Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Tazewell and Woodford County, Illinois
Kathleen C. Norris
Nov 19, 2011
WASHINGTON...Kathleen C. "Kathy" "Kate" Norris, 87, of Washington, passed away peacefully at her home Saturday evening, November 19, 2011. Kate was born on November 13, 1924 in Bicknell, Indiana to Charles and Muriel Arnett Colegrove. She married Ronald "Rod" Norris in Washington on March 23, 1947. Rod died on September 16, 2002 in East Peoria. Among those surviving are...
Barbara J. Woosley
Nov 18, 2011
Barbara J. Woosley age 67 of Metamora, Illinois passed away at 3:34pm Friday Nov. 18, 2011 at her residence surrounded by her family and friend, Kimber. She was born June 16, 1944 in Peoria, IL to Dean E. and Betty (Caudill) Woosley. Barbara is survived by her brother Floyd (Kim) Woosley of Melbourne, FL., her sisters, Deb (Steve) Hezlep...
Roberta M. Grebner
Nov 17, 2011
Roberta M. "Bert" Grebner age 89 of Metamora, Illinois passed away at 8:48am Thursday Nov. 17, 2011 at Methodist Medical Center in Peoria, Illinois. She was born July 5, 1922 in Peoria to Fredrick and Rosa (Schwenk) Michael. She married Florentius P. "Hots" Grebner on Sept. 28, 1946 in Metamora, IL he passed away Nov. 17, 2009. Surviving are...
Barbara A. Koenig
Nov 14, 2011
WASHINGTON...Barbara A. Koenig, 77, formerly of Washington, passed away early Monday, November 14, 2011 at Gassville Nursing Home in Gassville, Arkansas. Barbara was born on July 16, 1934 in Pekin to George and Ada Garls. She married George Koenig on June 29, 1958 in Pekin. George survives. Also surviving are three daughters, Janet (John) Boette, Jeanne Koenig and Jill...
Kathryn F. Marshall
Nov 13, 2011
WASHINGTON...Kathryn "Kay" Marshall, 87, passed away on Sunday, November 13, 2011 at Washington Christian Village. Kay was born on February 6, 1924 to William E. and Pauline Foster in Toluca, Illinois. She was preceded in death by her husband, Thomas Marshall and a sister, Theresa Hurd. Among those surviving is her brother, Edward Foster of Eureka and many nieces...
Paul H. Steenrod
Nov 10, 2011
Paul H. Steenrod age 101 of the Apostolic Christian Home Roanoke, formerly of Eureka, Illinois passed away at 3:15am Thursday Nov. 10, 2011 at the home in Roanoke, Illinois. He was born Oct. 17, 1910 in Hinton, Kentucky to Charles and Norah (Switzer) Steenrod. He married Dorothy Quinn on May 26, 1934 in Henry, Illinois she passed away Oct....
Emily H. Michael
Nov 6, 2011
WASHINGTON...Emily H. Michael, 97, formerly of Washington, passed away at 3:15 a.m., Sunday, November 6, 2011 at Pekin Manor Nursing Home. She was born on June 24, 1914 in Washington to Henry and Anna Marchand Holtzman. Emily married Burnett Gresham in Washington on November 6, 1936. He passed on November 5, 1946. She later married Joseph Michael on July...
James Palmer
Nov 5, 2011
WASHINGTON...James "Pete" Palmer, 79, of Washington, passed away at 6:15 a.m., Saturday, November 5, 2011 at his home surrounded by his loving family. Pete was born on March 17, 1932 in Ridgely, Tennessee to James and Georgia Wiseman Palmer. He married Macle Walton in Peoria on February 18, 1954. She survives. Also surviving is one daughter, Lisa Binkley of...
Marilyn Beth Sights
Nov 5, 2011
WASHINGTON...Marilyn B. Sights, 83, of Washington, passed away at 6:06 a.m., Saturday, November 5, 2011 at Washington Christian Village. Marilyn was born on November 15, 1927 in Hamilton, Missouri to Novi and Myrtle Turnage Couch. She married Edward Sights on September 1, 1946 in Troy, Kansas. Ed died on August 9, 2005 in Peoria. Among those surviving are three...
Guy Alan Ripka
Nov 4, 2011
Guy Alan Ripka, 71, of Germantown Hills died at 8:50 a.m., November 4, 2011 at Kindred Hospital in Peoria, IL with his wife, Trudy, and step-daughter, Della beside him. He was born May 16, 1940 in Kewanee, IL to Guy Walter and Marjorie (Kildow) Ripka. They preceded him in death. He married Trudy Jean Davis (Richards) on June 20,...
Wilma Jean Bailey
Oct 29, 2011
WASHINGTON?Wilma J. Bailey, 81, of Washington, passed away at 11:52 a.m., Saturday, October 29, 2011 at Washington Christian Village. She was born on February 20, 1930 in Vermillion County, Indiana to Oscel and Druscilla Burton Lowe. Wilma married Murl Carty in Clinton, Indiana in February,1947. He passed away in December 1955. Among those surviving is one son, Joseph Carty...
Evlyn M. Prucha
Oct 29, 2011
Evlyn M. Prucha age 82 of Port St. Lucie, Florida passed away at 12:15 pm Saturday Oct. 29, 2011 at the home of her daughter Kathy Wilke comforted by her family. She was born Jan. 4, 1929 in Chicago to Rudolph and Gertrude (Putz) Zamis. She married Bob J. Prucha August 8, 1985 in Elmhurst, IL. Evlyn is survived...
Milton R. Farrar
Oct 28, 2011
Milton R. Farrar 91, of Metamora, Illinois formerly of Cavendish Vermont passed away Friday Oct. 28, 2011 at Snyder Village in Metamora. Milton was born Oct. 20, 1920 in Cavendish, to Eddie and Edna (Booth) Farrar. He was recently widowed after being married 64 years to Lorna Mae Goodnow, who passed away Dec. 29, 2010. Milton was preceded in...
Katheryn J. Katz
Oct 23, 2011
PEORIA...Katheryn J. Katz, 60, of Peoria, passed away at 11:59 p.m., Sunday, October 23, 2011 at her home after a lengthy illness. Katheryn was born on May 7, 1951 in Peoria to Jim and Vivian Alsip Cornell. She married Jay Katz in Creve Coeur on August 5, 1994. Jay survives. Also surviving are five sisters, Carolyn Lunz, Betty (Butch)...
Torrie D. Hoffmann Reynolds
Oct 21, 2011
WASHINGTON...Torrie D. Hoffmann Reynolds, 34, passed away at 4:50 a.m., Friday, October 21, 2011 at her home. Torrie was born on September 13, 1977 in Peoria to Larry and Dianna "Di" Gedge Hoffmann. She married Curt Reynolds in Washington on October 13, 2001. Curt survives. Also surviving are her parents of Big Lake, Minnesota; her two children, Baylee and...
Robert G. Anderson Sr
Oct 20, 2011
Robert G. Anderson Sr., 85, of Washington passed away at 6:25pm Thursday October 20, 2011 at his residence. He was born on November 12, 1925 in Centerville, IA the son of Theodore and Gladys Shanahan Anderson. He married Dorothy Fisher on June 8, 1957 in Rockford. She passed away on October 16, 2003 in Peoria. Surviving are three sons...
Laura Eleanor Irwin
Oct 15, 2011
Laura (Eleanor) Irwin age 93 of Germantown Hills, Illinois passed away at 9:45am Saturday Oct. 15, 2011 at her residence. She was born May 20, 1918 in Oglesby, Illinois to John and Laura (Gaull) Johnson. She married John W. Irwin on Nov. 23, 1938 in Oglesby, Illinois, he passed away in 1996. Surviving is one son William D. (Norma)...
Mary Paula Knott Newell
Oct 11, 2011
DEER CREEK?Mary Paula Knott Newell, 58, of Deer Creek, passed away at 7:05 p.m., Tuesday, October 11, 2011 at ManorCare in Normal. Paula was born on December 3, 1952 in Owensboro, Kentucky to Francis and Mary Harris Knott. In 2002 she married Wayne Newell in Eureka. He died in 2007. Among those surviving is one son, Michael Knott of...
Ruby Dirks
Oct 10, 2011
WASHINGTON...Ruby Dirks, 76, of Washington, passed away at 11:15 p.m., Monday, October 10, 2011 at Washington Christian Village. Ruby was born on May 24, 1935 in El Paso, Illinois to Walter and Rose Miller Armstrong. She married Henry Dirks on December 28, 1957 in St. Charles, Missouri. Henry died on August 18, 1977. She had worked for many years...
John M. Crandall
Oct 1, 2011
WASHINGTON...John M. Crandall, 89, of Washington, passed away at 2:55 a.m., Saturday, October 1, 2011 at Methodist Medical Center in Peoria. John was born on January 16, 1922 in Piper City to William and Flossie Morris Crandall. He married Marilyn Jean Kerz in Bloomington on August 23, 1952. Marilyn survives. Also surviving are two sons, Dr. James Crandall of...
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