Obituaries

Apr 6, 2015

James Robert Lazier, III

Age 52 of Coal City and formerly of Ottawa, passed away Monday, April 6, 2015 at Presence Saint Joseph Medical Center in Joliet.

Born August 3, 1962 in Joliet, Jim is a son of James, Jr. and Enza (Poppleton) Lazier. He was raised and educated in Coal City and graduated from...

Apr 5, 2015

Mel Probus

Age 74 of Heyworth, Illinois, passed away Sunday April 5, 2015 at Heartland Manor Care in Normal.

Born November 26, 1940 in Kentucky, Melvin Hart was a son of the late Marvin Hart and Gaudy Probus. He was raised in Kentucky until relocating with his family to Piper City. Mel was a member...

Apr 5, 2015

Frank B. Ulmanek

Age 90, formerly of Bull Shoals, Arkansas and the Lockport and Romeoville areas, passed away Sunday April 5, 2015 at the Illinois Veterans Home in Manteno.

Born April 2, 1925 in Joliet, Frank Bernard was a son of the late Anthony and Mary (Gora) Ulmanek. He raised and educated in Romeoville, and...

Apr 4, 2015

Ron Klicker

Age 62 of rural Seneca, Illinois and formerly of Eldon, Iowa, passed away Saturday, April 4, 2015 at Morris Hospital.

Born January 10, 1953 in Ottumwa, Iowa, Ronald Lee is a son of Marianne (Chickering) Klicker of Agency, Iowa and the late Harry Edward Klicker. He was a graduate of Cardinal High School...

Apr 3, 2015

Frances Craig

Frances Shirley Walton Craig, daughter of Allen and Ruby Walton, passed away peacefully on April 3, 2015 at 12:40 a.m. at the Memorial Hospital of Converse County in Douglas Wyoming. She was surrounded by family and friends.

Frances resided in Douglas, WY but lived most of her life in Wilmington. She is widowed...

Mar 31, 2015

Dorothy London

Age 87 of Morris passed away Tuesday March 31, 2015 at Morris Hospital.

Born April 23, 1927 in Whitewater, Missouri, Dorothy Mae was a daughter of the late William Sylvanus and Nancy (Hedge) Kinnison.  She was raised and educated in Missouri and on July 7, 1946, Dorothy married Lloyd London.  She will be...

Mar 31, 2015

Rebecca Leigh Sowers

"Becky"

Age 74 and a lifelong resident of Gardner, passed away Tuesday, March 31, 2015 at Presence Saint Joseph Medical Center in Joliet.

Born November 12, 1940 in Gardner, Rebecca Leigh was a daughter of the late John “Frank” and Josephine (Kroll) Sowers.  She was raised and educated in Gardner, and worked...

Mar 23, 2015

Kayla Hope Williams

Age 21 of Wilmington, passed away Monday, March 23, 2015 at Presence Saint Joseph Medical Center in Joliet.

Born July 27, 1993 in Kankakee, Kayla Hope is a daughter of Sharon (nee Neese) Williams and Randy Williams. She was raised and educated in Wilmington and attended Wilmington High School. Kayla took great...

Mar 21, 2015

Christine M. Henke

“Tina”

(Nee Macketta)

Age 92 of Coal City, passed away Saturday afternoon, March 21, 2015 at Morris Hospital.

Born September 12, 1922, Christine Mae was a daughter of the late Michael and Mary (Fornelli) Macketta.  She was a member of Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Roman Catholic Church...

Mar 19, 2015

Douglas L. Cotter

Age 66 of Morris, passed away Thursday evening, March 19, 2015 at the Joliet Area Community Hospice Home.

Born May 2, 1948 in Joliet, Douglas was a son of the late James L. Cotter and Burnette (nee Johnson). He was raised and educated in Morris, and graduated from Morris Community High School...

Mar 18, 2015

Vera M. Ellis

Age 85 of Gardner, passed away Wednesday, March 18, 2015 at Heritage Health in Dwight.

Born June 20, 1929 in Murrayville, Illinois, Vera was a daughter of the late George and Margaret (Simmons) Hayes. She was raised and educated in Wilmington and graduated from Wilmington High School. Vera worked many years as...

Mar 16, 2015

Dean A. Burnes, Sr.

Age 87 of Morris, passed away Monday, March 16, 2015 at Morris Hospital.

Born July 31, 1927 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Dean Albion was a son of the late Clinton Hartig and Dorothy (Bailey) Burnes. He was raised and educated in Minneapolis and was a veteran of the United States Coast Guard....

Mar 14, 2015

Yolande Fortin

Age 81 of Morris, formerly Greenville, New Hampshire, passed away Saturday March 14, 2015 in her home.

Born June 16, 1933 in Quebec, Canada, Yolande was a daughter of Elphege and Yvonne Pellerin-Bergeron.  She began her schooling in Canada, but finished grade school in Greenville, New Hampshire where her family relocated.  On June...

Mar 14, 2015

Hjordis Elizabeth Lund

"Beth"

Age 53 of Orlando, Florida, passed away Saturday evening March 14, 2015 at Hospice of the Comforter in Altamonte Springs, Florida.

Born June 3, 1961 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Hjordis Elizabeth was a daughter of the late Ardis Marie (nee Fracaro) and Donald Sterrett Lund. She was raised and educated...

Mar 10, 2015

Amy Elizabeth Berger, Ed.D was born April 24, 1967 in Chicago. Her family moved to Wilmington and she began kindergarten in Wilmington schools, graduating from Wilmington High School in 1985. She continued her education at U of I Champaign and U of I Chicago while working as a reservationist at TWA, which offered her and her family wonderful travel...

Mar 6, 2015

Donald W. Davito

“Buddy”

Age 54 of Coal City, died at home of a heart attack on March 6, 2015.

Born March 30, 1960 in Joliet, Donald William was the eldest son of the late Donald Francis and Alice Jane (McCullister) Davito. Raised and educated in Coal City, Buddy graduated Coal City High...

Mar 6, 2015

June I. Gowler

Age 90 of Wilmington, passed away Friday evening March 6, 2015 at Miller Rehabilitation Center in Kankakee.

Born July 29, 1924 in Wilmington, June was a daughter of the late Oscar and Minnie (Becker) Ginter. She was raised and educated in Wilmington. June waitressed locally for many years, before gaining employment with...

Mar 5, 2015

Jack Cobb

Age 83 of Morris, passed away Thursday morning March 5, 2015 at Regency Health Care in Morris.

Born August 15, 1931 in Glen Allen, Missouri, Jackie Lynn was a son of the late Everett Myron and Luella (Long) Cobb. He was a graduate of Woodland High School in Lutesville, Missouri and went on...

Mar 5, 2015

Helen B. Monson

Age 84 of Wilmington, passed away Thursday morning, March 5, 2015 at her home.

Born January 22, 1931, Helen Bernice was a daughter of the late Orean and Myrtle (Riggs) Adkins. She was raised in Ritchie and graduated from Wilmington High School. On September 30, 1950, Helen married Raymond Monson in Joliet...

Mar 1, 2015

Melvin Robert Mill, of The Woodlands, Texas, formerly of New Port Richey, Florida and Coal City, Illinois passed away on Sunday, March 1, 2015.

Visitation and video tribute will be held on Sunday, March 8, 2015 between the hours of 4:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. at Reeves Funeral Home, 75 N. Broadway, Coal City, Illinois. Funeral...