Obituary Listing

Mar 23, 2022

Donna Joyce Shaffer, 93, of Mahomet and formerly of Urbana passed away at 9:40 a.m. on March 23, 2022 at the Bement Health Care Center. Joyce was born on May 15, 1928 in Effingham, Illinois the daughter of Alfred and Nora (Glatis Moulton) Hille. She graduated from Effingham High School in 1946.  She married Louis Richard Shaffer...

Mar 22, 2022

David Harshbarger was born on March 21, 1932, in Philo, Illinois, the youngest of five children born to Howard and Mary Harshbarger. David attended a one-room schoolhouse for the first few years before the family moved to town, where he attended Leal Elementary and Urbana High School. At Urbana High, he met and started dating the love...

Mar 12, 2022

Kristy D. Bastian, 45, of Champaign passed away on Saturday, March 12, 2022 at her home. She was born in Champaign, Illinois on September 19, 1976 the daughter of Grover and Eileen(Schoonover)King. She married Gerald Eugene Bastian on October 20, 2007. Kristy is survived by her parents, husband; stepdaughter-Mallorie Lynn Pall Bastian; brothers- Ben(Sylvia)King of Seymour, Mike...

Mar 10, 2022

William M. "Morey" Hamilton, 62, of Champaign, IL, passed away unexpectedly at 9:50 a.m. March 10, 2022 at OSF, Heart of Mary Medical Center, Urbana, Illinois.  He was born, October 19, 1959 in Decatur, Illinois, the son of Lawrence and Shirley (Pattengill) Hamilton. He married Julee Touchstone, March 15, 1997.

He graduated from Monticello High...

Mar 8, 2022

William L. Cronk 91 of Champaign, formerly of East Peoria, died at 11:07 a.m. Tuesday, March 8, 2022 at his home.

A memorial gathering is scheduled for April 23rd 2:00 – 4:00 pm at St Paul's Episcopal Church in Peoria IL.

Bill was born on November 3, 1930 in Chicago, the son of...

Mar 7, 2022

Ruth Ann Wilson peacefully passed away March 7, 2022 in Urbana, IL. She was born February 1, 1940 in Urbana, the daughter of Russell and Ruby (Laroe) Harmon. Ruth Ann married the love of her life, Clifford E. Wilson June 8, 1957. She worked at Burnham Hospital for many years followed by becoming a neighborhood and family...

Mar 3, 2022

Harold E. "Bud" McHenry, 94 of Philo was born October 5, 1927, the son of Loren and Thelma (Spradling) McHenry.  He married Lois Hutton on June 22, 1946.  Survived by his daughter, Marcia Woodworth of Tolono and son Mike McHenry (Donna) of Philo.  He also has 2 surviving sisters, Louise "Boots" Sapp of Savoy and Jeanette Gilley...

Mar 1, 2022

Hong Li of Urbana passed away at home on March 1, 2022. She was 60 years old. Hong earned her doctorate degree from Washington University in St. Louis. She joined the University of Illinois' School of Social Work as a faculty member in 1999, where she studied family caregiving for older adults. She loved to play tennis...

Feb 26, 2022

Son Minh Phan, 78, of Urbana, formerly of Vietnam passed away at 10:55 PM on February 26, 2022 at Carle foundation Hospital. He was born in (City) Vietnam on October 25, 1943 the son of Pho Phan and Lam Thi Dinh. He married Kieu Thi Nguyen on December 21, 1971. Son is survived by his wife Kieu...

Feb 23, 2022

Richard Lee Wheatley, 77, of Urbana passed away on at 3:35 a.m. on Wednesday, February 23, 2022 at Tuscola Health Care. He was born in Champaign, Illinois on December 9,1944 the son of Charles and Norma Jean (Nally) Wheatley. He married Becky Lynn Lantz on May 21, 1983 in Urbana, Illinois. Richard is survived by his wife-...

Feb 17, 2022

Martha L. Bing, 91, passed away on February 17, 2022. Martha was born on August 24, 1930 to the late Myrtle and Leo Gilliland and grew up in Hillsboro, Illinois.  She met the love of her life, Dennis R. Bing, at Chanute Airforce Base in Rantoul. They were married on December 21, 1951. She is survived by...

Feb 16, 2022

William M. Gladson, 94 of Urbana, passed away Wednesday February 16, 2022 at Carle Foundation Hospital, Urbana.  Bill was born at Burnham Hospital, Champaign on January 1, 1928, the son of Mason and Helen (Weeks) Gladson.  He married Marilyn Trimmell on November 24, 1949 at Muncie.  She preceded him in death September 25, 2014.

He...

Feb 16, 2022

CHAMPAIGN, IL-  Roy W. Welch, Jr., 76, of Champaign, passed away at 11:52 AM, on Wednesday, February 16, 2022, at Carle Foundation Hospital, Urbana, IL.

Graveside services will be held at 1:00PM, Tuesday, March 1, 2022 at Grandview Memorial Gardens, Champaign.  Renner-Wikoff Chapel,  1900 S. Philo Rd, Urbana, is assisting the family with...

Feb 14, 2022

Kathryn Cosbia (Kay) Kelley, 98, of Philo passed away at 8:41AM, Monday, February 14, at home after a courageous fight against cancer. Kay was born in Philo on September 5, 1923 the daughter of John Thomas and Ruth C  Carter Brazelton, the second of six children.  She attended school in Philo graduating from Philo High School in...

Feb 13, 2022

Donald Conrad Saupe, 96 of Urbana, passed away Sunday February 13, 2022 at Carle Foundation Hospital, Urbana.  He was born November 25, 1925 in Geneseo, the son of Otto and Ella (Schreiber) Saupe. His father passed away when he was two and he was brought up by his mother and grandfather as well as many other relatives...

Feb 13, 2022

Ali Newbold, 81, of Champaign passed away on Sunday, February 13, 2022 at Meadowbrook Healthcare, Urbana, Illinois. Ali succumbed to metastatic breast cancer after a 5 year battle with the disease. Ali was born on January 16, 1941 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin the daughter of Alvar and Elvira (Carlson) Hultman. She married Paul Newbold on August 12, 1967...

Feb 12, 2022

Susan Pogue was born at St. Edwards Hospital in Fort Smith Arkansas July 16, 1939, to Earnest Ray Pogue and Sallie Effie Pogue, the second and last daughter of the couple.   She attended public school in Fort Smith, graduating as class valedictorian in the Fort Smith Senior High Class of  1957.   In the Senior Class play she...

Feb 4, 2022

David Lowry, 85, of Champaign, Illinois, passed away on February 4, 2022.  David was born March 10, 1936 to Eileen and Eugene Lowry in Urbana, Illinois.  He graduated from Urbana High School in 1954, and worked for Sullivan Chevrolet and Illinois Power before being asked to join the U S Army which he proudly served for 3...

Feb 4, 2022

David Lee Johnson Sr., born March 30, 1952 in Lexington, Ky., graduated to Heaven on Friday, February 4, 2022.

David was the son of Elmer and Ida Bea Johnson.  His sister, Mary Kincaid lives in Georgetown KY and brother Micky is in North Carolina.  David and his wife Barby were married Dec 20, 1971.  They...

Feb 4, 2022

Evelyn Wantland, 104, died February 4, 2022 in Urbana, Illinois.  She was born in Suffolk, Virginia, the eldest child of Marion Kelly Kendrick and Mary Douglas (Causey) Kendrick.

She married John Rankin Kinney in 1939.  She married Wayne Ward Wantland in 1964 in Oxford, Mississippi.  He preceded her in death in 1970.  She was also...