All Obituaries

Virginia Mae Hadler, 102, died on March 26, 2019 at her daughter's home in Indianapolis, IN.  There will be a funeral service at 1:00pm on Saturday April 20, 2019 at Owens Funeral Home (101 N. Elm St.) in Champaign, IL.  The visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the funeral home (12:00-1:00).  Burial will be at Grandview Memorial Gardens in Champaign, IL.   Virginia was born on April 21, 1916 in Farmer City, IL, a daughter of Darius and Martha...

Dorothy J. Baldus, age 90, passed away in Urbana on April 9, 2019 at Carle Hospital surrounded by her loving, extended family. She was born in Weaver Township, Iowa to Gertrude and Joseph Lee. She was raised with five brothers and one sister who have all preceded her in death. She was a graduate of Burlington High School, Burlington,  Iowa. Dorothy married the love of her life, John, in 1948. They were together for 67 years until he passed in 2015. Dorothy was a life-long member of...

Vivian 'Vicky' Moore-Nelson, 90, of Champaign, died at 7:35pm on April 1, 2019 at Carle Foundation Hospital in Urbana.    There will be a funeral service at 11:00 on Friday April 5 at Owens Funeral Home (101 N. Elm St.) in Champaign.  The visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the funeral home.  Burial will be at Grandview Memorial Gardens in Champaign.     Vivian was born on February 18, 1929 in rural Champaign County on the Moore...

MAHOMET - Hayden Ade, 23, of Mahomet, IL passed away Friday, March 29, 2019. Family and friends may gather to remember Hayden on Tuesday, April 2, 2019, from 3-6 p.m. at The Lutheran Church of Mahomet, 410 E Andover, Mahomet. A private family service will be held at a later date.   Hayden was born Nov. 7, 1995, in Mattoon, IL, the son of Nelson Ade and Amie (Vance) Ade. He graduated in 2014 from Mahomet-Seymour HIgh School. He attended the University of Missouri, Parkland...

Marsha Lynn Hetman 67, of St. Joseph/Mahomet passed away, April 1st 2019, with her youngest son by her side. She was born to the late Claude and Dorothy (Marvel) Adkins, September 29th, 1951 in Pontiac, Illinois. She led what she felt was a “normal” life, somehow raising two sons on her own after an unsuccessful first marriage. Then she met and married Peter Hetman Jr. on April 1, 1983. They raised the boys in Mahomet and relocated to St. Joseph to downsize after the kids left...

The Author of Life welcomed Jean Yvonne Chastain Vogen to His eternal garden on March 7, 2019, in Urbana, Illinois. As the first of three daughters, her father, Homer Leon Chastain, and her mother, Ruth Erin Knox Chastain, affectionately called her Jeanie when she was born in Urbana on February 24, 1927.  They and her sister, Susan Grimm, preceded her to the Lord’s waiting embrace.  She is survived by her husband, Rolf Edward Vogen of Champaign, and her sister, Martha Brady...

James (Jim) Spencer, husband, father, brother, grandfather, uncle, cousin, musician, and long standing, devoted community member, exited his corporal being on March 24, 2019 at the not nearly old enough age of 69. Jim was born to Margaret (Mugsy) and Charles Spencer on June 30, 1949 in Danville, IL, the second of six sons, Charles, **Jim,** John, Bob, Steve, and Mike Spencer. Jim attended, and held the high honor of altar boy at Holy Cross Catholic School through his formative years, later...

Charles ‘Chuck’ Baldwin went home to the loving arms of his heavenly Father on February 12, 2019. His blessed life began in Carbondale, Illinois on December 20, 1946, son of Edsel and Mary Baldwin. He graduated from Cape Girardeau High School and received his undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University of Illinois. He began his professional career as a counselor and coach in the Mahomet school system before having a long and successful career as a counselor, associate...

Leonard T. 'Len' Yancy, 84, of Mansfield died at 1 a.m. Friday (March 15, 2019) at Farmer City Rehab & Nursing Center. There will be a funeral service at 4 p.m. Wednesday, March 20, at Blair-Owens Funeral Home, 102 E. Dunbar St., in Mahomet. The visitation will be two hours prior to the funeral at the funeral home. Military honors will be accorded by Mahomet American Legion Post 1015. In accordance with Len's wishes, he will be cremated and his ashes will be buried at a later...

Leonard Lee Cox, 95, of Champaign was called home to eternal peace at 1:50 p.m. Wednesday, March 20, 2019 at Helia Healthcare of Champaign. Family and friends were with him. Leonard was born August 22, 1923, in Ripley, IN, the son of the late Arthur and Edna Cox. He married his wartime sweetheart, Mary E. Truitt, of Champaign on August 05, 1946, at Holy Cross Catholic Church in Champaign. She survives. He was also preceded in death by five brothers (Everett, Raymond, Kenneth, Elmer and...