Larry B. Trainor

PONTIAC -- Larry B. Trainor, 84, of Pontiac, died at 11:52 a.m. Wednesday (Jan. 17, 2007) at OSF St. Joseph Medical Center in Bloomington.

A funeral will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Pontiac with Monsignor Thomas Mack officiating. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. today with rosary to be recited 4 p.m. at Duffy Funeral Home in Pontiac. Burial will be at St. Mary's Cemetery in Pontiac.

He was born Oct. 26, 1922, in Blackstone, to Sidney J. and Mabel Corrigan Trainor.

Survivors include four brothers, Frank (Marge) Trainor, Pontiac; Emmett Trainor, Pontiac; Philip Trainor Pontiac; and Richard (Margie) Trainor, Reston, Va.; one sister, Kathleen Jonen, Streator; sister-in-law, Joy Trainor, Pontiac; and special friend, Dian Gleason of Pontiac.

He was preceded in death by his parents; and three brothers, Joseph, Vincent, William Trainor.

He was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church, Pontiac.

He was co-owner and operator of Pontiac Livestock Auction of Pontiac for 45 years, and Trainor Sale Barn at Clinton for many years. He continued to trade land and cattle. He attended Blackstone Grade School and Dwight High School.

Larry loved traveling, rodeos, and Irish entertainment.