Obituary Listing

Recent Obituaries

Riley Lee Mowery

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

Ruth F. Broquard

Ruth F. Broquard

May 25, 2015

Ruth F. Broquard, 76, Fairbury, died at 11:30 pm Monday, May 25, 2015 at Fairview Haven Retirement Community, Fairbury. A funeral service will be held at 10:30 am Friday, May 29, 2015 at the 1st United Methodist Church, Fairbury with Pastor George Russell officiating. Burial will be in the South Graceland Cemetery, Fairbury. Visitation will be 5:00 to 8:00 pm...

Selma Bachtold

Selma Bachtold

May 19, 2015

Strawn– Selma Bachtold, 100, of Strawn, passed away at 7:26 a.m., on May 19, 2015, at Woodridge Supportive Living, Pontiac. Funeral will be held at 11:00 a.m., Friday, May 22, 2015 at St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Forrest. Pastor Corrine Blissard will be officiating. Burial will be in South Graceland Cemetery, Fairbury. Visitation will be held one hour prior to services...

Cheyenne M. Lemerand

Cheyenne M. Lemerand

May 17, 2015

Cheyenne M. Lemerand, 16, Fairbury, died at 11:04 am Sunday, May 17, 2015 at OSF St. Francis Medical Center, Peoria. A funeral service will be held at 2:00 pm Sunday, May 24, 2015 at the 1st Baptist Church, Fairbury with Pastor Steve Anderson officiating. Burial will be in the South Graceland Cemetery, Fairbury. Visitation will be 2:00 to 7:00 pm...

Winnie Lou Scott

Winnie Lou Scott

May 14, 2015

Winnie Lou Scott, 78 of Fairbury formerly of LeRoy died at 4:34 pm Thursday, May 14, 2015 at Meadows Mennonite Retirement Community, Chenoa. Her funeral will be 11 am, Monday, May 18, 2015 at LeRoy First United Methodist Church, LeRoy; with Pastors Floyd Blackard and Eric Swanson officiating. Burial will follow in Oak Grove Cemetery, LeRoy. Visitation will be 10...

Rachel Louise Ellis

Rachel Louise Ellis

May 12, 2015

Rachel Louise Ellis, 69, Forrest, died at 12:48 pm Tuesday, May 12, 2015 at OSF St. Joseph Medical Center, Bloomington. Mrs. Ellis was born January 6, 1946 in Fairbury, IL the daughter of Tim and Anna Wilken Bryant. They precede her in death. Surviving is one daughter, Lori Ellis, Forrest and one sister, Nancy. Cremation rites have been accorded. Duffy-Pils...

Robert Beckley

Robert Beckley

May 8, 2015

Fairbury – Robert Kenneth Beckley, 87, of Fairbury, passed away at 6:20 a.m., Saturday, May 9, 2015 at his residence. Funeral Mass will be said at 10:00 a.m., Tuesday, May 12, 2015 at St. Andrews Catholic Church, Fairbury. Fr. Scott Archer will be officiating. Burial will be in St. John's Catholic Cemetery, Fairbury. Visitation will be held from 5-7:00 p.m....

Gladys "Marge" Kaisner

Gladys "Marge" Kaisner

May 8, 2015

Fairbury – Gladys "Marge" Kaisner, 89, of Fairbury, passed away at 7:15 a.m., Friday, May 8, 2015 at her daughter's residence in Fairbury. Funeral will be held at 10:00 a.m., Monday, May 11, 2015 at the Fairbury Apostolic Christian Church. Ministers of the Church will be officiating. Burial will be in the Apostolic Christian Cemetery, Fairbury. Visitation will be held...

Subscribe

Subscribe to get alerts on new obituaries

An orange arrow pointing to the right on a white background.
A Year of Grief Support

Sign up for one year of weekly grief messages designed to provide strength and comfort during this challenging time.