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Willam D. Biehl
Jan 13, 2009
Colfax – William D. Biehl, 48, of Colfax passed away January 13, 2009, at 5:43am at OSF St. Joseph Medical Center, Bloomington. Visitation will be held on Thursday, January 15, 2009, from 5-8:00pm at Duffy-Pills Memorial Home, Colfax. Funeral will be held on Friday January 16, 2009, at 11:00 am also at the funeral home with visitation one hour prior....
Barbara Ann Coyne
Jan 11, 2009
Barbara Ann Coyne, 67, Fairbury died at 7:59 am Sunday, January 11, 2009 at Good Samaritan Home, Flanagan. Funeral services will be at 11:00 am Wednesday, January 14, 2009 at the Trinity Lutheran Church, Fairbury with Pastor Tom Krieger and Fr. Carl LoPresti officiating. Burial will be at 9:30am Wednesday in St. Mary's Cemetery, Gilman. Visitation will be 5:00 to...
Ida Ruth Glose
Jan 9, 2009
Pontiac – Ida Ruth Glose, 99 of Pontiac, passed away on January 9, 2009, at 8:00a.m. at Evenglow Lodge, Pontiac. Her funeral will be held on Monday, January 12, 2009 at 2:00p.m. at Duffy-Pils Memorial Home, Fairbury with visitation one hour prior. Rev. Randy Perry will be officiating. Burial will take place on Tuesday, January 13, 2008 at 1:00 pm...
Frank Gerald Schmidt
Jan 5, 2009
Frank Gerald Schmidt, 94, Fairbury died at 11:12pm Monday, January 5, 2009 at Fairview Haven Nursing Home, Fairbury. Funeral services will be at 10:00 am Friday, January 9, 2009 at the Apostolic Christian Church, Fairbury with the ministers of the church officiating. Burial will be in the Fairbury Apostolic Christian Cemetery with full military rites accorded by the Fairbury VFW...
James Henry Winter
Jan 5, 2009
James Henry Winter, 89, Fairbury died at 1:50 am Monday, January 5, 2009, at BroMenn Regional Medical Center, Normal. Memorial services will be held at 11:00 am Saturday, January 10, 2009, at the Immanuel Lutheran Church, Colfax with the Rev. Connie Frase officiating. Inurnment will be in the Immanuel Lutheran Church Cemetery, Colfax with full military rites accorded by the...
Paul Keighin
Dec 31, 2008
Colfax – Paul B. Keighin, 88 of Colfax, passed away at 8:56 am Wednesday, December 31, 2008, at OSF St. Joseph Medical Center, Bloomington. His memorial service will be Saturday, January 17, 2009, at 11:00 am at the Colfax United Methodist Church, with the visitation one hour prior to the service. Cremation rites have been accorded. Private family burial will...
Kathleen Grider
Dec 30, 2008
Kathleen Grider, 93 of Livingston Manor, Pontiac formerly of Chenoa died at 1:25 am, Tuesday, December 30, 2008 at Livingston Manor, Pontiac where she has resided the past several years. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 pm, Thursday, January 1, 2009 at Duffy-Pils Memorial Home, Chenoa and one hour prior to services at the church on Friday. Her Funeral...
Verona L. Thomas
Dec 25, 2008
Gibson City – Verona L. Thomas, 83, of Gibson City, passed away December 25, 2008 at 12:43a.m. at Carle Foundation Hospital, Urbana. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, January 3, 2009 at 2:00p.m. at First Presbyterian Church, Gibson City with a visitation one hour prior. Burial will be in Drummer Township Cemetery, Gibson City. Duffy-Pils Memorial Home, Colfax...
Michael J. Zwickey
Dec 21, 2008
Michael J. Zwickey, 60, Chatsworth died at 11:18 am December 21, 2008 at his residence in Chatsworth. Cremation rites have been accorded. Duffy-Pils Memorial Home, Fairbury was in charge of arrangements. Mr. Zwickey was born October 14, 1948 in Oshkosh, WI, the son of John and Janet Notzke Zwickey. Surviving is a son Michael Andrew Zwickey, Katy, TX.
Norene Adams
Dec 18, 2008
Norene Adams, 88 of Livingston Manor, Pontiac formerly of Chenoa died at 6:22 am, Thursday, December 18, 2008 at Livingston Manor, Pontiac where she has resided the past several years. Private family services will be held at Duffy-Pils Memorial Home, Fairbury with burial to take place in Chenoa Cemetery, Chenoa. Mrs. Adams was born January 7, 1920 in Liberty, KY...
Lois Jeannette Saffer
Dec 16, 2008
Lois Jeannette Saffer, 46, Fairbury died at 1:10 pm Tuesday, December 16, 2008 at her residence in Fairbury. Graveside services will be at 10:15 am Monday, December 22, 2008 at Avoca Twp. Cemetery, rural Fairbury with Fr. Carl LoPresti officiating. Visitation will be 9:00 to 10:00 am Monday at Duffy-Pils Memorial Home, Fairbury. The family suggests memorials be given to...
Wilma F Embry
Dec 13, 2008
Chenoa - Wilma F. Embry, 87, of Chenoa, passed away December 13, 2008 at 1:40 a.m. at Meadows Mennonite Retirement Community, Chenoa. Funeral will be held on Wednesday, December 17, 2008 at 10:00 a.m. at Duffy-Pils Memorial Home, Chenoa. Fr. Carl LoPresti and Chaplain Jeff Roberson will be officiating. Burial will be in Chenoa Cemetery. Visitation will be held on...
Emma Verena Ifft
Dec 13, 2008
Emma Verena Ifft, 87, Fairbury, died at 5:15 am Saturday, December 13, 2008 at Fairview Haven Nursing Home, Fairbury. Funeral services will be at 10:00 am Tuesday, December 16, 2008 at the Apostolic Christian Church, Forrest with the ministers of the church officiating. Burial will be in the South Apostolic Christian Cemetery, rural Fairbury. Visitation will be 4:00 to 8:00...
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...
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