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E. Charlene Augspurger
May 9, 2008
E. Charlene Augspurger, 79, of Chenoa died at 10:19 am Friday, May 9, 2008 at BroMenn Regional Medical Center, Normal. A funeral Mass will be held at 10:00 am Tuesday, May 13, 2008 St. Joseph Catholic Church, Chenoa with Fr. Carl LoPresti officiating. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery, Chenoa. Visitation will be 5:00 to 8:00 pm Monday at Duffy-Pils...
Marcella Catherine Oltman
May 7, 2008
Marcella Catherine Oltman, 83, of Chenoa died at 9:50 am Wednesday, May 7, 2008 at Meadows Mennonite Home, Chenoa. A funeral mass will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, May 10, 2008 at the St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Chenoa with Fr. Carl LoPresti officiating. Burial will be in Chenoa Cemetery. Visitation will be 10:00 to 10:45 am Saturday at the...
Carl E. Bridgeforth
May 7, 2008
Carl E. "Sonny" Bridgeforth, 74, of Chatsworth died at 3:00 am Wednesday, May 7, 2008 at OSF St. James-John Albrecht Medical Center, Bloomington. A memorial service will be held at 3:00 pm Monday, May 12, 2008 at Duffy-Pils Memorial Home, Fairbury with the Rev. Charles McDonald officiating. Visitation will be 1:00 to 2:45 pm Monday at the memorial home. Inurnment...
Olga C. Heath
May 4, 2008
Olga C. Heath 73, of Urbana, formerly of Chenoa, died May 4, 2008 at 7:51PM at Provena Covenant Medical Center, Urbana. Visitation will be held on Friday, May 9, 2008 from 10-11:00AM at Duffy-Pils Memorial Home, Chenoa. Funeral also will held on Friday, May 9, 2008 at 11:00AM at the funeral home. Burial will be in Chenoa Cemetery. Olga was...
Earl E. Steffen
May 1, 2008
Fairbury: Earl E. Steffen, 64, of Fairbury, went home to be with Jesus at 4:14 pm, Thursday, May 1, 2008 in Arapahoe County, Colorado due to injuries sustained in a weather related traffic accident. Visitation is from 2:30 to 7:30 pm, Wednesday, May 7, 2008 at the Apostolic Christian Church of Bloomington-Normal located on the corner of Raab and Townda...
Jack E. Gibson
Apr 30, 2008
Jack E. Gibson, 79, of Cooksville, died April 30, 2008 at 5:25AM at his residence. A graveside service will be held on Friday, May 2, 2008 at 10:00AM at Wiley Cemetery in Colfax. Rev. Wendell Wardell will be officiating. Duffy-Pils Memorial Home, Colfax is in charge of arrangements. Jack was born January 22, 1929 in Downs Twp the son of...
Arthur R. Johnson
Apr 29, 2008
Chenoa: Arthur R. Johnson, 99, formerly of Chenoa, died Tuesday, April 29, 2008 at his residence in Evergreen Estates, Cedar Rapids, IA. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 pm, Friday, May 2, 2008 at Duffy-Pils Memorial Home, Chenoa. His funeral service will be 10:30 am, Saturday, May 3, 2008 at the Presbyterian Church of Chenoa with Pastor Dan Patterson...
Maurice F. Cox
Apr 27, 2008
Maurice F. Cox, 89, Fairbury died at 12:10 am Sunday, April 27, 2008 at Gibson Area Hospital, Gibson City, IL. Funeral services will be at 11:00 am Friday at the First Presbyterian Church, Fairbury with the Rev. Spencer Homan officiating. Inurnment will be in the Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery, Elwood, IL. Visitation will be 3:00 to 8:00 pm Thursday at...
Roscoe Edward Mcbride
Apr 24, 2008
Roscoe Edward McBride, 74, of Fairbury died at 8:05 pm Monday, April 21, 2008 at the Asta Care Center of Pontiac. Funeral services will be 1:30 pm Thursday, April 24, 2008 at Duffy-Pils Memorial Home, Fairbury with the Rev. Mike Hillyer officiating. Burial will be in Graceland Cemetery, Fairbury. Visitation will be from 4:00 to 7:00 pm Wednesday with a...
Emma Parlier
Apr 20, 2008
Emma Parlier, 94, a resident of Heritage Manor Nursing Home, Colfax and formerly of Washington died at 12:03 am Sunday, April 20, 2008 at OSF St. James-John Albrecht Medical Center, Pontiac. Funeral services will be at 10:30 am Thursday, April 24, 2008 at Duffy-Pils Memorial Home, Fairbury with the Rev. Steve Anderson officiating. Burial will be in the Chattanooga National...
Daniel G. Sands
Apr 15, 2008
Lancaster, CA – Daniel G. Sands, 60 of Lancaster, CA went home to be the Lord on Tuesday, April 15, 2008. He was born May 21, 1947 in Chicago, IL and is survived by his wife of 39 years Doris (Wilson) Sands; his two sons, Eric and Greg; eight grandchildren; one sister and one brother. Dan graduated from The University...
Donald L. Hall
Apr 15, 2008
Donald L. Hall, 83, of Cropsey, died at 1:41 pm Tuesday, April 15, 2008 at Gibson Area Hospital, Gibson City, IL. Funeral services will be 10:00 am Friday, April 18, 2008 at the United Methodist Church, Cropsey with the Rev. Paulette Cott officiating. Burial will be in Cropsey Cemetery. Visitation will be 4:00 to 7:00 pm Thursday at Duffy-Pils Memorial...
Dorothy R. Thomas
Apr 13, 2008
Colfax: Dorothy Russellene Thomas, 80, of Normal formerly of Colfax died at 12:20 PM, Sunday, April 13, 2008 at McLean County Nursing Home, Normal, IL. Her funeral service will be held at 11am, Wednesday, April 16, 2008 at Duffy-Pils Memorial Home, Colfax with Pastor Wendell Wardell officiating the service. Burial will follow at Eastlawn Memorial Gardens, Bloomington. There will be...
Dorothy M. Snyder
Apr 12, 2008
Dorothy M. Snyder, 74, of Cooksville died April 12, 2008 at 7:00PM at her daughter's home in Colfax. Cremation has been accorded. Burial will take place at a later date at Wiley Cemetery, Colfax. Memorials may be made to the American Heart and Lung Association. Dorothy was born June 22, 1933 in Nashville, TN the daughter of Carl R. and...
Steve Bingham
Apr 8, 2008
Fairbury – Steve Bingham, 55, of Fairbury, died April 8, 2008 at 2:30PM at OSF St. Francis Medical Center, Peoria. Visitation will be held on Saturday, April 12, 2008 from 10-11:00AM at Duffy-Pils Memorial Home, Fairbury. Funeral will also be held on Saturday, April 12, 2008 at 11:00AM at the funeral home. Burial will be in Chenoa Cemetery. Steve was...
Charles A Powell
Apr 7, 2008
Bloomington – Charles A. Powell, 61 of Bloomington formerly of Escondido, CA, died April 7, 2008 at 10:17AM at his residence. Cremation has been accorded. A Memorial Service will be held on Friday, April 11, 2008 at 6:00PM at Cooksville Union Church Charles was born August 6, 1946 in Salem, IL the son of Emmit and Thelma Allene Vawter Powell....
Dorothy M. Bose
Apr 4, 2008
Dorothy M. Bose, 100, a resident of Heritage Manor Nursing Home, Colfax and formerly of Fairbury died at 4:56 am Friday, April 4, 2008 at Heritage Manor Nursing Home, Colfax. Funeral services will be at 11:00 am Tuesday, April 8, 2008 at the Immanuel Lutheran Church, Colfax with the Rev. Connie Frase officiating. Burial will be in the Immanuel Lutheran...
Dawn Steidinger
Mar 30, 2008
Fairbury: Dawn R. Steidinger, 52, of Fairbury, died at 12:50 P.M., Sunday, March 30, 2008 at Meadows Mennonite Home in rural Chenoa. Visitation is from 9:45 to 10:45 am, Saturday, April 5, 2008 at Duffy-Pils Memorial Home, Fairbury with an 11 am graveside service at South Apostolic Christian Cemetery, rural Fairbury with Pastor Steve Anderson officiating the services. Dawn was...
Stephen A. Cook
Mar 23, 2008
Fairbury: Stephen A. Cook, 53, of Fairbury, died at 8:50 pm, Sunday, March 23, 2008 at his residence in Fairbury. Cremation rites have been accorded with a memorial service at 7 pm, Thursday, March 27, 2008 at Trinity Lutheran Church, Fairbury, with Pastor Tom Krieger officiating. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 pm, also at the Church on Thursday,...
Maureen Patricia Mcreynolds
Mar 16, 2008
Maureen Patricia McReynolds, 49, of Topeka, KS and formerly of Fairbury died at 5:30pm Sunday, March 16, 2008 at Research Medical Center, Kansas City, MO, surrounded by members of her loving family, her colleague from work , Liz Rice, and her long-time parish priest, Monsignor Vincent Krische of St. Ann's parish, Prairie Village, KS. A funeral Mass will be held...
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