{"id":27275,"date":"2026-01-12T18:40:19","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T00:40:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/?p=27275"},"modified":"2026-01-12T18:43:33","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T00:43:33","slug":"larry-keith-pagel-sr-86-of-effingham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/obits\/27275-larry-keith-pagel-sr-86-of-effingham\/","title":{"rendered":"Larry Keith Pagel, Sr. (86) of Effingham"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-post pdfprnt-top-right\"><a href=\"javascript: window.print()\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_self\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><span class=\"pdfprnt-button-title pdfprnt-button-print-title\">Print<\/span><\/a><\/div><p>Larry Keith Pagel, Sr., 86, of Effingham, Illinois passed away on Friday, January 9, 2026 at his home, surrounded by his loving family.<\/p>\n<p>Funeral service will be held at Pagel Funeral Home in Edgewood, Illinois on Saturday, January 17, 2026 at 11:00 AM with viewing one hour prior to the start of service.\u00a0 Interment will follow at Edgewood Cemetery. Visitation will be held on Friday, January 16, 2026 from 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM at Pagel Funeral Home in Edgewood, Illinois.\u00a0 Pastor Mike Durre will be officiating.\u00a0 In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to St. Jude Children\u2019s Research Hospital or the donor\u2019s choice.\u00a0 Online condolences may be expressed at www.pagelfuneralhome.com.<\/p>\n<p>Larry was born June 30, 1939, in Clay County, Illinois, the son of Marvin and Ruby (Stortzum) Pagel.\u00a0 He married Cheryl Elaine Ragle on October 19, 1957 in Effingham, and shared 63 years together before her passing in 2020.\u00a0 Larry passed his happiest times gardening, hunting, and farming.\u00a0 He was a true conservationist, and thoroughly enjoyed nature.\u00a0 Larry was such a friendly, kind soul who loved and enjoyed time with his family and friends.\u00a0 He worked as a Regional Air Manager for the United Parcel Service, managing the largest air operation in the country.\u00a0 He worked for UPS for over 30 years, ultimately retiring in 1994.\u00a0 Before then, he worked doing carpentry and building houses for many years.\u00a0 And when he retired, he never truly stopped working, passing time working around his farm.<\/p>\n<p>Larry is survived by his sons, Larry Pagel, Jr. of Edgewood, Illinois, and Jerry (Connie) Pagel of Illiopolis, Illinois; daughters, Sheree (Tim) Limes of Effingham, Illinois, and Tereca (Dave) Korf of North Aurora, Illinois; 10 grandchildren, Carissa, Melissa, Nicole, Heather, Leigh, Rebecca, Megan, Keith, Nathaniel, and Frank; 14 great-grandchildren, Blake, Kaylee, Kyle, Peyton, Dane, Alex, Jaycee, Stella, Gavin, Clara, Maverick, Emma, Willow, and Maddux; and one great-great-grandchild, Julius; brother, Rick (Guyla) of Brownstown, Illinois; sisters, Velma Siefker of Tallahassee, Florida, Vernabell Lankford of Effingham, Illinois, and Jan Pagel of Effingham, Illinois; and many nieces, nephews, cousins, and close friends.<\/p>\n<p>Larry was preceded in death by his wife, Cheryl; parents, Marvin and Ruby Pagel; great-granddaughter Ruby Ann; and his brothers, Ronald Pagel and Floyd Pagel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Larry died on Friday, January 9.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":27279,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27275","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-obits"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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