Sep 5, 2021

Linda L. Bales, 76, passed away on Sunday, September 5, 2021. She was born in Danville on October 29, 1944, the daughter of John and Edna Cohoon.

Linda is survived by her children, John (Zannetta) Haussy, Edna (Kevin) Staley, Leslie (Cathy) Roark, Lynn (Danny) Taylor, sister, Vicky Haussy, ten grandchildren, three step grandchildren, twenty great grandchildren and...

Sep 4, 2021

Montfort A. Johnsen (Monty), 96, of Danville, IL passed away on Saturday, September 4, 2021. He was born in Brooklyn, NY on April 26, 1925. He was the son of James Henry and Eltsie Wiltsie Johnsen. After completing a year of college at Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute Monty, then 17, enlisted in the U.S. Navy. For part of his four...

Sep 3, 2021

St Joseph Michael "Trey" Curtis Wagner, III, 21 of St Joseph, IL, formerly of Danville, IL passed away at 4:24 PM on September 3, 2021 at Franciscan Healthcare in Olympia Fields, IL.

Trey was born on May 30, 2000 the son of Michael Curtis Wagner, II and Jennifer Elizabeth Rauch in St. Louis, MO.

Trey...

Sep 3, 2021

Cheryl Bills McIntire of Danville passed away September 3, 2021 at Garden Court Neighborhood of Liberty Village.

Cheryl was born to Eldon and Bernice Bills at Elgin Memorial Hospital in 1955. They predeceased her, as her grandmother Emily Popp, who helped raise her.

She was raised in Barrington, Illinois, the middle of seven children. She...

Sep 2, 2021

Dorothy Isabel Grieve (ne Metcalfe) was born in Saltfleet Township, Ontario Canada on March 30, 1930 and died peacefully at Hawthorne Inn Danville, Illinois on September 2, 2021.

Preceding her in death are her parents William and Sara May (ne Widdows) Metcalfe, brother Willan and wife Zona, and husband John.

Surviving Dorothy are her three...

Sep 2, 2021

Ernest Ray Simmons, 63, of Catlin, passed away on September 2, 2021, at OSF Sacred Heart Medical Center, Danville. He was born on May 5, 1958, in Woodbury, Tennessee, to Howard Houston Simmons and Joan Richardson VanMatre. They preceded Ernie in death. Ernie leaves behind two sisters, Cheryl Simmons of Murfreesboro, TN & Debbie (Thomas Parker) Caudill of Murfreesboro,...

Sep 2, 2021

Lois Arlene Olmstead, 90, passed away on Thursday, September 2, 2021 at her home in Danville. She was born on March 18, 1931 the daughter of Herman and Rosa (Gephart) Bloemker in Chicago, IL. She married Jack Olmstead on August 28, 1949.

Arlene is preceded in death by her parents; her husband, who passed away in 2012;...

Sep 1, 2021

Marylyn Joleen Sedlacek, 75, of Georgetown, passed away at her home at 9:11pm, Wednesday, September 1, 2021. She was born in Chicago, IL, the daughter of Eddie and Bernice {Hoskins} Andruski on March 16, 1946. She is survived by her children, Nikki Jones, Renee Stone, & Paula Sedlacek; her grandchildren, Lucas Jones, Joe Stone, Carson Dubach, Maryssa Dubach, &...

Sep 1, 2021

Nora Vernell Myers, 92, of Champaign passed away peacefully at home on Wednesday, September 1, 2021

Vernell was born August 22, 1929, in Danville, Illinois to Camille Fourez Jr., and Ruby Chitwood

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Vernell married Dale E. Myers on November 21, 1948 at Hebron Methodist Church, Newtown, Illinois.

She is survived...

Sep 1, 2021

Lawrence "Lefty" Varvel, 97, passed away on Wednesday, September 1, 2021 nine days before his 98th birthday, at the Danville VA Illiana Healthcare System. He was born on September 10, 1923 the son of Ernest and Bertha (Lovelace) Varvel in Blue Mound, IL.

Lefty was preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Betty (Seilhymer) Varvel, who...