All Obituaries

Matthew Monroe, age 49, of Fayetteville, Arkansas originally from Olney, passed away  on Sunday, September 8, 2019 at his residence in Fayetteville, Arkansas.Funeral service will be at 1 PM on Tuesday, September 17, 2019 in the chapel of Thrasher Family Funeral Home in Olney. Visitation will be two hour prior to service time from 11 AM-1 PM in the chapel of Thrasher Family Funeral Home in Olney. Burial will be in the Haven Hill Cemetery Memorial Gardens in Olney. Pastor Mike Williams...

Norma (Winchester) Greenwood, age 75, of Noble, passed away at 3:54 AM on Thursday, August 29, 2019 at her residence in Noble. Funeral service will be at 1 PM on Monday, September 2, 2019 in the chapel of Thrasher Family Funeral Home in Olney. Visitation will be one hour prior to service time in the chapel of Thrasher Family Funeral Home in Olney. Burial will be in the Noble Prairie Cemetery in Noble. Mr. Bob Totten will be officiating. Norma was born on November 30, 1943 in Princeton, IL,...

Donna (Brant) Hunley, age 72, of Olney, passed away at 1:57 AM on Tuesday, August 20, 2019 at Select Specialty Hospital in Evansville, IN. Funeral service will be at 2 PM on Friday, August 23, 2019 at the North Freedom Baptist in Noble. Visitation will be one hour prior to service time. Burial will be in the North Freedom Cemetery in Noble. Mr. Bob Totten will be officiating. Donna was born on March 29, 1947 in Olney, the daughter of John and Laverne (Mason) Brant. She later married...

Trena Ruth (Cade) Knackmus, age 77, of Olney, passed away at 4:07 PM on Tuesday, July 23, 2019 at Helia Healthcare in Olney. Graveside service will be at 2 PM on Saturday, July 27, 2019 in the chapel of Crest Haven Memorial Park in Claremont. Pastor Gary Wachtel will be officiating. Trena was born on December 10, 1941 in Olney, the daughter of Richard & Marie (Stacy) Cade. She later married Larry ‘Cork’ Knackmus. He preceded her in death. She worked at Wal-Mart & the...

Sue Grove, age 79, of Olney, passed away at 12:00 PM (NOON) on Sunday, July 21, 2019 at Carle Richland Memorial Hospital in Olney. Funeral service will be at 11 AM on Wednesday, July 24, 2019 in the chapel of Thrasher Family Funeral Home in Olney. Visitation will be one hour prior to service time. Burial will be at Haven Hill Memorial Gardens. Pastor Bryan White will be officiating. Sue was born on March 7, 1940 in Browns, the daughter of Ralph & Ferris (Michels) Crackel. She later...

Joe A. Dowds, age 71 of Olney, passed away at 1:30 AM on Monday, July 1, 2019 at Aperion Care in Olney. Visitation will be from 2 - 4 PM on Sunday, July 7, 2019 in the chapel of Thrasher Family Funeral Home in Olney. No formal service will be conducted after visitation. Joe was born on August 6, 1947, in Olney, the son of Edgar Riley and Rachel Elizabeth (Galloway) Dowds. He was a laborer for many years. He enjoyed fishing and mushroom hunting. He will be sadly missed by his family,...

Amy (Sucher) Ray age 33 of Olney, passed away at 9:05 AM on Friday, June 21, 2019 at Helia Healthcare in Olney. Celebration of Life service will be at 2 PM on Thursday, June 27, 2019 at First Assembly of God in Olney. Pastor Paul Goss will be officiating. Cremation rites will be accorded. Amy was born on November 20, 1985 in Houma, Louisiana the daughter of David Rodriguez and Debra Sucher. Memorials can be sent to the funeral to help with final expenses in memory of Amy (Sucher) Ray.

Jordan Bryant, age 17 of Noble, passed away at 10:31 PM on Monday, June l7, 2019 at Richland Memorial Hospital in Olney. Visitation will be from 11 AM - 1 PM on Saturday, June 22, 2019 in the chapel of Thrasher Family Funeral Home in Olney. Funeral service will be at 1 PM Saturday, June 22, 2019 in the chapel of Thrasher Family Funeral Home in Olney. Burial will be at Green Hill Cemetery south of Noble. Pastor Zack Slater will be officiating. Jordan was born on July 22, 2001, in Warrick...

Kathryn Lynn (Nicholas) Banks, age 67 of Olney passed away at 8:30 PM on Friday, May 10, 2019 at her home. Kathy worked in nursing homes taking care of people, & after she could no longer work she enjoyed being with family, drinking coffee, thrift store shopping, reading, crossword puzzles, flowers, plants, her fish pond, frogs & red birds. Kathy was born on February 29, 1952 in Olney, the daughter of Elmer H. Nicholas & Eva J. Garret which preceded her in death. Kathy was...

Eleanor “Ellie” Lobacz, age 92, passed away on May 2, 2019, at Carle Richland Memorial Hospital in Olney. Eleanor was born on February 5, 1927, the eldest child of three, to William and Florence Berlin of Berryville IL.  Her brother, Francis (Don) Berlin, preceded her in death. Her sister, Betty Jennings, survives and lives in Olney. At 19 years of age Eleanor met her husband, Ed Lobacz, in Chicago and raised five children. The family moved to Parkersburg in 1967, and...