Richard C. Hoerning

	Richard C. Hoerning, 78, of Dowell, passed away at 10:17 p.m. Saturday, February 12, 2000 at the Carbondale Nursing and Rehab Center in Carbondale.
	Memorial services were Friday at 1:30 p.m. at the Searby Funeral Home in DuQuoin with Rev. Tom Tiernan officiating.
	Survivors include his wife, Eileen Russell Hoerning of Dowell; four children, Brian Hoerning of Rancho Cucamonga, CA, Wayne Hoerning of Wethersfield, CT, Esther Hyatt of North Glenn, CO and Patricia of Connecticut; three step-children, Louis D. Russell of West Point, Miss., Leo Russell of DuQuoin and Mrs. Jerry Ledford of Mt. Erie, GA; 18 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
	Friends were able to call from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. Friday at the Searby Funeral Home in DuQuoin.  Interment was in the Cundiff Cemetery.
	Friends may make memorials to the new DuQuoin Dialysis Center.
