Donald Young Nugent, 68, of Normal, passed away at 5:34 p.m. on May 18 at his residence.
Per Donald’s wishes, cremation rites have been accorded. His memorial service will be held at 3:30 p.m. on Saturday at Kibler-Brady-Ruestman Memorial Home in Bloomington with Pastor Stephen Jeffreys officiating. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service Saturday at the memorial home. Full military rites will be accorded by the Bloomington-Normal American Legion Honor Guard.
Memorials may be made to Community Cancer Center in Normal, Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University, Wounded Warriors or Advocate BroMenn Hospice.
Donald was born on Sep. 26, 1946 in Charlotte, N.C., a son of Robert and Jean (Young) Nugent. He married Mary Beth Sovanski on Sep. 1, 1990 in Bloomington.
Surviving are his wife, Mary Beth Nugent of Normal; a son, Peter (McCrae) Holly of Hudson; three grandchildren, Sophia, Grant, Piper; a sister, Scotchie (Robert) Harrington of San Diego, Calif.; two nieces, Jan Squyres of Austin, Texas, Martha Truitt of McAllen, Texas; and two nephews, Michael Squyres of Fallbrook, Calif., John Squyres of Austin, Texas; cousins, Betsy Dickson of Littleton, Colo., Joyce Blenkush of Minneapolis, Minn. and Peg Brown of Baltimore, Md.
He was preceded in death by his parents.
Donald proudly served his country in the U.S. Marine Corps During the Vietnam conflict. He was employed as a personnel director at Tidewater Marine Services in Santa Barbara, Calif.
He was an outdoors man, he loved nature, camping and fishing. Donald had many different interests, especially history.
Online condolences and memories of Donald may be left for the family at kiblerbradyruestman.com.
Cheyenne Lemerand
Cheyenne M. Lemerand, 16, Fairbury, died at 11:04 a.m. on May 17 at OSF St. Francis Medical Center, Peoria.
A funeral service will be held at 2:00 p.m. Sunday at the 1st Baptist Church, Fairbury with Pastor Steve Anderson officiating. Burial will be in the South Graceland Cemetery, Fairbury.
Visitation will be 2:00 to 7:00 p.m. Saturday and 1:00 to 1:45 p.m. Sunday, also at the church. In lieu of flowers the family suggests memorials be given to the Cheyenne Lemerand Memorial Fund. Duffy-Pils Memorial Home, Fairbury is in charge of arrangements.
Cheyenne was born September 18, 1998 in Bloomington.
Survivors include her parents, Evan (Carrie) Lemerand, Fairbury and Melissa (Jeff) Murphy, Princeton, Ky., paternal grandmother, Stephanie Stutzman, Walton, Ky., maternal grandmother, Sandra Pritchard, Shelbyville, Ill., step paternal grandparents, Paul and Patricia Wallis, Whitehall, Ill., step paternal grandmother, Dotty Roberts, Danville, Ill., 5 sisters, Sharee Lemerand, Fairbury, RaeLynn Murphy, Princeton, Ky., Kayla Livengood, Fairbury, Kourtney Livengood, Chenoa, Samantha Whitledge, Henderson, Ky., 3 brothers, Kyle Livengood and Kory Livengood, both of Fairbury and Reagan Murphy, Princeton, Ky.
Cheyenne was a fiery sophomore at Prairie Central High School who could make you laugh and was quick to give a hug. She participated in the school band, choir and marching band flags. She also was a member of the 1st Baptist Church, Fairbury and loved working with the children who attended the church AWANA program.
An online guest registry is available at www.duffypilsmemorialhome.com.