Lynn Foster
Jan 2, 2016
Lynn Ford Foster, a long-term Danville resident and public official, died January 2, 2016 surrounded by family at her home in New Orleans, Louisiana following a very brief, and very brave, battle with cancer. She was 66 years old. Lynn Elizabeth Randle Ford, the daughter of an Air Force officer and a homemaker, was born in Tokyo, Japan on...
Roberta 'Kookie' Brewer
Jan 1, 2016
Roberta Lynn "Kookie" Brewer, age 56 of Westville, passed away Friday, January 1, 2016 at Prairie Rose Nursing Home in Pana, IL. She was born February 27, 1959 in Danville, the daughter of Robert and Wilma (McNeese) Blanton. She married Larry Brewer on July 13, 1998 in Las Vegas, NV. He survives and will miss her terribly. Also surviving...
George Bromley
Dec 31, 2015
George Bromley, age 93 of Georgetown, passed away Thursday, December 31, 2015 at 8:00 PM at Pleasant Meadows Senior Living in Chrisman. He was born July 5, 1922 in Georgetown the son of James and Lillian (Tanner) Bromley. On June 23, 1943 he married Mary M. Sanders at the Camp Carson Chapel in Colorado Springs. She preceded him in...
Brenda Cooper
Dec 31, 2015
Brenda Cooper, 63, went to be with the Lord on December 31, 2015, after a long and brave battle with cancer. Brenda was born in Danville in 1952 to William and Betty Hinton. She was preceded in death by her father. She married her college sweetheart Bill Cooper at McKinley Methodist Church in October of 1973. She and her...
Vera Fiscus
Dec 30, 2015
Vera Jean Fiscus, 87, of Danville, IL, passed away Wednesday, December 30, 2015 at North Logan Health Care Center in Danville, IL. She was born on July 6, 1928 in Armstrong, IL to Lewis and Ethel Thornton. Vera married the love of her life, Edward Fiscus on February 11, 1949 at St. Paul's Catholic Church in Danville. Surviving are...
Judith Thomason
Dec 29, 2015
Judith E. Thomason, 67, passed away on December 29, 2015, at her home in Urbana. She was born on September 21, 1948, in Champaign, the daughter of John Buren and Ruth Hanson Aldrich. Judy graduated from Champaign Senior High School in 1966. Prior to her retirement in 2000, Judy worked at Vesuvius USA in Fisher, Marco Steel in Champaign,...
Edward H Bleveans
Dec 28, 2015
Edward H. Bleveans, Jr., 80 of Danville passed away on December 28, 2015, at North Logan Health Care Center. Ed was born on September 1, 1935, in Danville to Edward and Angelita Bleveans, both who preceded him in death. His wife Florence Bleveans also preceded him in death. Surviving Ed are his daughters, Cheri (Sam) Stuart of Champaign and...
Barbara Zumwalt
Dec 28, 2015
Barbara Jean Zumwalt, 82, of Urbana, IL, passed away at 1:50 AM on December 28, 2015 at Champaign-Urbana Nursing and Rehab in Savoy, IL. She was born on October 24, 1933 in Danville, IL, the daughter of Curtis and Bessie (Marrow) Robinson. Surviving her are two sons, Jeff (Tasha Dunaway) Zumwalt and Bill (Beverly) Forbes; two daughters, Victoria Forbes...
Donald K. Thompson
Dec 28, 2015
Champaign - Donald K. Thompson, 92, of Champaign, passed away at 10:50 PM on Monday, December 29, 2015 at Carle Foundation Hospital in Urbana. He was born on June 28, 1923 in Elvaston, IL to James W. and Bertha W. (Bachman) Thompson. He married Phyllis R. Burkholder on August 31, 1947 in Chillicothe, IL. She preceded him in death...
Grace Davis
Dec 27, 2015
Grace A. Davis 96, of Danville passed away at 9:25 PM on Sunday December 27, 2015 at Highlands Regional Medical Center in Sebring Florida with family by her side. Grace was born September 15, 1919 the daughter of John and Anna (Boyd) Gilliland. On October 15, 1939 she married the love of her life Edwin M. Davis (deceased 2012)....