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Kenneth Bruce
Dec 10, 2010
Kenneth Bruce, 84, of Urbana, died December 10, 2010 at Provena Covenant Medical Center in Urbana.
Funeral services will be 1:00 p.m., Tuesday, December 14, 2010 at Renner-Wikoff Chapel 1900 S. Philo Rd. Urbana. Rev. Mark Harris will officiate. Burial will be in Mt. Olive Cemetery, Mayview. Visitation will be held 5:00 to 8:00 p.m....
Eddie L. Allen
Dec 9, 2010
Eddie L. Allen 54 of Urbana died at 1:18 a.m. Thursday, December 9, 2010 at Provena Covenant Medical Center, Urbana.
Memorial services will be held at 6:00 p.m. Monday, December 13, 2010 at the American Legion Post 71, Urbana. Renner-Wikoff Chapel and Crematory is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Allen was born on...
Nadine Kay Huff
Dec 8, 2010
Nadine Huff, 69, of Mahomet, passed away at 3:20 p.m., Wednesday, December 8, 2010 at Champaign Urbana Regional Rehab Center in Savoy.
Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Monday, December13, 2010 at Renner-Wikoff Chapel, 1900 S. Philo Rd., Urbana. Pastor Brent Reese will officiate. Burial will be at Grandview Memorial Gardens. A visitation...
Mary C. Briscoe
Dec 7, 2010
Mary Catherine (Kay) Briscoe passed away on December 7, 2010 at Clark-Lindsey Village in Urbana, Illinois. A remembrance and gathering of friends will be held at Clark-Lindsey Village on December 16, 201 at 2:00 p.m.
Mrs. Briscoe is survived by her son, Richard, and his wife, Demi of Carmel Valley, California, her nephew, Robert C....
Thomas Theodore Wintjen
Dec 6, 2010
Thomas Theodore Wintjen, 72, of Urbana passed away at 9:15 p.m., Monday, December 6, 2010 at Carle Foundation Hospital in Urbana. Memorial services will be held at 1:00 p.m., Saturday, December 18, 2010 at Alpha Omega Church of Jesus Christ, 400 W. Bradley Ave., Champaign, IL 61820, with Bishop Edward T. McGhee officiating. A celebration of life...
Viola Creighton
Dec 4, 2010
Viola M. Creighton, 89, of Urbana, died at 2:15 p.m. Saturday, December 4, 2010 at Provena-Covenant Medical Center, Urbana. Funeral Mass will be held at 12:00 p.m. on Tuesday, December 7, 2010 at St. Patrick's Catholic Church, Urbana, with Father Joseph Hogan officiating. Burial will be in Woodlawn Cemetery, Urbana. A visitation will be held from 11:00...
Nelda L. Conrad
Dec 3, 2010
Nelda L. Conrad, 87 of Urbana, died at 5:45 a.m. December 3, 2010 at Champaign County Nursing Home, Urbana. Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m. Monday, December 6 at St. John's Lutheran Church, 509 S. Mattis Ave., Champaign Rev. Mark Elliott officiating. Burial will be at Locust Grove Cemetery, Philo. Visitation will be from 4 to 6...
Forrest Lee Hannah
Nov 28, 2010
Forrest Lee Hannah 84 of Urbana died at 1:59 a.m. Sunday, November 28, 2010 at home.
Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, November 30, 2010 at Renner-Wikoff Chapel and Crematory, Urbana; the Rev. Robert Rasmus will officiate. Burial will be in Blue Ridge Township Cemetery, Mansfield. Visitation will be from 1:00 p.m....
John L. Dill
Nov 28, 2010
John L. Dill, 90, of Alpharetta, GA, formerly of Urbana and East St. Louis, IL, died Sunday, November 28, 2010, at the home of his daughter surrounded by his family. A memorial service will be 11: 00 a.m. Saturday, May 7, 2011 at St. Patrick's Catholic Church, Urbana with a reception one half hour before service time....
Victor J. Stone
Nov 26, 2010
Victor J. Stone, 89, emeritus Professor of Law and defender of civil liberties and academic freedom, of Urbana, died on November 26, 2010, of natural causes. Victor Stone was born in Chicago in 1921, and grew up in Maywood, Illinois. He graduated from Oberlin College with a major in Economics. Victor deeply embraced Oberlin's values, and supported...
Mary Catherine Hartke
Nov 24, 2010
Mary Catherine Hartke 91 of Buckley died at 3:45 a.m. Wednesday, November 24, 2010 at Asta Care, Paxton.
Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, November 27, 2010 at St. Joseph Catholic Church, Loda, Rev. Fr. Ron Hart will officiate. Burial will be at Woodlawn Cemetery, Buckley.
Mary was born on...
Virginia Marthens Watkins
Nov 22, 2010
Virginia Marthens Watkins, 98, of Champaign died at 8:25 p.m. Monday, November 22, 2010, at Heartland Healthcare Center, Champaign.
Memorial services will be held at 3:00 p.m. Saturday, November 27, 2010, at the Unitarian Universalist Church, Urbana; the Rev. Axel Gehrmann officiating. Renner-Wikoff Chapel and Crematory is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Watkins...
Elizabeth "Peggy" Roys Wolf
Nov 21, 2010
Elizabeth "Peggy" Margaret Roys Wolf, 87, died at 3:33 a.m. Sunday, November 21, at the Champaign County Nursing Home, Urbana, IL, where she had resided for the past 13 months. Memorial services will be held on Saturday, November 27, 2010 at 1 p.m. at the St. Joseph United Methodist Church, 205 N. Third St., St. Joseph, IL,...
Evelyn M. Vaughn
Nov 20, 2010
Evelyn M. Vaughn 82 of St. Joseph died at 4:08 a.m. Saturday, November 20, 2010 at the home of her daughter.
A celebration of life service will be held from 7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Tuesday, November 23, 2010 at Renner-Wikoff Chapel and Crematory, Urbana, with a eulogy given by Leonard May.
Evelyn...
Margaret Lillian Hartrick
Nov 19, 2010
Margaret L.Hartrick, 89 of Urbana joined her beloved husband, Paul on Friday, November 19. A Celebration of life service will be at St. Parick's Church in Urbana on Tuesday, November 23 at 10 am. Margaret was born on May 31, 1921 in Waukegan, Illinois, the daughter of Tom and Josie Merlo. She is survived by one son;...
Roger Allen Kotoske
Nov 19, 2010
Roger Allen Kotoske, 77, of Champaign, Illinois and Silver Plume, Colorado was found in his Champaign home on November 19, 2010 after dying of a heart attack a few days earlier.
Born in 1933 to Michael & Louise Kotoske, he was raised in South Bend, Indiana, where he attended Catholic schools and Notre Dame University...
Lerna Mae Hyatt
Nov 19, 2010
Champaign- Lerna Mae Roderick Hyatt, known to many as 'The Bread Lady' , 69, of Champaign passed away at home with her family after her third battle with cancer.
Funeral services will be held at 11:00 A.M., Wednesday, November 24, 2010 at the Renner-Wikoff Chapel, 1900 S. Philo Rd., Urbana, IL. Pastor Brenda Tolly will...
Irene Harnsberger
Nov 19, 2010
Irene Harnsberger, 91, of Urbana passed away at 9:50 a.m. on Saturday, November 19, 2010 at her home.
Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, November 23, 2010 at Renner-Wikoff Chapel, 1900 S. Philo Rd., Urbana, IL 61802. Mr. Nathan Montgomery will officiate. Committal services will be private. Visitation will be...
M. E. Clark
Nov 18, 2010
Marlyn E. ("M.E.") Clark, 88, Emeritus Professor of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics and Bioengineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, died peacefully on November 18, 2010. He is survived by his wife, Thelma of Northbrook, Illinois, his son, William Clark of Urbana, his daughter, Becky Henderson, her husband (Tom) and son (Matthew) of Libertyville, Illinois.
...Donald Leon Grice Sr
Nov 16, 2010
Donald Leon Grice Sr. 60 of Loda died at 7:29 a.m. Tuesday, November 16, 2010 at home.
Funeral services will he held at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, November 20, 2010 at Renner-Wikoff Chapel and Crematory, Urbana; Pastor Rick Smith will officiate. Burial will be in Grandview Memorial Gardens Champaign with military rites accorded. Visitation will be...
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