Tributes
Remember ing those we’ve loved and lost July 1, 2023 - December 31, 2023
Tributes
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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 Morris Herald-News and morrisherald-news.com offer a special biannual feature to commemorate and honor those we have lost.
This edition provides a listing of those who have passed away in July, August, September, October, November and December 2023.
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Remember ing those we’ve loved and lost July 1, 2023 - December 31, 2023
Look for the next Tributes Edition on July 17, 2024.
A Jill Abbott
Riverside, IL
Jean M. Basil, 96
Morris, IL April 2, 1927 September 24, 2023 Fred C. Dames Funeral Home
Carol Topping Baum, 84 Nydia Maria Adames, 85
Warner Robins, GA March 27, 1938 September 4, 2023
Patricia “Pat” Bleuer, 71
Morris, IL December 27, 1951 July 25, 2023 Fred C. Dames Funeral Home
Stephen Bolatto, Jr., 89
Lebanon, NH December 21, 1938 September 9, 2023
Braidwood, IL January 2, 1934 November 19, 2023
H. James “Jim” and Carol Baum
Kenneth A. Bolte
Morris, IL
Jewel Buttry Morris, IL
Carl Berry Morris, IL
B Patricia Anne Bartman, 88
Kinsman, IL January 16, 1935 September 20, 2023
William Burden, 81 Joliet, IL July 23, 1942 October 26, 2023 Fruland Funeral Home
Minooka, IL
David Ross Adcock, 80
Springfield, MO December 2, 1942 August 29, 2023 Fohn Funeral Home
Perry S. Brooks, 78 Bolingbrook, IL December 17, 1944 July 23, 2023
Diane K. Blackman, 74
Anderson, IL June 18, 1949 July 29, 2023
Frances M. Bradford, 64
Morris, IL February 19, 1959 September 25, 2023 Fred C. Dames Funeral Home
David Brandt, 73 Morris, IL April 8, 1950 September 12, 2023
C Susan Carrier, 66 Mark, IL November 24, 1956 September 30, 2023 Osborne-Nelson Funeral Home
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See full obituary at morrisherald-news.com.com/obituaries Donna J. Feld, 82
Jane Ann Harris, 79
Paul C. Jewett
Paul Cheskie
Clyde R. Ferguson Jr., 48
Jeffrey A. Harris, 70
Jeffery C. Johnson, 65
Morris, IL
Robert Close, 63
Maywood, IL February 18, 1960 October 6, 2023
Alice Janet Creech, 94
Loveland, OH March 14, 1929 October 8, 2023
D Phillip D. Dunning, 63
Hoopeston, IL February 14, 1960 December 24, 2023
Cedar Rapids, IA March 25, 1941 June 28, 2023
Morris, IL July 10, 1974 July 6, 2023
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Jody L. Gordon Joliet, IL
Edward Gerald Griffin, 85
Port Richey, FL April 20, 1938 September 14, 2023
Virginia U. Guertin, 86
Charles Eddy
Lois F. Hahn, 84
Spanish Fort, AL January 27, 1931 September 14, 2023 Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
Katherine Ann Hayworth, 83
Francesville, IN June 25, 1940 October 21, 2023
Sharon Heisner Morris, IL
Nancy Henderson, 77
Morris, IL January 20, 1946 August 25, 2023
Kenneth E. Hicks, 86 Loretta Hall Diamond, IL
Jason Wilkinson Enger, 52
Mazon, IL July 22, 1936 July 9, 2023 Seals-Campbell Funeral Home, LLC
Robert “Bob” Hollenbeck, 104 Gennell Hankins, 99 Morris, IL February 23, 1924 August 16, 2023
F Selma Fatlan, 98 Morris, IL February 27, 1925 December 22, 2023
Marcella Pearl (Powell) Hay, 92
Morris, IL May 8, 1939 June 28, 2023
Morris, IL
Morris, IL September 16, 1970 May 26, 2023 Fred C. Dames Funeral Home
Minooka, IL June 16, 1953 December 2, 2023
Joliet, IL July 23, 1937 November 25, 2023 The Maple Funeral Home
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Coal City, IL April 5, 1944 August 13, 2023 Fred C. Dames Funeral Home
Ruth Hankins, 99 Morris, IL January 23, 1924 August 16, 2023
Seneca, IL October 1, 1919 November 24, 2023 Osborne-Nelson Funeral Home
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Susan Jane Janke, 72 Seneca, IL January 27, 1951 July 13, 2023 Seals-Campbell Funeral Home, LLC
Murfreesboro, TN November 2, 2023
Morris, IL December 24, 1957 August 20, 2023 Fred C. Dames Funeral Home
Ralph S. Johnson, 84
Marseilles, IL January 30, 1939 December 1, 2023 Seals-Campbell Funeral Home. LLC
William M. Johnson, 73
Morris, IL May 4, 1950 July 19, 2023
Elaine G. (nee Menozzi) Joyce, 93
South Wilmington, IL August 7, 1929 July 27, 2023
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Elaine Irene Kadow, 77
Algonquin, IL December 4, 1946 December 9, 2023
Elaine Knott
Morris, IL October 6, 2023
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Ramona Mae Lanier, 79 Sycamore, IL June 16, 1944 July 9, 2023
Barbara “Bobbie” Lovell, 95 Morris, IL August 14, 1928 October 10, 2023
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Kathleen C. Case, 75
Pontiac, IL June 11, 1948 August 9, 2023
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See full obituary at morrisherald-news.com.com/obituaries Lonial Ray “Lon” Lovellette, 86 Ottawa, IL February 6, 1937 October 16, 2023
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Vivian Maierhofer, 94 Seneca, IL March 9, 1929 September 19, 2023 Osborne-Nelson Funeral Home
Gloria D. “Cookie” Maxwell, 88 Minooka, IL December 16, 1934 July 7, 2023 Fred C. Dames Funeral Home
Marjorie McCormack Verona, IL
Ellen Myre, 77
Ottawa, IL January 4, 1946 September 9, 2023 Ottawa Funeral Home
N Karen Sue Nelson, 63 Spring Hill, TN January 9, 1960 May 27, 2023
Morris, IL February 5, 1932 August 4, 2023 Fred C. Dames Funeral Home
James J. McMahon, Sr. Morris, IL
Elizabeth Ann “Bette” (Bader) Meyer, 91
Ottawa, IL September 5, 1932 November 25, 2023
Donald Russell Miller, 66
O Darlene Ann Orsini, 82
Morris, IL August 25, 1941 November 5, 2023 Reeves and Baskerville Funeral Homes and Crematory
Tracy Jonene Paramo, 60
Fort Myers, FL July 19, 1963 October 15, 2023
Donald Pellegrini Morris, IL UC Davis Callahan Funeral Home
David E. Peterson, 71 Morris, IL September 15, 1952 September 17, 2023
Lucille Peterson Morris, IL
Ft. Myers, FL April 4, 1957 July 13, 2023
Lynn Miller, 96 Joliet, IL May 8, 1927 November 10, 2023
Robin L. Rosenthal, 59
Robert G. Phillips, 79
Richard “Dick” Adam Rowe, 86
Bluffton, IN March 21, 1940 October 12, 2023
Channahon, IL December 14, 1943 September 23, 2023
Pamela Jo Pierce, 72
P Yvette R. McMahon, 91
Patricia Ann Pfeifer, 83
Yvonne M. Peterson, 89
Naperville, IL September 1, 1934 September 26, 2023
Kissimmee, FL October 31, 1950 July 24, 2023
Morris, IL December 23, 1963 December 18, 2023
Morris, IL February 27, 1937 August 24, 2023
Marvin L. Rude, 87 DeKalb, IL September 10, 1936 October 10, 2023
Donald Pogliano Morris, IL
S Julia M. Saenz Morris, IL
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Bill Reuter, 90
Coal City, IL August 14, 1933 August 14, 2023 Reeves and Baskerville Funeral Homes and Crematory
Diane Marie Richardson, 69
Grand Haven, MI October 11, 1953 July 6, 2023
Joyce Annette Riskedal, 54
Leland, IL January 14, 1969 August 18, 2023 Turner-Eighner
Duane Lee Roed, 75 Morris, IL September 21, 1947 August 31, 2023 Fred C. Dames Funeral Home Shirley Laverne Rolando, 97
Diamond, IL September 25, 1926 October 16, 2023 Fred C. Dames Funeral Home
Dennis “Dale” Santerelli, 74
Morris, IL July 10, 1949 November 7, 2023 Reeves and Baskerville Funeral Homes and Crematory
John D. Sartori, 86 Minooka, IL April 17, 1937 July 23, 2023
Dixie Lee Swor, 80 Morris, IL November 8, 1943 December 28, 2023
T Lois J. Tedford, 94 Morris, IL December 14, 1929 December 15, 2023
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See full obituary at morrisherald-news.com.com/obituaries Diane Washburn, 66 Morris, IL June 29, 1957 August 22, 2023 Reeves and Baskerville Funeral Homes and Crematory
Eva June Thompson, 97
James Merrit Watters
Seneca, IL March 7, 1943 October 7, 2023 Seals-Campbell Funeral Home, LLC
Joliet, IL June 23, 1926 - D ecember 11, 2023
John Martin Tira, Sr., 73
San Diego, CA July 14, 1950 August 22, 2023 Fred C. Dames Funeral Home
Morris, IL Fred C. Dames Funeral Home
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