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Tributtes

December

Remembering those we’ve loved and lost July 1, 2022 -

31, 2022

ABeverly J. Anderson, 81 Walnut, IL

June 30, 1941December 12, 2022

Tributes

Obituary & Remembrance Tribute Feature

During a family’s time of sorrow, we want to reflect on the lives of those who have recently passed. The Bureau County Republican and bcrnews.com offer a special biannual feature to commemorate and honor those we have lost.

Tributtes

Remembering those we’ve loved and lost July 1, 2022 - December 31, 2022

This edition provides a listing of those who have passed away in July, August, September, October, November and December 2022.

Velma Lou Austin, 90 Varna, IL October 6, 1931September 4, 2022

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Gary Anderson, 81 LaMoille, IL

February 13, 1941October 14, 2022

Merritt Funeral Home

Richard “Dick” Anderson, 91 Princeton, IL July 24, 1931October 4, 2022

Norberg Memorial Home, Inc. & Monuments

John Atkinson Jr., 92 Princeton, IL

August 31, 1930December 25, 2022

Grant-Johnson

Funeral Home

Janice L. Bacorn, 78 Walnut, IL July 22, 1944September 15, 2022

Danielle Rae (Glenn) Begeske, 32 Carbondale, IL

August 4, 1989July 24, 2022

Ralph Biddix, 92 Kewanee, IL May 10, 1930August 31, 2022

Donald L. Brandstatter, 84 Chillicothe, IL June 4, 1938November 4, 2022 Dysart - Cofoid Funeral Chapel

Lou Brown, 95 Princeton, IL August 5, 1927October 17, 2022

Norberg Memorial Home, Inc. & Monuments

Judy A. Bloome, 64 Wyanet, IL September 20, 1957July 1, 2022

Grant-Johnson Funeral Home

Susan M. Brown, 78 Princeton, IL November 28, 1942December 15, 2020

Harry Barton, 92 Sheffield, IL May 19, 1930October 8, 2022

Stackhouse-Moore Funeral & Cremation Services, Sheffield

Ivan Bauer, 96 LaMoille, IL May 20, 1926June 12, 2022

Merritt Funeral Home

Dollie Ann Borostowski, 74 Granville, IL

November 16, 1948December 15, 2022

Edith Bramer, 95 Walnut, IL October 5, 1927October 29, 2022 Garland Funeral Home

Sheila Ann Conlin Brown, 87 Columbus,, OH October 14, 1934September 12, 2022

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Richard ‘Dick’ Conley

Makanda, IL

July 7, 2022

CJames Melvin

‘Jim’ Carey, 81 Shipshewana,, IN

April 30, 1941August 27, 2022

Brett Michael Carlson, 30 Wyanet, IL

January 31, 1992July 11, 2022

Dena R. Carlson, 61 Kewanee, IL

February 24, 1961November 6, 2022

Rux Funeral Home

Melinda S. “Mendy” Conner, 62 Walnut, IL

January 13, 1960November 17, 2022

Marvin (Marv) Cunningham, 88 Cascade, MT

March 13, 1934May 28, 2022

Agnes Ellen Dunn, 89 Tiskilwa, IL October 27, 1932July 8, 2022 E

Ruth Eileen Eklof, 94 Princeton, IL October 19, 1927August 3, 2022 Norberg Memorial Home, Inc. & Monuments

Ned R. Ely, 21 Amboy, IL October 17, 2001November 8, 2022 Mihm-Jones Funeral Home

James LeRoy Carlson, 92

The Villages, FL

June 20, 1930November 17, 2022

JoAnn Carlson, 80 Princeton, IL

October 28, 1941August 2, 2022

Norberg Memorial Home, Inc. & Monuments

Roger Carr, 75 Troy Grove, IL October 14, 1947November 25, 2022

Merritt Funeral Home

Agnes L. Chasteen, 73 Wyanet, IL

July 23, 1949July 28, 2022

DCarol J. Dahl, 78 Neponset, IL

September 15, 1944October 5, 2022 Elaine Day, 86 Hennepin, IL

August 4, 1935June 20, 2022

Dysart - Cofoid Funeral Chapel

Diana Jean Delbridge, 55 Princeton, IL April 27, 1967July 11, 2022

William Erickson Jr., 79 Princeton, IL December 19, 1942September 18, 2022

Larry Forristall, 71

Princeton, IL

July 30, 1951December 5, 2022

Norberg Memorial Home, Inc. & Monuments

Bernard R. “Barney” Freihoefer, 92 Princeton, IL August 23, 1930November 23, 2022

Mueller Funeral Home

John Robert Fritz, 79 Walnut, IL

April 9, 1943October 20, 2022

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Lilly Galloway

LaMoille, IL

October 25, 2022

Merritt Funeral Home

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Harold J. “Ernie” Ernst, 98 Walnut, IL March 8, 1924December 3, 2022 Grant-Johnson Funeral Home Marlene Marie Etheridge, 86 Princeton, IL July 12, 1936October 1, 2022

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Sheila Joan Donahue Williamsburg, VA July 10, 2022

Stephanie Colby-Aburto, 52 San Diego, CA

April 11, 1970August 30, 2022

Mary D. Comerford, 68 Tiskilwa, IL

February 26, 1954July 9, 2022

Rose Marie Donini, 92 Peoria, IL

August 13, 1930October 5, 2022

Dysart - Cofoid Funeral Chapel

June Doyle, 90 Princeton, IL May 13, 1932September 13, 2022 Grant-Johnson Funeral Homes, Inc

Halcyon “Sue”

Faber, 96 LaMoille, IL June 14, 1926December 12, 2022 Merritt Funeral Home

Judith “Judy” A. Fassino, 71 Lacon, IL May 10, 1951June 22, 2022

Dysart - Cofoid Funeral Chapel

Doreen Flinn, 86 Princeton, IL February 24, 1936August 14, 2022 Norberg Memorial Home, Inc. & Monuments

Lucy Galloway

LaMoille, IL

October 11, 2022November 16, 2022

Merritt Funeral Home

James W. Ganschow, 65 Walnut, IL July 16, 1957August 3, 2022

Ruth Geuther, 92 LaMoille, IL

January 28, 1930August 31, 2022

Merritt Funeral Home

Kristina Giehl, 44 Princeton, IL

August 13, 1978September 13, 2022

Norberg Memorial Home, Inc. & Monuments

Marie M. Gilsdorf, 78 Princeton, IL June 9, 1944July 7, 2022

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Tony F. Gonzales, Jr., 75 Princeton, IL

April 26, 1947October 23, 2022

Mary Louise Goodrum, 90 Princeton, IL

January 15, 1932September 1, 2022

Norberg Memorial Home, Inc. & Monuments

Wayne Francis Goodrum, 76 Peoria, IL June 16, 1946November 12, 2022 Grant-Johnson Funeral Homes, Inc

Kathryn A. Gorman, 88 Tiskilwa, IL

July 20, 1934October 8, 2022

Molli Amanda Hewitt, 35 Spring Valley, Formerly of Cherry, IL August 18, 1986July 14, 2022

Ronald K. Hewitt, 88 Sarasota, FL

August 16, 1934August 30, 2022

Gloria J. Hopper, 88 Princeton, IL February 15, 1934October 31, 2022

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Phyllis A. Johnson, 93 Walnut, IL March 25, 1929July 23, 2022

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Matthew Blaine Haage, 19 Peoria, IL

March 3, 2003July 23, 2022

Dysart - Cofoid Funeral Chapel

Neil Louis Hammerich, 67 Granville, IL November 14, 1954July 18, 2022

Dysart - Cofoid Funeral Chapel

Faye Billie Hansen, 77 Granville, IL June 28, 1945August 26, 2022

Dysart - Cofoid Funeral Chapel

Edward Harmon, 84 Princeton, IL

November 17, 1938December 18, 2022

Grant-Johnson

Funeral Home

Patricia Hedgepath, 65 Bradford, IL

April 24, 1957August 2, 2022

Richard Johnson, 70 Princeton, IL

April 6, 1952September 29, 2022 Norberg Memorial Home, Inc. & Monuments

Richard R. Johnson, 85 Princeton, IL July 4, 1937November 20, 2022 Grant-Johnson

Steven ‘Pin’ Craig Johnson, 70 Princeton, IL July 18, 1952October 29, 2022

Steven Matthew Kelly, 58 Bradford, IL

January 26, 1964September 23, 2022

Helen Kenney, 83 Princeton, IL August 11, 1939December 28, 2022 Grant-Johnson Funeral Home

Roxanna L. Kerr, 84 Ladd, IL November 1, 1937September 11, 2022

Vivian R. King, 97 Princeton, IL December 27, 1924July 11, 2022

Charles W. Larson Sr., 87 West Des Moines, IA May 30, 1935November 3, 2022

Troy Allen Lauritzen, 48 Princeton, IL September 4, 1974October 26, 2022

Norberg Memorial Home, Inc. & Monuments

David Lawrence, 69 Arlington, IL August 29, 1953December 19, 2022 Merritt Funeral Home

Doyle B. Johnston, 68 Wyanet, IL

March 6, 1954October 24, 2022

Lynn Klingenberg, 86 Princeton, IL April 19, 1936September 18, 2022 Norberg Memorial Home, Inc. & Monuments

Guiliana Koehler, 10 Peru, IL March 1, 2012November 23, 2022 Dysart - Cofoid Funeral Chapel

John Edward Kuhar, 79 Berthoud, CO April 8, 1943September 20, 2022

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Christopher LaBella, 55 Biloxi, MS February 11, 1967December 2, 2022

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Karen Kelly, 82 Roseville, IL March 26, 1940September 19, 2022 Wise Family Funeral Home-Roseville

Beverlia A. Larson, 80 Findlay, OH January 31, 1942September 19, 2022

Lyle Benton “Ben” Lund, 86 Bradenton, FL October 14, 1935September 9, 2022 Good Earth Crematory

Vivienne Jean Lutes, 89 Princeton, IL January 19, 1933July 26, 2022

Norberg Memorial Home, Inc. & Monuments

MMarjorie June Mabry Chesapeake, VA October 25, 2022

Steven D. Malmberg, 72 Dixon, IL

April 7, 1950November 13, 2022 Jones Funeral Home

Roy ‘Darrell’ Marcum, 69 Princeton, IL July 14, 1953September 16, 2022

4 Bureau County Republican / ShawLocal.com • Saturday, January 21, 2023 TRIBUTES See full obituary at bcrnews.com/obituaries or putnamcountyrecord.com/obituaries

Gerald H. ‘Jerry’

Martin, 85 Magnolia, IL

May 11, 1937September 28, 2022

Jeffrey Curtis Martin, 66 Johnson City, IL

November 8, 1956November 25, 2022 Binkley-Ross Funeral Home

Mary Martin, 96 Princeton, IL

July 30, 1925July 27, 2022

Norberg Memorial Home Inc. & Monuments

Gene L. Matiak, 79 Peoria, IL

November 13, 1942October 8, 2022

Dysart - Cofoid Funeral Chapel

Duane May, 86 Princeton, IL

May 14, 1903July 25, 2022

Norberg Memorial Home, Inc. & Monuments

Mary Lynn Mayerchin, 65 Ladd, IL

August 29, 1956August 23, 2022

Leona Helene Mecagni, 101 Port Hueneme, CA

January 27, 1921July 3, 2022

Dysart - Cofoid Funeral Chapel

William ‘Bill’ Mercer Magnolia, KY October 1, 2022

Robert C. Myers, 87 Chillicothe, IL

August 24, 1934August 10, 2022 Dysart - Cofoid Funeral Chapel

NDoris Neill, 101 Arlington, IL

Arthur W. Meyer, 85 Ottawa, IL

June 12, 1937October 29, 2022

Dysart - Cofoid Funeral Chapel

Corinne B. Michael, 97 Princeton, IL December 1, 1924July 24, 2022

Richard “Dick” Arthur Mills, 85 Princeton, IL

January 24, 1937Norber Memorial Home, Inc. & Monuments, Inc.

Kimberly Sue Monroe, 51 Peru, IL February 14, 1971November 14, 2022 Mueller Funeral Home, Peru

February 4, 1921December 1, 2022 Norberg Memorial Home, Inc. & Monuments

Judith Nelson, 85 Princeton, IL September 25, 1937November 30, 2022 Norberg Memorial Home, Inc. & Monuments

Vera Marilyn Nelson, 102 Princeton, IL February 22, 1920October 13, 2022 Norberg Memorial Home, Inc. & Monuments

Judy Nevitt, 80 Cleveland, TN October 31, 1941August 8, 2022 Companion Funeral Home

Dr. Richard Nice, 85 Sioux Falls, SD March 8, 1937June 24, 2022

Laura McCall, 97 Princeton, IL

January 19, 1925September 16, 2022 Norberg Memorial Home, Inc. & Monuments

Sandra J. McCauley, 66 Princeton, IL

January 15, 1956September 7, 2022

Sheryl Marie (Becker)

McDaniel, 63 Kings Mountain, KY

November 26, 1958August 10, 2022

Mary Moore, 67 Princeton, IL

November 27, 1954September 19, 2022 Norberg Memorial Home, Inc & Monuments

Ellen Louise Morris, 67 Sheffield, IL March 5, 1955July 13, 2022 Grant-Johnson Funeral Home

Raymond Motter, 82 Mendota, IL October 24, 1940November 8, 2022 Merritt Funeral Home

Perry Noble, 72 Princeton, IL August 24, 1949August 9, 2022 Norberg Memorial Home Inc. & Monuments

Beverly Nora, 82 Tiskilwa, IL November 3, 1939October 11, 2022

ODennis J. O’Brien, 61 Princeton, IL

October 11, 1961December 27, 2022

Garland Funeral Home

Emma Jo O’Connor, 89 Peoria, IL

August 15, 1933September 8, 2022

Dysart - Cofoid Funeral Chapel

Harold J. Oberheide Jr., 68 Princeton, IL September 26, 1953July 20, 2022

Rev. Barbara A. Ollila, 85 Princeton, IL July 12, 1937November 19, 2022

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John Ossola, 82 Spring Valley, IL May 4, 1940July 12, 2022

Dysart - Cofoid Funeral Chapel

PMarie Paulinis, 87 Princeton, IL February 13, 1935August 24, 2022

Norberg Memorial Home, Inc. & Monuments

Jay A. Payne, 53 Des Plaines, IL August 16, 1968July 24, 2022

Charles ‘Chuck’ Penner

Princeton, IL October 12, 2022

Linda Nordstrom, 75 Wyanet, IL

October 23, 1946September 24, 2022

John L. Perino North Ft. Myers, FL August 2, 2022

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Patricia Pescetto, 78 Peru, IL

February 17, 1944August 29, 2022

Mueller Funeral Home, Peru

Leo H. Peterson, 89 Dixon, IL

December 21, 1932November 27, 2022

William ‘Bill’ Lawrence Provance, 70 Princeton, IL

October 14, 1952November 25, 2022

Geraldine Pruitt, 98 Tiskilwa, IL

November 24, 1924December 24, 2022 Grant-Johnson Funeral Home

William ‘Bill’ Russell, 88 Geneseo, IL February 3, 1934August 8, 2022

Mary Luella Standaert, 92 Kewanee, IL January 22, 1930July 25, 2022

Lewis K. Starker, 87 Princeton, IL

SKeith John Scharff Berwyn, IL

November 5, 2022

Patricia Peterson, 79 LaMoille, IL

June 24, 1943October 23, 2022

Merritt Funeral Home

Douglas G. Phillips, 82 Malden, IL

June 14, 1940October 1, 2022

Connie Mae Pierson, 79 Sheffield, IL

January 31, 1943July 31, 2022

Virginia Puyear, 97 Princeton, IL

July 22, 1925December 14, 2022 Grant-Johnson Funeral Home

QSarah A. “Sally” Quagliano, 85 Walnut, IL April 9, 1937November 25, 2022

Lillie M. Schmidt, 90 Walnut, IL July 2, 1932November 29, 2022 Garland Funeral Home

December 29, 1934July 31, 2022

Nancy Starkey Spring Valley, IL August 31, 2022

Readus Quickle, 78 Sheffield, IL

May 2, 1944December 6, 2022 Grant-Johnson Funeral Home, Princeton, Illinois

Garrett Lee Scott, 20 Bradford, IL August 24, 2001June 29, 2022 Grant-Johnson Funeral Home

Eleanor Sears, 99 Henry, IL May 6, 1923July 21, 2022

Fred Starr, 85 Sandwich, IL March 5, 1937November 17, 2022 Beverage Family Funeral Home

Fran Starr-West, 86 Peoria, IL

January 18, 1936July 7, 2022

David O. Piper, 73 Princeton, IL

April 5, 1949November 10, 2022

Norberg Memorial Home, Inc. & Monuments

Jewell Potter, 79 Princeton, IL June 6, 1943August 17, 2022

Norberg Memorial Home, Inc. & Monuments

Mary Jeannetta (Horton) Powers, 91 Princeton, IL

January 24, 1931October 12, 2022

Dean R. Price, 95 Neponset, IL

October 24, 1927December 17, 2022

RDeitra ‘Dee Dee’ Rasmussen, 75 Walnut, IL October 31, 1946October 20, 2022

Justin Emery Richardson, 48 Granville, IL

February 16, 1974August 23, 2022 Helmer Shields Funeral Home

Betty Ringenberg, 92 Sheffield, IL

October 25, 1929August 13, 2022

Stackhouse-Moore Funeral & Cremation Services, Sheffield

Brenda Lee Ringenberg, 66 Princeton, IL October 24, 1956December 2, 2022

Donald Simon, 92 Princeton, IL January 7, 1930November 29, 2022

Lloyd C. Simon, 73 Mosinee, WI

September 17, 1948September 5, 2022

Neil M. Stiver, 94 Walnut, IL May 25, 1928November 26, 2022

Jarral R. Stoddard, 75 Oak Lawn, IL

December 14, 1946June 25, 2022

Dysart - Cofoid Funeral Chapel

Richard C. Slock, 97 Manlius, IL

November 22, 1924September 5, 2022

Mergie Slutz, 100 Spring Valley, IL August 3, 1921June 29, 2022 Norberg Memorial Home, Inc. & Monuments

Clarence Stone, 84 Princeton, IL

May 31, 1938October 10, 2022 Norberg Memorial Home, Inc. & Monuments

Kristine K. Stone, 65 Walnut, IL October 23, 1957December 6, 2022

6 Bureau County Republican / ShawLocal.com • Saturday, January 21, 2023 TRIBUTES See full obituary at bcrnews.com/obituaries or putnamcountyrecord.com/obituaries