{"id":13447,"date":"2025-07-02T10:48:30","date_gmt":"2025-07-02T15:48:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/?p=13447"},"modified":"2025-07-02T10:48:30","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T15:48:30","slug":"edwin-e-cole-82-of-neoga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/obits\/13447-edwin-e-cole-82-of-neoga\/","title":{"rendered":"Edwin E. Cole (82) of Neoga"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-post pdfprnt-top-right\"><a href=\"javascript: window.print()\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_self\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><span class=\"pdfprnt-button-title pdfprnt-button-print-title\">Print<\/span><\/a><\/div><p>Edwin E. Cole 82, of Neoga, Illinois passed away at 11:17 AM Monday June 30, 2025 in his residence surrounded by family.<\/p>\n<p>He was born April 22, 1943 in Decatur, Illinois the son of Clifton and Pauline (Hughes) Cole.\u00a0 He served in the Illinois National Guard.\u00a0 Edwin married Donna Heady March 26, 1967 in Louisville, Illinois.\u00a0 He was a Plant Manager for Farm Service in Humboldt, Illinois, a member of the St. John\u2019s Lutheran Church in Mattoon, Illinois and former Chief of the Humboldt Fire Department in Humboldt, Illinois.\u00a0 Edwin loved Harley Motorcycles, tractors, living at Lake Mattoon (so he didn\u2019t have to go on vacations) and especially spending time with family and friends.<\/p>\n<p>He is survived by his wife, Donna Cole of Neoga, Illinois; daughters, Lisa McDowell (Dan) of Mattoon, Illinois, Jennifer Ferrar (Scott) Mattoon, Illinois and Rachel Rappe (Marty) of Sullivan, Illinois; six grandchildren, Garrett McDowell (Timothy Wallace), Tucker Rappe (fianc\u00e9 Rylee Phillips), A.J. Rappe, Spencer Ferrar (fianc\u00e9 Abbie Bonnstetter), Sam Ferrar and Lucy Ferrar; siblings, Dean Cole (Marvelle), Karen Whitley (Randy) and Ronnie Cole (Susan); and several nieces and nephews.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Cole was preceded in death by his parents.<\/p>\n<p>Memorials are suggested to the Carle Hospice,\u00a0 501 South West Street\u00a0 Olney, IL 62450.<\/p>\n<p>As per his wishes cremation rites will be accorded and a Open House\/Life Celebration will be held Saturday July 12, 2025 in the Neoga American Legion in Neoga, Illinois from 4:00 PM until 7:00 PM.\u00a0 The Swengel &#8211; O\u2019Dell Funeral Home of Neoga, Illinois are assisting the family with arrangements.\u00a0 Online condolences may be expressed at www.swengel-odell.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Edwin died the morning of Monday, June 30<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":13448,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13447","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-obits"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Edwin E. 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