{"id":1982,"date":"2025-01-21T05:45:27","date_gmt":"2025-01-21T11:45:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thexradio3.com\/news\/?p=1982"},"modified":"2025-01-21T05:46:25","modified_gmt":"2025-01-21T11:46:25","slug":"stephen-leslie-steve-palmer-74-of-gays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/obits\/1982-stephen-leslie-steve-palmer-74-of-gays\/","title":{"rendered":"Stephen Leslie &#8220;Steve&#8221; Palmer (74) of Gays"},"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>Stephen Leslie \u201cSteve\u201d Palmer, 74, of Gays, IL, passed away at 9:00 a.m. Sunday, January 19, 2025, at his residence, surrounded by family.<\/p>\n<p>A visitation will be held from 5:00-7:00 p.m. Thursday, January 23, 2025, in Howe and Yockey Funeral Home, Shelbyville, IL. A second visitation will be held from 11:00 a.m. \u2013 noon on Saturday, January 25, 2025, in Glendale United Methodist Church, Simpson, IL. Funeral services will be held at noon on Saturday in the church. Burial will follow in Glendale Cemetery, Simpson, IL. Memorials may be given to Glendale Cemetery. Arrangements are by Howe &amp; Yockey Funeral Home in Shelbyville, and Bailey Funeral Home in Vienna.<\/p>\n<p>Stephen was born on September 8, 1950, at home in Glendale, IL, the son of John and Mildred (Rushing) Palmer. Steve loved his upbringing on the farm, and proudly shared \u201cPope County\u201d stories with those he encountered. He graduated from Pope County High School in the Class of1968. Steve earned his bachelor\u2019s degree in sociology and a minor in math from Southern Illinois University in Carbondale. He went on to earn his Master of Divinity from Asbury Seminary. While in seminary, he met his future wife, Linda, and they were married on April 27, 1974. Steve loved his wife for 50 years, and for that she is thankful. Steve loved worshipping Jesus and preaching about him. He accepted God\u2019s call into the ministry through the United Methodist Church and faithfully served the Mount Erie Charge, Carrier Mills Charge, Kinmundy and Wesley United Methodist Churches, Carterville First United Methodist Church, and Pana First United Methodist Church. He loved the congregations entrusted to him throughout the years, and especially enjoyed visiting and talking with the older folks until suddenly, he became one. Steve found comfort in the trustworthiness of the Word of God and God\u2019s faithfulness to his people.<\/p>\n<p>Steve is survived by his wife, Linda; twin sons, Jeremy Palmer (Kim Jackson) of Hillsboro, IL, and Jason Palmer (Joy) of Shelbyville, IL; daughter Jenny Orrick (Ryan) of Gays, IL; sister, Charlotte Palmer of Simpson, IL; brother, Donald Boaz (Betty) of LaFollette, TN; grandchildren, Tyler Palmer, James Palmer, Jake Palmer, Jackson Palmer, Madi Orrick and Sam Orrick. Steve loved his entire family, especially his grandchildren, and considered them gifts from God.<\/p>\n<p>He was preceded in death by his parents and his brother, John David Palmer (Lana).<\/p>\n<p>Send condolences at www.howeandyockey.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Steve died the morning of Sunday, January 19<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":1966,"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-1982","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>Stephen Leslie &quot;Steve&quot; Palmer (74) of Gays - 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\/1982-stephen-leslie-steve-palmer-74-of-gays\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Stephen Leslie &quot;Steve&quot; 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