Kevin D. Hovis, age 50, of Savanna, Illinois died Sunday, April 13, 2008 at the FHN Memorial Hospital in Freeport, Illinois. Cremation Rites will be accorded and a Memorial Luncheon will be held at Manny’s Pizza in Savanna on Saturday, April 19, 2008, at 10 a.m. A Memorial fund has been established in Kevin’s name.
Kevin was born on June 28, 1957, in Burbank, California, and attended school in Burbank through High School. On June 15, 1991, Kevin married Julie Worden in Las Vegas, Nevada. Kevin and Julie made their home in Savanna, Illinois where Kevin was employed as a Lineman for a Cable TV Company.
In his spare time, Kevin loved cooking, morel hunting, fishing, was active in Boy Scouts, and an avid Harley enthusiast, but most of all, he loved to spend time with his family.
Kevin will be dearly missed by his wife Julie; his five children: Stephanie Neelings, of California, Courtnee Worden, of Savanna, Haylee Hovis, of Savanna, Kevin Jr., of Savanna, and Laycee Hovis, of Savanna; two grandchildren: Corry and Dylan; and two brothers: Michael (Debbie) Hovis, and Ben Hovis.
Kevin is preceded in death by his mother Helen (nee McMahon), a son Jason, and three sisters, Pat, Nancy, and Janis.