Robin Hugh Krantz, age 69, of Flora, Illinois, passed away Thursday afternoon, June 3, 2021, at Good Samaritan Hospital in Mt. Vernon. He was born March 4, 1952, in Flora, the son of James and Pearl (Manning) Krantz. He married Frances D. Williams on November 13, 1978, in Rinard. He and Francie have shared all of life's events and special occasions together including 42 wedding anniversaries. Rob worked in the oil field, as a farmhand, and bred paint and quarter horses. He was a member of the American Quarter Horse Association and a founding member of the Flatlanders Motorcycle Club. He also served in the US Army. Rob worked harder than the next guy and played harder than the next ten guys. He was a man of few words. He listened more than he talked, but when he did speak it was something you wanted to listen to. He loved motorcycles, arrowheads, rock-and-roll music, horses, his John Deere 4020 tractor, shade trees, old westerns, and family. He was not a complicated man, but defini
Danny Dale McAllister, age 79, of Flora, Illinois, passed away Thursday morning, December 31, 2020, at Deaconess Gateway Hospital in Newburgh, Indiana.
He was born July 27, 1941, at home, to Leonard and Margaret (Gaunt) McAllister. He married Donna Johnson on June 25, 1961, at Harmony United Methodist Church.
Danny was a 1959 graduate of Flora High School where he played football and made the first kickoff on the newly named Dancey Field during his senior year. He tended to his family farm and found happiness in the labor of baling hay and getting to the bottom of stubborn hay baler problems. Danny also manned drilling rigs in the oil fields operating within and around Clay county. He is often remembered for his tireless physical strength and stamina that he put into all of his work. He served on the Harter-Stanford Fire Protection District and supported the growth of the fire department and ongoing modernization of equipment, and was also a knowledgeable member of the to
May 6, 2021
95-year-old Ethel Cordell Etchison McVay of Spring Hill, Florida, and formerly of Flora, died Tuesday morning, May 4.
Cordell was born June 30, 1925, in San Antonio, Texas, the daughter of Homer and Ethel (Cordell) Bramble. She was united in marriage to John A. Etchison in 1945 and he preceded her in death in 1981. She later married Weldon McVay on August 17, 1985, in Flora, and he preceded her in death September 29, 2001.
She resided in Flora from 1950-2001, before moving to Florida to be near her son Don and his family. She has resided in Florida for the last 20 years where she had her own house with a beautiful garden and flowers. She loved the Florida warmth and sunshine.