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Rollen Easter
Sep 16, 2011
Rollen Glen Easter, 80, of Urbana, passed away at 6:42 p.m. on Friday, September 16, 2011 at his home. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, September 21, 2011 at the First Baptist Church at Savoy, 1602 Prospect at Burwash, Savoy IL. The Rev. Dr. Randy Gauger will officiate. A visitation will be held from...
Mary Jane Weber
Sep 15, 2011
Mary Jane Weber, 82, of Urbana, passed away at 10:48 p.m. on Thursday, September 15, 2011 at Carle Foundation Hospital, Urbana. A memorial service will be held in her honor at 11:00 a.m., Thursday, September 22, 2011 at St. Matthew Lutheran Church, 2200 Philo Rd., Urbana. Pastor Bob Rasmus will officiate. A reception will be held prior...
Gwendolyn L. Klausner
Sep 15, 2011
Gwendolyn L. Klausner 69 of Lisle formerly of Mahomet died at 7:10 p.m. Thursday, September 15, 2011 in Savoy.
There will be no services. Renner-Wikoff Chapel and Crematory, Urbana is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Klausner was born on November 13, 1941 in Laredo, Texas, the daughter of Hirem and Norma Ashcraft Goodwin....
Mary June Black
Sep 12, 2011
Mary June Black, 93, of Urbana died Monday (Sept 12, 2011) in Savoy. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Grace United Methodist Church, 2004 Philo Rd., Urbana. Pastor Mike Smith will officiate. Burial will be in Woodlawn cemetery, Urbana. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at Renner-Wikoff Chapel 1900 Philo Rd...
Mary Forbes
Sep 10, 2011
Mary Medlicott Forbes, 92, of Urbana died on Sept. 10, 2011. Mary was born February 27, 1919 in Brooklyn, NY, the daughter of William H. and Sarah A. Medlicott. She grew up and graduated from high school in Auburndale, MA. She received her B.A. and M.S. degrees in Biology from Mount Holyoke College. After graduation she worked...
Ernest H. Mcclurg
Sep 9, 2011
Ernest H. McClurg 65 of Urbana died at 2:08 p.m. Friday, September 9, 2011 at Provena Covenant Medical Center, Urbana.
Visitation will be held from 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Friday, September 16, 2011 at Renner-Wikoff Chapel and Crematory, Urbana.
Mr. McClurg was born on May 14, 1946 in Urbana, the son of...
Ronald J. Hays
Sep 9, 2011
Ronald J. Hays 84 of Urbana died at 8:25 p.m. Friday, September 9, 2011 at home.
Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, September 14, 2011 at Renner-Wikoff Chapel and Crematory, Urbana; Rev. David Johnson officiating. Burial will be in Mt. Olive Cemetery, Mayview. Visitation will be held from 6:00 p.m. - 8:00...
Lewis Hammock
Sep 9, 2011
Lewis Edward Hammock, 56, of Urbana, passed away Friday, September 9, 2011 at 10:35 a.m. at his home. A memorial service will be held Sunday, September 11, 2011 at 2:00 p.m. at the Holiday Inn, 1001 Killarney St., Urbana.
Mr. Hammock was born to parents Mary (Havice) and Lewis Hammock on August 3, 1955 in...
David Lazarus
Sep 8, 2011
David Lazarus, Emeritus Professor of Physics of the University of Illinois and formerly Editor-in-Chief of the American Physical Society, passed away on Thursday, September 8, at his Urbana home where he lived with wife, Betty, for 50 years until her death in March 2009. He was a pioneering scholar in solid state physics known for his "great...
Michael S. Hart
Sep 6, 2011
Michael Stern Hart was born in Tacoma, Washington on March 8, 1947. He died on September 6, 2011 in his home in Urbana, Illinois, at the age of 64. His is survived by his mother, Alice, and brother, Bennett.
Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m. Monday, September 12, 2011 at Renner-Wikoff Chapel, 1900...
Bud Fitzgerald
Sep 4, 2011
Dorsey Wayne "Bud" Fitzgerald, 75 of Urbana, died at 4:16 a.m. Sunday, September 4, 2011 at Carle Foundation Hospital, Urbana.
Funeral services will be held at 12:00 p.m. Saturday, September 10 at Renner-Wikoff Chapel, 1900 S. Philo Rd., Urbana, with visitation from 10:30 to service time. Rev. Chris Noffke will officiate. Burial will be at...
Charles R. Carlton Jr
Sep 2, 2011
Charles R. Carlton Jr. 83 of Urbana died at 6:03 p.m. Friday, September 2, 2011 at Carle Foundation Hospital, Urbana.
Private Graveside Services will be held at Grandview Memorial Gardens, Champaign; with military rites conducted by American legion Post 71 of Urbana. Renner-Wikoff Chapel and Crematory, Urbana is in charge of arrangements.
Mr....
Lee O. Galbraith
Aug 29, 2011
Lee O. Galbraith 83 of Urbana, IL died at 7:12 p.m. Monday, August 29, 2011 at Carle Foundation Hospital, Urbana, IL.
Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Friday, September 2, 2011 at the Pennsylvania Avenue Baptist Church, Urbana, IL; Rev. Rich Gregory will officiate. Entombment will be in the Sunset Memorial Park Mausoleum,...
Carolyn W. Green
Aug 26, 2011
URBANA - Carolyn W. Green, 84, died Friday (August 26, 2011) at her home in Urbana.
A memorial service will be at 2:00 p.m. Thursday, September 1, at Clark-Lindsey Village, 101 W. Windsor Road, Urbana. Overflow parking will be available at the church parking lot across the street with shuttle service provided by Clark-Lindsey Village....
Rebecca Sue Phillips
Aug 25, 2011
SAVOY, IL- Rebecca Sue Phillips, 62, of Savoy, passed away at 10:35 PM, Thursday, August 25, 2011, at her home in Savoy, IL.
Memorial services will be held 11:00 A.M., Monday, August 29, 2011, at the First Christian Church, 3601 S. Staley Road, Champaign, IL. Tim Barber will officiate. Renner-Wikoff Chapel, 1900 S. Philo Rd.,...
Edward J. Speers
Aug 20, 2011
Edward James Speers, age 96 died peacefully in his sleep at Clark-Lindsey Village on Saturday, August 20, 2011.
Private services will be held with internment in the Mt. Hope Mausoleum, Champaign. There will be no visitation. Renner-Wikoff Chapel and Crematory is in charge of arrangements.
Edward was born in Odell, IL on December...
Rena Nardi
Aug 19, 2011
Rena Nardi, 99, of Urbana, died 10:00 a.m., August 19, 2011 at Meadowbrook Healthcare Center in Urbana.
Rena Nardi was born July 25, 1912 in Clinton, IN a daughter of John and Louisa Pressa Sasso. She married Ben Nardi. He preceded her in death.
She is survived by a son, James (Joyce Scott)...
Shirley Axel
Aug 19, 2011
Shirley T. Axel, 89, of Urbana, passed away on Friday, August 19, 2011 at Meadowbrook Health Center in Urbana. A memorial service will be held Sunday, September 11, 2011 at 2:00 p.m. in the Activity Room of Clark-Lindsey Village.
Mrs. Axel was born May 5, 1922 in Erlanger, Kentucky to Morris Yager and Allene Mabel...
Jennifer Danielle Smith
Aug 14, 2011
Jennifer Danielle Smith, 40, of Champaign died at 5:59 a.m. Sunday, August 14, 2011 at home.
A private memorial service will be held. Jennifer's family would like you to share your written memories or photographs of Jennifer and send them to her parents' address. Renner-Wikoff Chapel and Crematory is in charge of arrangements.
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Ida M. Mosley
Aug 12, 2011
Ida M. Mosley 84 of Urbana died at 3:46 p.m. Friday, August 12, 2011 at Provena Covenant Medical Center, Urbana with her loving family by her side.
Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m. Friday, August 19, 2011 at Renner-Wikoff Chapel and Crematory, Urbana; the Rev. Mike Smith will officiate. Burial will be in...
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