Patricia L. Smith
Jan 25, 2014
Obituary Patricia L. Smith 77, of East Peoria died at 5:45 PM on Saturday January 25, 2014 at UnityPoint Health Methodist in Peoria. She was born in Peoria to Nelson and Alice Armstrong Stewart on October 4, 1936. After her father died when she was just five years old she was raised by her grandmother, Mabel Stewart. She recently celebrated...
Barbara E. Carr
Jan 23, 2014
Obituary PEORIA-Barbara E. Carr, 73, of Peoria, IL, formerly of Edwards, MO, died at 7:37 PM Thursday, January 23, 2014 at OSF Richard L. Owens Hospice Home in Peoria, IL. Born on January 22, 1941 in Louisville, KY to Estel H. and Elsie M. Barkus Ray, she married Harold Carr in 1985 in Peoria, IL. He preceded her in death...
Betty Mrs. Adams
Jan 22, 2014
Obituary Washington - Betty Adams, 84 of Tucson,AZ formerly of Washington, IL entered heaven on January 22, 2014 in Tucson. She was born on May 28, 1929 in Canton, IL and spent the majority of her life in Washington before moving to Tucson in 2010. Betty is survived by her children, Cyndi Meyer, Kathy (Lowell) Foote, Roberta Thomas, Susan (David)...
Ella K. Allbritton
Jan 21, 2014
Obituary Ella Kathryn Allbritton, 68, of Washington, IL, died at 4:35 pm Tuesday, January 21, 2014 at Snyder Village in Metamora, IL. Born on January 29, 1945 in Jasper, AL to Charles C. and Josephine Gaddy Wright, she married Joseph C. Allbritton on April 19, 1964 in Creve Coeur, IL. He preceded her in death on February 28, 1998. Surviving...
Claude D. Woody Woods
Jan 20, 2014
Obituary WASHINGTON-Claude D. "Woody" Woods, 86, of Washington, IL passed away at 3:45 PM Monday, January 20, 2014, with his family at his side. Woody was born June 27, 1927 in Church Hill, TN to William David and Frances Elizabeth Freeman Woods. He married JoAnn Bayer in Peoria, IL on July 18, 1953. She survives. He is also survived by...
Wilma Pauline Elliott
Jan 19, 2014
Obituary Washington - Wilma Pauline Elliott, 90, of Washington, died at 11:45 AM on Sunday January 19, 2014 at her residence. She was born April 26, 1923 in Bonham, MO to Herman C. and Ella O. Sullivan Carl. She married Efton E. Elliott on June 11, 1941 in Aurora, MO. He preceded her in death October 31, 2000 in Washington....
Louis A. Louie Venzon
Jan 19, 2014
Obituary Louis A. "Louie" Venzon, 84, of Washington, IL, died at 2:22 pm Sunday, January 19, 2014 at his home. Born on March 29, 1929 in Peoria, IL to Angelo and Margaret Garino Venzon, he married Harriet V. Howat on November 1, 1952 in Peoria. She survives. Also surviving are 7 children; Mary (Bob) Kinney of East Peoria, IL, Michael...
Dayis Veronica Frankie Novy
Jan 17, 2014
Obituary WASHINGTON - Dayis Veronica Frankie Novy, 90, of Washington, died Friday, January 17, 2014 at Washington Chrisitan Village in Washington. She was born April 25, 1923 in Ashland, WI to Clovis and Lila Sharron Frankie. She grew up on Lake Superior and never minded the cold weather. She excelled in school, journalism, thespian performances, Glee Club and was the...
Melba J. Coffman
Jan 17, 2014
Obituary Washington- Melba J. Coffman, 75, of Washington, IL, died at 12:01 p.m. Friday, January 17, 2014, at OSF St. Francis Medical Center in Peoria. Melba was born on April 16, 1938 in Rolla, MO to Albert and Anna Haas Benad. She married Rollin Coffman on June 30, 1962 in Peoria, IL. He survives. Also surviving are two sisters, Mary...
Elizabeth Greve Bunch
Jan 11, 2014
Obituary Elizabeth Greve Bunch, 89, of Washington, formerly of Peoria, passed away Saturday, January 11, 2014 at Washington Christian Village, Washington, IL. Elizabeth was born September 17, 1924 in Ludlow, Massachusetts to Horace and Ruth Smith Laird. She married John Greve in 1951, and later married Ralph Bunch in 1976 in Kansas City, MO. They both preceded her in death....
Albert J. Bert Bell
Jan 8, 2014
Obituary Washington - Albert J."Bert" Bell, 88, of Washington died at 11:08 AM on Wednesday January 8, 2014 at Unity Point Proctor in Peoria. He was born on March 2, 1925 in Lovington, IL to William F and Maude P Christ Bell. He married Dorothy J. Davison on December 1, 1942 in Shelbyville. She preceded him in death on April...
Richard R. Nelson
Jan 8, 2014
Obituary Richard R. Nelson, 73, of Washington, passed away at 3:25pm, Wednesday, January 8, 2014 at OSF St. Francis Medical Center, Peoria. Richard was born January 22, 1940 in Peoria to Philip and Ruth Kinney Nelson. He married Bonnie Landers on September 19, 1964 in Peoria; she survives. Also surviving are their children, Traci (Chuck) Diveley of Chillicothe, Barbara (Doug)...
John P. Smith
Jan 5, 2014
Obituary John P. Smith, 79, of Morton, passed away at 7:22am, Sunday, January 5, 2014 while vacationing in Florida with his wife. John was born December 19, 1934 at home in Creve Coeur to John H. and Ruth P. Kenny Smith. He married Mary Preston on December 26, 1957 in Creve Coeur; she survives. Also surviving are their daughters, Karen...
Charles L. Koonce
Jan 2, 2014
Obituary Charles Leander Koonce, 84, of Washington, IL, died at 6:35 pm Thursday, January 2, 2014 at Manor Care at Riverview in East Peoria, IL. Born on May 28, 1929 in Mounds, IL to Edgar Thomas and Christina Lee Beaver Koonce, he married Cathern Ann Certalic on October 22, 1955 in Washington, IL. She survives. Also surviving are 3 daughters,...
Randall W. Randy Gordon
Dec 29, 2013
Obituary Washington - Randall W. "Randy" Gordon, 55 of Washington died at 11:10 AM on Sunday December 29, 2013 at his residence. He was born on December 10, 1958 in Peoria to John D. and Evelyn J. (Peak) Gordon. His father John and one brother Ron preceded him in death. He married Karen Sue Reavley on April 17, 1976 in...
Marilyn Mare Stanford
Dec 26, 2013
Obituary Marilyn S. "Mare" Stanford, 54, of Creve Coeur, formerly of East Peoria, passed away at 2:13pm Thursday, December 26, 2013 at OSF St. Francis Medical Center in Peoria. She was born February 21, 1959 in Glasgow, Scotland to Robert E. and Helen M. Griffin Schaub. She was later married to Gary L. Stanford, who died June 22, 2012. Surviving...
Robert L. Bob Thieme
Dec 25, 2013
Obituary Washington- Robert "Bob" L. Thieme, 84, of Washington, died at 2:15am, Wednesday, December 25, 2013, at Snyder Village in Metamora. Robert was born October 15, 1929 in Washington to Albert and Anna Zimmerman Thieme. He married Alice Schmidt on December 26, 1954 in Washington. She preceded him in death on February 27, 1977. He later married Mary K. Bohne...
Betty B. Engle
Dec 23, 2013
Obituary MORTON - Betty B. Engle, 84, of Morton died at 11:25 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 23, 2013, at OSF Saint Francis Medical Center in Peoria. Betty was born on Sept. 14, 1929, to Joseph O. and Ruth Schelm Engle in Millville, N.J. Surviving are her one brother, Joseph O. (Juanice) Engle of Dallas, Texas; one brother-in-law, William Schlesinger of...
Sigrid G. Reichert
Dec 22, 2013
Obituary East Peoria - Sigrid G. Reichert, 75, of East Peoria died at 10:30 PM Sunday December 22, 2013 in Venice, FL. She was born January 15, 1938 in Berlin, Germany to Eberhard vom Dorp and Gretel Spremberg. She is survived by her husband Ralph G. Reichert who she married in Solingen, Germany on December 16, 1967. Also surviving are...
Sharon K. Lorentz
Dec 21, 2013
Obituary Sharon K. Lorentz, 72, of Peoria, formerly of Washington, passed away at 1:50am, Saturday, December 21, 2013 at her home. She was born April 26, 1941 in Washington to Lyle and Ethel Weeks Hartman; they preceded her in death. She married John G. Lorentz on November 4, 1967 in Washington; he survives. Also surviving is their daughter, Michele (David)...