{"id":42423,"date":"2026-07-14T14:15:38","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T19:15:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/?p=42423"},"modified":"2026-07-16T11:37:33","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T16:37:33","slug":"stacy-wharton-55-of-mason","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/obits\/42423-stacy-wharton-55-of-mason\/","title":{"rendered":"Stacy Wharton (55) of Mason"},"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><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Stacy Wharton, 55, of Mason, IL died at 4:46 p.m., Monday, July 13, 2026 at HSHS St. Anthony&#8217;s Memorial Hospital, Effingham.<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A memorial service will be held from 2-5 p.m., Saturday, July 18, 2026 at Gieseking Funeral Home, Altamont. Memorials may be made to breast cancer research or the donor\u2019s choice.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Stacy Rae Wharton was born on Friday, April 2, 1971 in Effingham to Presley L. and Shirley (Robison) Jones. She married Loren \u2018Tater\u2019 Wharton on October 2, 2021 and he preceded her in death on July 4, 2026. She worked as an administrative assistant at the Y-Yard in Effingham.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">She is survived by; her son, Wade Stuckey, Altamont; step-daughters, Tegan (Jayden) Booth, Austin, TX and Tayli Wharton, Altamont; sisters, Sherry (Charles) Snively, East Alton and Sally Reed, Effingham; brothers, Milan (Linda) Robison, Jeffrey (Karla) Jones, Effingham and Jerry (Mona) Jones, Altamont; and several nieces and nephews.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">In addition to her husband and parents, she was preceded in death by; her sister, Susan Pagel.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Online condolences may be expressed at www.giesekingfh.com<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stacy died on Monday, July 13.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":42616,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42423","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 v28.0 - 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