Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Tazewell and Woodford County, Illinois
Ronald F. Johnson
Jul 22, 2014
WASHINGTON?Ronald F. Johnson, 78, of Washington, passed away at 9:40 p.m., Tuesday, July 22, 2014 at Unity Point Methodist Medical Center in Peoria. Ron was born on June 3, 1936 in Chicago to Rudolph and Eleanor (Swartz) Johnson. He married Judith "Judy" Butler in Chicago on May 18, 1956. Judy survives. Also surviving are three daughters Rhonda Johnson of...
Maisie Mayfield
Jul 22, 2014
Maisie Mayfield, 87, a longtime resident of Metamora, IL passed away on Tuesday, July 22, 2014 at 3:25 am at the United Methodist Village, Lawrenceville, IL. She was born on January 23, 1927 in North Sydney, Australia to Herbert and Susanna (Freestone) Webster. She married Cloise L. Mayfield on June 21, 1947 in Croydon, New South Wales, Australia. He...
Wilma K. Adams
Jul 20, 2014
Wilma K. Adams, 84, of Metamora, passed away on Sunday, July 20, 2014 at 5:32 am at Unity Point Methodist. She was born on February 16, 1930 in Metamora to William J. and Anna M. (Waldschmidt) Scheirer. She married Norbert J. Adams on June 5, 1954 at St. Mary?s Catholic Church, Metamora. He survives. Also surviving are children, Stanley...
Lawrence A. Bloom
Jul 18, 2014
Lawrence (Larry) A. Bloom, 76, of Germantown Hills, left this life and entered his new life in heaven on Friday, July 18, 2014. He was at the OSF Richard L. Owens Hospice Home in Peoria, with family and friends by his side. Larry was born October 12, 1937 in Peoria. He spent most of his childhood in Creve Coeur....
Beverly J. Depoy
Jul 17, 2014
Beverly J. DePoy, 75, of Metamora passed away peacefully on the morning of Thursday, July 17, 2014, at Snyder Village Health Center, Metamora. She was born on November 20, 1938 in Peoria, IL to Charles F. and Elva M. (Stookey) Tharp. She married Earl Donner DePoy on April 1, 1963 in Florida. Her parents and her husband preceded her...
Vincent Knock
Jul 13, 2014
Vincent D. "Butch" Knock, Jr., 70, of Eureka, IL passed away at 11:22 am on Sunday, July 13, 2014 at his home. He was born on January 23, 1944 to Vincent and Rita Vacha Knock, Sr. in Miami, FL. He married Kathy Sarlina in December, 1968 in Cleveland, OH. She died on February 27, 2005. Surviving are his children,...
Roger Lee Ruder
Jul 8, 2014
Roger Lee Ruder, 77, of Eureka, IL, formerly of Lacon, IL passed away at 7:30 am on Tuesday, July 8, 2014 at Unity Point Methodist, Peoria. He was born on June 1, 1937 in Low Point, IL to Reynold and Frances (Elbert) Ruder. He married Janet Mae Staab on January 28, 1956 in Metamora, IL. She survives. Also surviving...
Eugene Bernard Hoffer
Jul 4, 2014
Eugene Hoffer, 90, of East Peoria, passed away on Friday, July 4, 2014 at 7:02 am at his home. He was born in Fondulac Township, East Peoria on December 2, 1923 to Edward and Louisa (Ferter) Hoffer. Eugene lived and farmed in the Spring Bay area all of his youth and adult life. He married Janet Basinger on October...
Melody Hopper
Jul 4, 2014
Melody Ann Noel Hopper, 67, died at her home on July 4, 2014 in Southaven, MS. Melody was born on June 8, 1947 in Metamora to Milburn and Bernadine DuBois Noel. She is survived by her husband, Darrell; children, Derek (Rebecca) of Olive Branch, MS, Michelle (Andrew) Johnston of Colliersville, TN and Sharon Free of Southaven, MS; eight grandchildren;...
Sharon Lee Elbert
Jun 23, 2014
Sharon Lee White Hill Elbert, 68, of Metamora, Illinois passed away on Monday, June 23, 2014 at 11:30 am in Varna, Illinois. She was born on February 3, 1946 in Peoria to Bertram W. and Hazel L. (Keyes) White. Bertram died when Sharon was six months old. Through marriage to Sharon?s mother, she was adopted by Robert C. Hill....
Alfred Esky Eskildsen
Jun 22, 2014
Alfred "Esky" Eskildsen, 91, of East Peoria, passed away at 11:06am, Sunday June 24, 2014 at OSF St. Francis Medical Center in Peoria He was born in Stambaugh Michigan on March 15, 1923, the son of Eskild A. and Anna Larsen. He married Betty Laurinec on July 20, 1946 in Chicago, IL. She passed away on June 9, 2014....
Orval Nafziger
Jun 22, 2014
WASHINGTON?Orval Nafziger, 101, formerly of Washington and Hopedale, passed away at 5:30 am Sunday June 22, 2014, at Maple Lawn Health Center, Eureka. Orval was born on November 19, 1912 in Hopedale, Illinois to Asa and Lizzie Nafziger. He married Jessie Gottschalk in Minier on June 7, 1941. Jessie passed away on May 29, 2010 in Eureka. Surviving are...
Robert E. Darrow
Jun 20, 2014
WASHINGTON?Robert E. Darrow, 82, of Washington, passed away at 6:25 a.m., Friday, June 20, 2014 at Washington Christian Village. Visitation will be on Monday, June 23, 2014 from 5 to 7 p.m. at Mason-White Funeral Home and also one hour prior to the 10 a.m. Catholic Mass on Tuesday at St. Patrick?s Catholic Church. All services are located in...
Betty J. Eskildsen
Jun 10, 2014
Betty J. Eskildsen, 87, of East Peoria passed passed away peacefully at 5:52pm on Monday, June 9, 2014 at Heartland of Riverview. She was born on September 16, 1926 in Chicago, the daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth Sopocy Laurinec. She married Alfred Eskildsen on July 20, 1946 in Chicago. He survives. Also surviving are one son Larry (Linda) Eskildsen...
Jane Carwell
Jun 9, 2014
Jane Carwell, 66, formerly of Washington, passed away at 8:25 p.m., Monday, June 9, 2014 at her home in Dunlap. Jane was born on April 13, 1948 in Iowa to Roy and June (Brantsen) Carwell. Among those surviving are her three sons, David (Jolene) Hamann of Bloomington, Steve (Pam) Hamann and Rick (Diana) Hamann, both of Evanston and her...
Dorothy Dot B. Guedet
Jun 4, 2014
Dorothy "Dot" Bernice Hayner Guedet, born January 9, 1916 in Sayre, Pennsylvania passed away at 11:20, Wednesday evening at Washington Christian Village at the age of 98. She was married to Don Guedet on March 22, 1940, in Bloomington, IL. Don preceded her in death in 1974. Dorothy had two brothers, Williard Hayner and Robert Hayner, and two sisters,...
Milo Oliver Twist
Jun 1, 2014
WASHINGTON?Milo Oliver Twist, 64, of Washington, Illinois, passed away at 3:15 a.m., Sunday, June 1st, 2014. He was born in Peoria, Illinois on May 2nd, 1950 to Oliver Milo and Violet Mabel Twist. He married Sherry Louise Gregory on June 14, 1970. He served on the board of the Washington District Library, was one of the directors of Message...
M. Keith Berryman
May 22, 2014
Morgan "Keith" Berryman, age 91, of Metamora, Illinois, formerly of Peoria, passed away at 11:55 am on Thursday, May 22, 2014 surrounded by family at Snyder Village, Metamora. He was born August 1, 1922 in Franklin, IL to Henry "Merrill" and Bertha Olivia Berryman. He married Melba Crayne on October 5, 1942 in New London, MO. She passed away...
Virginia Meme Ranney
May 20, 2014
EAST PEORIA?Virginia Ranney, 85, of East Peoria, passed away at 9:30 a.m., Tuesday, May 20, 2014 at Unity Point Methodist Medical Center in Peoria. Meme was born in Tennessee on October 3, 1928 to Walter and Nellie (Woolard) Suiter. She married Byron Ranney in Hopkinsville, Kentucky on November 5, 1949. Byron died on January 21, 2007 in East Peoria....
Damion A. Linder
May 20, 2014
Damion A. Linder, age 37, of Metamora, formerly of Kansas City, MO and previously stationed at Fort Bragg, NC died on Tuesday, May 20, 2014 at 2:18 pm at his residence. He was born on February 24, 1977 in Kansas City, MO to Timmie L. and Debra M. (Schinner) Linder. He married Kala R. Parrish on September 3, 2011...
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