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 NewsTribune and newstrib.com offer a special quarterly feature to commemorate and honor those we have lost.
This edition provides a listing of those who have passed away in January, February and March 2026.
Look for the next Tributes Section on July 18, 2026.
Nancy J. (Housby) Bejster, 89 Princeton, IL
January 5, 1937February 13, 2026
Gary L. Bruch, 69 Granville, IL
March 22, 1956January 26, 2026
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Gregory Campbell, 63 Spring Valley, IL
January 13, 1963March 24, 2026
James (Jim) Arkins, 77 Spring Valley, IL
March 1, 1948February 10, 2026
George D. Blakleslee, 87 Hartford, IL
March 3, 1938March 1, 2026
Ronald Brucki, 75 Rochelle, IL
December 31, 1950January 1, 2026
BRaymond L. Bartolt, 90 La Salle, IL
October 29, 1935January 15, 2026
Lori Ann Brandner, 62 La Salle, IL
March 3, 1963February 25, 2026
Betty J. Brown, 93 Peru, IL
May 6, 1932February 23, 2026
Shields Funeral Chapel
Robert Bryant, 88 Spring Valley, IL
January 18, 1938March 12, 2026
Kathy “Katie” Campbell, 67 Granville, IL
October 3, 1958January 9, 2026
Timothy Scott Campbell, 63 Chicago, IL
January 28, 1963February 5, 2026 Hanley-Turner-Eighner Funeral Home
Donna E. Carls, 91 La Salle, IL
September 30, 1934January 12, 2026
Sandra L. Carlson, 82 Ladd, IL
September 3, 1943March 2, 2026
James B Chandler, 78
The Villages, FL
January 29, 1948February 11, 2026
Robert L. Clayton, 42 Granville, IL
May 1, 1983February 27, 2026
Virginia Collins, 94 Spring Valley, IL
September 9, 1931January 28, 2026
Catherine “Kate” Cowell, 93 Ottawa, IL
September 13, 1932January 19, 2026
Shields Funeral Chapel
Joyce Cruz, 89 Spring Valley, IL
March 25, 1936January 7, 2026
Benjamin Thomas Dresbach, 91 Ottawa, IL
December 28, 1934February 19, 2026
Elizabeth “Betty” Dudek, 93 North Utica, IL
January 21, 1932January 4, 2026
Marilynn J. Duffy, 90 Peru, IL
October 15, 1935March 19, 2026
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Harlan Ehmen, 91 La Moille, IL
May 8, 1934January 5, 2026
Horner-Merritt Funeral Home
Elaine Ernat, 78 Spring Valley, IL
July 17, 1947January 21, 2026
Patrick D. Fitzpatrick, 70 Mendota, IL
August 14, 1955March 21, 2026
Wasmer Funeral Home
Diane Kay Freeman, 79 Utica, IL
July 10, 1946March 22, 2026
Mary Jane “Kudgie Grandadam, 93 Ottawa, IL
April 23, 1932February 18, 2026
Ptak Funeral Home
Sharon Mae Funfsinn, 87 Mendota, IL
February 2, 1939February 25, 2026
Horner-Merritt Funeral Home
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James “Jim” C. Galvan, 87 La Salle, IL
May 21, 1938January 26, 2026
Elizabeth Joan (Rassi) Gray, 91 Wenona, IL
March 22, 1934February 22, 2026
HTheresa Ann Halm, 92 Peru, IL
August 19, 1933January 24, 2026 Ptak Funeral Home
Robert A. Happold, 57 Peru, IL
December 30, 1968January 11, 2026
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DBeverly M. DeGroot, 72 Peru, IL
June 12, 1953February 10, 2026
Mueller Funeral Home - Peru
Catherine Louise Doyle, 91 Lakewood, CO
September 25, 1934January 1, 2026
Veronica C. Fedder, 97 Spring Valley, IL
November 11, 1928January 27, 2026
Donald E. Fike, 78 Peru, IL
June 11, 1947January 16, 2026
Larry Eugene Fisher, 76 Princeton, IL
August 22, 1949February 9, 2026
Betty V. Gaull, 97 Peru, IL
January 7, 1928January 3, 2026
Shields Funeral Chapel
Darlene M. Gehant, 93 West Brooklyn, IL
January 2, 1933February 2, 2026
Horner-Merritt Funeral Home
Glenn “Junie” Glover, 98 DePue, IL
June 9, 1927March 5, 2026
Barbara J. Gordon, 77 La Salle, IL
October 3, 1948January 24, 2026 Ptak Funeral Home
Jerry Gould Hardin, 88 Walnut, IL
November 25, 1937January 25, 2026
Steven Ray Harms, 81 Tonica, IL
January 14, 1945February 21, 2026
Mueller Funeral Home, Peru
Donald Dee “Hass” Hasselman, 68
La Salle, IL
April 23, 1957January 17, 2026 Ptak Funeral Home
Nancy Hill, 86 Ottawa, IL
May 30, 1939December 26, 2025
Ottawa Funeral Home
Sharon M. Hillyard, 80 Peru, IL
March 23, 1946March 26, 2026
Narvella Jean “Belles” Hiltabrand, 89 Tonica, IL
December 6, 1936January 21, 2026
Loretta Hoffman, 88 La Moille, IL
August 12, 1937January 6, 2026
Horner-Merritt Funeral Home
Norma J. Hoover, 94 Peru, IL
September 15, 1931March 7, 2026 Mueller Funeral Home
James Marshall “Jamie” Huling, 75 Nashville, TN
September 27, 1950January 16, 2026
JJeremiah Daniel Johnson, 26
Spring Valley, IL
March 30, 1999March 6, 2026
Ruby Judy, 93 Princeton, IL
October 27, 1932January 25, 2026
Norberg Memorial Home, Inc. & Monuments
KMary Joan Kaliher, 97
Bloomignton, IL
March 10, 1928February 8, 2026
Patricia A. Klaffer, 79 Mendota, IL
January 2, 1947March 9, 2026
Wasmer Funeral Home
Edward A. Konczak, 44 Alsip, IL
February 3, 1982February 27, 2026
Shields Funeral Chapel
Kevin R. Kramer, 39 Lasalle, IL
May 23, 1986January 15, 2026
Lois M. Kames, 85 Spring Valley, IL
November 2, 1940February 4, 2026
Mueller Funeral Home, Peru
Dustin Kent, 35 Mendota, IL
April 2, 1990January 2, 2026
Horner-Merritt Funeral Home
James “Jake” Krancic, 73 Utica, IL
August 20, 1952January 26, 2026
Prey-Mueller Funeral Home
Donald Ray “Kub” Kubberness, 93 Peru, IL
July 17, 1932January 21, 2026
Phyllis J. (nee Slomian) Lasier, 96 Fort Myers, FL
September 2, 1929January 30, 2026
Derrol E. Lee, 87 LaMoille, IL
July 17, 1938February 19, 2026 Wasmer Funeral Home
Sara Beth Leffelman, 49 Long Beach, CA
January 20, 1977January 21, 2026
Mihm-Jones Funeral Home
Jeffrey B. Lesman, 70 LaSalle, IL
August 3, 1955March 9, 2026
Shields Funeral Chapel
Christopher L. Lohr, 63 Wenona, IL
December 27, 1962March 18, 2026
Eric D. Jacobson, 68 La Salle, IL
January 17, 1958January 26, 2026
Joan Kerp Rohs, 95 Raleigh, NC
June 20, 1930March 7, 2026
Doug Kuffel, 67 Peru, IL
March 21, 1958January 4, 2026 Ptak Funeral Home
Dr. Clement “Clem” Jasiek, 94 La Salle, IL
August 18, 1931March 3, 2026
Virginia Ann Joerger, 95 Oglesby, IL
April 8, 1930February 24, 2026
Horner-Merritt Funeral Home
Hubert A. Keutzer, 88 Peru, IL
November 7, 1937January 4, 2026
Eugene Walter Kunkel, 95 Princeton, IL
November 26, 1930February 11, 2026
LGladys Jean King, 85 Peru, IL
January 13, 1941February 11, 2026
Steven “Steve” Eugene Lange, 73 Dover, IL
October 15, 1952February 22, 2026
Grant-Johnson Funeral Home
Terry Charles Lunn, 79 Manhattan Beach, CA October 9, 1946December 11, 2025
Judson ‘Judd’ Earl Lusher, 86 Princeton, IL
August 20, 1939March 11, 2026
Grant-Johnson Funeral Home
Jeffrey L. “Jeff” Lutes, 67 McNabb, IL
November 3, 1958March 20, 2026
MRonald O. Maas, 85 Houston, TX
March 6, 1940January 22, 2026
Charles “Snake” Marquez, 88 DePue, IL
December 22, 1937January 10, 2026
Leslie “Gene” Maxedon, 94
Rice Lake, WI
November 2, 1931January 10, 2026
Gerald McConnell, 88 Spring Valley, IL
November 9, 1937February 24, 2026
Glen R. “Hillbilly” McStoots, 80 West Brooklyn, IL
September 10, 1945January 5, 2026
Wasmer Funeral Home
Bernice M. Menne, 99 Peru, IL
January 14, 1926December 4, 2025
Michael F. Michaelsen, 75 Oglesby, IL
May 3, 1950January 25, 2026
Hagi & Schultz Funeral Home
Cynthia B. ‘Cindy’ (née Clark) Michel, 82 Naperville, IL
May 9, 1943February 28, 2026
Glenn William Miller, 95 Peru, IL
September 1, 1930January 15, 2026
Richard “Rick”
J. Miller, 69 Wenona, IL
June 2, 1956February 1, 2026
Robert George Montavon, 86 Port Charlotte, FL
July 13, 1939March 11, 2026
Frank Montez, 93 DePue, IL
December 3, 1932March 3, 2026
Marcia Myers, 69 Ottawa, IL
October 25, 1956January 12, 2026
NMilton Leonard Neiman, 86 Princeton, IL
October 26, 1939February 17, 2026 Norberg Memorial Home, Inc. & Monuments
Donna Novak, 91 Bettendorf, IA
December 20, 1934January 5, 2026
Phyllis Marie Peterson Gouldsboro, ME
Douglas A. Pettenger, 84 Mendota, IL
March 7, 1941February 16, 2026 Wasmer Funeral Home
Loretta A. Phelps, 93 Peru, IL
January 23, 1932January 14, 2026
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Francisco Moreno, 21 DePue, IL
December 13, 2004February 14, 2026
Janet (Barto) Olson, 55 Spring Valley, IL March 29, 1970January 10, 2026
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Lyle W. Morrow, 93 West Chicago, IL
February 18, 1933March 10, 2026
Julie Moss Miller, 54 Appleton, WI
January 28, 1971January 18, 2026
Thomas Gail Munson, 85 Earlville, IL
January 13, 1941March 22, 2026
Horner-Merritt Funeral Home
Michael Pavy, 76 Lasalle, IL
December 18, 1949January 22, 2026
Steven “Steve” Pearson, 64 Peru, IL
September 20, 1961December 28, 2025
Brenda Peterson, 76 La Salle, IL
February 17, 1950February 18, 2026 Horner-Merritt Funeral Home
Mary Lee Piccinelli, 79 Spring Valley, IL
October 10, 1946January 11, 2026
Linda MeMaw Piotrowski, 70 Princeton, IL
March 23, 1955March 18, 2026 Norberg Memorial Home, Inc. & Monuments
Albert (aka Al Pierson) Pizzamiglio, 94 Spring Valley, IL
December 19, 1931February 14, 2026
Mary Plantan, 100 Palm Coast, FL
June 14, 1925December 27, 2025
Audra Lynn Pond, 56 Ottawa, IL
July 26, 1969January 6, 2026
Theodore R. Printy Joliet, IL
Carlson-HolmquistSayles Funeral Home & Crematory R
Ricky Reese, 63 Peru, IL
March 1, 1962February 15, 2026
Mueller Funeral Home
Jake “Big Red” Rexroad, 34 Peoria, IL
July 31, 1991March 11, 2026
Elizabeth K. ‘Liz’ Roberson, 63 Magnolia, IL
February 27, 1962January 28, 2026
Elizabeth Robinson, 99 Mendota, IL
February 23, 1927February 25, 2026
Horner-Merritt Funeral Home
Eldon D. Ross, 84 LaMoille, IL
March 27, 1941January 28, 2026 Fiocchi Funeral Homes
Margaret Emma Ross, 91 Mendota, IL
June 28, 1934March 4, 2026
Horner-Merritt Funeral Home
John Ruiz Sr., 86 Spring Valley, IL
March 13, 1939February 27, 2026
Ronald Ruppert, 72 Spring Valley, IL
August 16, 1953March 1, 2026
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Carol Schinzer, 88 Rochelle, IL
February 6, 1937January 23, 2026
Beverage-Lyons Family Funeral Home
James Schmidt, 88 Mendota, IL
August 13, 1937March 26, 2026
Horner-Merritt Funeral Home
Michael W. Scordo Sr., 74
La Salle, IL
September 22, 1951January 11, 2026
Kathryn M. “Katie” Selbrede, 97 Spring Valley, IL
January 19, 1929February 2, 2026
Helmer Shields Funeral Home
Mitchell “Mitch” Sellett, 76
La Salle, IL
February 5, 1949January 18, 2026
Richard Ronald Sharkey, 78 Westmont, IL
October 19, 1947February 13, 2026
Florence C. Sharpe, 93 Peru, IL
September 2, 1932March 23, 2026
Michael Jackson Smith, 66 Peru, IL
November 19, 1959January 8, 2026
Joanne Snyder, 94 Sycamore, IL
April 13, 1931December 23, 2025
Anderson Funeral Home
Nancy Louise Starkey, 64 Mark, IL
February 15, 1961February 12, 2026
Mark Swanson, 58 Princeton, IL
March 3, 1967February 16, 2026
TAlma M. Toedter, 87 Granville, IL
April 15, 1938February 27, 2026
Timothy E. Stevenson, 68 La Salle, IL
April 7, 1957November 22, 2025
Thomas Torri, 87 Princeton, IL
December 29, 1938January 19, 2026
Jeane Marie Stites, 99 Sauk City, WI
March 16, 1926January 23, 2026
Angeline Kay Troglio, 90 Princeton, IL
June 22, 1935February 24, 2026
VMargarete Strack, 88 Rockford, IL
July 8, 1937March 10, 2026 Mueller Funeral Home
Ruth Helen Vincent, 97 Ohio, IL
April 7, 1928February 2, 2026 Norberg Memorial Home, Inc. & Monuments
WOllie M. Stuart, 91 Peru, IL
March 18, 1934January 6, 2026
Beatrice L. Wachs, 90 DePue, IL
January 19, 1936March 8, 2026
Maralyn Elaine Swales, 94 Columbia, TN
March 30, 1931February 19, 2026
Betty Lou Wagner, 100 Mendota, IL
November 3, 1925March 14, 2026
Horner-Merritt Funeral Home
Burton W. “Bill Sr.” Waite, 89 Peru, IL
April 20, 1936February 28, 2026
Terry Eugene Wallin, 66 Oglesby, IL
October 27, 1957January 31, 2026
Shields Funeral Chapel
Janice A. Washkowiak, 79 Utica, IL
September 22, 1946February 3, 2026
Roy Wasielewski, 76 Peru, IL
September 19, 1949January 14, 2026
Charles John Welgatt, Jr., 82 Peru, IL
October 9, 1943February 10, 2026
Mueller Funeral home- Peru
Thomas Maurice Whalen, 85 Phoenix, AZ
November 25, 1940February 1, 2026
Robert Stapp Wheeler, 78 Princeton, IL
June 22, 1947March 22, 2026
Kent W. Wicks, 96 Peru, IL
January 13, 1929January 11, 2026
Mueller Funeral Home, Peru, IL
Johnnie Earl Williams, 85 Utica, IL
August 5, 1940January 29, 2026
Lois J. Wilmot, 90
La Salle, IL
January 9, 1935December 29, 2025
Dennis R. Wood, 88 Mendota, IL
September 26, 1937February 12, 2026
Turner-Eighner Funeral Home
YSandra ‘Sandy’ (Byczynski) Yeaple, 63 Auburn, WA May 26, 1962February 13, 2026
Peter Richard Yucus, 98 Princeton, IL
September 13, 1927February 6, 2026
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Helen T. Zens, 73 Peru, IL
March 8, 1952January 11, 2026
Shields Funeral Chapel
Paul Zuk, Jr., 74 Peoria, IL
July 30, 1951January 15, 2026
Prey-Mueller Funeral Home
Lois Zukowski, 96 Peru, IL
May 31, 1929January 26, 2026
Mueller Funeral Home, Peru
