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Sunset Funeral Home & Cremation Center - Danville

3940 N. Vermilion Street

Danville, Illinois

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Nov. 20, 2025

5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.

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William Gernand Obituary

William Gernand Danville - William "Bill" A. Gernand, 94, of Danville, died on Wednesday, November 12, 2025, at Hawthorne Inn, Danville. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Sunset Funeral Home and Cremation Center, 3940 N. Vermilion St., Danville. Pastor Kent Tibben will officiate. Burial will be in Mann's Chapel Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.
Published by The News-Gazette from Nov. 17 to Nov. 18, 2025.

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Sunset Funeral Home & Cremation Center - Danville

3940 N. Vermilion Street, Danville, IL

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21

Funeral service

10:00 a.m.

Sunset Funeral Home & Cremation Center - Danville

3940 N. Vermilion Street, Danville, IL

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3940 N. Vermilion Street, Danville, IL 61832

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