All Obituaries

Howard D. Nettleton, 97, peacefully passed away at 1:45 am Monday September 13, 2021 at the Gibson Area Hospital-Annex. Visitation will be held 10:00am-11:00am Thursday September 16, 2021 at Rosenbaum Funeral Home in Gibson City. Funeral services will follow at 11:00 am with Pastor Gary Fairchild officiating. Burial with military rites will take place at Drummer Township Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to The Gibson Area Hospital or to the Gibson City United Methodist...

Strawn- David Dean “Gravy” Heavilin, 69, of Strawn passed away at 3:08 PM Friday September 10, 2021 at his home in Strawn. His graveside service will be held at 11:00 am Friday September 17, 2021 at the Strawn Cemetery in Strawn. Memorial contributions may be made to the Strawn Park. Rosenbaum Funeral Home in Gibson City is assisting the family with their arrangements. David was born September 24, 1951 in Bloomington, Illinois. A son of George and Jessie McRae Heavilin. He...

Donald Eberly passed away on Thursday, September 9, 2021 at Gibson Area Hospital with his wife Sallie at his side. Don was born in Dixon, Illinois on October 4, 1933 to Isabelle Eberly. He graduated from Dixon High School in 1951. Don attended Carthage College in Carthage, Illinois and, after an interruption of three years to complete his military service in the Army, received a B.S. in Education. Later, he attended Northwestern University in summer sessions and earned his M.S. in...

Allen R. “Creek” Miller, 74, of Gibson City formerly of Piper City peacefully passed away at 4:42 pm Wednesday September 8, 2021 at The Gibson Area Hospital. A Celebration of Allen’s life will be held at a later date. Memorial contributions may be made to ASPCA. Mr. Miller was born July 30, 1947 in Fairbury. A son of Walle Durell Miller and Marion Obert Miller. He married his childhood sweetheart Sharon Curtis on February 1, 1964 in Paxton. He is survived by his loving and...

James L. Zimmerman, 88, of Gibson City peacefully passed away at his home in Gibson City on Friday September 3, 2021. A masonic service will be held at 1:00 pm Sunday September 12, 2021 at Rosenbaum Funeral Home in Gibson City. Visitation will follow from 2:00-4:00 pm. His funeral service will be 1:00 p.m. Monday September 13, 2021 also at the funeral home. An additional funeral service will be held at Lankenau Funeral Home in Pemberton, New Jersey. Visit lankenaufuneralhomes.com for further...

Robert E. "Fats" Leisure, 83, of Gibson City passed away at 2:24 pm Thursday September 2, 2021 at Carle Foundation Hospital in Urbana. Visitation will be held 12:00-1:00 pm Saturday September 11, 2021 at Rosenbaum Funeral Home in Gibson City. A Celebration of Life will follow at 1:00 pm with Pastor Gary Fairchild officiating. Memorial contributions may be made to the family. Bob was born April 7, 1938 in Dawson Springs, Kentucky a son of James and June Thomas Leisure. He...

Kenneth Slavicek, 76, of Melvin formerly of Lemont, passed away at 2:37 pm Wednesday September 1, 2021 at Carle Foundation Hospital in Urbana. Graveside service with military rites will be held at 10:30 am Friday September 10, 2021 at The Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery in Elwood, IL. Ken was born May 21, 1945 in Chicago, a son of Harold and Helen Slavicek. He married Linda Morice on August 10, 2002 in Joliet. Surviving Ken are his wife Linda Slavicek of Melvin, two sons Kenneth (Jenn)...

  Noel R. Hutchcraft, 80, of Gibson City, peacefully passed away at 10:24 pm Saturday August 28, 2021 at his home surrounded by his loving family. A Masonic service will be held at 3:00 pm Thursday September 2, 2021 at Rosenbaum Funeral Home in Gibson City. Visitation will follow until 7:00 pm. Funeral services will be held 10:30 am Friday September 3, 2021 at the First Christian Church with Pastors Ed Taylor, Rebecca Zelensky and Melissa Meers-Ebkin officiating. Burial will be in...

Leon Fairfield, 87, loving husband and dad, died peacefully at his home in Foosland, Tuesday, August 24th, 2021 at 12:40 p.m., surrounded by family. Leon was born December 19, 1933 to William (Bill) and Mary (Richardson) Fairfield and was the brother of Don Fairfield and Gail Vettorel. He married the love of his life, Marilyn (Butchie) Brown of Urbana.  They celebrated their 64th wedding anniversary on March 31st. They were the parents of three daughters, Terri (Eric) Stalter, Dawn...

Larry W. Smith, 82, of Bayles Lake Loda passed away at 5:20 am Wednesday August 25, 2021 at Carle Foundation Hospital in Urbana. A Celebration of Life Open House will be held 1:00-5:00 pm Sunday August 29, 2021 at the Elliott Amvets in Elliott. Memorial contributions may be made to the Shriners Crippled Children's Hospital. Larry was born August 30, 1938 in Elliott. A son of Elmer and Stella Wagoner Smith. He married Karen K. Gee on October 8, 1960 in Gibson City she passed away...