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Edna Mae Marlin

Edna Mae Marlin

Aug 22, 2006

Pontiac: Edna M. Marlin, 85, a resident of Livingston Manor Nursing Home died 11:35pm Tuesday, August 22, 2006 at Livingston Manor Nursing Home, Pontiac. Graveside services will be 1:00pm Sunday, August 27, 2006 at Chenoa Cemetery with Fr. Carl LoPresti officiating. Duffy-Pils Memorial Home, Chenoa is in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Marlin was born October 1, 1920 at Plainfield, IL....

Paul J. Hoffman

Paul J. Hoffman

Aug 19, 2006

Fairbury: Paul J. Hoffman, 86, Fairbury died 3:20pm Saturday, August 19, 2006 at Fairview Haven Nursing Home, Fairbury. Funeral services will be 10:00am Wednesday, August 23, 2006 at the Apostolic Christian Church, Fairbury with Ministers of the Church officiating. Burial will be at the Fairbury Apostolic Christian Cemetery. Visitation will be 4:00 to 8:00pm Tuesday, August 22, 2006 at Duffy-Pils...

Ethel Louise Powell

Ethel Louise Powell

Aug 16, 2006

Colfax: Mrs. Elza (Ethel L. Baird) Powell was born October 31, 1913 at Arrowsmith, IL the daughter of G.C. and Daisy (Brinegar) Baird. Ethel wed Elza Powell at Bloomington. He preceded her in death August 12, 1979. They farmed for 37 years before moving to Colfax. Survivors are 1 daughter: Norma Siebring, Bloomington, 1 grandson: Brent (Christine) Siebring, Bloomington, 1...

Diane Weiser

Diane Weiser

Aug 14, 2006

Fairbury: Diane Weiser, 45, Fairbury died 4:45am Monday, August 14, 2006 at OSF St. James-John Albrecht Medical Center, Pontiac. Funeral services will be 1:00pm Saturday, August 19, 2006 at Duffy-Pils Memorial Home, Fairbury with the Rev. Tim Lembke officiating. Burial will be in Chenoa Cemetery, Chenoa. Visitation will be 5:00 to 8:00pm Friday at the memorial home. Mrs. Weiser was...

W. Kenneth Wyant

W. Kenneth Wyant

Aug 13, 2006

Colfax: W. Kenneth Wyant of Colfax died at 6:45am Sunday, August 13, 2006 at Gibson Area Hospital Annex, Gibson City, IL The funeral service for Mr. Wyant will be 10:30 am, Friday, August 18, 2006 at the Colfax United Methodist church, Colfax with Rev. Diane Yentes officiating. Burial will take place at Wiley Cemetery, Colfax. Visitation will be 4:00 to...

Lyle Chapman

Lyle Chapman

Aug 10, 2006

Chenoa: Lyle "Pete" Chapman, 81, of Chenoa died at 9:15pm Thursday, August 10, 2006 at Heritage Manor, El Paso. His funeral mass will be 10:30am Tuesday, August 15, 2006 at the St. Joseph Catholic Church, Chenoa with Fr. Carl LoPresti officiating. Burial will be in Calvary cemetery, Chenoa with full military rites conducted by the American Legion post #234 and...

William H. Swango

William H. Swango

Aug 1, 2006

William H. "Bill" Swango, of Colfax, Ill., died peacefully at 1:20 a.m., Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2006 with his family at his hospital bedside. He was admitted to BroMenn Medical Center in Normal on July 21, following a long series of heart complications. He was 88. Visitation will be from 4 p.m. until 8 p.m., Thursday, Aug. 3, 2006, at the...

Paul Martin

Paul Martin

Jul 31, 2006

Paul Martin, 84, of Burt Village, Meadows Mennonite Retirement Center, Rural Chenoa, died July 31, 2006 at Bromenn Regional Medical Center, Normal. Mr. Martin was born August 11, 1921, in Chenoa to Ralph K. and Zylpha (Vermilyea) Martin. He married Ruth Dunham, Aug. 17, 1945 in Bloomington, IL. She survives. Also surviving are three sons, Dennis (Bonnie) Martin, Glenview, Douglas...

Rebecca Rae Hassett

Rebecca Rae Hassett

Jul 30, 2006

Fairbury: Rebecca Rae Hassett, stillborn infant daughter of Brian and Traci (Cullins) Hassett of Fairbury died at 10:22 PM, Sunday, July 30, 2006 at BroMenn Regional Medical Center, Normal, IL. Surviving are her parents, two sisters Abigail & Anna, one brother Nikolas all of Fairbury. Also surviving are her maternal grandparents, Bob Cullins, Gwen Cullins, Bradley, IL Pam Cullins, Pontiac,...

Margie L. Wyant

Margie L. Wyant

Jul 29, 2006

Colfax: Margie L. Wyant 73 of Colfax died at 6:11am Saturday, July 29, 2006 at Gibson Area Hospital, Gibson City, IL The funeral service for Mrs. Wyant will be 10:30 am, Wednesday, August 2, 2006 at the Colfax United Methodist church, Colfax with Bruce Yentes officiating. Burial will take place at Wiley Cemetery, Colfax. Visitation will be 4:00 to 8:00...

Helen Louise Streib

Helen Louise Streib

Jul 20, 2006

Fairbury: Helen Louise Streib, 91, Fairbury died 9:47pm Thursday, July 20, 2006 at OSF St. James-John Albrecht Medical Center, Pontiac. Visitation will be 10:00 to 11:00am Monday, July 24, 2006 at Duffy-Pils Memorial Home, Fairbury. Burial will follow in Pennell Cemetery, Towanda. Mrs. Streib was born April 3, 1915 at Lexington, IL. The daughter of Harry and Coral Ogden Fritz....

Neva "Toots" Farney

Neva "Toots" Farney

Jul 15, 2006

Neva "Toots" Farney, 93, formerly of Forrest and of Fairview Haven, Fairbury, died Saturday, July 15, 2006 5:35 P.M. at Fairview Haven. Mrs. Farney was born January 7, 1913 to Lee R. and Lucy Murphy Stewart. She married Virgil Farney, January 7, 1932. He preceded her in death in Nov. 1963. Surviving are two sons; Dale (Harriet) Farney, Forrest and...

Kyle Robert Wargo

Kyle Robert Wargo

Jul 2, 2006

Colfax: Kyle Robert Wargo, 17, Colfax died 6:38am Sunday, July 2, 2006 ½ mile south of 1750 North on Route 165, Towanda Twp., McLean County from injuries sustained in a automobile accident. A funeral mass will be held 10:00 a.m. Friday, July 7, 2006 at St. Patrick Catholic Church of Merna with Fr. Deogratias Kiwianuka and Fr. Carl LoPresti officiating....

Evelyn Josephine Paul

Evelyn Josephine Paul

Jun 30, 2006

Fairbury: Evelyn Josephine Barnes Paul, 89, a resident at McLean County Nursing Home, Normal and formerly of Fairbury, died 11:10pm Friday, June 30, 2006 at the nursing home. Graveside services will be 2:00pm Monday, July 3, 2006 at Wiley Cemetery, Colfax with the Rev. Charles McDonald officiating. Duffy-Pils Memorial Home, Fairbury is in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Paul was born...

Donna Marie Conrad

Donna Marie Conrad

Jun 30, 2006

Pontiac: Donna Marie Conrad, 38, of Pontiac, formerly of Chenoa died at 10 PM, Friday, June 30, 2006 at her residence in Pontiac. Donna was born July 20, 1967 in Indianapolis, IN the daughter to George and Isabelle Hall. Surviving is a son Christopher Conrad and Fiancé Craig Broadus both of Pontiac. Also surviving are her father and one sister,...

Junior Dean Robinson

Junior Dean Robinson

Jun 24, 2006

Cornell: Junior Dean "Dean" Robinson, 57, of Cornell, died Saturday June 24, 2006. 10:47 P.M. at his home in Cornell. Dean was born September 11, 1948 in Mini Islands, Arkansas to Jack and Mary (Hurst) Robinson. He married Christine Wiles, January 15, 1994 in Pontiac, IL. She survives in Cornell. Surviving are his parents, Mary Hutchinson, Pontiac and his father,...

Evonn Wilken

Evonn Wilken

Jun 15, 2006

Fairbury: Evonn Wilken, 80, of Fairbury died at 3:45 PM, Thursday, June 15, 2006 in Fairbury. Mrs. Wilken was born April 2, 1926 in Forrest, IL the daughter to John and Edna (Waples) Mammen. She married Harold Wilken on June 18, 1950 in Fairbury. He Died February 15, 1988. She is preceded in death by her husband, 2 brothers and...

Emalyn W. Thomas

Emalyn W. Thomas

Jun 12, 2006

Colfax: Emalyn W, Thomas, 88 of Colfax Died June 12, 2006 8:15AM. at Bromenn Regional Medical Center in Normal, Il. Mrs. Thomas was born May 5, 1918 in Rural Anchor, Il to Louis and Mary (Lanz) Brandt. She married A. David Thomas on July 27, 1956 in Colfax, IL. He Survivies. Also surviving are two daughters, Gail (William) Lane of...

Maurice Charles Dunahee

Maurice Charles Dunahee

Jun 10, 2006

Lexington: Maurice Charles Dunahee, 88, Lexington died 3:25am Saturday, June 10, 2006 at the Illinois Veterans Home, Manteno. Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, June 13, 2006 at the Lexington Community Church, Lexington with the Rev. Bill Brown officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery, Pontiac with full military rites accorded by the Veterans of Foreign Wars. Visitation...

Norman L. Memken

Norman L. Memken

Jun 2, 2006

Chenoa: Norman L. Memken, 81, of Chenoa, died Friday June 2, 2006, 2:15A.M. at Heritage Manor, El Paso, IL. Mr. Memken was born August 20, 1924 in Chenoa, IL to John H. and Bertha Stuckemeyer Memken. He married Bernadine S. Lutz, April 12, 1953 at Bloomington, Illinois. She preceded him in death on October 16, 1993. Surviving are two sons:...

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