Don Michels, 40, son of Rev. and Mrs. Earl Michels of Calhoun, passed away this morning at the St. Joseph's Hospital in Joliet after a long illness.
He was born in Olney and had been living in Joliet for several years, where he was engaged in construction work.
He is survived by his wife, Thelma Fern; a son, Earl Francis Michels III of Joliet; his parents, Rev. and Mrs. Michels; three brothers, Earl Michels, Jr. of Phoenix, Ariz.; William Michels of Bluford, and Jack Michels of Elizabethtown, Ky.; and two sisters, Mrs. Evelyn Pierson of Vergennes, and Mrs. Fairy Hawk of Joliet; a step-daughter, Mrs. Janet Alberico of Joliet; and one step-grandchild.
Mrs. Bessie Akins of Olney is a surviving grandmother, and his grandfather is Frank Long of Washington, Ind.
The remains are being returned to the Summers-Rainey Funeral Home and final arrangements will be announced later.
Obit from an Olney, IL newspaper
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He was born in Olney and had been living in Joliet for several years, where he was engaged in construction work.
He is survived by his wife, Thelma Fern; a son, Earl Francis Michels III of Joliet; his parents, Rev. and Mrs. Michels; three brothers, Earl Michels, Jr. of Phoenix, Ariz.; William Michels of Bluford, and Jack Michels of Elizabethtown, Ky.; and two sisters, Mrs. Evelyn Pierson of Vergennes, and Mrs. Fairy Hawk of Joliet; a step-daughter, Mrs. Janet Alberico of Joliet; and one step-grandchild.
Mrs. Bessie Akins of Olney is a surviving grandmother, and his grandfather is Frank Long of Washington, Ind.
The remains are being returned to the Summers-Rainey Funeral Home and final arrangements will be announced later.
Obit from an Olney, IL newspaper
(submitted by #47276653)
Don Michels, 40, son of Rev. and Mrs. Earl Michels of Calhoun, passed away this morning at the St. Joseph's Hospital in Joliet after a long illness.
He was born in Olney and had been living in Joliet for several years, where he was engaged in construction work.
He is survived by his wife, Thelma Fern; a son, Earl Francis Michels III of Joliet; his parents, Rev. and Mrs. Michels; three brothers, Earl Michels, Jr. of Phoenix, Ariz.; William Michels of Bluford, and Jack Michels of Elizabethtown, Ky.; and two sisters, Mrs. Evelyn Pierson of Vergennes, and Mrs. Fairy Hawk of Joliet; a step-daughter, Mrs. Janet Alberico of Joliet; and one step-grandchild.
Mrs. Bessie Akins of Olney is a surviving grandmother, and his grandfather is Frank Long of Washington, Ind.
The remains are being returned to the Summers-Rainey Funeral Home and final arrangements will be announced later.
Obit from an Olney, IL newspaper
(submitted by #47276653)
He was born in Olney and had been living in Joliet for several years, where he was engaged in construction work.
He is survived by his wife, Thelma Fern; a son, Earl Francis Michels III of Joliet; his parents, Rev. and Mrs. Michels; three brothers, Earl Michels, Jr. of Phoenix, Ariz.; William Michels of Bluford, and Jack Michels of Elizabethtown, Ky.; and two sisters, Mrs. Evelyn Pierson of Vergennes, and Mrs. Fairy Hawk of Joliet; a step-daughter, Mrs. Janet Alberico of Joliet; and one step-grandchild.
Mrs. Bessie Akins of Olney is a surviving grandmother, and his grandfather is Frank Long of Washington, Ind.
The remains are being returned to the Summers-Rainey Funeral Home and final arrangements will be announced later.
Obit from an Olney, IL newspaper
(submitted by #47276653)
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