All Obituaries

Daniel A. Bushnell, 48, of Granville passed away on Sunday, April 4, 2021 at his residence. Service will be at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, April 10, 2021 at Mackey-Daws Funeral Home 202 W. Franklin, Roodhouse, IL.  Rev. Dr. Ron McNeill will officiate. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the funeral home. Honorary pallbearers are Brian Davis, Erik Maxedon, Kenneth Newton, David Pigg, Ron Allen, and Chuck Kraushaar. A second service will be held on Monday, April 12, 2021 at...

Harold “Harry” E. Faletti, 95, of Granville passed away on Monday, March 8, 2021 in Heartland Health Care, Henry. Private Service will be held at United Church of Christ, Granville.  Rev. Dr. Ron McNeill will officiate.  Burial will be in Granville Cemetery with full Military rites.  Dysart – Cofoid Funeral Chapel will be assisting the family with the arrangements. Harold was born on October 4, 1925 in Standard to John and Vivian (Taylor) Faletti.  He...

John W. Strozewski, 44, of Peoria passed away on Tuesday, March 2, 2021 at his residence. Cremation rites have been accorded.  A memorial service will be held at a later date. Dysart – Cofoid Funeral Chapel will be assisting the family with the arrangements. John was born on November 17, 1976 in Peru to Robert and Tabitha (Siebert) Strozewski. He graduated from LaSalle – Peru High School.  John was a machine operator at O’Brien Steel in Peoria. He was an avid...

Fayrene H. Dickson, 90, of Owasso Oklahoma (formerly of Granville) passed away on February 14, 2021 at Sequoyah Point Living Center Owasso Oklahoma. Cremation rites have been accorded. Burial will be in Forster Chapel Cemetery, Searcy, Arkansas. Dysart – Cofoid Funeral Chapel will be assisting the family with the arrangements. She was born on January 13, 1931 in Searcy, Arkansas to Henry and Carrie (Jowers) Benton. She married Albert Slaughter in 1947 and they moved to Illinois in...

Clark H. Irven, 71, of Magnolia passed away peacefully on Wednesday, February 10, 2021 at OSF St. Francis Medical Center, Peoria with his wife of almost 50 years and his long time best friend at his bed side. He was born on February 18, 1949 in Chicago to Eugene and Merry (Sonnenshine) Irven.  He attended Junior Military Academy in Chicago grades 1 through 8, St. George High School in Evanston, and received his Bachelor of Science at Christian Brothers College in Memphis. Clark...

Dolores Johnson, 68 of McNabb, formerly of Phoenix, Arizona passed away peacefully with her family by her side to be with her Heavenly Father on February 3, 2021 at OSF St. Francis Medical Center, Peoria.  A Celebration of Life will be held at Emmaus Lutheran Church in McNabb on Saturday, February 27th at 3 pm for family and friends.  Cremation rites have been accorded. Dysart-Cofoid Funeral Chapel will be assisting the family with the arrangements. Dolores was born on May 17,...

Kevin M. Campbell, 68, of Granville died on Thursday, January 28, 2021 at Hines VA Hospital in Hines, Illinois. Cremation rites have been accorded.  A celebration of life and military honors will be held at a later and safer time.  Dysart – Cofoid Funeral Chapel is assisting the family. Kevin was born on June 8, 1952 in Kewanee to Glen Roy and Elizabeth Louise (Mitchell) Campbell.  His family moved to Putnam County in 1954. He graduated from Putnam County High School...

Mary Lou (Sammons) Balestri, 84, of St. Louis, MO, died on Monday, January 25, 2021 at Dougherty Ferry Assisted Living & Memory Care in St. Louis MO. There will be a private service on Saturday, January 30, 2021.  Rev. Dr. Ron McNeill will officiate.  Burial will be in Granville Cemetery, Granville. Dysart – Cofoid Funeral Chapel will be assisting the family with the arrangements. She was born July 23, 1936 in Streator, IL to John and Frances (Snyder) Sammons. She...

David “Dave” Joseph Pettit, 50, of Mark passed away on Saturday, January 16, 2021 at his residence with his loving family and friends by his side. There will be a private service at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, January 20, 2021 at Dysart – Cofoid Funeral Chapel, Granville.  Fr. Patrick DeMeulemeester will officiate the service and Rev. Karen Karczewski will be assisting.  Cremation rites will be accorded following the service. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. on...

Charles “Chuck” E. Doyle, 96 of Standard passed away on Wednesday, December 30, 2020 at St. Margaret’s Hospital, Spring Valley. The family will be honoring his request, that there be no services.  Cremation rites have been accorded. Dysart – Cofoid Funeral Chapel will be assisting the family with the arrangements. Charles was born on January 11, 1924 in Lovington, IL to Bernard and Elsie (Diding) Doyle. They moved to Standard when Chuck was four years old,...