Peoria High School Illinois Alumni Obituaries

   Alice Irene Impens, 97, of Moline, passed away Wednesday, January 7, 2026, surrounded by family at Clarissa C. Cook Hospice House, Bettendorf.   A Mass of Christian Burial will be at 9:30 am, on the 12th day of January, 2026, at Sacred Heart Church, Moline. Visitation will be ...

Linda Z. Shaw 78 of Macomb passed away at 527 p.m. Tuesday December 16 2025 at OSF St. Francis Medical Center in Peoria. She was born in Macomb on April 11947 to Robert Lyle and Barbara Ellen Wickert Parry. She married Gail Scott on January 8 2016. She survives. They were together for 43 years. Also...

Charles "Tom"Walker died on January 11, 2026 in Peoria. He was born on December 20, 1948 to Charles and Marcelle Walker in Carrollton, Illinois He married the former Linda Plogger. They later divorced. Tom is survived by one son, Sean (Jennifer) Walker of Land o Lakes, FL; two grandchildren, Nathan ...

Joan Phyllis Elden 89 of Geneseo IL passed away on Wednesday January 7 2026 at Hillcrest Home in Geneseo IL. Memorial service will be held at 1100 AM on Saturday January 17 2026 at First Lutheran Church in Geneseo with Rev. Laura Kamprath officiating. A memorial visitation will be held at the church...

Mr. Gary Scott Lybarger 58 of Galesburg Illinois passed away at 1036 a.m. Friday December 19 2025 at OSF St. Francis Medical Center in Peoria Illinois surrounded by his family. Scott was born January 25 1967 in Monmouth Illinois to Gary D. and Elva Bickell Lybarger. He married Ann Hebbeln on Septemb...

Mr. Roger Dean Parr 80 of Galesburg Illinois died at 312 p.m. on Tuesday December 9 2025 at Loft Nursing Home in Peoria Illinois. He was born January 21 1945 in Galesburg to Wilbur Webb Argast and Lillian Ione McNeil. Roger wed three times proving he never did anything halfway including love and com...

Connie S. Rucker 80 of Galesburg died at 1238 p.m. Wednesday January 14 2026 in Seminary Manor. She was born August 2 1945 at Galesburg Cottage Hospital the daughter of L. Clark and Vera M. Randall White. She married Dale K. Rucker on November 1 1969 at the First Christian Church in Galesburg. He pr...

Jenna Sue Thomas age 78 of Peoria Illinois passed away at 730 p.m. Monday December 8 2025 at her home. She was born on September 12 1947 in Canton Illinois the daughter of Robert E. and Eva E. Cooper Horwedel. She married Steve Thomas on May 5 1978 in Rushville Illinois. He survives. Also survi...

Bernard D. Dixon age 96 of Astoria Illinois passed away at 825 pm on Saturday April 19 2025 at The Arc in Chillicothe Illinois. He was born on February 26 1929 in Bluff City Illinois the son of Kenneth Lyle and Fern Ida Gould Dixon. He married Nedra Irene Avery on January 23 1954 in Olathe Kansas....

M. Luann Davis passed away at her residence in Galesburg Illinois at 215 am on Friday September 6 2024. She was born on March 12 1940 in Canton Illinois the daughter of Harold and Nelda Jo Smith Burgard. She was a 1958 graduate of VIT High School and enjoyed cheerleading for the athletic teams. A...

Mary Irene Vinson Van Fossen transitioned to her heavenly home to join her husband on November 1 2022 at Richard Owens Hospice Home in Peoria IL. Irene was born on May 9 1933 in Denton Hollow Alabama the second of five children to Johnny C. and Grace Frost Vinson. She married Roy Van Fossen on Augu...

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...

Jack Albert Bloomfield 92 of Monument Colorado passed away on January 12 2025. Born on May 17 1932 in Kansas City Missouri and adopted by Otis and Grace Bloomfield as an infant. He was a devoted husband to Phyllis for 70 years and a fun loving father to Mark and Patrick. Jack loved sports and gradua...

Terry L. Royer 66 of Peoria passed away on Tuesday April 19 2016 at 245 pm at OSF St. Francis Medical Center in Peoria. He was born on October 12 1949 in Rushville IL the son of Virgil Royer and Lela Collins RoyerRay. Terry married Connie Bair on August 15 1970 in Astoria. Connie and baby preceded h...

MIke E. Shawgo age 64 of Astoria passed away at 1258 am on Sunday January 24 2016 at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago IL. He was born on July 6 1951 in Canton a son of Max and Thelma Loughary Shawgo. He married Marilyn Hammond on May 29 1990 in Astoria. She survives. Also surviving are f...

Betty L. Brown age 94 of Peoria IL formerly of Chillicothe passed away at 734 pm on Saturday May 27 2017 at the Apostolic Christian Skyline Nursing Center in Peoria. She was born on March 26 1923 on the family farm in Astoria the daughter of Harve S. and Edna Mary Gruber Ruth. On March 17 1946 Bet...

Marie Louise Strehlow Foster 96 of Peoria died peacefully on February 25 2021 with her loving children by her side. She was born June 16 1924 in Peoria IL to Gladys and Paul Valentine Strehlow. Marie graduated from Peoria High School in 1942 and the University of Arizona in Tucson in 1946. She marri...

Larry A. White age 78 of Canton IL passed away at 139 am on Saturday December 13 2014 at OSF St. Francis Medical Center in Peoria IL. He was born on April 29 1936 in Lewistown IL the son of John and Catherine Wilson White. Larry married Betty J. Wright on November 14 1956 in Lewistown IL. She surviv...

Linda J. Phillips 73 of Macomb IL formerly of Astoria IL passed away at 659 pm on Sunday May 5 2024 at The Elms in Macomb IL. She was born on April 22 1951 in Peoria IL and raised in Astoria the daughter of Forrest and Naomi Welker Phillips. Linda was a graduate of Astoria High School and would go o...

Mary Frances Ogilvie Cassidy 96 died on Sunday morning August 10 2025 at the Elms in Macomb IL. She was born on January 3 1929 in Beardstown Illinois a daughter of C.R. and Frances Birnbaum Ogilvie. She married William Cassidy on June 8 1947 in Beardstown. He preceded her in death on January 2 2009....

Dale Phillip Martin 84 of Beardstown IL formerly of Athens IL passed away on Monday June 12 2023 at Heritage Health in Beardstown IL. He was born on September 27 1938 in Barry IL the son of Arthur and Mary Dehart Martin. He married Judith Kay Hunsley on April 22 1993. She preceded him in death on Ja...

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...

Harold Horwedel age 85 of Vermont IL passed away at 745 pm on Wednesday March 18 2015 at Wesley Village in Macomb IL. He was born on November 13 1929 in Vermont the son of Bernard and Leona Aten Horwedel. Harold married Mary Green on March 6 1955 in Peoria Heights IL. She survives. Also surviving ar...

Nicholas L. "Nick" Hamm age 69 of Astoria IL passed away at 948 am on Tuesday August 9 2016 in the ER at the Mason District Hospital In Havana IL. He was born on September 30 1946 in Canton IL the son of Auston Jack and Mary Josephine Markley Hamm. He married Linda C. Dorich on June 24 1967 in Ast...

Thomas F. France Jr. 79 of Galesburg IL passed away at 1244 pm on Saturday February 3 2018 at Cottage Hospital Emergency Room in Galesburg. He was born on Thursday July 7 1938 in Canton IL the son of Thomas and Mildred Hamm France. Survivors include his 2 daughters Melinda and Naji France Al Jabry o...

Frances K. Johnson age 97 of North Manchester IN formerly of Astoria IL passed away at 730 pm on Wednesday October 15 2014 at Timbercrest Healthcare Center in North Manchester. Frances was born on November 8 1916 in Brantford North Dakota the daughter of William and Maude Miller Deardorff. She marri...

Joseph "Joe Bob" Cassidy age 56 of Vermont IL passed away at 1235 pm on October 19 2015 at McDonough District Hospital in Macomb IL. He was born on August 9 1959 in Macomb the son of Thomas and Luann Ridenour Cassidy. Joe Bob married Georgia Horwedel on November 24 1990 in Table Grove IL. She surviv...

Charles N. "Norm" Green age 79 of Vermont IL passed away at 515 pm Tuesday June 2 2015 at OSF St. Francis Medical Center in Peoria IL. He was born on November 9 1935 in Bernadotte IL a son of Delno and Mary VanFossen Green. Norm married Nobuko Omine on March 16 1969 in Okinawa Japan. She survives...

Terry P. Smith "Smitty" 66 of Vermont IL passed away at 554 am on Monday September 21 2020 at OSF St. Francis Medical Center in Peoria IL. He was born on Tuesday November 10 1953 in Rushville IL the son of Paul and Marjorie Haney Smith. Terry married Suzie Adcock on April 11 1981 in Vermont. She sur...

Robert D. Adkins 92 0f Astoria IL passed away at 1208 am on Sunday January 11 2026 at The Elms in Macomb IL. He was born on May 22 1933 the son of Jody Carroll Adkins Sr. and Gladys Adkins Davis. Robert married Margie Mae Altig on March 26 1955 in Indiana. He later married Janet Hibbert on October 3...