Lucinda “Cindy” Bishop

Lucinda “Cindy” Bishop, 70, of Wee-Ma-Tuk, passed away, Saturday, July 25, 2026. At Loyola University Medical Center in Chicago.

She was born on July 28, 1955, to Richard H. and Betty J. Shore. They preceded her in death as well as a daughter, Sara Perkins, and two sisters, JoAnn McMahill, and Karen Vendetti.

Cindy is survived by her husband of 28 years, Gary Bishop, they were married on June 6, 1998.

Also surviving are four children, Trina Derry, Tracie Lowder, Craig Bishop, and Karras (Julie) Bishop, brother Rick (Jeanine) Shore, three sisters, Judy (the late Bill) Bloom, Pam Shore, and Brenda Bryant, fourteen grandchildren, eight great grandchildren, several nieces and nephews, and her beloved yorkie, Angel.

Cindy worked in Havana at Phipps Patterns Foundry, and Poor Richards Restaurant. She later worked for TWL Aviation, at Canton Ingersoll Airport.

Cindy was a member of Calvary Baptist Church, and enjoyed to go shopping, tending her flowers, and being outdoors going camping with Gary. Above all else she enjoyed spending time with her family.

Cremation rites will be accorded with Oaks-Hines Funeral Home and Crematory in Canton.

Memorials may be made to Calvary Baptist Church.

Carroll Leroy Crouse

Carroll Leroy Crouse, 85, of Macomb, IL, passed away peacefully at home on Sunday, July 26, 2026, surrounded by his family. He was born on July 4, 1941 to Ruel Crouse and Elizabeth Williams. Carroll married Joyce Ann Goveia on September 19, 1966. She survives.

Together they had 2 children, Dave (and Brenda) Crouse of Ipava, IL and Shelly (and Jim) Herndon of Adair, IL.

They had 5 grandchildren; Cecily (and CJ Edwards) Dorsett, Eli (and Makyna) Doyle, Clay (and Kelsey) Crouse, Kylie (and Seth) Kessler and Dawson (and Jenna) Chenoweth, 6 great-grandchildren; Ariana, Jace, Kinsley and Kayson Doyle, Crew Kessler and Declan Dorsett. All of whom survive.

He was preceded in death by his parents, 6 brothers; James, Robert, Ruel, Kenneth, Virgil and Bill, and 2 sisters; Mary and Shirly.

He is survived by 1 brother; Ron (and Nancy) Crouse of Fairview, IL and one sister; Patricia Wood of Grady, Alabama, along with many nieces and nephews.

Carroll worked at Consol Coal in Norris, IL and Buckheart Coal in Canton, before going to Caterpillar in 1968, where he spent 30 years before retiring in 1998.

He owned and operated Carroll’s Lawn Care for many years. He had a love of cutting grass and took great pride in his work. Carroll was a Lover of Sports. He was an avid LA Dodgers fan as well as the Minnesota Vikings.

In the early years he could be found on a ballfield playing slow pitch as a Bernadotte Buccaneer with his fellow Caterpillar co-workers.
He loved being on the golf course, sitting around a card table, being at a good fishing hole with his son and grandsons or driving a tractor at Herndon Farms. He was widely known for his joke telling. Carroll didn’t know a stranger.

Services will be held at 11 am on Saturday, August 1, 2026 at Shawgo Memorial Home in Astoria, IL. Pastor Kevin Kessler will officiate. A visitation will take place from 9 to 11 am prior to the service. His final resting place will be alongside his father/mother-in-law, Weir and Eleaner Goveia in the Ipava Cemetery. Military Rites will be provided by the Ipava American Legion. A meal will follow at the Ipava American Legion. Memorials can be made to the McDonough District Hospital Hospice or the V.A. of Galesburg, IL.

Glenn R. Post

Glenn R. Post, 100, of Lewistown passed away at the home of his son in Fenton, MO; Saturday July 25, 2026.

He was born February 14, 1926 at home to Harold and Belle Post. He was smitten when he seen a waitress, Dorothy Mosher, in Jenny’s Café in Cuba in the fall of 1947. They were married February 14, 1948. They were married 74 years. He was preceded in death by his beloved wife Dorothy February 9, 2022, his parents, one sister, Emma Edwards, and a brother, Gordon Post. He is survived by his son, Myron (Nancy) Post of Fenton, MO; and daughter, Glenna (Post) Haacke (Stephen) Shank of Lewistown, three grandchildren, Troy (Angela) Haacke of Mattoon, Valerie (Aaron) Furrow of Galesburg, and Father Joe Post of MO; five great grandchildren, Kylie, Taylee and Tyler Haacke, and Lily and Cole Furrow.

Glenn graduated from Canton High School in 1944. Glenn was a farmer in the Fulton County region until age 82. He started helping his father farm at age 10 using horses before buying a tractor and implements. He farmed with his father until he passed away, along with his relatives, nephews and his children. In his younger years while farming and living near Canton he worked for United Electric Coal Company, International Harvester, and Pschirrer Coal Company. He later moved to Lewistown in 1971.

He loved his cattle and pigs. Not so much for horses. During his years of farming he learned how to be a mechanic, plumber, welder, doctor of animals, builder, gardener, manager, and a leader. He was a self made man who enjoyed working with his hands and being outside. Most of all he loved his children, grandchildren. He helped anyone who ask. He enjoyed taking boat cruises to the Panama Canal and Alaska. Traveling to different states in the US with his family and watching the grandchildren’s sports activities. He also enjoyed playing bingo and scrabble at the CCFLC in Lewistown, and cards with relatives. Friends and relatives were very important to him. Glenn and Dorothy were members of the Canton Church of the Nazarene.

Funeral services will be held at 1:00 PM Tuesday August 11th at the Lewistown Church of the Nazarene with Reverend Jim Book officiating. Burial will be in White Chapel Memory Gardens in Canton. Visitation will be held one hour prior to service at Lewistown Church of the Nazarene. Memorial contributions may be made to Lewistown Church of the Nazarene or Canton Church of the Nazarene. Online condolences may be made at henrylange.com.

Joseph P. Roman

Joseph P. Roman, 73 of Wee Ma Tuk Hills, set down his baton and played his final set on July 17, 2026.

Joey met Janice through a mutual friend while he was a student at Vandercook College of Music and she was at Northern Illinois University. He was smitten enough to hitchhike back and forth from Chicago to DeKalb throughout the early 1970s just to see her. It worked. They married August 7, 1976 at Lake Bloomington, and Janice was his love and support for the fifty years that followed.

Joe had the talent to pursue an orchestral career as an oboist, having studied with members of the Chicago Symphony, but he chose the classroom instead. He spent 30 years as a music educator, eight of them in Herscher, Illinois, and 22 as a band director at Canton High School. He retired in 2008 after shaping the lives of more young musicians than could ever be counted. Retirement didn’t take. He kept teaching at Bradley University, training the next generation of music teachers, because it turned out Joe never really knew how to stop.

He played oboe, jazz saxophone, and classical guitar, all of them well, and spent years as interim conductor and oboist with the Prairie Wind Ensemble.

Though downstate Illinois became home, Joe never stopped being a Chicago kid at heart. He made the trip back often for Cubs games, jazz clubs, and the restaurants he never let himself forget. He loved his life at Wee Ma Tuk Hills, which he always said reminded him of his childhood summers in Wisconsin.

Joe’s band room was more than a classroom. It was a place where kids could linger, listen to albums, talk music, and slowly begin to understand that what they were part of mattered. Joe had a way of making sure it never felt like a chore, even when he was pushing hard. And he did push. He expected something of his students, often more than they expected of themselves. He taught music, yes, but what stuck was something deeper.

And then there is the legacy that he leaves behind. It lives in the students who became musicians, yes, but also in those who didn’t, who still carry a lifelong love and appreciation for music because of him. It lives in the friendships formed in marching band, in jazz ensembles, in late afternoons spent in the band room. It lives in the countless ways people learned to show up, to work, to listen, and to care about doing something well. It lives in the fact that, all these years later, his students are still trying to live up to what he saw in them when they were sixteen.

Joe is survived by his wife, Janice Sparhakel; sister-in-law Susan Creasey; niece Kelli (Greg) Lynch; grandnieces Sydney (Blaine) Bruce and Rory Lynch; and great-grandniece Sutton. He was preceded in death by his parents, Joseph F. Roman and Patricia Pisyk, and his sister, Mary.

A celebration of life will be announced at a later date.

Memorials may be made to the P & O Band Club at Canton High School, the Humane Society of Fulton County, or the Women’s Crisis Center of Canton.

And, in the words of JoRo “Back to set one. And love it.”

Barry Taylor

Barry Taylor, 73 of Fairview, IL died at 12:36 AM on Thursday, July 23, 2026 at OSF St. Francis Medical Center in Peoria, IL. He was born to C. Berwyn and Mary (Wagner) Taylor on November 25, 1952 in Canton, IL. He married Rhonda Atchley in Norris, IL on July 21, 1984. She survives him.

Also surviving Barry is one son Damon (Elizabeth) Taylor of Chicago, IL; one daughter Kimberly Lane of Canton, IL; three brothers Donald (late Pam Walter) of Fairview, IL; Steven (Cheryl) Taylor of Canton, IL; Jeffrey Taylor of Fairview, IL; one sister Carolyn (Tim) Negley of Fairview, IL; he was an uncle to several nieces and nephews; five grandchildren Morgan (Drew Hedges) Lane, Kennedy (Tucker Adams) Lane, Kyle Lane, Charlotte Taylor, and Tobias Taylor; and 5 great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents, one son Tobias Oatman, and one great-grandchild.

Barry was the Mayor of Fairview for 12 years, worked at Cook Polymer Technologies in Canton for 10 years. He was a member of the Fiatt Independent Christian Church, and a member of the Sons of American Legion in Fairview. He was a lifelong Cubs fan, always cheering them on.

A memorial service will be held at Fiatt Independent Christian Church in Fiatt, IL on August 8, 2026 at 11:00 AM. Memorials may be made to Project Linus, Southwest Chicagoland Chapter at projectlinus.org. Cremation rites have been entrusted to Sedgwick Funeral Homes & Crematory. Online condolences may be made at www.sedgwickfuneralhomes.com.

Pat Burgess

Patricia Ann “Pat” Burgess, 66, passed away peacefully on July 24, 2026 surrounded by the love of her family.

Born on August 3, 1959, in Wyandotte, Michigan, Pat was the beloved daughter of Amos and Augustine “Augie” Nelson. She grew up in Ecorse, Michigan, where she developed the strong work ethic, compassionate heart, and fierce loyalty that would define her throughout her life.

Pat’s greatest joy and proudest accomplishment was her family. She was the devoted and loving wife of Larry Burgess, with whom she built a life centered on love, faith, and family. Together they raised five children, whom she loved with all her heart: Todd (Rayna) Burgess, Shane (Julia) Burgess, Amber (Brandon) Hoadley, Michael (Jessica) Burgess, and Mark (Becky) Burgess. Pat is also survived by her loyal dogs Tucker and Crystal, and her Kitty (named Kitty).

She was a proud and loving grandmother to Raquel Burgess, Garrett Hoadley, Vanessa Burgess, Kali Burgess, Thomas Hoadley, Kaden Burgess, Logan Burgess, Isaac Burgess, Conner Burgess, Olivia “Livvie” Burgess, Liam Burgess, and Emersyn Burgess, each of whom brought her immense happiness. She also carried forever in her heart her grandson, Dwayne Burgess, who preceded her in death before birth.

Pat is also survived by her sisters, Janis Harowski and Pamela Haupt (Mike Forest); her mother-in-law, Trilby Burgess; her brothers-in-law, Rodney (Sharon) Burgess and Billy (Donna) Burgess; her lifelong friend, Mary Ann Milanovich; and many loving nieces and nephews, along with extended family members and friends whose lives were enriched by her compassion, and unwavering support.

In early 2005, Pat and Larry made the move to Central Illinois, embracing a new chapter together while continuing the life they had built as a family. They eventually settled into a cozy country home in Lewistown, Illinois—a place that fulfilled Pat’s lifelong dream of peaceful country living. Surrounded by the quiet beauty she loved, it became the home where she made countless memories with her family and, ultimately, the place where she peacefully passed away.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Amos and Augustine “Augie” Nelson; her brothers, Gary Nelson, Pete Nelson, Jim Nelson, and Rick Nelson; her beloved grandson, Dwayne Burgess; her nephew, Keith Harowski; her father-in-law, Rev. Floyd Burgess; her brothers-in-law, Dougie Burgess and Danny Burgess, her sister-in-law, Brenda Meek, and Brenda’s husband, Kenny Meek; and her niece and nephew, Bridgette Meek and Greg Burgess.

A hardworking and devoted mother, Pat dedicated herself to providing for her family while raising her five children. She worked hard to help provide for her family and found great purpose in being a mother and caregiver. She had an extraordinary love for animals and spent many years working as a professional dog groomer. Her compassion extended beyond her profession through her volunteer work with the humane society, where she lovingly fostered puppies and kittens that were too young or too sick to be adopted, giving countless animals a second chance at life.

Pat was known as a fierce protector of the innocent. Whether standing up for those who couldn’t stand up for themselves or opening her home to animals in need, she lived a life marked by compassion, generosity, and unconditional love.

Above all, Pat was a faithful Christian whose faith sustained her throughout life’s joys and hardships. Her family finds comfort in knowing that she is now reunited with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, and with the loved ones who went before her. Though her presence on earth will be deeply missed, they rejoice in the promise of eternal life and the hope that they will see her again.

Pat will be deeply missed by her devoted husband, her children, grandchildren, sisters, extended family, dear friends, and her beloved pets. Her love, compassion, and unwavering faith will continue to live on in the hearts of all who knew her.

In accordance with Pat’s wishes, no funeral or memorial services will be held.

For those who have asked how they can help, the family would be deeply grateful for any contributions toward the costs of Pat’s end-of-life care, cremation, and burial. We will also make a donation to a local animal shelter in her honor. Donations may be made to Larry Burgess through

PayPal: lburgess1956@gmail.com

Zelle: Larry Burgess - 309-326-8974

Cremation rites have been entrusted to Sedgwick Funeral Homes & Crematory. Online condolences may be made at www.sedgwickfuneralhomes.com

Sandy Moshier

Sandy Moshier, 82, of Canton passed away on Friday, July 24, 2026 at her residence.

She was born on August 14, 1943 in Beardstown to Asa “Ace” and Betty (Rayborn) Dupoy.

She married Raymond Moshier on December 18, 1979 in Canton. He preceded her in death on December 1, 2024.

Surviving is her son, Larry (Eugenia) Warden of Canton, four grandchildren, Cassie (Derek) Juliusson, Chrissy (Josh) Blevins, Caty Warden, Jessica Moma, five great grandchildren, one brother, Gary (Wendy) Dupoy of Las Vegas, two sisters, Patricia (Rusty) Surratt of Meredosia and Linda Dupoy of Hollister, MO.

Also preceding her in death are her parents, one sister, Betty Kaesberg, infant twin siblings Marion and Richard, and infant sibling Jackie.

Sandy worked alongside her husband as an apprentice plumber. She then became a social worker for Senior Services in Springfield retiring in 2000. After retiring she worked as an investigator for the Fulton County Humane Society and at Moshier Pool Supply. Together with her husband they raised German Shepherds for the Illinois State Police. Later in life she would spend her time quietly listening to audio books and music.

A funeral service will be held on Friday, July 31, 2026 at 11 am at Oaks-Hines Funeral Home in Canton. A visitation will be held one hour prior at the funeral home. A burial will follow at White Chapel Memory Gardens in Canton.

Memorials may be made to Fulton County Humane Society.

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