Mary Jill Jennings

Jill was born on December 20, 1942, in Streator, a daughter of EJ and Bernadine (Farmer) Bonney. She was a 1960 graduate of Streator High School and married Harold Hagi in 1961. Jill became a licensed registered nurse after graduating from Nursing School from IVCC in 1976, along with her lifelong friend, June Kraske George.

After graduation from nursing school, she divorced and relocated to Bloomington in 1977. Jill went on to have a successful career working as a registered nurse at St. Joseph Hospital and later at Planned Parenthood for many years before retiring to spend winters at the home in California.

Jill married Norm Jennings on February 2, 1981, and they enjoyed 42 years of marriage before Norm passed in the fall of 2023. She then relocated to Carriage Crossing Assisted Living in Bloomington.

She is survived by her children, Brad (Zidzielia) Hagi of Bloomington, Betsy Harrison of Normal, Rodney Jennings of Laguna Hills, California, Mark Jennings of West Bend, Wisconsin; and six grandchildren, Uriel of Mexico City, Mexico, Caitlin of Wapella, Steven of Normal, Tara of Irvine, California, and Megan and Allison, both of West Bend, Wisconsin; and two cousins, Pam Hills of Champaign and Amy Butler of Savoy.

Jill, above all, was devoted to her husband Norm and their family. She also enjoyed shopping with her BFF June, traveling the world with Norm, and spending cold Illinois winters at their winter condo in Laguna Beach, California for the last 25 years. Jill was especially close to her daughter-in-law, Zidzielia Hagi, and loved their travels together to California and even to Tokyo, Japan in 2017.

The last three years Jill was blessed to have wonderful care givers that she loved dearly, Tena Afenyo, Amanda Tay , Shiela Vaughn, Mavis Bediaku all of Ghana, Africa.

A funeral service to celebrate the life of Jill Jennings will be held at 2:00 pm on Thursday, June 25, 2026, at East Lawn Funeral Home in Bloomington, where visitation will be from 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm, also on Thursday. Rev. Dr. Randall Perry will officiate. Interment will immediately follow services at East Lawn Memorial Gardens in Bloomington.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Humane Society of Central Illinois at https://www.hscipets.org/donate/

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