Daniel C. Kennell, 40, of Taylorville, died at 6:48 a.m., Friday, August 3, 2012 from injuries in an automobile accident near Assumption.
He was born September 5, 1971, in Shelbyville, IL, the son of Harold R. and Shirley D. Christner Kennell.
On June 3, 1995 he married Hope L. St. Clair in Rockford, IL.
Mr. Kennell was a Child Care Counselor at Kemmerer Village in Assumption and was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church in Taylorville.
Surviving are his wife, Hope Kennell; two sons, Alexander Matthew Kennell and Chad Edward Kennell; parents, Harold and Shirley Kennell; mother-in-law and father-in-law, Dale and Sheila St. Clair; four brothers, Mark Kennell and wife, Karen, Darren Kennell and wife, Amber, Harlan Kennell and wife, Danielle and Curt Kennell and fiancée, Courtney; maternal grandparents, Christy and Ellen Christner; nieces and nephews, Derreck Kennell, Kayla Kennell, Drew Kennell, Bart Kennell, Brett Kennell, Abbie Kennell, Kylee Kennell, Hayden Kennell, Elijah Kennell and Anndraia Sisco and two sisters-in-law, Renae St. Clair and Machelle St. Clair.
He was preceded in death by his paternal grandparents.
Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m. Tuesday, August 7 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Taylorville with Pastor Rodney Blomquist officiating. Burial will be in Oak Hill Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 4:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Monday August 6 at McClure Funeral Home and one hour prior to services in the church on Tuesday. Funeral services for Daniel C. Kennell, 40, of Taylorville, were held at 1:00 p.m. Tuesday, August 7, 2012 in Trinity Lutheran Church, Taylorville, with interment at Oak Hill Cemetery, Taylorville.
Pallbearers were Mark Kennell, Darren Kennell, Harlan Kennell, Curt Kennell, Dan Swartz and Ed Seelbach.

Breeze-Courier (Taylorville IL) - August 4, 2012

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