Remembering those we’ve loved and lost January 1, 2025 - March 31, 2025
AJohnathan Aden, 54 DePue, IL
November 18, 1970January 8, 2025
Horner-Merritt Funeral Home
Anthony “Tony” Ajster, 80 Peru, IL
November 25, 1944February 5, 2025
Ptak Funeral Home
Kimrey Darrell “Kim” Alleman, 70 Henry, IL
January 15, 1954January 3, 2025
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 2025.
Look for the next Tributes Section on July 19, 2025.
Zachary “Zach” S. Allison, 26
Mark, IL
January 14, 1999January 24, 2025
Jerome A. Baness, 88 Albuquerque, NM
March 8, 1936 -
January 10, 2025
BJudy L. Baker, 74 La Salle, IL
May 10, 1950February 15, 2025
John “Bojack” Baracani Jr., 64 Spring Valley, IL
June 19, 1960March 28, 2025
Ronada K. Bekeleski, 62 Peru, IL
July 20, 1962February 16, 2025
Jessica M. Balma, 37 La Salle, IL
June 29, 1987March 4, 2025
Kerry Wayne Boehle, 70 Princeton, IL
January 26, 1955March 21, 2025
Grant- Johnson Funeral Home
Phyllis “Cindy” Bolander, 73 Peru, IL
July 28, 1951January 11, 2025
James Brophy, 61 Ladd, IL
January 9, 1963December 26, 2024
Jill Bruno, 83 Sugar Grove, IL
April 2, 1941February 8, 2025
Richard “Rich” S. Brussock, 86 Bradenton, FL
May 31, 1938January 26, 2025
Helen Joyce Burright, 99 Mendota, IL
December 19, 1925February 17, 2025
Horner-Merritt Funeral Home
Christine E. Butler, 75 Mendota, IL
November 21, 1949March 2, 2025
Wasmer Funeral Home
CDaniel J. Cahill, 67 La Salle, IL
August 2, 1957January 27, 2025
Phyllis J. Carrecca, 97 Peru, IL
March 28, 1927March 6, 2025
Mueller Funeral Home, Peru
Joseph Joe Leroy Cartwright, 61 Princeton, IL
November 11, 1963January 7, 2025
Norberg Memorial Home, Inc. & Monuments
Beth Casford, 63 Oglesby, IL
June 29, 1961February 7, 2025 Ptak Funeral Home
Ralph W. Christison, 94 Peru, IL
March 2, 1930December 31, 2024
Barbara Christopher, 90 Mendota, IL
December 12, 1934March 1, 2025
Horner-Merritt Funeral Home
Evelyn A. Coulter, 92 Peru, IL
August 21, 1932January 6, 2025
Ptak Funeral Home
Dolores J. “DJ” Croissant, 91 Ladd, IL
November 8, 1933 - March 9, 2025
Ptak Funeral Home
Jacob B. Crouch, 46 Peru, IL
October 12, 1978February 9, 2025
Richard Dean, 76 La Salle, IL
June 23, 1948January 1, 2025
Helen S. Curatolo, 90 Streator, IL
May 23, 1934March 21, 2025 D
Catherine J. Daffara, 88 Oglesby, IL
July 23, 1936March 4, 2025
Shields Funeral Chapel
Gilbert T. Dagraedt, 95 LaSalle, IL
July 19, 1929March 24, 2025
Penny Decker Peru, IL
Mueller Funeral Home
Celeste Nell Duhame, 76 Peru, IL
December 11, 1948January 17, 2025
ERuth Delhotal, 90 Mendota, IL
May 9, 1934March 10, 2025
Horner-Merritt Funeral Home
Ronald “Doby” A. Dobrydnia, 87 La Salle, IL
August 23, 1937January 13, 2025
Peggy Davenport, 80 Spring Valley, IL
November 15, 1944January 28, 2025
Elizabeth ‘Susie’ Ann Dean, 84 Ashton, IL
May 14, 1940March 14, 2025
Donald Wayne Doty, 87 Montrose, CO
October 23, 1937March 20, 2025
George C. Dowell, 92 Peru, IL
October 18, 1932January 18, 2025 Ptak Funeral Home
Barbara “Jean” Doyle, 85 Standard, IL
December 24, 1939December 28, 2024
Betty Dufour, 84 Mendota, IL
November 29, 1940February 12, 2025 Horner-Merritt Funeral Home
Charles A. Ellerbrock, 67 Ottawa, IL
December 27, 1957February 14, 2025
Marie “The Raviola Lady” Emmerling, 83 Spring Valley, IL
March 25, 1941March 8, 2025
Bernard Engels, 74 Mendota, IL
March 24, 1950February 1, 2025
Horner-Merritt Funeral Home
Wayne English, 87 Lasalle, IL
December 10, 1937March 24, 2025
David Owen Esche, 73 West Des Moines, IA
March 6, 1951March 4, 2025
Geraldine H. “Gerry” Etzenbach, 93 Peru, IL
November 21, 1931March 25, 2025
Mueller Funeral Home, Peru
Cindy J. Eutis, 64 Granville, IL
January 26, 1961January 31, 2025
Shirley J. Everding, 89 Peru, IL
December 9, 1935January 23, 2025
FJames ‘Jim’ F. Feuerborn, 85 Springfield, IL
August 3, 1939January 17, 2025
Mary Fisher, 71 LaSalle, IL
April 26, 1953March 7, 2025
Meg Ryan Fitzgerald, 39 Chicago, IL
April 26, 1985February 28, 2025
Sandra S. Flaherty, 61 Peoria, IL
June 18, 1963January 11, 2025
Susan Marie Flaherty, 71 Princeton, IL
June 9, 1953January 14, 2025 Fiocchi Funeral Home
Duane Allen Fort, 60 Minonk, IL
November 30, 1964March 14, 2025
Richard John Freeman, 84 Lostant, IL
May 14, 1940January 13, 2025
James M. Fritz, 63 Mendota, IL
December 25, 1961January 25, 2025
Wasmer Funeral Home
GLillian Giordano, 85 Peru, IL
September 8, 1939January 19, 2025
Roger William Harrod, 82 Princeton, IL
January 11, 1943February 20, 2025
Norberg Memorial Home, Inc.. & Monuments
Jeoffry “Jeff” L. Hayden, 72 Peru, IL
April 15, 1952February 6, 2025
Donna Hilmes, 77 Mendota, IL
May 22, 1947January 30, 2025
Horner-Merritt Funeral Home
Allan Thomas Hoover, 76 Peru, IL
May 10, 1948January 13, 2025
Josephine F. Grabowski, 95
La Salle, IL
October 5, 1929January 9, 2025
Gail Ann Grady, 64 Mendota, IL
January 16, 1961January 28, 2025 Wasmer Funeral Home
George Gruenwald, 84 Bloomington, IL
July 6, 1940December 15, 2024
HJames Haase, 70 Spring Valley, IL
January 11, 1955February 15, 2025
Janice Hammer, 71 Spring Valley, IL
May 26, 1953January 5, 2025
Donna Hamrick, 87 Spring Valley, IL
August 17, 1937March 7, 2025
Jack L. Hayes Jr. Geneseo, IL February 27, 2025
Lynn L. Huffstodt, 86 Albuquerque, NM
April 14, 1938February 17, 2025
JDavid Heath, 80 Huntley, IL
December 23, 1944February 4, 2025
Wilma Jean Jacobs, 90 Mendota, IL
October 3, 1934March 22, 2025
Horner-Merritt Funeral Home
Gail Ann Heller, 88 Peru, IL
November 22, 1936March 24, 2025 Mueller Funeral Home, Peru
Robert P. Herbst, 86 Tonica, IL
June 15, 1938January 16, 2025
Pamela Herrera, 74 Mendota, IL
December 16, 1950March 8, 2025
Horner-Merritt Funeral Home
Helen HillstromComiskey, 93 Huntley, IL
February 22, 1932February 26, 2025 Davenport Family Funeral Home and Crematory
Linda Jeffery, 75 Princeton, IL
November 29, 1949February 4, 2025
Norberg Memorial Home, Inc & Monuments
Ida M. Johnson, 93 Princeton, IL
September 25, 1931February 18, 2025 Grant-Johnson Funeral Home
KStephen W. (Klukaczynski) Kacy, 69
La Salle, IL
April 7, 1955March 27, 2025
Ptak Funeral Home
Mary A. Kalisiak, 78 Rochester, MN
October 17, 1946March 19, 2025
Shields Funeral Chapel
Ludwig “Lou” F. Karun Jr., 71 Peru, IL
September 18, 1953January 20, 2025
Robert Kessel, 88 Peru, IL
March 29, 1936February 6, 2025
Mueller Funeral Home, Peru
Kathleen Rose Keutzer, 75 Peru, IL
December 4, 1949March 15, 2025
Emery Kirby, 85 Mendota, IL
August 8, 1939January 10, 2025
Horner-Merritt Funeral Home
Georgene Kirschbaum, 72 Streator, IL
August 11, 1952February 4, 2025
Winterrowd-Hagi Funeral Home
Eileen Marie (Schmitt) Knecht, 64 Ottawa, IL
August 14, 1960January 23, 2025
Mueller Funeral Home
Linda Koehler, 74 Spring Valley, IL
February 2, 1950January 10, 2025
Joan Leona Kofoid, 89
Marseilles, IL
April 24, 1935February 7, 2025
Seals-Campbell Funeral Home, LLC
Kay KolowskiHyson, 57
Peru, IL
October 31, 1967March 4, 2025
Ptak Funeral Home
Phyllis Ann Kowalczyk, 93 Peru, IL
December 12, 1931March 20, 2025
Ptak Funeral Home
Martin “Marty” Kowalski, 70 Seatonville, IL
September 2, 1954March 25, 2025
Marjorie Faye (Mills) Kreske, 91 Wauwatosa, WI
September 30, 1933January 8, 2025
Ptak Funeral Home
Timothy M. Kromm, 70 Mendota, IL
October 18, 1954January 29, 2025
Wasmer Funeral Home
John Kubiak, 73
Peru, IL
March 4, 1951January 12, 2025
William Kuczek, 56 Toluca, IL
January 8, 1969January 24, 2025
Horner-Merritt Funeral Home
Karen D. Lannen, 68 Peru, IL
July 7, 1956February 18, 2025
Patricia Manrriquez, 77 DePue, IL
November 8, 1947January 26, 2025
James A. Lesniewski, 71 Oglesby, IL
July 20, 1953February 2, 2025
Shields Funeral Chapel
Douglas Wayne Lewis, 91 Peru, IL
April 15, 1933February 13, 2025
Anthony ‘Tony’ Liberta Normal, IL
Beverly Jeanne Littrell, 93 Oswego, IL
May 4, 1931December 22, 2024 Mueller-Pagani Funeral Home, LaSalle
Arthur “Art” I. Lund Jr., 92 Tonica, IL
January 21, 1933March 15, 2025
MJerry E. Marlett, 54 LaSalle, IL
September 28, 1970February 3, 2025
Susan M. Martin, 76 Ladd, IL
September 2, 1948March 4, 2025
Fiocchi Funeral Home
Dorothy Caroline Martinson, 87 Mendota, IL
February 15, 1938March 10, 2025
Wasmer Funeral Home
Patrick Owen Mason, 52 Princeton, IL
March 21, 1972January 13, 2025 Fiocchi-Jensen Funeral Home
Jean L. Matchus, 90 Lasalle, IL
June 26, 1934March 8, 2025
Maxine Marie Kusek, 96 Peru, IL
May 5, 1928March 6, 2025
Prey-Mueller Funeral Home, Oglesby
LMichael W. Mahar, 74 Cedar Point, IL
December 17, 1950March 2, 2025
Shields Funeral Chapel
Verda L. Mankowski, 97 Chicago, IL
March 24, 1927February 2, 2025
Barbara Faye Matiak, 83 Spring Valley, IL
February 2, 1941January 5, 2025
Mary M. McClenning, 80 Lasalle, IL
October 21, 1944March 11, 2025
Karen Sue McStoots, 71 West Brooklyn, IL
November 1, 1953March 21, 2025
Wasmer Funeral Home
Jerold “Wick” Mitchell, 70 Hinckley, IL
November 2, 1954March 6, 2025
Torman Funeral Home
William Mochnik LaGrange, MO
Thomas Joseph Nauman, 74
Magnolia, IL
September 18, 1950February 11, 2025
Barbara Moore-Hrovat, 85 Peru, IL
February 5, 1939January 11, 2025
Dennis Morris, 72 Princeton, IL
January 10, 1953January 21, 2025
Norberg Memorial Home, Inc. & Monuments
Raymond A. Mrowicki, 77 Peru, IL
July 11, 1947February 28, 2025
Mueller Funeral Home, Peru
James Francis Mueller, 89 Peru, IL
July 22, 1935March 3, 2025
Mueller Funeral Home, Peru
Diane Musgrove, 79 Mendota, IL
May 7, 1945January 1, 2025
Horner-Merritt Funeral Home
NBruce Norquist, 35 Oglesby, IL
October 25, 1989March 3, 2025
Anne M. Norrell, 61 Peru, IL
August 8, 1963January 30, 2025 Ptak Funeral Home
Harold “Punk”, Jr. Nurnberg, 88 Mendota, IL
June 8, 1936February 21, 2025
Horner-Merritt Funeral Home
OArthur L. Oberholtzer, Jr., 60
Danville, IL
August 2, 1964December 29, 2024
Shields Funeral Chapel
Matthew Oberholz, 44
Spring Valley, IL
March 25, 1980December 27, 2024
Marilyn Jean (West) Olds, 94
Wyanet, IL
July 17, 1930March 19, 2025
Grant-Johnson Funeral Home
Linda Renee Olivero, 62 Peru, IL
May 22, 1962February 2, 2025
Adolph G. Orio, 84 LaSalle, IL
July 12, 1940January 4, 2025
Mueller-Pagani Funeral Home, LaSalle
PDawn Pantenburg, 73 Princeton, IL
June 18, 1951March 11, 2025
Eugene “Gene” Politsch, 89 Mendota, IL
March 20, 1935March 18, 2025
Horner-Merritt Funeral Home
Joanne M. (Haub) Politsch, 94 Mendota, IL
February 3, 1931February 11, 2025
Megan L. Peoplis, 49 West Dundee, IL
December 26, 1975January 25, 2025
Tanner McKay Porter, 30 Mendota, IL
July 28, 1994January 7, 2025
Wasmer Funeral Home
Norman Lee Perona, 78 Streator, IL
July 23, 1946February 19, 2025
Winterrowd-Hagi Funeral Home
Steven Anton Perona, 75 Toluca, IL
August 12, 1949March 13, 2025
Mary Jane Pratt, 86 Granville, IL
January 16, 1939January 26, 2025
Helmer Shields Funeral Home
RAndrew John Rapp, 38 Princeton, IL
April 1, 1986January 13, 2025
Grant-Johnson Funeral Home
Richard F. Piotrowski, 91 Peru, IL
January 23, 1934January 29, 2025
Rev. Msgr. Ernest E. Pizzamiglio, 91 Galesburg, IL
November 5, 1933March 23, 2025
Dora Planthaber, 80 Spring Valley, IL
June 15, 1944February 15, 2025
Horner-Merritt Funeral Home
Keith Raulerson, 18 Wyanet, IL
September 18, 2006December 22, 2024
Norberg Memorial Home, Inc. & Monuments
Florence M. Rodighiero, 88 Ottawa, IL
March 21, 1936March 12, 2025
Shields Funeral Chapel
John E. Rodighiero, 89 Ottawa,, IL
June 8, 1935March 22, 2025
Shields Funeral Chapel
Mary Rudzinski, 106 Oglesby, IL
October 17, 1918January 22, 2025
Prey-Mueller Funeral Home, Oglesby
Eleanor Annis Ryan, 92 Peru, IL
September 14, 1932March 5, 2025
Mueller Funeral Home, Peru
Richard “Rich” Rynke, 86 Rockford, IL
October 2, 1938February 28, 2025
SDean Sack, 70 Peru, IL
October 4, 1954March 13, 2025
Samuel V. Sankovich, 46 Peoria, IL
October 17, 1978February 13, 2025
Mary ‘Bebe’ Ziel Schorn, 82 Lecanto, FL
July 10, 1942February 5, 2025
Tim Selquist, 57 Triumph, IL
August 22, 1967January 30, 2025
Horner-Merritt Funeral Home
Robin M. Sienkiewicz, 69 La Salle, IL
August 11, 1955February 16, 2025
Bruce Lee Simmons, 88 Princeton, IL
June 16, 1936March 1, 2025
Norberg Memorial Home, Inc. & Monuments
Delbert F. Sims, 85 Princeton, IL
September 8, 1939January 15, 2025 Fiocchi Funeral Home
Arthur F. Smith, 99 Peru, IL
September 10, 1925March 29, 2025
Mueller Funeral Home, Peru
Francis “Fran” Scoma, 81 LaSaLle, IL
December 16, 1943January 2, 2025
Carol Ann Sell, 89 Peru, IL
October 20, 1935February 21, 2025
Mueller Funeral Home, Peru
Darron Michael Smith, 56 Des Moines, IA
January 4, 1969February 1, 2025
Beverly Ann Snyder, 76 Davenport, IA
March 20, 1948December 29, 2024
Kristine M. Soderholm, 59 Naperville, IL
January 14, 1966January 15, 2025
David John Sprung, 39 La Moille, IL
July 2, 1985February 3, 2025
Horner-Merritt Funeral Home
Mary Alice (Brus) Steck, 78 Bloomingdale, IL
September 16, 1946February 15, 2025
Maribeth F. Tonelli, 70 Peru, IL
February 20, 1954February 16, 2025
Ptak Funeral Home
Angeline (Barbic) Torchia, 104 Peru, IL
April 15, 1920February 10, 2025
Joyce Steele, 75 DePue, IL
September 3, 1949February 17, 2025
John Joseph Torri Naperville, IL
Lee Allen Steen, 60 LaSalle, IL
March 2, 1964January 23, 2025 Mueller-Pagani Funeral Home
Robert “Bob” L. Stirratt, 89 La Salle, IL
September 3, 1935January 13, 2025
Thomas A. Strykowski, 65 Princeton, IL December 14, 1959 - March 7, 2025 Fiocchi Funeral Homes
Jeanine E Swanson, 71 Princeton, IL
November 22, 1953March 6, 2025
Norberg Memorial Home, Inc. & Monuments
TCharlene Theisinger, 87 Peru, IL
July 21, 1937February 17, 2025
Shields Funeral Chapel
Georgia Flo Towne, 81 Wyanet, IL
June 2, 1943February 6, 2025 Fiocchi Funeral Home
Arthur Joseph Trillet Sr. Plainfield, Formerly of Downers Grove, IL
Dolores “Dee” Marie Van Drew, 75 Chillicothe, IL
January 11, 1950February 11, 2025
Grant-Johnson Funeral Home
Nick VanWingerden, 71 Peru, IL
February 8, 1953January 16, 2025
Violet J. Vogel, 89 La Salle, IL
January 19, 1936February 14, 2025
Stephen C. Wood, 87 La Salle, IL
Yvonne J. Volant, 98 Peru, IL
March 12, 1937January 21, 2025
August 1, 1926March 5, 2025
Mueller Funeral Home, Peru
Stephen C. Wood, 87 La Salle, IL
March 12, 1937January 21, 2025
George A. Yauch Jr., 87 Mendota, IL
Glen C. “Whitey” Wallgren, 86 Putnam County, IL
November 9, 1937March 3, 2025
September 22, 1938March 18, 2025
Helmer Shields Funeral Home
Harold Lawrence Walter, 91 Peru, IL
Mary Zawacki, 94 Mendota, IL
September 8, 1933March 2, 2025
August 15, 1930January 8, 2025
George A. Yauch Jr., 87 Mendota, IL
November 9, 1937March 3, 2025
Mary Zawacki, 94 Mendota, IL
August 15, 1930January 8, 2025
Shields Funeral Chapel
Mueller Funeral Home, Peru
Rebecca Marie Walters, 55 Henry, IL
Shields Funeral Chapel
Larry E. Zielinski, 73 Rockford, IL
October 8, 1951January 5, 2025
April 17, 1969March 18, 2025
Norberg Memorial Home, Inc. & Monuments
Shields Funeral Chapel
Larry E. Zielinski, 73 Rockford, IL
October 8, 1951January 5, 2025
Shields Funeral Chapel
Catherine “Cathy” (Baima) Zimmer, 87 Morton, IL
Ruth Ann Wangelin, 84 Walnut, IL
February 18, 1941March 15, 2025
July 31, 1937March 4, 2025
Catherine “Cathy” (Baima) Zimmer, 87 Morton, IL
July 31, 1937March 4, 2025
Marjorie A. Zitoun, 78 Peru, IL
Philip Wasilewski, 77 Ottawa, IL
September 10, 1946December 31, 2024
November 3, 1947January 9, 2025 Ottawa Funeral Home
Richard “Richie” R. Weide, 69 Spring Valley, IL
October 10, 1955January 4, 2025
Marjorie A. Zitoun, 78 Peru, IL
September 10, 1946December 31, 2024
Marie Weiden, 92 Princeton, IL
October 4, 1932March 25, 2025
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