STATE OF ILLINOIS CIRCUIT COURT OF THE SEVENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF SANGAMON   IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE  OF RUSSELL EUGENE SOUTHWELL,  Deceased.   Case No. 2025-PR-426   CLAIM NOTICE    Notice is given of the death of RUSSELL EUGENE SOUTHWELL, who died on September 16, 2025. The name and address of the legal representative is: Prentice Martin Southwell, 1200 Larchmont Drive, Springfield, Illinois 62704; and the attorney of record is Grosboll, Tice, Barr & Courtney, whose address is 101 East Douglas Street, Petersburg, Illinois 62675.  Claims against the estate may be filed in the office of the Clerk of Court, Sangamon County Courthouse, Springfield, Illinois 62701, or with the representative, or both, on or before May 15, 2026. Any claim not filed within that period is barred. Copies of a claim filed with the Clerk must be mailed or delivered to the representative and to the attorney within 10 days after it has been filed.  The estate will be administered without court supervision, unless under Section 28-4 of the Probate Act (Il. Rev. Stat. Ch. 110 1/2 Sec. 28-4) any interested person terminates independent administration at any time by mailing or delivering a petition to terminate to the clerk. You may obtain a copy of a form of a petition to terminate independent administration from the clerk of court at the above address.  Dated this 3rd day of November, 2025.   Administrator