Month: May 2022

Evelyn June Statler

 May 25, 2022

Evelyn June Statler, 97, of Kempton passed away Thursday, May 19, 2022 at McLean County Nursing Home in Normal. Cremation rites have been accorded. A celebration of life for her and her beloved husband will be held Friday, June 3,…

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Jeffery Leonard James

 May 25, 2022

Jeffery Leonard James, 54, formerly of Gardner, Illinois, passed away Thursday, April 28, 2022 at his residence in Milford, Illinois. He was born June 18, 1967 in Watseka, Illinois. Jeff had been recovering from an accident the past four years….

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Randall Haacke

 May 25, 2022

DWIGHT – Randall “Randy” Haacke, 65, of Dwight, Illinois passed away Friday, May 20, 2022 at Heritage Woods in Dwight, Illinois. Funeral services will be private for the family. Visitation will be held from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. at Hager…

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Sue E. Conrad

 May 25, 2022

Sue E. Conrad, 65, of Chatsworth, Illinois died May 17, 2022 at 10:21 a.m. at her residence with her family by her side. Her Funeral Mass was at 11 a.m., Saturday, May 21, 2022 in Saints Peter &  Paul Catholic…

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Tina Marie Hensley

 May 18, 2022

Tina Marie Hensley, age 47, of South Wilmington, Illinois passed away Wednesday, May 11, 2022 at Riverside Medical Center in Kankakee, Illinois, after years of battling many health issues. Born July 11, 1974 in Joliet, Illinois, she graduated from Gardner-South…

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Joe William Drechsel

 May 11, 2022

Joe William Drechsel, age 62 years, died at Dwight, Illinois on April 30, 2022. Survivors include a brother, Dwight (Joene) Drechsel; and sisters:  Karen Klopcic, Barbara (Greg) Lentman, and Nancy Drechsel. Private family services will be held. Designation of memorials…

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Stephen Francis Giordano

 May 11, 2022

Stephen Francis Giordano of Gardner passed away peacefully at home in the early hours of his 67th birthday, May 4, 2022. He will be remembered by those who knew him best as a kind, funny, and artistic soul. Over the…

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Art Leach, The Icon

 May 5, 2022

Odell Resident Celebrates His 102nd Birthday Aboard The USS Yorktown, His Home During WWII by Brandon LaChance World War II structured the world as we know it when the Allies and the Axis Powers unleashed guns, tanks, ships and other equipment…

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Shirley Ann Brown

 May 4, 2022

Shirley Ann Brown, (nee Hammerstein), age 86, of Dwight, Illinois and formerly of Marley, passed away Sunday, April 24, 2022 at Lightways Hospice Home in Joliet, Illinois. Shirley was born in Chicago on October 26, 1935, to the late Charles…

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