All Obituaries

Alex Paulsen Bullard, 27, of Odell, IL, passed away on Thursday, June, 10, 2021 in Cornell, IL from an auto accident. He was born October 10, 1993 in Streator, IL to Paul and Sharlene (Paulsen) Bullard.  He married Kellie Pilalis on June 22, 2018 in Princeton, IL. He leaves behind his wife, Kellie, his two-year-old daughter, Halle and his seven-week-old son, Krew; his parents, Paul and Sharlene Bullard of Cornell; one sister Melinda (Reggie) Roth of Gridley, IL; one brother Matthew...

Allen E. Wilkey, 85, of El Paso, IL passed away at 7:28 a.m. on Friday,  June 4, 2021 at his residence. He was born on December 22, 1935 in El Paso, IL a son of Sydney Earl and Sadie Marguerite Hollis Wilkey. He married Mildred L. “Mickie” Durst on April 4, 1954 in Hudson, IL. She passed away on September 20, 1999. Survivors include one daughter, Kathy (Ed) Riedel of Loami, IL; one son, Greg (Sandy) Wilkey of Gay, GA; eight grandchildren; 18 great grandchildren. He was...

Steve Boswell, 70, of Kappa passed away at 1:22 p.m. on Wednesday, June 2, 2021 at his residence. Steve was born August 6, 1950 in Bloomington, IL to Hubert and Murnia (Gaston) Boswell. He was proceeded in death by his parents, son Larey Boswell, brother Chuck Boswell, sisters Stella Jacobs; Betty Murphy and infant brother Max. He is survived by 7 siblings, Lee Albert of Leroy, Bonnie Karr of Clinton, Donald (Linda) Boswell of Godfrey, Nova Friend of El Paso, Juanita Whitehouse of...

Carl William Klendworth, 85, of Dana, IL, passed away at 4:32 p.m., Saturday, May 29, 2021 at Heritage Manor in Minonk. He was born November 24, 1935 in Streator, IL to Lee and Elsie May (Powell) Klendworth.  He married Madonna Gaede on December 31, 1955 in Dana, IL.  She survives. Also surviving are two sons, Rickey Lee (Lorna Woltzen) Klendworth of Long Point, IL, John Scott (Karen Pierceall) of Washburn, IL; three grandsons, Douglas and Daniel of Jacksonville, IL and Nathan of...

Becki Lynne Martin, 51, of Eureka, passed away peacefully with her family by her side at 4:23 a.m., on Friday, May 28, 2021, at her home. She was born December 13, 1969 in Bloomington, IL to Lester and Ruth (Schmidgall) Martin.  She married Dean C. Martin on February 7, 1999 in Eureka.  He survives. Also surviving are her children, Hannah, Charity, Amos, Roy, Benjamin, Josiah and Eliza; her mother Ruth Martin of Eureka, one sister, Donna (Tim) Carr of El Paso, one brother, Larry...

LeRoy Holt Pinkham, 95, of El Paso formerly of East Peoria, IL passed away at 11:30 a.m. on Saturday, May 22, 2021 at Heritage Health Nursing Home in El Paso. He was born in Woodford County, IL a son of Roy and Alta Holt Pinkham. He married Wilma Smith on November 14, 1948. She passed away. Survivors include one brother, Rex Pinkham of El Paso, IL; one sister, Janet Armstrong of Minonk; several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents, three sons, Raymond, Paul and...

Clarence “Ed” Friend, Jr., 56, of El Paso, passed away at 6:30 a.m., Monday, May 17, 2021 at his residence. He was born April 10, 1965 in Bloomington, IL to Clarence E., Sr. and Nova (Boswell) Friend.  He first married Linda Baker on May 9, 1987 in Minonk.  She died July 13, 2018.  He later married Linda Behrens on January 9, 2020 in Eureka.  She survives. Also surviving are one son, Jason Schaab of Pekin, daughter, Jada (Brian) Hall of Bushnell, IL; sister,...

Laura Marie Patterson, 73, of El Paso, passed away at 9:30 a.m., Saturday, May 15, 2021 at OSF. St. Joseph Medical Center in Bloomington, IL.  She was born December 11, 1947 in Bloomington, IL to Ray M. and Marian C. (Havener) Patterson. Laura graduated from ISU with a bachelor’s degree in English.  She continued on at Loyola to Master in English Literature and finally received her doctorate in Library Science.  She was retired as the Director of the Library at Lewis...

Roger L. Jones, 71, of El Paso, died Thursday, May 13, 2021 at 10:20 a.m. at the St. Mary’s Campus of the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN. Roger was born on September 23, 1949 in Normal, IL, a son of John and Jeanne Monohan Jones. He married Barbara Kapraun on July 12, 1975 at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in El Paso, IL. She survives. Survivors also include two sons, Casey (Michelle) Jones of Peoria, IL, Kyle (Kari) Jones of Anderson, SC; four grandchildren, Mya (Tim Tuttle) Jones...

Betty Mae Taylor, 69, of Flanagan, IL passed away on May 13, 2021 after a courageous battle with cancer. She was born on May 10, 1952 and raised in Minonk, IL where she spent the majority of her life enjoying time with family and so many friends, her church family at The First Baptist Church of Minonk, watching her grandchildren at their various sporting events, and showing off her amazing dance skills to everyone she met! She was preceded in death by her parents, Paul and Nora McGuire; her...