Mr. Kenneth E. "Kenny" Hume, 85, of rural Morris, passed away peacefully Thursday morning, Jan. 31, 2013, at Morris Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center with his loving children by his side.

Born May 4, 1927, in Morris, Kenneth was the son of Ray and Ethel (Peart) Hume. He received his elementary education at the Hume School at the coroner  of Illinois 47 and W. Dupont Road. He was a graduate of Morris High School with the class of 1945.

Kenny married the love of his life Maxine J. West on Aug.  9, 1946, in Crown Point, Ind. With his wife, they lived and farmed their entire married lives in Big Grove Township in Kendall County and Wauponsee Township in Grundy County.