{"id":36288,"date":"2026-04-24T18:05:43","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T23:05:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/?p=36288"},"modified":"2026-04-24T18:05:43","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T23:05:43","slug":"aliyah-marie-reynolds-17-of-newton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/obits\/36288-aliyah-marie-reynolds-17-of-newton\/","title":{"rendered":"Aliyah Marie Reynolds (17) of Newton"},"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>Aliyah Marie Reynolds age 17, of Newton passed away on Wednesday, April 22, 2026, at HSHS St. Anthony&#8217;s Memorial Hospital, Effingham, Illinois.<\/p>\n<p>Family and friends will gather to celebrate Aliyah\u2019s life with a service at 7:00 p.m. Tuesday, April 28, 2026, at the Crain Funeral Home, Newton, led by Kenneth Belcher. Visitation will be held from 5:00 p.m. until time of services on Tuesday, April 28th in the funeral home.<\/p>\n<p>Aliyah was born on August 28, 2008, in Robinson, Illinois the daughter of Justin J. Reynolds and Angela Marie Myers. Aliyah was completing her senior year through home schooling. She was preparing to begin her studies for her C.N.A. license with a dream of becoming a nurse. In addition to school, Aliyah worked at Dunkin\u2019 in Effingham. Family and friends were a special part of Aliyah\u2019s life. She enjoyed their time going camping, having cookouts and making lasting memories on trips with cousins. Having a large family, Aliyah loved getting to hold and care for the many babies. Aliyah loved driving and was proud to have recently purchased her first car. She also enjoyed trying new makeup, makeup techniques and styling her hair. Cooking was another love of Aliyah\u2019s. Aliyah loved practical jokes. The family will never forget the time she made slime and the \u201cfun\u201d that caused. She was a funny person who made great jokes of life\u2019s everyday occurrences. To everyone who knew her, she was a small individual with a great big heart.<\/p>\n<p>Aliyah will be forever loved and remembered by her father, Justin J. Reynolds of Newton; mother, Angela M. Myers of West Liberty; siblings, Justin Reynolds, Jayden Reynolds, Keaton Reynolds, Alana Hollis and Jaxon Butler all of Newton; paternal grandmother, Sharon Reynolds of Willow Hill; paternal grandfather and step-grandmother, Bob (Sue) Reynolds of Yale; maternal grandmother, Cindy Wilson of West Liberty and a host of many cousins, extended family and friends.<\/p>\n<p>Her grandfather, Larry Wilson, great grandmother, Leda Short and uncle, Joshua Thoele preceded her in death.<\/p>\n<p>Memorial gifts may be made to the family to assist with funeral expenses. 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