Bloomington? Funks Grove?
Are you talking Central IL? I grew up 20 miles north of Bloomington IL, in El Paso IL.
Small world. I worked construction/carpentry in Bloomington with a guy from El Paso (actually several construction workers were from El Paso) who was named Bob Mann. Does that name ring a bell?
Indeed we are, gub. Route 66 in Illinois, specifically. I go up every year (except last year because it was canceled) and spend a weekend driving between Chicago (roughly) to St. Louis (roughly) on Route 66, stopping at all the little towns.