Thomas Catholic Church in Peoria Heights.
followed immediately by funeral services at St. The team email address is and the teams. The executive office phone number is (309) 680-4000. There’s a visitation Friday from 11:00a.m. 0 views, 95 likes, 1 loves, 4 comments, 35 shares, Facebook Watch Videos from Jim Mattson WEEK 25 Sports Director: Emotional night at Dozer Park. A to Z (Fan Guide) Dozer Park, 730 SW Jefferson Street, Peoria, IL 61605. Pete Vonachen’s public visitation was Thursday night. His father, Pete Vonachen, founded the team in 1983. According to, the longtime president of the team oversaw the construction of Dozer Park in Downtown Peoria in 2002 and helped lead the team to record attendance numbers. it’s called Pete’s Perch and it’s filled with articles and memorabilia about Rocky’s dad, Pete Vonachen, the original owner of The Peoria. The Peoria Chiefs won Monday night’s game. After more than 25 years leading the Peoria Chiefs, Rocky Vonachen is calling it quits. I’ve never been to Dozer Park and so tonight that’s where we’re going The Peoria Chiefs are playing against the Clinton LumberKings, so come along as MBIP takes you out to the ballgame. Peoria Public Radio’s Tanya Koonce talked with people at Dozer Park Monday night and prepared this remembrance. Vonachen’s family was in a suite at the stadium for the game with the understanding it's where their dad would have wanted to be. Monday night was a what many would consider a perfect night for baseball in the river city. Pete Vonachen, the guiding spirit behind the Peoria Chiefs (Low Class A Midwest League) since 1983, passed away yesterday at the age of 87. But he was rarely far from the ballpark until recently. Vonachen retired from the baseball business, leaving the team to his son. That is to say nothing of his time in the Navy during World War II, his Bradley University degree, his restaurant ownership and the birth of Junction City, or the downtown stadium now called Dozer Park. Vonachen purchased Peoria’s minor league baseball team about 30 years ago, and shared a great friendship with the late Harry Carey.
Vonachen passed away Monday morning at the age of 87. Peoria lays to rest today the man many called 'Mr Baseball.' Pete Vonachen died Monday. NICK SCHNELLE/JOURNAL STAR Gerwuins Velazco holds on a balloon to release into the air with other players as a tribute to the late Harold 'Pete' Vonachen on Monday before the start of the game against Quad Cities at Dozer Park.
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