Champaign County, Illinois Obituary and Death Notices Collection (From various funeral homes in the Urbana, Danville, Champaign, Rantool, and surrounding area.) Champaign County Discussion Forum
Edgar Williamson
DEWEY – Edgar Baunta Williamson, 90, of Dewey died at 2:20 a.m. Monday (Jan. 25, 1999) at the Danville Veterans Affairs Medical Center.
Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at the Dewey Mennonite Church. The Rev. Neal Hauser will officiate. Burial will be in Grandview Memorial Gardens, Champaign.
Visitation will be for one hour before the services Thursday at the church. Lux Memorial Chapel, Rantoul, is handling arrangements.
Lucille Young
CLINTON – Elsie Lucille Young, 81, of Clinton died at 9:05 p.m. Monday (Jan. 25, 1999) at Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital, Lincoln.
Funeral arrangements were incomplete at Calvert Funeral Home, 201 S. Center St., Clinton.
Joseph Crum Jr.
BROCTON – Joseph "Joe" T. Crum Jr., 67, of Brocton died at 9 a.m. Tuesday (Jan. 26, 1999) at home.
Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Brocton Christian Church, Brocton. Virgil Haynes will officiate. Burial will be in Franklin Cemetery, Paris, with military rites by Brocton American Legion No. 977.
Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Taber Funeral Home, 221 E. Main St., Oakland.
Stephen Dowds
DANVILLE – Stephen Henry Dowds, 51, of Danville died at 5:35 p.m. Tuesday (Jan. 26, 1999) at the Danville Veterans Affairs Medical Center.
Funeral arrangements were incomplete at Barrick and Son Funeral Home, 440 N. Walnut St., Danville.
Mildred Harris
RANTOUL – Mildred Helen Harris, 98, of Rantoul died Monday (Jan. 25, 1999) at home.
Memorial services and Eastern Star ceremony will be at 1:30 p.m. Friday at the First United Methodist Church of Rantoul, 200 S. Century Blvd., Rantoul. The Rev. Robert Freeman and the Rev. Sidney Crowcroft will officiate. Private graveside services will be held at Maplewood Cemetery, Rantoul.
There will be no visitation. Lux Memorial Chapel, Rantoul, is in charge of arrangements.
Francis Hawthorne
FARMER CITY – Funeral services for Francis Andrew Hawthorne, 83, of Farmer City will be at 1 p.m. Friday at Calvert-Belangee-Bruce Funeral Home, 106 N. Main, Farmer City. The Rev. Dan Hill will officiate.
Burial will be in Maple Grove Cemetery, Farmer City.
Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.
Mr. Hawthorne died at 12:30 p.m. Monday (Jan. 25, 1999) in Gibson Area Community Hospital Annex, Gibson City.
Gretchen Heuer
SPRINGFIELD – Gretchen C. Heuer, 92, of Springfield died at 9:10 p.m. Tuesday (Jan. 26, 1999) at home.
Funeral arrangements were incomplete at Calvert Funeral Home, 201 S. Center St., Clinton.
Anna Hinrichs
THOMASBORO – Anna Margarett Hinrichs, 88, of Thomasboro died at 12:30 a.m. Tuesday (Jan. 26, 1999) at Manor Care of Urbana.
Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Immanuel Lutheran Church, Flatville. The Rev. James Lehmann will officiate. Burial will be in Kopmann Cemetery, St. Joseph.
Visitation will be from 9 to 10 a.m. Friday at the church.
Lux Memorial Chapel, 1551 E. Grove, Rantoul, is in charge of arrangements.
Clifford Holt
CLINTON – Funeral services for Clifford Edward Holt, 69, of Clinton, formerly of Waynesville, will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Calvert Funeral Home, 210 S. Center St., Clinton. The Rev. Robert Hoffmann will officiate.
Burial will be in St. Patrick's Cemetery, Wapella, with military rites.
Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.
Mr. Holt died at 12:15 p.m. Monday (Jan. 25, 1999) at St. Joseph Medical Center, Bloomington.
