Central High School Illinois Alumni Obituaries

Norma Windsor age 84 on Rushville IL passed away at 1035 pm on Sunday September 24 2017 at the Rushville Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Rushville IL. She was born on June 22 1933 a daughter of John Roscoe and Gordia Eurith Benham Ford. On February 25 1952 Norma married Harold Lee Windsor in ...

Norman Thomas Welker age 82 of Macomb IL passed away Friday March 12 2021 at St. Johns Hospital in Springfield IL. He was born on October 15 1938 in Canton IL the son of Don and Jeanette Angelo Welker. On July 18 1959 Norman married Virginia Kingery at the First Christian Church in Ipava IL. She ...

Jean Martin age 79 of Astoria IL passed away at 524 am on Sunday July 29 2018 at her home with her daughter by her side. She was born on January 21 1939 in Quincy IL the daughter of Harry and Grace Ostrander Bryant. Jean is survived by her son Dan Martin of West Liberty IA her daughter Debbie and J...

Danny Lee Jones 73 was born on June 11 1950 in Rushville Illinois and passed peacefully surrounded by his children at Blessing Hospital in Quincy on June 14 2023 at 347pm. Danny was preceded in death by his father Robert Jones his mother Rita Jones and his brother Bill Jones. Danny is survived by th...

Larry J. Cunningham 77 of Vermont IL passed away at 1257 am on Friday September 12 2025 at St. Johns Hospital in Springfield IL. He was born on October 18 1947 in Macomb IL the son of LeRoy and Arizona Keith Cunningham. He was preceded in death by his parents. Larry married Rita Stambaugh on August ...

Roy Eugene Van Fossen passed away on Wednesday November 3 2021 at Grand View Memory Care in Peoria IL. He was born on August 3 1934 in Ipava IL to Clyde Van Fossen and Christina Van Fossen Shaw. He married Mary Irene Vinson in Peoria IL on August 19 1960 along with Irenes four young children. Roy...

Rebecca Lynn "Becky" Watson 59 of Table Grove Illinois passed away peacefully at her home on January 29 2025 following a courageous battle with multiple myeloma. Born on March 27 1965 in Havana Illinois Becky was the seventh child of Margaret Ann Thompson Hollenback and Roy Lee Hollenback. On August...

Carina L. Kiki Kapraun 38 of Astoria passed away on January 27 2025. She was born on November 21 1986 in Peoria IL the daughter of Bruce and Ranae Clark Welker. She married Nathan Kapraun on September 25 2010 in Chillicothe IL. He survives. Also surviving are her two children Brooks and Briar Kaprau...

Edgar E Bantz 92 of Muscatine Iowa formerly of Galesburg died on Friday December 19 2025 at home. Ed was born August 15 1933 in Danville Illinois the son of Ford D. and Audrey Canaday Bantz. He married Helen M. Helander on November 3 1962 in Chicago. She preceded him in death on November 27 2018 aft...

Elaine Natzke Schmidt, 93, died peacefully Tuesday morning, October 14, 2025, at Parkview Estates in Wayside, Wisconsin. Born on June 3, 1932, at the family home in Wayside, Elaine Elsie Lydia Natzke was the eldest child of Amos and Loraine (Kiekhaefer) Natzke. She was baptized and confirmed at Zion...

Leonard Charles Pinney went to be with his Lord and Savior on Saturday, January 3, 2026.Born on December 4, 1933, at St. Joseph's Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri, he was the beloved son of Edwin Earl Pinney and Marian Sellers Pinney.Rev. Pinney's formative years were spent in various states as his...

The Reverend C. Clifton Garris a native of Washington NC went home to be with the Lord on December 29 2025. After graduation from Washington High School Cliff enlisted in the U.S. Air Force and honorably served with the Flying Tigers as a Radar Technician from 1956 1962. Cliff attended Rollins Coll...