All Obituaries

Marianne K. O’Connor, 85, of Peru passed away on Sunday, March 15, 2020 at Illinois Valley Community Hospital, Peru. Cremation rites have been accorded.  Burial will be in Bohemian Nation Cemetery, Chicago.  Dysart – Cofoid Funeral Chapel will be assisting the family with the arrangements. Marianne was born on January 6, 1935 in Chicago to Walter and Emily (Zavodny) Nowalany.  Marianne’s married Roland Nordstom and later married James O’Connor, they...

Howard P. McQuilkin, 88 of Henry (formerly of Magnolia) passed away on Friday, March 6, 2020 at Heartland Health Care Center, Henry. The family is honoring Howard’s wishes to be cremated.  Dysart – Cofoid Funeral Chapel will be assisting the family with the arrangements.  Howard was born August 19, 1931, in Methodist Hospital, Peoria.  His parents were Howard P. McQuilkin “Mac” and Mil (Root) McQuilkin. After graduating from John Swaney High School,...

Betty Ann Nuske, 83 of Hennepin passed away on Thursday, March 5, 2020 at OSF St. Francis Medical Center, Peoria. Service will be at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, March 9, 2020 at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Toluca.  Pastor Nathan Johnson will officiate.  Burial will be in St. John’s Lutheran Cemetery, Toluca. Visitation will be from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. on Sunday, March 8, 2020 at St. John’s Lutheran Church, Toluca.  Additional visitation will be from 10:00 to...

Michael "Mike" J. Larkin, 77, of Hennepin passed away on Friday, February 14, 2020 at his residence. There will be a private service.  Cremation rites have been accorded.  Dysart - Cofoid Funeral Chapel, Granville will be assisting the family with the arrangements. Mike was born on December 5, 1942 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Charles and Lillian (Haun) Larkin.  He married Linda Naumann on January 16, 1965 in Spring Valley. He graduated from Hall High...

Timothy “Tim” Michael Wallace, 58, of Granville passed away on Friday, February 7, 2020 at St. Margaret’s Hospital, Spring Valley. A celebration of life will be held at a later date.  Cremation rites have been accorded. Dysart – Cofoid Funeral Chapel will be assisting the family with the arrangements. Tim was born on April 18, 1961 in Highland Park, Michigan to Donald and Regina (Pasionek) Wallace. He was a self employed carpenter and construction...

Jon A. Waldschmidt, 55, of Granville passed away on Monday, February 3, 2020 at his residence. No services are planned at this time.  Cremation rites will be accorded. Dysart – Cofoid Funeral Chapel will be assisting the family with the arrangements. Jon was born on March 10, 1964 in Spring Valley to Roy and Judy (Kays) Waldschmidt. He graduated from LaSalle-Peru High School.  Jon was a farm hand.  He worked at Diversa Forms in Peru for 15 years and he also worked at...

Sharon Kay Cress-Bennett, 64 of Granville passed away on Thursday, January 30, 2020 at Heritage Health Care, Peru. No services have been planned at this time.  Cremation rites will be accorded. Dysart – Cofoid Funeral Chapel of Granville will be assisting the family with the arrangements. Sharon was born on August 10, 1955 in LaSalle to Francis and Gertrude (Schuda) Pelszynski.  She married Andy Bennett on November 4, 1994 in Ottawa. She graduated from LaSalle/Peru High...

Roger Allen Pletsch, 78, of McNabb passed away peacefully at 1:19 pm on January 23, 2020 at OSF St. Francis Medical Center in Peoria surrounded by his loving family. Roger was born on August 6, 1941 in Spring Valley, IL to Frances (Allen) and Lewis Pletsch, they preceded him in death.  Roger married Marilyn Mills on September 2, 1961 in Magnolia, IL.  They were married for 58 years.  She survives. Also surviving are three children.  Tim Pletsch of Streator, Mike...

Carol M. Marchiando, 77, longtime resident of Standard, passed away Thursday, Jan. 16, 2020, at her residence. A Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 25, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Granville with Father Patrick DeMeulemeester officiating. Visitation will be prior to the Mass, from 9 to 10:30 a.m., at the church. The Dysart-Cofoid Funeral Chapel will be assisting the family with the arrangements. Carol was born April 11, 1942, to Andrew and Pearl...

Albert Lee “Red” Walter, 75 of Standard passed away on Sunday, January 12, 2020 at his residence. There will be no service at this time.  Cremation rites have been accorded.  Dysart – Cofoid Funeral Chapel will be assisting the family with the arrangements. Red was born on December 30, 1944 in Streator to Vernon and Ila (Briner) Walter.  He was the custodian at Riverfront Machine Company the former (S & S Tool and Die Company).  Red also worked at...