Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Tazewell and Woodford County, Illinois
Melvin L. Christ
Aug 29, 2016
Melvin L. Christ, 93, of Lowpoint, IL passed away at 4:54 pm on Monday, August 29, 2016 at OSF St. Francis Medical Center in Peoria. He was born on October 27, 1922 in Lowpoint, IL to Julius and Emma (Weber) Christ. He married Alberta S. Whisler on June 13, 1942 at Oak Grove Church of the Brethen in Lowpoint,...
Denny A. Goodman, Sr
Aug 27, 2016
Denny D. Goodman, Sr., 74, of Spring Bay, IL passed away at 4:30 am on Saturday, August 27, 2016 at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago, IL. He was born on July 26, 1942 in Creve Coeur, IL to Harley and Mae (Worrick) Goodman. He married Connie J. Gose in Eureka, IL in January, 2011. She survives. Also surviving are...
Cynthia K. Hodel
Aug 22, 2016
Cynthia K. Hodel, 64, of Metamora, IL passed away at 8:45 pm on Monday, August 22, 2016 at Trustbridge Hospice by the Sea in Boca Raton, FL. She was born on December 12, 1951 in Peoria, IL to Ernest and Dorothy (Binkele) Haefli. She married Richard W. Hodel on October 19, 1973 in Eureka, IL. He survives. Also surviving...
Donna J Meldahl
Aug 22, 2016
Donna J. Meldahl, 78, of Washington passed away on Monday, August 22, 2016 at OSF St. Francis Medical Center in Peoria. She was born on March 1, 1938 in Decatur, IL the daughter of the late F. Richard and Dorothy Walter Curtis. She married Drew B. Meldahl on April 20, 1957 in Decatur and he passed away on April...
John C. Brown
Aug 21, 2016
John C. Brown, 76, of Metamora, IL was called home by his Lord Jesus on Sunday, August 21, 2016 at OSF St. Francis Medical Center in Peoria. John was born on February 13, 1940 in Quincy, IL to Baker C. and Martha E. (Smith) Brown. He married Janet L. Tjaden on April 8, 1967 at St. Peter Lutheran Church,...
Sue Hall
Aug 16, 2016
Sue Hall, 76, of Washington passed away at 2:15pm Tuesday, August 16, 2016 at OSF St. Francis Medical Center in Peoria. She was born on May 20, 1940 in Peoria the daughter of Edgar and Pauline Kennedy Perry. Surviving is one son Jim (Diana) Nixon of East Peoria along with 3 grandchildren and 3 great grandchildren. Also surviving is...
Harriette Day
Aug 16, 2016
EUREKA-Harriette Ann (Russell) Day of Eureka, IL died at her home on August 16, 2016. Harriette was born on December 18, 1927 in Tullahoma, TN and married Robert Lee Day of Tullahoma who died on October 23, 1982. Also preceding her in death was one sister Jean Russell. Surviving are five sons, Robert Stephen (Vicki) Day, Gary Phillip Day,...
Jennifer Ann Dalpiaz
Aug 15, 2016
Jennifer Ann Dalpiaz, 49, of Spring Bay, IL passed away at 7:07 am on Monday, August 15, 2016 at OSF St. Francis Medical Center in Peoria. She was born on May 20, 1967 in Peoria, IL to Gerald L. and Judith (Edwards) Sparks. She married Larry Dalpiaz on February 25, 1985 in Piggott, AR. He survives. Also surviving are...
Richard C. Garber
Aug 14, 2016
Richard C. Garber, 93, of Eureka, IL, formerly of Roanoke, IL passed away at 3:05 pm on Sunday, August 14, 2016 at Maple Lawn Health Care Center in Eureka. He was born in Metamora, IL on July 26, 1923 to Rudolph and Esther (Reeser) Garber. He married Mary L. Pettigrew on July 26, 1944 in Roanoke, IL. She passed...
Winifred L. "Wini" Benedict
Aug 13, 2016
WASHINGTON - Winifred L. "Wini" Benedict, 76, of Washington, IL passed away on Saturday, August 13, 2016, at 3:45 am at OSF St. Francis Medical Center in Peoria, IL surrounded by her family. Wini was born on October 30, 1939 in Johnson County, MO to Jacob Emerson and Evalena (Kain) Miller. She married Carl L. Benedict of East Peoria,...
Jess Lathrop
Aug 11, 2016
Jess R. Lathrop, 91, of Metamora passed away at 9:20am, Thursday, August 11, 2016 at Unity Point Health Methodist-Peoria. He was born on January 23, 1925 in Dundee, IL the son of Jess and Christina Nelson Lathrop. He married Emily Cesal on April 25, 1948 in Dundee, IL. Surviving are his wife and their children Teri (Mickey) Wittekiend of...
Mark Hoyer Jr
Aug 9, 2016
Mark F. Hoyer Jr., 87, of Washington passed away peacefully at 3:22am, Tuesday, August 9, 2016 at Rosewood Care Center in East Peoria, IL. He was born on March 28, 1929 in Chicago the son of Mark F. and Olivia M. Hjortsvang Hoyer. He married Mary Ann Robinson on June 26, 1954 in Clarendon Hills, IL and she passed...
Iris F. Pisel
Aug 9, 2016
Iris F. Pisel, 66, of Washington, IL passed away at 9:56 pm on Tuesday, August 9, 2016 at OSF St. Francis Medical Center in Peoria. She was born in Peoria, IL on November 10, 1949 the daughter of Cletus and Anna Opal Rockett. She married Dale Pisel on August 11, 1990 in Washington and he passed away on March...
Melvin D. Allen
Aug 9, 2016
Melvin D. Allen, 84, of Spring Bay, IL passed away at 10:50 pm on Tuesday, August 9, 2016 at his residence. He was born on October 14, 1931 in LowPoint, IL to Leslie W. and Anna K. (Harber) Allen. He married Loretta M. Easley on January 20, 1952 in Peoria, IL. She survives. Also surviving are his children Vickie...
Stephen Howd
Aug 9, 2016
Stephen Lee Howd, 69, of Washington, formerly of Germantown Hills, died peacefully at his home on August 9, 2016, after nearly a three-year battle with esophageal cancer. Steve was born in Columbus, OH, May 13, 1947 and was adopted by his parents Curtis and Dorothy Howd of Muncie, IN. He graduated from Burris High School in 1965. He started...
Bill J. Howlett
Aug 8, 2016
Bill J. Howlett, 85, of Washington, IL passed away peacefully at 2:00 am on Monday, August 8, 2016 at Reflections Memory Care in Washington. He was born on January 14, 1931 in Knob Lick, MO the son of Stanley and Annie (Clemons) Howlett. He married Florence L. Stauch on June 18, 1960 in Peoria. She passed away on May...
Marilyn J. Hopwood
Aug 8, 2016
Marilyn J. Hopwood, 81, of Metamora, IL, formerly of Peoria, IL passed away at 10:05 am on Monday, August 8, 2016 at Snyder Village in Metamora. She was born on November 13, 1934 in Peoria, IL to Owen and Fern (O'Halleron) Worrick. She married Robert Hopwood on March 17, 1967 in Peoria. He passed away on February 24, 2015....
Suellen "Sue" Northrup
Aug 5, 2016
MORTON - Suellen "Sue" Northrup, 73, of Morton died at 5:38 a.m. Friday, Aug. 5, 2016, at Manorcare/Riverview Nursing Home in East Peoria. Born Sept. 13, 1942, in East St. Louis, Ill., to Dr. Harry J. and Lenadore (Bass) Summer, she married Kenneth Northrup on June 30, 1962. He survives. Also surviving are one son, David (Kris) Northrup, of...
Donald L. Heck
Jul 31, 2016
Donald L. Heck, 91, of LowPoint, IL passed away at 12:28 pm on Sunday, July 31, 2016 surrounded by his family at his residence. He was born on January 1, 1925 in Cazenovia, IL to Marion J. and Olga E. (Winkler) Heck. He married Loretta G. Call on June 20, 1944 in Eureka, IL. She passed away on February...
Elizabeth "Libby" Bradle
Jul 30, 2016
WASHINGTON-Elizabeth C. "Libby" Bradle, 94, of Washington, IL, departed to her heavenly home at 11:31pm, Saturday July 30th, 2016 at her residence. Libby was born in Washington on January 5, 1922, the daughter of Christian W. and Josephine Strubhar Imhoff. Libby married Gilbert M. (Gib) Bradle on April 16, 1944. Libby and Gib had three children: Carol (Jack) Pudik...
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