SIDNEY – Harold J. Hurd Jr., 90, of Sidney passed away at 5:38 a.m. Wednesday (March 22, 2017) at Carle Foundation Hospital, Urbana.
Private graveside services will be held at a later date. Freese Funeral Home, Sidney, is assisting with arrangements.
Mr. Hurd was born on June 9, 1926, at Champaign, a son to Harold J. and Vera Burnett Hurd Sr. He married Betty Sanford on July 30, 1950, at Champaign. She preceded him in death on March 4, 2016.
Surviving are three sons, James Daniel (Gale) Hurd of Dora, Mo., Harold Stephen (Deanna) Hurd of San Jose, Calif., and Jeffrey Paul (Jill) Hurd of Mansfield; six grandchildren, Lyndsey Hurd of Dora, Mo., Kerry Hurd of Champaign, Sara (Chad) May of Urbana, Jake (Eleesha) Hurd of San Jose, Calif., Luke Hurd of San Jose, Calif., and Alexandria Hurd of Fort Myers, Fla.; and five great-grandchildren, Korey Murphy, Emma, Jayden and Suzanna May and Charlie Hurd.
He was preceded in death by his parents and two sisters.
Mr. Hurd served in the U.S. Navy during World War II when he was a Seabee.
He was a member of Carpenters Local 44. He also co-owned Hurd and Sons Construction. He was proud to be on the crew that was contracted to build the Assembly Hall in Champaign.
He and his wife were avid fishermen.
SAVOY – Dorothy J. Oakley, 80, of Savoy passed away at 2:20 p.m. Monday (March 20, 2017) at Carle Foundation Hospital in Urbana.
LOS ALAMOS, N.M. – Melissa Gay (Wienke) Morrison, a resident of Los Alamos, N.M., passed away after battling many health problems on Thursday (March 16, 2017).
CHAMPAIGN – Lena Fern Silkey, 94, of Champaign passed away at 12:20 a.m. Wednesday (March 8, 2017) at Country Health in Gifford.
ST. JOSEPH – James A. Walle, 66, of St. Joseph passed away at 7:33 a.m. Tuesday (March 7, 2017) at his home.
URBANA – Charles Franklin Martinie, 93, of Urbana passed away on Thursday morning, Jan. 22, 2015, at Heartland Healthcare in Paxton. Cremation rites were accorded at the time.
KENOSHA, Wis. – Billie Jeanette Hess Gundlach, 88, of Kenosha, Wis., passed away at 9:47 p.m. Feb. 26, 2017, at Kenosha Hospital.