Nora Mae Madry
May 13, 2019
Nora Mae Madry, 92, of Washington, passed away at her home at 4:30 am Monday, May 13, 2019. She was born Sept. 21, 1926 in Limestone County, AL to William Cecil and Golden Mattie Casteel Moss. She married Robert Lee Madry in Athens, AL on Dec. 22, 1945. He preceded her in death on March 10, 1980. She was also...
Raymond Dale Butch Schmidt
May 10, 2019
Raymond D. "Butch" Schmidt, 79, of East Peoria, passed away at 10:20am Friday, May 10, 2019 at OSF Richard L. Owens Hospice Home in Peoria. After a long, hard-fought battle with Alzheimers, he went peacefully in his sleep surrounded by his family. He was born October 21, 1939 in Peoria to Cyrinus and Loretta Melcher Schmidt. Butch married the love...
Jim Corns
May 10, 2019
James "Jim" Corns II, 66, of Peoria, formerly of Mount Prospect, passed away at 5:00pm Friday, May 10, 2019 at OSF St. Francis Medical Center in Peoria. Jim was born January 17, 1953 in Evanston, IL to James G. and Sarah Lee Corns. He married Linda Mescha on November 18, 1973 in Evanston. Surviving is his wife, Linda of Peoria;...
Edward S. Gostowski
May 6, 2019
Edward S. Gostowski, 90, of Washington, passed away and went to be with Jesus at 1:37am Monday, May 6, 2019 at Apostolic Christian Restmor of Morton. He was born August 15, 1928 in Benton to Stephen and Mary Sneizek Gostowski. He married Harriet Mills on February 4, 1951 in DuQuoin; she preceded him in death in 2016. Surviving are four...
Douglas L. Beecher
Apr 28, 2019
Douglas L. Beecher, 58, of Washburn, passed away at 3:33 am Sunday, April 28, 2019 at OSF St. Francis Medical Center in Peoria. He was born Sept. 9, 1960 in Gibson City to Pete and Delores Jean Scott Beecher. He married Barbara J. Buis on Sept. 11, 2004 in Washburn. She survives. Also surviving are his mother; step-mother, Beverly Beecher;...
Susan K. Susie Smith
Apr 27, 2019
Susan K. "Susie" Smith, 59, of East Peoria, passed away at 12:18 pm Saturday, April 27, 2019 at Kindred Hospital in Peoria. She was born Dec. 21, 1959 in Peoria to David A. and Lucille Horsley Sr. They both preceded her in death along with her infant sister, Deborah. Surviving is her brother, David A. Smith of Castleton. Susie worked...
Lola M. Earl
Apr 27, 2019
Lola M. Earl, 83, of Eureka, passed away at 3:35am Saturday, April 27, 2019 at the Apostolic Christian Home of Roanoke. She was born in Oklahoma April 1, 1936 to Roy and Brooksie Kiddy. She married Gerald Earl October 20, 1956; he survives. Also surviving are her daughter Twila (Dave) Papanek; sons, Vincent (Jane) Earl and Geoffrey (Heidi) Earl; grandchildren,...
Ernie Bland
Apr 24, 2019
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Mary Eulalia Murray
Apr 19, 2019
WASHINGTON Mary Eulalia Murray, 93, of Washington, IL, died at 4:10 pm Friday, April 19, 2019 at her home. Born on November 13, 1925 in Ridgway, IL to Peter Urban and Anna Barbara Unfried Kohl, she married Robert N. Murray on February 13, 1945 in Ridgway. He preceded her in death on September 6, 1993. Surviving are 2 sons, Robert...
Janet M. Youngman
Apr 18, 2019
Janet M. Youngman, 79, of Washington, passed away at 10:14 am on Holy Thursday, April 18, 2019 at the OSF Richard L. Owens Hospice Home in Peoria, surrounded by her family. She was born Dec. 20, 1939 in Streator, IL to Dominick and Lucille Hindert Kerrigan. She married A. Gale Youngman in Peoria on Sept. 5, 1959. He preceded her...
Oscar Junior Means
Apr 16, 2019
Oscar Junior Means, 93, of Washington, passed away at 7:45 am Tuesday, April 16, 2019 at OSF St. Francis Medical Center in Peoria. He was born March 17, 1926 in Hill City, KS to Oscar and Nora Patton Means. He married Shirley A. Russell on July 1, 1954. She survives. Also surviving are four children, Gary (Chieko) Means of Henderson,...
John J. Pat Patterson
Apr 15, 2019
John J. "Pat" Patterson, 89, of East Peoria, passed away at 8:07 pm Monday, April 15, 2019 at OSF St. Francis Medical Center in Peoria with his family by his side. He was born Aug. 7, 1929 in Clinton, MO to John Stanley and Rose Mae Myers Patterson. He married Mary Helen Reynolds in Pleasanton, KS in Oct. of 1946....
Jennifer Jean Hart
Apr 13, 2019
Jennifer J. Hart, 41, of East Peoria, formerly of Cincinnati, OH, passed away at 10:44 AM on Saturday, April 13, 2019 at her home, surrounded by her loving family and friends. Surviving are her mother, Roberta and John Leiby of East Peoria; her father, Gary Hart Sr.; her daughter, AddieLee Jean Hart; siblings, Gary (Michele) Hart, Jr. and Kristy Hart...
Phil Hansen
Apr 11, 2019
Phillip Hansen, 68, of Washington, loving husband, father, grandfather, brother, uncle, and all around good guy, passed away at 4:30pm on Thursday, April 11, 2019 after an all too brief battle with a rare form of T-Cell Lymphoma. Phil was born at St Joseph Hospital in Kansas City, MO on January 20, 1951, a very cold day according to his...
Scott Bloom
Apr 10, 2019
Obituary EAST PEORIA – Billy S. "Scott" Bloom, 51, of East Peoria, IL passed away on April 10, 2019. Scott was born on March 12, 1968 in Peoria, IL to Billy R. and Judith (Nelter) Bloom in Peoria. Scott is survived by his father Billy R. and Jeanette Bloom, two sisters, Tammy Bushman and son Isaac Bloom of Peoria, and...
Margaret L. Peak
Apr 10, 2019
Margaret L. Peak, 84, of Washington, IL died at 11:35 pm Wednesday, April 10, 2019 at the Apostolic Christian Home of Eureka with her loving family by her side. Margaret was born on January 1, 1935 in Alexandria, MO to James Edgar and Bertha Mae Moore Gregory. She married Kenneth H. Peak on April 8, 1956 in Kahoka, MO. He...
Kathy Parkhurst
Apr 8, 2019
Kathleen Ann Parkhurst, 68, of Washington, passed away Monday April 8, 2019 at OSF Richard L. Owens Hospice Home in Peoria. Kathy was born January 6, 1951 in Peoria to Theodore and Edna Powers Ochs. She married Stephen Hunter Parkhurst on September 11, 1971 in Peoria Heights; he preceded her in death on May 4, 2014. Surviving are their children,...
Leo F. Cronin
Apr 3, 2019
Leo F. Cronin, 91, of East Peoria, passed away at his home at 8:45am Wednesday, April 3, 2019 with his family by his side. He was born June 28, 1927 in Yoder, WY to William A. and Edna Mable ODell Cronin. He married Ida L. Carlstead on June 11, 1950. She preceded him in death on December 7, 2017. He...
Judy Hillegonds
Apr 3, 2019
Judith Lynne Hillegonds, 78, of Washington, IL, peacefully passed away at 2:25 am Wednesday, April 3, 2019 at OSF St. Francis Medical Center in Peoria, IL. Born on September 26, 1940 in Chicago, IL to Russell and Irin White Anderson, she married Terry C. Hillegonds on June 20, 1964 in Mt. Prospect, IL. He survives. Also surviving are her daughter,...