Published on June 25, 2025 6:22 am
Last Updated on June 25, 2025 4:12 pm
Voris Lyman Osborn of Effingham, IL, passed away on Monday, June 23, 2025 at home surrounded by his loving wife, children and family on his 89th Birthday.
Visitation will be held from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, June 26, 2025 at Johnson Funeral Home, Effingham, IL. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Friday June 27, 2025 at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Effingham, IL. Burial will be in Dieterich, IL at the Dieterich Cemetery. The family requests any and all car enthusiasts please bring your loud and beautiful cars for Voris’s final send off from the cemetery. In lieu of flowers and gifts, memorials may be made to St. John’s Lutheran Church in Effingham. Online condolences may be shared at www.johnsonandsonsfh.com.
Voris was born on June 23, 1936, the son of Otto and Elta (Habbe) Osborn in the home of his grandparents Wm. and Clara Habbe. He married Arnetia Fae Bannick of Effingham, IL in 1955 at St. John’s Lutheran Church, Louisville, IL. Voris graduated from Effingham High School with the class of 1954. After graduating from High School, he went to work as a line inspector at the Norge Factory from 1954-1958, making many great friends. In 1958, he began his career as a Car Salesman at former Shouse Motor Sales. With his love of cars, Osborn stayed with Shouse Motors as a salesman until it closed in 1986, at which time he went to work as a Salesman for C&L dealership until it subsequently closed in 1991. Osborn spent a short stint working at both Luckett Ford, Lincoln Mercury and Braunecker Olds Cadillac and GMC trucks before finding the place where he would spend the rest of his career, at Goeckner Brothers Chrysler-Dodge-Jeep. Osborn’s long career in selling cars came to an end in December of 2005, but his passion for cars continued until his last days.
He is survived by his wife, Arnetia Osborn of Effingham; his daughters, Pam Donsbach (Bob) of Toledo and Mary Brown (Greg) of Watson; his son, James Osborn (Sheila) of Effingham; grandchildren, Jeff Donsbach, Bethanie Cougil, Kayla Aaron, Kelsey Mock, Mandy Westjohn, Laura Jeffries, Alexis Wolke, and Cory Osborn; great-grandchildren, Brody Donsbach, Blayne Donsbach, Avery Donsbach, Whitleigh Cougil, Joleigh Cougil, Brielle Aaron, Logan Aaron, Brecken Aaron, Elizabeth Titus, Aria Mock, Pierson Mock, Coen Westjohn, Hadley Westjohn, Everly Jeffries, Emersyn Jeffries, Ainsley Jeffries, and Zenith Wolke.