All Obituaries

Helen Lois Stoner, 98, of Urbana passed away at 9:14 a.m. on Sunday, May 20, 2018 at Champaign County Nursing Home. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, May 25, 2018 at Mt. Hope Mausoleum in Champaign. Family will receive visitors for thirty minutes, prior to the funeral. Helen was born on July 10, 1919 in Ogden to parents Charles and Cora (Lee) Wright. They preceded her in death. In 1938 she married H. Eugene Stoner, he passed away in 1998. Also...

Vevalee Smith, 83, of Atwood, IL, passed away at 8:43 PM, Monday, May 14, 2018 at Tuscola Health Care Center in Tuscola, IL.   Graveside services will be held 10:30 AM on Thursday, May 17, 2018 at Mackville Cemetery, Atwood, IL with Pastor Lanny Faulkner officiating.  Renner-Wikoff Chapel, 1900 S. Philo Rd., Urbana, IL is in charge of arrangements.   Vevalee was born July 20, 1934 in Atwood, IL, a daughter of Floyd and Clara Lewis.  She...

Gladys Marie Barrowman, 96 of Urbana died at 3:28 a.m. Thursday, May 10, 2018 at OSF Heart of Mary Medical Center, Urbana. Memorial Services will be 11:00 a.m. Monday, May 14 at Renner-Wikoff Chapel and Crematory, 1900 S. Philo Rd., Urbana.  The Rev. Richard McGuire will officiate.  Private burial will be at Camp Butler National Cemetery, Springfield. Mrs. Barrowman was born May 2, 1922 in Champaign, the daughter of Joseph and Florence (Rawley) Lustig.  She...

Doris Loretta Perry, 86, of Urbana, went to be with the Lord at 8:42 p.m., Thursday, May 10, 2018 at Carle Foundation Hospital. Doris was born August 3, 1931 in Champaign, Illinois.  She was the 2nd child of 9 to Cecil and Annie Marie (Huskisson) Hyatt; they preceded her in death. She was sister to Mary Stephens, Clarence Hyatt, Donald Hyatt, Cecelia Bohlen, Barb Bohlen, Carol Deck, Bea Gaines, and William Hyatt (who preceded her in death.)   Doris married...

  Pauline Mae Kunkel of Urbana, IL, died peacefully and surrounded by family Saturday morning, May 5, 2018, at C-U Regional Rehab in Savoy, IL.  A time of visitation and greeting with the family is scheduled at Renner-Wikoff Chapel & Crematory, 1900 S. Philo Rd, Urbana, on Tuesday, May 8, from 5:00 to 7:00 pm.  A Graveside Service will be held at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, June 2 at Pine Bluffs Cemetery, Pine Bluffs, Wyoming.  Rev. Lesley Matschke will...

Stephen George Schmidt, 71, of Champaign, died May 4, 2018 at Carle Hospital, Urbana, Illinois. The service remembering and celebrating his life will be Thursday May 10, 2018 at 2 pm at Renner-Wikoff Chapel, Urbana, with a gathering for friends and family following at 3 pm at  Renner-Wikoff.   Steve was born August 24, 1946 in the Bronx, New York, son of Virginia Betka Schmidt and Albert Schmidt.  He graduated from Northwestern University, Evanston with a...

Dorothy T. Replinger, 94, of Urbana, died May 3, 2018, with her family by her side. She was born to Louis Thiele and Bertha Kanies, January 30, 1924, in Chicago. Dot graduated from Glenbard High School in Glen Ellyn, Illinois, in 1941 and received a BA degree in art education from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1945. She married John G. Replinger in Chicago on June 26, 1945. They lived together in Urbana from 1946 until his death in 2006. Dot continued to live in their...

Marilyn Upah-Bant of Urbana passed away after a long illness on May 2, 2018. She was born in August, 1953, in Rochelle, to parents Richard and Marge Upah. Marilyn graduated from Rochelle Township High School and was the valedictorian of her graduating class. She attended NIU where she met her future husband Geoffrey Bant. They were married in 1974 and moved to Urbana in 1975, where Marilyn finished her degree in Journalism at ISU. Marilyn worked...

William Horatio Chapman, 61, of Mahomet, passed away on Friday, April 27, at home.  Renner-Wikoff Chapel and Crematory is in charge of arrangements.  A memorial service will be held at a later date. William was born on December 17, 1956 to parents Mary Della Law and Marvin Chapman; they preceded him in death.  He is survived by two sisters, Amy Chapman and Shirley Chapman, and three nephews, Joshua Chapman, Keegan McDonald, and Kessler McDonald, along with his...

Milton “Bud” Orcutt Jr., 77, of Urbana passed away at 12:40 p.m. on Thursday, April 26, 2018 at his residence. Cremation rites will be accorded at Renner-Wikoff Chapel & Crematory, Urbana. A Celebration of Life will be held from 2:00-5:00 p.m. on Saturday, May 5, 2018 at the Local 601 Union Hall, 3301 N. Boardwalk Dr. in Champaign. Bud was born on June 30, 1940 in Champaign to parents Milton Sr.and Zeva (Elliot) Orcutt. They preceded him in death....