Sarah Yentes
Mar 10, 2012
Sarah E. Yentes, 88, of Pekin passed away at 1:49 AM Saturday, March 10, 2012 at the home of her daughter, Dianne, with her three daughters at her side. Sarah was born May 29, 1923 in Springlake Township, Tazewell County, Illinois to Lawson and Ora (Parker) Goodin. She married Donald E. Yentes on August 4, 1940. He passed away...
Virginia W. Wieburg
Mar 8, 2012
Virginia W. Wieburg, 91, of Pekin, IL passed away at 2:34 PM Thursday, March 8, 2012 in the emergency room at Pekin Hospital. Virginia was born in Pekin on March 29, 1920 to Nelson and Ida (Doss) Weyrich. She married Bruce I. Wieburg on June 5, 1949. He passed away on July 27, 2009. Surviving is: two daughters, Deborah...
Louise P. Richardson
Mar 5, 2012
Louise P. Richardson, 91, of Peoria, IL passed away at 8:38 AM Monday, March 5, 2012 in the emergency room at OSF St. Francis Medical Center in Peoria. Louise was born on August 5, 1920 in Peoria, IL to Frank W. and Goldie (Scoggin) Eades. She married Raymond Richardson on April 18, 1958 in Peoria. He passed away on...
Evelyn A. Dermott
Feb 23, 2012
Evelyn A. Dermott, 86, 0f Pekin passed away at 2:45 PM Thursday, February 23, 2012 at Pekin Manor. Evelyn was born on October 18, 1925 in Wilmington, IL to Raymond and Mildred (Allott) Elyea. She married Eugene Dermott on October 8, 1950. He passed away May 2, 1993. Also preceding in death are her parents, daughter, Diane Kupkowski, one...
Alice L. Siegler
Feb 22, 2012
Alice L. Siegler, 83, of Pekin passed away at 7:48 PM Wednesday, February 22, 2012 at Pekin Hospital. Alice was born in Janesville, WI on November 12, 1928 to Harold and Edith (Sweet) Dawley. She married Richard Siegler on June 18, 1949 in Burlington, WI. Preceding in death are her parents, brother, Don Dawley and sister, Audrey Piscitello. Surviving...
J.Douglas Payne
Feb 20, 2012
J. Douglas Payne, 73, of Pekin passed away Monday, February 20, 2012 at his home with his family after a long battle with pulmonary fibrosis. Doug was born on November 18, 1938 in Peoria, IL to Buford C. "Slim" and Gladys (Gay) Payne.He married Barbara DuPage on December 20, 1969 in Pekin. Preceding him in death are his father,...
Roger D. Gerkin
Feb 16, 2012
Roger D. Gerkin, 73, of West Chester, OH formerly of Pekin passed away on February 16, 2012. He was born on January 11, 1939 in Watseka, IL. He married Marilee Keller on March 13, 1965 in Peoria, IL. She passed away on October 17, 2000. Also preceding in death are his parents, daughter, Rachel A. Jones and sister, Lois...
Nelson F. Beale
Feb 8, 2012
Nelson F. Beale, 90, of Pekin, IL passed away at 4:10 PM Wednesday, February 8, 2012 at Timbercreek Rehab and Healthcare Center in Pekin. Nelson was born on January 25, 1922 in Forest City, IL to Floyd Joseph and Ida Pauline (Carpenter) Beale. He married Wilma Mae Drockelman on June 18, 1944 in Pekin. She died on August 16,...
Wilma L. Schappaugh
Jan 29, 2012
Wilma L. Schappaugh, 85, of Pekin, IL passed away at 9:55 PM Sunday, January 29, 2012 at Pekin Manor. Wilma was born on November 15, 1926 in Springlake Township, Tazewell County, Illinois to Louis O. and Jennie (Hundt) Watson. She married Howard C. Schappaugh on May 19, 1946 in Pekin, IL. He died on June 22, 2008. Also preceding...
Klyce F. Tavernier
Jan 29, 2012
Klyce F. Tavernier, 91, of East Peoria, IL formerly of Pekin passed away at 6:18 PM Sunday, January 29, 2012 in Manor Care at Riverview in East Peoria. Klyce was born November 8, 1920 in Waterloo, Iowa to Raymond and Edna M. (Marquard) Tavernier. He married Eula Mae Johnson on September 23, 1945. She died on October 4, 2011....
June N. Price
Jan 23, 2012
June N. Price, 89, of Pekin passed away at 3:45 AM Monday, January 23, 2012 at Hallmark House Nursing Center in Pekin. June was born on January 20, 1923 in Hanna City, Illinois to Clifford and Gladys A. (Welch) Potter. She married Marion F. Price on March 17, 1949 in Peoria, IL. He passed away on September 23 1958....
Betty L. Gardner
Jan 22, 2012
Betty L. Gardner, 83, of Pekin, IL passed away at 4:40 PM Sunday, January 22, 2012 at Pekin Manor. Betty was born on October 22, 1928 in Halfway, Kentucky to Murl and Dixie (Willoughby) Thacker. She married Douglas Gardner on February 8, 1947 in Pekin, Illinois. She was preceded in death by her parents, one son, Robert D. Gardner,...
Van Morrow
Jan 12, 2012
Van Morrow, 99, of Pekin passed away at 9:40 AM Thursday, January 12, 2012 at Apostolic Christian Restmor in Morton. Van was born on November 21, 1912 at Fountain Run, Kentucky to Elby Leo and Beadie Ann (Simmons) Bundy. She married Don 'Graham'Morrow on November 16, 1929. He died on December 9, 1986. She was preceded in death by...
Hazel Lucera
Jan 10, 2012
Hazel Earline Phillips Lucera 85, of Pekin passed away at 12:10 pm Tuesday, January 10, 2012 at Kindred Hospital in Peoria. She was born August 29, 1926 in Endville, Mississippi to John and Lena Bell( Kelly) Witt.She married Shelby Phillips in 1944, he died in 1979, and she later married Anthony Lucera in 1982 he died in 2008. She...
Darlene Evelyn Beebe
Jan 6, 2012
Darlene E. Beebe, 58, of Forest City, IL passed away at 11:55 PM Friday, January 6, 2012 at her home. Darlene was born on June 13, 1953 in Martins Ferry, OH to Andrew Joseph and Sara (Cruise) Coen. She married Roger Beebe on August 19, 1972 in Manito, IL. Preceding in death are her parents, one brother, John Coen...
Curtis "Babe" Mason
Dec 20, 2011
Curtis 'Babe' Mason, 76, of rural Peoria passed away at 7:45 PM Tuesday, December 20, 2011 at his home. Babe was born January 1, 1935 in Glasford, IL to Thomas Maurice and Clara (Payne) Mason. He married Lois Mae Stranz on June 2, 1957. She died on September 11, 2011. Also preceding in death are his parents, two brothers,...
Richard James Seelye
Dec 20, 2011
Richard James Seelye 85, of Pekin passed away at 9:49 pm Tuesday, December 20, 2011 at Hallmark House Nursing Center in Pekin. He was born in Pekin to John and Lucille (Carrow) Seelye on December 21, 1925.He married Mary Lou Bath on June 22, 1947; she preceded him in death on January 29, 2005. Surviving are one daughter, Marggie...
Kellie E. Elkins
Dec 17, 2011
Kellie E. Elkins, 49, of Pekin passed away at 1:00 PM Saturday, December 17, 2011 at OSF St. Francis Medical Center in Peoria, IL., as a result of complications caused from an automobile accident on December 1. Kellie was born on June 12, 1962 in Pekin, IL to Richard R. and Virginia (Pollock) Elkins. He was preceded in death...
Walter James Farrell
Dec 11, 2011
Walter James Farrell, 84, of East Peoria, IL formerly of Pekin and Chicago, IL passed away at 11:40 AM Sunday, December 11, 2011 at Rosewood Care Center of East Peoria. Walter was born in Chicago on July 18, 1927 to Walter P. and Katherine L. (Lutzow) Farrell. He was preceded in death by his parents and one sister, Rosemary...
Thomas Woodrow Downing
Dec 7, 2011
Thomas W. Downing, 97, formerly of 1507 Bacon Street, Pekin, but recently a resident of Autumn Accolade assisted living facility, passed away at 12:30 AM Wednesday, December 07, 2011. He was born October 3, 1914 in Lincoln, Illinois to Thomas H. and Elizabeth (Hurley) Downing.He moved to Pekin when he started high school and lived with his mother and...
