{"id":14435,"date":"2025-07-22T06:12:37","date_gmt":"2025-07-22T11:12:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/?p=14435"},"modified":"2025-07-22T14:03:39","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T19:03:39","slug":"richard-duane-poe-80-of-shelbyville-formerly-of-dieterich","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/obits\/14435-richard-duane-poe-80-of-shelbyville-formerly-of-dieterich\/","title":{"rendered":"Richard Duane Poe (80) of Shelbyville, formerly of Dieterich"},"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 style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Richard Duane Poe, age 80, of Shelbyville, Illinois, and formerly of Dieterich, Illinois, passed away at 9:59 PM \u2013 Saturday, July 19, 2025, at HSHS Saint John\u2019s Hospital in Springfield, Illinois, with his family by his side.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A service honoring Richard\u2019s life will be at 3:00 PM &#8211; Saturday, July 26, 2025, at Meyer Funeral Home, 307 East Center Street Dieterich, Illinois.\u00a0 The burial will be in the Dieterich Village Cemetery in Dieterich, Illinois.\u00a0 A visitation for family and friends will be held from 1:00 to 3:00 PM prior to the service.\u00a0\u00a0The obituary can be viewed and condolences left at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.meyerfh.com\/\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/www.meyerfh.com\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1753291981700000&amp;usg=AOvVaw09WdQIyi3RecMyYM1BCHG9\">www.meyerfh.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Richard was born on February 17, 1945, in Effingham, Illinois, the son of Berlyn and Violet (Fitzgerald) Poe.\u00a0 He graduated from Dieterich High School with the Class of 1962.\u00a0 While in high school he ran for the Dieterich cross country team.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Richard worked at Siemer Milling and Effingham Equity for many years.\u00a0 He enjoyed hunting, fishing, dancing and listening to music.\u00a0 He was baptized on August 21, 2005, and joined the Dieterich Christian Church.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Richard is survived by:<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Children \u2013 Julie Poe (special friend Randy Grubaugh) of Shumway, Illinois; Tracy Gathe of Shelbyville, Illinois; and Theron Poe of Gilbert, Arizona<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Grandchildren \u2013 Caleb (Colby) Poe, Desiree Yeager, Tisha Niebrugge, Amanda (Lee) Schaufler,\u00a0Damion (Felicia) King, Ashton Pietzman, and Myah Gathe<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">17 Great Grandchildren<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Siblings \u2013 Robert (Janet) Poe of Teutopolis, Illinois; Michael (Judy) Poe of Effingham, Illinois; Terry (Susan) Poe of Effingham, Illinois; and Violet Backs of Altamont, Illinois<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Special Friend and Companion \u2013 Juanita Musson of Shelbyville, Illinois<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Son-in-law \u2013 David Jones of Newton, Illinois<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Richard was preceded in death by his parents, daughter Melissa Jones, brother Edward Poe and a sister Brenda McKinney.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Richard Duane Poe, age 80, of Shelbyville, Illinois, and formerly of Dieterich, Illinois, passed away at 9:59 PM \u2013 Saturday, July 19, 2025, at HSHS Saint John\u2019s Hospital in Springfield, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":14436,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14435","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 - 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