Danville High School Illinois Alumni Obituaries

Marilyn Louise Cox McCubbin 93 of Danville IL passed away at 1245 AM on January 24 2026 at Goldwater Care in Danville IL.Marilyn was born the daughter of Marrold and Kathleen Webster Cox on October 10 1932 in New Goshen IN. She married Harold Eugene Tony McCubbin on October 7 1951 and he preceded he...

Durelle Louis Williams Sr. peacefully transitioned into eternal rest on January 22 2026 at 545am at Corewell Health William Beaumont University Hospital in Royal Oak MI. Durelle Louis Williams Sr. was born on February 13 1951 in Danville IL to Claxton Harmon Williams Sr. and Fostina Philpott William...

Born on March 24 1947 in Bay Springs Mississippi to Adline and U.M. Duckworth Annie Anna Doris Gunn peacefully transitioned into eternal rest on December 19 2025. She was preceded in death by her husband Jimmy Gunn her beloved parents and eleven cherished siblings. Anna moved to Danville Illinois at...

Curtis Edward Gidding passed from this life on Saturday December 20 2025. He was born in Danville Illinois on October 17 1945 and was adopted by Carl and Helen Gidding. He graduated from Danville High School in 1963 and from Rose Polytechnic Institute in 1967 earning a Bachelor of Science degree in ...

Doris Ann Bostic 66 passed from this earthly life on Tuesday December 16 2025 at her home in Danville Illinois. Doris was born on July 191959 in Webb Mississippi as the first child of Leroy and Willie Robinson and was briefly united in marriage to Alfred Bostic in 1982. Doris graduated from Danville...

Stephen Donald Cunningham 68 of Danville formerly of Oaklawn IL and Cape Coral FL passed away at 736am on December 19 2025. Steve was the youngest child of Dorothy Broderick and Wayne Cunningham. They both preceded him in death Stevie Don as he was affectionately known graduated from Schlarman High ...

Of Pittsburgh passed away on Saturday October 18 2025 surrounded by her loved ones. Jera was born on February 3 1985 in Danville IL to Derek and Tammy Collom Baker of Ridge Farm IL. She moved to Pittsburgh in 2005 to be with her best friend and love of her life Joe who will miss her deeply. Jera gra...

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...

Sylvia Ann Sleva 90 of Westville passed away peacefully on January 30 2026 at Hawthorne Inn in Danville where she had been a resident for the past 5 years.Sylvia was born March 20 1935 at home in Westville to John and Elizabeth Shaffer Sleva. She was the second of 5 children. She attended Saint Mary...

South Paris - Lloyd Alex Watt passed away peacefully November 28th, 2025, at the Maine Veterans’ Home in South Paris after many years of battling Parkinson’s disease and metastatic prostate cancer-right up to the end; he was a fighter.Lloyd was born July 24, 1941, in Blanchard, Maine, to Rena Mae (F...

Robert Paul Noggle 78 born on November 29 1947 in Clinton Indiana passed away on February 5 2026 at the VA Medical Center in Danville Illinois after a long and courageous battle with cancer. Robert affectionately known as Bob spent his early years growing up on a farm in Georgetown Illinois where he...

Today we celebrate the precious life of Mrs. Bessie Mae Ransom Simon McDuffie. A beautiful woman who has moved through life with grace dignity kindness and compassion. Bessie was born to Samuel and Azilee Ransom on November 14 1942 in Rembert South Carolina. She attended public schools in Lee County...

Thomas N. Horton of Tilton Illinois passed away on Friday January 16 2026 at The Waters of Covington Nursing Home in Covington Indiana. A Memorial Visitation will be on Saturday February 7 2026 from 13pm at Kruger Funeral Home10 E. Williams Street in Danville. Tom was born to James T. and Wanita Boz...

Charles T. Tom Taylor 91 of Jacksonville Illinois died December 3 2025 Surrounded by his family at Jacksonville Memorial Hospital. Tom was born in Champaign on April 15 1934 the son of Harold L. and Audrey Dodds Taylor. He graduated from Champaign High School in 1952. Tom married Marilyn Ruth Shaw o...

Jean was born to Willis B. Kilpatrick and Wilda Law Kilpatrick in Oneonta New York on August 1 1923. Willis was a Presbyterian minister and Wilda an at home mom and elementary school Math teacher. The family moved to Greenfield Ohio in the mid1920s where Willis became the pastor of the First Presbyt...