Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Tazewell and Woodford County, Illinois
Leroy R. Haedicke
Mar 1, 2012
Leroy R. Haedicke age 79 of E. Peoria, Illinois passed away at 2:25pm Thursday March 1, 2012 at Proctor Hospital. He was born at home on Oct. 29, 1932 in E. Peoria to Arthur and Theresa (Koopman) Haedicke. He married Nancy Decker on Feb. 7, 1953 in Peoria, IL., and she survives. Surviving are his children Robert (Mary) Haedicke...
Oliver David Smith
Mar 1, 2012
Oliver David Smith, 76, of Dunlap, IL, passed away March 1, 2012 at Methodist Hospital, Peoria, IL. He was born March 13, 1935 in Chicago, IL to parents Oliver and Sally (Neville) Smith. Also known as O. David or Dave, he lived in the Peoria area for 43 years and practiced as a Doctor of Dental Surgery in Peoria...
Pauline M. Zimmerman
Mar 1, 2012
Pauline M. Zimmerman, 89, passed from this life at 3:30 A.M. on Thursday, March 01, 2012, at the Eureka Apostolic Christian Home where she had resided since a stroke in June, 2012. Pauline was born May 12,1922, in Marshall County, Illinois, to Lawrence James and Grace (VanDorin) Scudder. She married Elmer V. Zimmerman on August 28, 1943 at St....
Patricia Singley
Feb 26, 2012
Patricia N. Singley, 84, of Metamora passed away peacefully on February 26, 2012 at Snyder Village in Metamora. She was born on December 29, 1927 in Lincoln, IL the daughter of John and Anna Phelan Bazulas. She married William L. Singley on April 19, 1947 in Lincoln. He passed away on November 25, 2008. She was also preceded in...
John W. Allen
Feb 25, 2012
John W. Allen age 81 of Washington, Illinois passed at 1:30am Saturday Feb. 25, 2012 at Aledo Health Care Center in Aledo, IL. He was born Oct. 18, 1931 in Eureka, IL, to John W. and Margaret (Baldwin) Allen. Surviving are his children Tracy Kellington and John (Lori) Allen both of Washington, John Allen of Eureka, Patricia Phillips of...
Clarence H. Call
Feb 17, 2012
Clarence H. Call Jr. age 76 of Metamora, Illinois passed away at 8:03pm Friday Feb. 17, 2012 at Methodist Medical Center in Peoria, IL. He was born Oct. 2, 1935 in Peoria to Clarence O. and Eleanor (Haley) Call Sr.. He married Patricia Ann Williams on June 29, 1953 in Burlington, IA; she survives. Surviving are his children Kandy...
Leonard Gene Erwin
Feb 16, 2012
WASHINGTON...Leonard Gene Erwin, 90, of Washington, formerly of Lowpoint, died at 5:32 a.m., Thursday, February 16, 2012 at Maple Lawn Home in Eureka. Born on August 18, 1921 in Moultrie County, Illinois to Charles L. and Eugenia Peadro Erwin, he married Dorothea Mae Kern on January 19, 1946 in Garden City, Kansas. Dorothea passed away on April 28, 2008....
Sharon E. Crone
Feb 16, 2012
WASHINGTON...Sharon E. Crone, 70, of Washington, passed away at 2:10 p.m., Thursday, February 16, 2012 at OSF St. Francis Medical Center in Peoria. Sharon was born on May 14, 1941 in Peoria to Earl and Belle Skinner Athens. She married Robert Crone in Peoria on April 23, 1960. Bob survives. Also surviving are three children, Kimberly (Daniel) Vermeere of...
David Lee Zwetz
Feb 13, 2012
WASHINGTON...David L. Zwetz, 69, of Washington, passed away at 12:18 a.m., Monday, February 13, 2012 at OSF St. Francis Medical Center in Peoria. David was born on April 28, 1942 in Granite City, Illinois to Kurt and Ruth Dieffenbach Zwetz. He married Roberta (Bobbie) Hofstetter in East Peoria on July 30, 1966. Bobbie survives. Also surviving are three daughters,...
Ronald P. Tracey
Feb 13, 2012
Ronald P. Tracy age 46 of Metamora, Illinois passed away Monday Feb. 13, 2012 at his residence. He was born April 8, 1965 in Rockford, IL, to Hudson R. "Duke" and Merna M. Tracy. Surviving is his mother of Metamora; 2 sisters Janean (Mike) Corriveau of Chesterfield, MO; and Dawn Easton of Metamora; nieces Thea Corriveau, Nikki Easton and...
Edward A. Schierer
Feb 11, 2012
Edward A. Schierer, 95, of Metamora passed away at 8:21pm Saturday February 11, 2012 at Snyder village. He was born on June 27, 1916 in Metamora the son of Edward and Pauline Gangloff Schierer. He married Geraldine R. Minger on April 24, 1941 in Metamora. She survives. Also surviving are two sons Donald (Rita) Schierer of Wichita, KS and...
Bertha Kennedy
Feb 9, 2012
WASHINGTON...Bertha Kennedy, 79, of Washington, was granted her angel wings on February 9, 2012. She passed away in her sleep at her home. Bertha was born on February 26, 1932 in Fayetteville, TN to John and Pearl Woods Dye. She married Lynn Kennedy on September 18, 1970 in Palmyra, MO. Lynn survives. Also surviving are two sons, Rick (Shelly)...
Margaret G. Durst
Feb 4, 2012
Margaret G. Durst age 64 of Bellevue, Illinois passed away at 1:59am Saturday Feb. 4, 2012 at OSF St. Francis Hospital. She was born August 9, 1947 in Spring Valley, IL, to Joseph and Gladys (Green) Malone. She married Lowell A. Durst Sr. on August 9, 1967. He survives. Surviving are his two children, Kathy (Shawn) McFadden of Reading,...
Frederick E. Schirer Sr
Feb 2, 2012
Frederick E. Schirer Sr. 81, of Roanoke passed away at 8:26pm Thursday February 2, 2012 at Methodist Medical Center of Illinois in Peoria. He was born on May 27, 1930 in Roanoke the son of Earl L and Frieda Schulthes Schirer. Surviving are two sons Earl (Wendy) Schirer and Frederick (Erin) Schirer all of Metamora, and one daughter Pamela...
Steven F. Gentry
Feb 1, 2012
Steven Forrest Gentry age 72 of Metamora, Illinois passed away at 2:15am Wednesday Feb. 1, 2012 at OSF Medical Center in Peoria, IL. He was born May 2, 1939 in Peoria, to William Hessler and Margaret (Zieglar) Gentry. He married Sharon Schlich on April 28, 1962 in Peoria, she passed away on Sept. 29, 2000. Steve then married Mary...
Charles H Albertson
Feb 1, 2012
Charles H. Albertson, 88, of Eureka passed away at 3:10pm Wednesday February 1, 2012 at Proctor Hospital in Peoria. He was born on November 23, 1923 in Birch Tree, MO the son of Charles and Clara Hood Albertson. He married Wilma Braun on July 31, 1949 in Perryville, MO. Surviving is his wife of Eureka, five sons Charles (Linda)...
Gilbert C. Craig
Jan 29, 2012
Gilbert C. Craig age 88 of Spring Bay, Illinois passed away peacefully at 2:30pm Sunday Jan. 29, 2012 at his residence with his family at his side. He was born Sept. 21, 1923 in Alto Pass, IL. the son of Clovis and Clara (Toler) Craig. He married Venita P. Hartsock on May 17, 1943 in Jackson, MO. She survives....
Glen E. Faucon
Jan 29, 2012
Glen E. Faucon age 77 of Milan, Ill. and also of Gulfport, Miss. passed away Sunday, January 29, 2012 at Memorial Hospital in Gulfport MS. He was born on November 11, 1934, in Roanoke, Ill. to Arthur and Bernice (Rogers) Faucon. He married his best friend, Patricia A. Oltman in Roanoke on August 1, 1954; she survives. His two...
Mary L Heininger
Jan 28, 2012
Mary L. Heininger, 82, of Metamora passed away at 1:27pm Saturday January 28, 2012 at Methodist Medical Center of Illinois. She was born on April 18, 1929 in Peoria the daughter of Adolph and Emma Geier Bessler. She married Donald A. Heininger on May 21, 1949 in East Peoria. Surviving is her husband of Metamora, and their two children...
Robert D. Alexander, Sr
Jan 14, 2012
WASHINGTON...Robert D. Alexander, Sr., 91, formerly of Washington, passed away at 5:17 p.m., Saturday, January 14, 2012 at OSF Medical Center in Peoria. Robert was born on September 20, 1920 in Marrowbone, Kentucky to Edgar and Annie Carden Alexander. He married Juanita Grissom in Glasgow, Kentucky on January 26, 1946. Juanita passed away on August 19, 2001 in Peoria....
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