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🏈 | 2025 IHSA Playoffs – Class 3A
🗓️ | Friday, November 28, 2025
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Rory Gile shared the following post Monday, Nov 17, 2025. Thoughts and prayers with the family! Attached is a picture of Rusty from a BHS yearbook.

For those who haven't heard, the Gile Family in Byron lost one of our own yesterday. Brother Rusty Marvin Gile, age 62, lost a year-long, courageous battle with ALS. Gone is his smile & wonderful sense of humor, but our memory of his love of our & his own family lives on forever in our hearts.

The Reiniche family posted this sad news.

Todd Calvin Reiniche was born on January 18, 1955 to Alta and Marvin Reiniche in Kankakee. He went to his Lord and Savior on the morning of Saturday, September 6, 2025 after a year long battle with cancer. He was 70 years old.
He went to school in Byron, IL, where he had friends and family. He had trade jobs, worked on a dairy farm, and was a long distance semi driver. He always offered to lend a hand. He was a hard worker and was hard headed. He loved big and bossed big. He enjoyed his beer and ci******es, and loved flirting with the ladies.
He moved to Florida in 2014 to live with his daughter, Hope, son-in-law Jason, and his grandsons Bailey, Gavin, and Jaylon. He lived closer to his son, Kodiak Sr, and his grandsons Kodiak Jr and Kaile who were only a town away. He enjoyed retirement and quiet living in his camper, and he absolutely loved baking in the sun. He always said if he didn't look like a black Mexican, he wasn't dark enough. He was a "funny guy," sarcastic, and loved making us laugh. He never focused on bad days, but tried to see the good. He cared deeply about his daughter and showed his love through both words and actions. He loved Jason and was so proud of him. He loved his grandsons with all of his heart and spoiled them often. He loved to teach them life skills. He was a true fighter and held on as long as his body would allow him. His daughter, Hope, lovingly cared for him until Jesus took him home.
He is preceded in death by both parents, his oldest brother Randy, and his youngest brother, Vance.
He leaves behind his only sister, Cindy Jennings (Ron), his children and grandchildren, and numerous nieces and nephews.
He was wild, fun, caring, and loving. He added joy to life. He will be so dearly missed.
*We would enjoy hearing some of your favorite memories with Todd, if you would like to share in the comments. 🥰

Welcome June Carter class of 1957.

Looking forward to making my way to Ganymede Springs. In the summer of 1843 Margaret Fuller made her only visit to Oregon, Illinois. Details of her visit can be found in Story of Oregon, 1976. Walking along the east bank of the Rock River during her visit, she noticed the natural spring at the base of the bluff. She dubbed the spring “Ganymede Spring”, and later sat down beneath the Eagle’s Nest Tree, and penned her famous poem “Ganymede to His Eagle”. An island at the center of the Rock River across from the eventual colony was named Margaret Fuller Island in her honor.

Ganymede Spring is located along a path near the east bank of the Rock River at the base of Eagle’s Nest Colony north of the Black Hawk Statue. The natural spring supplied the colony with water for cooking, drinking and for use in their swimming pools. One pool was at the base of the spring and the other was located where the present-day NIU parking lot is found. The original pool at the base of the spring can still be seen when the water level on the Rock River is low.

Feel free to share any of your old Byron Days photos! Thought we needed some happy posts on this page so I borrowed this from Laurie Swanson Burnworth
February 15 at 7:14 PM post.
Ok, Byron Baby Boomer friends! Who do you think this pretty little lady is? Hints: You can see her house and garage through the fence. She has two siblings—both brothers. The street is South Lafayette Street.
According to my mom, if you guessed Barbara Gobin, you would be right!