Herald and Review from Decatur, Illinois • Page 9

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 25, 2001 DECATUR, ILLINOIS LOCALSTATE A9 OBITUARIES McDaniel TUSCOLA John G. McDaniel, 90, Tuscola, died 11:50 a.m. Sunday (Dec. 23, 2001) in his home. MACON COUNTY Si Barnes DECATUR Sargent B.

Barnes, 86, of Decatur passed away 5:37 p.m. Friday (Dec. 21, 2001) in his residence. Sprvirps Bray DECATUR Juanita Bray, 87, Decatur, died Monday (Dec. 24, 2001).

Arrangements incomplete: GracelandFair-lawn Funeral Home. Hill MAROA Ruth M. Hill, 96, Maroa, died Monday (Dec. 24, 2001). Arrangements incomplete: Calvert Funeral Homes, Clinton.

F73vTC1 will be 10 Services will be 3 p.m. Wednesday in Tuscola United Methodist Church, with the Rev. Clyde Snyder officiating. Visitation Lefever a.m. Thursday in Dawson WikoffWest Wood Street Funeral Home Visitation will be6to8 p.m.

Wednesday. Burial will John McDaniel Bledsoe TAYLORVILLE Treva Mae Bledsoe, 84, Springfield, formerly of Taylorville, died Sunday (Dec. 23, 2001). Member: Springfield Southern Baptist Church. Survivors: sons, Aleck, Richmond, Elmer, Springfield; Victor, Ackworth, Alvin, New Paris, Ohio; Norman, Grand Rapids, Merle, Leesville, John, Richmond, Gary, Springfield; daughter, Barbara Mangold, Springfield; 23 grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren.

Preceded by: parents, husband, Norman, three daughters, 17 brothers and sisters. Services: 10 a.m. Thursday, McClure Funeral Home, Taylorville. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday.

Burial: Oak Hill Cemetery, Springfield. Memorials: St. John's Hospital, Hospice, 800 E. Carpenter, Springfield, IL 62769. Davis FLORA Emma M.

Davis, 64, West Des Moines, Iowa, formerly of Clay County, died Friday (Dec. 21, 2001). Arrangements incomplete: Frank Bright Funeral Home, Flora. Sargent Barnes DEATHS LISTED Decatur, Macon County BARNES, Sargent 86, Decatur BRAY, Juanita, 87, Decatur BEGGS, Margaret Rose (Gard), 71, Decatur HILL, Ruth 96, Maroa LEFEVER, Orville Joseph, 77, Decatur PEARSON, Darwin 88, Decatur PERDUE, Jerry 54, Decatur SMITH, Donna (Epperson), 64, Decatur Y0RX, Nellie J. (Pedigo), 91, Decatur Central Illinois BAD0REK, Margaret, 71, Clinton BLEDSOE, Treva Mae (McElroy), 84, Taylorville DAVIS, Emma 64, Flora DEARD0RFF, Robert 81, Bethany McDANIEL, John 90, Tuscola MULLINAX, Rosemary 73, Ste.

Marie POOR, Mary Bernadette, 71, Taylorville RH0ADES, Nellie M. (Grimes), 87, Hillsboro RUSSELL, Florence Pauline, 81, Robinson SMITH, John 72, Mattoon WILSON, Evelyn L. (Thunhorst), 81, Morrisonville The Herald Review publishes death notices free including date of death and service arrangements. Basic obituaries are published for a flat fee of $15. There are limits on the amount of information included in basic obituaries.

Custom obituaries, which include additional information desired by the family of the deceased, are published for $9 per column inch. The obituary desk is open from 2:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. daily at 421-7969 or 1-800-453-3639. -r, The Herald Review will run flags beside the names of individuals who have served in the U.S.

armed forces. DECATUR Orville Joseph Lefever, 77, Decatur, died Thursday (Dec. 20, 2001). Services: 2 p.m. Saturday, First General Baptist Church.

Burial: at a later date. Arrangements by: Dawson Wikoff Funeral Home, Mount Zion. Memorials: First General Baptist Church or St. John's Hospice. Perdue DECATUR Jerry W.

Perdue, 54, of St. Pete Beach, formerly of Decatur, was taken to heaven Tuesday (Dec. 18, be in Graceland Cemetery, with military rites conducted by the Macon County Honor Guard. Mr. Barnes was born Oct.

6, 1915, in Decatur, the son of Dr. Lynn and Donna Buchingham Barnes. He worked for the Wabash and N.W. Railroad as a caller clerk for 30 years. He was a member of Grace United Methodist Church.

Mr. Barnes was a veteran of World War II, having served in the Army. He attended Kemper Military Academy and was a member of the Noon Kiwani-ans. He married Marguerite Lewis Oct. 4, 1941.

She preceded him in death Aug. 4, 1995. Surviving are his daughters, Jacqueline Sumner and husband William, Judith Barber and husband Richard and Joan London and husband Wayne, all of Decatur; 10 grandchildren; 24 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, wife and one brother, Ira. Deardorff 2001).

Services will be 1 p.m. Wednesday in Brintlinger and Earl Funeral Homes, with visitation one hour before services. Burial will be in BETHANY Robert E. Deardorff, 81, of Bethany died 12:25 a.m. Monday (Dec.

24, 2001) in St. Mary's Hospital. Woman makes taffy a tradition Recipe overheard on party line in '30s GOREVILLE (AP) is the fun part" said Mary Lou Craig, as she pulled a roll of her special Christmas taffy in her basement. Using a wooden hook made some 50 years ago from a tree branch, the Goreville woman stretched the brown sticky mass until it turned into white, delectable taffy. She explained that the pulling creates air volume, necessary for good candy.

Craig does most of the work herself in the intricate art of old-fashioned candy making. Her husband, Curtis, steps in to assist in pouring the hot concoction into two large buttered pans. These are carried to the garage for cooling the necessary 10 mhvTj utes, before the "fun part" begins. The Craigs distribute hundreds of pieces of the taffy each Christmas season to a growing list of friends. "To me, this is Christmas; the making and giving," Mary Lou said.

Cold weather is perfect for making successful taffy, and on a recent Saturday morning, Craig had stood for more than an hour, stirring, as the taffy mixture bubbled. "It takes at least an hour and 15 minutes," she said, for the mixture to cook, reducing to half its original volume. "I like to have everything ready before the cooking begins." The recipe Craig uses was inherited from a friend, Oral Burklow, who died in 1993, in her '90s. Burklow had made tfie taffy since some time in the 1930s when she overheard the recipe over a rural Johnson County telephone party line. It seems a young woman who worked in a candy factory was sharing the recipe with a friend.

Burklow also copied it down. Burklow's brother made her a long-handled paddle and the stretcher, using wood from trees on their farm. These tools, as well as her large cooking pot, were passed on to Craig, along with the recipe. BIRTHS Jerry Perdue Services will be 1:30 p.m. Thursday in Dawson Wikoff West Wood Street Funeral Home, with visitation two hours before services.

Bur Beggs Pearson DECATUR Darwin V. Pearson, 88, of Decatur passed away 8 a.m. Saturday (Dec. 22, 2001) in his resi Robert Deardorff DECATUR Margaret Rose Gard Beggs, 71, of Decatur died 10:05 a.m. Sunday (Dec 23, 2001) in her residence.

Services will be 10 a.m. Thursday in Brintlinger and Earl Funeral Homes, with visitation 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday. Burial will will be two hours before services at the church. Burial will be in Cartwright Cemetery, rural Tuscola.

Arrangements by: Hilligoss Shrader Funeral Home, Tuscola. Memorials: Tuscola United Methodist Church Building Fund, 901 N. Prairie Tuscola, IL 61953. Mr. McDaniel was born July 3, 1911, in Harristown Township near Decatur, the son of Thomas B.

and Anna Powell McDaniel. He was a graduate of Niantic-Harris-town High School and attended Illinois State University. He was an active member of the Douglas County Farm Bureau and served for many years on the board of that organization. He also served on the Illini FS Board, Tuscola Cooperative Grain Elevator Board and Douglas County Cooperative Extension Board. Mr.

McDaniel had been a member of the Tuscola United Methodist Church for more than 50 years. He was a retired farmer, having farmed near Lake City for nine years and east of Tuscola for 30 years. He retired in 1978. He spent his last years at his home in Tuscola. He married Marguerite Andrews, the daughter of Homer and Mayme Andrews of Macon, on May 10, 1941, in New London, Mo.

Surviving are his wife; sons, John H. McDaniel of Tuscola; Thomas W. McDaniel of Forsyth; daughter, Ann Chandler of Taylorville; sisters, Anamae Cochran of Moweaqua; Mar-jorie Brown of Oakley; grandchildren, Mary Maas and Thomas McDaniel Jr. of Fishers, Patricia McDaniel of Bloomington; Brian McDaniel of Tuscola; great-grandchildren, Courtney Maas, Caitlin Maas and Paige Maas, all of Fishers, Ind. He was preceded in death by his parents and one sister, Dorothy Heckel of Macon.

Smith MATTOON John E. Smith, 72, Mattoon, retired State of Illinois Department of Rehabilitation casework supervisor, died Monday (Dec. 24, 2001). Memorial service: 2 p.m. Thursday, First Presbyterian Church, Mattoon.

Visitation: two hours before services. Private family burial: Rest Haven Memorial Gardens, Mattoon. Arrangements by: Mitchell-Jerdan Funeral Home, Mattoon. Wilson MORRISONVILLE Evelyn L. Wilson, 81, Morrisonville, homemaker, died Monday (Dec.

24, 2001). Private family service: Mof-fitt-Perfetti Funeral Home, Morrisonville. Burial: Morrisonville Cemetery. dence. Services will be 11 a.m.

Wednesday in Dawson Wikoff West Wood Street Funeral Home, with visitation one hour be in Macon County Memorial Park, Har- ristown. Memorials: American Cancer Society or Moundford Free Methodist Jfe Darwin Pearson Margaret Beggs Fairlawn Cemetery. Jerry was born Jan. 7, 1947, in Virginia Beach, the son of Samuel James and Ardath Spruill Perdue. He lived his younger years traveling the world and experiencing all kinds of different things.

Jerry married Kandy L. Huston on Aug. 18, 1986, in Las Vegas, Nev. They lived in Decatur, where they were married for 10 years and had their two children. He was a loving, devoted father of two beautiful children, Nicholas, 13, and Malibu, 11.

Jerry was an avid tennis player, golfer, surfer and all-around sportsman. He spent most of his free time playing with his children, whom he adored and was so proud of. Jerry always seemed to live for the moment and had so much enthusiasm and spirit for life He held no impressive titles or any fancy resumes. He achieved nothing in the way of degrees, yet he was the greatest man in the world, because the thing that mattered to him the most were the two voices that called him dad. We will all miss him so much.

Surviving are his children, Nicholas Huston Perdue and Malibu Eileen Perdue, both of Sarasota, brother, Samuel James Perdue Jr. of Sedan, N.M.; sister, Nancy Worrell of Cordova, and her daughter, Jennifer Robinson of Manchester, aunt, Evangeline Rogers of Virginia Beach; cousin, Theresa Sawyer and husband Wayne of Virginia Beach; ex-wife and best friend, Kandy L. Moore and husband Vic of Sarasota; sister-in-law, Holly L. Mark-well and children, Colby, Megan and Fallon Markwell, all of Decatur; mother-in-law, Eileen Eldridge and husband Kay of Decatur. He was preceded in death by his parents.

before services. Burial will be in Oakridge Cemetery, Springfield. Memorials may be made to Grace United Methodist Church Foundation. Mr. Pearson was born Sept.

5, 1913, in Jacksonville, the son of Edward and Clora May Foster Pearson. He married Anna Belle Hart on April 26, 1945. Mr. Pearson was an Army veteran of World War II. He worked for Decatur public schools as a custodian.

He was a member of Grace United Methodist Church. Surviving are his wife, Anna Belle of Decatur; sons, John and wife Jan of California; Robert and wife Delores of Texas; daughter, Karen McGowan Yokley of Cerro Gordo; grandchildren, Math-ew Massey, Mark Massey, Dawn McLaughlin; five greatgrandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, three brothers, three sisters and one granddaughter. York DECATUR Nellie J. York, 91, of Decatur died 3:34 a.m.

Monday (Dec. 24, 2001) in Heritage Manor, Mount Zion. Grave ial will be in Graceland Cemetery. Memorials may be made to Faith Lutheran Church, Sullivan. Mr.

Deardorff was born April 10, 1920, in Decatur, the son of Lester and Caddie Roderick Deardorff. He was a processor in the syrup refinery at A.E. Staley Mfg. where he retired in 1978. He was a member of Faith Lutheran Church, American AMVETS of Tennessee and the DAV of Decatur.

He was an avid fisherman and gardener. He was a Navy veteran of World War II. He married Lucille Bork, Feb. 10, 1940. Surviving are his wife, Lucille, of Bethany; children, Joan Lewis and husband Larry of Pana; Gary Deardorff and wife Kay of Decatur; Dan Deardorff of Bethany; Janet Gentry and husband Dennis of Bethany; sister, Vera Eades of Rock Falls; grandchildren, Tracy, Terry, Ted, Todd, Brent, Barry, Kathy, Melissa and Michael; 18 great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents, two sisters and one grandchild. Mullinax STE. MARIE Rosemary C. Mullinax, 73, Ste. Marie, died Sunday (Dec.

23, 2001). Arrangements incomplete: Buchanan Funeral Home, Newton. Poor TAYLORVILLE Sister Mary Bernadette Poor, VHM, 71, Mendota Heights, formerly of Taylorville, teacher, died Wednesday (Dec. 19, 2001). Services: at a later date, Oak Hill Cemetery, Taylorville.

Arrangements by: Shafer Funeral Home, Taylorville. Rhoades HILLSBORO Nellie M. Rhoades, 87, Hillsboro, home-maker, died Monday (Dec. 24, 2001). Services: 10 a.m.

Thursday, Bass-Patton Memorial Home, Hillsboro. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday. Burial: Oak Grove Cemetery, Hillsboro. Memorials: Hillsboro Hospital or First Baptist Church, Central Illinois Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center, Coles County ADAMS, Nichole, Mattoon, twin girls, Dec.

21. BR0ADY, Sondra, Villa Grove, boy, Dec. 21. Z0RN, Bruce and Mindy, Paris, boy, Dec. 22.

IFFERT, Darren and Emmylou, Newton, girl, Dec. 23. KEAN, Kenneth and Katherine, Sullivan, girl, Dec. 23. Church.

Mrs. Beggs was born Jan. 2, 1930, in Decatur, the daughter of Frank and Grace Foster Gard. She was a member of Moundford Free Methodist Church, where she was very active in the choir and many groups. She was also a member of a bunco club.

She married Gilbert Smith Nov. 13, 1949. He preceded her in death May 1966. She then married John Beggs in Decatur Jan. 24, 1970.

Surviving are her husband; children, Debbie Smith Johnson, Mrs. Bruce (Cathie) Gentry, Debbie and Terry Carter, John Beggs Jr. and wife Diane, all of Decatur; nine grandchildren; two great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, first husband, one brother and one sister. She was a loving wife and mother and leaves many friends and loved ones.

We appreciate the prayers and support of her church family and care from her doctors and nurses. Smith DECATUR Donna Smith, 64, of Phoenix, formerly of Decatur, died 9:20 p.m. Thursday (Dec. 20, 2001) in Phoenix. Graveside services will be 1 p.m.

Friday in Harristown Cemetery. No visitation. Brintlinger and Earl Funeral Homes is in charge of arrangements. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to: Hospice of the Valley, 2222 S. Dobson Road, Suite 401, Mesa, AZ 85202.

Mrs. Smith was born Feb. 26, 1937, in Decatur, the daughter of Onal and Mona Hutton Epperson. She was a member of Faith Church of Tempe, Tempe, and a former member of First Free Will Baptist Church of Decatur. Surviving are her sons, Randy Smith of Springfield; Mark, Brian and Scott Smith of Phoenix; Jay Speagle of Englewood, daughter, Rachel Smith of Danville; grandchildren, Brandon, Michael and Brittany Smith; brothers and sisters, Richard Epperson of Dickson, Sue Howell of Decatur; Gene Epperson of Decatur; Charles Epperson of Bloomington; Karen Olivia of LaGrange.

She was preceded in death by her husband, parents and brother, Jerry Epperson. HHiJlHUiuni I. side services will be 2 p.m. Wednesday in Point Pleasant Cemetery. No visitation.

Dawson CENTRAL ILLINOIS Badorek CLINTON Margaret Badorek, 71, Clinton, died Monday (Dec. 24, 2001). Arrangements incomplete: Calvert Funeral Homes, Clinton. Russell ROBINSON Florence Pauline Russell, 81, Robinson, packing and shipping specialist, died Monday (Dec. 24, 2001).

Services: 10 a.m. Thursday, St. Elizabeth's Catholic Church, Robinson. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Pul-liam Funeral Home, Oblong.

Burial: Oblong City Cemetery. Memorials: donor's choice. 1 W1KOII You'll feel comfortable with our personal, dignified way of handling your wishes. Familv Owned Operated A Nellie York Funeral Home, Mount Zion, is in charge of arrangements. Mrs.

York was born Nov. 14, 1910, in Hermitage Spring, the daughter of Ferni-nad and Tabitha Green Pedigo. She was a receptionist at Normans for 12 years. She married Chester York Nov. 6, 1929.

He preceded her in death in 1963. Surviving are her daughters, Mary Vance and husband Gene of Mount Zion; Linda Garvin and husband Joe of Decatur; Lynnie Lambert of Decatur; Dora Dalluge and husband Robert of Mount Zion; son, Jordan York of Shel-byville; sister, Evelyn Stepp of Ohio; 24 grandchildren; 42 great-grandchildren and five great-great-grandchildren She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, son, Douglas, and one sister. Central Illinois Vision Center MARCUS DERANIAN, MD, FACS THE CATARACT SURGERY SPECIALIST riO SHOT HO STITCH NO PATCH FIO RESTRICTIONS (217)233-3101 1-800-771-3101 2442 STATE ROUTE 121 NW Decatur, Illinois 62526 12 mile South of Exit 138 on 1-72 (Just West of Macon County Fairgrounds) FROM THE FAMILIES AT J.J. MORAN SONS y.ui.ijiimnwwjM i FUNERAL HOME David H. Goebel, Director 2801 N.

Monroe Decatur, IL 217-875-2004 www.jjmoran.com CALL FOR A FREE CATARACT SCREENING.