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Obituaries: Singer
Joseph SingerJoseph "Joby" Singer, 78 of Cropsey, passed away at 6:00 p.m. Nov. 3 at Good Samaritan Nursing Home, Pontiac.Visitation will be 1:00 to 4:00 p.m., Saturday at Duffy-Pils Memorial Home, Fa...
Nov 04, 2015
Obituaries: Sparks
Elva SparksElva "Jean" Sparks, 91 of Fairbury, died at 8:45 a.m., Oct. 29 at Fairview Haven Retirement Community, Fairbury.Her visitation will be from 1:30 to 3:00 p.m., Sunday at Duffy-Pils Memorial ...
Oct 30, 2015
Obituaries: Breitweiser, Sprague, Tallon, Wiley
Virginia BreitweiserVirginia Caroline Breitweiser, 94, of Bloomington, passed away at 10:25 p.m., Friday, Oct. 2015 at Heritage Health in Normal.Her memorial service will be at 11:00 a.m., Friday, Oct...
Oct 26, 2015
Obituaries: Casey, Diggle
John CaseyJohn Michael Casey, 84, Fairbury, died at 6:50 a.m. Oct. 21 at his residence, Fairbury.Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday at Duffy-Pils Memorial Home, Fairbury with Fr. Sc...
Oct 22, 2015
Obituaries: Parent, Deavers
Carol ParentCarol Ann Parent, 74 of Gridley, died at 10:11 p.m., Oct. 20 at OSF St. Joseph Medical Center, Bloomington.Cremation rites have been accorded with a memorial service at 11 a.m., Saturday a...
Oct 21, 2015
Humans vs. smartphones
Author Sherry Turkle. Photo credit: Peter Urban.In the digital age where a connection to friends, acquaintances and the workplace has never been more prevalent, it would seem our ability and willingne...
Oct 18, 2015
Obituaries: Sochotsky, Swank, Youngs
Stephen SochotskyStephen M. Sochotsky, 54, of Bloomington, passed away on 8:45 p.m. on Oct. 14 at his residence.A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. on Sunday at his daughters home at 2165 Heathe...
Oct 16, 2015
Obituaries: Fields, Vogel
Darlene FieldsDarlene Helen Fields, 79 of Apache Junction, Ariz.; formerly of Chenoa, died Oct. 11 in Mesa, Ariz.Funeral services for Mrs. Fields will be 11 a.m., Tuesday at Duffy-Pils Memorial Home, ...
Oct 15, 2015
Obituaries: Modine
BLOOMINGTON- Austin James Modine, infant son of Wes and Kary Modine, passed away in his parents' arms at 7:32 p.m. on Tuesday, October 6, 2015, at OSF St. Francis Medical Center in Peoria.A private fa...
Oct 14, 2015
Cranking out the hits
Contemporary Hit Radio thrives on short playlists. Of the 10-15 songs that dominate the airwaves at any given time the same small group of behind-the-scenes superstars are writing or co-writing the ma...
Oct 11, 2015
