Obituary Listing

Sep 20, 2013

Colin Pitt, age 17, died on Friday, September 20, at 12:10am.

Colin attended Countryside school, followed by Centennial High School and then the Novak Academy. He loved music, video games, Magic card games, and pets. He loved talking, listening to, and helping people. He had a strong sense of social justice, and was not afraid...

Sep 17, 2013

CHAMPAIGN, IL- V. Hazel Wickman, 93, of Champaign, IL, passed away on Tuesday, September 17, 2013 at the Champaign County Nursing Home in Urbana.

Graveside services will be held at 2:00 P.M., Monday, September 23, 2013 at Mt. Olive Cemetery, Mayview, IL. There will be no visitation. Renner-Wikoff Chapel, 1900 S. Philo Rd., Urbana, IL...

Sep 17, 2013

Gladys Arlene Colbert, 93, of Champaign passed away peacefully at 5:30 A.M. on Tuesday morning (Sept. 17, 2013). Gladys Hall, known to her family and friends as Hap, was born in Cambridge, Mass. to Albert and Georgina Scott Hall on March 8, 1920. She married Harold Reichard Colbert of Urbana on February 13, 1944 at University Place...

Sep 16, 2013

Lois Jean Yetter Bodecker, of Urbana, IL passed away Monday, September 16, 2013 at Carle Foundation Hospital. She just celebrated her 84th birthday on September 13th. She married Gerald Bodecker in 1949 and he survives. Jean and her husband owned a greenhouse/garden center in Urbana for many years. She loved flowers and collecting antiques. She was preceded...

Sep 15, 2013

Lee Alan Taylor, 63, of Kankakee passed away on Sunday, September 15, 2013 at his residence.

Funeral Services will be held on Saturday, September 21, 2013 at noon, at Renner-Wikoff Chapel, 1900 S. Philo Rd. Urbana. Burial will be at Mt. Olive Cemetery, Mayview. A visitation will be held one hour before the...

Sep 14, 2013

Barbara Murphy, 82, of Urbana, passed away at 4:47 a.m., Saturday, September 14, 2013 at Champaign County Nursing Home.

Barbara was born August 6, 1931 in Lyons, Kansas to parents Howard and Clair (Johnson) Peterson. She married her longtime partner, Duane Eastburn in 2010 in Urbana, Illinois; he survives.

Also surviving are son,...

Sep 14, 2013

Janet S. Hicks 67, of Urbana, died at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, September 14, 2013 at Heartland Healthcare Center, Champaign.

Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, September 18, 2013 at Renner-Wikoff Chapel and Crematory, Urbana. Burial will be in Stearns Cemetery, Fithian. Visitation will be held from 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Wednesday...

Sep 12, 2013

Sally Ann Tarter 75 of Urbana died at 8:10 a.m. Thursday, September 12, 2013 in Urbana.

Private family services will be held. Renner-Wikoff Chapel and Crematory is in charge of arrangements.

Mrs. Tarter was born on July 14, 1938 in St. Joseph, the daughter of Fred and Selma Green Rosenberger. She married Orel...

Sep 11, 2013

Barbara J. Moore 81 of Urbana passed away Wednesday, September 11, 2013 at home after a long battle with C.O.P.D./Lung Cancer.

Graveside services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, September 18, 2013 at North Fork Cemetery, Decatur. Rev. Steve Hohm will officiate. There will be no public visitation. Renner-Wikoff Chapel and Crematory is in...

Sep 11, 2013

Margaret C. Oakes, 88, of Urbana died at her home at 1:36 a.m. Wednesday, September 11th.

She is predeceased by her loving husband Wayne whom she married September 24, 1949. She is survived by her loving and grateful children Thomas Oakes (Karen), David Oakes (Mary) and Jana Doig (David), three grandchildren, Sean, Diana and Danielle...

Sep 10, 2013

Muriel H. Maxwell, 91, of Urbana passed away at 4:17 a.m., Tuesday, September 10, 2013 at Presence Covenant Medical Center, Urbana. A visitation will be held Friday, September 13, 2013 from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at Renner-Wikoff Chapel and Crematory, 1900 S. Philo Rd., Urbana. A funeral service will be held immediately following the visitation at...

Sep 6, 2013

Robert Irwin Valentine Sr., 95, of Champaign, Illinois passed away in the early morning hours of September 6, 2013 at Presence Covenant Medical Center, Urbana.

Born on May 27, 1918 in Terre Haute, Indiana, he was the son of Anthony and Eva Bishop Valentine. He married Mabel Hill Selby on August 30, 1943 in Goldsboro,...

Sep 4, 2013

Margaret Ethelyn Pennell Barker, 92, died at 10:05 p.m. Wednesday, September 4, 2013. Formerly of the Barkers' family farm near Bondville and then Newbury Road in Champaign, Mrs. Barker was living at Meadowbrook Care Center in Urbana at the time of her death. Funeral services will be held 11:00 a.m. Monday September 9 at Renner-Wikoff Chapel, 1900...

Sep 3, 2013

Eloise Jane Kelsey 98 of Monticello formerly of Champaign died at 8:15 p.m. Tuesday, September 3, 2013 at the Kirby Hospital, Monticello.

Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Friday, September 6, 2013 at the Renner-Wikoff Chapel and Crematory, Urbana; Rev. Ron Reynolds will officiate. Burial will be in Stearns Cemetery, Fithian. Visitation will...

Sep 2, 2013

Roy D. Bloemker , 72, of Urbana passed away on Monday, September 2, 2013 at Carle Foundation Hospital, Urbana.

A visitation will be held on Friday, September 6, 2013 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at Renner- Wikoff Chapel, 1900 S. Philo Rd., Urbana. Cremation Rites will be accorded.

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Sep 1, 2013

Constance Lee (Connie) Osmond 74 of Urbana died at 3:40 p.m. Sunday, September 1, 2013 at home.

Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Friday, September 6, 2013 at St. Patrick's Catholic Church, Urbana, Rev. Fr. Joseph Hogan will officiate. Burial will be in the Danville National Cemetery, Danville. Visitation will be held from...

Aug 28, 2013

- Phillip Douglas Shepherd, 58, of Urbana, IL, passed away at 6:00 P.M., Wednesday, August 28, 2013 at his residence. A visitation will be held from 1:00 P.M. to 4:00 P.M. on Sunday, September 1, 2013 at the Renner-Wikoff Chapel, 1900 S. Philo Rd., Urbana, IL.

Phillip was born April 27, 1955 in Urbana, IL,...

Aug 25, 2013

Marjorie Jean Fisher, 89, of Urbana passed away at 3:05 p.m., Sunday, August 25, 2013 at Presence Covenant Medical Center. A visitation will be held Friday, August 30, 2013 from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. at Renner-Wikoff Chapel, 1900 S. Philo Rd., Urbana. A funeral service will be held immediately following the visitation at noon, at the...

Aug 25, 2013

Frederick Wilfrid "Poppa Wills" "Stinky Cheese Grandpa" Lancaster, 79, of Urbana, passed away on Sunday, August 25, 2013 in his home.

Wilf was born September 4, 1933, in Stanley, County Durham, England to Frederick and Mary (Blackburn) Lancaster.

Wilf was preceded in death by his parents Frederick and Mary, his three sisters, Alma,...

Aug 24, 2013

James Bruno Risatti, Jr., born to Zoila and James Bruno Risatti, Sr. on May 8, 1942 in Blue Island, Illinois, beloved husband of Leslie (Cahill), extraordinary father of Carrie and Gabriella (Sean Mills), devoted grandfather of Dylan James Mills, loving brother of Howard (Christina), Connie Zenz (James) and William (Celeste).

A Funeral Mass is being...