Service: 10 a.m. Saturday Mass of Christian burial at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Kinsman, with the Rev. John Hornicak officiating.

Burial: Saint Patrick's Cemetery, Ransom.

Visitation: 4 to 8 p.m. today at Reeves Funeral Home, Morris.

Memorials: Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Kinsman, or Joliet Area Community Hospice. Friends may sign the online guest book or send private condolences to the family by logging onto: www.ReevesFuneral.com .

Survivors: his wife, Loisanne Hoskins O'Connell; six children, Daniel O'Connell, Joliet; Kevin O'Connell, Carterville; Connie (Steve) Vaughn, Wales, Wis.; Sandy (Emerson) Rapp, Peoria; Kelly (Gerry) Johnson, Seneca; and Paul (Kathleen Misovic) O'Connell, Brookfield; 13 grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and two brothers, John "Jack" O'Connell, Pekin, and Thomas (Delores) O'Connell, Morton.