Jones Funeral Home

10/14/2025

Justin Jermaine Harris, 46 of Kankakee, IL went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, October 8, 2025, from Riverside Medical Center. Visitation will be on Friday, October 17, 2025, from 4 to 6 pm at the Jones Funeral Home and on Saturday, October 18, 2025, from 9 am until the 10 am Funeral service...

10/03/2025

10/03/2025

Vernon John Blanchard, known affectionately as Gabe, passed away on September 23, 2025, at the age of 81 in Kankakee, Illinois. Born on July 12, 1944, in Kankakee County, Illinois, he spent his formative years in the same region, graduating from Kankakee High School.

Vernon dedicated many ye...

10/03/2025

Curtis Wayne Springer was born on December 8, 1954 to Jimmie and Cora Lizzy (Jones) Springer in Columbus, Mississippi. Curtis' family moved to Kankakee, Illinois in 1958, where he attended school and graduated high school. Curtis briefly joined the Army after high school and held a plethora of diffe...

09/19/2025

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our beloved father, Wesley Caddell, age 90, of Bourbonnais, Illinois. He entered heaven’s gates peacefully on Monday, September 8, 2025, surrounded by his loving family and friends. Wesley was a man of God whose steadfast love for Christ and d...

09/19/2025

Edd was born in Chicago Illinois and attended Emil G. Hirsch High School and graduated from CVS High School. He was the second child of five.

He attended college courses after high school and later joined the army. He was inducted into the army in October of 1970. He was stationed in Fort H...

08/26/2025

Deneise Queenola Ward was born January 4, 1959 at home on Chestnut Street, in Chicago, Illinois. She was the sixth of eleven children born to the late Cornell Ward and the late Allean (Fisher) Ward. Shortly after Deneise’s birth, the Ward family moved from Chicago Illinois to an old shack on North H...

08/15/2025

DeSavieu Prince Porter, 62, a man of God, a beacon in his community, and a true musical genius, passed away peacefully on August 3, 2025.

Born on November 17, 1962, in Chicago, Illinois, to Elgin and Martha Porter, DeSavieu’s life was marked by faith, family, and music. In 1989, he married t...

08/15/2025

Ida Mae Williams October 6, 1948 – August 10, 2025Ida Mae Williams, 76, of Kankakee, Illinois passed away on August 10, 2025. She was born on October 6, 1948, in Greenville, Mississippi, to the late Francis Jones and Roosevelt Jones. Ida married Lewis Williams II in Greenville, Mississippi. They wer...

08/14/2025

Jimmie Lee Douglas was born October 25, 1945 in Merigold, Mississippi to Lula Mae Douglas and Johnnie Young Sr. He relocated with his family to Kankakee, Illinois in the late 1950s. He graduated from Kankakee High School in 1963.

Humble, quiet, and calm nature, Jimmie was always willing to l...