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Bounthanh / Thongbay Sylavong
Jan 16, 2013
Bounthanh Sylavong, 64, and Thongbay Sylavong, 61, of Champaign, IL both left this life unexpectedly on January 16, 2013. Although their passing was tragic, we are remotely comforted knowing they departed this world only moments apart; this was symbolic of the inseparable life they led.
Bounthanh was born to Say and Phong Sylavong...
Roger Greear
Jan 15, 2013
Roger Dean Greear, 79, of Urbana passed away at 7:00 a.m., Tuesday, January 15, 2013 at Champaign County Nursing Home, Urbana. A visitation will be held from 5:00-7:00 p.m., Friday, January 18, 2013 at Renner-Wikoff Chapel and Crematory. A funeral service will be held following the visitation Friday evening at 7:00 p.m. at the funeral home. A...
Jacquelyn Ann Cox
Jan 14, 2013
Jacquelyn Ann Cox 89 of Champaign died Monday, January 14, 2013 at Carle Foundation Hospital, Urbana. Graveside services will be held at a later date at Grandview Memorial Gardens, Champaign. Renner-Wikoff Chapel and Crematory is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Cox was born on July 26, 1923 in Peoria, the daughter of Axel...
Anna Laura Bailey
Jan 13, 2013
Anna Laura Bailey, 99, of Urbana passed away at 3:32 p.m., Sunday, January 13, 2012 at Champaign County Nursing Home, Urbana. A graveside service will be held at 1:00 p.m., Thursday, January 17, 2013 at Woodlawn Cemetery, Urbana. Pastor Rich Gregory will officiate.
Mrs. Bailey was born August 5, 1913 in Gifford, Illinois to parents...
Pamela Ann Carico
Jan 11, 2013
SILVER SPRINGS, FLORIDA- Pamela Ann Carico, 66, of Silver Springs, Florida, passed away at 7:16 A.M., Friday, January 11, 2013 at her home in Silver Springs, Florida. Graveside funeral services will be held 1:00 P.M.,Wednesday, January 16, 2013 at Mt. Olive Cemetery, Mayview, IL. Pastor Kenneth Young will officiate. There will be no public visitation. Renner-Wikoff Chapel,...
Rodney K. Egelston
Jan 10, 2013
PHILO, IL- Rodney K. Egelston, 45, of Philo, Illinois, passed away at 9:26 A.M., Thursday, January 10, 2013 at Carle Foundation Hospital, Urbana, IL. A Celebration of Life service will be held at 7:00 P.M., Tuesday, January 15, 2013, at Stone Creek Church, 2502 S. Race St., Urbana, IL. A reception will be held two hours prior...
Larry Wayne Long
Jan 9, 2013
Larry W. Long, 72 of Champaign, IL passed away at 1:56 P.M on Wednesday, January 9, 2013 at Carle Foundation Hospital in Urbana.
Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m, Monday, January 14, 2013 at Renner-Wikoff Chapel and Crematory, Urbana; Rev. Jim Blue will officiate. Military Rites will be conducted by the American Legion...
Alice Lillian Lain
Jan 8, 2013
Alice L. Lain 89 of Urbana died on Tuesday, January 8, 2013 at the Palliative Care Unit at the Veterans Affairs Illiana Healthcare System, Danville.
Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m. Friday, January 11, 2013 at the Renner-Wikoff Chapel and Crematory, Urbana; Rev. Lyndall Propst will officiate. Burial will be in Woodlawn Cemetery,...
Frieda Anne Wright
Jan 7, 2013
Frieda Anne Wright, 76, of Savoy, Illinois (and Evansville, Indiana) died on Monday January 7, 2013 at Carle Foundation Hospital in Urbana, Illinois.
Frieda is survived by her son Larret Wright, his wife Katherine and their daughter Lola of Champaign, IL and her son Troy Wright and his wife Yuki of Cincinnati, OH.
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Frank Dale
Jan 5, 2013
CHAMPAIGN, IL- Francis "Frank" G. Dale, 76, of Champaign, IL, passed away at 2:50 A.M., Saturday, January 5, 2013 at Presence Covenant Medical Center, Urbana, IL.
Funeral services will be held 12:00 Noon, Tuesday, January 8, 2013 at the Renner-Wikoff Chapel, 1900 S. Philo Rd., Urbana, IL with burial at Prairieview Cemetery, Savoy, IL. Visitation...
Janis Kirsten Johansen-Wood
Jan 5, 2013
Janis Johansen-Wood passed away Saturday, January 5, 2013 at 8:55 pm at Carle Hospital in Urbana. Visitation will be held from 5:00 pm-7:00 pm Friday, January 11, 2013 at Renner-Wikoff Chapel and Crematory, Urbana.
Janis was born Janis Kirsten Johansen on September 15, 1938 in McPherson, Kansas, the daughter of Bernice Dresher Johansen and Christian...
Charles Burton Wingstrom
Jan 4, 2013
Charles Burton Wingstrom 91 of Champaign died at 8:10 a.m. Friday, January 4, 2013 at Carle Foundation Hospital, Urbana.
There will be no public services. Renner-Wikoff Chapel and Crematory is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Wingstrom was born on July 15, 1921 in Evanston, the son of Gustaf and Nellie Rydell Wingstrom. He...
Pamela Sue Hansen
Jan 4, 2013
Pamela Sue Hansen, 59, of Urbana passed away at 8:19 p.m., Friday, January 4, 2013 at her home surrounded by her family. A visitation will be held Wednesday, January 9, 2013 from 10:00-12:00 p.m. at Renner-Wikoff Chapel and Crematory, 1900 S. Philo Rd., Urbana. A funeral service will be held following the visitation at noon on Wednesday...
Robert Justin Edwards
Jan 2, 2013
Robert Justin Edwards 86 of Urbana died at 9:45 p.m. Wednesday, January 2, 2013 at Carle Foundation Hospital, Urbana. Memorial services will be held at a later date. Renner-Wikoff Chapel and Crematory is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Edwards was born on October 6, 1926 in Champaign, the son of Myron J. and Ethel May...
Emily Jane Allen
Dec 31, 2012
Emily Jane Allen, 86, of Urbana passed away at 12:40 p.m., Monday, December 31, 2012 at Champaign County Nursing Home, Urbana.
Mrs. Allen was born May 18, 1926 in East Peoria, Illinois to parents Ernest and Mildred (Coon) Downey and was adopted, with her brother, by Kenneth and Frances Yates as a toddler. She married...
Wanda Marie Collins
Dec 31, 2012
Wanda Marie Collins 89 of Urbana died at 8:59 p.m. Monday, December 31, 2012 at home.
Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, January 5, 2013 at Renner-Wikoff Chapel and Crematory, Urbana; J.P. Jones will officiate. Burial will be at Eastlawn Cemetery, Urbana. Visitation will be held from 9:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m....
Carl Richard Woese
Dec 30, 2012
University of Illinois microbiology and Institute for Genomic Biology professor Carl R. Woese, who adopted a molecular approach to classifying organisms and upended taxonomy with the discovery of a "third domain" of life, died Sunday (Dec. 30) at his home in Urbana, Ill. He was 84.
Woese and his colleagues wrote two papers published in...
Mary Jo Mahannah
Dec 26, 2012
URBANA, IL- Mary Jo Mahannah, 74, of Urbana, Illinois, passed away at 9:34 P.M., Wednesday, December 26, 2012 at the Champaign County Nursing Home, Urbana, IL.
A Funeral Mass will be held at 10:00 A.M. Monday, January 7, 2013, at St. Patrick's Catholic Church, 708 W. Main St., Urbana, IL. Burial will follow at St....
Paul T. Batman
Dec 26, 2012
Paul T. Bateman, 93, of Urbana died December 26, 2012, at Carle Hospital.
He was born June 6, 1919, in Philadelphia, PA, a son of Harold and Anna Bateman. He married Felice Davidson 1948. She survives, along with a daughter Sarah E. (Sally) Bateman, also of Urbana.
Paul attended the University of Pennsylvania...
Dale L. Reed
Dec 25, 2012
Dale L. Reed, Jr., 65, Champaign, passed away at 10:10 a.m. Tuesday (Dec. 25, 2012) in the Carle Foundation Hospital emergency room.
Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m. Saturday, December 29, 2012 at Renner-Wikoff Chapel and Crematory, Urbana, Rev. Mike Smith Officiating. Burial will be at Woodlawn Cemetery, Urbana. Visitation will be held...
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