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Wanda K. Tammen
Jul 18, 2015
Wanda K. Tammen, 94, Fairbury, died at 12:30 pm Saturday, July 18, 2015 at the Pontiac Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center. Funeral services will be held at 3:00 pm Wednesday, July 22, 2015 at the Trinity Lutheran Church, Fairbury with Pastor Tom Krieger officiating. Burial will be in Avoca Twp. Cemetery, Fairbury. Visitation will be 2:00 – 2:45 pm Wednesday also...
Deann Sue Steidinger
Jul 18, 2015
Deann Sue Steidinger, 68 of Fairbury, passed away at 11:02 am, Saturday, July 18, 2015 at OSF St. Joseph Medical Center, Bloomington. Her funeral service will be 10 am, Wednesday, July 22, 2015 at the Apostolic Christian Church of Fairbury with the ministers of the church officiating. Burial will follow at South Graceland Cemetery, Fairbury. Duffy-Pils Memorial Home, Fairbury is...
Alex Pierce
Jul 12, 2015
Alex Theodore Pierce, age 77, of , Colfax, Illinois, passed away on Sunday, July 12, 2015 at home. He was born on March 18, 1938 in Cumberland County, New Jersey to the late Joseph and Dora Pierce. Alex was preceded in death by his wife, Sandra Pierce. He is survived by his brothers Paul Pierce Sr. and Ronald Pierce, children...
Ronald Woodall
Jul 11, 2015
Seminole – Ronald Woodall, 83, of Seminole, FL, went to GLORY on Saturday, July 11, 2015, in Seminole, FL. His funeral will be held at 2:00pm, Saturday, July 18, 2015 at First United Methodist Church, Fairbury. Pastor Arne Abrahamsen will be officiating. Burial will be in Graceland Cemetery, Fairbury. Visitation will be held one hour prior to services on Saturday...
Harry Rosenberger
Jul 11, 2015
Chenoa – Harry Rosenberger, 85, of Chenoa, passes away at 7:15 a.m., July 11, 2015, Meadows Mennonite Retirement Community, Chenoa. Funeral will be held at 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, July 15, 2015 at Duffy-Pils Memorial Home, Chenoa . Pastor Deb Honegger will be officiating. Burial will be in Chenoa Township Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 5-8:00 p.m., Tuesday, July 14,...
Dorla M. Decker
Jul 10, 2015
Dorla M. Decker, 85 of Chenoa formerly of Galesburg died at 9:45 am, Friday, July 10, 2015 at Evenglow Inn, Pontiac. Cremation rites have been accorded and a graveside inurnment will be held at 11am, Saturday, July 18, 2015 in Chenoa Cemetery, Chenoa. Duffy-Pils Memorial Home, Chenoa is in charge of arrangements. The family suggests that in lieu of flowers...
Barbara J. Stewart
Jul 2, 2015
Barbara J. Stewart, 70, Forrest, died at 1:40 pm Thursday, July 2, 2015 at her residence in Forrest. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 am Monday, July 6, 2015 at the Forrest United Methodist Church with Pastor Deb Honegger officiating. Burial will be in Forrest Twp. Cemetery. Visitation will be 2:00 to 5:00 pm Sunday, July 5, 2015 at...
Riley Lee Mowery
Jun 26, 2015
Riley Lee Mowery, 29, Fairbury, died at 2:20pm Friday, June 26, 2015 at his residence, Fairbury. Visitation will be 5:00 to 7:00 pm, Wednesday also at the memorial home. In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to the Riley Mowery Memorial Fund. Inurnment will take place in Avoca Twp. Cemetery, Fairbury at a later date. Riley was born March...
Richard M. Ummel
Jun 25, 2015
Anchor – Richard M. Ummel, 67, of Anchor, passed away at 10:15 a.m. on Thursday, June 25, 2015, in Colfax. His funeral will be held at 10:30 a.m., Monday, June 29, 2015 at Immanuel Lutheran Church, Colfax. Pastor Connie Frase and Rev. Cheryl Peterson-Karlan will be officiating. Burial will be in Immanuel Lutheran Church Cemetery, Colfax. Visitation will be held...
Robert "Bob" Champion
Jun 24, 2015
Robert M. Champion, 62 of Chenoa, died at 12:23 am, Wednesday, June 24, 2015 at his residence in rural Chenoa. Cremation rites have been accorded with a memorial service at 11 am, Saturday, June 27, 2015 at Duffy-Pils Memorial Home, Chenoa. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service also at the funeral home in Chenoa on Saturday. Bob...
Natasha Janelle Stewart
Jun 22, 2015
Natasha Janelle Stewart, 26, died on Monday, June 22, 2015 in Rochester, Minnesota. A private visitation and memorial service was held at Duffy Pils Memorial Home, Fairbury, Illinois, on Sunday June 28, 2015. Burial was in South Graceland Cemetery. Natasha was born September 26, 1988 in Normal, Illinois. She graduated with honors from Rochester Community College in 2012 with a...
Kenneth H Harmet
Jun 21, 2015
Hopkinsville, KY – Kenneth H. Harmet, 90, of Hopkinsville, KY, passed away at 5:25pm, June 21, 2015 at Arba Care Center of Bloomington. Cremation has been accorded. There will be no services. Duffy-Pils Memorial Home, Colfax is in charge of arrangements. Kenneth was born on August 1, 1924, and raised in Oak Park. After graduation from Oak Park and River...
William Howard Meredith
Jun 18, 2015
William Howard Meredith, 68 of Chenoa, passed away at 3:05 am, Thursday, June 18, 2015 at OSF St. Joseph Medical Center, Bloomington. His funeral will be 11:00 am, Monday, June 22, 2015 at Duffy-Pils Memorial Home, Chenoa with Pastor Charles France officiating. Burial will follow in Chenoa Cemetery, Chenoa. Visitation will be from 10 to 11 am, on Monday prior...
Marlene Mildred Sanders
Jun 15, 2015
Marlene Mildred Sanders, 82, Chatsworth, died at 1:16 pm Monday, June 15, 2015 at OSF St. Joseph Medical Center, Bloomington. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 am Friday, June 19, 2015 at the United Methodist Church, Chatsworth with Pastor Roosevelt Smith officiating. Burial will be in Pleasant Ridge Twp. Cemetery, Wing. Visitation will be 4:00 to 7:00 pm Thursday...
Helen Wink
Jun 8, 2015
Fairbury – Helen Wink, 92 of Fairbury, passed away at 12:30pm, June 8, 2015 at Fairview Haven Retirement Community, Fairbury. Funeral will be held at 2:00pm, Thursday, June 11, 2015 at First United Methodist Church, Fairbury. Pastor Floyd Blackard will be officiating. Burial will be in Graceland Cemetery, Fairbury. Visitation will be held from 5-7:00pm, Wednesday, June 10, 2015, at...
Dorothy Ann Streib
Jun 7, 2015
Dorothy Ann Streib, 94 of Fairbury died at 1:00 pm, Sunday, June 7, 2015 at Fairview Haven Retirement Community, Fairbury. Her funeral service will be at 10:00 am, Thursday, June 11, 2015 at the Apostolic Christian Church of Fairbury with the ministers of the church officiating. Burial will be in South Apostolic Christian Church Cemetery, Fairbury. Visitation will be one...
John G. Lorch
Jun 6, 2015
Fairbury – John G. Lorch, 89, of Fairbury, passed away at 5:06pm, Saturday, June 6, 2015, at OSF St. James-John Albrecht Medical Center, Pontiac. Funeral will be held at 10:00am, Wednesday, June 10, 2015 at Trinity Lutheran Church, Fairbury. Pastor Tom Krieger will be officiating. Burial will be in Graceland Cemetery, Fairbury. Where military honors will be performed by the...
Stanton Dixon
Jun 5, 2015
Stanton Dixon, 89, was called home to be with our Lord on June 5th, 2015. He is now reunited with his loving wife, Mary Lou Dixon, who passed away on February 7th of 2014. They were married on September 30, 1961 in Benton, Illinois and enjoyed over 50 years of marriage together. For over 30 years they made Fairbury Illinois...
Gary L. Milton
Jun 3, 2015
Gary L. Milton, 62, of Colfax passed away at 1:44 pm, Wednesday, June 3, 2015 in Colfax. There will be a visitation from 4 to 7 pm, Saturday, June 6, 2015 at the Colfax Christian Church, Colfax. Cremation rites will take place at the conclusion of the visitation, with an Inurnment to take place in Wiley Cemetery, Colfax at a...
Doris Jean Knott
May 26, 2015
Doris Jean Knott, 74 died Tuesday, May 26, 2015 in Downers Grove from complications of rare neurodegeneration of the brain diagnosed as Progressive Supranuclear Palsy and/or Corticobasal Degeneration. Her funeral service will be held at 5 pm, Saturday, May 30, 2015 at the Duffy-Pils Memorial Home, Fairbury. Cremation rites will be accorded at the conclusion of the service with an...
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