All Obituaries

John W. Byrne, 92, formerly of Roanoke, IL passed away on Tuesday, October 12, 2021, at the Apostolic Christian Home of Eureka. He was born on October 23, 1928, in Pontiac, IL to Ira and Vera Rittenhouse Byrne.  He married Letha Garretson on May 8, 1949, in Graymont, IL.  She survives. Also surviving are his five children, Linda (John) Blossom; Denise Byrne; Peggy (Allan) Scheirer; Mike (Sherry) Byrne; and Jeff Byrne; six grandchildren, Tim (Jill) Scheirer; Andy Scheirer; Rachael...

Lee A. Bally, 77, of Benson, IL, passed away on Monday, September 20, 2021 at OSF St. Francis Medical Center in Peoria. She was born on February 29, 1944 in Berwyn, IL. Surviving are two daughters, Anne Scholberg of Fairfax, VA; Susan (John) Meinhold of Benson; one sister, Linda (Greg) Mamman of Clayburn, TX; seven grandchildren, Natalie (Sharif) Gray; Monica Scholberg; Tara Scholberg; Kayla (Josh) Reese; Tony (Taylor) Meinhold; John Meinhold II; Kalli Meinhold; four great grandchildren,...

Lydia Marie “Libbs” Kennell, 88, of Eureka, IL passed away at 10:00 p.m. on Tuesday, August 24, 2021 at the Apostolic Christian Home of Eureka. She was born on August 30, 1932 in Belleville, Pennsylvania a daughter of Stephen and Lydia Glick Kauffman. She married Marvin J. Kennell on October 22, 1960 in Belleville, Pennsylvania. He passed away on March 22, 2006. Survivors include one daughter, Betty (Dale) Heinold of Lacon; one son, Bryant (Lisa) Kennell of Eureka; one sister,...

Maribeth Simpson, 71, of Roanoke, passed away at 1:37 p.m., Saturday, August 7, at her home. She was born November 17, 1949 in Peoria, IL to Drell and Gertrude (Toniny) Cox.  She married Oliver Simpson, Jr. in 1971 in Peoria.  He died in May of 2005. She was also preceded in death by her parents, one son Shane Simpson, one step-son Ronnie Simpson; two grandsons Marty Pitts and Camden Simpson; and granddaughter Sarah Bowen. She is survived by two sons, Timothy (Robin) Simpson of...

Gabriel “Michael” Laibinis, 40, of Highlands Ranch, CO, formerly of Newnan, GA, died late Tuesday morning, July 27, 2021 in Highlands Ranch, CO. Born April 29, 1981 in Oklahoma City to Gabriel and Sandra Laibinis.  He is survived by his father and stepmother, Gabriel and Victoria Laibinis of Highlands Ranch, CO, and his grandfather, Kurt Paternoga of Edwards, IL.  Michael was preceded in death by his mother Sandra Laibinis, grandparents, Gabriel and Rita Laibinis, and...

Beverly Ann Johnson, 67, of Roanoke, IL passed away at 12:09 a.m. on Tuesday, August 3, 2021 at Carle BroMenn Medical Center in Normal. She was born on May 22, 1954 in Crawfordsville, IN a daughter of Burl and Donita Sutter Goins. She married Gary Johnson on February 19, 2016. He survives. Survivors also include her children, Jeremiah Davis of Farmington; Destiny (Andrew) King of Peoria; sister, Rose (Miles) Thurm of Hillsboro, IN; brother, Ed (Donna) Goins of Hillsboro, IN; two...

Simeon O. “Sim” Bates, 96, of Roanoke, passed away at 9:45 am on Friday, July 16, 2021 at the Apostolic Christian Home of Roanoke. He was born on September 26, 1924 in Kansas, IL to Samuel and Nellie Osborn Bates.  He married Virginia M. Priller on June 6, 1945 in Bloomington, IL.  She survives. Also surviving is one daughter, Janice (Wayne) Tessier of Morton; two sons, Jim (Jan) Bates of Bloomington; Steve (Diane) Bates of Morton; seven grandchildren; and sixteen...

Angie Haase, 92, of Washington, formerly of Benson, passed away at 4:31 a.m. on Monday, July 5, 2021 at her residence. She was born on September 6, 1928 in the rural Benson and Roanoke, IL area to Theodore and Angeline Flohr Baumann.  She married Lloyd Haase on February 15, 1947 in Benson, IL.  He passed away on January 10, 2015. Surviving are two daughters, Sherril (Chuck) West of Washington, IL; Vicki Bittner of East Peoria, IL; one sister, Marcia Hartzler of Minonk; five...

William J. "Coach" Zeman, 67, of Roanoke, IL, passed away at 10:13 am on Thursday, February 11, 2021 at OSF St. Francis Medical Center in Peoria. He was born January 9, 1954 in Oak Lawn, IL to Frank and Joan Cuchna Zeman. He married the love of his life, Melinda Zeman on April 2, 1977 in Winfield, IL. She survives. Also surviving are his two daughters, Jayme (Dan) Magnuson of Roanoke; Heather (Curt) Schweigert of Tremont; and seven grandchildren, Brock and Reese Magnuson; and...

Keith Raymond Klein, 63, of Roanoke, passed away at 10:16 p.m., Tuesday, June 8, 2021 at OSF St. Francis Medical Center in Peoria.  He was born February 7, 1958 in Peoria to Charles and Mary (Rechkemmer) who preceded him in death. Keith was the type of guy that would help anyone.  He believed that anyone can succeed when offered the right support and modeled the teachings of Jesus by offering forgiveness and second chances to many people who surrounded him.  He was a great...