All Obituaries

Jerry “JJ” Johnson, 83 of Urbana passed away at 1:26 a.m. Thursday, January 16, 2020 at Carle Foundation Hospital in Urbana. Visitation will be Friday evening from 5 pm to 7 pm at Renner-Wikoff Chapel, 1900 S. Philo Rd., Urbana. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, January 25, 2020 at The Church of the Living God, 312 E. Bradley Ave., Champaign at 11:00 am. (viewing 30 min prior to services) Bishop Lloyd Gwin will officiate.Burial with military honors will be at Grandview...

Rhoda Pauline Willard, 97 of Urbana passed away at 2:37 a.m. Wednesday January 15, 2020 at the home of her caregivers in Homer.  Funeral services will be at 1:00 p.m. Monday, January 20 at Renner-Wikoff Chapel & Crematory, 1900 S. Philo Rd., Urbana with visitation 1 hour prior to service time.  Pastor Phil Hanson will officiate.  Burial will be in Mt. Olive Cemetery, Mayview.   Rhoda was born December 9, 1922 in Tulsa, OK the daughter of George and Ruby (Deem)...

Lawrence (Larry) Raymond Parkhurst Jr., age 62, formerly of Wolcott, Indiana passed away on January 15th in the comfort of his home in Elliott, IL, with his loving wife. Larry was born to Lawrence Raymond Parkhurst Sr. and Phyllis Marcine Horn, on August 16th, 1957 in Bluefield, West Virginia. Larry graduated from Champaign Central High School in 1975. He was married to Dawn Ricketts in 1994 and they lived throughout the Midwest during their 26 years of marriage. Larry was...

Harmony M. Turkiewicz (Brock/Broderick), 41, of Waynesboro, VA, formerly of Urbana, passed away Saturday, Jan. 4, 2020, at UVA Hospital, Charlottesville, Va. She is survived by her husband, Mark Turkiewicz, and four children, Dana Brock and Christopher (Shyanne), Dymond and Shayont’e Turkiewicz. Also surviving are her mother, Pamela Rhoades (Broderick); grandmother, Pauline Broderick; brother, Sean Broderick (Donna); cousin, Doug Broderick (Tracie); and godfather, Glen...

Joshua Robert Franks, 55 of Urbana passed away at 6:42 a.m. Thursday January 9, 2020 at Carle Foundation Hospital, Urbana.  Joshua was born April 4, 1964 in Rantoul.  He is survived by his grandmother, Betty Smith Golladay, an aunt, Linda Brown (Charles) of Covington and his cousins, Christine Brown and John Brown.  He is preceded in death by his mother, Sharon Elizabeth (Smith) Franks. Joshua is a 1982 graduate of Urbana High School.  He was an avid Illini fan and...

The Rev. Nancy R. Scott, 89 of Urbana died at 7:59 p.m. Monday January 6, 2020 in Urbana.  A memorial service will be at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday January 11 at McKinley Memorial Presbyterian Church, 801 S. 5th Street, Champaign with a reception following the service.  Rev. Heidi Weatherford will officiate. Nancy was born January 17, 1930 in Milwaukee, WI, the daughter of Roy Samuel Beernink and Evelyn Mae Coy Beernink.  She married Walter Cleon Scott, son of Cleon and Edythe...

URBANA, IL-  Linda M. Green, 76, of Urbana, passed away at 8:49 PM, Monday, January 6, 2020 at her residence in Urbana. Funeral services will be held 10:00 AM, Saturday, January 11, 2020 at the Renner-Wikoff Chapel, 1900 S. Philo Rd., Urbana, with burial to follow at Mt. Olive Cemetery, Mayview.  There will be a visitation from 5-7 PM, Friday, January 10, at the funeral home.  Linda was born May 1, 1943 in Champaign, IL, a daughter of Arthur Merl and Petrea (West)...

Charles Wills Haines was born on April 14, 1939 to Joseph Edward and Ella Peck Haines and passed away on December 25, 2019 in Urbana, IL. He grew up in Medford, NJ and attended Moorestown Friends School. He received an A.B. in mathematics and physics from Earlham College in Richmond, IN where he also played soccer and met his future wife, Carolyn Hanna Anderson.  In 1965, he received his M.S. and Ph.D. in applied mathematics from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) in Troy, NY and...

URBANA, IL-       Mildred Ruth(Clark) McWethy, 89, of Urbana, passed away at 10:53 AM, Monday, January 6, 2020 at her daughter’s home in Urbana.   There will be a visitation from 4-6 PM, Saturday, January 11, 2020 at the Renner-Wikoff Chapel, 1900 S. Philo Rd., Urbana.    Mildred was born November 23, 1930 in Urbana, a daughter of Frank and Ethel Clark.  She married John Otis McWethy on November 1, 1953.  He preceded her in...

Kay (Kathleen) Evans, 77, of Urbana died at 7:46 am Saturday (January 4, 2020) at Carle Foundation Hospital. Funeral Mass will be held at 10:00 am Thursday, January 9, 2020 at St Patrick’s Catholic Church in Urbana. Visitation will be from 6:00 to 8:00 pm on Wednesday, January 8, 2020 at Renner-Wikoff Chapel, Urbana. A private family burial will be held at Eastlawn Burial Park at a later date. Kay was born on January 23, 1942 to parents Carl and Betty (Bullock) Esser. They preceded...