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David W. Hall
Apr 1, 2013
David W. Hall, 70, of Forrest, passed away at 12:05am, April 1, 2013 at Meadows Mennonite Retirement Community, Chenoa, IL. Cremation rites have been accorded. Friends may greet the family for a celebration of his life from 1-3:00pm, Friday, April 5, 2013 at Duffy-Pils Memorial Home, Chenoa. In Lieu of flowers memorials may be made to the Alzheimer's Association. David...
J.D. Mcguire
Mar 31, 2013
Forrest – Joseph Dee McGuire, 82, of Forrest, formerly of Fairbury and Glasgow, KY, passed away at 11:08pm, March 31, 2013, at OSF St. Joseph Medical Center, Bloomington. Funeral will be held at 10:00am, Friday April 5, 2013 at First Baptist Church, Fairbury. Pastor Steve Anderson will be officiating. Burial will be in Forrest Township Cemetery. Visitation will be held...
Gregory A. Miller
Mar 30, 2013
Gregory A. Miller, 51, of Chenoa passed away at 10:05 pm, Saturday, March 30, 2013 at OSF St. Joseph Medical Center, Bloomington. His funeral service will be 3:00pm, Wednesday, April 3, 2013 at Duffy-Pils Memorial Home, Chenoa. Visitation will be 2 to 3pm, one hour prior to the service also at the memorial home in Chenoa. Burial will follow at...
Betty L. Wharton
Mar 26, 2013
Betty L. Wharton, 85, Fairbury, died at 6:30pm Tuesday, March 26, 2013 at Meadows Mennonite Retirement Community, Chenoa. Funeral services will be held at 10:00am Friday, March 29, 2013 at the First Presbyterian Church, Fairbury with Pastor Spencer Homan officiating. Burial will be in Graceland Cemetery, Fairbury. Visitation will be 4:00 to 7:00 pm Thursday at Duffy-Pils Memorial Home, Fairbury....
Helen E. Thacker
Mar 25, 2013
Helen E. Thacker, 82, of Weston passed away at 11:35 am, Monday, March 25, 2013 at her residence in Weston. A time of celebrating Helen's life and sharing with family will be from 4 to 6pm, Friday, March 29, 2013 at Duffy-Pils Memorial Home, Chenoa. Cremation rites have been accorded and a private family inurnment will take place in Chenoa...
Sandra Kay Zimmerman
Mar 24, 2013
Sandra Kay Zimmerman, 60, Fairbury, died at 8:28 pm Sunday, March 24, 2013 at Fairview Haven Retirement Community, Fairbury. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 am Thursday, March 28, 2013 at Duffy-Pils Memorial Home, Fairbury. A private family burial will be in the Apostolic Christian Cemetery, Fairbury at a later date. Visitation will be 6:00 to 8:00 pm Wednesday...
Betty Jane Faw
Mar 23, 2013
Lifelong Fairbury resident Betty Jane Faw, 78, died at 6:50am Saturday, March 23, 2013, at home. She was born on February 16, 1935 to Thomas and Helen (Flury) Nance. Betty was the seventh of 17 children who grew up in the little green-shingled house at the west end of Locust Street. She graduated from Fairbury Township High School in 1953,...
Dorothy C. French
Mar 15, 2013
Dorothy C. French, 97, Fairbury died at 7:21 am Friday, March 15, 2013 at Fairview Haven Retirement Community, Fairbury. Funeral services will be held at 2:30pm Monday, March 18, 2013 at Duffy-Pils Memorial Home, Fairbury with Pastor Spencer Homan officiating. Burial will be in Graceland cemetery, Fairbury. Visitation will be 12:30 to 2:15 pm Monday also at the memorial home....
Phyllis P Woodrey
Mar 10, 2013
Colfax –Phyllis P. Woodrey, 92, of Bloomington formerly of Colfax passed away at 7:53 pm on Sunday, March 10, 2013 at her residence in Bloomington. Funeral Services will be 10:30 am, Thursday, March 14, 2013 at Duffy-Pils Memorial Home, Colfax with Pastor Stephanie Soon officiating. Burial will follow in Wiley Cemetery, Colfax. Visitation will be from 5-7:00pm, Wednesday, March 13,...
Donna Lou Gadberry
Mar 8, 2013
Donna Lou Gadberry, 75, of Fairbury, passed away at 5:59 am, Friday, March 8, 2013 at Fairview Haven Retirement Community, Fairbury. Her funeral service will be held at 10 am, Monday, March 11, 2013 at Trinity Lutheran Church, Fairbury with the Pastor Tom Krieger officiating. Burial will be in Graceland Apostolic Christian Cemetery, Fairbury. Visitation will be 2 to 5:00...
C. Merle Parry
Mar 7, 2013
C. Merle Parry, 90 of Chenoa passed away on Thursday, March 7, 2013 in Largo, FL. Charles Merle Parry was born November 18, 1922 in Pontiac, the son of Charles W. and Beryl (Dunn) Parry. He Married Carolyn Winter on April 13, 1946. She survives in Chenoa. He was preceded in death by his parents and brother in-law, John A....
Hazel Hardy Hutson
Mar 3, 2013
Groton - Hazel (Hardy) Hutson, 97, died on March 3, 2013, at Fairview, Oddfellows Nursing Home in Groton, where she had been a resident for the past five years. Arrangements are being made by Duffy Pils Memorial Home, Colfax, Illinois. There will be a graveside memorial service at 10 am on Friday, July 5 at Wiley Cemetery in Colfax This...
Joan Immke
Feb 25, 2013
Saunemin – Joan Immke, 80, of Saunemin, passed away at 12:28am, February 25, 2013 at Meadows Mennonite Retirement Community. Her funeral will be held at 10:00am on Thursday, February 28, 2013 at Forrest United Methodist Church. Burial will be in Pleasant Ridge Cemetery, Forrest. Visitation will be held from 4-7:00pm, Wednesday, February 27, 2013 at Duffy-Pils Memorial Home, Fairbury and...
Robert Russ Little
Feb 23, 2013
Robert Russ Little, 75, Fairbury, died at 10:57 pm Saturday, February 23, 2013 at OSF St. Joseph Medical Center, Bloomington. A gathering of family and friends will begin at 1:30 pm Saturday, March 2, 2013 at the Fairbury VFW, 205 East Locust St., Fairbury, IL. Duffy-Pils Memorial Home, Fairbury is assisting the family with arrangements. In lieu of flowers the...
Lee Deverne Smith
Feb 22, 2013
LEE DEVERNE SMITH, age 74, passed away peacefully of heart failure with his wife Jaquae by his side on February 22, 2013. A truly special and glorious day. Lee was born on May 5, 1938 in Colfax, Illinois to the late L.D. Smith and Julia Elizabeth Wiley. He would later marry his first love, Jaquae, on August 23, 1958 and...
Owen B. Streeper
Feb 13, 2013
Owen B. Streeper, 89, of Chenoa passed away at 12:53 pm, Wednesday, February 13, 2013 at his residence in Chenoa. His funeral service will be 10:00 am, Monday, February 18, 2013 at Chenoa Presbyterian Church, Chenoa with Chip Finck officiating. Burial will follow in Evergreen Memorial Cemetery, Bloomington; where full military honors will be conducted. A visitation will be 2-6...
Robert J. Crain Jr.
Feb 10, 2013
Robert Joseph Crain Jr., 54, of Fairbury passed away at 12:15 am, Sunday, February 10, 2013 after a battle with cancer, at his residence in Fairbury. A memorial service will be held at 7:00 pm, Thursday, February 14, 2013 at the River of Life Outreach Church, Meadows; with Pastor David Heath officiating. Cremation rites have been accorded and a private...
Herbert E. Wiles
Feb 8, 2013
Chenoa – Herbert Wiles, 85, of Chenoa, passed away at 12:25am, February 8, 2013 at Asta Care Center of Pontiac. A graveside service will be held at 11:00 am on Monday, February 11, 2013 at Chenoa Township Cemetery, where military honors will be performed. Visitation will be held from 10-10:45am on Monday, February 11, 2013 at Duffy-Pils Memorial Home, Chenoa....
Mattie R. Jacobs
Feb 6, 2013
Mattie R. Jacobs, 88, of Chenoa passed away at 5:24 pm, Wednesday, February 6, 2013 at Evenglow Health Center, Pontiac. A graveside inurnment will be held at 11:00 am, Saturday, February 16, 2013 at Chenoa Cemetery, Chenoa with Pastor Dan Patterson officiating. Cremation rites have been accorded. Duffy-Pils Memorial Home, Chenoa is assisting the family with arrangements. In lieu of...
Doris M. Eymann
Feb 6, 2013
Chenoa – Doris M. Eymann, 78, of Chenoa, passed away at 10:10am, February 6, 2013 at Advocate BroMenn Medical Center, Normal. Funeral will be held at 11:00am, Saturday, February 9, 2013 at Duffy-Pils Memorial Home, Chenoa. Pastor Carrie Carnes will be officiating. Burial will be in Chenoa Township Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 4-7:00pm on Friday, February 8, 2013...
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