Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Tazewell and Woodford County, Illinois

Leroy R. Haedicke

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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....