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Patricia Derossett
Dec 25, 2011
Patricia Derossett, 66, of Urbana, died December 25, 2011 at Champaign County Nursing Home, Urbana.
All services are private. Renner-Wikoff Chapel & Crematory are handling the arrangements.
Patricia Derossett was born February 12, 1945 in Jersey City, NY the daughter of Curtis and Eleanor Hale Horton. She is survived by four children, Deana...
Roberta L. Richardson
Dec 24, 2011
OGDEN, IL- Roberta L. Richardson, 64, of Ogden, IL, passed away at 10:56 A.M., Saturday, December 24, 2011 at Provena Covenant Medical Center, Urbana, IL.
A Celebration of Life service will be held at 12:00 Noon, Friday, December 30, 2011 at Renner-Wikoff Chapel, 1900 S. Philo Rd., Urbana, IL.
Roberta was born July...
Evelyn Rose Craig
Dec 20, 2011
Evelyn Rose Craig, 76, of Mahomet, died at 2:23 p.m., December 20, 2011 at C-U Regional Rehab, Savoy.
All services are private. Renner-Wikoff Chapel & Crematory is handling the arrangements.
Evelyn Craig was born August 28, 1935 in Monticello a daughter of Everett and Essie Weaver Welch. She married James Milton Craig May...
Joseph H. Stiene
Dec 19, 2011
Joseph H. Stiene 73 of Urbana died at 4:23 p.m. Monday, December 19, 2011 at the Champaign County Nursing Home, Urbana.
He is free from the awful disease that took over his mind and body for so long. He has made it to his forever home.
Memorial services will be held at 11:00...
Vernon Halberstadt
Dec 18, 2011
Vernon Eugene Halberstadt, 84, of Urbana passed away at 11:20 a.m., Sunday, December 18, 2011 at Carle Hospital, Urbana.
Mr. Halberstadt was born September 2, 1927 in Urbana, IL to parents Irene Taylor and Russell Halberstadt. He married his first wife, Florence Latos, in 1956. She preceded him in death on January 13, 1972. In...
Harriette Lindsey
Dec 17, 2011
Harriette L. Lindsey, 78, of Urbana passed away Saturday (Dec. 17, 2011) at home, after a year long battle with cancer. She was born May 16, 1933, in Chicago, to Frank and Edna Jean Efner. She was married to Howard Halberstadt from 1953 to 1976, and to Mike Lindsey from 1978 to 1989. Survivors include her first...
Arthur Zangerl
Dec 16, 2011
Arthur Zangerl, 59, of Urbana, died at 6:04 a.m., December 16, 2011 at home.
Arthur Zangerl was born September 21, 1952 in Chicago, IL second son of Rainer and Anna Kurtz Zangerl. He married Kathleen Brinkmann on May 16, 1975 in Rockville, IN. She survives.
A daughter, Lisa Zangerl of Washington D.C.; a...
Dennis E. Larson
Dec 14, 2011
Dennis E. Larson, 62 of Champaign, died at 10:10 p.m. Wednesday, December 14, 2011 at Carle Foundation Hospital, Urbana. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m. Tuesday, December 20 at Renner-Wikoff Chapel, 1900 S. Philo Rd., Urbana with Pastor Rich Gregory officiating. Burial will be at East Lawn Cemetery, Urbana. Visitation will be 6 to 8...
R. Lynn Rice
Dec 12, 2011
R. Lynn Rice 73 of Champaign died at 7:03 p.m. Monday, December 12, 2011 at home.
There will be no public services. Renner-Wikoff Chapel and Crematory is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Rice was born on July 26, 1938 in Decatur, the son of Harmon and Martha White Rice. He married Karen Craig...
Laverne Williams
Dec 12, 2011
LaVerne Williams, 92, of Savoy, died at 10:20 p.m., December 12, 2011 at C-U Regional Rehab, Savoy.
All services are private. Renner-Wikoff Chapel & Crematory 1900 S. Philo Rd., Urbana is handling the arrangments. Rev Brent Roberson will officiate. Burial will be in Melvin Cemetery.
LaVerne Williams was born April 9, 1919 in...
Gert H. Gentner
Dec 11, 2011
URBANA, IL- Gert H. Gentner, 60, of Urbana, IL, passed away peacefully at 5:58 A.M., Sunday, December 11, 2011.
There will be a private Celebration of Life Service on Saturday, December 17th, 2011. Renner-Wikoff Chapel, 1900 S. Philo Rd., Urbana, is in charge of arrangements.
Gert was born on November 6, 1951 in...
Berendina Vos Kramer
Dec 8, 2011
Berendina Vos Kramer was born in the Netherlands on August 15, 1924, the seventh of seventeen children. She died in Carle Foundation Hospital on Thursday, December 8, 2011.
Her parents were Germit and Berendina Vos. Her husband, Michiel Kramer preceded her in death in 1994. Survivors include her sister, Wilhemina Vos, her brother, Flores Vos,...
Robert Joseph Miller Jr
Dec 1, 2011
Robert Joseph Miller Jr. 61 of Urbana died at 11:15 a.m. Thursday, December 1, 2011 in Urbana.
Memorial services will be held at Harshbarger Homestead 325 N 1475 E Rd. Atwood, IL, on Sunday, December 11, 2011 from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Renner-Wikoff Chapel and Crematory is in charge of arrangements.
Mr....
Mary Sanders
Dec 1, 2011
Mary Sanders, 81, of Champaign, passed away at 2:13 p.m., Thursday, December 1, 2011 at Provena-Covenant Medical Center. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Thursday, December 8, 2011 at the Sangamon Valley Christian Center, 200 W. Washington St., Mahomet. Rev. Brent Roberson will officiate. A visitation will be held from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m., Wednesday,...
Charlotte D. Shoemaker
Dec 1, 2011
Charlotte Shoemaker died Thursday, December 1, 2011 at Champaign County Nursing Home of the infirmities of old age. Born Laura Charlotte Guffey on December 24, 1920, near Rock Grove, Illinois, she was taken to the Cunningham Children's Home in Urbana by her father, Xenophon Blaine Guffey after the death of her mother, Pearl (nee Guffey), in 1922....
Bill Parks
Nov 30, 2011
William A. "Bill" Parks, 91, of Urbana died at 4:46 p.m. on Wednesday, November 30, 2011 at Meadowbrook Healthcare Center, Urbana. A memorial service will be held 2:00 p.m., Monday, December 5, 2011 at Renner-Wikoff Chapel 1900 S. Philo Rd. Urbana, the Rev. Ed Potts will officiate. Burial will be in Mt. Olive Cemetery, Mayview where military...
Edward "Ned" Johnston Filbey
Nov 29, 2011
Edward "Ned" Johnston Filbey, 59, of St. Joseph, IL died November 29, 2011 at Carle Hospital.
His parents Nate and Mary Lou Filbey preceded Ned in death.
His sisters, Kit Filbey of Mesa, AZ, Madge Graham of Gainesville, GA, and Melissa Pillari of Bay Village, OH survive him.
Ned worked his...
Robert W. Trinkle
Nov 28, 2011
Robert W. Trinkle, 61, of Champaign, died at 2:30 a.m., Monday, November 28, 2011, at Provena Covenant Medical Center, Urbana.
Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Friday, December 2, 2011, at Holy Cross Catholic Church, Champaign. The Rev. Fr. Stephen A. Willard will officiate. Visitation will be held from 6:00 p.m. - 8:00...
Russell Merrifield
Nov 22, 2011
Russell Merrifield, 64, of Champaign passed away at 3:23 p.m., Tuesday, November 22, 2011 at Provena Covenant Medical Center, Urbana. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, November 29, 2011 at Renner-Wikoff Chapel, 1900 S. Philo Rd., Urbana. Pastor Randy Boltinghouse will officiate. A visitation will be held one hour prior to the service, from...
Peggy Joyce Lowenstein
Nov 21, 2011
IN LOVING MEMORY... Ms. Peggy Joyce Lowenstein, 79, of Savoy, Illinois, passed away at her home at 2:50 a.m. Monday morning, November 21, 2011. A private service was held for Ms. Lowenstein, (Peggy) at Renner-Wikoff Chapel and Crematory, 1900 S. Philo Rd., Urbana, Illinois. The service was presided over by Pastor J. Michael "Mike" Smith, of Grace...
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