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ObituariesSaturday, November 22, 2008 2:09 PM CST

Gladys L. Durree
STREATOR — Gladys L. Durree, 93, formerly of rural Streator, presently of Heritage Woods, Ottawa, died Wednesday evening (Nov. 19, 2008) at Ottawa Regional Hospital.

Mark F. Kingren
PAXTON — Mark F. Kingren, 56, Paxton, died at 8:15 a.m. Wednesday (Nov. 19, 2008) at Barnes Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, Mo.

Florence V. Raube
PONTIAC — Florence V. Raube, 95, Normal, died at 1:07 p.m. Thursday (Nov. 20, 2008) at Heritage Manor in Normal. She spent the majority of her life in Pontiac, until she and her husband retired and started wintering in Clearwater, Fla. She moved to Hudson in 1994 to be near her daughter.

Josephine Shepherd
STREATOR — Josephine A. “Jo” Shepherd, 76, Frankford, Mo., and formerly of Streator, died at 3:10 p.m. Wednesday (Nov. 19, 2008) at her home in Frankford.

Emma N. Walker
GIBSON CITY — Emma Nathalia “Jac” Walker, 83, Champaign, formerly of Gibson City, died at 4 a.m. Friday (Nov. 21, 2008) at the Meadowbrook Health Center in Urbana.

Glenn D. Murphy
BLOOMINGTON — Glenn D. Murphy, 87, Luther Oaks, Bloomington, passed away at 12:05 p.m. Thursday (Nov. 20, 2008) at BroMenn Regional Medical Center, Normal.

Richard Roggenbuck
NORMAL — Richard Roggenbuck, 66, Normal, formerly of Lincoln, died at 2:41 a.m. Thursday (Nov. 20, 2008) at BroMenn Healthcare, Normal.

Robert Terry Wiser
BLOOMINGTON — Robert Terry Wiser, 63, Bloomington, died at 8 a.m. Wednesday (Nov. 19, 2008) at OSF St. Joseph Medical Center, Bloomington.

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