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Visitation:
4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Friday May 31, 2024, at
Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Mt. Pulaski.
Service:
A Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10 a.m.
Saturday, June 1, 2024, at St. Thomas Aquinas
Catholic Church in Mt. Pulaski
Funeral home:
Fricke-Calvert-Schrader, Mt. Pulaski
Obituary
Vincent “Vinny” Bernard Trauner, 16,
passed away at Springfield Memorial Hospital in
Springfield, Illinois on Saturday, May 25, 2024.
Vinny is survived by his parents, Maureen and Jim
Trauner, and younger sister, Olivia, of Elkhart,
older brothers, Jake Trauner of Springfield, and
John Henry Trauner of Lincoln, and dear friend and
cousin, Eli Trauner, of Richardson, TX. Also
surviving are numerous uncles, aunts, and cousins.
He was preceded in death by his older sister,
Rosemary Trauner; aunt, Melissa Trauner; cousin,
Katie Bell; paternal grandparents, Clara and Bernard
Trauner; and maternal grandparents, Juliann and Roy
Tinder.
Vinny was born on May 19, 2008, in Eminence,
Indiana. When still very young, he and his family
moved to Elkhart, in Central Illinois, where Vinny
enjoyed spending time with family and friends and
exploring the environs of the quiet, close-knit
community. He attended Mt. Pulaski Grade School and
Mt. Pulaski High School and was actively involved in
a range of sports and other activities over the
years, including Drama, Air Soft, and loved riding
his motorbike. Each summer, he enthusiastically
joined in the grueling task of detasseling corn,
working his way into a leadership position in his
crew.
He had a deep knowledge of particular aspects of the
U.S. military, took great pride in both his American
heritage and Slovenian ancestry, and often expressed
his abiding love for Casey’s pizza and his dad’s
barbeque. |
He was highly regarded and well-liked
by family, teachers and coaches, and his many
friends for his pleasant nature and wry sense of
humor. He regularly received the Sacraments with his
family and often volunteered to read from Holy
Scripture to the congregation during Sunday Mass.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be at
10 a.m. Saturday, June 1, 2024, at St. Thomas
Aquinas Catholic Church in Mt. Pulaski, with Rev.
Joseph Dondanville officiating.
Visitation will be from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Friday May
31, 2024, at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in
Mt. Pulaski.
A private family Rosary will be recited prior to the
visitation.
His cremated remains will be laid to rest at a later
date beside his sister, Rosemary, and grandparents,
Clara and Bernard Trauner, at Calvary Catholic
Cemetery in Indianapolis Indiana.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to St.
Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church.
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