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Visitation:
5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Monday, April 8, 2024 at
Quiram-Peasley Funeral Home in Atlanta
Service:
Memorial Mass at St. Joseph Catholic Church in
Hopedale on Tuesday, April 9, 2024, at 11 a.m.
Funeral home: Quiram-Peasley Funeral Home, Atlanta
Obituary
Richard “Dick” L. Huffington, 85, of
Minier, passed away at his home on Thursday, March
28, 2024, at 12:14 a.m.
Visitation will be held at Quiram-Peasley Funeral
Home in Atlanta on Monday, April 8, 2024, from 5:00
p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
A Memorial Mass will be conducted at St. Joseph
Catholic Church in Hopedale on Tuesday, April 9,
2024, at 11:00 a.m. with Rev. Geoff Horton
officiating. Cremation Rites have been accorded.
Burial will follow at Funks Grove Cemetery in rural
McLean.
Richard Lynn Huffington was born December 21, 1938,
in Normal, the son of Bernard C. and Edith Koepke
Huffington. He was united in marriage to Martha A.
Chamberlin on June 3, 1958. She survives.
Dick is also survived by their children: Debbie
Huffington, Rick (Connie) Huffington, Denise (Dave)
Patton, Jill Dowdy, Tom (Tammy) Huffington, and
Mitch Huffington; grandchildren: Casey Huffington,
Dean Patton, Nicole (Alex) Taylor, Paul Calbone,
Jason Cunningham, Chelsea Dowdy, Austin Huffington,
Dylan Huffington, Cole Huffington, Taylor
Huffington, Morgan Huffington, Courtney (Kyle)
Fitch, Katlyn Phinney, Shelby Huffington, and Carter
Huffington; great-grandchildren: Caden Bradshaw,
Miles Walker, and Willow Walker; and two sisters:
Mildred Maxine Ullian and Linda Otto. |
He was preceded in death by two
grandchildren: Tyler Huffington and Anthony Calbone;
and seven siblings.
Dick was a graduate of Normal Community High School
and retired after 41 years from State Farm Insurance
Company. He raised six kids with a loving wife
teaching them to work hard and to pursue their
dreams. He enjoyed sports and was a volunteer
baseball and basketball coach for many years. Upon
retirement he loved golfing, fishing and spending
time with family. He was a member of St. Joseph
Catholic Church in Hopedale.
Memorials may be made to OSF Hospice, HOOAH Deer
Hunt for Heroes, St. Jude Children's Research
Hospital or Shriners Hospitals for Children.
Final arrangements are entrusted with Quiram-Peasley
Funeral Home of Atlanta.
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