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Sep 14, 2016

EXCHANGE: Flower shop and owner a mainstay in Champaign

In addition to serving on the council, her husband supported Champaign Central High School, his alma mater; Chanute Air Force Base in Rantoul; and other organizations. He helped charter the Exchange Club of Champaign and was active until his death in 2001. Both die-hard Illini fans, they were also involved in the Illini Rebounders and Quarterback Club and attended games when they could. Johnston still belongs to those organizations, but admits she hasn’t been able to attend meetings or games for a few years. While that may be true, club officials said she has continued to provide them with beautiful flower arrangements, corsages and plants for raffles for meetings and luncheons. “She loves to give flowers for any occasion,” said Barb Barker, the administrator and past president of the men’s basketball team’s booster club. “If there was an event coming up that I forgot to let her know about, she would... (Washington Times)

Sep 14, 2016

Flower shop and owner a mainstay in Campustown

In addition to serving on the council, her husband supported Champaign Central High School, his alma mater; Chanute Air Force Base in Rantoul; and other organizations. He helped charter the Exchange Club of Champaign and was active until his death in 2001. Both die-hard Illini fans, they were also involved in the Illini Rebounders and Quarterback Club and attended games when they could. Johnston still belongs to those organizations, but admits she hasn't been able to attend meetings or games for a few years. While that may be true, club officials said she has continued to provide them with beautiful flower arrangements, corsages and plants for raffles for meetings and luncheons. div class="hiding" id="bodytext-page-4"... (Northwest Herald)

Apr 22, 2016

Philip Alan Whitely, 69

He grew up in the Decatur and Rantoul, Illinois area. During his early years his father was in the Air Force at Chanute AFB where his mother also worked. He was an Eagle Scout and received the Order of the Arrow designation.  After his high school graduation he attended Illinois State University in Normal, Illinois. He served in the United States Army and after discharge later attended the University of Illinois at Champaign Urbana, Illinois receiving a Master’s degree. He and his wife have lived in the Northern Virginia area since 1974, in the Sterling area for 30 years, and in the Lansdowne area for 12 years. He was a computer software engineer for the Central Intelligence Agency and for several contractors in the Northern Virginia area and retired in 2007. He has been a member of Community Lutheran Church and more recently a member of the Chapel at Leisure World, an outreach of the Galilee United Methodist Church in Sterling, Virginia. A memorial service will be scheduled at a later date. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to the Boy Scouts of America and to the Galilee United Methodist Church. Arrangements by Loudoun Funeral Chapel Leesburg, VA. (Loudoun Now)