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Mark "Cornbread" Dunn
Feb 1, 2016
Mark J. Dunn "Cornbread", 51, Fairbury, passed away at 6:27 pm Monday, February 1, 2016 at OSF St. James-John Albrecht Medical Center, Pontiac. Cremation rites have been accorded. Duffy-Pils Memorial Home, Fairbury is assisting the family with arrangements. A memorial service will be held at 12 noon, Saturday, March 5, 2016 at the First Baptist Church of Fairbury with Pastor...
Frances Rae Witte
Jan 31, 2016
Frances "Fran" Rae Witte, 85, Wing, died at 3:55 am Sunday, January 31, 2016 at OSF St. Joseph Medical Center, Bloomington. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 am Wednesday, February 3, 2016 at Duffy-Pils Memorial Home, Fairbury with Pastor Steve Anderson officiating. Burial will be in the Pleasant Ridge Twp Cemetery, Wing. Visitation will be 4:00 to 7:00 pm...
Stanley Warsaw
Jan 28, 2016
Normal – Stanley W. Warsaw, 95, of Normal formerly of Anchor and Saybrook, passed away 11:50am, January 28, 2016 at Heritage Health, Normal. His funeral will be held at 11:00am, Monday, February 1, 2016, at St. John's Lutheran Church, Anchor. The Reverend Stephen Goodwin will be officiating. Burial will be in St. John's Lutheran Church Cemetery, Anchor. Military rites will...
Amanda Leigh Monical
Jan 28, 2016
Amanda Leigh Monical, 30, Chenoa, died at 3:07 am Thursday, January 28, 2016 at her residence, Chenoa. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 am Monday, February 1, 2016 at Duffy-Pils Memorial Home, Fairbury with Pastor Steve Anderson officiating. Burial will be in Graceland Cemetery, Fairbury. Visitation will be 4:00 to 7:00 pm Sunday at Duffy-Pils Memorial Home, Fairbury. The...
David Schmidgall
Jan 27, 2016
David Schmidgall, 86, Fairbury, died at 8:50 pm Wednesday, January 27, 2016 at Fairview Haven Retirement Community, Fairbury. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 am Saturday, January 30, 2016 at the Apostolic Christian Church, Forrest with ministers of the church officiating. Burial will be in the North Apostolic Christian Church Cemetery, rural Forrest. Visitation will be 4:00 to 8:00...
Andres Martinez
Jan 21, 2016
Andres Martinez Jr., 67, of Bloomington passed away at 5:19 pm, Thursday, January 21, 2016 at Advocate Bromenn Regional Medical Center, Normal. Cremation rites have been accorded. A memorial mass will be held at 11 am, Tuesday, January 26, 2016 at St Joseph's Catholic Church, Chenoa; with Father Carl LoPesti officiating. Inurnment will take place at a later date. Duffy-Pils...
Esther Mae Koehl
Jan 20, 2016
Esther Mae Koehl, 87, of Fairbury, passed away peacefully at 11:30 pm, Wednesday, January 20, 2016 at her home surrounded by her family. Her funeral will be held at 10:00am, Monday, January 25, 2016 at the Apostolic Christian Church, Fairbury. Ministers of the church will be officiating. Burial will be in Apostolic Christian Church Cemetery, Fairbury. Visitation will be from...
Connie Sue Bagley
Jan 19, 2016
Connie Sue Bagley, 70, Chenoa, died at 1:35 am Tuesday, January 19, 2016 at Good Samaritan Nursing Home, Pontiac. A funeral service will be held at 7:00 pm Friday, January 22, 2016 at Duffy-Pils Memorial Home, Chenoa with Pastor Tom Goodell officiating. Inurnment will take place in Chenoa Cemetery at a later date. Visitation will be 5:00 to 7:00 pm...
Eugene R. Dubois
Jan 18, 2016
Colfax – Eugene R. DuBois, 65, of Colfax, passed away at 1:33am, January 18, 2016 at Advocate BroMenn Regional Medical Center, Normal. Cremation has been accorded. A full military funeral will be held at Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery in April 2016. Duffy-Pils Memorial Home, Colfax is in charge of arrangements. Eugene was born May 4, 1950 in Dunseith, ND the...
Otis "Pops" J. Hurt
Jan 17, 2016
Fairbury, Otis J. "Pops" Hurt, 82, of Fairbury, passed away at 9:30am, Sunday, January 17, 2016 at Piper City Nursing Home. His funeral will be held at 2:00pm, Wednesday, January 20, 2016 at Duffy-Pils Memorial Home, Fairbury. Pastor Steve Anderson will be officiating. Burial will be in South Graceland Cemetery, Fairbury. His visitation will be held one hour prior to...
Alene F. Perkins
Jan 15, 2016
Alene F. Perkins, 84, of Fairbury, passed away at 1:10 pm, Friday, January 15, 2016 at Fairview Haven Retirement Community, Fairbury. Her funeral service will be held at 10:30 am, Wednesday, January 20, 2016 at First United Methodist Church of Fairbury with the Pastor Floyd Blackard officiating. Burial will follow in Avoca Township Cemetery, rural Fairbury. Visitation will be 4...
Daniel Rodriguez
Jan 15, 2016
Colfax – Daniel Rodriguez, 76, of Colfax, passed away at 5:17pm, January 15, 2016 at OSF St. Joseph Medical Center, Bloomington. His funeral will be at 11:00am, Tuesday, January 19, 2016 at Duffy-Pils Memorial Home, Colfax. Pastor Wendell Wardell will be officiating. Burial will be in Wiley Cemetery, Colfax. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the services on...
Richard K. Moser
Jan 13, 2016
Fairbury – Richard K. Moser, 58, of Fairbury, passed away at 8:30pm, January 13, 2016 at his residence. Cremation has been accorded. A memorial service will be held at 2:00pm, Saturday, January 16, 2016, at First United Methodist Church of Fairbury. Pastor Floyd Blackard will be officiating. Friends may greet the family from 1-2:00pm on Saturday at the Church. Memorials...
Paul J Hoffman
Jan 12, 2016
Paul J. Hoffman, 80, of Fairbury, fortified with the Sacraments of Holy Mother Church died peacefully at 5:20 a.m. on Tuesday, January 12, at Heritage Healthcare, Normal, Illinois. His funeral will be at 10:00 am Saturday, January 16, 2016 at St. Andrew's Catholic Church, Fairbury with Fr. Scott Archer officiating. Burial will be in St. John's Catholic Cemetery, Fairbury with...
Richard "Dick" C. Jennings
Jan 11, 2016
Richard C. "Dick" Jennings, 90 of Chenoa, died at 12:43 am, Monday, January 11, 2016 at Meadows Mennonite Retirement Community, Chenoa. Cremation rites have been accorded and a private memorial service will be held at a later date. Duffy-Pils Memorial Home, Chenoa is in charge of arrangements. In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be directed to the charity of...
Doug Roth
Dec 30, 2015
NEW PALESTINE - Doug Roth, of New Palestine, IN, was born in Fairbury, IL, on June 6, 1966 and died on December 30, 2015, at age 49. He was a kind, loving, and generous Christian man, who always put his family first. He graduated from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and worked for Elanco for 21 years, where he met...
Carrington Raine Morefield
Dec 30, 2015
Saybrook – Carrington Raine Morefield, infant daughter of Hannah Beck and Tyler Morefield was brought into their lives on December 30, 2015 and became an angel that same day. Surviving are her parents of Saybrook; her brother, Cade at home; paternal grandparents, Keith and Lorey Morefield of Arrowsmith; maternal grandparents, Alvin Beck of Clinton and Lynelle Beck of Colfax; paternal...
Deloris Ann Meiss
Dec 29, 2015
Danvers – Deloris A. Meiss, 71, of Danvers, passed away at 4:40 pm, Tuesday, December 29, 2015 at her residence in Danvers. Her funeral service will be held at 10:00am, Monday, January 4, 2016 at First Baptist Church in Fairbury with Pastor Daryl Evans officiating. Burial will follow the service in Chenoa twp. Cemetery, Chenoa, IL. Visitation will be held...
Edward Murray
Dec 28, 2015
Edward Murray, 69, Pontiac, died at 2:18 pm, Monday, December 28, 2015 at OSF St. Joseph Medical Center, Bloomington. Edward was born June 17, 1946 in Fairbury, IL the son of Edward and Robbie M. Norris Murray. Survivors include two brothers, Jack Murray, Pataskala, OH, and Phil Murray, FL. He is preceded in death by his parents, 1 sister and...
Edna D. Grosshans
Dec 22, 2015
Edna D. Grosshans, 81, Fairbury, died at 4:55 am Tuesday, December 22, 2015 at Fairview Haven Retirement Community, Fairbury. A private graveside service will be Thursday, December 24, 2015 at East Graceland Cemetery, Fairbury with ministers of the German Apostolic Christian Church officiating. Duffy-Pils Memorial Home, Fairbury is in charge of arrangements. Miss Grosshans was born January 20, 1934 in...
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