{"id":15721,"date":"2025-08-11T21:00:06","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T02:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/?p=15721"},"modified":"2025-08-11T21:00:06","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T02:00:06","slug":"carroll-louis-ernst-81-of-farina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/obits\/15721-carroll-louis-ernst-81-of-farina\/","title":{"rendered":"Carroll Louis Ernst (81) of Farina"},"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>Carroll Louis Ernst, age 81, of Farina, Illinois, passed away on Monday, August 4, 2025 at his home.<\/p>\n<p>Graveside service with military rites will be held on Saturday, August 23, 2025 at 12:00 PM at Farina Cemetery in Farina, Illinois. Visitation will be held on Saturday, August 23, 2025 from 10:00 to 11:30 AM at Pagel Funeral Home in Edgewood, Illinois. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Edgewood American Legion Post 1168 or the donor\u2019s choice. Online condolences may be expressed at www.pagelfuneralhome.com.<\/p>\n<p>Carroll was born on August 9, 1943 in Fayette County, Illinois, the son of Harbert Ernst and Martha Schneider. He worked as a farmer for many years. Carroll enjoyed fishing, hunting, and camping. He served his country in the United States Army and then transferred to the United States Army Reserve. He was an active member of the Edgewood American Legion Post 1168 for many years.<\/p>\n<p>Carroll is survived by his son, Larry Dean Ernst. He was preceded in death by his wife, Janice Elene Marlow and daughter, Terri Lynn Hall.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Carroll died on Monday, August 4.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":15722,"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-15721","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 v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Carroll Louis Ernst (81) of Farina - Effingham&#039;s News and Sports Leader, 979XFM and KJ Country 102.3<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Effingham&#039;s News and Sports Leader\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/obits\/15721-carroll-louis-ernst-81-of-farina\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Carroll Louis Ernst (81) of Farina - 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