Obituary Listing

Feb 27, 2014

FAIRBURY – Bernadine McEvoy Gardner Fugate, 96, of Fairbury died at 10:45 p.m. Thursday (Feb. 27, 2014) at Advocate BroMenn, Normal. Her funeral service will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, March 5 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Fairbury with Pastor Tom Krieger officiating. Burial will be at Forrest Township Cemetery, Forrest. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday,...

Feb 24, 2014

Bloomington – John Arthur Taylor, 75, of Bloomington, passed away at 11:35am, February 24, 2014 at his residence. Funeral will be held at 11:00am, Saturday, March 1, 2014, at Duffy-Pils Memorial Home, Colfax. Burial will be in Wiley Cemetery, Colfax. Military honors will be performed by the Davis-Kerber American Legion Post 653, Colfax. Visitation will be held one hour prior...

Feb 19, 2014

Fairbury – Sally Schauble, 75, of Fairbury, went to be with the Lord at 10:07am, February 19, 2014 at Advocate BroMenn Regional Medical Center, Normal. Funeral will be held at 10:00am, Tuesday, February 25, 2014 at Trinity Lutheran Church, Fairbury. Pastor Tom Krieger will be officiating. Burial will be in Avoca Township Cemetery, Fairbury. Visitation will be held from 4-7:00pm,...

Feb 19, 2014

Chenoa- Hazel K. Todd, 91, of Chenoa, passed away at 3:42pm, February 19, 2014 at OSF St. Joseph Medical Center, Bloomington. Funeral will be at 10:00am, Saturday, February 22, 2014 at Chenoa United Methodist Church. Pastor Carrie Carnes will be officiating. Burial will be in Chenoa Township Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4-7:00pm, Friday, February 21, 2014 at Duffy-Pils Memorial...

Feb 17, 2014

Christopher C. "Cheeto" Leman, 30, of Fairbury, was pronounced dead at 10 am, Monday, February 17, 2014 at his residence in rural Fairbury. His funeral service will be 10 am, Friday, February 21, 2014 at First Baptist Church of Fairbury with Pastor Daryl Evans officiating. Visitation will be from 3 to 8 pm, Thursday, February 20, 2014 at Duffy-Pils Memorial...

Feb 16, 2014

Ronald Joe Fields, 53 of Apache Junction, Arizona, formerly of Chenoa died Sunday, February 16, 2014 in Mesa, Arizona. A Memorial service will be held at 11:00 A.M on Saturday, July 5, 2014 at Duffy-Pils Memorial Home, Chenoa, IL. Visitation with the family will be from 10 to 11 am prior to the service on Saturday also at the memorial...

Feb 15, 2014

Bloomington – Richard Lee Hinds, 54, of Bloomington, formerly of Forrest, passed away at 2:35am, February 15, 2014 at his residence. Cremation has been accorded Friends may greet the family from 10-11:00am, on Thursday, February 20, 2014 at the St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Forrest prior to the memorial service to be held 11:00 a.m. Pastor Corrine Blissard will be officiating....

Feb 15, 2014

Brenda Kay Kuntz, 51, Chenoa died peacefully at 2:56 pm Saturday, February 15, 2014 at her residence in Chenoa surrounded by her family. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 am Wednesday, February 19, 2014 at the Apostolic Christian Church, Forrest with ministers of the church officiating. Burial will be in the South Apostolic Christian Cemetery, rural Fairbury. Visitation will...

Feb 12, 2014

Owen Eugene Fagot , 62, of Fairbury, died at 10:30 am, Wednesday, February 12, 2014 at his residence in Fairbury.

A memorial service will be held at 11 am, Saturday, February 15, 2014 at the First Baptist Church of Fairbury with Pastor Steve Anderson officiating. A private family inurnment will take place at a later...

Feb 10, 2014

Helen Joan Schaumburg, 83, of Chenoa, passed away at 2:50 am, Monday, February 10, 2014 at Meadows Mennonite Retirement Community, Chenoa. Her funeral service will be held at 10 am, Friday, February 14, 2014 at Duffy-Pils Memorial Home, Chenoa; with Pastor Jane Roeschley officiating. Interment will follow in Chenoa Twp. Cemetery. Visitation will be 4 to 7 pm, Thursday, February...

Feb 7, 2014

Mary Lou Dixon, 90, Fairbury died at 9:20am Friday, February 7, 2014 at her residence in Fairbury. A memorial service will be held at 7:00pm Friday, February 14, 2014 at Duffy-Pils Memorial Home, Fairbury with Pastor Tom Krieger officiating. Inurnment will take place in Cropsey Twp. Cemetery at a later date. Visitation will be 5:00 to 7:00 pm Friday also...

Feb 7, 2014

Colfax – Shirley Marie Schuler, 76, of Colfax, passed away at 12:45pm, Friday, February 7, 2014 at her residence. Funeral will be held at 10:00 a.m., Tuesday, February 11, 2014 at Immanuel Lutheran Church, rural Colfax. Burial will be in the Church cemetery. Visitation will be held from 4-7:00pm, Monday, February 10, 2014 at Duffy-Pils Memorial Home, Colfax and one...

Feb 3, 2014

Donna Jean Cumpston of Colfax Illinois died peacefully Monday afternoon at Advocate BroMenn Medical Center, Normal with many loved ones at her side. Donna was born July, 11, 1935 in Jacksonville, IL to parents Russell and Esther (Smith) Saylor and Step-Father Floyd McGee. She married Robert Cumpston, the love of her life, on May 14, 1966. Their marriage united five...

Jan 31, 2014

Rodney William Saffer, 48, of Chenoa, died at 6:59 pm, Friday, January 31, 2014 at OSF St. James-John Albrecht Medical Center, Pontiac. A private family memorial service will be held with Pastor Corinne Blissard officiating. Inurnment will take place at a later date in Chenoa Twp. Cemetery, Chenoa. There will be no visitation. Duffy-Pils Memorial Home; Chenoa has charge of...

Jan 27, 2014

Rose Mary Iler, 78, Fairbury, died at 8:04 am Monday, January 27, 2014 at her residence, Fairbury. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 am Thursday, January 30, 2014 at Duffy-Pils Memorial Home, Fairbury with Wayne Kurth officiating. Burial will be in Graceland Cemetery, Fairbury. Visitation will be 5:00 to 8:00 pm Wednesday and 10:00 to 10:45 am Thursday at...

Jan 21, 2014

Fairbury – Joyce J. "June" Meints, 80, of Fairbury, passed away at 9:40pm, January 21, 2014 at Asta Care Center of Colfax. Funeral will be held at 11:00am, Saturday, January 25, 2014 at Duffy-Pils Memorial Home, Fairbury. Pastor Steve Anderson will be officiating. Burial will be in Chenoa Township Cemetery. Visitation will be held one hour prior to services on...

Jan 20, 2014

Bradley Frederick Carlton, age 45, passed away January 20, 2014 in Tucson, AZ. Brad's ashes will be buried in Park Hill Cemetery, Bloomington, IL sometime this spring. A specific date will be announced later. Brad was born April 1, 1968 in Normal, IL and grew up in Bloomington, IL. He graduated from Bloomington High School in 1986 and attended Eastern...

Jan 9, 2014

Maria Friedmansky, 92, of Bloomington formerly of Chenoa, passed away at 4:40 pm, Thursday, January 9, 2014 at Heartland Health-Care Center, Normal. Her funeral Mass will be held at 10 am, Monday, January 13, 2014 at St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Chenoa; with Father Carl LoPresti officiating. Interment will follow in Chenoa Twp. Cemetery. Duffy-Pils Memorial Home, Chenoa is assisting the...

Jan 7, 2014

Bloomington – Noble "Bo" Emanuel Garner, 83, of Bloomington, passed away at his residence with his family by his side on January 7, 2014. Noble was born February 16, 1930 in Beech Grove, Arkansas the son of Telfair and Gladys Faulkner Garner. He was the eighth of nine children and remained close to his family throughout their lives. He married...

Dec 31, 2013

LeRoy G. Langhans, 77 of Chatsworth formerly of St. Louis, MO; passed away at 4:45 am, Tuesday, December 31, 2013 at his residence in Chatsworth. Cremation rites have been accorded and a Memorial Service will be held at 2pm, Saturday, January 11, 2014 at Crossroads Community Church, 3003 S. Eola, Aurora, IL, with Pastor Daren Snow officiating. A military Inurnment...