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Remembering those we’ve loved and lost January 1, 2024 - March 31, 2024
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 Gazette, Telegraph and saukvalley.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 2024.
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Timothy J. Aggen, 64 Carmel, IN
November 30, 1959January 6, 2024
W. Marvin “Andy” Anderson, 88 Walnut, IL
November 10, 1935February 22, 2024
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Carole J. Barton, 86 Prophetstown, IL
March 2, 1937February 24, 2024
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Richard H. “Dick” Beswick, 95 Morrison, IL
April 14, 1928March 1, 2024
Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home
Betty L. Albrecht, 88 DeKalb, IL
December 14, 1935March 12, 2024
Leslie & Louise Arvola, 95 & 92
Sterling, IL
McDonald Funeral Home B
Gloria M. Batt, 92 Dixon, IL
March 29, 1931January 15, 2024
Marilyn June Birkey, 88 Walnut, IL
February 5, 1936March 28, 2024
Zelda A. Allen, 99
Sterling, IL
December 26, 1924February 22, 2024
Schilling Funeral Home
Douglas D. Amman, 85
Muncie, IN
January 11, 1939January 13, 2024
Betty Carole Baebler, 96
Dixon, IL
September 12, 1927March 18, 2024
Leslie Ann Ballard, 67 Dixon, IL
May 3, 1956February 21, 2024
N. Elaine Beckley, 90
Dixon, IL
September 8, 1933January 18, 2024
Jones Funeral Home
Judith F. Bell, 82 Dixon, IL
September 13, 1941February 11, 2024
Jones Funeral Home
Mark Thomas Berwanger, 50 Glendale, AZ
November 22, 1973February 11, 2024
George Barry Blazier, 75 Sterling, IL
January 20, 1949February 17, 2024
Jacob E. Blei, 91 Dixon, IL
December 18, 1932February 18, 2024
Jones Funeral Home
Jon Frederick Block, 68 Sterling, IL
March 29, 1955February 21, 2024
Schilling Funeral Home
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Ruth E. Bock, 97
Sterling, IL
May 17, 1926March 26, 2024
McDonald Funeral Home & Crematory
Susan Kay Bock, 66
Dixon, IL
January 31, 1957January 5, 2024
McDonald Funeral Home & Crematory
Richard Dale Boelkins, 71
Morrison, IL
July 10, 1952January 13, 2024
Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home
Karen Rita Boesen, 85
Sterling, IL
February 7, 1939March 11, 2024
Susan Bondi, 71
Dixon, IL
July 22, 1952January 29, 2024
Jones Funeral Home
Carol Beth Bos, 86
Sterling, IL
January 3, 1938February 27, 2024
Berneice May Bound, 94 Prophetstown, IL
July 3, 1929February 1, 2024 www.bosmagibson.com
Patrick Bousselot Morrison, IL
Patricia A. Boyer, 71
Dixon, IL
May 17, 1952January 3, 2024
McDonald Funeral Home
Lunda Bramm, 78
Rock Falls, IL
June 5, 1945March 5, 2024
McDonald Funeral Home
Robert G. Brandau, 87
Walnut, IL
September 19, 1936February 24, 2024
Patricia Ann Brelsfoard, 88
Rock Falls, IL
July 22, 1935January 28, 2024
McDonald Funeral Home & Crematory
James L. Brubaker, 83
Milledgeville, IL
May 8, 1940January 25, 2024
McDonald Funeral Home
Luella Buis, 102
Morrison, IL
May 11, 1921January 10, 2024
Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home
Yvonne Ruth Burkholder, 88
Morrison, IL
November 27, 1935January 25, 2024
Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home
Thomas “Tom” W. Burrows, Jr., 77 Dixon, IL
June 19, 1946January 26, 2024
Michael S. Bushaw, 65
Sterling, IL
August 14, 1958February 19, 2024
Viola “Vi” Bushman, 97
Dixon, IL
August 6, 1926February 6, 2024
Michael John Butkus, 70
Morrison, IL
November 21, 1953December 9, 2023
Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home
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Clyde W. Cardwell, 91
Sterling, IL
May 13, 1932March 9, 2024
Donna Jean Carroll, 87
Carmel, IN
March 16, 1936January 1, 2024
Margaret Ann Castle, 96
Dixon, IL
April 30, 1927February 4, 2024
David Cervantes, 65
Sterling, IL
March 1, 1958February 1, 2024
McDonald Funeral Home
Casden ‘Cassie’ Nelle Chapman, 79
Geneseo, IL
July 31, 1944February 26, 2024
Jacqueline R. ‘Jackie’ Charland, 90 Frankfort, Formerly of Park Forest, IL
June 15, 1933January 23, 2024
Cheryl R. Christians, 77 Mt. Morris, IL
October 15, 1946December 29, 2023
Cheryl Christianson, 76
Sterling, IL
January 25, 1947January 20, 2024
McDonald Funeral Home
Ramona J. Clausen, 86
Sterling, IL
September 23, 1937January 28, 2024
Doris E. Coil, 81
Oregon, IL
November 15, 1942January 2, 2024
Janice Mae (Ruter) Colberg, 85
Forreston, IL
May 6, 1938January 1, 2024
Christine Appenzeller Como, 75
Rock Falls, IL
February 3, 1948January 21, 2024
McDonald Funeral Home
Mabel I. Conklin, 100
Sterling, IL
January 27, 1933January 5, 2024
Schilling Funeral Home
Lorenzo “Larry” Contreras, 93
Dixon, IL
August 11, 1930January 16, 2024
Jones Funeral Home
Bertha Cook, 89
Chatsworth, CA
December 18, 1934January 2, 2024
John Hunter Coram III, 38
Rock Falls, IL
February 14, 1986February 22, 2024
Thomas A. Cornwell, 76
Sterling, IL
March 10, 1947February 8, 2024
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Evelyn Mae Cox, 92 Dixon, IL
July 1, 1931February 18, 2024
Sharon K. Cox, 85 Mt. Morris, IL
July 21, 1938January 11, 2024
Dorian L. Cramer, 66 Rock Falls, IL
August 27, 1957March 21, 2024
DRonald Gene Dale, 60 Rockfalls, IL
December 25, 1963January 19, 2024
Rosemary Davis, 83 Sterling, IL
November 23, 1940February 28, 2024
McDonald Funeral Home & Crematory
Michael Davis II, 33 Princeton, IL
February 16, 1990February 6, 2024
Norberg Memorial Home, Inc. & Monuments
Pamela A. Decker-Vos, 71
Morrison, IL
September 19, 1952March 22, 2024
Bosma-Renkes
Funeral Home
Louis J. DeMay Jr., 77
Rock Falls, IL
September 19, 1946March 5, 2024
Roger D. Diehl, 83 Mt. Morris, IL
January 22, 1941March 4, 2024
Barbara Ellen
Dillin, 77
Hillsdale, IL
June 24, 1946February 25, 2024
Gibson-Bode Funeral Home Port Byron
Viva L. Dirks, 82
Rock Falls, IL
April 11, 1941January 11, 2024
McDonald Funeral Home & Crematory
Rebecca S. Dixon, 43 Dixon, IL
September 5, 1980January 30, 2024
Jones Funeral Home
Thomas M. Dziuban, 60
Dixon, IL
March 10, 1963February 26, 2024
Jones Funeral Home
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Robert J. Edison, 69
Sterling, IL
March 14, 1954January 12, 2024
McDonald Funeral Home
Linda Lou Edwards, 82
Waterloo, NE
April 18, 1941January 7, 2024
Marilyn Jean Dolieslager, 72
Morrison, IL
March 25, 1951March 24, 2024 bosmarenkes.com
Richard Eugene Dombroski, 77
Morrison, IL
September 19, 1946January 12, 2024
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Nancy Jean Fischbach, 89 Ashton, IL
February 15, 1934January 10, 2024
Marlene Faith Ford, 75 Forreston, IL
May 23, 1948February 17, 2024
Patricia Ann Fox, 80 Dixon, IL
September 27, 1943February 20, 2024
Richard Frueh, 84 Lost Nation, IL
March 15, 1939January 28, 2024
John Glen Frybarger, 74
Rock Falls, IL
May 11, 1949January 7, 2024
John Duncan, 87 Rock Falls, IL
April 29, 1936February 14, 2024
Ryan Edward Fischer, 37
Sterling, IL
April 3, 1986March 9, 2024
Schilling Funeral Home
Nancy Ann Fulton, 78 Oregon, IL
May 5, 1945January 22, 2024
Farrell Holland
Gale ~ Oregon
Sandra “Sandy” Duncan, 67
Erie, IL
April 4, 1956February 6, 2024
Gibson-Bode Funeral Home Erie
Donna B. Dykstra, 92
Fulton, IL
February 19, 1932February 23, 2024
Bosma-Renkes
Funeral Home
Richard Dykstra, 72
Thomson, IL
February 6, 1952February 17, 2024
Law Jones Funeral Home
Trudy K. Fisher, 83 Rock Falls, IL
December 9, 1940March 4, 2024
McDonald Funeral Home
Thomas J. Flock, 68
Sterling, IL
May 6, 1955February 7, 2024
Lani Funderberg, 76
Sterling, IL
October 13, 1947March 11, 2024
Schilling Funeral Home
Frank Floski Jr., 98
Mt. Morris, IL
July 19, 1925January 28, 2024
Michael Joseph Foley
Indianapolis, IN
March 12, 2024
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Marjorie Genandt, 92 Forreston, IL
January 12, 1932February 28, 2024
Shirley Genslinger, 92
Sterling, IL
April 20, 1931February 11, 2024
McDonald Funeral Home
Louise A. Gibbons Sterling, IL
schilling funeral home
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Richard C. Gingrich, 92
Sterling, IL
February 6, 1931January 6, 2024
McDonald Funeral Home & Crematory
Linda Glazier, 75
Sterling, IL
August 25, 1948February 28, 2024
McDonald Funeral Home
Joana Glendenning, 94
Stillman Valley, IL
March 21, 1929March 7, 2024
Farrell-Holland-Gale Funeral Homes
Orville K. Goodenough, 93
Morrison, IL
June 10, 1930January 4, 2024
Betty A. Gordon, 76
Sterling, IL
July 24, 1947March 4, 2024
William Griswold, 97
Sterling, IL
March 20, 1926February 10, 2024
Schilling Funeral Home & Cremation
Leroy Grooms, 90
Rock Falls, IL
November 15, 1933December 30, 2023
McDonald Funeral Home
Robert C. Grover, 66
Dixon, IL
June 15, 1957March 5, 2024
Jones Funeral Home
Kenneth “Ken”
E. Guntle, 98
Dixon, IL
March 29, 1925February 2, 2024
HDonald L. “Don”
Haag, 100
Sterling, IL
January 25, 1923January 9, 2024
Schilling Funeral Home & Cremation
Iris Halpern, 95 Highland Park, IL
January 9, 1929February 28, 2024
Lorraine J. Hand, 92
Morrison, IL
March 10, 1931January 27, 2024
Bosma-Gibson Funeral Home
Ty L. Hannebaum, 53
Byron, IL
December 21, 1970January 28, 2024
Mary Alice Hardy, 79 Amboy, IL
May 23, 1944February 13, 2024
Gloria Charlene Harms, 88
Mt. Morris, IL
March 11, 1935December 1, 2023
Wojstrom Funeral Home & Crematory
Rosa Linda Hart, 75
Rock Falls, IL
September 7, 1948March 3, 2024
Krisa Lynn (DeBuysere) Heinsen, 55
Carbon Cliff, IL
June 10, 1968February 24, 2024
Gibson - Bode Funeral Home, Port Byron
Connie M. Helms, 75 Morrison, IL
June 10, 1948March 16, 2024
Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home
Martin James Hermes, 40
Sterling, IL
April 5, 1983January 15, 2024
McDonald Funeral Home & Crematory
Richard S. Hewes, 75 Sterling,, IL
March 27, 1948January 28, 2024
Polo Family Funeral Home
Donald E. Hinrichs, 94 Sterling, IL
February 2, 1929January 12, 2024
McDonald Funeral Home
Sarah Hinrichs, 92 Dekalb, IL
January 8, 1932February 1, 2024
Mihm-Jones Funeral Home
John C. Hipple, 85 Fond Du Lac, WI
April 7, 1938December 22, 2023
Keith E. Huff, 84 Dixon, IL
September 25, 1939January 7, 2024
Richard Allen Hundrieser, Sr., 92 Dixon, IL
September 17, 1931January 26, 2024 I
Sharon K. Irion, 82
Morrison, IL
June 11, 1941March 2, 2024
Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home
JLarry Glenn Hawes, 87 Glendale, AZ
March 31, 1936January 28, 2024
John H. Heath, 88 Rock Falls, IL
November 12, 1935March 21, 2024
McDonald Funeral Home
Jeremy J. Hobbs, 52 Amboy, IL
March 21, 1971March 9, 2024
Mihm-Jones Funeral Home
Harold Boyd Hollowell, 90 Seminole, FL
September 5, 1933February 9, 2024
David Edwin Jackson, 83 Pawnee, IL
March 25, 1940December 30, 2023
John Edward Jacobs, 81
Dixon, IL
October 30, 1942February 28, 2024
Eleanor M. Jenkins, 90 Polo, IL
June 22, 1933March 5, 2024
Polo Family Funeral Home
Marguerite “Maggie”
Johnson, 93
Sterling, IL
February 11, 1931March 15, 2024
McDonald Funeral Home
June Jones, 79
Dixon, IL
March 9, 1944January 13, 2024
Jones Funeral Home
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Glenda “Sis” Mae Kaecker, 66
Dixon, IL
April 9, 1957February 1, 2024
Schilling Funeral Home
Mary Kay Kalata, 76
Dixon, IL
January 9, 1948February 18, 2024
Marcia Ann Keck, 84
Dixon, IL
December 6, 1939February 3, 2024
June D. Kereven, 94 Oregon, IL
June 7, 1929February 14, 2024
Farrell-Holland-Gale Funeral Home
Alan Richard Kimpel, 65 Abingdon, IL
August 14, 1958February 16, 2024
Barbara J. Kirchner, 75 Oregon, IL
January 28, 1949March 8, 2024
Francis ‘Frank’ R. Klocke Jr., 73
South Bend, IN
August 2, 1950December 27, 2023
Robert Knapp, 87 Rock Falls, IL
April 13, 1936March 25, 2024
McDonald Funeral Home
Colleen A. Koch, 83 Shorewood, IL
April 17, 1940March 17, 2024
Mihm-Jones Funeral Home
Joyce Mae Kreger, 87 Dixon, IL
September 26, 1936March 27, 2024
Lois Darlene Krieger, 91 Dixon, IL
November 20, 1932February 18, 2024
Eldon “Butch” L. Kyarsgaard, 83 Prophetstown, IL
October 13, 1940February 21, 2024
LKaren Landers, 83 Milledgeville, IL
February 18, 1940February 16, 2024
McDonald Funeral Home
Margaret Jane Langenfeld, 89
Dixon, IL
December 21, 1934February 9, 2024 Jones Funeral Home
Irene E. Larson, 102 Ohio, IL
October 13, 1921February 1, 2024
Malinda Sue Laskowski, 73
Dixon, IL
July 27, 1950February 7, 2024
LaVonne M.
Latham, 81 Erie, IL
March 17, 1942February 12, 2024
Gibson - Bode Funeral Home, Erie
Thomas R.
Lawson, Jr., 56
Sterling, IL
August 18, 1967January 31, 2024
Amanda Lynne Ledford-Hughes, 50
Dixon, IL
June 20, 1973February 20, 2024
Eldon LeFevre, 94
Oregon, IL
December 28, 1929March 15, 2024
Farrell-HollandGale Funeral Home in Oregon, IL
Jarod M. Lehrke, 24
Freeport, IL
August 25, 1999December 18, 2023
Marlene M. Lenaburg, 81
Dubuque, IA
May 5, 1942December 23, 2023
Michael Owen Lowery, 79
Morrison, IL
August 7, 1944March 21, 2024
Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home
Mervin ‘Merv’
Ludewig, 86 Polo, IL
October 1, 1937January 2, 2024
Marcella Mattingly, 101 Walnut, IL
March 9, 1922January 31, 2024
Patsy Ann Maves, 87 Dixon, IL
August 27, 1936February 23, 2024
Thomas O. Maxwell, 74
Sterling, IL
August 19, 1949February 26, 2024
Schilling Funeral Home & Cremation
Joseph R. McCallister, 85 Clinton, TN
April 23, 1938January 24, 2024
McDonald Funeral Home
Janet M. McCord, 86 Rock Falls, IL
May 25, 1937December 31, 2023
McDonald Funeral Home & Crematory
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Henry Magnafici, 74
Dixon, IL
May 14, 1949January 11, 2024
Jones Funeral Home
Emmitt W. Martin, 70
Mt. Morris, IL
January 8, 1954February 13, 2024
Timothy L. Martin, 77 Rock Falls, IL
November 16, 1946January 21, 2024
McDonald Funeral Home & Crematory
William Robert McDonald, 77 Rock Falls, IL
December 24, 1946January 8, 2024
McDonald Funeral Home & Crematory
D. Gary McNinch, 82 Fish Creek, WI
December 25, 1941February 10, 2024
Gary L. Meagher, 75 Rock Falls, IL
February 12, 1948January 17, 2024
Steven E. Meier, 57 Prophetstown, IL
November 1, 1966March 27, 2024
McDonald Funeral Home & Crematory
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Brett A. Melton, 64 Prophetstown, IL
May 9, 1959March 6, 2024
Consuelo Mendez, 89 Rock Falls, IL
May 30, 1934January 16, 2024
McDonald Funeral Home & Crematory
Ronald A. Meyer, 81 Sterling, IL
June 26, 1942March 14, 2024
McDonald Funeral Home & Crematory
Eric Alan Michel, 51 Dixon, IL
January 9, 1973February 13, 2024
Joseph W. Moeller, 72
Dixon, IL
October 3, 1951February 13, 2024
Jones Funeral Home
Richard C. Montavon, 88
Dixon, IL
January 8, 1936January 12, 2024
Jones Funeral Home
Lorraine Moore, 94
Mendota, IL
June 11, 1929January 25, 2024
Merritt Funeral Home
NDavid A. Nave Sr., 73
Peru, IL
August 12, 1950February 11, 2024
Geraldine A. Naylor, 79 Franklin Grove, IL
March 5, 1944February 20, 2024
Jones Funeral Home
Jesse D. Neal, 71 Rock Falls, IL
December 22, 1952February 2, 2024
McDonald Funeral Home & Crematory
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Debra Lynn O’Dair, 68 Dixon, IL
August 22, 1955January 27, 2024
William M. Ogan, 88 Clinton, IA
November 6, 1935March 22, 2024
Chapel Hill Funeral Home
Corinne L. Olalde, 75 Galt, IL
December 25, 1948February 29, 2024
McDonald Funeral Home & Crematory
Bonnie May Miles, 78 Lyndon, IL
July 2, 1945December 15, 2023
Lennard Harold ‘Doc’ Miles, 85 Georgetown, KY
October 23, 1938February 24, 2024
Marie M. Miles, 83 Georgetown, KY
April 9, 1940January 4, 2024
Brian Lee Millerschoen, 71
Sussex, WI
October 5, 1952January 11, 2024
Judith Mills, 80
Sterling, IL
October 2, 1943January 29, 2024
Schilling Funeral Home & Cremation
Nancy Lee Moore, 88 Dixon, IL
July 26, 1935March 5, 2024
Terry Neal, 79 Compton, IL
March 16, 1944January 25, 2024
Merritt Funeral Home
June E. Orr, 98
Port Byron, IL
June 7, 1925February 4, 2024
Gibson-Bode Funeral Home
Jeffrey Morehead, 72 Harmon, IL
March 2, 1951January 6, 2024
Merritt Funeral Home
Mary Morgan, 95
Lanark, IL
October 27, 1928March 22, 2024
Allan B. Morthland, 83
Rock Falls, IL
May 5, 1940January 26, 2024
Donald J. Myers, 97
Mt. Morris, IL
February 25, 1926February 7, 2024
William ‘Bill’ Myers, 76 Sterling, IL
February 14, 1948March 13, 2024
Muriel (nee Cooney) Nerad LaGrange Park, IL
February 26, 2024
Dorothy Laura Newcomer, 103 Dixon, IL
August 29, 1920March 11, 2024
Kenneth W. Newlon, 87
Sterling, IL
April 2, 1936January 10, 2024
McDonald
Funeral Home
Alan Nordman, 69 Leaf River, IL
January 10, 1955February 11, 2024
Farrell-Holland-Gale Funeral Homes, Inc.
Carol L. Nuttall, 73 Nelson, IL
October 11, 1950January 14, 2024
Terry Ottens, 75
Fulton, IL
July 9, 1948March 8, 2024
Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home
PJanet L. Palmer, 93 Sterling, IL
September 30, 1930February 15, 2024
Larry L. Palmer, 76 Stillman Valley, IL
May 31, 1947February 11, 2024
Robert Palmer, 66 Thomas, OK
January 18, 1958February 2, 2024
James Brandon “Bugs” Parks, 66 Dixon, IL
October 11, 1957January 6, 2024
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Cheryl Ann Perrizo, 77
Scottsdale, AZ
October 9, 1946January 5, 2024
Albert “Al” A. Pierce, Jr., 81
Henderson, NV
November 2, 1942February 17, 2024
Gibson-Bode Funeral Home
Terry L. Powell, 90
Sterling, IL
November 18, 1933March 3, 2024
McDonald Funeral Home & Crematory
Martha Preston, 84
Clarkston, MI
October 24, 1939February 29, 2024
Irvin R. Prins, 83 Morrison, IL
May 5, 1940January 21, 2024
Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home
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Donald E. Raney, 87 DeKalb, IL
February 18, 1937March 21, 2024
Chapel Hill Funeral Home
Karen June Reck, 73 Costa Mesa, CA
September 15, 1950December 27, 2023
Rodney W. Reeder, 69
Byron, IL
December 21, 1954March 1, 2024
Farrell-HollandGale Funeral Home in Byron, IL
Ramona Ann Reglin, 94
Dixon, IL
December 5, 1929January 1, 2024
Daehle R. Reitzel, 82
Rock Falls, IL
April 20, 1941March 13, 2024
Donna L. Rendleman, 87
Dixon, IL
December 10, 1936January 19, 2024
Sally A. Reul, 75 Sterling, IL
November 18, 1948January 30, 2024
McDonald Funeral Home & Crematory
Hazel Lorraine Reuter, 97
Dixon, IL
February 23, 1927March 14, 2024
Christine R. Rodriguez, 79
Sterling, IL
July 13, 1944February 24, 2024
McDonald Funeral Home
Joyce Ann Rogers, 84 Dixon, IL
August 4, 1939February 19, 2024
Shirley A. Sanders, 91
Sterling, IL
April 29, 1932March 15, 2024
McDonald Funeral Home & Crematory
Sylvia D. Sandoval, 66
Sterling, IL
October 24, 1957February 11, 2024
Ronald Eugene Rosenow Rogers, AR
January 23, 2024
Bridget Saucedo, 83
Sterling, IL
October 8, 1940January 19, 2024
McDonald Funeral Home
Delmar Elva Rothermel
Polo, IL
Mary Reyes, 87
Rock Falls, IL
February 9, 1937March 2, 2024
Robert A. Rubright, 88
Rock Falls, IL
July 25, 1935February 3, 2024
McDonald Funeral Home & Crematory
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Sandra L. Rice, 70 Sterling, IL
April 2, 1953March 1, 2024
Mae Sage, 78 Dixon, IL
May 14, 1945March 25, 2024
James “Jim” Ringberg, 81 Fenton, IL
November 26, 1942January 6, 2024
Gibson - Bode Funeral Home
Lyle Alan Roberts, 74
Rock Falls, IL
August 2, 1949January 5, 2024
McDonald Funeral Home & Crematory
Dianne Lynn Robillard, 75 Walton, NY
January 30, 1948January 19, 2024
Richard Luis Salazar, 64
Lake Worth Beach, FL
July 14, 1959October 29, 2023
Diane M. Dielmann Saldivar, 75
Sterling, IL
April 2, 1948December 4, 2023
Schilling Funeral Home
Billy R. Sanders, 88
Sterling, IL
June 13, 1935March 1, 2024
McDonald Funeral Home & Crematory
Lois E. (Meeks)
Scales, 95
Sterling, IL
December 27, 1928January 27, 2024
Kenneth Schaefer, 76
Rock Falls, IL
October 4, 1947March 1, 2024
McDonald Funeral Home & Crematory
Myrtle Charlotte Schroeder-Willis, 78
Seattle, WA
December 5, 1944November 15, 2023
Gibson-Bode Funeral Home
Merle Leo Schryver, 89
Sterling, IL
August 4, 1934February 22, 2024
Schilling Funeral Home
Marilyn A. Schulte, 90
Sterling, IL
May 14, 1933January 20, 2024
McDonald Funeral Home & Crematory
Harold “Cap” D. Schultz, 72
German Valley, IL
January 17, 1952February 24, 2024
McDonald Funeral Home
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William H.
Schwartz, 80
Williams Bay, WI
May 18, 1943January 31, 2024
Donald Kraft
Seeley, 86
Jasper, IN
October 29, 1937March 1, 2024
Winnifred “Cookee”
D. Shawver, 94
Morrison, IL
March 30, 1929February 29, 2024
Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home
Billie Jean (Douglass) Simms, 79
Sterling, IL
August 17, 1944March 20, 2024
William M Sisler, 94
Ohio, IL
December 5, 1929January 15, 2024
Garland Funeral Home, Walnut
Carol J. Sisson, 93
Sterling, IL
January 26, 1931February 26, 2024
Schilling Funeral Home
Bonnie L.
Skeffington, 74
Dixon, IL
August 1, 1949February 16, 2024
Jones Funeral Home
Sandra Skinner, 67
Milledgeville, IL
June 1, 1956January 29, 2024
McDonald Funeral Home
Mary “Colleen”
Slater, 58
Rockford, IL
November 28, 1965February 5, 2024
Douglas I. Smith, 67
Dixon, IL
February 11, 1956January 26, 2024
Marion R. Smith, 95
Milledgeville, IL
November 29, 1928December 17, 2023
Randy Lee Sneek, 71
Dixon, IL
September 3, 1952March 24, 2024
Richard E. Snyder, 88
Dixon, IL
June 16, 1935February 22, 2024
Jones Funeral Home
Steven C. Snyder, 67
Erie, IL
August 10, 1956December 28, 2023
Gibson-Bode Funeral Home, Erie
Margery Spooner, 100
Sterling, IL
September 22, 1923February 2, 2024
Schilling Funeral Home & Cremation
David A. Sprague, 82
Shepherd, MI
May 7, 1941March 9, 2024
Duane L. Stern, 82
Rockford, IL
August 28, 1941January 12, 2024
Schilling Funeral Home & Cremation
Steve A. “Bunk”
Stomberg, 68
Franklin Grove, IL
October 11, 1955January 24, 2024
Jones Funeral Home
Janice K. Brightman
Stone, 89
Garden Plain, IL
October 15, 1934February 15, 2024
Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home
Betty L. Stoner, 100
Polo, IL
March 28, 1923March 17, 2024
Polo Family Funeral Home
David “Dave”
John Stoudt, 61
Morrison, IL
August 9, 1962March 19, 2024
Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home
Margie L. Stouffer, 97
Mt. Morris, IL
March 15, 1926January 5, 2024
Anthony W. “Tony” Szabo, 56 Okeechobee, FL
December 19, 1967January 25, 2024
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Pamela Jean (Dahlin) Tauch, 60 Oregon, IL
September 23, 1963December 19, 2023
Lavece Mae Temple, 98 Thomson, IL
April 15, 1925February 26, 2024
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Mary A. Stouffer, 88
Dixon, IL
June 12, 1935February 8, 2024
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Hazel “Marty” Stover, 80
Dixon, IL
July 30, 1943December 20, 2023
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Sara Jo Beswick Stuart, 74
Fulton, IL
March 27, 1949February 17, 2024
James “Jim” E Swanson, 94 Branson, MO
October 13, 1929January 6, 2024
Ronald Wilson Swegle, 77
Las Vegas, NV
March 31, 1946February 7, 2024
Richard “Dick” Tessmann, 80
Sterling, IL
July 14, 1943February 26, 2024
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Betty Jean Thompson, 96 Roanoke, VA
April 5, 1927January 2, 2024
Marion Douglas Tindall, II, 45 Cedar Falls, IA
February 14, 1978December 26, 2023
Coletta Ann Tinley, 86 Humble, TX
January 29, 1938February 11, 2024
Michael E. Tomczak, 74
Sterling, IL
April 11, 1949March 8, 2024
Ronald “Skip” Tomman, 83
Fulton, IL
August 27, 1940January 2, 2024
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January 21, 1978January 25, 2024
Shirley Y. Wallis, 88
Prophetstown, IL
July 3, 1935March 2, 2024
Rosemary (Black) Troxel, 94
Polo, IL
Garland Funeral Home, Walnut
December 29, 1929January 13, 2024
Sharon L. Yocum, 76
Franklin Grove, IL
February 6, 1948March 11, 2024
Crissy Lou Walters, 70
Mihm-Jones Funeral Home
Sterling, IL
January 17, 1954January 17, 2024
Adam Yoeckel, Jr., 96
Polo Family Funeral Home
LInda K. Walls, 80
Rock Falls, IL
October 5, 1943January 4, 2024
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Susan Lee Van Sickle, 55 Dixon, IL
August 10, 1968December 26, 2023
Diane L. Vegter, 73 Clinton, IA
January 30, 1950December 30, 2023
Euryth C. Vickrey, 88 Walnut, IL
September 24, 1935March 4, 2024
Everett D. “Joe” Vivian, 77 Amboy, IL
June 27, 1946January 5, 2024
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Beverly Joyce Waite, 89 DeKalb, IL
October 19, 1934January 19, 2024
Danielle L. Wallace, 46 Walnut, IL
January 21, 1978January 25, 2024
Shirley Y. Wallis, 88 Prophetstown, IL
July 3, 1935March 2, 2024
Garland Funeral Home, Walnut
LInda K. Walls, 80
Rock Falls, IL
October 5, 1943January 4, 2024
Morrison, IL
August 26, 1927February 22, 2024
Dean L. Warren, 73
Sterling, IL
May 13, 1950March 14, 2024
Marsha Welfer, 57
Geneseo, IL
May 15, 1966February 16, 2024
Bosma-Gibson Funeral Home
Chester “Tom” Williams, 76
Freeport, IL
July 8, 1947March 7, 2024
Larry Wilson, 78
Mt. Morris, IL
October 17, 1945January 16, 2024
Russell “Russ”
Allen Wilson, 74 Dixon, IL
June 13, 1949February 27, 2024
Joyce Geneva Winch, 91
Rock Falls, IL
November 12, 1932March 24, 2024
Milo A. Zarecor, 2
Dixon, IL
February 3, 2021January 5, 2024
Sharon L. Yocum, 76
Franklin Grove, IL
February 6, 1948March 11, 2024
Mihm-Jones Funeral Home
Adam Yoeckel, Jr., 96 Morrison, IL
August 26, 1927February 22, 2024
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