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Local obituaries for Pekin, Illinois.
Barbara E. Hammer
Jan 24, 2018
Barbara E. Hammer, 78, of Peoria, IL passed away at 12:23 PM Wednesday, January 24, 2018 at Unity Point Health - Methodist in Peoria. Barbara was born on November 2, 1939 in Peoria to Meredith and Nadine Clary. She married Donald L. Hammer on April 7, 1993. He passed away on June 13, 2014. Also preceding in death are...
Marlene Lucy
Jan 24, 2018
Marlene L. Lucy, 80, of Pekin, IL passed away at 8:55 PM Wednesday, January 24, 2018 at Unity Point Health - Pekin. Marlene was born on October 17, 1937 in Pekin to Lawrence and Erma (Severt) Fulk. She married Leonard Eugene 'Gene' Lucy on January 26, 1958 in Pekin. He passed away on September 3, 1977. Also preceding in...
Frank Gale Noyes
Jan 21, 2018
Pastor Frank Gale Noyes, 74, of Pekin, IL passed away at 12:22 AM Sunday, January 21, 2018 at his home with his family by his side. Pastor Noyes was born on December 27, 1943 in Essex, MO to Julian J. and Ellen (Byers) Noyes. He married Judie (Nelson) Noyes May 1, 1971 in Flint, MI. His parents preceded him...
Gary R. Dudley
Jan 20, 2018
Gary R. Dudley, 78 of Pekin, passed away at 6:15 pm, Saturday, January 20, 2018 at his home. He was born on May 24, 1939 in Peoria, IL to Ray and Susan (Hill) Dudley. He married Linda Best on June 7, 1974 in Eureka, IL. Gary was preceded in death by his parents and one brother, Don. He is...
Etta M. Sidell
Jan 5, 2018
Etta M Sidell, 94 of Pekin, passed away at 3:00 am, Friday, January 05, 2018 at Pekin Manor. She was born on January 11, 1923 to Matthew A. and Elsie J. (Batterton) Mahr in Manito, IL. She married Charles Sidell on February 17, 1940 in Keokuk, IA. He passed away on December 23, 2003. Etta was preceded in death...
Elizabeth "Betty" Gardner
Jan 3, 2018
Elizabeth "Betty" Gardner passed away on Jan 3, 2018 in Pekin, IL.Betty, who also went by "Liz" Gardner, was born to Lucas Ira and Jeanette Rogers Hicks on Feb 24, 1932 in Falmouth Heights, Massachusetts.She married Roger B Gardner in 1951.He died in 1976. She graduated from the University of Illinois with a Mechanical Engineering degree in 1965, having...
Thomas G. Elgin
Jan 1, 2018
Thomas G. Elgin, 63 of Bellevue, IL passed away at 1:15 pm, Monday, January 1, 2018 at his home. He was born March 28, 1954 in Pekin to Thomas G. and Neva Jean (Isenburg) Wubben. He was adopted by Charles E. Elgin Jr in 1960. He married Leatrice Day March 21, 1997 in Peoria. She survives. He was preceded...
Lorraine A. Carr
Jan 1, 2018
Lorraine A. Carr, 57 of Peoria, passed away at 11:00 pm, Monday, January 1, 2018 at OSF Richard L. Owens Hospice Home in Peoria. She was born on October 11, 1960 to Robert T. and Sumi (Mori) Carr in Peoria. She married her longtime partner, Lynn Decker in July of 2015 in Peoria. She survives. She was preceded in...
Deborah Anne Sheppard
Dec 30, 2017
Deborah Anne Sheppard, 67, of Pekin, IL passed away at 5:01 AM Saturday, December 30, 2017 at Springfield Memorial Medical Center in Springfield, IL. Deborah was born on October 11, 1950 in Pekin to Everett Eugene and Betty (Black) Lane. She married Dennis Sheppard on October 16, 1971 in Pekin. Her parents preceded her in death. Surviving are: her...
Rosella Mae Limback
Dec 14, 2017
Rosella Mae Limback, 103, of Normal, IL passed away at 4:30 AM Thursday, December 14, 2017 at the Apostolic Christian Home in Eureka, IL. Rosella was born on February 25, 1914 in Bloomington, IL to John Alfred and Rosella Frances (Kagel) Stadsholt. She married Albert E. Limback on November 14, 1936. He passed away on July 20, 1981. Also...
Mark Edward Lawson
Dec 11, 2017
Mark Edward Lawson, 61 of Pekin, IL passed away at 8:40 AM Monday, December 11, 2017 at his home. He was born May 21, 1956 in Pekin to Hillis and June (Templeton) Lawson. He married Penny Rigney on October 23, 1993 in Branson, MO. She survives. Mark was preceded in death by his father. He is survived by; his...
Edward Carroll
Dec 1, 2017
Edward Carroll, 81 of Pekin, passed away at 2:21 pm, Friday, December 1, 2017 at his home. As per his request, there will be no services. Cremation will be accorded.
Teresa Modendricker
Nov 13, 2017
Teresa Modendricker, 45, of Pekin, IL passed away at 6:30 AM Monday, November 13, 2017 at OSF St. Francis Medical Center in Peoria. Teresa was born on September 27, 1972 in Pekin to Gerald and Sharon (Thornton) Modendricker. She was preceded in death by her parents. Surviving are her sister, Kerry Modendricker of Bloomington, IL; one aunt, Louise Thornton...
Colleen B. Hamra
Nov 12, 2017
Colleen B. Hamra, 81, of Pekin, IL passed away at 1:18 PM Sunday, November 12, 2017 at her home with her family by her side. Colleen was born on April 20, 1936 in Peoria, IL to Harry and Vivian (Kahler) McCormick. She married Howard M. Hamra on March 1, 1979 in Las Vegas, NV. She was preceded in death...
Robert H. Becker
Nov 8, 2017
Robert H. 'Bob' Becker, 91 of Pekin, passed away at 11:00 pm, Wednesday, November 8, 2017 at Rosewood Care Center in East Peoria. Bob lived on his own until two weeks ago at the UAW Senior Center in Pekin. He was born February 12, 1926 to Phillip and Helena (Broz) Becker in Aberdeen, SD. He married Mary Neulinger-Kalhammer on...
Alice E. Wilson
Nov 8, 2017
Alice E. Wilson, 77, of Manito, IL, passed away at 1:28 p.m., Wednesday, November 08, 2017, surrounded by her loving family in her home. Alice was born August 15, 1940 in Sykeston, North Dakota to Magnus and Catherine (Hammes) Sondag.She married her high school sweetheart, Dean Wilson, on October 31, 1959 in Havana, IL.She is preceded in death by...
Thomas G. Williamson
Nov 8, 2017
Thomas 'Garry' Williamson, 58, of Tremont, IL passed away at 3:00 PM Wednesday, November 8, 2017 in Spring Lake Township, Tazewell County, Illinois. Garry was born on August 24, 1959 in Sterling, IL to Tom and Catherine L. (Mattingly) Williamson. He married Laura Simms on May 22, 1998 in Sterling, IL. Preceding in death are his parents. Surviving are:...
Brenda Stewart
Nov 4, 2017
Brenda F. Stewart, 61, of Marquette Heights, IL passed away at 5:53 AM Saturday, November 04, 2017 at OSF St. Francis Medical Center in Peoria. Brenda was born on March 14, 1956 in Pekin to Joe W. and Ella 'Jean' (Houser) Bevels. She married John Stewart on October 14, 1978 in Pekin. She was preceded by her mother, one...
Peter Jones
Nov 3, 2017
Peter C. Jones, 50, of Marquette Heights, IL passed away at 9:30 PM Friday, November 3, 2017 at his home. Peter was born on November 24, 1966 in Peoria, IL to Raymond and Ann (Roper) Jones. He was preceded in death by his parents and one brother, Michael Jones. Surviving are: two brothers, Phil (Becky) Jones of Pekin and...
Cheryl Faye Eitenmiller
Oct 30, 2017
Cheryl F. Eitenmiller, 73 of Pekin, passed away at 11:15am, Monday October 30, 2017 at her home. She was born a leap-year baby, February 29, 1944 to Kenneth and Lois (Millburn) Shelton. She married Frederick W. Eitenmiller Sr. in Peoria on August 3, 1960. From this union, seven children were born. Cheryl was preceded in death by her father,...
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