Former Morrison mayor’s condition critical after Sunday crash

R. Everett Pannier’s condition is critical, unchanged since he was taken to Javon Bea-Riverside Hospital in Rockford, a hospital spokeswoman said Friday afternoon.

Pannier, the former mayor of Morrison, was injured in an automobile crash Sunday that claimed the life of his wife, Nancy Pannier, a passenger in the SUV he was driving. Police said the SUV was southbound in the 200 block of South Orange Street, accelerated, hit the curb and struck the tree about 9 a.m.

Nancy Pannier, 78, was pronounced dead at Morrison Community Hospital and R. Everett Pannier was flown to Javon Bea.

According to the obituary, her funeral service will be 10:30 a.m. Monday at Bethesda Lutheran Church in Morrison. A visitation will be 3:30 p.m. Sunday at the church. She was a Morrison High School grad. The Panniers married in 1963. She worked at Herman Nelson, Peterson’s Drug Store and the Whiteside County Clerk’s Office. She provided meals to shut-ins and was active in WELCA Ladies Group. She is survived by a daughter, two sons and a brother.