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Deaths

Donald Eugene Ebeling, 84, died July 8 at Bickford Senior Living in Champaign. He worked in the maintenance department. Memorials: Champaign County Humane Society or the Parkinson’s Disease Foundation.

Wayne Martin, 80, died June 30 in Merrillville, Ind. He worked for the university fire department from 1959 to 1989. A memorial gathering, followed by a graveside service, will be held Oct. 1; details may be found online.

Jeremiah David Sullivan, 77, died July 7 at his home in Urbana. He joined the physics department as a professor in 1967. He retired in 2006 as the head of the department.

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