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  • Helen Louise (McDonald) Berry, 95 Tuesday, July 5, 2011 @ 10:59AMHelen Louise (McDonald) Berry lived a full 95 years, or as she would say, "I am almost done with my 96th year since they start counting at zero!" She went to be with God on Thursday, June 30, 2011, in Good Samaritan Hospital at 9:10 pm. She was born on January 6, 1916, in Parkersburg, IL to R.W. "Mac" and Catherine Christine (Warmkie) McDonald. She used to entertain the grandkids with stories of ...
  • Obituaries reported in the June 16, 2011, Advocate Thursday, June 30, 2011 @ 11:19AMThese obituaries were reported in the June 16, 2011, Advocate: Derek B. Baynton, Carl Edward Grieshaber, Uwe Grund, Steve Lampe, Meletta Mary "Peggy" Stanley Marconett, Neal Henry Schreiber, Phyllis M. Schuette, Elsie M. Wempe, Wayne Lee White and Norma L. Zimmerman.
  • Obituaries reported in the June 16, 2011, Advocate Friday, June 24, 2011 @ 10:39AMThese obituaries were reported in the June 16, 2011, Advocate: Derek B. Baynton, Carl Edward Grieshaber, Uwe Grund, Steve Lampe, Meletta Mary "Peggy" Stanley Marconett, Neal Henry Schreiber, Phyllis M. Schuette, Elsie M. Wempe, Wayne Lee White and Norma L. Zimmerman.
  • Iowa County Obituaries, June 23, 2011 Thursday, June 23, 2011 @ 4:04PMReta Fox, 96 Reta Fox, 96, Williamsburg, died Tuesday, June 14, 2011, at the English Valley Care Center, North English. Private family services and burial will be held at a later date. The Rev. Kirk Statler will officiate. Musical selections will include “Amazing Grace,” “In The Garden” and “Precious Lord, Take My Hand.” Soloist will [...]
  • Obituaries reported in the June 16, 2011, Advocate Thursday, June 16, 2011 @ 9:54AMThese obituaries were reported in the June 16, 2011, Advocate: Derek B. Baynton, Carl Edward Grieshaber, Uwe Grund, Steve Lampe, Meletta Mary "Peggy" Stanley Marconett, Neal Henry Schreiber, Phyllis M. Schuette, Elsie M. Wempe, Wayne Lee White and Norma L. Zimmerman.
  • Prince William's royal wedding: An instant guide Monday, April 11, 2011 @ 8:04AMThe heir to the British throne will marry Kate Middleton on April 29, but what will the future queen wear? And who is she, anyway? Here's what's known to date
  • Mary Alberta McIntire Sunday, March 6, 2011 @ 4:46AMMary Alberta McIntire, 93, of Oberlin passed away Friday, March 4, 2011 at the Welcome Nursing Home in Oberlin. She was born July 2, 1917 in Elyria. She was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church. she was a graduate of Elyria High School in 1935, lettering in baseball. She was a member of Oberlin Golf [...]
  • Prince William's wedding: An instant guide Friday, March 4, 2011 @ 5:34AMThe heir to the British throne will marry Kate Middleton on April 29, but what will the future queen wear? And who is she, anyway? Here's what's known to date
  • Lawsuits filed against Saltville Police Department Sunday, February 13, 2011 @ 6:32PMIt was 11:57 p.m. on New Years Day 2009 when a young man in a Mustang rounded a curve near his parents’ house on Campbell Drive in Saltville. Eric Jackson was on his way home and driving too fast. How fast remains in debate – Saltville Police Officer Randall Brickey, who stopped Jackson alleging 97 mph in a 55 mph zone, later testified that he did not lock his radar.
  • Obituaries reported in the Jan. 13, 2011, Advocate Tuesday, February 1, 2011 @ 9:21AMThese obituaries were reported in the Jan. 13, 2011, Advocate: Rita M. Broxterman,Chauncey J. Dowd, William F. Farrant,Theda Frazier-Lolley, Alphonse Henry Haverkamp, Dale E. Laflen, Patricia Anne Meyer, Wayne S. Musil, Bernard Francis Peterson, Verona Galena Totton Rice, Doris M. Roever, M. Renee Warren.
  • Obituaries reported in the Jan. 13, 2011, Advocate Saturday, January 22, 2011 @ 8:51AMThese obituaries were reported in the Jan. 13, 2011, Advocate: Rita M. Broxterman,Chauncey J. Dowd, William F. Farrant,Theda Frazier-Lolley, Alphonse Henry Haverkamp, Dale E. Laflen, Patricia Anne Meyer, Wayne S. Musil, Bernard Francis Peterson, Verona Galena Totton Rice, Doris M. Roever, M. Renee Warren.
  • Happy Hurstons accept gifts, thanks from community Sunday, January 16, 2011 @ 1:14AMCANAVERAL GROVES — After months of living in a motor home, Joe and Cindy Hurston and their children can stretch their legs in style, thanks to thousands of volunteers and "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition."
  • Obituaries reported in the Jan. 13, 2011, Advocate Thursday, January 13, 2011 @ 3:06PMThese obituaries were reported in the Jan. 13, 2011, Advocate: Rita M. Broxterman,Chauncey J. Dowd, William F. Farrant,Theda Frazier-Lolley, Alphonse Henry Haverkamp, Dale E. Laflen, Patricia Anne Meyer, Wayne S. Musil, Bernard Francis Peterson, Verona Galena Totton Rice, Doris M. Roever, M. Renee Warren.
  • Prince William's wedding: An instant guide Thursday, January 6, 2011 @ 5:39AMThe heir to the British throne will marry Kate Middleton next year, but what will the future Queen wear? And who is she, anyway? Here's what's known to date
  • Prince William's wedding: An instant guide Wednesday, November 24, 2010 @ 4:05AMThe heir to the British throne will marry Kate Middleton next year, but what will the future Queen wear? And who is she, anyway? Here's what's known to date
  • Prince William's wedding: An instant guide Wednesday, November 17, 2010 @ 10:05AMThe heir to the British throne will marry Kate Middleton next year, but what will the future Queen wear? And who is she, anyway? Here's what's known to date
  • Obituary Search Thursday, October 28, 2010 @ 5:39AMMarvin E. Hougland, 76, of Amherst, passed away peace­fully, surrounded by his family, after a lengthy illness, Tues­day, October 26, 2010. He was born June 20, 1934 in Watseka, Illi­nois and was a Lorain County resident for the past 50 years. Marvin was a 1952 grad­uate of Kentland High School in Indiana, where he was a 12 [...]
  • Marvin E. Hougland Wednesday, October 27, 2010 @ 6:24AMMarvin E. Hougland, 76, of Amherst, passed away peace­fully, surrounded by his family, after a lengthy illness, Tues­day, October 26, 2010. He was born June 20, 1934 in Watseka, Illi­nois and was a Lorain County resident for the past 50 years. Marvin was a 1952 grad­uate of Kentland High School in Indiana, where he was a 12 [...]
  • Movies: Easy A' offers mediocre update to Scarlet Letter' Wednesday, September 22, 2010 @ 6:00PMEmma Stone plays "Olive Penderghast," a high school girl who lies about a sexual encounter that tarnishes her perfect reputation in "Easy A."
  • Movie review: 'Easy A' makes the snarky grade Thursday, September 16, 2010 @ 5:27PMEmma Stone turns in a star-making performance as a good girl supposedly gone bad in this clever yet obvious teen comedy. The story of a smart, funny girl who becomes a self-styled Hester Prynne, "Easy A" is neither as smart nor as funny as it wants to be. With the verbal-cleverness dial set at 11, the teen comedy wears its glib cultural references — pop and 19th-century literary — in boldface ...
  • Movie review: 'Easy A' makes the snarky grade Thursday, September 16, 2010 @ 5:17PMEmma Stone turns in a star-making performance as a good girl supposedly gone bad in this clever yet obvious teen comedy.
  • Movie review: 'Easy A' makes the snarky grade Thursday, September 16, 2010 @ 4:47PMEmma Stone turns in a star-making performance as a good girl supposedly gone bad in this clever yet obvious teen comedy. Emma Stone turns in a star-making performance as a good girl supposedly gone bad in this clever yet obvious teen comedy.
  • Lady Anne Tree: Prison reformer whose Fine Cell scheme enables inmates to earn money from needlework Wednesday, September 8, 2010 @ 6:23PMLady Anne Tree was a member of the upper echelons of the aristocracy, mixing easily during her 82 years with the nobility and cultural luminaries such as Cecil Beaton, John Betjeman and Lucian Freud. She moved in a world of dukes and duchesses and the most powerful in the land, living in stately homes. Yet she became familiar not just with exquisite drawing rooms but with grim prison cells.
  • Obituaries for the day of February 11, 2010 Tuesday, February 16, 2010 @ 2:09AMMarian Marie Hilary, 90, long-time resident of La Grande, died Feb. 8 in Salem. Services are pending and will be handled by Daniels-Knopp Funeral, Cremation and Life Celebration Center.
  • BEL MOONEY: How CAN so many families leave their grandparents all alone at Christmas? Wednesday, December 23, 2009 @ 8:07PMHow ironic that at this time of the year, when we are bombarded with TV adverts that sell the idea of the jolly extended family, reality often provides a bleak contrast.
  • Obituaries 11-20-09 Friday, November 20, 2009 @ 5:11AMOsterville — Dorothyann Marie Irons Callahan passed away at her home in Osterville Nov. 2, 2009. Mrs. Callahan was born Dec. 7, 1929, in Newark, N.J. She grew up in Point Pleasant, N.J., and was active in sports and educational activities.
  • Rachel Franzen celebrating 100 years Thursday, October 15, 2009 @ 12:06AMRachel Franzen, formerly of Brewster, MN, will celebrate her 100th birthday on Wednesday, October 14th, at Maple Lawn Nursing Home, Fulda, MN. Meeting Rachel brought to mind a quote by Michael Pritchard...”You don’t stop laughing because you grow old, you grow old because you stop laughing.”
  • NASCAR legend cuts off provincial businessman Wednesday, September 2, 2009 @ 4:19AMA New Brunswick businessman and long-time racing fan has been forced to change the name of his tiny memorabilia shop under the threat of a lawsuit by NASCAR legend Darrell Waltrip.
  • Independent Obituaries: April 9, 2009 Monday, April 13, 2009 @ 1:03AMThe following are obituaries that appear in the April 9, 2009 edition of the Star Valley Independent. Martice Hancock was born April 24, 1942 and died April 2, 2009. There is simply not enough ink, words, or paper to write on to sum our mother up. Truest love and wife. Our mother, our mom, our nana. [...]
  • One I did earlier: Is it OK to make Christmas gifts the Blue Peter way? Wednesday, December 17, 2008 @ 5:51AMBrad Pitt says his young brood exchange home-made gifts rather than buy presents. But do children still revel in making stuff from cereal packets and toilet rolls? Yes, says Blue Peter editor Tim Levell.
  • Shirley May Smith Wednesday, October 15, 2008 @ 12:48AMShirley May Smith, age 58, of Thomson, Illinois, died Thursday, October 9, 2008 at home. Cremation Rites have been accorded and a private burial of cremated remains will be held in Lower York Cemetery, Thomson at a later date.