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Visitation:
Saturday, March 11, 2023, from 12 noon to 2 p.m. at
Living Hope Christian Church in Downs
Service:
Celebration of Life Service, Saturday, March 11,
2023, at 2 p.m. at the church
Funeral home:
Quiram Peasley Funeral Home,
Atlanta
Obituary
Kevin M. Rees, 68, of Bloomington,
passed away on Tuesday, December 27, 2022, at his
home surrounded by his loving wife and daughter.
A Celebration of Life Service will be held on
Saturday, March 11, 2023, at 2:00 p.m. at Living
Hope Christian Church in Downs, Ill. with Pastor
Mark Moore officiating.
Visitation will be held from 12:00 p.m. until 2:00
p.m. at the church.
Cremation Rites have been accorded.
Kevin Mark Rees was born on May 2, 1954, in
Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, the son of William W.
and Laurette Coleman Rees. He was united in marriage
to Yvonne Watkins on March 12, 1977. She survives.
Kevin is also survived by one daughter: Katheryn A.
(Jesse) Rees Angri; twin brothers: Keith (Lisa) Rees
and Kerry (Rita) Rees; and one sister: Kelli Rees.
He was preceded in death by his parents, and two
sisters: Patricia Starr and Lois Rees.
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Kevin graduated from the Dekalb
Community College in Atlanta, Georgia. He retired
from State Farm Insurance as a Computer Analyst. He
also co-owned Hog Grins Catering while living in
Georgia.
He had many hobbies over his lifetime: cooking,
barbecuing, gardening, flower arranging, building
things with his hands, building Bible school sets,
hunting and camping, acting and singing in church
plays and singing bass in the church quartet. He
also enjoyed hiking the Appalachian Trail.
Memorials may be made to the Salvation Army or
MidWest Food Bank.
Quiram-Peasley Funeral Home is assisting the family
with arrangements.
“A good name is better than precious ointment;
and the day of death than the day of one’s birth.”
Ecclesiastes 7:1
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