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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...
Lindsay Michelle Weber
Dec 19, 2015
Lindsay Michelle Weber, 27, of Bloomington and formerly of Fairbury, died at 1:48 am Saturday, December 19, 2015 at her residence. A funeral service will be held at 10:30 am Tuesday, December 22, 2015 at the Trinity Lutheran Church, Fairbury with Pastor Tom Krieger officiating. Burial will be in Avoca Twp. Cemetery, Fairbury. Visitation will be 4:00 to 7:00 pm...
Ricky "Tiny" Taylor
Dec 17, 2015
Ricky "Tiny" Taylor, 62, Fairbury, died at 3:15 pm Thursday, December 17, 2015 at his residence in rural Fairbury. Cremation rites have been accorded and services will be held at a later date. Duffy-Pils Memorial Home, Fairbury is in charge of arrangements. Tiny was born July 2, 1953, Fairbury, IL the son of Maurice and Aldine Elizabeth Elliott Taylor. Survivors...
Kristina Marie Einsele
Dec 11, 2015
Kristina Marie Einsele, 39, of Chenoa passed away at 12:20 pm, Friday, December 11, 2015 at Aperion Care Center, Toluca, IL. Cremation rites have been accorded. A memorial service will be held at 11 am, Saturday, December 19, 2015 at Chenoa Baptist Church with Pastor David Heath officiating. Visitation with her family will be one hour prior to the service...
Harley B. Honegger
Dec 10, 2015
Harley B. Honegger, 91, Fairbury, died at 3:40pm Thursday, December 10, 2015 at Fairview Haven Retirement Community, Fairbury. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 am Monday, December 14, 2015 at the St. Paul Lutheran Church, Forrest with Pastor Corinne Blissard officiating. Burial will be in Pleasant Ridge Twp. Cemetery, rural Wing. Visitation will be 2:00 to 5:00 pm Sunday,...
Nina A. Mcbroom
Dec 7, 2015
Nina A. McBroom, 91 of Chenoa died at 4:10 am, Monday, December 7, 2015 at her residence in Chenoa. Her funeral will be 10:30 am, Friday, December 11, 2015 at Duffy-Pils Memorial Home, Chenoa; with Pastor Kendall Coffman officiating. Interment will follow at East Lawn Memorial Gardens, Bloomington. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 pm, Thursday, December 10, 2015...
Sara Joyce Stiver
Dec 5, 2015
Sara Joyce Stiver, Born March 8th 1930 a long time Fairbury native has passed away in Elk Grove, California on December 5th 2015. A graveside service will be held at 2:00 pm Saturday, May 7, 2016 at Graceland Cemetery in Fairbury with Pastor Floyd Blackard officiating. Sara grew up in the Cropsey area the daughter of Herbert and Helen Jackson....
Roy S. Oliver
Nov 28, 2015
Roy S. Oliver, 74, Chenoa, died at 1:27 pm Saturday, November 28, 2015 at Advocate BroMenn Medical Center, Normal. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 am Wednesday, December 2, 2015 at Duffy-Pils Memorial Home, Chenoa with Fr. Carl LoPresti officiating. Burial will be in Chenoa Twp. Cemetery. Visitation will be 5:00 to 8:00 pm Tuesday at Duffy-Pils Memorial Home,...
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