Rev. Ronald Palmer, age 54, of Bartonville, IL, beloved son of Donald Palmer and the late Norma, nee DeBoulle, Palmer; dear brother of Donna (Bill) Casino, Dennis (Mary Alma) Palmer and Richard (Cindy) Palmer; loving uncle of nine and great-uncle of six. Rev. Palmer was a parish priest at St. Anthony Church in Bartonville, IL. He had also served at St. Robert Bellarmine Newman Center at Illinois St. Univ. in Normal, St. Philomena in Peoria and St. Mary and Visitation Church in Kewanee. Funeral Mass will be on Saturday at 11:30 a.m. at St. Teresa Church, Kankakee, IL. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. on Friday evening at ClancyGernon Funeral Homes, 295 Main St. NW, Bourbonnais, IL. Burial will be at Mount Calvary Cemetery, Kankakee, IL. Memorials can be made to St. Anthony Church in Bartonville or to St. Teresa Church Endowment Fund, Kankakee, IL. Information, 815-932-1214 .
