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Margaret Kathryn Kaisner
Dec 7, 2008
Margaret "Katie" Kaisner, 89, of Fairbury died at 5:30 am Sunday, December 7, 2008 at Heritage Manor Nursing Home, Colfax. Katie was owner/florist of Kaisner's Greenhouse in Fairbury for 13 years. Sewing was a lifelong hobby and often a profession for Katie as well. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church and a past member of the...
Harry Everett Martin
Dec 3, 2008
Harry Everett Martin, 84, Chenoa, died at 7:00 am Wednesday, December 3, 2008 at OSF St. Joseph Medical Center, Bloomington. Cremation rites have been accorded. Mr. Martin requested that no memorial service be held. Duffy-Pils Memorial Home, Chenoa is in charge of arrangements. The family suggests memorials be given to the United Methodist Church of Chenoa. Mr. Martin was born...
Betty Ferguson
Dec 2, 2008
Colfax – Betty Ferguson, 76, of Colfax, passed away December 2, 2008 at 2:25p.m. at OSF St. Joseph Medical Center, Bloomington. Visitation will be held on Saturday, December 6, 2008 from 11-1:00 p.m. at Duffy-Pils Memorial Home in Colfax. Funeral will also be held on Saturday at 1:00 p.m. at the funeral home. Pastor Dan Jassman will be officiating. Burial...
Dawn Lorraine Engel
Nov 28, 2008
Dawn Lorraine Engel, 38, Fairbury died at 4:45 pm Friday, November 28, 2008 at OSF St. James-John Albrecht Medical Center, Pontiac. A memorial service will be held at 10:30 am Saturday, December 13, 2008 at the Christian Fellowship Church, 715 W. Lincoln Avenue, Pontiac, IL. Mrs. Engel was born June 11, 1970 in Decatur, IL the daughter of George and...
Calvin Coleman
Nov 23, 2008
Calvin E. Coleman, 79 of Florissant, CO formerly of Fairbury died Nov. 23, 2008, at Colorado State Veterans Nursing Home in Walsenburg, Colo. Mr. Coleman was born Dec. 31, 1928, in Urbana, IL the son of Ralph and Helen (Stoner) Coleman. Survivors include his wife, Joanne Pembroke Coleman of Florissant, CO.; four children; Cathy Coleman, St. George, UT, Chris (Regina)...
Delmar G. Augspurger
Nov 19, 2008
Delmar G. Augspurger, 91, Chenoa died at 7:28 am Wednesday, November 19, 2008 at his residence in rural Chenoa. Funeral services will be at 11:00 am Saturday, November 22, 2008 at the Meadows Mennonite Church, Meadows with the Rev. Steve Estes and Rev. Mary Ann Moman officiating. Burial will be in Chenoa Cemetery. Visitation will be 5:00 to 8:00 pm...
Judith Harper
Nov 18, 2008
Judith Kay Harper, 64, of Colfax passed away November 18, 2008 at 3:45 a.m. at Heritage Manor Nursing Home, Colfax. Visitation will be held on Thursday, November 20, 2008 from 4-6:00 p.m. at Duffy-Pils Memorial Home, Colfax. Funeral will be on Friday, November 21, 2008 at 10:00 a.m. also at the funeral home with visitation one hour prior. Rev. Dan...
William "Bud" Bagley Jr.
Nov 16, 2008
William "Bud" Bagley Jr., 70, of Chenoa, died at 6:52 pm, Sunday, November 16, 2008 at Audrain Medical Center, Mexico, MO. Visitation is from 4 to 8 pm, Thursday, November 20, 2008 at the Duffy-Pils Memorial Home, Chenoa. His funeral service will be held at 10:00 am, Friday, November 21, 2008 also at the memorial home in Chenoa with Rev....
Frances Snodgrass
Nov 12, 2008
Frances M. Snodgrass (Cannon) passed on to the next life while residing in Midway, Georgia with her Daughter Carol and Son-in-law Bill Long. Frances was born in Balatan Minnesota on August 1, 1916. She was 92. Preceding her in passing were siblings, Marion Cannon, Zelma Mays, and Kathryn Bays, parents Frank & Maude Cannon, and three children, Robert, Theodore, and...
Lee G. Fillingham
Nov 12, 2008
Lee G. Fillingham, 86, of Chenoa, died at 2:25 pm, Wednesday, November 12, 2008 at BroMenn Regional Medical Center, Normal. Visitation is from 4 to 7 pm, Friday, November 14, 2008 at the Duffy-Pils Memorial Home, Chenoa. His funeral service will be held at 10:30 am, Saturday, November 15, 2008 at the United Methodist Church of Chenoa with Pastor Rob...
Richard Earl Shomaker
Nov 11, 2008
Richard Earl Shomaker, 73, of Bloomington died at 11:00 pm Tuesday, November 11, 2008 at BroMenn Regional Medical Center, Normal. Funeral services will be at 10:00 am Saturday, November 15, 2008 at Duffy-Pils Memorial Home, Colfax with the Rev. Dan Jassman officiating. Burial will be in Evergreen Memorial Cemetery, Bloomington with full military rites accorded by the Davis-Kerber American Legion,...
Pia Langhoff
Nov 9, 2008
Colfax – Pia Langhoff, 53 of Colfax passed away on November 9, 2008 at 12:04 p.m. at her residence. Visitation will be held on Wednesday, November 12, 2008 from 4-8:00 p.m. at Duffy-Pils Memorial Home, Colfax. Funeral will be held on Thursday, November 13, 2008 at 10:00 a.m. at Colfax United Methodist Church with visitation from 9-9:45a.m. Rev. Diane Yentes...
Richard William Zehr
Nov 3, 2008
Richard William Zehr, 72, Fairbury died at 1:57 am Monday, November 3, 2008 at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago. Funeral services will be at 11:00 am Friday, November 7, 2008 at the First Presbyterian Church, Fairbury with Rev. Spencer Homan officiating. Burial will be in Graceland Cemetery, Fairbury. Visitation will be 2:00 to 8:00 pm Thursday at Duffy-Pils Memorial Home, Fairbury...
George H. Hurt
Nov 3, 2008
Fairbury: George H. Hurt, 81, of Fairbury, died at 7:34 am, Monday, November 3, 2008 at OSF St. Joseph Medical Center, Bloomington, IL. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 pm, Wednesday, November 5, 2008 at Duffy-Pils Memorial Home, Fairbury. Funeral services will be 10:00 am, Thursday, November 6, 2008 also at the memorial home in Fairbury, with Pastor Steve...
Leo L Schleeter
Nov 3, 2008
Colfax – Leo L. Schleeter, 82, of Colfax, died at November 3, 2008 at 2:20 am at BroMenn Regional Medical Center, Normal. Visistation will be held on November 4, 2008 from 4-7:00pm at Duffy-Pils Memorial Home, Colfax. A committal service will be held at 10:00 am on Wednesday, November 5, 2008 at East Lawn Memorial Gardens Mausoleum. A Memorial service...
Donna L. Prescott
Oct 24, 2008
Donna L. Prescott, 78, of Bradenton, FL and formerly of Fairbury died October 24, 2008 in Bradenton, FL. Donna was born May 17, 1930 in Fort Atkinson, WI the daughter of Herbert L. and Nora Edna Deschaer Madsen. Surviving are three children, Michael L. (Kathy) Marsch, Jefferson, WI, Mary L. (Steve) Moser, Monclova, OH, and Lisa L. Kessinger, Fairbury, IL,...
Margaret K. Hetman
Oct 23, 2008
Chenoa- Margaret K. Hetman, 82, of Chenoa passed away at 6:05 pm, Thursday, October 23, 2008 at BroMenn Regional Medical Center, Normal, IL. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 pm, Sunday, October 26, 2008 at Duffy-Pils Memorial Home, Chenoa. Funeral service will be held at 10:30 am, Monday, October 27 also at the memorial home in Chenoa with Pastor...
Hazel L. Tamres
Oct 22, 2008
Hazel L. Tamres, 84, Fairbury and formerly of Scottsdale, AZ died at 1:55 pm Wednesday, October 22, 2008 at Evenglow Health Center, Pontiac. Mrs. Tamres was born September 16, 1924 in Duluth, MN the daughter of Eilert and Jennie Jakobsen Olson. She married Izzy Tamres on June 28, 1963 in San Francisco, CA. He precedes her in death. Surviving are...
Wilma Jean Harms
Oct 21, 2008
Wilma Jean Harms, 87, of rural Fairbury died at 7:15 A.M. on Tuesday (Oct. 21, 2008) at Heritage Manor, Colfax, after a brave battle with cancer. Her funeral will be at 10:30 A.M. Friday, at Immanuel Lutheran Church, rural Colfax, with Pastor Connie Frase officiating. Burial will be in Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m....
L. Dale "Tex" Vanhouten
Oct 20, 2008
Chenoa: L. Dale "Tex" Vanhouten, 73 of Chenoa, died at 1:01 am, Monday, October 20, 2008 at St. Joseph's Medical Center, Bloomington. His funeral service will be held at 11:00 am, Friday, October 24, 2008 at the Chenoa Baptist Church, Chenoa with Pastor Christian Ricker officiating. Burial will follow in Chenoa Cemetery, Chenoa. Visitation is from 5 to 8 pm,...
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