983) in Sarah Bush Lincoln
Health Center, Coles County.
Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Saturday in Mitchell-Jerdan
Funeral Home, Mattoon, with visitation after 5 p.m. Friday. Burial will be in
Upper Muddy Cemetery, west of Lerna.
Mrs. Hickenbottom was born in Coles County, daughter of John
and Daisy Scott. She was a cook for Lerna Grade School, a member of Lerna
Methodist Church, Geneva Rebekah Lodge 274, Mattoon, and Mattoon Royal Neighbors
of America.
Surviving are her daughter, Mrs. Tom (Berdina) Randolph of
Lerna; five grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren.
One son and six brothers preceded her in death.
The Daily Times 10/9/1982
Bessie Catherine Hickenbottom Earhart ( 1893-1982)
IL
Mrs. Bessie Earhart, 88, formerly of Utica, died at 7:30 a.m. today in the
LaSalle county Nursing Home, Ottawa.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday in the Burgess Funeral Home, Utica.
Burial will be in Oak Hill Cemetery, Utica.
Visitation will be 4 to 9 p.m Monday in the funeral home in Utica.
Mrs. Earhart was born on Nov. 21, 1893, in Arkansas, to Issac and Sarah Stanford
Hickenbottom. She married Ogie Earhart on Aug. 21, 1910, in Flora, Ill.
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Paul (Hazel) Mertel of Deer Park Township and
Mrs.Oscar (Helen) Olson of Ottawa; two sons, Floyd of Deer Park township and
Jack of Rockton; eight grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband in 1977; seven brothers and three
sisters.
Wilmette Life 10/06/1983
Sophia Marie Flentye Higginbotham (ca1908-1983) IL
Marie F. "Patsy" Higginbotham, 75, died Sept. 27 at
Presbyterian Home, Evanston. She was born in Glenview. Wife of the late Charles
F. Higginbotham, she is survived by a daughter, Mary Beaven of New Jersey; a
son, James M. Higginbotham, and seven grandchildren.
Quad-City Times (Davenport, Iowa) 1/6/1984
Clarence Vaughn Higginbotham
(1904-1983) LA/IL/AR
Services for Clarence V. Higginbotham, 79, of Little Rock,
Ark., formerly of Moline, will be at 10 a.m. Today at Riverside Cemetery,
Moline.
Memorials may be made to St. James United Methodist Church,
321 Pleasant Valley Drive, Little Rock, Ark., 72212, of which he was a member.
Esterdahl Mortuary, Moline, is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Higginbotham died Dec. 16 at Leisure Lodge Nursing Home,
Little Rock.
He retired in 1969 as captain of a towboat at Federal Barge
Line, St. Louis, where he had been employed 37 years.
Mr. Higginbotham married Ethel Johnson in 1934 in Peoria, Ill.
Survivors include his wife; a daughter, Mrs. John (Vaughn)
Pike, Little Rock; and three grandchildren.
Terre Haute Tribune Wednesday, February 22, 1984, page A02.
Conway Lorez Higginbotham
(1907-1984) IL/IN
Conway L. Higginbotham, 2025 S. 18th St., died at 8:25 a.m. Tuesday in Meadows
Manor East. He was a retired employee of Quaker Maid. He was born April 1, 1907,
in Clark County, Ill., to William and Mamie Brokaw Higginbotham. His wife,
Majel, died in 1979. Survivors include a sister, Winona Higginbotham, Marshall,
Ill.; and several cousins. He was a World War II veteran, serving in the Army
Air Corps. Services are scheduled for 2 p.m. Thursday in Moore-Pearce Funeral
Home, Marshall, Ill., with the Rev. Walter Volkers officiating. Burial is in
Black Cemetery, Marshall. Visitation is after 4 p.m. today.
The Pantagraph (Bloomington, Illinois) 5/19/1986
Cecil Dale Hickenbottom
(1915-1986) IL
Streator - Cecil D. Hickenbottom, 71, of 410 W. Grant St.,
died at 6:30 a.m. Saturday (May 17. 1986) at St. Mary's Hospital.
His funeral will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Winterrowd Funeral
Home, Streator. Burial will be in St. John's Cemetery, Lostant.
Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.
He was born April 19, 1915, at Wayne County, a son of John and
Martha Evans Hickenbottom. He married Martha Halstead on March 1, 1979, at
Kankakee. She survives.
Also surviving are one son, Cecil L., Streator; two stepsons,
Donald Dennison, Rock Falls and James Dennison, Owensboro, Ky.; one
stepdaughter, Cecilia Simpson, Owensboro, Ky.;one grandchild; 19
step-grandchildren; three sister, Nell Hickenbottom and Elnora McConnell, both
of Flora; and Elsie Smith, Fairfield.
He was preceded in death by his parents and one brother.
He lived all his life in the Streator area.
He was employed at the Streator lumber yard.
9/3/1986
Vesta F. Shadwell Higgenbotham
Leonard (1906-1986) IL
Vesta F. Higgenbotham (nee Shadwell) Leonard, age 80, died
Tuesday, September 2, 1986 At Silver Cross Hospital.
Born a twin of Trobia Shadwell in Effingham, Illinois August 27, 1906 to William
J.and Laura A. (Rodgers) Shadwell.
She has been a Joliet, Illinois resident since 1949.
She was preceded in death by her first husband Bernard Higgenbotham Sr., second
husband Kenneth C. Leonard, a daughter Ivy; and all of her brothers and sisters.
She was the last of 16 children.
She is survived by three daughters Stella Aten, Alta (Robert) Wolf both of
Springfield, Illinois and Janice (LeRoy) Light of Rolland, Missouri; four sons
Robert, Bernard, Glenn (Ella) Higgenbotham of Joliet, Illinois and Marvin (Ruby)
Higgenbotham of Farina, Illinois, also numerous grand-children,
great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews.
Remains are resting at the Fred C. Dames Funeral Home, 251 North Center at
Campbell Streets. Visitation is Thursday 2-4 and 7-9 p.m.
Funeral services for Vesta (Bess) Higgenbotham Leonard will be Friday at the
Funeral Home Chapel at 10:00 a.m. Rev. Christopher D. Barry, Pastor of the
Theodore Street Lutheran Church will be officiating. Interment will be Woodlawn
Memorial Park Cemetery.
Herald and Review (Decatur, Illinois) 9/11/1986
Erma Louise Higginbotham
(1915-1986) IL/IN
Marshall - Erma L. Higginbotham, 71, of Montezuma, Ind.,
formerly of Marshall, died at 1:49 a.m. Wednesday (Sept. 10, 1986) in Union
Hospital, Terre Haute, Ind.
Services will be 2:30 p.m. Saturday in Pearce Funeral Home,
Marshall, with visitation after 4 p.m. Friday. Burial will be in Auburn
Cemetery, Marshall.
Miss Higginbotham was born in Clark County, daughter of Otto
and Laura Walker Higginbotham.
Surviving are her mother of Robinson; brother, Donald of
Robinson; sisters, Hazel Kiger of Robinson; Velma McCarty of Chrisman; Mildred
Walters of Marshall; Rachel Baker of Rockville, Ind.; Martha Huber of Danville.
One brother and one sister preceded her in death.
Daily Republican-Register (Mount Carmel, Illinois) 12/8/1986
Donna Marie Higginbotham
(1946-1986) IN/IL
Donna Marie Higginbotham, 40, Mt. Carmel, died Dec. 6, 1986,
at Wabash Geberal Hospital.
She was born July 29, 1946 in Princeton, Ind.; the daughter of
David and Dorothy (Hale) Higginbotham.
Surviving are two daughters, Willa Sutton and Tammy Weir and
one son, Rodney Higginbotham, all of Mt. Carmel; mother, Dorothy Higginbotham;
grandmother, Mary Rhoades and one brother, Jerry Higginbotham, Lebanon, Ind.
She was a member of the Pentecostal Assembly.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Short
Memorial Chapel with burial in Highland Memorial Cemetery.
Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Marshall Independent (Marshall, IL) 9 March 1987, p. 12
Hattie Marie Higginbotham
Ledermann (1889-1987) IL
Hattie Ledermann, 97, formerly of Rt. 2, West Union, died at 1
p.m. Saturday, March 7, 1987 at Burnsides Nursing Home, Marshall.
Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at West Union First Christian Church
with the Rev. Jim Freeman officiating. Burial will be in the Ohio Cemetery.
Visitation will be held after 4 p.m. today, Monday, at Prust Hosch Funeral
Chapel West Union, and one hour prior to service time at the church.
She was born July 20, 1889 in Clark County, Ill. to John and Amelia Lewis
Higginbotham. Her husband, George, died in 1965.
She was a member of the West Union Christian Church.
Surviving are sons, Fenton and Clarence, both of Rt. 2, West Union, and Kenneth
of Advance, Mo.; 14 grandchildren; 31 great-grandchildren; and three
great-great-grandchildren.
Herald and Review (Decatur, Illinois) 3/11/1987
Nolan B. Higginbotham
(1916-1987) KS/IL
Taylorville - Nolan B. Higginbotham, 70, of Taylorville died
1:30 p.m. Monday (March 9, 1987) in Memorial Medical Center, Springfield.
Private family services will be 11 a.m. Thursday in Shafer
Funeral Home, Taylorville. There will be no visitation. Burial will be in Oak
Hill Cemetery, Taylorville.
Mr. Higginbotham was born in Pittsburg, Kan., son of Charles
and Pearl Higginbotham. He was a retired assistant postmaster and a life member
of American Federation of Musicians. He married Susan Roden in 1938.
Surviving are his wife; daughter, Kathleen Ebberhardt of
Perryville, Mo.; sister, Velva Sterns of Joplin, Mo.; three grandchildren.
One brother and two sisters preceded him in death.
Southtown Star (Tinley Park, Illinois) 1/14/1988
Ida L. Higginbotham Frodin
(1918-1988) IL/NV
Services are tomorrow for Ida L. Frodin of Las Vegas, Nev.,
formerly of Posen, who died Tuesday, January 12, in Beverly Manor nursing home,
Las Vegas.
Burial will be in Mount Vernon cemetery following 11 a.m.
rites at Vandenberg funeral home in Tinley Park. Visitation is for two hours
prior to rites at the chapel.
Mrs. Frodin was born June 15, 1918, in Arkansas.
She is survived by five sons, Carl S. of Crestwood, Eris J. of
Ottawa, Jon R. of Cape Coral, Fls., Paul of Las Vegas, and Rolf D. of Oak
Forest.; one sister, Ruth Marquardt of East Dundee; one brother, Bill
Higginbotham of Orland Park; nine grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Herald and Review (Decatur, Illinois) 6/21/1988
Marie Higinbotham Schrempp
(1904-1988) IA/IL
Pana - Mrs. Louis (Marie H. Jigginbotham) Schrempp, 84, of
Pana, formerly of Nokomis, died 2:20 p.m. Monday (June 20, 1988) in Barry Care
Center, Pana.
Services will be 2 p.m. Thursday in McCracken Funeral Home,
Pana, with visitation 6 to 9 p.m. Wednesday. Burial will be in Roselawn
Cemetery, Charleston.
Mrs. Schrempp was born in Moulton, Iowa, daughter of Sylvester
G. and Mary Ann Jigginbotham. She married Louis Schrempp. He died in 1986.
Two brothers and one sister preceded her in death.
Herald and Review (Decatur, Illinois) 8/28/1988
Gerald Dean Higginbotham
(1949-1988) IL/IN
Marshall - Gary Higginbotham, 39, of Marshall died 5:46 p.m.
Friday (Aug. 26, 1988) in Union Hospital, Terre Haute, Ind.
Services will be 10 a.m. Monday in Pearce Funeral Home,
Marshall, with visitation after 4 p.m. Sunday. Burial will be in Ohio Cemetery,
West Union.
Mr. Higginbotham was born in Paris, son of Gerald and Doris
Wilson Higginbotham. He was an ironworker and a member, financial secretary and
treasurer of Ironworkers Local 439 in Terre Haute. He married Sheri Napier in
1970.
Surviving are his wife; son, Bret at home; daughter, Amy
Higginbotham at home; father of West Union; mother of Marshall; brothers, Steve
of Houston, Texas; Dennis of Germany; Scott of Marshall; sister, Donna Reed of
Petersburg; grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Pearl Martin of Marshall.
Herald and Review (Decatur, Illinois) 8/18/1990
Elnora Frances Hickenbottom
McConnell (1906-1990) IL
Flora - Elnora F. McConnell, formerly Elnora Hickenbottom, 84,
Flora, died Friday (Aug. 17, 1990). Survivors: son, Burton McConnell, Mount
Zion; daughter, Bernice Osmon, Allendale; sisters, Nellie Hickenbottom, Flora;
Mrs. Owen (Elsie) Smith, Fairfield.
Services: 1:30 p.m. Monday, Frank 7 Bright Funeral Home,
Flora. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday. Burial: Zif Cemetery, Clay City.
Chicago Tribune 7/19/1992
John Kevin Higginbotham
(1977-1992) IL/IN
John Kevin Higginbotham, age 15, of Valparaiso, IN, formerly
of Chicago Heights, beloved son of James Higginbotham and the late Donnalynn,
nee Luzi; loving stepson of Emily Higginbotham; dear brother of Sara; loving
stepbrother of Chad Kulavick; dear grandson of John Genevieve Luzi, and Harold
and Jackie Higginbotham. Visitation Monday 2 to 9 p.m. at Hirsch Funeral Home
West End Chapel, Otto Blvd & Lincoln Hwy., Chicago Heights. Funeral Mass 10 a.m.
Tuesday St. Agnes Church, Chicago Heights. Interment Assumption Cemetery,
Glenwood. Memorials to the Heart Association would be appreciated. 708-755-9014
Decatur Herald-Review 04/02/1993
Roland C. Higginbotham
(1921-1993) IL
PANA -Roland "Pete" Higginbotham, 71, Pana, retired truck
driver, died Wednesday (March 31, 1993). Member: First United Methodist Church
and DAV. Survivors: wife, A. Pauline Laughlin Higginbotham; son, Danny, St.
Joseph; daughter, Debra Clark, Pana; brother, Billy, Pana. Services: 2 p.m.
Saturday, McCracken Funeral Home, Pana. Visitation: 5 to 8 p.m. Friday. Burial:
Mound Cemetery, Pana.
Daily Republican-Register (Mount Carmel, Illinois) 10/1/1993
Dorothy Marie Hale Higginbotham
Rhoades (1912-1993) IL
Dorothy M Rhoades, 81, Mt. Carmel, died Sept. 30, 1993, at
General Baptist Nursing Home.
She was born July 3, 1912, in Mt. Carmel, the daughter of
Isaac and Anna Hale.
She married David Higginbotham, and after his death, she
married Charles Rhoades who also preceded her in death.
Mrs. Rhoades was a homemaker.
Surviving are a son, Jerry Higginbotham of Lebanon, Ind., six
grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
A daughter, Donna Higginbotham, two brothers and two sisters
preceded her in death.
Services will be held Sunday at 3:30 p.m. at Short Memorial
Chapel with burial in Maumee Cemetery.
Visitation is from 4 to 8 Saturday evening at the funeral
home.
Journal Star 10/19/1994
Floyd H. Higginbotham (1912-1994) IL
PEORIA -- Floyd H. Higginbotham, 82, of 2706 N. Springdale Ave. died at 7:03
a.m. Sunday, Nov. 27, 1994, at Proctor Hospital. Born Feb. 3, 1912, in Channahon
to Jesse A. and Theresa Witcomb Higginbotham, he married Margaret E. Williams on
July 25, 1937, in Ellsworth. She survives. Also surviving are one son, Jon M. of
Ogden, Utah; two daughters, Mrs. Donald (Patricia) Chepan of Washington and Mrs.
Dennis (Julia) Wickersham of Peoria; one brother, Glen of Florida; one sister,
Eleanor Ethington of Texas; three grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
One sister, two brothers and one grandson preceded him in death. He worked at
Caterpillar Inc. for 33 years, retiring in March 1975 as a research coordinator
at the Mossville Tech Center. Private entombment will be in Springdale
Mausoleum. Memorials may be made to the Peoria Humane Society.
Charleston County Daily Times-Courier 09/30/1995
Rebecca Sue Stewart Higginbotham
(1954-1995) IL/TX
ALVARADO, Texas -- Rebecca Sue Higginbotham, 41, of Alvarado, Texas,
formerly of Mattoon, died at 4 p.m. Monday (Sept. 25, 1995) at her residence.
A memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Monday at the First Southern Baptist
Church in Mattoon. A family graveside service will follow the memorial service.
Visitation will be one hour before the service.
She was born May 10, 1954, in Mattoon, the daughter of Ivan and Mary Stewart.
She married Sandy Higginbotham in 1985; he survives.
Other survivors include a son, Daniel Bright of Fort Worth, Texas; three
daughters, Jennie Wood, Lisa and Lois Higginbotham, all of Fort Worth, Texas;
two brothers, George Stewart of Terre Haute, Ind., and John Stewart of Germany;
four sisters, Mrs. Bill (Marylou) Anderson of Neoga, Mrs. Ron (Linda) Tanner of
Mattoon, Mrs. Tony (Kathryn) Sims of Windsor and Mrs. Ron (Sara) Croy of
Charleston; grandmother, Hazel Calhoun of Mattoon; and two grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents and a brother.
Decatur, IL Herald-Review, 6 Jan 1996
Ray Herman Hickenbottom
(1910-1996) TX/IL
DECATUR -- Ray H. Hickenbottom, 85, of Decatur, died 1 a.m. Friday (Jan. 5,
1996) in St. Mary's Hospital.
Services will be 1 p.m. Monday in Dawson & Wikoff West Wood Street Funeral Home
with visitation 5 to 7 p.m. Sunday. Burial will be in Muddy Point Cemetery.
Memorials: Long Creek United Methodist Church.
Mr. Hickenbottom was born Jan. 12, 1910, in Horton County, Texas, the son of
Hugh and Della Near Hickenbottom. He retired in 1972 from Archer Daniels Midland
Co. after 34 years of service. He was a member of Long Creek United Methodist
Church. He married Atha Pearl Mills in Pana on Dec. 19, 1960.
Surviving are his wife; sons, Harold and wife Ginny and Lowell and wife Norma,
all of Decatur; daughters, Betty Faulkner and husband Ernie of Marion; Alice
Fisher of Mount Zion; stepson, Jerry Mills and wife Edi of Assumption; brothers,
Tom and Cleone ``Bud'' and wife Bernadine, both of Charleston; Joe and wife
Maureen of Bethany; Isaac ``Ike'' and wife Mary, Arthur and Donald and wife
Ruth, all of Charleston; sisters, Edna Hardy of Charleston; Ruth Skrock and
husband Marcell of Wauwatosa, Wis.; 14 grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents, first wife, Myrtle Dixon in 1959, three
brothers, one sister, one son, Earl Fay and two great-grandchildren.
Southern Illinoisan (Carbondale, Illinois) 8/27/1996
Perry Lee Higginbotham
(1912-1996) IL
Herrin - Perry Lee Higginbotham, 84, of 4 Red Bud Lane died at
10:40 a.m. Monday, Aug. 26, 1996, in Herrin Hospital.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday in Van Natta Funeral
Home, with burial in East Lawn Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be from 11 a.m.
to 1 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.
The Pantograph
10/12/1996
Zim Higginbotham Jr. (1924-1996) OK/IL
The funeral of Zim Higginbotham, 72, of 1302 W. Walnut St., Bloomington, will be
at 2 p.m. Monday at Church of God, Normal, the Rev. William Tabb officiating.
Burial will be in Hudson Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Sunday at
Metzler-Froelich Memorial Home, Bloomington. He died at 1:55 p.m. Thursday (Oct.
10, 1996) at BroMenn Regional Medical Center, Normal. Memorials may be made to
Church of God, Normal.
Surviving is one daughter, Juanita Hartsell; one
brother, Ralph Higginbotham, Price, Utah; two grandchildren; and two
great-grandchildren.
Also surviving are many sisters and brothers in Christ.
One brother preceded him in death.
He was born Jan. 3, 1924 in Broken Arrow, Okla., a son of Zim
and Irene Darnell Higginbotham. HE married Betty Stevens.
Mr. Higginbotham was a member of Church of God of Normal.
He was a member of Teamsters local 26 at Bloomington and had
worked as a truck driver on various construction projects in the area prior to
retirement.
Southern
Illinoisan 10/23/1996
Goldie Mae Higginbotham Nannie
(1923-1996) IL
Hurst - Goldie Mae Nannie, 73, of Hurst passed away at 3:50
a.m. Monday, Oct. 21, 1996, at Shawnee Christian Center, Herrin.
Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 24, 1996,
at Meredith Funeral Home in Carbondale with the Rev. Gene Sanders officiating.
Friends may call after 5 p.m. today, Oct. 25, 1996, at Meredith funeral Home in
Carbondale. Interment will be at Blairsville Cemetery, Blairsville.
Goldie was born on May 4, 1923, in Murphysboro to John and
Hallie (Tyner) Higgenbotham.
She married Alvin Nannie on Feb. 9, 1947, in Piggott, Ark. He
preceded her in death on Aug. 9, 1986.
She was also preceded in death by her parents; one son, James
Marion Nannie; two brothers; and one sister.
Survivors include seven children, Sandra Nannie of Hurst,
Ronnie Nannie of Chester, Rick Nannie of Centralia, John Nannie of West
Frankfort, Barbara Naylor of Mobile, Ala., Delores Shaw of Corinth, Miss. and
Alvin Junior Nannie of Jacksonville, Fla; 13 grandchildren of which two had been
her caregivers at the end, Christina HeimBach and Matthew HeimBach, both of
Hurst; nine great-grandchildren; and two brothers, Arthur Higgenbotham of
Waukegan, and Kenneth Higgenbotham of De Soto.
Goldie Nannie was a homemaker and had been raised Pentecostal.
Daily Herald 11/05/1996
Mildred M. Remmert Higginbotham
(1934-1996) IL
Services for Mildred M. Higginbotham of Warrenville, will be held at 11 a.m.
Wednesday, Nov. 6, at Williams-Woodward Funeral Home, Route 59 and Pine St.,
West Chicago.
She died Monday, Nov. 4, at DuPage Convalescent Center, Wheaton. Interment will
be in Glen Oak Cemetery, West Chicago.
Mrs. Higginbotham was a broker for Z Way Realtors, and a member of the Illinois
Board of Realtors.
Survivors include her children, Marcia (Mark) Habberfield, and Scot (Sandy)
Remmert; her grandchildren, Seth Habberfield, Sean and Shane Remmert; and her
sister, Marjorie (James) Tate, Wanda Bartscht, and Dorothy (Glen) Ferguson.
She was preceded in death by her grandson, Seth Remmert.
Visitation will be from 4 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 5, at the funeral home.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Trinity Lutheran Church, 331 George
St., West Chicago, Ill. 60185.
Chicago Tribune 1/4/1997
William Barnes Higginbotham (1905-1997) KS/IL
William Higginbotham, beloved husband of Evelyn, nee Schranz; loving father of
Paul (Connie), Linda (Jim) Netherland, Sue (Tim) Gaubatz and Jean (Mike) Lucas;
grandfather of 15; great-grandfather of three. Visitation Sunday 4 to 7 p.m. at
Zimmerman & Sandeman-Orland Funeral Home, 9900 W 143rd St. 708-460-7500. Funeral
service to begin at 7 p.m. Cremation private. In lieu of flowers, donation can
be made to St. Thomas Hospital, 7 Salt Creek Lane, #240, Hinsdale, IL 60521.
Herald and Review (Decatur, Illinois) 3/11/1997
Lowell Ray Hickenbottom (1930-1997) IL
Decatur - Lowell R. Hickenbottom, 66, of Decatur passed away Saturday (March 8.
1997) in St. John's Hospital, Springfield.
Memorial services will be held in South Shores United Methodist Church at 2 p.m.
Sunday, March 16, to celebrate Lowell's life. Visitation will follow the service
in the church reception area. Because of cremation, a private burial will be at
another time. Arrangements are by Graceland/Fairlawn Funeral Home. Any memorials
may be made in his name to: South Shores United Methodist Church of American
Cancer Society of his favorite civic/work project NWRAPS (Near Westside
Restoration and Preservation Society).
Lowell was born to Ray and Myrtle Dixon Hickenbottom on Nov. 20, 1930, and grew
up in the Long Creek area. He was married to Norma Jean Deckert in June 1948. He
served four years in the Navy, during which time their son, Louis, was born.
Lowell worked at Firestone Tire Co. for many years. He married Norma Bernard in
April 1983.
He is survived by his wife; son, Louis and wife Mary of Milwaukee, Wis.;
brother, Harold and wife Jenny of rural Decatur; sisters, Alice Fisher of Mount
Zion; Betty Faulkner and husband Ernie of Marion; stepmother, Alta Hickenbottom
of Assumption; stepchildren, Brittney and Katie Foster and Alex, Ashley and
Kristen French; many nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his mother, father and one brother.
Lowell was beloved by all and will be greatly missed.
The News-Sun 05/16/1997
Arthur J. Higginbotham (1930-1997) IL
Arthur J. Higginbotham, 66, of Waukegan, Illinois, passed away
May 15, 1997 at home after a long battle with cancer.. He was born August 13,
1930 in Murphysboro, Illinois. Arthur was a member of the International
Machinist Union.. He retired from Ian Steel Corp in North Chicago, Illinois as a
utility specialist in 1990 after 40 years of employment.. He loved to fish and
was a coin collector. Surviving are 1 daughter Janet (Joseph) Bourque of Park
City; 1 son Michael Higginbotham of....
The Pantagraph (Bloomington, Illinois) 12/20/1997
Isaac Wesley Hickenbottom
(1908-1997) IL
Isaac Wesley Hickenbottom, 89, of Table Grove, the father of a
former Bloomington resident, died at 10:35 a.m. Friday (Dec. 19, 1997) at
McDonough District Hospital in Macomb.
His funeral will be at 11 a.m. Monday at the Clugston-Tibbits
Funeral Home, Macomb, with the Rev. Ron Green officiating. Burial will be in
Harris Cemetery in Table Grove. Visitation will be after 1 p.m. Sunday at the
funeral home. The family will meet with friends from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Sunday at
the funeral home.
Memorials may be made to the Table Grove Rescue Squad.
Among survivors is a son, Gail Hickenbottom, of Des Moines,
formerly of Bloomington.
Journal Star 03/13/1998
Margaret E. Williams
Higginbotham (1914-1998) IL
PEORIA -- Margaret E. Higginbotham, 83, of
Galena Park Home in Peoria Heights, formerly of 2706 N. Springdale , died at
6:40 p.m. Friday, Feb. 6, 1998, at Methodist Medical Center.
Born Feb. 20, 1914, in Bellflower to Silas and Lucinda Brooks Williams, she
married Floyd H. Higginbotham on July 25, 1937, in Ellsworth. He died Nov. 27,
1994. One grandson, one sister and four brothers also preceded her in death.
Surviving are two daughters, Julie Wickersham of Peoria and Patricia Chepan of
Washington; one son, Jon of Salt Lake City; two sisters, Myrtle Coile of
Saybrook and Barbara Dykes of Lakeland, Fla.; three grandchildren; and four
great-grandchildren.
Entombment will be in Springdale Mausoleum.
Memorials may be made to the American Lung Association.
The Telegraph 09/05/1998
John James Higginbotham (1917-1998) IL
EDWARDSVILLE-John J. Higginbotham Sr., 80,
died at 12:40 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 3, 1998, at Alton
Memorial
Hospital.
Born Dec. 31, 1917, in
Collinsville, he was a son of the late Calvin and Anna
Elizabeth (Stevers) Higginbotham.
The U.S. Army World War II veteran retired
from Proctor and Gamble in St. Louis. He was a member of
Holiday Shores
Baptist
Church and Glen Carbon
American Legion.
He married the former Louise Dodd Nave Nov.
11, 1991. She survives.
Also surviving are a son and his wife, John.
J. Higginbotham Jr., and Jeanette of Edwardsville; a daughter, Hope Higginbotham
Carver of Glen Carbon; seven grandchildren, John J. “Jamey” Higginbotham III,
Casey and McKenzee Higginbotham, Amber Noud, Ashley and April Brandt and Zachary
Carver; a brother, Russell Higginbotham of St. Louis; and three sisters,
Charlotte Kalous and Daisey Seifert, both of St. Louis, and Martha Redendo of
Greenville.
He was preceded in death by two brothers, Ed
and Fred Higginbotham, and two sisters, Hazel Zimmerman and Edna Greathouse.
Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Monday
at Weber Funeral Home in Edwardsville, where services will be at 10 a.m.
Tuesday. The Rev. Robert Burton of Holiday
Shores
Baptist
Church
will officiate.
Burial will be in Robinson Cemetery in Pocahontas.
Memorials may be given to the building fund
of Holiday
Shores
Baptist
Church.
Decatur, IL Herald-Review, 15 Nov 1998
Helen Marie Bartlett
Higginbotham (1917-1998) IL
PANA - Helen M. Higginbotham, 81, Pana, retired machine operator from Sugar
Creek Creamery, Pana, died Friday (Nov. 13, 1998). Member: Christian Church,
Beecher City, and Elk Ladies. Survivors: husband, Billy Higginbotham; sister,
Carol Delaney, Sandy Springs, Ga. Preceded by: first husband, Carl Rudow, son,
one brother and one sister.
Services: 11 a.m. Monday, McCracken Funeral Home, Pana.
Visitation: 9:30 a.m. to service time Monday. Burial: Pleasant View Cemetery,
Assumption.
Charleston County Daily Times-Courier 02/09/1999
Opal May Alexander Higginbotham
(1907-1999) IL
MARTINSVILLE -- Opal M. Higginbotham, 91, of rural Martinsville, died at
8:30 p.m. Sunday (Feb. 7, 1999) at Burnsides Nursing Home in Marshall.
Funeral services will be 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at the West Union Christian Church
with Pastor George Nika and Rev. Glenn Arbuckle officiating. Burial will be in
the Ohio Cemetery, northwest of West Union. Visitation will be from 3 to 9 p.m.
Tuesday at the West Union Christian Church. The Prust-Hosch Funeral Chapel in
West Union is in charge of arrangements.
She was born Aug. 12, 1907 in Melrose Township, Clark County, the daughter of
John W. Alexander and Carrie C. Wood Alexander. She married Ormal Higginbotham;
he died in 1977.
Survivors include six sons, Clifford Higginbotham, Charles Higginbotham, Gene
Higginbotham, Floyd Higginbotham and Robert Higginbotham, all of rural
Martinsville, and Chester Higginbotham of rural Paris; two daughters, Hazel
Austin and Rosemary Thompson, both of rural Marshall; one sister, Mary Crumrin
of rural West York; two brothers, Dean Alexander and Everett Alexander, both of
Marshall; 32 grandchildren; 60 great-grandchildren; and eight
great-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by a daughter, a sister, three brothers, a son-in-law
and a grandson.
Mrs. Higginbotham was a homemaker. She was a member of the Five Points Christian
Church in rural Marshall and a member of the Friendship Club.
Memorials are suggested to the Five Points Christian Church.
Journal Star 03/06/1999
George Richard Higginbotham
(1930-1999) IL
GEORGE R. HIGGINBOTHAM, 68, of Bartonville, died at
4:20 a.m. Saturday, April 10, 1999 at his residence. Born in Havana, IL November
17, 1930 to Ernest and Pearl Whitlow Higginbotham. He married Shirley Emig in
Havana on June 11, 1954. She survives. Also surviving are one son, Todd of
Springfield, IL; one daughter, Terri Andrews, of Bartonville; five
grandchildren; one brother, Jon Higginbotham of Bath; and several nieces and
nephews. Mr. Higginbotham was a material control technician at the Mossville
Plant warehouse of Caterpillar Tractor Co. retiring in 1991 after 26 years of
service. He was a veteran of the U. S. Army achieving the rank of Corporal. He
was a past Cub Master of Cub Scout Pack 224, active in the Boy Scouts of America
Troop 200 and was an Assistant District Commissioner with the W. D. Boyce
Council of the Boy Scouts of America. He was an avid fisherman and enjoyed
camping. Funeral services were at 10 a.m. Tuesday, April 13 at the
Davison-Fulton Bartonville Chapel with Chaplain Joel Gray officiating. Burial
was in Swan Lake Memory Garden. Memorials may be directed to the OSF Saint
Francis Hospice, Peoria, IL.
3/18/1999
Doris Jean Wilson Higginbotham
(1932-1999) IL
Doris J. Higginbotham, 66, of Marshall,
died at 11:05 a.m. on Wednesday, March 17, 1999 in Union Hospital in Terre
Haute.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday, March 19, 1999 at the Pearce
Funeral Home in Marshall with Rev. David Deal officiating. Burial will be in the
Ohio Cemetery at West Union. A visitation service will be held after 4 p.m. on
Thursday and from 7 a;m. until service time on Friday at the funeral home.
Doris Higginbotham was born April 6, 1932 in Edgar County, the daughter of
Cebert Wilson and Beulah Henson Wilson.
Survivors include three sons, Steve Higginbotham of Austin, Texas, Dennis
Higginbotham and his wife, Gudrun and Scott Higginbotham and his wife, Jenny of
Marshall; one daughter, Donna Reed of Marshall; her mother, Beulah Martin of
Marshall; a sister, Margaret Carpenter of Sarasota, Fla.; a brother, Clen Wilson
of Lake Porte, Fla.; six grandchildren, Brett Higginbotham, Danielle Reed, Robin
Higginbotham, Brian Higginbotham, Chelsea Higginbotham and Amy Higginbotham.
She was preceded in death by two sons, Kevin Higginbotham in 1985 and Gary
Higginbotham in 1988; her father and one brother, Paul Wilson.
Mrs. Higginbotham was a member of the American Legion Auxiliary of Marshall.
For those desiring memorial contributions may be made to the Heart Association
with envelopes available at the funeral home.
Southern Illinoisan 6/3/1999
Catherine King Higginbotham
(1922-1999) IL/TX
Herrin - Catherine Higginbotham, 76, of Lubbock, Texas,
formerly of Herrin, died Tuesday, June 1, 1999, in Lubbock.
Services will be
at 1 p.m. Saturday in Van Natta Funeral Home, with the Rev. Paul E. Tirey
officiating. Burial will be in East Lawn Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be
from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home.
Mrs. Higginbotham was a hamemaker.
She was born June 24, 1922, in Christopher to Homer and Anna
C.. King.
She married Perry L.
Higginbotham. He preceded her in death.
Survivors include two sons and one
daughter-in-law, Gary and Sally Yates of Lubbock and Kenny
Yates of Columbus Grove, Ohio; two sisters and brothers-in-law, Nadine and Bill
Gentry of Energy and Mildred and Marino Presa of Benton; one brother-in-law,
Robert Hargis of Chicago; four nieces; two nephews; three grandchildren; and
three great-grandchildren.
Her parents and two sisters, Virginia Hargis and Dorothy King,
also preceded her in death.
Southern Illinoisan 8/24/1999
Laura Higginbotham Stover
(1914-1999) IL
Johnston City - Laura Stover, 84, of Maywood, formerly of
Johnson City, died Saturday, Aug. 21, 1999, in Westlake Community Hospital in
Melrose Park.
Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday in Lakeview
Cemetery, Johnston City, with Elder Charles Webb officiating. There will be no
visitation.
Mrs. Stover was a homemaker and a member of First Baptist
Church in Maywood.
She was born Dec. 7. 1914, in Johnston City to William and Nellie (McKie)
Higginbotham.
She married Arwin Stover. He preceded her in death on July 19,
1982.
Survivors include one son and daughter-in-law, William Arwin
and Sandy Stover of Linden, Tenn.; and Karen and Roy Matiya of Brookfield; 10
grandchildren; several great-grandchildren; and one sister, Kay Constable of
Elmhurst.
Her parents also preceded her in death.
Murman and Wilson Funeral Home is in
charge of arrangements.
Journal Gazette
(Mattoon, Illinois) 10/6/1999
Thomas H. Hickenbottom
(1912-1999) TX/IL
Charleston - Tom Hickenbottom, 87, of Charleston, died at 3
a.m. Tuesday (Oct. 5, 1999) at Prairieview Care Center.
The Funeral will be at 2 p.m. Thursday, October 7, 1999, at
Caudell-King Funeral home with the Rev. David McNeeley officiating. Burial will
be in Mound Cemetery. Visitation will be from noon until 2 p.m. Thursday at the
funeral home.
He was born Aug. 29, 1912, in El Campo, Texas, the son of Hugh
and Della Neer Hickenbottom. He married Ila Zoe Furry. She died May 9, 1982.
Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Keith (Jarvis) Malcom of
Charleston, Mrs. Jane Strange of Scottsdale, Ariz., and Miss Joyce Hickenbottom
of Effingham; five brothers, Delbert "Joe" Hickenbottom of Bethany, Cleone "Bud"
Hickenbottom, Ike Hickenbottom, Don Hickenbottom, and Art Hickenbottom, all of
Charleston; two sisters, Mrs. Edna Hardy of Charleston and Mrs. Ruth Skroch of
Wauwatosa, Wis.; four grandchildren, Michelle Loeser of Springfield, Shannon
Strode, Travis Malcom and Amanda Malcom, all of Charleston; and two
great-grandchildren, Jennifer and Madelyn Jane Loeser of Springfield, Ill.
He was also preceded in death by four brothers and one sister.
Mr. Hickenbottom was a farmer and former employee of
Charleston Country Club. He was also a former member of Charleston Moose Lodge
#1388.
Chicago Tribune 1/16/2000
James Lee Higginbotham
(1926-2000) WV/IL
James Lee Higginbotham, age 73, of Bolingbrook, beloved
husband of Susan, nee Sharpe; loving father of James Lee (Carla), Daniel Lee
(Paula), Ronald Lee (Nancy) and George Lee (Dina); dear grandfather of eight;
great-grandfather of tow; fond brother of Thomas (Margie) and Wayne (Susan).
Funeral service Tuesday 11 a.m. at Friendship United Methodist Church, 305 E.
Boughton Rd., Bolingbrook. Visitation Monday 3 to 9 p.m. at Bolingbrook-McCauley
Funeral Chapel & Cremation Service, 530 W. Boughton Rd. (1 mile west of Rt. 53
at Schmidt Rd.), Bolingbrook. Interment Hillcrest Cemetery. 630-759-1212.
Herald and Review (Decatur, Illinois) 9/7/2000
Martha Higginbotham DeVer
Redenbo (1905-2000) IL
Greenville - Martha DeVer Redenbo, 95, Bethalto, formerly of
Greenville, died Monday (Sept. 4, 2000).
Services: 3 p.m. Saturday, Donnell-Weigand Funeral Home,
Greenville. Visitation: two hours before services. Burial: Robinson Cemetery,
Pocahontas. Memorials: Bond County Senior's Center or Bethalto Care Center.
Herald and Review (Decatur, Illinois) 11/6/2000
Billy D. Higginbotham
(1927-2000) IL
Pana - Billy D. Higginbotham, 72, Pana, retired from Capitol
Machinery Co., Springfield, died Sunday (Nov. 5, 2000). Member: Pana Masonic
Lodge 266 and Pana Elks Lodge. Survivors: step-son, Wayne Effler, Tennessee.
Preceded by: parents, wife, Helen, and one brother.
Services: 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, McCracken-Dean Funeral Home,
Pana. Visitation: 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday with 7 p.m. Elks services. Burial:
Pleasant View Cemetery, Assumption. Memorials: Pana Community Hospital for Quad
County Home Health Care.
Quad-City Times (Davenport, Iowa) 1/23/2001
Christopher Hickenbottom
(1967-2001) IL
Fatal Accident Cause is Being Investigated
A Broadview, Ill., man was killed in a one-vehicle crash on
Interstate 80 near Hampton, Ill., police said Monday.
Christopher Hickenbottom, 33, died after his vehicle left the
highway and struck a pole. The accident remained under investigation Monday as
officers searched for a cause, police said.
The accident occurred shortly before 11 a.m. Sunday and
involved emergency crews from five agencies. Troopers from the Illinois State
Police are heading the investigation.
Southern Illinoisan (Carbondale, Illinois) 2/2/2001
Paula Higginbotham Buckholz
(1950-2001) IL
West Frankfort - Paula "Crickett" Buckholz, 50, died at 10:44
a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2001, at her home in West Frankfort.
Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. today at Hillcrest
Cemetery in Carterville, with Brother Lewis Russell officiating.
Memorial may be made to the American Heart Association of the
American Diabetes Association.
Paula was a special person in the eyes of her family and
friends. She fought a long hard battle in life. May she now enjoy her peace.
Paula was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Foxcraft
Ward at West Frankfort.
She was born on Sept. 24, 1950, to Kenneth and Opal (Gurley)
Higginbotham.
Survivors include her parents of De Soto; a daughter, Shelley
Dawn Hampton of Zeigler; three sisters, Fayetta Chancey of De Soto, Mary Davis
of Zeigler and Lelieta Fred of De Soto; a brother, Charles McCarthy of De Soto;
and three grandchildren, Kahree, Kotie and Dakota.
Her daughter, Wendy Christene George preceded her in death.
Journal Star (Peoria, Illinois) 04/01/2001
Rosalie Olivetti Higginbotham (1942-2001) IL
SAN JOSE - Rosalie Higginbotham, 58, of San Jose died at 3:54
p.m. Friday, March 30, 2001, at Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital in Lincoln.
Born Oct. 24, 1942, in Springfield to Leroy and Mildred Gossage Olivetti, she
married Larry Higginbotham on Sept. 8, 1962, in Old Shawneetown. He survives.
Also surviving are two daughters, Lisa (and Mickey) Bailey of
Bloomington and Angelina (and Darrell) Bernhardt Williams of Lincoln; six
grandchildren; and two sisters, Mary Lou Speaks of Oklahoma City and Joann
Bortmess of Rochester.
She was preceded in death by her parents.
She was the former owner and operator of Old Timey Creations.
She owned and operated Holly Hock Cottage with her husband.
Services will be 2 p.m. Tuesday at Hurley Funeral Home in San
Jose. The Rev. David Upchurch will officiate. Visitation will be from 5 to 7
p.m. Monday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Green Hill Cemetery.
4/25/2001
Gertrude Tetter Higginbottom
(1921-2001) IL
Visitation for Gertrude Higginbottom, 79, of Hopkins Park,
will be from 4:30-7:30 p.m. Tuesday at Sacred Heart Church in Hopkins Park,
where she was a member and from 10 a.m. until the 11 a.m. funeral Mass Wednesday
at St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Momence.
Burial will be in St. Patrick Cemetery in Momence.
Arrangements are by Lax Mortuary.
Mrs. Higginbottom died Wednesday, April 25, 2001 at her daughter's home in
Country Club Hills.
She was born Oct. 14, 1921 in Hopkins Park, the daughter of Leroy and Mary
Tetter.
Her husband, Orland Higginbottom Sr., whom she married Nov. 4, 1940 is deceased.
Surviving are six children, Lana June, Yoland Maria, Gertrude Marie, Donna Kay,
Fernando and Demetrius; one son-in-law, Kenneth Pickett; two daughters-in-law,
Penny and Rhonda Higginbottom; 13 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; three
sisters-in-law, Bertha Tetter, Ada Battles and Catherine Higginbottom; and many
nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.
One son, Orland Higginbottom Jr. is deceased.
She retired from Manteno State Hospital in 1983 after 28 years as a registered
nurse.
She then dedicated herself to community and civic activities; President of the
AARP, Human Resources (Habitat) Board Member, Catholic Council Women, member of
the Legion of Mary, Board Member with Pembroke Clinic, treasurer for Shelf.
She was given the distinguished honor as the oldest lifelong citizen of Pembroke
Township in 1990.
She enjoyed gardening, cooking and sports.
Chicago Tribune May 8, 2001
Suzanne F. Higginbotham
(1971-2001) IL
Suzanne F. Higginbotham, 29, of Evanston, May 5, 2001,
daughter of Dede Derry and Jim Higginbotham; sister of Jamie, Heidi, Holly and
Bradley; aunt of Fallon and Ashley.
Family and friends will meet for 11 a.m. Graveside Thursday at Memorial Park
Cemetery Front Gate, 9900 Gross Point Road, Skokie. Arrangements by N.H. Scott
Funeral Home. Funeral info, 847-998-1020.
Funeral Home: N.H. Scott and Hebblethwaite 1240 Waukegan Road Glenview, IL 60025
(847) 998-1020
Southern Illinoisan (Carbondale, Illinois) 9/4/2001
Kenneth Paul Higginbotham
(1925-2001) IL
De Soto - Kenneth Paul Higginbotham, 75, died Sunday, Sept. 2,
2001 in Memorial Hospital of Carbondale.
Graveside services will be 3 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2001
with the Rev. Dennis Fager officiating at De Soto City Cemetery.
Mr. Higginbotham was born Oct. 4, 1925 to Howard and Hallie
Tyner Higginbotham, who preceded him in death. He was also preceded in death by
a daughter, Paula Gene Burkholz; three brothers and two sisters.
Survivors include his wife, Minnie Opal Higginbotham of De
Soto; three daughters, Fayette Chancy of De Soto, Mary Davis of Zeigler and
Lavida Fred of De Soto and a son, Charles McCarthy of De Soto; 10 grandchildren
and several great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren.
He was a veteran of the United States Navy during World War
II.
Walker Funeral Home in Carbondale is in charge of
arrangements.
Journal Gazette (Mattoon, Illinois) 9/25/2001
Mildred Louise Fowler Higginbotham (1923-2001) IL
Martinsville - Mildred Louise Higginbotham, 78, of rural
Martinsville, died at 11:30 p.m. Saturday (Sept.22, 2001) at Heartland Manor
Nursing Home in Casey.
A graveside service will be 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Harrison
Cemetery, west of West Union, with the Rev. Richard Chapman officiating.
Visitation will be 4 to 8 p.m. today at the Prust-Hosch Funeral Chapel in West
Union.
She was born Jan. 23, 1923, in Terre Haute, Ind., the daughter
of Earl Fowler and Elsie Lindley Fowler. She married Eugene Higginbotham in
1941. He survives.
Other survivors include two sons, Jerry D. "Bub" Higginbotham
of Brazil, Ind., and Larry E. Higginbotham of Sarasota, Fla., and one brother,
Robert L. Webster of Brazil, Ind.
Mrs. Higgenbotham was a homemaker. She was a member of the
West Union Christian Church.
Memorials may be made to the Harrison Cemetery to assist with
upkeep.
Herald and Review (Decatur, Illinois) 11/11/2001
Nella G. Hickenbottom
(1904-2001) IL
Flora - Nella Hickenbottom, 97, Flora, died Friday (Nov. 9,
2001).
Services: 2 p.m. Monday. Frank & Bright Funeral Home, Flora.
Visitation: two hours before services. Burial: Foster Hill Mount Zion Cemetery,
Clay City.
12/22/2001
Winona Higginbotham (1916-2001)
IL
MARSHALL, Ill. - Winona Higginbotham, 85, of Marshall died
Friday morning Dec. 21, 2001, in Burnsides Nursing Home. She was a retired
caregiver at Burnsides Nursing Home. She was born Jan. 3, 1916, in Wabash
Township, Clark County to George William Higginbotham and Mamie Emaline Brokaw
Higginbotham. Survivors include special friends, Virginia Joab and family; Dr.
J. Lewis Stoelting and family; and several cousins. She was a member of
Armstrong United Methodist church, the WSCS of the church and the Clark County
Home Extension. Services are 10 a.m. CST Monday in Pearce Funeral Home. Burial
is in Livingston Cemetery, rural Marshall. Visitation is 3 to 6 p.m. Sunday and
7 a.m. until services Monday.
Peoria Journal Star 03/27/2002
Ernestine V. Higginbotham Mustered (1918-2002) IL
EASTON, IL - Ernestine V. Mustered, 84, of Easton
died at 9 p.m. Monday, March 25, 2002, at her residence. Born Feb. 6, 1918, in
Havana to George C. and Mae E. Watkins Higginbotham, she married Donald E.
Mustered on July 31, 1949, in Havana. He died Dec. 9, 1976. She also was
preceded in death by one brother. Surviving are three sons, Donald of Easton,
and Harry and Dale, both of Havana; one daughter, Nancy Higham of Creve Coeur;
six grandchildren; three step-grandchildren; one great-grandson; and six
step-great-grandchildren. She had been a nurse's aide at Mason District Hospital
in Havana for 18 years, retiring in 1980. She was a member of Veterans of
Foreign Wars Post 6408 Auxiliary. Cremation will be accorded. Graveside services
will at Walker's Grove Cemetery in Easton.
Chicago Tribune April 5, 2002
Florence Berniece Rothrock
Higginbotham (1917-2002) CA/IL
Florence "Jackie" Higginbotham, wife of Harold; mother of James (Emily) of
Arlington, Virginia and William (Mary) of Crete; grandmother of two;
great-grandmother of eight.
Herald and Review (Decatur, Illinois) 9/8/2002
Betty Jane Hickenbottom
(1928-2002) IL
Claremont - Betty Jane Hickenbottom, 74, Claremont, employee
of International Shoe Factory, Olney, died Saturday (Sept. 7, 2002).
Graveside services: 10 a.m. Monday, Haven Hill Memorial
Gardens, Olney. Arrangements by: Stasi-Grove Funeral Home, Olney.
Herald and Review (Decatur, Illinois) 12/27/2002
Charlotte Higginbotham Kalous
(1904-2002) IL/MO
Pocahontas - Charlotte Kalous, 98, Florissant, Mo., formerly
of Pocahontas, died Wednesday (Dec. 25, 2002).
Services: 2 p.m. Saturday, May Funeral Home, Pocahontas.
Visitation: two hours before services. Burial: Robinson Cemetery, Pocahontas.
Memorials: First Baptist Church, Pocahontas.
The Vincennes Suns (Vincennes, Indiana) 2/9/2003
Lena Louise Sanders Higginbotham
(1928-2003) IL
Robinson, Ill. - Louise Higginbotham, 74, Robinson, died at
6:15 p.m. Thursday, feb. 6, 2003, at her home.
Born June 18, 1928 in Oblong, she was the daughter of Allen
and Nettie (Weck) Sanders.
She married Don Higginbotham on Sept. 3, 1949 and he died on
Aug. 30, 2002.
She worked on the production line at Victor Dana Reinz and was
a member of American Legion Post 69.
Survivors include two sons, Bob Higginbotham, Houston, Texas
and Tony Higginbotham, Collinsville, Ohio; two daughters, Donna Jones, Robinson
and Janice Keller; seven grandchildren and two great grandchildren; three
brothers, Paul Sanders, Oblong; Junior Sanders, Oblong; and David Sanders,
Valparaiso; four sisters, Dot Hershey, Kansas; Jo Carter, Ind.; Margaret
Shaffer, Robinson; and Kate Murphy, Oblong.
Her parents, Husband, two brothers, a half-brother, two
sisters and a half-sister are deceased.
The funeral will be conducted at 11 a.m. Monday at the Pulliam
Funeral Home by Pastor Dan Szombathy with burial in Oblong Cemetery.
Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. today.
Memorial contributions can be made to the Louise Higginbotham
Memorial Fund and envelopes are available at the funeral home.
Quad-City (IA) Time 03/20/2003
Jerry D. Higginbottom (1950-2003) CA/IL
CAMBRIDGE, Ill. -- Services for Jerry D. Higginbottom, Cambridge, will be 10
a.m. Friday at Cambridge Chapel of Stackhouse-Moore Funeral Services. Visitation
is one hour before the service. Burial will be in Rosedale Cemetery, Cambridge.
Mr. Higginbottom died Tuesday, March 18, 2003, at Trinity Medical Center-West
Campus, Rock Island. He worked until March 2002 at Deere & Co., Moline. He
retired due to health reasons. He was born Aug. 24, 1950, in Hanford, Calif.
Memorials may be made to his daughter's education fund. Survivors include
daughters, April Higginbottom and Kayla Higginbottom, both of Cambridge; and his
mother, Ruth Higginbottom, Cambridge.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch 11/5/2003
Daisy J. Higginbotham Seifert (1908-2003) IL
Seifert, Daisy J. (nee Higginbotham), 95, 42 Cobblestone Lane, Glen Carbon, IL;
born 06/11/1908, Mt. Olive, IL; died 11/03/2003, her residence, 8:30 a.m.;
Mother, grandmother, wife; father, Calvin Higginbotham, deceased; mother,
Elizabeth Higginbotham (nee Stevers), deceased; spouse, Arthur L. Seifert Sr.,
deceased, married August 27, 1927, St. Louis, MO; 2 sons, Larry Seifert, Glen
Carbon, IL, James & Gerry Seifert, Oakville, MO; daughter, Nancy Haug,
Bridgeton, MO; brother, Russell & Jo Higginbotham, St. Louis County; 2
granddaughters, Larraine & Stephanie Seifert, Oakville, MO; Daisy was an aunt,
great-aunt, great0great-aunt & a special friend to many; preceded by 1 son,
Arthur "Les" Seifert Jr.; 1 granddaughter, Rebecca Haug; 4 sisters & 3 brothers.
Visitation Wednesday, 11/5, 4-8 p.m. at Irwin Chapel, 591 Glen Crossing Road,
Glen Carbon, IL 62034. Service at Irwin Chapel, Thursday, 10:00 a.m., 11/6/2003.
Interment Memorial Park Cemetery, St. Louis, MO. Memorials to St. Louis
Backstoppers or Children's Hospital.
Daily Herald 12/27/2003
Pearl Pargas Trawinski Hickingbottom
(1894-2003) IL
Pearl Trawinski Hickingbottom (nee Pargas), 99, died Thursday, Dec. 25.
Arrangements are being made by Brust Funeral Home, Lombard.
Journal Gazette (Mattoon, Illinois) 1/29/2005
Edna G. Hickenbottom Hardy (1915-2005) IL
Charleston - Edna G. Hardy, 89, of Charleston passed away at 4:00 a.m. Thursday,
January 27, 2005 at Hilltop Convalescent Center.
Funeral services honoring her life will be held at 1:00 p.m. Saturday, January
29, 2005 at the Caudill-King Funeral Home with Pastor Bill Hall officiating.
Interment will follow in Upper Muddy Cemetery, rural Mattoon. Visitation will be
one hour prior to the service Saturday at the funeral home.
Edna was born February 5, 1915, in Coles County, Illinois, daughter of Hugh and
Della Neer Hickenbottom. She married George Hardy, October 10, 1965; he preceded
her in death June 12, 1972. Surviving are one sister: Ruth Skrock and husband
Marcel of Milwaukee, WI; five brothers: Don Hickenbottom and wife Ruth, Ike
Hickenbottom and wife Mary, C.R. "Bud" Hickenbottom and wife Berndina, and Art
Hickenbottom, all of Charleston; and Joe Hickenbottom and wife MAureen of
Bethany; one sister-in-law: Atha Hickenbottom of Assumption, IL; and several
nieces and nephews also survive. She was preceded in death by five brothers and
one sister.
Edna was a homemaker and a member of Charleston Community Church.
Memorials may be made to the charity of the donor's choice.
2/7/2005
Susan T. Rodden Higginbotham (1919-2005) IL
Susan T. Higginbotham, 85, of Taylorville died at 9:10 p.m. Sunday, February 6,
2005, in St. Vincent Memorial Hospital.
She was born April 14, 1919, in New Baden, the daughter of Charles and Emma
Rensing Rodden. She married Nolan B. Higginbotham in Taylorville. She worked for
25 years at Summer's as a shoe salesman. She was a member of St. Mary's Catholic
Church, Taylorville.
Surviving are her daughter, Cathy Eberhardt of Perryville, MO; grandchildren;
Mark Eberhardt (wife Kathleen Vodicka), Susan (husband Rob) Snider and Jennifer
(husband Alex) Inman; great-grandsons: Lukas and Max Inman; and sisters: Alice
McDowell of New Orleans, LA, and Anna Marie Bowman of Anaheim, CA. He was
preceded in death by her parents; husband; and brothers: Martin, John, Thomas
and Harold "Peanuts" Rodden and two at infancy; and sister, Virginia Curry.
Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Friday, February 11, in St. Mary's
Catholic Church, Taylorville, with Father Charles Shaelby, CM, Father Alan
Hunter and Father John Gagnepain, CM, officiating. Burial will in Oak Hill
Cemetery.
Visitation will be held from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. Thursday, February 10, in Shafer
Funeral Home, with Prayer Service at 7:00 pm. conducted by Father Martin O'Hara.
Paris Beacon News 07/30/2005
Mary Baugh Higginbotham (1949-2005) IN/IL
MARY HIGGINBOTHAM – 56, of Paris, and formerly of West Terre Haute, Ind., died
at 1:35 p.m. Thursday (July 28, 2005) at Union Hospital, Terre Haute, Ind.
Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Tuesday (Aug. 2) at the
Fitzpatrick-Pearce Funeral Home, with the Rev. Chris Wilbur officiating. Burial
will follow in Bethesda Memorial Park. Friends may call from 11 a.m. until the
service time Tuesday at the funeral home. The family suggests that memorial
donations be made to Faith in Action, with envelopes available at the funeral
home.
Mrs. Higginbotham was born April 8, 1949, at Terre Haute, Ind., the daughter of
Archie Baugh and Ada Isabell Thomas Baugh. She is survived by two daughters,
Tonia Lee of Spencer, Ind., and Angie Padgett of West Terre Haute, Ind.; two
sons, Mike Higginbotham and Danny Higginbotham, both of Terre Haute, Ind.; one
sister, Rose Spencer of West Terre Haute, Ind.; one brother, Gene Baugh of West
Terre Haute, Ind.; 10 grandchildren; and several nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles
and cousins. She was preceded in death by one brother.
Mrs. Higginbotham was a member and past president of American Legion Auxiliary
Post #501, and she was also a member of the Paris Veterans of Foreign Wars
Auxiliary.
Herald & Review Nov 22, 2005
Norma Jean Dechert Hickenbottom
(1930-2005) IL
Norma Jean "Jean" Dechert Hickenbottom, 75 of Decatur, passed away unexpectedly
on Sunday evening in Decatur Memorial Hospital.
Graveside services will be held at 1:00 P.M. Wednesday, November 23, 2005 in
Graceland Cemetery, conducted by Rev. Danny Cox. Graceland/Fairlawn Funeral
Home is assisting the family. Memorials are suggested to the Grace United
Methodist Church. Condolences may be sent to the family at
www.gracelandfairlawn.com
Jean was born to Ralph E. and Ruth W. Davison Dechert, on July 27, 1930 in Blue
Mound. She worked at Daut's Florist and Goldblatt's Brothers Incorporated. On
July 24, 1949 she married Lowell R. Hickenbottom, they divorced in 1976. Jean
loved to collect Teddy Bears and had collected over 1,000 bears. She was a
member of Grace United Methodist Church.
She is survived by her beloved sonLouis R. Hickenbottom and wife Mary, of
Brookfield, WI. Niece Wanda Lou Dechert Kaltenbach and husband Glen of Decatur,
three great nieces and one great nephew. Two great great nieces and four great
great nephews.
Jean was preceded in death by her parents, brother Harold Dechert, and sister in
law Laura Mae Dechert and an infant niece Rita Dechert.
The Pantagraph 02/07/2006
Betty Joann Stephens Higginbotham (1931-2006) IL
EL PASO - Betty Joann Higginbotham, 74, El Paso, died at 5:25
p.m. Friday (Feb. 3, 2006) at El Paso Health Care Center, El Paso. Her
graveside service will be at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at Hudson Cemetery, Hudson,
with the Rev. Marvin Matzke officiating. There will be no visitation.
Arrangements are being handled by Calvert & Froelich Memorial Home, El Paso.
She was born July 7, 1931, in Hudson, the daughter of Jay M. and Mae Ambrose
Stephens. Survivors: one brother, Wesley D. Stephens, Bloomington; and one
sister-in-law, Susan O. Stephens, Tulsa, Okla.
The Southern Illinoisan 06/05/2006
Howard W. Higginbotham
(1936-2006) IL
Pinckneyville- Howard W. Higginbotham, 69, of Pinckneyville, formerly of
Murphysboro, the Chicago area and Mount Pleasant, Iowa, died at St. Joseph
Hospital in Murphysboro Saturday, June 3, 2006, at 6:54 a.m.
He was born July 22, 1936, in Murphysboro, a son of the late
William H. and Hermina (Bodemuller) Higginbotham.
After growing up and completing school in Murphysboro, he
enlisted in the United States Air Force. He spent his for years tour attached to
a B-36 Peacemaker squadron.
Hew retired from Goodyear Tire and Rubber after 33 years of
employment. During his tenure with Goodyear, he had managed both the North
Chicago and Mount Pleasant, Iowa production plants. He lived a very active life
before and after he retired. He enjoyed bowling, trap shooting, hunting, and
most of all he loved to fish. He loved to explore new places and making
conversation with people along the way.
Survivors include 3 daughters, Donna (Larry) Rawn of Elroy,
Wis., Debra (Scott) Alexander of Pinckneyville and Diane (George) Pietrzycki of
Mount Pleasant, Iowa; two grandsons, Justin W. Higginbotham of Cedar Rapids,
Iowa, and Timothy J. Rawn of Elroy, Wis.; special friend, Julia Pugh of
Murphysboro; former wife, Doris Higginbotham of Mount Pleasant, Iowa; two
sisters; two brothers; Aunts, Nieces, nephews, cousins and other relatives and
friends.
Funeral services for Howard W. Higginbotham will be at 11 a.m.
Tuesday, June 6, 2006, at Crain Pleasant Grove-Murdale Funeral Home, Old
Illinois 13 between Carbondale and Murphysboro. Interment will follow at the
Pleasant Grove Memorial Park. Visitation will be Monday from 5 to 8 p.m.
The Telegraph 06/06/2006
Louise Dodd Nave Higginbotham (1922-2006) FL/IL
Louise (Dodd) Nave Higginbotham, 83, died at 11:40 p.m.
Saturday, June 3, 2006, at Bethalto Care Center.
She was born Sept. 16, 1922, in Pensacola, Fla., the daughter of Merriman
Augustus and Dana Mae (Lawrence) Dodd.
She married Charles Nave on Aug. 30, 1941, and he died Feb. 7, 1971. She later
married John Higginbotham on Nov. 9, 1991, and he died Sept. 3, 1998.
She was a secretary for Alton Box Board for 27 years until she retired in 1985.
She was a member of the Holiday Shores Baptist Church and was a Happy Note
Singer for several years. She was a member of the Professional Secretaries of
America.
She is survived by a daughter and son-in-law, Barb and Fred Vogel of Bethalto; a
son and daughter-in-law, Darrell and Connie Nave of Columbia; three
grandchildren and spouses, Stephen Vogel of East Alton, Cathy and Terry Allen,
and Timothy and Lisa Vogel, all of Bethalto; five great-grandchildren, Stefani
Vogel, Leah and Samuel Allen and Nicholas and Shayna Vogel; two sisters, Mildred
Ballard of East Alton and Janet Fowler of Pensacola, Fla.; a brother, Ralph Dodd
of Houston; and several nieces and nephews.
In addition to her parents and husbands, she was preceded in death by a brother,
Earl Dodd.
Visitation was Monday at Kallal and Schaaf Funeral Home in Bethalto, where
services will be held at 10 a.m. today. The Rev. Wes Pinkley will officiate.
Burial will follow at Rose Lawn Memory Gardens in Bethalto.
Memorials may be made to the American Heart Association or the Holiday Shores
Baptist Church.
Marion Daily Republican 07/04/2006
Tamara Todd Higginbotham (1963-2006) MI/IL
Oct 11th, 1963 - Jun 29th,
2006
GOREVILLE-Tamara
Higginbotham, 42, of Goreville passed away at 10:00 PM, Thursday, June 29, 2006
at Heartland Regional Medical Center in Marion. Memorial services will be held
at a later date. Blue Funeral Home in Goreville is in charge of the
arrangements. Mrs. Higginbotham was born on October 11, 1963 in Lapeer, Michigan
to Leon and Carol Jane (Bristol) Todd. She married James Higginbotham. Survivors
include her husband, James of Goreville; daughter, Amanda Missinne of Goreville;
granddaughter, Samantha; her father, Leon Todd of Montgomery, Texas; sister,
Josie Renee Gosset; and brothers, David and Brian Todd. She was preceded in
death by her mother. Mrs. Higginbotham attended Trinity Lutheran Church in
Herrin. She was a homemaker.
Decatur, IL Herald-Review, 16 Jul 2006
Atha Pearl Mount Mills
Hickenbottom (1914-2006) IL
PANA - Atha P. (Mount) Mills Hickenbottom, 92, of Pana, died Friday, July 14,
2006 at 11:55 a.m. in Heritage Manor, Pana. She was born March 13, 1914 in
Shelby County, the daughter of Chester and Laura French Mount. She was a retired
LPN at St. Mary's Hospital, Decatur. She was a member of the Mt. Pleasant Church
of God, Assumption.
Atha married Harold W. Mills in 1934, he died in
1957. She married Ray Hickenbottom in 1960, he died in 1996.
Atha is survived by a son, Jerry H. Mills & wife
Edith, Assumption; step son, Harold Hickenbottom & wife Ginny, Long Creek; step
daughters: Betty Faulkner, Vienna, & Alice Fisher, Mt. Zion; step
daughter-in-law, Norma Hickenbottom, Decatur; 5 grandchildren; 9 step
grandchildren; 12 great grandchildren; 15 step great grandchildren; & 2 step
great-great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by 1 brother, 1 sister,
step son, step son-in-law, and great granddaughter.
Memorials may be made to Mt. Pleasant Church of God, Assumption.
Funeral services will be Sunday, July 16, in McCracken-Dean Funeral Home at 2:00
p.m., Pastor David Beerbower officiating. Burial will be in Linwood Cemetery,
Pana, IL. Visitation will be Sunday, from 1:00 p.m. until time of service
Herald and Review 11/12/2006
Delbert Richard Hickenbottom
(1923-2006) IL
Bethany - Delbert Richard "Joe" Hickenbottom, 83, of Bethany
passed away 10:25 a.m. Saturday, November 11, 2006 at Eastview Terrace,
Sullivan.
Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Monday, November 13, 2006 at
Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Bethany. Visitation will be 4:00 to 6:00 p.m.
Sunday at McMullin-Young Funeral Home, Bethany. Burial will be in Marrowbone
Twp. Cemetery, Bethany. Memorial may be made to Cumberland Presbyterian Church,
Bethany.
Joe was born May 11, 1923 in Lerna, the son of Hugh and Della
(Neer) Hickenbottom. He married Lillis Maurine Goetz December 9, 1944 in
Bethany. Joe was a retired car salesman for Tom West Incorporated, Sullivan. He
was a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Bethany.
He is survived by his wife Maurine; son, Ronald Joe
Hickenbottom and wife Suzanne of Sullivan; daughter Susan Jane Tidball and
husband Craig of Warsaw, IN; brothers, Cleone Hickenbottom, Ike Hickenbottom,
Don Hickenbottom, Art Hickenbottom, all of Charleston; sister, Ruth Skroch of
Milwaukee, WI; and four grandchildren.
He is preceded in death by five brothers and two sisters.
News Sun 04/14/2007
Sue Carol Higginbotham Gaubatz (1951-2007) IL
Sue C. Gaubatz, 55, of Mundelein, IL, passed away Friday, April 13, 2007
at the Lake Forest Hospital. She was Born August 24, 1951 in Chicago, where she
was a graduate of Morgan Park High School. She received her degree in education
from Northern Illinois University and was employed by Hewitt Associates in
Lincolnshire for the past 34 years. She was an active member of St. Mary of
Vernon Parish in Indian Creek where she was a Eucharistic Minister, former
member of the choir, lector and involved with several parish ministries. She was
also a member of Kirk Players, where she received the Hazen Award as the most
valuable player.
Surviving are her husband, Tom Gaubatz; daughters, Elizabeth (Andrew) Dannhorn
of Portland, OR and Rebecca Gaubatz of Mundelein; her mother, Evelyn
Higginbotham of Orland Park; sisters, Jean (Mike) Lucas of Plainfield, Linda
(Jim) Netherlands of Sacramento, CA; and her brother, Paul (Connie) Higginbotham
of Penn Valley, CA.
She was preceded in death by her father, William Higginbotham.
Visitation will be from 3-8 PM on Sunday, April 15, 2007 at St. Mary of Vernon
Catholic Church, 236 W. Hwy. 45, Indian Creek. Mass of Christian Burial will be
at 11 AM Monday, April 16 at the church. There will be a private interment
service later at Ascension Cemetery. Memorial contributions can be made to the
National Ovarian Cancer Coalition. Arrangements are by the BURNETT-DANE FUNERAL
HOME in Libertyville. Info 847-362-3009.
The State Journal-Register 08/23/2007
Shirley J. Emig Higginbotham (1934-2007)
IL
BARTONVILLE - Shirley J. Higginbotham, 73, of Bartonville died at 9:50
a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2007, at St. John's Hospice.
She was born June 11, 1934, in Canton, the daughter of Solomon and Mary
Mendenhall Emig. She married George R. Higginbotham on June 11, 1954, in Havana.
He preceded her in death on April 10, 1999, in Bartonville. She also was
preceded in death by two brothers, Ed and Charles Emig; and two sisters,
Margaret Beldin and Lula Vogel.
Surviving are a son, Todd (Michelle) Higginbotham of Springfield; a daughter,
Terri (Steven) Destrampe of Romulus, Mich.; six grandchildren; a brother, Ronald
Emig of Peoria; and several nieces and nephews.
Shirley worked as a retail clerk at Bogard Drugs in Bartonville. She also was a
volunteer at Wildlife Prairie Park, RSVP and the State Guardianship Office, all
in Peoria. She attended Bartonville United Methodist Church.
Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, Aug. 24, 2007, at
Davison-Fulton Bartonville Chapel, where visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m.
Thursday, Aug. 23, 2007. Burial will be in Swan Lake Memory Gardens in Peoria.
Memorials may be made to OSF Hospice in Peoria or St. John's Hospice in
Springfield.
The Southern Illinoisan 09/28/2007
Minnie Opal Gurley Higginbotham (1919-2007) IL
DE SOTO - Minnie Opal Higginbotham, 87, formerly of De Soto, passed away
at 4:42 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 27, 2007, in Rehab and Care Center of Jackson
County in Murphysboro.
Gravesite services will be at 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 29, 2007, in De Soto
Cemetery, with the Rev. Chris Hottenson officiating. Friends are asked to go
directly to the cemetery. Pettett Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.
Minnie was born Dec. 22, 1919, in Buncombe, to Anson and Lydia (Lambert) Gurley.
She was a homemaker and was of Pentecost faith.
Mrs. Higginbotham loved to quilt when she was able. She also enjoyed fishing,
but she especially loved to cook for her family.
She married Kenneth Higginbotham on Aug. 20, 1949, in Piggott, Ark., and he
preceded her in death Sept. 3, 2001.
She is survived by four children, Fayetta Chancey and her husband, Jack, Levieta
Fred and Charles L. McCarthy and his wife, Terri, all of De Soto and Mary Davis
and her husband, Charles "Monte," of Zeigler; 14 grandchildren; 20
great-grandchildren; and five great-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by one daughter, Paula G. Buckholz; one son, Michael
Clifton McCarthy; one son-in-law, Norman Fred; one grandchild; two
great-great-grandchildren; three brothers; three sisters; and her parents.
The State Journal-Register 11/07/2007
George Clinton Higgenbotham (1933-2007) MO/IL
KINCAID - George C. Higgenbotham, 74, of Kincaid, and a resident of
Springfield for the past 30 years, died at 1:55 p.m. Monday, Nov. 5, 2007, at
Taylorville Memorial Hospital.
He was born May 7, 1933, in St. Louis, the son of George W. and Lela Phillips
Higgenbotham. He married Audrey Easthope on June 22, 1956; she preceded him in
death. His parents, a sister and two brothers also preceded him in death.
Mr. Higgenbotham was a pressman for The State Journal-Register for 12 years and
worked in the Baptist ministry for 10 years. He was a U.S. Marine Corps veteran,
serving during the Korean War. He was a former member of Lincoln Land Baptist
Church.
Surviving are three daughters, Sharon (husband, Kenneth) Fears of St. Charles,
Mo., Linda (husband, Nathan) Karlen of Alton and Carol (husband, Terrance)
Havard of Taylorville; four sons, George and Harry Higgenbotham of Kincaid and
John and Michael Higgenbotham, both of Springfield; nine grandchildren; 11
great-grandchildren; two sisters, Donna Trower of Kansas City and Virginia
(husband, Dennis) Nelson of Piedmont, Mo.; a half sister, Barbara Higgenbotham;
and three stepsisters, Sandra, Judy and Sharon; four half brothers, Ted Smith
and Tommy, Tony and Terry Higgenbotham; stepbrother, John Carpenter; and several
nieces, nephews and cousins.
Visitation will be from 10 to 11 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 8, 2007, at Staab Funeral
Home. Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 8, 2007, at Staab Funeral Home,
with Dr. Rod Mattoon officiating. Burial will be in Camp Butler National
Cemetery, where the Interveterans Burial Detail of Sangamon County will conduct
military honors.
Memorials may be made to the Illinois Department of Mental Health.
The Tribune Star 12/10/2007
Clarence Eugene Higginbotham (1917-2007) IL
MARTINSVILLE, Ill. — Eugene Higginbotham, 90, of rural Martinsville,
Ill., died at 1:10 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 9, 2007, in Heartland Nursing Center in
Casey. He was born Oct. 13, 1917, in Anderson Township, Clark County to Harry
Higginbotham and Bertha Ledermann Higginbotham. He was a retired farmer. He
married Mildred L. Fowler Higginbotham on Jan. 22, 1941, in St. Louis, Mo., and
she preceded him in death on Sept. 22, 2001.Survivors include two sons, Jerry D.
“Bub” Higginbotham of Brazil, Ind., and Larry E. “Pro” Higginbotham and wife
Sheryl of Sarasota, Fla.; four sisters, Norma Wilhoit of Marshall, Ill., Eleanor
Barkalow of Madison, Wis., Marjorie Moran of Cherokee Village, Ark., and Doris
Jenkins and husband Gene of Silver Springs, Mo.; two brothers, Russell
Higginbotham of Marshall, Ill., and Gerald Higginbotham of West Union; and
several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife;
one brother, Woodrow Higginbotham; one sister-in-law, Fairy Higginbotham; and
three brothers-in-law, William Moran, Rev. Gale Barkalow, and Maurice Wilhoit.
He served for a number of years on the ASC Land Services Board in Martinsville,
Ill. He was lifetime member of the Clark County Farm Bureau. He was appointed as
Justice of the Peace in April, 1949, and served a four-year term. Funeral
services are 11 a.m. CST Wednesday in Prust-Hosch Funeral Chapel in West Union
with Bro. Billie Ray Ulrey officiating. Visitation is 4 to 8 p.m. CST Tuesday,
and Wednesday 7 a.m. until service time in the funeral home. Burial is in
Harrison Cemetery in West Union. The family requests that memorial contributions
may be given to the Harrison Cemetery to assist with its upkeep.
The Tribune Star 03/24/2008
Russell H. Higginbotham (1923-2008) IL
MARSHALL, Ill. — Russell H. Higginbotham, 84, of rural
Marshall, died at 6:55 a.m. Sunday, March 23, 2008, at his residence. He was
born April 21, 1923, in Anderson Township in Clark County, to Harry Higginbotham
and Bertha Ledermann Higginbotham. His wife, Fairy Jane Hollingsworth
Higginbotham, preceded him in death on Jan. 6, 1990.Survivors include one
daughter and son-in-law, Beverly and Mike Murphy of Marshall; three sons and two
daughters-in-law, David and Candy Higginbotham of Martinsville, Jimmy and Debbie
Higginbotham of Newton, and Jody Higginbotham of Marshall; one brother, Gerald
Higginbotham of West Union; four sisters, Norma Wilhoit of Marshall, Eleanor
Barkalow of Madison, Wis., Doris Jenkins of Silver Springs, Md., and Marjorie
Moran of Cherokee Village, Ark.; seven grandchildren, Chris Higginbotham and
wife Sarah, Nicole Higginbotham, Ryan Higginbotham, Jamie Baltzell and husband
Hank, Brad Murphy, Melissa Winkelman and husband Brian, and Eric Murphy; three
great-grandchildren, Parker Winkelman, Emily Baltzell, and Hayden Baltzell; and
several nieces and nephews. He also was preceded in death by his parents; two
brothers, Woodrow Higginbotham, killed in World War II in 1944, and Eugene
Higginbotham on Dec. 9, 2007. He was a retired farmer at heart and a retired
cement finisher by profession. He had a never-ending love for his family. He was
a member of Mount Olive Baptist Church. He also was a member of Cement Finishers
Local 143 at Champaign. Services are 10 a.m. CST Wednesday, at Prust-Hosch
Funeral Chapel, 313 E. Union St., in West Union, with the Rev. Josh Swain
officiating. Burial is in Ohio Cemetery, northwest of West Union. Visitation is
4 to 8 p.m. today, and 7 a.m. until services Wednesday. The family requests that
memorial contributions may be given to Hospice of Lincolnland, with envelopes
available at the funeral home.
Chicago Tribune 04/01/2008
Ada D. Higginbottom Battle (ca1917-2008)
IL
Ada D. Battle, nee Higginbotham, beloved wife of the late
Rogers A. Battle Sr.; loving mother of Milton, Loretta Bowman, Ronald, Yvette
Morrow, Mario and the late Marlene Busk, Rogers Jr., Adrienne Hardaway, Michael
Battle, Dolores Braggs and Carmelita Battle; and a host of grandchildren;
great-grandchildren; great-great-grandchildren; nieces, nephews, and friends;
dear sister of the late Zelma, Elzie, Wesley, Orland and Corina. Visitation
Wednesday, 3 to 9 p.m. at Kenny Brothers, 3600 West 95th St., Evergreen Park.
Lying in State Thursday. Family and friends will meet at church at 10 a.m. until
time of Mass at 11 a.m. at St. Kilian Church, 8725 South May, Chicago. Interment
Holy Sepulchre Cemetery. For info. 773-239-3600 or 708-425-4500. Memorials
appreciated to St. Kilian's Church.
The Tribune Star from 04/01/2008
Gerald Louis Higginbotham (1925-2008) IL
WEST UNION, Ill. — Gerald L. Higginbotham, 82, of West Union
died Monday, March 31, 2008. He was born June 16, 1925. He was a retired iron
worker, and a veteran of World War II. He was a father, father-in-law,
grandfather, great-grandfather and brother. He was loved and will be missed by
all who knew him. There will be no services. Pearce Funeral Home, in Marshall,
assisted with arrangements. Memorial contributions may be made to Lincolnland
Hospice, and can be mailed directly to Pearce Funeral Home, 314 S. Sixth St.,
Marshall, IL 62441.
Courier Press 06/24/2008
Eleanor Lucille Higginbotham Barkalow
(1920-2008) IL
LAWRENCEVILLE, Ill. — Eleanor L. (Higginbotham) Barkalow, 87,
died June 22, 2008, at Johnson Hospice Inpatient Inc. She was a member of the
First United Methodist Church. Surviving are a daughter, Ann Ward; sons, Dale
and Keith; sisters, Marjory Moran, Doris Jenkins and Norma Willhoit; five
grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. Graveside services 1 p.m. Friday in
Ohio Cemetery near Martinsville. Visitation is 10 a.m. to noon Friday at the
United Methodist Village, Wesley Parlor. Smith Funeral Home is handling
arrangements.
6/24/2008
Leah Halene Hickenbottom
Boudreau (1921-2008) IL
LEAH HALENE BOUDREAU, 86 of Olney, IL, formerly of the Cisne
area, passed away at 11:35AM Monday June 23, 2008 at Richland Memorial Hospital
at Olney, IL.
She was born October 29, 1921 in Cisne, IL to Allen and Alice (Hamilton)
Hickenbottom.
She was a homemaker.
She is survived by three daughters Sue Cianfarani (& her husband Al); Sandra
Johnson (& her husband Howard) and Cheryl Boudreau; two sons George Hostettler
(& his wife Sarah) and Steve Boudreau; a sister Joyce Powell; a half sister –
Alice Childers (& her husband Larry); a brother Wesley Hickenbottom of Olney,
IL; and three half brothers Jim Thomas (& his wife Della); Ellery Thomas (& his
wife Marie); and Sherman Thomas (& his wife Patty). Also surviving are nine
grandchildren and nine great grandchildren.
Preceding her in death were her parents, a son Gerald Hostettler, a daughter
Alice Hostettler, and a sister Lela Michels.
Graveside services were held at Gunion Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorials
may be made to the American Lung Association or charity of donor's choice and
will be accepted at Hosselton Funeral Home
Ada Evening News 12/29/2008
Donald Keith Higginbotham (1938-2008)
IL
ROCHELLE, Ill. — Donald Keith Higginbotham, 70, of Rochelle,
Illinois, died at his step-daughter’s Blackman Township, Michigan, home on
Christmas Day. Survivors include his wife, E. Marie Higginbotham; two children,
Donnie Gene Higginbotham, Sulphur, Okla., and Lori Ann Thomas of Kansas; four
stepchildren; Earl E. (Linda) Beck and Lori Ann (George) Bryant, all of
Illinois, Larry Wayne (Stella) Beck of Montana and Tina Marie (Mark) Morrow of
Michigan; eight grandchildren, three great-grandchildren and his stepsister
Donna. He was preceded in death by an infant son. Mr. Higginbotham was a veteran
of the U.S. Navy and a retiree of the Burlington Northern Railroad. At his
request cremation has taken place. Memorial Services will be held at the Coulon-Lyons
Funeral Home in Rochelle, Illinois at a later date. Condolences may be expressed
to the family at www.adaeveningnews.com. Coulon-Lyons Funeral Home, Rochelle,
Illinois.
rrstar.com 03/12/2009
Virginia Minerva Lower Kent Higginbotham
(1909-2009) IL
ROCKFORD - Virginia Minerva
Higginbotham, 99, of Rockford died Monday, March 9, 2009, in Nelson Debes Sub
Acute Care Center. Born Dec. 25, 1909, in Danville, the daughter of Joseph and
Marie (Kaminga) Lower. She married Ernest Kent Sr. in 1945 and he died in 1986.
She married Claire Higginbotham in 1988 and he died in 2001. Virginia is
survived by son, Ernest (Jamie) Kent Jr. of Boyds, Md., and three grandchildren.
There will be no services. Arrangements by Olson Funeral and Cremation Services
Ltd., 1001 Second Ave.
Chicago Sun-Times 06/28/2009
Leslie Hope Higginbotham Wagner
Washburn (1954-2009) IL
Washburn, Leslie Wagner 54, of Elk Grove, beloved wife of
Thomas Washburn, loving mother of Donovan (Denise) Wagner, Joshua Wagner and
Dustin Wagner, loved daughter of Patricia and the late Lanier Higginbotham,
loved step-mother of Katherine (David) Lawrence and Lindsay, Thomas (Dee), John
(Colleen) and James (Patty) Washburn, dear grandmother of McKenna Wagner and
step-grandmother of ten. Visitation Monday from 3 to 9 p.m. and Tuesday from
9:00 a.m. until the time of service at 10:00 a.m. at the Glueckert Funeral Home,
Ltd., 1520 N. Arlington Heights Road, (4 blocks south of Palatine Road)
Arlington Heights. Interment Memory Gardens. If desired, memorial contributions
can be made to the Leslie Hope's Hope Foundation. Funeral information and
condolences www.GlueckertFH.com or 847- 253-0168.
Decatur Herald & Review on August 24, 2009
Mary Lou Robertson Higgenbotham
(1933-2009) IL
EFFINGHAM - Mary Higgenbotham, 76, Effingham, former Effingham High School
cafeteria employee, died Saturday (Aug. 22, 2009). Services: 10 a.m. Wednesday,
Church of Christ, Effingham. Visitation: 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Johnson Funeral
Home, Effingham, and one hour before services in the church. Burial: Oak Ridge
Cemetery, Effingham. Memorials: American Cancer Society .
Mrs. Higgenbotham was born July 12, 1933 in Benton, the daughter of Clyde and
Jessie (Howe) Robertson. She married Harold Higgenbotham in 1952, in Effingham.
She was employed for 10 years at Norge. She worked as a nursing assistant five
years at St. Anthony's Memorial Hospital, Effingham and was employed at
Effingham High School Unit 40 in the cafeteria.
Survivors include her husband, Harold Higgenbotham of Effingham; son, Harold G.
Higgenbotham of Orlando, Fla.; daughters, Josie (husband, Brad) Shamhart of
Wheeler and Glenda (husband, Dennis) Slone of Effingham; son-in-law, Richard
Gottschalk of Aurora; brother, Eugene (wife, Vivian) Robertson of Altamont; five
grandchildren, Andrew (wife, Kinder) Shamhart, Debbie (husband, Bill) Barlock,
Nick Slone, Jenna Slone and Alexis Gottschalk and one great-grandchild, Erin
Barlock. She was preceded in death by her parents; daughter, Sharon Gottschalk
and brother, Lincoln Robertson.
The State Journal-Register 08/30/2009
James Layton "Jim" Higginbotham Sr.
(1939-2009) IL/TX
WHITEWRIGHT, TEXAS - James "Jim" Layton Higginbotham Sr., 70,
of Whitewright, Texas died Wednesday, August 5, 2009, in Sherman, Texas after
several heart attacks. He was born March 29, 1939 in Salem, to Orville A. "Bob"
and Dorothy E. Markham Higginbotham. He was preceded in death by his father in
1942 and his stepfather, Ora Lee Guyott in 1959. He married Ann Louise Finke in
1959; they divorced and she survives in Forney, Texas. He then married Claire
Bocardo on April 1, 2008; she survives in Whitewright, Texas. He is also
survived by his three children, Jim (Joyce), Julee (fiance, Jeff Kirkpatrick),
both of St. Louis and Jennifer (Darrell) Phillips of Austin, Texas; one
grandson, Zairen Atlas Phillips; his four stepchildren; his mother, Dorothy
Guyott of Springfield; brother, Larry Higginbotham of San Jose; two nieces, Lisa
(Mickey) Bailey of Alabama and Angelina (Darrel) Williams of Pekin; two half
brothers; one aunt, Fay Mack of Ohio; and several great-nieces, great-nephews,
and cousins. He was raised in Flora and graduated from Flora High School. While
in Flora he was a member of McCabe Chapel (Baptist). He then graduated from SIU
with a degree in accounting and then attended University of Illinois in
Urbana-Champaign Law program. While in Murphysboro he was a member of the
Presbyterian Church. He was comptroller for Pautler Construction of Chester for
many years. He then worked as a security guard in Texas. Later he worked as a
furniture marker, which was one of his greatest loves. Cremation rites were
accorded in Texas. Private services will be held in Illinois at a later date.
Memorial contributions may be made to the family to purchase and plant trees at
the family's home area. Please send condolences and contributions to Julee
Higginbotham, 2306 Yeoman Ave., St. Louis, MO 63114.
Herald News 01/21/2010
Rose Olinda Trione Higginbotham
(1925-2009) IL
Rose Olinda Higginbotham nee Trione Age 84, passed away
December 5, 2009 in Zion, IL. She was born February 19, 1925 in Collinsville,
IL. to the late John and Gertrude (nee Neuenschwander) Trione. She resided in
Waukegan most of her life. Rose was retired from the editing department of the
Chicago Sun-Times. She is survived by a daughter-in-law Doris Higginbotham;
granddaughter Donna (Larry) Rawn; great grandson Timothy Rawn. Also one sister
Mary (late Augustus) Knorr; a brother-in-law Arthur (Sylvia) Higginbotham and
numerous nieces, nephews, great nieces and great nephews. Preceded in death by
her husband, William; siblings Emil (Agnes) Malfatti, George (Lois) Malfatti,
Dorothy (late Edward) McCarthy and a step-sister Frances (late Albert)
Strickland. All friends and relatives are invited to gather at the funeral home
on Saturday, January 23, 2010, from 9:30 a.m. until the memorial service begins
at 10:30 a.m. Inurnment will follow at Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Joliet. In lieu of
flowers, memorials in her name to the American Diabetes Association or the
National Kidney Foundation would be appreciated. FRED C. DAMES FUNERAL HOME 3200
Black at Essington Rd., Joliet.
Rock Island Argus, March 18, 2010
Roger Dean Hickenbottom
(1943-2010) IA/IL
Funeral services for Roger D. Hickenbottom, 66, Moline, are 11
a.m. Monday at Van Hoe Funeral Home, East Moline.
Burial is at National Cemetery, Arsenal Island, where the East Moline American
Legion Post 227 will conduct military honors. Visitation is 4-8 p.m. Sunday at
the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the family.
Roger died Wednesday, March 17, 2010.
He was born Sept. 24, 1943, in Fairfield, Iowa, the son of Joseph and Minnie
Gohn Hickenbottom. He married Judith Vest on Aug. 3, 1974, in East Moline.
Roger served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War. He retired in 1993 from
John Deere Harvester Works, East Moline, after 30 years of service. In 1994, he
went to work as a courier for Metropolitan Lab until 2006. He then worked at the
East End Boulder's Club in Moline until 2009, when his health began failing.
Roger had driven stock car No. 505 in the 1960s in Davenport and in Sterling,
Ill. He was an avid NASCAR fan, attending many races and his favorite driver was
Dale Earnhardt Jr. Roger loved spending time with friends and his grandchildren.
He especially enjoyed watching his grandson Trenton race at the BMX Track in
East Moline. Roger was a member of the Moline Vikings, East End Boulder's Club
and the Friends Circle Club.
Survivors include his wife of 35 years, Judy; daughter and son-in-law, Amy and
Shane Jackson, Moline; stepson, Tim Vest, East Moline; grandchildren, Donald
Vest, Chase Harmoning, Seth Jackson, Trenton Jackson and Tessa Jackson; brother
and sister-in-law, Donald and Beverly Hickenbottom, Fairfield; sister, Thelma
Daily, Sigourney, Iowa; and numerous nieces and nephews. He was preceded in
death by an infant son, David Duane; his parents; a sister, Lois; and his
brother, Fern.
Mt. Vernon Register-News 04/06/2010
Martha L. Higganbotham Dock (1920-2010) IL/MO
MT. VERNON — Martha L. Dock, age 90, of Lee’s Summit, Mo., and
formerly of Kell, passed away at 2:20 p.m. Thursday, April 1, 2010, at Lee’s
Summit Medical Center. She was born in LaSalle on March 21, 1920, the daughter
of Herschel and Julia Ann (Hill) Higgonbotham. On May 17, 1940, she married
Irvie William Dock in Troy Grove, and he preceded her in death on Nov. 11, 1980.
Martha was Postmaster at Kell until her retirement and spent her retirement time
quilting with the ladies quilting group at Donoho Prairie Christian Church and
making afghans for family and friends. She was a longtime member of Donoho
Prairie Christian Church until moving to Lee’s Summit, Mo., where she became a
member of Calvary Chapel Church. Martha is survived by son, Robert Gene Dock
and wife Sharon of Marion and daughter, Marcia Ann Hudson of Lee’s Summit, Mo.;
nine grandchildren, Tim Dock of Marion, David (Melody) Dock of Colorado Springs,
Colo., Allen (Susie) Dock of Columbia, S.C., Jewleigh Wantland of Arnold, Mo.,
Allyssia and Mike Hudson of Lee’s Summit, Mo., and Sheree (Robert) Morrison,
Mike (Kim) Dock, Jimmy Dock, all of Mt. Vernon; 11 great-grandchildren; and one
great-great-granddaughter. She was preceded in death by her parents; one son,
Jerry Dock; and one great-grandson, Michael S. Morrison A memorial service will
be held Wednesday at 11 a.m. at Donoho Prairie Christian Church with Pastor
Wayne Tate officiating; burial will follow at Donoho Prairie Cemetery. As per
the family’s wishes there will be no visitation. Memorials may be made to the
Donoho Prairie Ladies Quilting group and will be accepted at the church.
The Dispatch (Moline, Illinois) 5/18/2010
Robert J. Hickenbottom (1943-2010) IA/IL
Robert J. Hickenbottom, 67, Moline, are 10 AM Friday at Van Hoe Funeral Home
Ltd., East Moline. Private family committal will be at a later date at Rock
Island Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation is 4-7PM Thursday at the funeral home.
Robert died Sunday, May 16, 2010 at Parkview Terrace, East Moline. In lieu of
flowers, a memorial fund has been established.
He was born February 19, 1943 in Fairfield, IA, the son of Fern and Gertrude
(Ross) Hickenbottom. He married Karen Theresa Babinski on April 2, 1988 in
Bettendorf, IA. Robert worked at Thoms Prosler Co., Rock Island and previously
at Chateau Standard and at Jaydon Distributing. He enjoyed camping and NASCAR
and loved working in the yard. He was a member of the Friends Circle Club,
Moline.
Survivors include his children and their spouses; James and Debbie Hickenbottom,
East Moline, Christy and Greg Vols, East Moline and Kathleen and Dan Willits,
Milan, seven grandchildren, 4 great grandchildren a brother and sister-in-law,
Donald and Deb Hickenbottom of Taylor Ridge, IL, a sister Linda Ristau of Cedar
Rapids, sister-in-law Sharon Babinski, Moline and several nieces and nephews.
He is preceded in death by his parents, a brother Clarence and his uncle Roger
Hickenbottom.
Peoria Journal Star 10/26/2010
Dorothy Joann Williams Hickenbottom
(1932-2010) IL
MACOMB, IL - Joann D. Hickenbottom, age 78, of Macomb,
formerly of Bushnell, passed away at 9:50 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 24, 2010, at
Heartland Health Care Center in Macomb, Ill. She was born July 31, 1932, in
Pittsfield, Ill., to Harvey and Nellie Faxon Williams. She married Charles E.
"Gene" Hickenbottom on April 5, 1953, in Industry, Ill. Joann is survived by her
husband, Gene of Macomb, Ill.; two daughters, Vicky (Jeff) Keever of Media,
Ill., and Cathy (Dan) Dillard of Lisle, Ill.; and one son, Rick (Eileen)
Hickenbottom of Richmond, Va. She is also survived by six grandchildren; two
great-grandchildren; along with two brothers, Dean Williams of Industry, Ill.,
and Carl Williams of Decatur, Ill.; and one sister, Jean Waller of Macomb, Ill.
She was preceded in death by her parents. Joann was a member of the Bushnell
United Methodist Church, where she served as president of the Methodist Women
for many years. She also worked at WIU for 20 years. She loved her grandchildren
and enjoyed attending their school and sporting events. Burial will be in
Bushnell Cemetery.
Chicago Tribune 12/21/2010
Katherine I. Skaggs Higginbottom
(1923-2010) IL
Katherine I. Higginbottom, beloved mother of Elzie Jr.
(Deborah) and Eric (Shontae); loving grandmother of William, Carter, Caroline,
and Parker; adored sister of Vivian Lee, Madaline Skaggs Graves, Roy Skaggs,
Kenneth Skaggs, Joan C. Wells and Sandra Sangster. A Visitation will be held on
Wed., Dec., 22, 2010, 2 to 8 p.m. at Evans Funeral Home Ltd., 6453 S. Ashland
Ave., Chicago, IL. The services will be held Thursday, Dec. 23, 2010, Wake 10:30
a.m. Funeral 11 a.m., at St. Patrick's Catholic Church, 119 North Market Street,
Momence, IL 60954. Interment to follow. In lieu of flowers, please consider a
donation to Higginbottom Family Urgent Car For Kids Center, c/o Mercy Hospital,
2525 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL 60616. For info: 773-925-0800.
Southtown Star 01/07/2011
Harold L. Higginbotham (1919-2010) IL
Higginbotham, Harold L. passed away on Monday, December 27,
2010. He is survived by his sons, Jim Higginbotham and Bill (Mary) Higginbotham;
brother, Paul (Debbie) Higginbotham; sister, Evelyn Moore; grandchildren,
Christine (Jerry) Sager, Julie (Mike) O'Reilly and 11 great grandchildren.
Harold was preceded in death by his wife, Jackie Higginbotham; daughter in law,
Donnalynn Higginbotham and grandson, John Higginbotham.
Decatur Herald & Review 01/16/2011
Allegra Pauline Laughlin Higginbotham (1922-2011)
IN/IL
January 11, 1922 - January 14, 2011
Pauline Higginbotham, 89, of Pana, died January 14, 2011 in Prairie Rose Health
Care Center, Pana. She was born January 11, 1922 in Washington, Indiana, the
daughter of Everett & Jessie Edwards Laughlin. As a young girl, Pauline came to
Rosamond where she graduated high school. She lived in Rosamond & Pana area her
entire life except when she was with her husband when he was in the military.
She was a homemaker and had worked at the Ordinance Plant in Illiopolis. She
loved flowers especially her irises and lilies, was interested in genealogy,
enjoyed reading, sewing and keeping up with current events and her
grandchildren’s activities. She was a member of First United Methodist Church,
Pana. Pauline and Roland “Pete” Higginbotham were united in marriage on July 1,
1943 in Rosamond. She is survived by their children: Debra Clark & husband Roy,
Pana, IL and Daniel Higginbotham & wife Arlene, Homer, IL; 4 grandchildren: Lori
Clark, Chicago, IL; Doug Clark, and significant other Natalie Juhl, DuQuoin, IL;
Lisa Lange & husband Shane, Ripley, TN; Jessica Allen & husband James, Pana ,
IL; sister: Betty Wood, Pana, IL; brother: Gary Laughlin, Herrick, IL and by her
sister-in-law: Maribah Laughlin, Litchfield, IL. She was preceded in death by
her parents, husband on March 31, 1993; granddaughter: Robin Conover; brother
Rev. William “Bill” Laughlin; brother-in-law Don Wood; and sister in law Roberta
Laughlin. Funeral Information Funeral services will be held Monday, January 17,
2011 in McCracken-Dean Funeral Home at 11:00 a.m. with Pastor Joe Mollet
officiating. Burial will be in Mound Cemetery, Pana. Friends may call Sunday
from 4 to 6 p.m. in McCracken-Dean Funeral Home.
Courier News 04/19/2011
Evelyn Rose Higginbotham Young Moore (1923-2011) IL
Evelyn Rose Moore, formerly Evelyn Rose Cline and Evelyn Rose
Young, (nee: Higginbotham), 87 of Elgin was taken back to be with the Lord on
April 17, 2011. She was born September 24, 1923 in Albia, Iowa and resided in
the Elgin area since 1941. She is survived by her children, Billie Collins and
James Young as well as five grandchildren, four great grandchildren and two
great great grandchildren. Also her brother Paul Higginbotham. Graveside
services will be held on Wednesday, April 20, 2011 at Bluff City Cemetery, Elgin
at 1:00 PM. Arrangements were made by Wait Ross Allanson Funeral and Cremation
Services - Elgin Chapel. Funeral info 847-742-2100.
12/15/2011
Ruth Merrie Hickenbottom Skroch (1921-2012) IL/WI
MILWAUKEE - Ruth Merrie Hickenbottom Skroch, 90, of Milwaukee, formerly of
Lerna, died at 1 p.m. Wednesday (Dec. 14, 2011) at Birchwood Health Center in
Milwaukee. Arrangements are incomplete in Milwaukee. She was born Aug. 12, 1921,
in Pleasant Grove Township, the daughter of Hugh and Della Neer Hickenbottom.
She married Marcel Skroch in 1945; he died in 2005. Survivors include four
brothers, Cleone Hickenbottom, Don Hickenbottom, Arthur Hickenbottom, and Ike
Hickenbottom, all of Charleston. She was also preceded in death by six brothers
and two sisters. Mrs. Skroch was formerly employed with Briggs and Stratton. She
was of the Catholic faith.
01/27/2012
Mildred Lois Chambers
Hickenbottom (1919-2012) IL
Mildred Lois Hickenbottom, 92, of Bickford Cottage, Macomb,
formerly of Table Grove, passed away at 7:10 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012, at
Bickford Cottage. She was born on Nov. 1, 1919 in Farmers Township, Fulton
County, Illinois to Oma and Essie France Chambers. She married Isaac Wesley
Hickenbottom on Feb. 3, 1942 in Kahoka, Mo. He passed away on Dec.19, 1997. She
is also preceded in death by her parents and one sister, Marjorie Gilmore. She
is survived by two sons, Gail Hickenbottom of West Des Moines, Iowa and Loren
(Rowena) Hickenbottom of Farmington; two grandchildren, Greg (Vicki)
Hickenbottom and Kimberly Sue (Mark) Peterson; four great-grandchildren, Haley
Beth Peterson, Benjamin Cole Peterson, Keith Alan Hickenbottom and Ryan Scott
Hickenbottom; one sister, Dorothy (George) Heller of Table Grove; and several
nieces and nephews. Mildred lived all of her life in the Table Grove area,
before residing a short time at Bickford Cottage. She was a member of
Homemaker’s Extension Association and attended North Hickory Grove School and
graduated from Table Grove Community High School. Funeral services will be held
at 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 29, 2012 at Clugston-Tibbitts Funeral Home in Macomb with
Pastor Victor Randle officiating. Visitation will be held one hour prior to
services at the funeral home. Burial will be in Harris Cemetery in Table Grove.
Memorials may be made to the Table Grove Fire and Rescue Squad.
Journal Gazette & Times-Courier 05/08/2012
Kitty June Barkley Higginbotham (1931-2012) IL
MARTINSVILLE - Kitty J. Higginbotham, 80, of Martinsville died
at 1:25 p.m. Sunday (May 6, 2012) at Union Hospital in Terre Haute, Ind. The
funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Pearce Funeral Home in Marshall with
the Rev. Billie Ray Ulrey officiating. Burial will be at Marshall Cemetery.
Visitation will be 4-8 p.m. today (May 8) and 7-10:30 a.m. Wednesday at the
funeral home. She was born June 12, 1931, in Clark County, the daughter of
Clarence and Catherine Wyrick Barkley. She married Clifford Higginbotham in
1950; he survives. Other survivors include one son, Steven Higginbotham of
Lerna; two brothers, Frank Barkley of Terre Haute, Ind., and Tom Barkley of
Marshall; and one sister, Janet Angle of Marshall. She was preceded in death by
two brothers and one sister. Mrs. Higginbotham was formerly employed with Auburn
Township. She was a member of First Christian Church and Burnsides Guild, both
of Marshall. Memorials may be made to the Oblong Christian Children's Home or
the America Heart Association.
6/1/2012
Gage Andrew Higginbotham
(1998-2012) IL
Gage, 14, the son of Randy and Machelle (Painter)
Higginbotham, died at his residence. He was a student at Hutsonville Grade
School and loved to farm with his dad and grandpa.
He is survived by his parents; a sister, Saja; paternal grandparents, Robert
"Bob" and Rosalee (Kenderdine) Higginbotham; maternal grandparents, William
Herman snd Majorie Ann (Tiffany) Painter; and aunts, uncles, cousins, and
friends.
The State Journal-Register 06/09/2012
Dorothy E. Markham Higginbotham Guyott (1918-2012) IL
SPRINGFIELD - Dorothy E. Guyott, 94, of Springfield, died at
9:30 a.m. Thursday, June 7, 2012 at Oak Terrace Nursing Home. She was born
February 24, 1918 in Wayne County, IL to James E. and Estella Johanna Bewig
Markham. She married Orville A. Higginbotham, Sr. on June 18, 1938 and he
preceded her in death on June 13, 1942. She married Ora Lee Guyott on February
14, 1947 and he preceded her in death on June 30, 1959. Dorothy is also preceded
in death by her parents, a son, James L. Higginbotham, Sr., two brothers, Neal
E. and Glenn J. Markham and two sisters, Edna C. Myers and Mildred Cook. Dorothy
has been a resident of Springfield since 1959. She worked at Horace Mann as a
Tech Clerk and Kardiveyer Operator and retired in 1984 after 25 ½ years of
service. Dorothy was a member of Springfield Southern Baptist Church since 1959
as well as a member of the Women's Missionary Unit and Church Choir for over 25
years. She attended McKinnley High School in St. Louis from 1932-1934 and was a
member of the OES - Job's Daughters in St. Louis. She was a 1936 graduate of
Carter-Standford Township High School in Flora. Dorothy was very active in the
community belonging to several clubs, including Lilla Rebekah Lodge #63, F.O.E.
Aux. #437 since 1971, Wesley United Methodist Church "Young At Heart" Bunco
Club, Double Nickel Club at Third Presbyterian, over 50 years member of Farm
Bureau in Clay and Sangamon Counties, A.A.R.P. Sangamon County Chapter #195
since 1985, Salvation Army Home League and Friendship Club, Senior Center
Activities and Pinochle Club for over 20 years, Mosaic Missions, Gold Club
Memorial Medical Center, Women's Health Advantage M.M.C., St. John's Third Age
Living, Women's Democratic Club, Children International Mission, Kansas City,
MO, Seamstress for Mary Bryant Home for the Blind since 1970, Retired Eagles
Activity Club #437, Retired Senior Volunteer Program (R.S.V.P.) since 1976, 4-H
Club in Wayne County, Former member of New Zion General Baptist Church and
McCabe Chapel. Surviving are a son, Larry K. Higginbotham of Lincoln, three
step-daughters, Shirley (Gerald) Bushue of Granite City, Elizabeth (Nolan)
Venable of Flora and Gertrude Guyott Guhl of Ohio, three step-sons, Edwin Lee
(Arydean) Guyott of Missouri, Hollis Harold Higginbotham of Elyria, OH and
Orville A. Higginbotham, Jr. of Odessa, TX, five grandchildren, eight
great-grandchildren, several step-grandchildren, several step great
grandchildren, a sister, Fay Mack of Carey, OH, several nieces and nephews, four
foster children or medical sponsor of Ayat Ismail Zughair of Hebron, Hiba
Ibrahim A/Fool and Sahar Na'eem Kabajeh both of Gaza and Melinda Biescar of the
Philippines, Visitation: 4 - 7 p.m. Monday, June 11, 2012 at Staab Funeral Home.
Funeral Service: 11 a.m. Tuesday, June 12, 2012 at Staab Funeral Home with
Pastor Michael Keppler officiating. Graveside service will be at 4 p.m. Tuesday,
June 12, 2012 at Elmwood Cemetery in Flora, IL. Memorials may be made to the
Lilla Rebekah Lodge #63 in Springfield or F.O.E. Aux, #437 in Springfield.
Chicago Suburban Daily Herald 07/06/2012
Patricia McCarl Higginbotham (ca1934-2012) IL
Des Plaines - Patricia Higginbotham (nee McCarl), 78, formerly
of Chicago, Ill., passed away on Wednesday, July 4, 2012. She was the loving
mother of the late Leslie (Thomas) Washburn; cherished grandmother of Donovan
(Denise), Joshua, Dustin Wagner, Katie (Dave) Lawrence and Lindsay (Patrick)
Gilbertson; and proud great-grandmother of McKenna, Holden and Matthew.
Visitation will be Sunday, July 8, beginning at 3 until 8 p.m. at G.L. Hills
Funeral Home, 745 Graceland Ave., Des Plaines, Ill. A funeral service will be
Monday, July 9, beginning at 10 a.m. at the funeral Home. Interment will be in
Memory Gardens Cemetery, Arlington Heights, Ill. Memorials may be to Leslie
Hope's Hope for underprivileged children. For information, please call 847
699-9003.
Peoria Journal Star 11/07/2012
Bonnie R. Schunk Higginbotham (1941-2012) IL
PEORIA- Bonnie R. Higginbotham, 71, of Peoria, died at 2:57 AM
on Tuesday November 6, at Methodist Medical Center in Peoria. She was born on
April 27, 1941, in Peoria, to Paul and Verna (Light) Schunk. Shortly after
graduating from Manual High School in Peoria, she married James T. Higginbotham
on September 2, 1960 in Peoria. Surviving are her husband James, daughter; Vicki
(Leslie) Claussen, grandson; Luke Hedgepath, niece; Libby Schunk, all of Peoria,
and nephew; Jay Schunk, of Metamora. She was preceded in death by her parents,
and a brother Lonnie Schunk. Bonnie really enjoyed spending time with her family
and was always considered a people person. She was a good worker putting in many
years as an insurance agent at Fortner Insurance. She also liked taking bus
trips to casinos where she would be hostess for the trip. Memorial Visitation
will be on Monday November 12, from 4-6 PM at the Wilton Mortuary in Peoria.
Memorials may be made to the American Lung Association.
The Lincoln Courier 04/05/2013
Larry Keith Higginbotham (1941-2013) OH/IL
LINCOLN - Larry Keith Higginbotham, 71, of Lincoln, passed
away Wednesday, April 3, 2013 at St. John's Hospice in Springfield, IL. Larry
was born July 2, 1941 in Youngstown, Ohio, the son of Orville Robert "Bob" and
Dorothy Estelle (Markham) Higginbotham. He married Rosalie Olivetti on September
8, 1962. She preceded him in death on March 30, 2001. Visitation will be from
12:00 Noon until 1:00 PM on Saturday, April 6, 2013 at Holland Barry & Bennett
Funeral Home in Lincoln. Funeral services will be at 1PM on Saturday also at the
funeral home. Burial will follow in Green Hill Cemetery, San Jose, IL. Larry was
a member of the Masonic Lodge #156 in Delavan, IL. He was the owner of Olde
Timey Creations in San Jose, IL. with his wife for many years. Survivors
include: his daughters Lisa (Mickey) Bailey of Fyffe, AL and Angelina (Darrel)
Williams of Pekin, IL.; 7 grandchildren and 7 great grandchildren also survive.
He was preceded in death by his parents, his wife Rosalie, and his brother James
"Jim" Higginbotham. Memorials may be made to Parkinson's Disease Research and
will be accepted at the funeral home.
07/05/2013
Duane Lee Higginbotham
(1938-2013) FL/IL
Visitation for Duane L. "Hig" Higginbotham, 73, of Bonfield,
will be from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. today at the Clancy-Gernon-Hertz Funeral Home,
west Kankakee. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at Bonfield
First United Methodist Church. The Rev. Mel Nielsen will officiate. In lieu of
flowers, memorials may be made to Hospice of Kankakee Valley, or to the Bonfield
First United Methodist Church. He passed away Wednesday (July 3, 2013) at
Riverside Medical Center, Kankakee. Mr. Higginbotham was a retired operating
engineer with Local 150. He was born Aug. 28, 1939, in Brooksville, Fla., the
son of Terry C. and Laura Lee Higginbotham. He was a Bonfield Village Board
trustee, a former Bonfield Lions member, and Masonic Lodge 32nd degree Past
Master of Kankakee Lodge 389. He enjoyed hunting and fishing. He loved golfing.
Surviving are his wife, the former Carol Magruder, of Bonfield, whom he married
March 16, 1958, at the Bonfield First United Methodist Church; one son, Terry
Higginbotham (RoseLynn Kenny), of Oakhurst, Calif.; two daughters, Laurie
Randazzo (Brent Wilson), of Bourbonnais, and Lee Anne and Sam Kenley, of Rolla,
Mo.; seven grandchildren and four great-grandchildren; one brother and
sister-in-law, Joseph and Cindy Higginbotham, of Ottawa; and several nieces and
nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents and one brother, Durwood.
Chicago Suburban Daily Herald 09/10/2013
Nancy J. Higginbotham Gunther
(1957-2013) IL
Nancy J. Gunther (nee Higginbotham) was born October 2, 1957
in Oak Park, Illinois, and passed away September 6, 2013 at her Roselle home.
She was the Beloved wife of Steven J. Loving mother of Tiffany (Sam) Pepe.
Beloved daughter of Marcia and the late Jack Higginbotham. Proud grandmother of
Skyla Pepe, Dalayna Pepe and Lyliana Pepe. Dear sister of Darlyl (Dominic)
Incavo and Joellyn Duchene. Fond aunt of many nieces and nephews. In lieu of
flowers, donations to the American Cancer Society. Family and friends to gather
Wednesday, Sept. 11th for memorial visitation 11:30AM until time of service
12-Noon at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, 1800 Rodenburg Rd.,
Schaumburg. Arrangements by DuPage Cremations, Ltd. and Memorial Chapel,
630-293-5200.
12/16/2013
Cleone Robert Hickenbottom
(1917-2015) IL
Cleone Robert "Bud" Hickenbottom, 95, of Charleston, passed
away Sunday, December 15, 2013 at Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center, Mattoon.
His funeral will be held at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, December 18, 2013 at the
Caudill-King Funeral Home with Pastor Mike Southards officiating. Burial will
follow in Roselawn Cemetery, Charleston. Visitation will be one hour prior to
the service at the funeral home. Memorials may be directed to: Eastern Illinois
Foodbank.
Bud was born December 21, 1917 in Pleasant Grove Twp, Coles Co., Illinois, son
of Hugh and Della (Neer) Hickenbottom. He married Edna Beatrice Pforr on May 25,
1939 in Rockville, Parke County, Indiana. She died December 15, 1976 in
Charleston. He then married Berndina Marie Day on June 26, 1977 in Charleston;
she survives. Also surviving is his son, Leslie R. (Kathy) Hickenbottom of
Charleston and daughter, Roberta Ann (Harold "Butch") Hamilton of Mattoon. Three
granddaughters, Connie (Lee) Spaniol of Lerna, Cindy Huckstep of Charleston, and
Candi (Trent) Walker of New Orleans, Louisiana. One great-grandson, three
great-granddaughters, and one great-great-granddaughter. Also surviving are
brothers, Ike, Art, and Don, all of Charleston. Preceding him in death were his
parents, brothers, Eldon, Will, Fay, Ray, Tom, and Joe; sisters, Katherine
Hickenbottom, Ruth Skroch, and Edna Hardy.
Bud was employed at the Brown Shoe Company in Charleston for several years, had
a T.V. repair shop, and was a self-employed painter and wallpaper hanger before
his retirement. His hobbies included camping, gardening, and woodworking.
He was a member of The First Christian Church in Charleston and a longtime
member of the Charleston Moose Lodge.
02/03/2014
Isaac F. Hickenbottom
(1924-2014) IL
CHARLESTON -- Isaac “Ike” F. Hickenbottom, 89, of Charleston,
passed away at 3:06 a.m. Monday, February 3, 2014 at Charleston Rehabilitation
and Health Care Center. The funeral service honoring his life will be held at
12:00 p.m. (Noon) Friday, February 7, 2014 at the Caudill-King Funeral Home.
Burial with military rites by Paul McVey V.F.W. Post #1592 will follow in Mound
Cemetery, Charleston. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the
funeral home. In lieu of flowers, the family will appreciate donations to the
charity of their choice or the Charleston V.F.W. Ike was born November 21, 1924
to Hugh and Della (Neer) Hickenbottom at their residence in Lerna, IL. He
married Mary Rauch on March 22, 1945 in Louisville, Kentucky; she survives. Also
surviving are their children, Jerry Hickenbottom of Charleston and Patricia
Nichols of Grayson, GA; one granddaughter, Michelle Champagne and husband Casey
of Milledgeville, GA; two brothers, Don and Arthur of Charleston. He was
preceded in death by his parents, seven brothers, and three sisters. He was a
farmer for many years, a carpenter for Don Hickenbottom Home Construction, and
retired from Eastern Illinois University Grounds Department as an equipment
operator. Ike proudly served his country during World War II in the29th Infantry
Division, earning the Purple Heart for an injury he received in France, and the
Oak Leaf Cluster for injuries he received in Belgium. He was a lifetime member
of the Disabled American Veterans.
2/14/2014
Alta Irene Higgenbotham Wolf (1933-2014) IL
Alta Irene Wolf, 80, 0f Springfield died at 10:50 pm Thursday,
February 13, 2014 at Memorial Medical Center.
She was born on December 16, 1933 in Effingham, IL to Bernard and Vesta Shadwell
Higgenbotham. She married Robert John Wolf on May 11, 1957.
She was preceded in death by her parents; two sisters, Stella Aten and Janet
Light; two brothers, Bernie and Robert Higgenbotham; infant son, Anthony Wolf;
sisters-in-law and brothers-in-law, Joan Donath, Gene Donath and Paul and Jackie
Wolf.
She is survived by her husband, seven daughters, Theresa (Reg Dunham) Webber and
Mary (Bill) Brown, both of Springfield, Barbara (Preston) Correll of Ashland,
Angela Mae Hamrick of Springfield, Kathy Wolf of Vandalia, MO, Judy (Neil
Hervey) Wolf and Christine Wolf, both of Springfield; three sons, Paul R. Wolf
and John E. Wolf, both of Springfield and Timothy A. (Fred) Wolf-Nunez of San
Diego, CA; thirteen grandchildren; fifteen great grandchildren; two brothers,
Marvin (Ruby) Higgenbotham of Effingham and Glenn (Ella) Higgenbotham of Joliet
and several nieces and nephews.
Alta was a member of Church of the Little Flower and 4th degree Knights of
Columbus Ladies Auxiliary. She was an election judge. She enjoyed word find
puzzles, was an avid reader and a Cubs and Notre Dame Fan. She worked for six
years at the Cambridge Inn and was also a homemaker.
Memorial Gathering: 9:30-11:30 am Thursday, February 20, 2014 at Church of the
Little Flower.
Memorial Mass: 11:30 am Thursday, February 20, 2014 at Church of the Little
Flower with Monsignor John Ossola officiating. Burial will follow at Camp Butler
National Cemetery.
Memorials may be made to your choice of favorite children's charity
organization.
A special Thank You to the Staff at Heritage Health in Springfield and ICU at
Memorial Medical Center for the care given to Alta Irene Wolf.
03/30/2014
Aaron Eugene Higginbotham (1933-2014) IL
Born: August 17, 1933 Died: March 27, 2014 Visitation: Sunday,
March 30, 2014 from 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm Michaels Funeral Home, 800 S. Roselle
Road, Schaumburg Celebration of Life Service: Monday, March 31, 2014 at 10:00 am
Interment: Immediately following service at Memorial Gardens Cemetery,
Arlington Heights, IL.
www.Saukvalley.com (Sterling, IL)- April 15, 2014
Wesley Jane Higginbotham Ommen
(1928-2014) AL/IL
W. Jane Ommen,was born June 13, 1928, in Alabama, the daughter
of Wesley and Lula (Mott) Higginbotham. She married Lloyd Ommen on Oct. 21,
1942, in Alabama. He preceded her in death in 1998.
Surviving are daughters, Jan (John) Tarner and Deena (Mike) Bushaw and six
grandchildren.
She also was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; four brothers, two
sisters, and one grandson.
Journal Gazette (Mattoon, Illinois) 4/29/2014
Donald Victor Hickenbottom
(1933-2014) IL
Charleston - Donald V. "Don" Hickenbottom, age 80, of
Charleston passed away on Saturday, April 26, 2014 at Sarah Bush Lincoln Health
Center. Graveside services celebrating his life will be held at 3:00 p.m. on
Wednesday, April 30, 2014 at Mound Cemetery in Charleston with Reverend Adrian
Lamkin officiating. In lieu of flowers Don's family requests that memorial gifts
in his honor be made to Adams Funeral Chapel - a special fund for his family.
Gifts may be mailed to Adams Funeral Chapel, 2330 Shawnee, Charleston, IL 61920.
Don was born on May 1, 1933 in Coles County, Illinois, the
thirteenth child of Hugh and Della (Neer) Hickenbottom. He married Ruth Biggs on
March 20, 1952 and they have shared sixty-two years of marriage and friendship.
In addition to Ruth, he is survived by three loving and
devoted children, Donna Eagleton and her husband Tod of Erie, Pennsylvania, Jim
Hickenbottom and his wife JoEllen of Charleston and Sara Conley and her husband
Stu of Fayetteville, North Carolina; four grandchildren, Bradley McDonald and
his wife Linda, Jeremy Hickenbottom and his wife Laura, Jason Hickenbottom and
his wife Meagan and Emma Conley; four great-grandchildren, Teja, Brianna,
Brooklyn and Quintin; one brother, Art Hickenbottom of Charleston.
In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by eight
brothers and three sisters.
Don will be remembered as a quality builder. Prior to Don and
Ruth starting Hickenbottom Construction and Landscape Company, he was employed
for several years by the Reasor Corporation. Don and his company developed and
built many fine homes in Charleston, their reputation for quality & integrity
was instrumental in their expanded success throughout the Central Illinois area.
Don was a man whose family always came first, one whose many friendships were
treasured and one blessed with professional success.
Belleville News-Democrat 06/12/2014
Helen J. McNatt Higginbotham (1919-2013) IL
Helen J. Higginbotham, nee McNatt, 94, of Pocahontas died
Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2013. Visitation from 1 to 2 p.m. Saturday, June 21, 2014 at
the funeral home. Memorial service 2 p.m. Saturday, June 21, 2014, at the
funeral home. Burial in Robinson Cemetery, Pocahontas. Spengel-Boulanger Funeral
Home, Highland.
Journal Gazette (Mattoon, Illinois) 10/24/2014
Clifford William Higginbotham
(1927-2014) IL
Clifford W. Higginbotham, 87, of Martinsville, died at
4:50 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2014, at Union Hospital in Terre Haute, Ind.
Services in honor of his life will be at 10 a.m. Monday at
Pearce Funeral Home in Marshall with Pastor Billie Ray Ulrey officiating. Burial
with military honors by American Legion Post 515 will be at Marshall Cemetery.
Visitation will be 3-7 p.m. Sunday and 7 a.m. until service time Monday at the
funeral home.
He was born Oct. 5, 1927, in Clark County, the son of Ormal
and Opal Alexander Higginbotham. He married Kitty Barkley in 1950; she died in
2012.
Survivors include one son, Steven Higginbotham of Lerna; five
brothers, Chester Higginbotham of Paris, Floyd Higginbotham of Marshall, Charles
Higginbotham, Gene Higginbotham, and Robert Higginbotham, all of Martinsville;
and two sisters, Hazel Austin of Robinson, and Rosemary Linton of Paris.
He was also preceded in death by one sister.
Mr. Higginbotham served in the U.S. Army in the Korean War. He
was formerly employed in construction; for the railroad; as a Pioneer seed corn
salesman; and as a farmer. He was a member of the American Legion Post #515 of
Martinsville, the Farm Bureau and the Antique Power Club.
Memorials may be made to the Clark County 4H Foundation.
11/11/2014
James Marshall Higginbotham (1939-2014) IL
April 24, 1939 - November 9, 2014
James M. Higginbotham, November 9, 2014, age 75 Beloved father
of Jamie (Lucy) Higginbotham,
Heidi Higginbotham, Holly (Paul) Zawacki, Bradley Higginbotham and the late
Suzanne Higginbotham. Dear
Grandfather of Ethan Higginbotham, Brother of Mary Beaven, Uncle of Mark and
Carey.
Visitation Thursday 3:00-8:00PM at the Wm. H. Scott Funeral Home 1100 Greenleaf
Ave. Wilmette, IL 60091
Funeral Friday November 14, 2014 at 1:30PM at Kenilworth Union Church 211
Kenilworth Ave. Kenilworth, IL 60043
Interment Memorial Park Cemetery.
12/16/2014
Joseph A. Higginbotham
(1936-2014) IL
Joseph A. Higginbotham, 78, of Ottawa, formerly of Bonfield,
passed away Monday, December 15, 2014 at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Ottawa.
He was born on March 15, 1936 in Evergreen Park to Terry and Laura (Lee)
Higginbotham.
Joseph married Vera Ingram on November 3, 1957 in Iroquois. She preceded him in
death on February 23, 2000.
He married Cynthia Reynolds on December 28, 2002 in Bonfield. Cynthia survives
in Ottawa.
Joseph enjoyed golfing, bowling, fishing and hunting. He retired from Vulcan
Materials (formerly Lehigh Quarry) after 40 years. Joseph was the founder of the
Salina Fire Department, where he served as chief for 13 years. He was a Mason,
as well as a past Board of Trustees member for the Village of Bonfield.
He is survived by his wife; two sons Richard Gaffield of Bonfield and Richard
(Shannon) Persinger of Ottawa; four daughters Vickie Gaffield of Bonfield,
Danette (Tim) Sparenberg of Limestone, Vanessa (Allen) Longtin of Bonfield and
Lori (Lee) Ryan of Ottawa; thirteen grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
Joseph was preceded in death by two brothers, Durwood and Duane Higginbotham.
Burial at Bonfield Cemetery.
St. Louis
Post-Dispatch 02/25/2015
Higginbotham, Nancy C. (nee Starnes) born June 28 1932 in East Saint
Louis, Illinois. Died peacefully on February 19, 2015 surrounded by
family, in Saint Louis, Missouri. Daughter of Claude C. Starnes and
Beatrice A. Graham. Dear sister of Jeanne Beatty and Alene Foster
(deceased). Loving mother of Lee Ann Higginbotham (Stan Piekarski)
and Gary Scott (Valarie) Higginbotham. Beloved grandmother of Lydia
Piekarski and Alexander Piekarski. Services: Memorial celebration on
Thursday February 26, 3-7 pm, at Mile 227 Restaurant, 10701 Watson
Road. Private funeral on Saturday February 28 at 1 pm, Our Lady of
Providence Church, 8874 Pardee Road. In lieu of flowers, donations
to Our Lady of Providence Church or St Jude Children's Hospital.
Soar with the angels, mom.
Journal Gazette (Mattoon, Illinois) 3/4/2015
Arthur Eugene Hickenbottom (1928-2015)
IL
Charleston - Arthur Eugene Hickenbottom, 86, of
Charleston, passed away at 1:55 a.m. Monday March 2, 2015 at Casey
Health Center.
His graveside service will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, March 6, 2015
at Roselawn Cemetery, Charleston, with Bret Hammond officiating.
There will be no visitation. Arrangements: Caudill-King.
Art was born May 25, 1928 on the Humboldt farm, son of Hugh and
Della (Neer) Hickenbottom. Surviving are several nieces and nephews,
great-nieces and great-nephews. He was the last surviving sibling of
13 children. A long-time friend, Joann "Goldie" Easton, preceded him
in death.
Art told many interesting stories about his life on the farm as a
child. Running across his boat as it slammed into the dam of the
family farm lake, and catapulting himself across the lake to the
other side, was a favorite tale. That lake is known today as
Meadowlake.
Art was an Army veteran who spent time in Germany during World War
II. At the end of the was, he helped dismantle an SS training
facility.
After returning from Germany, he lived in Milwaukee, WI and was an
usher in the theater of Lucy and Desi Arnaz where he frequently ate
dinner with them. Art then returned to Illinois and was a carpenter,
welder, and foreman at Reasor Corporation. He also had a bulldozer
business.
Art would have wanted to give a special thanks to the Casey Health
Care nurses, especially Connie and Dinah, and staff, especially
Gary, for making the last few months of his life comfortable and
homey.
3/30/2015
Harold G. Higgenbotham (1931-2015) IL
Harold G. Higgenbotham,
84, of Effingham, passed away at 10:15 a.m. on Sunday,
March 29, 2015, at HSHS St. Anthony’s Memorial Hospital
in Effingham.
Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Friday, April 3, 2015,
at Johnson Funeral Home in Effingham, with Curtis L.E.
Graves officiating. Burial will be in Oak Ridge Cemetery
in Effingham. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m.
Thursday at the funeral home.
Memorials may be made to Evergreen Nursing and
Rehabilitation Center in Effingham- Refreshment Activity
Fund, Attn. Jennifer Siebert. Online condolences may be
shared at www.johnsonandsonsfh.com.
Harold was born on February 7, 1931, in Effingham, the
son of Bert and Almedia (Surrells) Higgenbotham. He
married Mary Robertson in 1956 in Effingham, and she
preceded him in death on August 22, 2009.
Harold served in the Illinois National Guard. He was a
member of Effingham Church of Christ. Harold grew up the
youngest of a large family. He was adventurous and
resourceful in his youth. He enjoyed fishing and small
game hunting. In later years he enjoyed visiting with
friends over coffee at local restaurants. He was always
generous and giving of both time and money to friends
and family. Harold enjoyed surprising the residents and
staff with pizza, donuts, and large sheet cakes where he
resided at Evergreen Nursing and Rehabilitation Center.
Harold worked at Best Homes, Effingham Unit 40, and was
the owner and operator of Higgenbotham Septic Systems.
He thought his wife, Mary, was the best thing that ever
happened to him.
Harold is survived by his children, Josie (Brad)
Shamhart of Wheeler, Glenda (Joseph) Gordon of
Belleville, and Harold Higgenbotham of Orlando, FL;
son-in-law, Richard Gottschalk of Aurora; grandchildren,
Andrew (Kinder) Shamhart, Debbie (Bill) Barlock, Nick
Slone, Jenna Slone, and Alexis Gottschalk;
great-grandchildren, Erin Barlock, Will Barlock, Ainsley
Barlock, Karis Shamhart, and Annelie Shamhart.
He was preceded in death by his parents; wife, Mary;
daughter, Sharon Gottschalk; sisters, Gladys Stewart and
Betty Weddle; and brothers, Bernard Higgenbotham,
Charles Higgenbotham, Lester Higgenbotham, Raymond
Higgenbotham, Paul Higgenbotham, and Bill Higgenbotham.
04/13/2015
Glenda Yvonne Fletcher Higginbotham
(1933-2015) IL
Nov 17th, 1933 - Apr 10th, 2015
Marion – Yvonne Higginbotham, 81, passed away peacefully in
her home Friday evening April 10, 2015 surrounded by two of her
sons, Micheal Fletcher and Grady Higginbotham, and her friend and
caregiver, Susan Tackitt. Yvonne was born to Muriel (Hearn) Fletcher
and Delos Fletcher in Williamson County near Dillingham on November
17, 1933. According to Delos, the doctor was late for Yvonne’s
arrival out in the country house and therefore did not charge for
his services! Yvonne has four children: Micheal (Leslie Chatillon)
Fletcher of Corona del Mar, California; Kevin (Patti) Higginbotham
of Plano, Texas; Dawna (and friend Bill Jarvis) Daigle of Park City,
Missouri; and Paul Grady Higginbotham of Marion. She has five
grandchildren, two great grandchildren, and many cousins in the
Williamson County area. Yvonne graduated from Marion High School in
1952, and then from the University of New Hampshire in 1974 with a
Bachelor of Science degree in Hotel Administration. She worked for
the Disney Corporation for 20 years as Catering Manager and Director
of Catering at the Disneyland Hotel in Anaheim, California. Married
to an Air Force pilot, Yvonne was privileged to live in many places
around the world and travel to many exciting and exotic locations,
finding each unique and especially rewarding to her and her family.
In the late 1950s, she along with Micheal and Kevin, lived in
Asmara, Eritrea, Ethiopia where daughter Dawna was born. In the
early 1960s, she lived in Mildenhall, England where son Paul Grady
was born. And finally, from 1968 through 1973, she and her family
lived in Panama, first at Howard Air Force Base, and finally at
Albrook Air Force Base. She was active in the Officers’ Wives Club
and was President from 1970-1971. Stateside, she lived in
Champagne-Urbana, Illinois; Ottumwa, Iowa; Colorado Springs,
Colorado; Omaha, Nebraska; Dayton, Ohio; Portsmouth, New Hampshire;
Laguna Beach, California; and then finally moved back home to Marion
to care for her parents Muriel and Delos Fletcher. Her two oldest
sons, Micheal and Kevin were born in Carbondale at Memorial Hospital
where Olyn Eaton, their grandfather was once a pharmacist, which
makes Illinois very special as well. Yvonne was a member of the
First United Methodist Church in Marion. She was active in the
United Methodist Women, and helped with cooking for the Rotary
Club. Yvonne loved to cook and try out new recipes, and enjoyed
canning her home grown vegetables. Yvonne and her children would
like to thank Susan Tackitt for the love and care she provided these
past several months, and to son Paul Grady for being her family
caregiver. According to Yvonne’s wishes, she will be cremated and
has requested that no services be held at this time. Blue Funeral
Home in Marion is taking care of the arrangements. A small
celebration will be held at First United Methodist Church on Main
Street on Saturday, April 18th from 12:00 – 2:00 PM. In lieu of
flowers, those wishing to make a memorial donation are asked to
contribute to the charity of their choice in her name.
7/3/2015
Wesley William Hickenbottom
(1928-2015) IL
Wesley Hickenbottom, age 87 of Olney, passed away at
his residence at 11:19 AM on Wednesday, July 1, 2015.
Private family graveside service will be held on Friday, July 3,
2015 at 11 AM at Haven Hill Memorial Gardens. Reverend James
Majernik will be officiating.
Wesley was born on April 18, 1928 the son of Allen and Alice
(Hamilton) Hickenbottom. He later married Betty Hickenbottom. She
preceded him in death.
Memorials can be sent to www.marfan.org in Memory of Wesley
Hickenbottom.
Thrasher Family Funeral Home
10/22/2015
Beverly Jean Hendrix Higginbotham (1935-2015) IL
Beverly Jean (Hendrix) Higginbotham, 80, of Paris, passed away at
9:24 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 17, 2015, at her residence. She was a farm
wife, bookkeeper for 25 years at Great Heart Seed and a truck driver
for Higginbotham Farms. Beverly enjoyed volleyball at the YMCA,
bowling, playing cards and attending her children's and
grandchildren's sporting events. She enjoyed cooking and also
providing food for those helping on the farm.. She was an avid
gardener and also canned the different fruits and vegetables she
raised so that they could be enjoyed long after the growing season
was done for the years. She loved animals and taking care of
livestock, spending time caring for cattle and pigs, even bottle
feeding some of the babies and she was always there to help the kids
prepare for the 4-H fair. She enjoyed helping her husband and sons
in the field. Beverly had a great love for children and was
considered the best babysitter ever. She was fond of traveling, and
was able to travel all over the United States, many of those miles
on a Gold Wing. She was a member of the Gold Wing Riders Association
and the Heartland Oliver Collectors Club, along with many other
antique tractor associations. She was an active member of Bell Ridge
Christian Church for 56 years and also the Eunice Club, Ladies Aid,
Little Angels Youth Group, and the van ministry at the church.
Beverly volunteered for the Edgar County Farm Bureau Women's
Committee and Ag in the classroom. She will be remembered as someone
who was always eager to help anyone that needed it. Born Sept. 30,
1935, in Clark Center, she was the daughter of the late Lloyd Walton
and Audrian (Linton) Hendrix. She married Chester Higginbotham on
July 7, 1953, at Five Points Christian Church in Marshall, and
started housekeeping in Puerto Rico while her husband served in the
Air Force. She was preceded in death by two brothers, Harold and
Bill Hendrix; a great-grandson Bo Adams; and one niece, Sue
Claypool.
Chicago Tribune 11/22/2015
Patricia Ann Higginbotham McCann
(1931-2015) WV/IL
Patricia Ann McCann passed away November 20, 2015 at
home in Wilmette following an illness, surrounded by loving family.
Pat was born in 1931 in West Virginia to Carrie and Hansford
Higginbotham. Motivated by her mother's example, Pat achieved
exception accomplishments. By 20, she had earned her degree at Ohio
State, where she met and married her devoted husband, Stephen, at
19. They built a magnificent partnership of nearly 65 years: he
celebrates her many contributions and mourns her loss. When pat was
21, she gave birth to daughter, Kim, followed by son, Craig, 2 years
later. Pat earned a Master's in Christian Education at Garrett
Seminary, followed by an MA in Religion from Northwestern. She then
earned a Ph.D in Educational Administration from Northwestern. She
spent years employed by the Northwestern Alumni Association. Pat
gave her many talents to churches including First Presbyterian
Church of Evanston, where she served in leadership roles. She
supported her her children in pursuits, inspiring them with her
standards of excellence. Kim's children, Jeremiah and Cassandra Hay,
and the children of Craig and his wife, Nancy, Jennifer and Stephen
McCann, likewise received the benefit of her support. Pat held key
roles in the PEO organization; her energy, creativity and sense of
humor were prized. Pat and Steve have been longtime members of the
Michigan Shores Club in Wilmette. Her dedication to others has
touched countless lives. A memorial service will be held Saturday,
December 19 ay 2:00 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church of Evanston.
In lieu of flowers, and wishing to honor her life by making a
charitable donation in her memory are encouraged to do so.
1/2/2016
Opal B. Higginbotham Cutler
(1924-2016) WI/IL
SHELBYVILLE -- Opal B. Cutler, 91, of Rockford, IL, formerly of
Shelbyville, IL, passed away at 9:00 a.m. Friday, January 1, 2016 in
her residence.
Opal was born on January 24, 1924 on the family farm near Sylvan,
Wisconsin. She was the daughter of Everett and Christina (Hanson)
Higginbotham. Opal graduated from the Lone Rock High School in Lone
Rock, WI. Following high school, Opal earned her airplane pilot’s
license. She married William K. Cutler on November 19, 1947 at the
First United Methodist Church in Shelbyville, IL.
Opal and her husband Bill owned and managed the Hilltop Restaurant
in Potosi, WI. As a member of Salem Lutheran Church in Rockford, IL,
she was active in the 3 M’s and Sarah Circle. Opal was very involved
in the Sons of Norway and the Daughters of Valhall, where she served
as president and on the executive board. She was also a member of
the Order of the Eastern Star, where she held the position of Worthy
Matron. Opal volunteered as a tutor at Haskell School and in her
earlier years had been a Girl Scout Leader.
She loved her family and especially enjoyed spending time with her
grandchildren and great grandchildren. Opal enjoyed fishing and
camping, bird watching, bike riding, exercise classes and traveling.
She especially loved her trip to Norway, to return to the family
homestead. She also enjoyed spending winters in Florida.
Opal is survived by her husband of 68 years, William K. Cutler;
daughters, Jacqueline E. (Richard) Jewell and Janet S. (Terry)
Carter; grandchildren, Theresa (John) Norwood, Rich (Lisa) Jewell
and Christina (Jerry) Rudolph; great grandchildren, Katerina
(Steven) Rockwell; Brittany and Grace Jewell, twins, Carter and J.R.
Rudolph and David Rudolph; brother, Dan (Jeanette) Higginbotham; and
several nieces and nephews.
Opal was preceded in death by her parents; brothers, Harold, Lester
and Clarence Higginbotham; and sisters, Bessie Cooper and Letha
Dull.
Special thanks to Dr. Phalen and his nurse Julie, Nancy and Jody,
and also to Hospice Care of America for all of their help on her
journey home.
Funeral services were held in Howe and Yockey Funeral Home,
Shelbyville, IL with Rev. William T. Dahlberg officiating.
Burial was in Glenwood Cemetery, Shelbyville, IL.
Memorials to Salem Lutheran Church, 1629 South Sixth Street,
Rockford, IL 61104.
4/27/2016
Glenn R. Higgenbotham (1941-2016) IL
Glenn Higgenbotham 75, of Joliet, Illinois died April 26, 2016.
Glenn was born April 7, 1941 in Effingham, Illinois to Bernard and
Vesta (Shadwell) Higgenbotham.
He is survived by his wife, Ella of Joliet; A brother, Marvin
Higgenbotham of Farina, Illinois and many nieces and nephews; also
many friends.
Glenn was preceded in death by his parents; three sisters, Stella
Aten, Alta Wolf and Janet Light; two brothers, Bernie and Robert
Higgenbotham.
Following Glenn's wishes he was cremated with memorial services to
be held at a later date.
6/22/2016
Kathleen Ann Sowers Hickenbottom
(1940-2016) IL
Kathleen Ann “Kathy” Hickenbottom, age 76 of Charleston, passed away
in the comfort of her home on Monday, June 20, 2016.
Kathy was born January 22, 1940 near Hidalgo in Jasper County, IL,
one of three children born to the late Jesse Virgil and Delcie
Carolyn (Shepherd) Sowers. She was united in marriage to Leslie
Robert “Les” Hickenbottom on May 8, 1960 at the First Christian
Church in Charleston and they have shared and celebrated 56 years of
marriage and friendship. In addition to Les, those remaining to
cherish her memory are her daughters, Connie Ann Spaniol and husband
Lee of rural Lerna, IL and Cynthia Renee “Cindy” Huckstep of
Charleston; 4 grandchildren, Lauren Elizabeth Spaniol, Kaitlin Ann
Spaniol and fiancé Myles Titus, Kyle Alan Miller and fiancé Emily
Rice, Jessica Lynn Huckstep; 2 great-grandchildren, Jaylen Annamarie
Miller and Benjamin Robert Miller; a brother, Duane (Jeanette)
Sowers of Effingham, IL; and a sister, Peggy Rice of Ft. Wayne, IN.
Kathy was a 1958 graduate of Cumberland High School. She graduated
from Cosmetology School in Paris and was a licensed beautician for
10 years before accepting a position with Consolidated
Communications, Inc. She was employed with Consolidated for 23 years
prior to her retirement in 1993. Growing up, Kathy attended and
placed membership with the Salem Church located near Toledo, IL
where she played the piano and sang in the choir. She was a past
member of the American Business Women’s Association (ABWA) and was
actively involved and served on the Board of the Coles County
Genealogical Society.
Kathy always kept busy with her many needlework, sewing or quilting
projects, working in her flower and vegetable gardens, researching
family genealogy, or spending time in the kitchen cooking family
favorites such as minestrone or pasta fagioli. In addition to her
career, Kathy was a homemaker who took great pride in her home and
family. She was the supportive wife of a firefighter and took care
of their family and home during the many hours Les was at the
station, and helped to maintain a calm and positive atmosphere when
the sirens were heard. She was a loving and giving wife and mother,
and a doting grandmother and great-grandmother whose greatest joy
was spending time with her family. Kathy’s friends and family will
always treasure their many wonderful memories of joyous times
shared.
1/5/2017
Bonnie Marie Higginbotham Griffin
(1922-2017) IL/AZ
Bonnie Marie Griffin, 94 of Mesa, Arizona formerly of Bloomington
passed away Wednesday January 4, 2017 at 12:14 PM at Brookdale
Senior Living in Mesa.
There will be a graveside service for Bonnie on Wednesday January
11, 2017 at 11 AM at Park Hill Cemetery in Bloomington. Pastor Jason
Collins will officiate. Beck Memorial Home in Bloomington is
handling arrangements.
Bonnie was born July 8, 1922 in Franklin, IL to Jesse and Theresa
Whitcomb Higginbotham. She married Robert P. Griffin in Bloomington.
He preceded her in death on July 29, 1972.
She is survived by her three children, Robert D. (Carmen) Griffin of
Mesa, Diana Holbrooks of Dahlonega, GA, and Gary (Socorro) Griffin
of Anaheim Hills, CA, as well as six grandchildren and eleven
great-grandchildren. Bonnie was preceded in death by her parents,
five siblings and one grandson Robert Griffin.
Bonnie worked many years as a waitress. She loved the outdoors and
especially enjoyed bowling, skiing, and backpacking. She and her
husband Robert met while roller skating.
1/16/2017
Norman Lee Hickenbottom (1928-2017) IL
Norman Lee Hickenbottom, 88, of Galesburg, died peacefully at home,
surrounded by family, on Saturday, January 14, 2017.
Norm was born December 15, 1928 in Macomb, the son of Roy Edward and
Gertrude Mae Rutledge Hickenbottom. He married the love of his life
Shirley Faye Ebbert at the Presbyterian Church in Bushnell on June
29, 1947. Norm was an automobile salesman for over 45 years, owning
several different dealerships. He and Shirley were active members of
the Silver Sneakers Club at the YMCA. Norm enjoyed buying old cars
and restoring them; as well as collecting antique toys.
Norm is survived by his wife of 69 years, Shirley of Galesburg;
three children, Brenda Goodman of Galesburg, Michael (Janet)
Hickenbottom of Magnolia, TX, and Mark (Sue) Hickenbottom of
Greenbrier, AR; 6 grandchildren and 8 great grandchildren. He was
preceded in death by his parents and one brother Forrest Leon
Hickenbottom.
Per his wishes cremation rites will be accorded and private family
services will be held. A celebration of life will be held at a later
date. Arrangements have been entrusted to Watson-Thomas Funeral Home
and Crematory, Galesburg. Memorials may be made to the Visiting
Nurses Association (VNA) or to a charity of the donor's choice.
03/24/2017
Paul Grady Higginbotham (1961-2017) England/IL
MARION — Paul Grady Higginbotham, 55, passed away Tuesday March 7,
2017, in his home. Paul was born to Yvonne (Fletcher) Higginbotham
and Paul Grady Higginbotham in Mildenhall, England on July 16, 1961.
Paul is survived by his father, Paul Grady (Phyllis A. Brenner)
Higginbotham of San Antonio, Texas; brother, Michael (Leslie Figge
Chatillon) Fletcher of Newport Beach, California; brother Kevin
(Patti) Higginbotham of Plano, Texas; and sister Dawna (and friend,
Bill Jarvis) Daigle of Park City, Missouri. Paul was a competitive
swimmer excelling at breaststroke. He swam for various teams in
Panama and in California. One could always find him wherever there
was a pool swimming laps and perfecting his turns, including at the
HUB in Marion. Surfing became his passion after moving to
California. Paul graduated from Newport Harbor High School in
Newport Beach, California in 1979. Following a brief stint in the
U.S. Marine Corps, Paul became an accomplished welder working for
several companies in California. Locally, Paul worked as a welder at
Southern Pride, and for various welding shops fabricating and
repairing coal mining equipment. Paul also worked locally helping to
repair and restore pipe organs at several churches throughout
Southern Illinois. More recently, Paul worked as a caretaker at Zion
United Church of Christ and Marion First Christian Church. As his
father was an Air Force pilot, Paul was privileged to have lived in
many places around the world including England and Panama.
Stateside, he lived in Omaha, Nebraska; Dayton, Ohio; Portsmouth,
New Hampshire; El Paso, Texas; and Newport Beach, California. Upon
the death of his grandfather Delos Fletcher in 2003, Paul relocated
to Marion in 2004 to care for his mother, Yvonne (Fletcher)
Higginbotham and Grandmother Muriel (Hearn) Fletcher.
Journal Gazette (Mattoon, Illinois) 4/5/2017
Lillis Maurine Goetz Hickenbottom
(1923-2017) IL
Bethany - Lillis Maurine Hickenbottom, 93, of
Bethany passed away 6:25 a.m. Friday, March 31, 2017 at Eastview
Terrace, Sullivan.
Funeral services will be held 10:00 a.m. Friday, April 7, 2017 at
the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Bethany. Visitation will be held
one hour before the services at the church. McMullin-Young Funeral
Home, Bethany is in charge of arrangements. Burial will be in
Marrowbone Township Cemetery, Bethany. Memorial may be made to the
Alzheimer's Foundation of America.
Lillis was born September 28, 1923 in Bethany, the daughter of
William Edward and Lillis E. (Bone) Goetz. She married Delbert
Richard "Joe" Hickenbottom on December 9, 1944 in Bethany. He
preceded her in death on November 11, 2006. Lillis was a member of
the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Bethany. She enjoyed her
grandchildren, quilting and sewing.
She is survived by her son, Ronald Joe (Suzanne) Hickenbottom of
Sullivan; daughter, Susan Jane (Craig) Tidball of Warsaw, IN.;
sister, Jane Griffith of Moses Lake, WA; 4 grandchildren and 4
great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, and 3 brothers.
Obituary: Mitchell-Jerdan Funeral Home - Mattoon, Illinois
Maxine Berdina Hickenbottom Randolph
(1928-2017) IL
MATTOON- Berdina Randolph, of Mattoon, IL, age 89, passed away on
September 14, 2017 at 3:48 A.M. at Sarah Bush Lincoln Hospital in
Mattoon, IL.
The funeral service celebrating her life will be held at 10:00 A.M.,
Monday, September 18, 2017 at Cumberland Presbyterian Church with
Reverend Adam McReynolds officiating. Burial will follow the service
at Upper Muddy Cemetery in Lerna, IL. Visitation will be held at
Mitchell-Jerdan Funeral Home, 1200 Wabash Avenue, Mattoon, IL 61938,
Sunday evening from 4:00 P.M.-7:00 P.M.
Berdina was born July 30, 1928 in Lerna, IL, the daughter of Eldon
and Alma (Scott) Hickenbottom.
She is survived by her dear husband, Tom Randolph. They were married
October 28, 1950 in St. Charles, MO. Berdina is survived by her
children; two sons, Paul Randolph and wife Gail of Easley, SC, Mike
Randolph and wife Tresa of Mattoon, IL; two daughters, Debra Prahl
of Mattoon, IL, Janice Beals of Mattoon, IL; one son-in-law, Ed
Maynard and wife Scarlet of Neoga, IL; twelve grandchildren, Mark
Maynard and wife Kimi of Anderson, IN, Scott Dow and wife Michelle
of Charleston, IL, Brian Dow of Mattoon, IL, Brittany Wheeler and
husband Martin of Oakland, IL, Tom Beals and wife Nicole of
Charleston, IL, Andy Beals and wife Jenny of Mt. Zion, IL, Tyler
Beals and wife Janarra of Mt. Zion, IL, Megan Randolph of St. Louis,
MO, Shad Randolph and wife Paula of Easley, SC, Autumn Ross and
husband Russ of Easley, SC, Holly Smith of Easley, SC, Lindsey
Medlin and husband Lyle of Pickens, SC; and twenty-two
grandchildren.
She is preceded in death by her daughter Karon Maynard, son-in-law
Donnie Beals, and brother Marvin Hickenbottom.
Berdina’s life was dedicated to her faith and family. She was a
member of Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Trilla, IL. She had a
passion for child evangelism, teaching Sunday school, Five Day Club,
Good News Club, and Church Camp. Berdina cherished her Tuesday’s
with the ladies of The Calendar Club, spending their time by
quilting and socializing.
She was famous within the church for her Maple Squares and would
bring them every Easter Sunday service, causing fellow church
members to hide them just to ensure they were able to enjoy her
famous recipe. She was kind enough to give tutorials in the church
basement for her sought after cinnamon rolls, pies, and chicken
tetrazzini. Mrs. Randolph was a person of faith and lived a life
serving others. She will be greatly missed.
11/5/2017
Billie Elizabeth Higginbotham Reid
(1930-2017) AL/IL
(June 29, 1930 - November 1, 2017)
Billie Reid, age 87 of Lansing, Illinois passed away Wednesday,
November 1, 2017. She is the loving mother of: Sharon (Boyd) Kerley,
Shirley (Ed) Kester, Tim (Laurie) Reid, and Saundra (Gary Campbell)
Clark, and the late Michael Reid. Cherished grandmother of: Mike
Reid, Amy (Jason) Taylor, Jason (Emma) Kester, Josh Kester, Alexa
(Dan Kapitan) Reid, Dan Reid, Samantha (Eric Zaruba) Reid, Tony
(Jennifer) Kerley, Joe Winkiewicz, Lisa (Chet Friesner) Gibson,
Danielle (Brett Kenny) Reid, Timmy Reid, Taylor Reid, Christy (Jim)
Conway, Mandi (Nathan) Poole, and great grandmother of 20. Billie is
also survived by her sister-in-law Mable Higginbotham and many
nieces and nephews. Billie was preceded in death by her beloved
husband Byron Reid, son Michael Reid, parents Robert and Margaret
Higginbotham, brother Robert Higginbotham, Jr., and great
granddaughter Charlotte Kester. Funeral services for Billie will be
held Monday, November 6, 2017 at 10:00 AM at the Schroeder-Lauer
Funeral Home, 3227 Ridge Road, Lansing, Illinois with Pastor Steven
Sluder and Bill Kintz officiating. Billie will be laid to rest at
Chapel Lawn Memorial Gardens, Schererville, Indiana. Friends may
visit with the family on Sunday, November 5, 2017 from 3:00 to 8:00
PM at the funeral Home. Billie was a waitress for many years. She
was an avid bowler and she enjoyed spending time with her family,
grandchildren and she loved her great grandbabies. She was loved by
many and she will be dearly missed.
The Herald-News 11/30/2017
Evelyn Carol Schranz Higginbotham
(1924-2017) IL
Evelyn C. Higginbotham (Schranz), age 93, of Crest
Hill, formerly of Orland Park, passed away Tuesday, November 28,
2017, at the Joliet Area Community Hospice House in Joliet. Evelyn
is survived by her loving family; children, Linda (Jim) Netherland,
and Jean (Mike) Lucas; son-in-law, Tom Gaubatz; nephews, Paul
(Bonnie) Schranz and Marty (Linda) Schranz; 13 grandchildren and 12
great grandchildren. Evelyn was preceded in death by her parents,
John and Verne Schranz (Heppler); her husband of 51 years, William
Higginbotham; daughter, Sue Gaubatz; stepson, Paul Higginbotham;
brother and sister-in-law, Robert and Gloria Schranz. Evelyn did
office work before marrying Bill. She was a master gardener, loved
doing crafts of all kinds, enjoyed music, playing cards, dancing,
girl scouts, her church and her family. She worked at a fabric shop
in Chicago for a few years, and also did clerical work at Andrew
Corporation in Orland Park before retiring. She loved her Andrew
Retiree friends and activities. A special thank you to Willow Falls
in Crest Hill and the Joliet Area Community Hospice home for helping
to care for Evelyn. Interment will be private.
12/24/2017
Eunice Marie Ralston Burge
Higginbotham (1934-2017) IL
April 23, 1934 - December 23, 2017
Eunice Marie Higginbotham 83 of Mt. Morris, Illinois, passed away on
December 23, 2017. She was born April 23, 1934 to Herbert and Othie
(Miller) Ralston in Wayne County, Illinois.
She enjoyed crossword puzzles, cards (hearts), old movies, and
especially loved her grandchildren.
She is survived by: children, Larry Beck, Lori A Burge, and Tina and
Mark Morrow; grandchildren, Aimee Raschelle and Tony; and great
grandchildren; Tyler and Michael.
She was preceded in death by: parents; husband, Donald in 2005; and
her daughter, Linda.
Private graveside services were held in Lawnridge Cemetery In
Rochelle, Ill.
From Beverage Lyons Funeral Home.
1/12/2018
Judith A. Perry
Hickenbottom (1945-2018) IL
Judith A. Hickenbottom, 72, Coal Valley, passed
away on Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2018, at UnityPoint Health-Trinity Rock
Island.
Funeral services are noon Tuesday at Van Hoe Funeral Home, East
Moline. Burial is at Rock Island National Cemetery. Visitation is
from 11 a.m. until service time. Memorials may be made to the
family.
Judy Perry was born Dec. 4, 1945, in Moline. She married Roger
Hickenbottom on Aug. 3, 1974, in East Moline. He died March 17,
2010. She worked at Rock Island Distributing and retired from
Metropolitan Lab. Judy enjoyed watching NASCAR and dearly loved time
spent with her family and closest friends, especially her
grandchildren.
Survivors include her children, Amy (Shane) Jackson, Coal Valley,
and Tim Vest, East Moline; grandchildren, Donnie Vest, Chase
Harmening, Trenton Jackson, Tessa Jackson and Seth Jackson; and her
sister, Joann.
In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by her mother
and stepfather, Ruth and Don Sommers; and her father, Alfred Perry.
01/28/2018
Steven Dale Higginbotham (1953-2018) IN/IL
MARTINSVILLE -- Steven D. Higginbotham, 64, of Martinsville, IL
passed away Friday, Jan. 26, 2018 at his home. He graduated from SIU
Carbondale from the computer science program and was employed in the
computer department at SIU for many years. Upon returning to this
area, he was employed by Lakeland College at Mattoon and EIU at
Charleston also in their computer departments. Steve was born Nov.
27, 1953 at Terre Haute, IN, the son of Clifford W. and Kitty J.
Barkley Higginbotham. Surviving are several aunts and uncles and
cousins. Services in honor of his life will be 2:00 PM Tuesday at
Pearce Funeral Home with Bro. Billie Ray Ulrey officiating. Burial
will be in the Marshall Cemetery. Visitation will be 10:00 AM until
service time on Tuesday. For those desiring, memorial contributions
may be made to the Antique Power Club.
1/25/2019
Virginia A. Goodwin Hickenbottom
(1945-2019) IL
Birth Date: September 7, 1945 Death Date: January
23, 2019
Ginny A. Hickenbottom, 73, of Decatur, passed away Wednesday,
January 23, 2019, at Decatur Memorial Hospital, with her family by
her side. Ginny was born September 7, 1945, in Decatur, to Everett
and Evelyn (Treado) Goodwin. She married Harold Hickenbottom in
Decatur on April 8, 1967. She was a member of Tabernacle Baptist
Church. Ginny loved motorcycling and spending the winters in
Florida. She is survived by her husband of 51 years, Harold; her
daughter, Lisa (Brian) Hastings of Decatur, IL; and four
grandchildren, Devon Perkins, David Perkins, Luke Hastings and Brynn
Hastings. She was preceded in death by her parents. Funeral
services to celebrate the life of Ginny Hickenbottom will be 10 a.m.
Monday, January 28, 2019, at Tabernacle Baptist Church 650 N Wyckles Rd,
Decatur, IL 62522. Visitation will be from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday,
January 27, at Graceland/Fairlawn Funeral Home. Memorials may be
directed to the church. The family of Ginny A. Hickenbottom is
being served by Graceland/Fairlawn Funeral Home, 2091 N. Oakland
Ave. Decatur, IL.
Bloomington, Il. Pantagraph 4/2/2018
Preston James Higginbottom (2018) IL
Preston James Higginbottom, 3 months, of Bloomington, passed away at
7:26 a.m. Sunday (April 1, 2018) at OSF HealthCare Saint Francis
Medical Center, Peoria. Preston was born Dec. 13, 2017, in Peoria.
He was the son of Ryan Higginbottom Jr. and Paige Hinthorn. He is
survived by his parents, Ryan Higginbottom Jr., Peoria, and Paige
Hinthorn, Bloomington. Also surviving are his grandparents, Gary and
Jennifer Hinthorn, Bloomington; Heather Schultz, Florida and Ryan
Higginbottom Sr., Peoria; great-grandparents, Diane Brewington,
Bloomington; Joe and Kim Frost, Fithian; and Debra Hinthorn,
Bloomington. Preston was born prematurely and proved to be a strong
fighter, trying hard to stay here with his family, but God called
him home. While here he loved cuddling with his mommy and daddy and
looking at his many colorful toys. He was truly blessed with all the
many people who loved him, and he will be deeply missed by all of
them.
4/3/2019
Annabelle Lee Lindquist Hickenbottom (1921-2019
CO/IL
October 31, 1921 - April 1, 2019
Annabelle Lee Lindquist Hickenbottom passed away peacefully
at her home in Champaign at 9:40pm on Monday, April 1. She was
97.
Anne, as she was known, was born October 31, 1921 to the late
Gustav Edward and Susannah Lewis Lindquist in Denver Colorado.
She grew up in Denver and graduated from East High in 1939.
During World War II she worked in the Finance Office at Lowry
Air Field where she met Staff Sergeant Wade Hickenbottom of
Fairfield, Iowa. The couple married October 24, 1943.
Following the war, her husband returned to his civilian
employer, General Motors Acceptance Corporation, and the couple
lived in Chicago; Bronxville, New York; London, England; and
Upper Montclair, New Jersey, and retired to Sarasota, Florida in
1977. After her husband died in 1996 she moved to Champaign to
be near her daughter, Nancy Whitford.
Anne was a lifelong homemaker, devoted wife, mother,
grandmother and great-grandmother. Her family was always at the
center of her life.
In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in
death by her brother, Lt. Edward Lindquist, over France, during
World War II.
She is survived by her two daughters and their families:
Shirley Fitzgerald (James) of Rockwall, Texas, grandson Wade
Fitzgerald (Alice) and great-granddaughters Emma and Greta
Fitzgerald of Dallas, Texas; Nancy Whitford (David) of
Champaign, grandson Lt. Col. Andrew Whitford (Angie) and
great-grandsons Jack and Oliver of York, England; grandson
Edward Whitford (Kate Tagert) and great-grandchildren Bea and
Robert of Alexandria, Virginia.
Anne was a member of First Presbyterian Church of Champaign,
and Carle Philanthropy Women’s Legacy Circle. In lieu of
flowers, the family requests memorial donations to either of
these organizations.
The family would like to express its appreciation to
Diversified Healthcare Services for the many years of care they
provided so that Anne could stay in her home.
A memorial service will take place at First Presbyterian
Church Champaign on Saturday, April 13 at 1:30. The family will
greet friends following the service. She will be buried in
Fairfield, Iowa, next to her beloved Wade. Morgan Memorial Home
is in charge of arrangements.
5/12/2019
Joyce Mae Hickenbottom Powell
(1930-2019) IL
Joyce Mae Powell, 88, of Clay City passed away on Saturday,
May 11, 2019, at the Flora Gardens.
Joyce was born May 14, 1930, in Cisne to Allen and Alice
(Hamilton) Hickenbottom. She was married in 1946 to Elmo Powell.
She was employed 24 years at Clay County Hospital, was a member
of the Sweet Adeline’s and a lifetime member of the Bethel
United Methodist Church. She enjoyed traveling the U.S. with
Presley Tours and BJ’s Travels.
She is survived by her five children: Dan (Nancy) Powell of
O’Fallon, IL, Iris Lynn Burgener and Carletta (Newt) Noll of
Clay City, Mike Powell of Elizabethtown, TN, and Amy (Mark)
Miller of Little Rock, AR; seven grandchildren: Angela (Donnie)
Keck, Cassandra Haas, Jason (Crystal) Mink, Irjaria Pippin,
Hunter Miller, Katie (Richard Ketchem, Jennie (Sergii) Mainyi;
and one step granddaughter Sherrie Seals; 16 great-grandchildren
and three great-great grandchildren. Also surviving is a
half-sister, Alice (Larry) Childers; half-brothers, Sherman
Thomas, Jimmy (Della) Thomas and Ellery (Marie) Thomas.
She was preceded in death by her parents; sisters, Leah Boudreau
and Lela Michels and brother Wesley Hickenbottom, three
step-brothers, two steps-sisters, and former husband.
A Graveside Service will be held at 4:00 pm on Saturday, May 25,
2019, at Gunion Cemetery in rural Cisne.
Memorials may be directed to the Bethel United Methodist Church
of Clay City and will be accepted at the funeral home.
Fond memories and condolences may be shared with the family at
www.meridithfuneralhome.com.
Hosselton-Meridith Funeral Home of Cisne is honored to be
entrusted with the arrangements.
9/18/2019
Chester Dale Higginbotham (1932-2019)
IL
July 07, 1932 - September 15, 2019
Chester Dale “Bud” Higginbotham, age 87 of rural Paris,
passed away at 8:30 a.m. Sunday, September 15 at Life’s Journey
in Paris, IL. Born July 7, 1932 at home on the farm near
Martinsville, IL, the son of the late Ormal “Slim” and Opal
Higginbotham, Bud was the fourth child of 9 brothers and
sisters. He married Beverly Hendrix on July 8, 1953 at the Five
Points Christian Church in Marshall. Chester and Beverly spent
the first two years of marriage in Puerto Rico where Chester was
serving in the Air Force. Joining the U.S. Air Force in March of
1952 during the Korean War, he ended up on the flight line with
the crash and rescue fire department section. He also worked
with the B36 and B47 bombers on Ramey Air Force Base, Aguadilla,
Puerto Rico. A farmer all of his life, Chester was born during
wheat harvest time and started going to the field with his dad
when he was four years old. Serving in the Air Force for four
years he could not wait to return to Illinois and the farm.
Planting and harvesting over 60 seasons, Chester also raised
livestock and encouraged his children and grandchildren with
4-H. Chester officially began farming on his own in 1949 with
his 1944 Oliver 70 tractor and then collected and restored
Oliver tractors when they no longer were manufactured. He
belonged to the Hart Parr Oliver Collectors Association and the
I & I Tractor Club and has been written up in several magazines
and newspapers. An Oliver Museum is located on his farm which
includes over 35 restored tractors, many toy and pedal tractors,
awards and other memorabilia. Tractor pulls were a favorite
family summer event and hobby for Chester and he especially
loved pulling with his 1955 Oliver Super 99 Detroit GM Diesel
tractor. A member of the Illinois Crop Improvement Association
since 1959, Chester and Beverly started their own seed bean
business on the farm. He became president of Higginbotham Seed
Company/Edgar County Seed in 1983 and continued that role in
1991 when the company became Higginbotham Seed/Great Heart Seed.
Active in the ag community, Chester represented Grandview
Township on the Edgar County Farm Bureau Board for 12 years and
also served on the Edgar County Marketing Board and the Paris
Honeybee Association Antique Implement Show. Starting with a
1945 Indian motorcycle, Chester then became a Honda Gold Wing
Rider. He loved taking long road trips with friends and family
in the summer on his Gold Wing. Traveling all over the United
States and Canada with wife, Beverly, they visited all 48 states
in the contiguous United States. A member of the Bell Ridge
Christian Church for 52 years, Chester served the congregation
as assistant treasurer, deacon, trustee and church van driver
for many of those years. Survivors include his children; Bill
(Jill) Higginbotham of Paris, Terry (Bonnie) Higginbotham of
Paris, Patty (Randy) Higginbotham Shafer of Paris, Mike (Lee
Ann) Higginbotham of Westfield, and Scott (Lori) Higginbotham of
Paris, sister Rosemary (Bob) Linton of Marshall and brothers,
Charles (Phyllis) Higginbotham, Gene (Judy) Higginbotham, and
Robert (Sheryl) Higginbotham of rural Martinsville and Floyd
“Sonny” (Glenda) Higginbotham of Marshall, fourteen
grandchildren; Hilary Walker, Jacob Higginbotham, Caleb
Higginbotham, Emily Agan, April Creech, Shane Higginbotham,
Travis Higginbotham, Brittany Rhodes, Jessica Adams, Betsy
Wochner, Cody Adams, Zachery Higginbotham, Kahrissa Switzer, and
Parker Higginbotham, five step-grandchildren; Brian Metzke,
Mitchell Shafer, Whitney Shafer, Deborah Edwards, and Colten
Oakley, nineteen great grandchildren; Paven Walker, Nova Walker,
Leo Higginbotham, Logan Higginbotham, Hadley Higginbotham, Luke
Higginbotham, Kaylie Creech, Adam Creech, Aidan Creech, Aubrie
Creech, Cora Higginbotham, Clay Rhodes, Ty Rhodes, Karson
Dunlap, Hunter Dunlap, Kaidence Adams, Maddox Adams, Ryder
Adams, and Kane Wochner, five step-great grandchildren; Drake
Metzke, Grant Metzke, Jayton Boling, Peyton Edwards, Tyson
Edwards, and Amelia Edwards, and many dear nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his wife of 62 years, Beverly Jean
“Hendrix” Higginbotham and also by two sisters, Louise Veach and
Hazel Austin, a brother, Clifford Higginbotham and a great
grandson, Boe Adams. Visitation for Chester will be held at the
Stewart and Carroll Funeral Home on Sunday, September 29th from
2:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m. Funeral services will be conducted at 10:30
a.m. Monday, September 30th at Bell Ridge Christian Church with
Bro. Kurt Speece officiating. Burial will follow in Marshall
Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to Bell Ridge
Christian Church.
Chicago Suburban Daily Herald 9/29/2019
Vera Suzanne Higginbotham
Robleski (1946-2019) ILOn Saturday,
Aug. 3, Vera Suzanne "Suzy" Higginbotham Robleski, loving
wife and mother of 2, passed away at the age of 73 with her
family by her side in Naperville, IL. Suzy was born on March
10, 1946 in Los Angeles, CA to Vera Mary and Jasper Elledge
Higginbotham. She graduated from George Washington High
school in 1964. Suzy was married to Richard Robleski in 2006
and lived in Woodridge, IL for 45 years. Suzy is survived by
2 children, Gina Feldman of Joliet, IL and Bob Thompson of
Austin, TX. She is also survived by her husband, 4
grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren. Her brother, Ronald
Elledge Higginbotham resides in Moorpark, CA. Suzanne
Robleski's family is having a Celebration of Life on Friday,
Oct. 4, from 6-10PM at the Downers Grove Moose Lodge.
11/18/2019
Charles Eugene Hickenbottom
(1928-2019) ILCharles E.
“Gene” Hickenbottom (Age 91) passed away at 4:55 p.m. on
Sunday, November 17, 2019 at Heartland Health Care Center in
Macomb. He was born on January 10, 1928 in Table Grove, IL
to Paul Lester Hickenbottom and Vera Gladys Smith
Hickenbottom. He married Dorothy “Joann” Williams on April
5, 1953 in Industry, IL.
Gene is survived by his two daughters,
Cathy (Dan) Dillard of Lisle, IL and Vicky (Jeff) Keever of
Media, IL, one son, Rick Hickenbottom of Carthage, IL. Six
grandchildren, Justin (Rachel) Dillard of Anoka, MN, Jana
(Travis Horton) Dillard of Moline, IL, Cory (Stacy) Dillard
of New Lenox, IL, Ryan (Jodi) Keever of Farmington, IL, Kyle
Keever of Media, IL, and Mitchell Curry of Henrico, VA.
Eight great grandchildren, Tori Brown, Max Dillard, McKena
Mathews, Connor Mathews, Chip Dillard, Collins Dillard, Reid
Keever and Adalyn Keever. Two brothers, Carroll (Sandy)
Hickenbottom of Blandinsville and Larry (Beverly)
Hickenbottom of Carthage. He was preceded in death by his
parents and one sister Leona (Dana) “Sis” Curtis.
Gene proudly served in the U.S. Army from
January 12, 1951 to October 14, 1952 during the Korean
Conflict. After returning home, Gene farmed for over 20
years raising his family around the Raritan area. In 1977,
he moved to Bushnell, IL and was custodian at the Bushnell
Prairie City Jr. High for 15 years before retiring on June
30, 1993.
Gene was a life long Cubs Fan. He
instilled the love for his cubbies in his children and
grandchildren. I think his favorite saying was “well there
is always next year.” Seeing the Cubs win the world series
was a dream come true for him.
Gene was a member of the Bushnell United
Methodist Church. Gene was a 4-H member and Leader for over
15 years.
If you wanted to see Gene smile, just ask
him about his grandkids. When Gene’s grandkids were involved
in sporting events or school events or fairs, he was always
there cheering them on.
In his later years he moved into the
Everly House and then to Grand Prairie where he enjoyed
working on jigsaw puzzles. He completed over 1000 puzzles
where he would glue and give away as quickly as he could
complete them. Earning the title “Puzzle guy.”
Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM
Friday November 22, 2019 at the Bushnell United Methodist
Church where visitation will be one hour prior to the
service. Pastor Dan Lybarger will officiate. Interment will
be in the Bushnell Cemetery with full Military Rites.
Memorial Contributions can be made to Honor Flight of the
Quad Cities. Martin-Hollis Funeral Home is in charge of
arrangements.
11/20/2019
Rosemary Higginbotham Thompson
Linton (1942-2019) IL
Rosemary (Higginbotham) Thompson Linton, 77, of Marshall,
IL, passed away on November 19, 2019, at Willowbrook Care
Facility in Marshall. She was born in Martinsville, IL on
March 28, 1942, to Ormal and Opal (Alexander) Higginbotham.
She was a graduate of the 1960 class of Martinsville High
School. Rosemary married Herman Thompson on June 4, 1960 and
would go on to share a life with their six children in
Marshall.
She was preceded in death by her late husband, Herman, and a
son, Brent E. Thompson.
Rosemary was an active member of West Union Christian Church
for many years. She was known for her pies throughout her
community and always had an open table available to friends.
Being both a farmer’s daughter and a farmer’s wife, it comes
as no surprise that Rosemary was a tireless worker.
Early in her married life, she was employed at H&H Grain
Company in Snyder, IL. In 1983, she found employment at TRW,
where she retired after 18 years of service. Soon after
retirement, Rosemary married Robert Linton of Paris, IL, on
June 22, 2001. Together, Bob and Rosemary enjoyed traveling,
having visited much of the United States, including Alaska,
Hawaii, and Niagara Falls. At home, she put her naturally
green thumb to work in her garden and could grow just about
anything she could get her hands on.
She will be remembered as a selfless soul who cared deeply
and loved whole-heartedly. The twilight years of her life
found her active in the Lake Ridge Christian Church in
Paris, IL. No one could ever doubt the devotion Rosemary had
for her Savior. She gave Jesus her heart and soul and lived
to be a light in the darkness. We have assurance that when
she passed to her eternal reward, she was met with the
words, "Well done, my good and faithful servant."
Rosemary is survived by her husband of 18 years, Robert
Linton and her children Jackie (Terry) Birchfield of
Marshall, Timothy (Sarah) Thompson of Martinsville, Angela
(Bradley) Thompson of Marshall, Curtis (Cathy) Thompson of
West Union, and Chad (Megan) Thompson of Columbus, IN.
Survivors also include her twelve grandchildren Steven
(Kendra) Birchfield, Dustin (Heather) Birchfield, Shelby
(Lewis) Sanborn, Aaron Thompson, Chelsea (Jerome) Hoffman,
Layne (Patrick) White, Tyler Thompson, Caden and Carter
Thompson, and Paxton, Holden, and Quinn Thompson. Rosemary
was also blessed by ten great-grandchildren MacKenzie and
Briana Sanders, Aiden and Peyton Birchfield, Kyson,
Brayleigh, and Braxtin Birchfield, Zach and Karlie Hoffman,
and James Sanborn; by her step-children, David Linton of
Victory, TX, Rebecca Knobel of the United Kingdom, Sherri
Laughlin of Sandwich, IL; as well as several
step-grandchildren.
Aside from her late husband and son, Rosemary was preceded
in death by her parents; her sisters, Louise Veach and Hazel
Austin; and her brothers, Clifford and Chester Higginbotham.
She was also preceded in death by a great-grandson, Brendan
Birchfield.
A time of visitation will be held from 3:00-7:00 p.m. on
Friday, November 22nd at the West Union Christian Church.
Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday,
November 23rd at the church with burial following in the
Ohio Cemetery.
Memorial contributions may be made to the "West Union
Christian Church", "Lake Ridge Christian Church", or to "Pinehaven
Christian Children's Ranch", a residential, year-round
program aimed at providing a stable, controlled, secure
environment in which young people can reach the potential
that God has placed within them.
The Prust-Hosch Funeral Home in West Union is in charge of
arrangements.
Journal Gazette Times-Courier 7/7/2020
Mary N. Rauch Hickenbottom
(1926-2020) IL
CHARLESTON - Mary N. Hickenbottom, 94, of Charleston,
passed away Sunday, July 5, 2020 at SBLHC.
Private burial will be in Mound Cemetery, Charleston.
Arrangements: Caudill-King. In lieu of flowers,
memorials: Northside Baptist Church.
Mary was born May 27, 1926 to Clint and Mabel
(Williams) Rauch at their home in Cumberland County, IL.
She married Isaac “Ike” F. Hickenbottom, March 22, 1945
in Louisville, Kentucky; he preceded her in death,
February 3, 2014. She is survived by their children:
Jerry Hickenbottom of Charleston and Patty Nichols
(Michael Gillen) of Franklin, NC; and one granddaughter:
Michelle Champagne (Casey) of Milledgeville, GA. She was
preceded in death by her parents, sister: Dorothy
Waltrip, and niece: Frances Davis.
Mary was a member of Northside Baptist Church. She
was devoted to her family, and in earlier years she had
worked at Eli Lily and Illinois Consolidated Telephone
Company.
7/18/2020
Betty Juanita
Higginbotham Niebres (1955-2020) MS/IL
Betty J. Niebres age 65, a resident of the Dundee
-Sleepy Hollow areas for 50 years passed away on Friday,
July 17, 2020 at Advocate Sherman Hospital in Elgin.
Betty was born in Tupelo, Mississippi on July 6, 1955
and was the daughter of the late Kenneth & Mary Lois
Higginbothan. She was a resident of the area for the
past 50 years. Survivors include her husband of 48
years; Fernando. Their children; Bradley, Patrick (
Erin), Elisabeth and Michael Niebres. Other survivors
include her 2 brothers; Ken and Dan Higginbothan as well
as many friends.
Family and friends will gather for graveside funeral
services on Tuesday, July 21, 2020 at 1:30 P.M. at
Dundee Township East Cemetery, East Dundee. Miller
Funeral Home
The State Journal-Register Sep. 23, 2020
Trystin Kavan Higginbotham
(2005-2020) IL
Riverton, IL—Trystin
Higginbotham passed away in Riverton, IL on
September 10, 2020. He was born on April 15,
2005 to Andrew Higginbotham and Chasti D.
Burnett-Higginbotham.
Trystin is preceded in death by his father
Andrew Higginbotham and his grandparents, Jackie
and Edna Faye Higginbotham.
Trystin is survived by his mother, Chasti D.
Burnett; two sisters, Calista and Candra
Higginbotham, all of Riverton, IL; one brother,
Devin Higginbotham (and Devin's son Greyson) of
Kansas; two grandparents, Malcolm and Carolyn
Dianne Burnett; Uncle Aaron (Yu-Ling) and
numerous other aunts, uncles, and cousins, as
well as his beloved dog, Lobo.
Trystin grew up in Riverton, attending Sherman
Elementary School and Williamsville Middle
School and Junior High. He was currently a
sophomore at Williamsville High School.
He enjoyed going to school and planned a future
in Forensic Science. He loved the beauty of the
winter months, as well as a variety of
activities with friends and family which
included fishing, camping, strength-training,
running, hiking, horseback riding, kayaking, and
of course there was weekend basketball with his
friends.
Not only was Trystin physically active, he was
also diligent with his studies, especially his
Bible reading, applying the things he learned
and sharing his Bible knowledge with others. No
matter what he set out to do, he did it to the
best of his ability. He was a hardworking young
man and loved everyone. All who met him fell for
his warm smile and winning personality.
Visitation: 2-5 pm, Saturday, September 26, 2020
at Staab Funeral Home – Sherman.
Private services and burial will be held.
CDC Protocol shall be followed.
The Rock Island Dispatch Argus Dec. 15,
2020
Donald Dwayne
Hickenbottom (1946-2020) IL
August 14, 1946 - December 12, 2020
Moline - Donald D. Hickenbottom, 74, of Moline,
IL, died Saturday, December 12, 2020, at his
home. Private graveside services will be held at
the Rock Island National Cemetery. Don was born
August 14, 1946, in Fairfield, IA, the son of
Ferne L. and Gertrude A. (Ross) Hickenbottom. He
served in the U.S. Marine Corp during the
Vietnam Conflict. He was honorably discharged.
He married Debra A (Holdorf) Bias February 14,
1991, in East Moline, IL. He retired in 2007 as
a Teamster, after 40 years of service. Survivors
include his wife of 30 years, Debra; son, Scott
(Tracey) Hickenbottom, Milan, IL; daughters,
Staci (Bill) Jensen, Moline and Ashley
Hickenbottom, Davenport, IA; stepson, Corey
(Trish) Bias, Milan, IL; 11 grandchildren; 1
great-granddaughter; sister, Linda Ristau, MO;
and sister-in-law, Karen Hickenbottom, Moline.
He was preceded in death by his parents;
brothers, Robert and Clarence Hickenbottom; and
aunt and uncle, Judy and Roger Hickenbottom. In
lieu of flowers and gifts, memorials may be made
to the family.
6/10/2021
Reba LaRuth
Copeland Hickenbottom
May 27, 1942 - May 30, 2021
Reba LaRuth Copeland-Hickenbottom, who was born
the 5th of 14 children on May 27, 1942, in
Guntown, MS, to the late Little and Elizabeth
Copeland. Rebais preceded in death by her
Parents; Husband, Albert; Son, Christopher and
Daughter, Nicole; Siblings, Jimmie B., Katie,
Marcell and Robins Copeland. Reba professed a
hope in Christ at an early age at Mt. Moriah
Holiness Church. Reba received her formal
education at Guntown Lowe High School in
Saltillo, Mississippi. She moved to Chicago, IL
in the mid-60s. Was then united in holy marriage
to Albert Hickenbottom in 1975…where they
resided in Broadview, IL and she had been a
pillar of the community for 46 years. In this
union, they raised 5 children Albert Jr.,
Durward, Christopher, Dontae and Surita. Her
career path included Knowles Electronics, where
she worked until retirement. Then, her love for
people led her to work in home healthcare and
for First Student Bus Company until her untimely
passing. For those of you who knew Reba, she was
the Matriarch of the Copeland Family,
affectionally called “The General”. Reba was a
comedian in her own right, and she knew
EVERYBODY! She was loved by all, and her legacy
will be carried on through all the good memories
she shared with others (from family BBQs at her
home, to family and school reunions, trips to
Mississippi and many more treasured memories).
She was an avid gardener and loved landscaping
(you can tell that by the presence of her home)
with the variety of plants and flowers that she
put much time and love into. Her infectious
laugh, hilarious one liners and strong presence
will be immensely missed by all of those who had
the pleasure of knowing her. Reba transitioned
from this Earthly life to her new Eternal life
on the evening of Sunday, May 30, 2021. Reba
leaves to cherish her memories, her children;
Albert Hickenbottom, Jr. (Beverly), Durward
Hickenbottom (Cynthia), Dontae Hickenbottom (Tenee)
and Surita Harris (Corey). Grandchildren;
LaKisha Redmond (Esley), Alisa Hickenbottom,
Racquel Joseph (Raymond), Misty Whitaker,
Savannah Hickenbottom, Treshawn Hickenbottom,
Xzavier (Angelita) and Zaden. Nine
great-grandchildren; Three sisters, Elizabeth
Betts (Booker), Carnell Kilgo, and Velva Hill
(Bishop Rendell); six brothers; Evandis
Copeland, Mancy Copeland, McKell Copeland
(Annette), Bishop Jimmy Copeland (Paula), Randy
Copeland (Terry) and Gene Copeland;
Sisters-In-Law, Annette Copeland, Clara Brock
(David), Susie Mae King, Luezella Dukes and
Betty Ann Penrose; Goddaughters, BenQuila Smith
and Judy Miller and a host of nieces, nephews,
other relatives and friends. Special
acknowledgements to Delois, Chearliter, Ada Mae,
Mary, Gloria and Ray.
Graceland Fairlawn Funeral Home 1/14/2023
Harold Herman
Hickenbottom (1941-2023) IL
Harold Hickenbottom, 81, passed away in his home
on January 12, 2023, surrounded by his family.
Harold was born on November 15, 1941, in Decatur Il
to Ray and Myrtle Hickenbottom.
Harold was an avid hunter. He never missed a deer
season. He liked to spend his time on his numerous
interests including golf, carpentry, motorcycle
riding and watching racing and the St. Louis
Cardinals. He has an outgoing personality to the
point where he never met a stranger no matter where
he went. He enjoyed his family and loved spending
time with them.
Harold is survived by his wife, Sue McMahon;
daughter, Lisa (Brian) Hastings; sisters, Betty
Faulkner and Alice Fisher and grandchildren, Devon
(Steve) Ziegler, David Perkins, Luke Hastings and
Brynn Hastings. As well as numerous extended family
and friends.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Ginny
Hickenbottom; parents, Ray and Myrtle Hickenbottom
and brother, Lowell Hickenbottom.
A visitation will be held for Harold at Graceland
Fairlawn Funeral Home on Thursday, January 19, 2023,
from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 pm with services starting at
1:00 p.m. Burial will be directly after the funeral
services at Point Pleasant Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the
American Heart Association or the American Cancer
Society.
Wojstrom Funeral Home & Crematory - Granite City on
May 11, 2023
Margaret Roach
Higginbotham King (1927-2023) MO/IL
Margaret Morris King, 96, of Edwardsville passed
away Sunday, May 7, 2023 at Anderson Hospital. She
was born March 4, 1927 in St. Louis, MO to Thomas
Pearl and Olive Hope (nee: Glassey) Roach. Margaret
was retired from the Bethalto School District. She
was a member of the Jehovah's Witness Kingdom Hall
in Edwardsville and in the summers taught Headstart
in Cottage Hills. She enjoyed horses, dogs, cats,
bird watching and anything nature related. She was a
generous person that helped others. Margaret would
use her own funds to help her students and to pay
for field trips.
She is survived by her son, John (Jeanette)
Higginbotham Jr. of Staunton and Hope (Dwayne)
Higginbotham Cunningham of Red Banks, MS.; two step
daughters, Marilyn "Nici" Mahlandt of FL and Kathy
Clark of IL; ten grandchildren: John James "Jamey"
Higginbotham III, Casey Elizabeth Wiser, McKenzee
Koch Mize, Tiffany Renee' Droege, Ryan James
Shelton, Amber Danielle Noud, Ashley Autumn Adler,
April Dawn Frost, Eric Zachary Carver and Shellee
Dee Clamp; 22 great grandchildren and several nieces
and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her
husband, Marion Charles King; a brother, Thomas
Leroy "Bud" Roach and 4 sisters: Genevieve Marie
Roach Wright, Suzanne Elizabeth Roach, Kathleen Mary
Roach and Helen Irene Roach Sheehan.
Cremation services entrusted to Wojstrom Funeral
Home & Crematory in Granite City, IL.
Cooney Funeral Home - Park Ridge on Jan. 5, 2024
Ann Marie Burns
Higginbotham (1941-2023) IL
Ann "Annie" Marie Higginbotham (nee Burns) October
10, 1941 – December 30, 2023 On December 30, 2023
Ann passed away peacefully in her sleep. Ann is
survived by her husband Carl, daughter Kelly Ryan
(Tom) and their children Bridget and Brady. Preceded
in death by her parents Ann and Daniel Burns and
sister Bonnie Schnieter. Ann was a caring and
devoted wife, mom, grandmother, aunt, great aunt,
sister, daughter, cousin and friend to many. She
leaves behind a legacy of love and kindness and will
be missed by many. Visitation at Cooney Funeral
Home, 625 Busse Hwy., Park Ridge on Wednesday,
January 10, from 4 to 8 p.m. Funeral Friday, January
11, 2024 prayers at 9:30 a.m. going to Mary Seat of
Wisdom for 10:00 a.m. mass. Interment All Saints
Cemetery. For information: Cooney Funeral Home (847)
685-1002
Lack & Sons Funeral Home 2/28/2024
Henry L. Higginbotham
(1961-2024) IL
Henry L. Higginbotham, age 62; Loving partner of
Maria Torres; Dear father of Henry D. (Rosie)
Higginbotham, Joanna Torres, and Frances Hall; Loving
grandfather of Rafael Vega, Riko Vega, Henry J.
Higginbotham, Ruben Vega, Yvette Higginbotham, Mason
Higginbotham, Kayla Hernandez, Mikelle Wrancher, Michael
Wrancher, David Hernandez, and Moriah Wrancher; Dear
brother of Rita Higginbotham, Annette (Rene) Sanchez,
Virginia Higginbotham, Toby Higginbotham, and Belinda
Johnson; Uncle of many nieces and nephews. Visitation
Friday, March 8, 2024, 10 A.M. to time of Service 12
Noon at Lack and Sons Funeral Home, 9236 South Roberts
Road, Hickory Hills; Interment Resurrection Cemetery;
Information 708-430-5700.
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