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Joe Ratliff Obituary

Champaign - Joe Ratliff, 79, of Champaign, died Tuesday (Nov. 4, 2025) at Carle Foundation Hospital, Urbana.
A celebration of life will be at noon Friday at the Church of the Living God, 312 E. Bradley Ave., Champaign. Burial will be at Grandview Memorial Gardens, Champaign. Visitation will be from 4 to 6 p.m. Thursday at Leek & Sons Funeral Home, 1215 W. Bradley Ave., Urbana, and from 10 a.m. until services Friday at the church.
Published by The News-Gazette from Nov. 7 to Nov. 10, 2025.

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