Rex Crisman Obituary

MONTICELLO - Rex Crisman, 83, of Monticello passed away at 5:25 p.m. Friday (July 18, 2025) at the Piatt County Nursing Home, Monticello.

Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday, July 23, at Hinds Funeral Home and Cremation Services, 348 N. Piatt St., Bement. The Rev. Steve Ingram will officiate. Visitation will be from noon until the time of services Wednesday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Bement Township Cemetery.

Memorial contributions can be made to the Piatt County Nursing Home in Monticello.

Rex was born on May 11, 1942, in DeLand, a son of George and Mary Frances Madden Crisman. He married Margaret Fairbanks Fogerson on June 5, 2015, in Las Vegas, and she survives of Monticello.

Rex has three children, Scott (Donna) Crisman of Decatur, Angela McKibben of Memphis, Tenn., and Mandy (Ryan) Moss of Memphis. He also has two stepdaughters, Deonna (Mike) King of Tuscola and Jacki (Tom) Walsh of Monticello. He has 11 grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild. Also surviving is a sister, Dixie (Crisman) Tinoco.

He was preceded in death by his parents and 14 brothers and sisters.

Rex had a large family that he loved fiercely. After high school, he served our country as a member of the Navy, eventually settling in Memphis, where he lived for over 50 years until moving back to central Illinois.

Rex loved being at the softball field, whether he was playing, coaching or watching his kids and grandkids. He often told stories of coaching his daughter's softball team to the Red Devils City Championship and spent the last few years watching his granddaughter, Sadie Grace Walsh, on the Sages field. Rex was an inviting, easygoing and generous man who will be greatly missed by all who loved him.

Aaron and Susie Hinds of Hinds Funeral Home & Cremation Services are proud to honor the life of Rex Crisman, "Our family is here to serve your family." Visit our website to offer condolences at hindsfuneralhome.com.