Obituary Listing

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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,...

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....

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.,...

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...

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)...

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...

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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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...

Aug 9, 2011

Theodore "Ted" Minear, 65 of Champaign, died at 7:40 p.m. Tuesday, August 9, 2011 at home. Graveside services will be held on Friday, September 2 at 11:00 a.m. at Mt. Olive Cemetery, Mayview with Mervin Collier officiating. Military rites will be accorded by VFW Post 5520, Champaign.

Mr. Minear was born March 5, 1946 in...

Aug 8, 2011

Dorothea "Sibby" Scott Whitten, 80, of Urbana, passed away in her sleep at her home at 8:11 a.m., Monday, August 8, 2011. Graveside services will be held at 9:30 a.m., Wednesday, August 10, 2011 at Woodlawn Cemetery, Urbana. The Rev. Ann Alley will officiate.

Mrs.Whitten was born October 30, 1930 in Fairmont, West Virginia to...

Aug 7, 2011

Karin Dovring, PhD., resident of Urbana and a specialist in propaganda analysis, was born in Sweden December 5, 1919 died August 7, 2011 at her home in Urbana. She is the author of the world classic book ARoad of Propaganda@. She lectured in many universities around the world and in the Vatican in Rome. She was invited...

Aug 6, 2011

Helen Ruth Ironsmith Moore, 91, of Urbana (formerly of Decatur) died on August 6, 2011 at Meadowbrook Health Center in Urbana. Born on December 31, 1919 in Kansas City, Missouri, she was the second of four children of Edward and Edith Ironsmith. She attended schools in Kansas City where she trained and worked as a medical technologist....

Jul 30, 2011

Gene Osmond, Jr., 72, of Urbana, passed away at 7:20 p.m., Saturday, July 30, 2011 at his home.

A funeral mass will be held at 10:00 a.m., Thursday, August 4, 2011 at St. Patrick's Church, 708 W. Main St., Urbana. Fr. Steve Willard will officiate. A visitation will be held Wednesday, August 3, 2011 from...