Obituaries: Montgomery, Dorethy, Nickum

Jack MontgomeryJack Montgomery

Jack “Sonny” Montgomery, 62, of Fairbury, passed away at 10:15 a.m., Dec. 6 at his residence.

His funeral will be held at 10:00 a.m., Saturday, Apostolic Christian Church, Fairbury. Ministers of the church will be officiating.

Cremation will be accorded following the services.

Visitation will be held from 4-6:00 p.m., Friday, at Duffy-Pils Memorial Home, Fairbury and 9-9:45 a.m., Saturday at the church.

Memorials may be made to the family.

Sonny was born Feb. 16, 1954, in Big Springs, Texas the son of Kenneth Wright and Barbara AnnPratt Montgomery.

Surviving are his children, Jennifer Childres of West Frankfort, Amanda Schumm of Cornell, Kenny (Casey) Montgomery of Cooksville, Courtney (George) Brawner of Bloomington, and Paige Montgomery of Penn.; grandchildren, Reno, Ashley, Anna, Sam, Payton, Ethan, Brianna, and Brooklyn; and two great-grandchildren; sister, Peggy (Marty) Whitson of Louden, Tenn. and brother Adrian (Jaron) Montgomery of Aurora.

Sonny was preceded in death by his parents, step-father, Marion Meiss; and brother, Kenny Wayne Montgomery.

Sonny worked for Nichols Homeshield, Chatsworth and the Pontiac Prison. He also volunteered for the American Red Cross in Bloomington and Life Center in Pontiac.

Sonny was a veteran of the United States Coast Guard.

Condolences and tributes may be made to the family at www.duffypilsmemorialhome.com.

 

Paul Dorethy

Paul R. Dorethy, 79, of Chenoa, passed away at 11:31 a.m., Dec. 5 at Advocate BroMenn Medical Center, Normal.

His service will be at 1:00 p.m., Friday at Camp Butler National Cemetery in Springfield.  Carmody-Flynn Funeral Home, Bloomington is assisting the family with arrangements.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to the charity of the donor’s choice.

Paul was born Nov. 29, 1937 in Peoria the son of Paul W. and Gladys M. MulkeyDorethy.

He is survived by a brother, Donald (Helen) Dorethy of Hudson; four nieces and nephews, Tamara (F. Mallory) Hinklin of Grants Pass, Ore., Brian (Elena) Kuhn of Miami, Fla., Heather (E. Troy) Williams of Roswell, Ga. and Diana Dorethy of Florida; six great nieces and nephews and two great-great nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by a sister, Alleyne Delbridge and a brother, Orville Dorethy.

Paul graduated from Bradley University and served in the US Army.  He was a computer programmer for Great Central Insurance Company in Peoria for many years.

Paul was an avid science fiction reader and attended many sci-fi conventions.  He also enjoyed playing cards.

To express condolences online, please visit www.carmodyflynn.com.

Mary NickumMary Nickum

Mary Marceline McCauley Nickum, 75 of Bloomington, passed away on Dec. 6 at 1:22 p.m. at her home.

Mary’s Service will be held on Saturday at 11:30 a.m. at St.

Mary’s Catholic Church, Bloomington with Father Joseph Baker officiating.

Following the service Entombment will be held at East Lawn Mausoleum, Bloomington. Visitation will be held on Friday from 5-8 p.m. at Beck Memorial Home, Bloomington with the Rosary recited at 8pm.

Memorials may be made to Withers Trust Fund in care of Second Presbyterian Church, Bloomington

Beck Memorial Home, Bloomington is in charge of arrangements.

Mary was born on Oct. 17, 1941 in Raywick, Kentucky, the daughter of John L. and Melvina Galloway McCauley. She married Joseph Walter Nickum on April 8, 1967 in Bloomington. He preceded her in death on Nov. 2, 1992.

Mary is survived by her children; Scott Nickum of Bloomington, Greg Nickum of Lisle and Paulette Michele Svenson of Normal. Also surviving are her

three grandchildren; Megan, Blake and Sam Svenson and her brother; Tom McCauley of Louisville, Ky.

She is preceded in death by her parents and 8 brothers and sisters; Joseph Galloway McCauley, Katherine Pauline Mattingly, William Howard McCauley, James Bernard McCauley, Gloria Mae McCauley, John Lambert McCauley, Chester Harold McCauley and Richard Lee McCauley.

She is a member of St. Mary’s Catholic Church of Bloomington and worked at the Cozy Corner, Modine Manufacturing, Nestle Beich Candy Company and Eureka Williams.

She was a fan of The Chicago Cubs. She was so excited in 2016 when the Cubs won the series. She loved to play cards with her friends, and visit. Many good times were had playing cards with Marcie. She loved her church friends who would stop by to say hello from time to time. She knew her neighbors and enjoyed feeding the neighborhood squirrels.

She will be dearly missed by all her family and friends.

Online condolences may be made to www.beckmemorial.com.

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