Pekin, IL Obituaries

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Robert Allen Dunton passed on October 3, 2026, at the age of 76. His graveside service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Friday, October 9, 2026, at Prairie Haven Cemetery in Pekin. Cremation has been ent...

PEKIN ~ Hannah Marie Patterson, 28, of Pekin, passed away at 12:55 p.m. Tuesday, September 29, 2026 in Leland Grove. She was born on August 20, 1998 in Pekin to Christian Todd and Linda Marie (Mont...

PEKIN ~ Phylis Louise Todd, 83, of Pekin, passed away at 8:58 p.m. on Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at Carle Health Methodist Hospital in Peoria. Born December 15, 1942 in Pekin to Everett Wayne and ...

MARQUETTE HEIGHTS~ Steven Lee Clendenin,50, of Marquette Heights, IL passed away on October 1, 2026 at 1:44 a.m. at OSF Richard L. Owens Hospice Home. Steven was born on June 10, 1976 to Curtis and Fe...

PEKIN ~ Donna Rose Adkins, 96, of Pekin, passed away at 8:41 a.m. on Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at her residence. Born October 30, 1929 in Pekin to Carl and Bertha (Petri) George, she married How...

PEORIA ~ Melvin Leroy Bollinger, 71, of Peoria, passed away 7:41 a.m. on Saturday, September 26, 2026 at Sharon Elms Health Care in Peoria. He was formerly of Pekin. Born on May 14, 1955 in York Cou...

PEKIN ~ Terry Stewart Howell, 83, of Pekin, passed away on Sunday, September 27, 2026 at Carle Health Methodist Hospital in Peoria. He was born on January 29, 1943 in Fulton, Missouri, a son of Frank...

PEKIN ~ Barbara Buchanan of Pekin, IL passed away on September 26, 2026 at 3:06 p.m. at The Villas of Holly Brook. Barbara was born July 6, 1941 to Henry and Carrie Pfanz. She later married Jack Buch...

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PEKIN ~ Stanley D. Wade, 88, of Pekin, passed away at 12:06 p.m. Monday, September 21, 2026 at his residence. Born December 16, 1937 in Pekin to Eugene and Wilma (Smith) Wade, he married Shirley Ann...

PEKIN ~ Joyce Ann Barker, 82, of Eureka, formerly of Pekin, passed away on Monday, September 21, 2026 at Carle Health Eureka Hospital Emergency Room. She was born on May 23, 1944 in Danville, a daugh...

PEKIN ~ Donald Edward Durbin, 93, of Pekin, passed away at 2:35 p.m. Saturday, September 19, 2026 at OSF Richard L. Owens Hospice Home in Peoria. Born September 26, 1932 in Odin to Beryle and Eva Bel...

PEKIN ~ Brenda Lee Dickerson, 59, of Pekin, passed away on Wednesday, September 16, 2026. Born July 11, 1967 in Lowell, Massachusetts, she was the daughter of Anthony Fernandes Gouveia and Doris Ail...

PEORIA ~ David Wayne Masters, 72, of Peoria, passed away on Monday, September 14, 2026 at his home. He was formerly of Pekin and Dahinda. Born September 4, 1954 in Paducah, Kentucky to Verl Edward an...

SOUTH PEKIN ~ Dohn Wayne “Buddy” Winters, I, 81, of South Pekin, passed away at 1:20 a.m. on Wednesday September 16, 2026, at Carle Health Methodist Hospital in Peoria. Born on January 27, 1945, in ...

PEKIN ~ Philip Randal Mayberry, 60, of Pekin, passed away at 5:40 p.m. September 13, 2026 at OSF St. Francis Medical Center in Peoria. Born December 26, 1965 in Pekin, he was a son of Gary Arthur and...

PEKIN ~ Darrell Eugene Neville, 71, of Pekin, passed at 6:52 p.m. Friday, September 11, 2026 at OSF Saint Francis Medical Center in Peoria. Born February 6, 1955 in Pekin to Donald and Betty (Daniel)...

PEKIN ~ Joy Ellen Goolsby, 57, of Pekin, passed away at 6:59 p.m. Friday, September 11, 2026 at OSF Saint Francis Medical Center in Peoria. Joy was born February 17, 1969 in Pekin to Ray Goolsby and ...

PEKIN ~ Linda Kay Steenbergen, 80, of Pekin, passed away at 3:37 a.m. Saturday, September 12, 2026 at Carle Health Methodist Hospital in Peoria. She was surrounded by her family. Born September 3, 1...

PEKIN ~ Cora “Kay” Ann Weast, 73, of Pekin, passed away at 5:56 p.m. Thursday, September 10, 2026 at Carle Health Methodist Hospital in Peoria. Born on December 10, 1952 in Pekin to John Edgar and E...

DELAVAN ~ Janell Ann Meyer, 74, of Delavan, passed away on Thursday, September 10, 2026 at her home. She was born on December 1, 1951 in Jacksonville, a daughter of Narlis and Shirley (Day) Hodge. ...

PEKIN ~ Sherrill Lee Allcock, 74, of Pekin, passed away at 5:48 a.m. Thursday, September 10, 2026 in the Emergency Department of Carle Health Pekin Hospital. He was born July 3, 1952 at the Camp Robe...

PEKIN ~ Marcia Kay Zickert, 69, of Pekin, passed away at 12:15 p.m. Wednesday, September 9, 2026 at Hawthorne Manor in Peoria. She was born on July 21, 1957 in Aurora to Marvin I. and Marilyn L. (Von...

WASHINGTON~ Rodney Vannel Cox a.k.a. Thigpen, 72, of Washington, IL passed away at his home on September 6, 2026 at 7:26 p.m. Rodney was born October 29, 1953 in Saint Louis, MO to Roland Cox and Chr...

CREVE COEUR ~ Ronald Dennis Melvin, 83, of Creve Coeur, passed away at 2:12 p.m. Tuesday, September 8, 2026 at Pekin Manor. He was born November 2, 1942 to Ronald Keith and Velma Marie (Sorensen) Me...

PEKIN ~ Roberta "Bobbie" Lynn Dean, 72, of Pekin, passed away at 11:21 p.m. on September 8, 2026 at her residence surrounded by her family. Roberta was born July 19, 1954 in Pekin to Robert Kearney ...

URBANA ~ Carolyn Jean Schimpler (Jones), 72, of Urbana, passed away at 8:50 p.m. Saturday, September 5, 2026 at Pekin Manor. She was born August 3, 1954 in Monticello, Kentucky to Willard and Doris J...

EAST PEORIA ~ Mark Selah Wilson, 66, of East Peoria passed away at 10:33 p.m. on Saturday, September 5, 2026, at his residence. He was born on August 1, 1960, in Springfield to William E. and Yvonne...

HOPEDALE ~ Keith G. Conkling, 92, of Hopedale, peacefully entered into heaven on Friday, September 4, 2026 at his home, surrounded by his family. He was born on November 1, 1933 in Pekin, a son of Ke...

MARQUETTE HEIGHTS – Veronika Elisabeth Underwood, 80, passed away at 4:34 a.m. on Sunday, September 6, 2026, at OSF Saint Francis Medical Center in Peoria. Born July 26, 1946, in Amburg, Germany, to ...

PEKIN ~ Ellen Terry Lenaway, 89, of Galesburg, formerly of Pekin was called home 5:23 p.m. Friday, September 4, 2026 at Marigold Rehabilitation and Health Care in Galesburg. She was born September 3,...

PEKIN ~ William Francis "Bill" Killus, 81, of Fort Myers, Florida and Pekin, passed away at 8:54 a.m. Friday, September 4, 2026 in the Emergency Department at Carle Health Pekin Hospital. Born on Aug...

Pekin ~ Michael "Dennis" McClain, 75, of Pekin, passed away on Wednesday, September 2, 2026, at his home. He was born on December 29, 1950 in Peoria, a son of John Eli McClain and Margaret Patricia (...

PEKIN ~ Gary Lee Thorne Jr., 61, of Pekin, passed away at 6:40 a.m. on Thursday, September 3, 2026, at his residence. He was born on September 2, 1965, in Pekin to Gary Lee and Vickie (Norton) Thor...

PEKIN ~ Donald Lee Wotton Sr., 97, of Pekin, passed away at 4:12 p.m. Monday, August 31, 2026 at Pekin Manor. He was born on February 27, 1929 in Peoria to Joseph R. and Florence A. (Sanders) Wotton...

BARTONVILLE~ Deborah Black, 72, of Bartonville, passed away Saturday, August 22, 2026 at her residence. She was born in Peoria to Floyd and Caroline DeWester. Deborah married Daniel Black in May 1973...

HOPEDALE ~ Dr. Stuart James “Stu” Ruch, Jr., 101, of Hopedale, formerly of Pekin, passed away peacefully at 2:30 p.m. on Friday, August 28, 2026, at Hopedale Nursing Home. Stu was born December 27, 1...

MANITO ~ William Lloyd Burke, 65, of Manito, Illinois passed away peacefully at OSF Richard L Owens Hospice Home in Peoria Illinois. Bill was born to Della and Brown Burke and was a graduate of Peori...

PEKIN ~ Michael “Mike” Roy Brown, 74, of Pekin, passed away at 10:40 p.m. on Friday, August 28, 2026, at his home. Born February 12, 1952, in Pekin to Leslie and Lillian “Lucille” (Althiser) Brown, ...

FOREST CITY ~ Dianna Doylene (Chism) Prine, 77, of Forest City, passed away at 10:25 a.m. Thursday, August 27, 2026 at OSF Saint Francis Medical Center in Peoria. Born August 6, 1949 in Pekin to Haro...

MARQUETTE HEIGHTS ~ Brenda Sue Swearingen, 59, of Marquette Heights, passed away at 12:22 a.m. on Tuesday, August 25, 2026, at her home surrounded by her family. She was born November 30, 1966, in J...

PEORIA ~ Donald “Don” Carl Reaktenwalt, 80, of Peoria, passed away at 6:23 p.m. Monday, August 24, 2026. He was born on August 4, 1946 in Pekin to Raleigh and Ann (Keyes) Reaktenwalt. Don married Ka...

Pekin ~ Our hearts are broken as we mourn the sudden loss of our beloved son and brother. Jeffrey Paul Murray, 37, of Pekin, passed away on Sunday, August 23, 2026, in Pekin. He was born on May 17, ...

MORTON ~ Carson Angela Hays, infant daughter of Lance Martin Hays and Molly Leigh (Flannigan) Hays, was stillborn on Thursday morning, August 20, 2026 at OSF St. Francis Medical Center in Peoria. She...

PEKIN ~ Charles “Chuck” Edward Johnson, 81, of Pekin passed away at 11:50 a.m. on August 24, 2026 at OSF Richard L. Owens Hospice Home in Peoria. Charles was born August 22, 1945 in Pekin to Arthur ...

PEKIN~ Dale Merritt Ranney, 90, of Pekin, IL passed away August 21, 2026 at 11:52 p.m. at Pekin Manor. Dale was born August 29, 1935 to Arthur Ranney and Anna Lessen. He later married Elizabeth A. K...

PEKIN ~ Nonnie Louise Closen, 68, passed away at 3:33 a.m. on Saturday, August 22, 2026, at Carle Methodist Hospital in Peoria. Born April 11, 1958, in Kewanee to Jack R. and Della (Jackson) Mosley,...

STANDARD CITY ~ Henry James Huskisson, Jr., 54, of Standard City, passed away at 12:20 a.m. Thursday, August 20, 2026, at Springfield Memorial Hospital in Springfield. Born December 2, 1971, in Pekin...

Debra Joan (Brown) Glunz 64, of Pekin, passed away at 6:25 p.m. on Thursday, August 20, 2026, at her home. She was born on November 26, 1961 in Sterling, IL to Richard and Joan (Schrader) Brown. Deb...