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Thelma Eilene Day

Thelma Eilene Day

Dec 25, 2010

Thelma Eileen Puckett was born January 16, 1921 to Clyde and Marie Puckett near Christopher, Illinois. They moved in a few years to St. Joseph, Illinois and then to Urbana, Illinois, where she grew up. She passed away on December 24, 2010.

Eileen graduated from Urbana High School and the Barry-Castle Business School in Champaign....

Elsie Leah Swearingen

Elsie Leah Swearingen

Dec 23, 2010

CHAMPAIGN, IL- Elsie Leah Swearingen, 99, of Champaign, passed away at 1:19 P.M., Thursday, December 23, 2010 at the Heartland Health Care Center of Champaign.

Funeral services will be held at 11:00 A.M., Tuesday, December 28, 2010 at the Renner-Wikoff Chapel, 1900 S. Philo Rd., Urbana. Rev. Wallace W. Reifsteck will officiate. Burial will be...

Florence Adeline Bloom

Florence Adeline Bloom

Dec 21, 2010

URBANA, IL- Florence Adeline Bloom, 89, of Urbana, passed away at 12:45 A.M., Tuesday, December 21, 2010 at Helia Healthcare of Champaign.

Funeral services will be held at 11:00 A.M., Thursday, December 23, 2010, at the Renner-Wikoff Chapel, 1900 S. Philo Rd., Urbana, IL. Burial will be held at Bailey Cemetery in Tolono, IL. Visitation...

Russell Mark Lovingfoss

Russell Mark Lovingfoss

Dec 20, 2010

Russell Mark Lovingfoss 76 of Urbana died at 11:30 p.m. Monday, December 20, 2010 at Carle Foundation Hospital, Urbana,

Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Thursday, December 23, 2010 at Renner-Wikoff Chapel and Crematory, Urbana, the Rev. Cindy Shepherd and Rev. Dr. John Sims will officiate. Burial will be in the Locust Grove...

Edwin Jahiel

Edwin Jahiel

Dec 14, 2010

Edwin Jahiel, 85, of Urbana, died Tuesday, December 14, 2010 at home.

Edwin Jahiel was born April 9, 1925 in Athens, Greece, the son of Daniel and Mathilde Aelion Jahiel. He married Lenrose Dyess on January 31, 1949 in Greenwood, Mississippi. She survives.

Other survivors include a daughter, Jessica Jahiel of Sidney; a...

Richard M. Hill

Richard M. Hill

Dec 12, 2010

URBANA, IL- Richard M. Hill, Professor Emeritus of Business Administration and distinguished Professor of Industrial Distribution died December 12, 2010 in Urbana. Memorial services will be held at a later date. Renner-Wikoff Chapel, 1900 S. Philo Rd., Urbana, is in charge of arrangements.

Professor Hill received his B.A., M.A. and Ph.D from Columbia University and...

Paul Edward Herndon

Paul Edward Herndon

Dec 12, 2010

Paul Edward Herndon, 68, of Potomac, died 2:48 a.m., Sunday, December 12, 2010 at Carle Foundation Hospital, Urbana.

Services are private. Renner-Wikoff Chapel & Crematory 1900 S. Philo Rd. Urbana is handling the arrangements.

Paul E. Herndon was born May 9, 1942 in Enid, OK a son of Edward Herndon and Opal Cox...

Kenneth Bruce

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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,...

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