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Joe Nohl Obituary
MORTON - Joseph A. "Joe" Nohl, 67, of Morton, passed away at 6:05 p.m., Thursday, July 21, 2016, peacefully with family and friends by his side.
He was born on Oct. 19, 1948 in Peoria, Ill., to Louis "Rocky" and Ruth (Huette) Nohl.
Surviving are his mother, Ruth; two brothers, Dan (Kendra) Nohl of Aurora and Roger (Kelly) Nohl of Morton; three nephews Curtis (Val) Nohl of Washington, Phil (Jen) Nohl of Aurora, and Brent (Amy) Nohl of Prairie Village, Kas; three nieces, Melissa (David) Yorton of Carnas, Wash., Valerie Nohl of Washington, and Caroline Nohl of Morton; four great-nephews and one great-niece.
He was preceded in death by his father and one sister, Diana Lou Nohl.
Joe graduated from Illinois State University in 1971. He taught one year at Southwood Junior High School in Country Club Hills and three years at Alwood High School in Woodhull, Ill. He then worked for the city of Morton for 35 years, retiring in 2010, as the Assistant to the Superintendent of Public Works. Joe served as the Village Clerk from Oct. 2007 until July 2016.
He was a member of the Bethel Lutheran Church for 50 years where he served as choir director for 38 years.
Joe loved music and singing which translated into years of participation in Morton Men of Music, Morton Civic Chorus, and performed in musicals at Peoria Players, Eastlight Theatre, Conklin Theatre and Corn Stalk Theatre.
Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. at Bethel Lutheran Church in Morton on Tuesday, July 26, 2016, with Pastor Jeff Anderson and Pastor Mark Anderson officiating. Visitation will be from 4-7 p.m., Monday, July 25, 2016 at Knapp-Johnson Funeral Home in Morton and 9:30 - 10:15 a.m., Tuesday at the church. Burial will be in Morton Apostolic Christian Church Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, the family has requested memorials may be made to the Central Illinois Memorial Kidney Fund, Bethel Lutheran Church or Peoria Players Theater.
Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.knappjohnson.com.
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Steve Fleming
August 3, 2016
My condolences to Ruth and her sons in the passing of dear Joe. He was part of a close circle of my friends there in Peoria when I was young. Always bubbly, amiable and upbeat he was such fun to spend time with. I always considered him a dear and faithful friend.
Besides his contributions to the City of Morton and local church service, he was very active in local community theater which he loved so much. I was so sorry to hear of his sudden illness and had listed him in our church prayer book; asking for comfort to his loved ones and an easy passing for Joe. i did not know until just now that he had passed. .
I send prayers for solace, for comfort to his family, with whom he was so very close and, I know, he loved dearly.
Cathy Schmidgall Bartlow
July 30, 2016
So sorry to learn of Joe's passing!
Cathy and Richard Bartlow
July 27, 2016
Dear family of Joe
Sending my thoughts and prayers in your lost of such a nice person. Remembering Joe, quiet, always with a smile, at our Central Illinois Municipal Clerks Organization meetings that he attended.
With my sympathy,
Sue E. McMillan
Pekin City Clerk
Earl Gerber
July 25, 2016
Dear family of Joe
We send our deepest sympathy at this time of loss. We always enjoyed meeting him at our reunions. May God be your comfort. We can't get to visitations very often as Earl can't stand in line long since his broken femur.
Our love & prayers,
Earl & Esther Gerber
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Ed and Roxanna Kuebler
July 23, 2016
Sending all of you our thoughts and prayers at this difficult time.
Karen Austin-Joslin
July 23, 2016
My thoughts and prayers go out to the family. I am so glad that Joe was well enough to bring his Mom, Ruth, down to the Austin strawberry patch one more time in June. I clearly remember the day Joe and I connected when we had our first rehearsal for Evita many years ago!
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