WALNUT – John Robert Pogliano Jr., 66, of Walnut, passed away Saturday Feb. 9, 2013, peacefully at home, surrounded by his loving family, after a courageous and hard-fought battle with gallbladder cancer.

He was born Dec. 30, 1946, in Morris, to John Sr. and Darlene (Perry) Pogliano. He attended Coal City High School, graduating with the class of 1965. He married Lana Watson Pogliano on May 10, 1969, at Assumption Catholic Church in Coal City.  

In 1972, he moved to the Walnut area. He was a lifelong farmer and owner-operator of his beloved 1975 Peterbilt, working part time for Northwest Illinois Construction Co. He was a Farm Bureau member, and a member of Teamsters Local 722.