Byron Nourie Jr.

Byron Nourie Jr. -- St. AnneByron Philip Nourie Jr., 83, of St. Anne, passed from this life Monday (April 14, 2008) at Riverside Medical Center, Kankakee. Visitation will be from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the Clancy-Gernon-Houk Funeral Home, 214 W. Sheffield St., St. Anne, where services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday. Father Robert Coleman will officiate.Burial will be in Kankakee Memorial Gardens, Aroma Township. Mr. Nourie "Jr." was born in Beaverville, Feb. 22, 1925, the eldest of four sons of Byron H. and Bernice G. Cote Nourie.Byron graduated from Donovan High School. He married Doris E. Winroth May 17, 1947, in Kentucky. They were married for 27 years and raised four children.Byron is loved and will be greatly missed by his family and friends. He is survived by two sons, Alan Nourie (partner Cheryl Baker) of Kankakee and Phillip Nourie of Dwight; two daughters, Brenda (Marc) Emkes and Karen Nourie, both of Champaign; a brother, Dean (Nancy) Nourie of Plant City, Fla.; six granchildren, who called him Pe'pe're, Dana Nourie of Morris, Anita Nourie of Kansas City, Mo., Amber Nourie of Dwight, Jessica and Darnell Jasper of Atlanta, Ga., Lacey Emkes of Champaign, Brandi Skyy Carlson of Champaign; four great-grandchildren, Carly Obar and Jimmy Obar of Morris, and Derrick "Jr." Jasper and J da N. Jasper of Atlanta, Ga.; as well as a nephew, four nieces and several cousins.Byron was preceded in death by his parents, two brothers, Wayne and Carl Nourie; his granddaughter, Corrissa Louise Emkes; and his partner of 22 years, Mary Fortin.Byron was a hardworking lifelong farmer. He raised grain and many kinds of livestock, including his favorite, Black Angus cattle. He also retired from Roper Corp. in Kankakee after 26 years of service.Byron enjoyed attending livestock auctions and the International Livestock Show in Chicago with elder daughter, Brenda many years ago. During the 1960s he was a volunteer for the Beaverville Boy Scouts.He was a past member of the Aroma Park Boat Club. He enjoyed flea marketing and auctions and owned and operated Dad's Flea Market, in the red Papineau Grade School building for many years. He enjoyed visiting his daughter Karen's resale store Mystic Skyy's for which he coined her logo "New-used-and abused."Byron enjoyed watching ball games and game shows, raising livestock, collecting cars, shooting pool, deer hunting, boating, fishing and chewing tobacco.For 31 years he greatly looked forward to and enjoyed his annual vacation with his sons, Alan and Phillip, to Potato Lake in Wisconsin, for fishing and boating, as well as attending many fishing tournaments through the years.Memorial contributions may be given to use according to the wishes of the family.

Byron Nourie Jr.

February 22, 1925 - April 14, 2008