Richard "Dick" R. Henderson
Jul 14, 2023
Richard R. "Dick" Henderson, 83 of East Peoria passed away at 1:41 pm, Friday, July 14, 2023 at OSF St. Francis Medical Center in Peoria. He was born to Verle" Bud" and Vaneda (Paul) Henderson in Marietta, IL on November 16, 1939. He married Lois Malott in Ipava, IL on December, 31, 1961. Dick was preceded in death by;...
Herman Frederick Reinking
Jul 12, 2023
Herman (Fred) Reinking died July 12, 2023 at the Illinois Veterans' Home in Quincy Illinois. He was born April 14, 1930 in Fort Wayne Indiana to Rev. Herman J. and Emily Pulwitt Reinking. He was raised in Bull Rapids IN, Fort Wayne, and Crawford Nebraska, where he graduated high school. After serving 3 years as a radio operator in...
Leon E. Gale
Jul 10, 2023
Leon Edward Gale, 79 of Pekin passed away at 12:09 am, Monday, July 10, 2023 at home surrounded by family. He was born to Charles E. and Estella Margaret Ann (Shields) Gale in Sandridge, IL on October 17, 1943. Leon was a veteran of the United States Army and was honorably discharged as a sergeant. Shortly after he met...
William "Bill" L Gardner
Jul 7, 2023
William "Bill" Gardner, 82, of Pekin, IL passed away at 10:22 AM Friday, July 7, 2023 at his home. Bill was born December 21, 1940 in a small New England coastal town and grew up on the Rocky seacoast of Eastern Massachusetts. He became active in scouting working his way through the ranks achieving Eagle Scout. He married Sally...
Diane L. Winders
Jun 30, 2023
Diane L. Winders, 78, of Pekin, passed away at 8:28pm on Friday June 30th 2023, at Carle Health Pekin Hospital. She was born to Wayne and Jessie (Dailey) Davis in Pekin on April 16, 1945. She married Radford D. Winders on May 1st 1965, in Pekin. He preceded her in death on October 16th 2010. Diane was also preceded...
John Gilbert Myers
Jun 26, 2023
John Gilbert Myers, 75 of Pekin passed away after a five year battle with lung cancer at 7:00 am, Monday, June 26, 2023 at his home surrounded by family. He was born to Granville and Edith (DeLancey) Myers on December 14, 1947 in Oelwein, IA. He married Patricia Bottjen on March 31, 1993 in Elk Point, SD. She survives....
Summer E. Stahl
Jun 23, 2023
Summer Stahl, 21, of Tremont, passed away Friday, June 23rd, 2023 at Richard L. Owens Hospice Home in Peoria. Summer was born July 16, 2001, in Pekin Illinois to Eric and Angela (Robinson) Stahl. Summer graduated from Deer Creek-Mackinaw High School in 2019 after attending St. Joseph School in Pekin. She received the University Excellence Scholarship and was a...
Dorothy J. Boyer
Jun 23, 2023
Dorothy "Dot" Boyer of Morton, IL passed away Friday, June 23rd at the age of 86. She was born to John and Evelyn (Johnson) Bockwitz of San Jose, IL on January 7, 1937. She grew up with her younger brother, William (Bill and Karen) Bockwitz. After graduating high school, she married her life long love, Ezra (Ike) Boyer. Together...
Jeanette E. Schlobohm
Jun 21, 2023
Jeanette E. Schlobohm, 91, of Pekin, IL passed away at 6:15 AM Wednesday, June 21, 2023. Jeanette was born on December 6, 1931 in Pekin to Roscoe Arthur and Matilda Margaret (Reuling) Jennings. She married Rudolph H. Schlobohm on February 18, 1951 in Havana, IL. He passed away on June 15, 2001. Also preceding in death are her parents,...
Luella M. Hoelzel
Jun 17, 2023
Luella M. Hoelzel, 98, formerly of the Pekin area, went to be with the Lord on June 17, 2023, at the Nazareth Nursing Facility, Louisville, KY. "Lu" was born Nov. 29, 1924, in Tazewell County, to Earl J. and Alma E. Becker Hochstetler. She married Gavin E. "Gabe" Hoelzel on December 29, 1945. To that union three daughters were...
Mark A. Madden
Jun 16, 2023
Mark A. Madden, 74 of Pekin, passed away at 1:34 pm, Friday, June 16, 2023 at OSF Richard Owens Hospice Home in Peoria. He was born in Peoria to George James & Myra Marie (Harris) Madden on July 16, 1948. Mark was preceded in death by; his parents; and one brother, Kelly Madden. He is survived by; his girlfriend,...
Dorla D. Talbott
Jun 16, 2023
Dorla D. Talbott, 91, formerly from Green Valley, IL passed on at 4:35 AM Friday, June 16, 2023 at Reflections Memory Care in Morton, IL where she has been residing since September of 2019. Dorla was born on October 11, 1931 in Pekin to Colby R. and Charlotte (Hayes) Konisek. She married Earl L. Talbott on August 19, 1951...
Justin B. Barnhart
Jun 15, 2023
Justin B. Barnhart, 47, of Pekin passed away at 3:21 AM Thursday, June 15, 2023 in the emergency room at OSF St. Francis Medical Center in Peoria. Justin was born on July 31, 1975 in Pekin, IL to Mark Olt and Jocelyn Barnhart. He married Angel Moss. Surviving are: his mother, Jocelyn Koetter of Pekin; his father, Mark (Angel)...
Robert "Bob" Harvey Starrett
Jun 15, 2023
Robert "Bob" Harvey Starrett, 97, formerly of 26 Rosewood Lane, Pekin, IL, passed away at The Linda E. White Hospice House, surrounded by loved ones, on June 15, 2023. Bob and Carole Gulon were married September 6, 1950. Bob is survived by his wife of 72 years, Carole; daughter, Susan Starrett Bolen (Terry) of Pekin, IL; son, Dr. Robert...
Lawrence P. Johanson
Jun 11, 2023
Lawrence P. "Larry" Johanson, 89, of Glasford, IL passed away at 9:10 PM Sunday, June 11, 2023 at his home surrounded by his family. Larry was born on May 8, 1934 in Hanna City, IL to Walter A. and Hazel E. (Beller) Johanson. He married Marian Miller on June 29, 1952 in Pekin. He was preceded in death by...
Marie C. Parker
Jun 9, 2023
Marie C. Parker, 85, of Pekin, passed away at home on June 9, 2023. Marie was born on a farm in Spring Lake Township, the daughter of John and Karolina Streifinger Schacherbauer. She was delivered at home by the late Dr. Nelson Wright, Sr. Marie loved her memories of attending the one-room Dodds and Spring Lake country grade schools,...
Carmelita M. Nash
Jun 8, 2023
Carmelita Mae Nash, 81 of Pekin passed away at 2:47 am, Thursday, June 8, 2023 at her home with family by her side. She was born to Pete & Sallie Mae (Williams) Conover on January 16, 1942 in Casa Grande, AZ. She married Kenneth L. Nash in St. Louis on February 17, 1963. He preceded her in death on...
Rosalie M. Baker
Jun 3, 2023
Rosalie M. Baker, 95 of Pekin passed away at 2:45 pm, Saturday, June 3, 2023 at Pekin Manor. She was born in Peoria County to Carl and Hulda (Slone) Fischer on March 7, 1928. She married Harold G. Baker on August 6, 1950 at St Peters Lutheran Church in Glassford. He preceded her in death on October 25, 2007....
Janice M. Woods
May 30, 2023
Janice M. Woods, 74 of Pekin passed away at 7:15 pm, Tuesday, May 30, 2023 at her home. She was born in Lewis County, TN to Lester and Opal (Allen) Doss on September 23, 1948. She married Kenneth Clayton Woods on May 16, 1974 in Pekin. He preceded her in death on November 27, 1997. She is survived by...
Thomas J. Bremer
May 28, 2023
Thomas J. Bremer, 78 of Marquette Heights, IL passed away at 4:33 pm, Sunday, May 28, 2023 at OSF Richard Owens Hospice Home in Peoria. He was born to William R. and Kathryn (King) Bremer on January 17, 1945 in Peoria, IL. He married Shirley Gilmore at St. Johns Church in Peoria on September 3, 1966. Tom was preceded...
