SVM_Tributes_041421

1

TRIBUTES | Sauk Valley Media/saukvalley.com • Wednesday, April 14, 2021

Tributes

Remember ing those we’ve loved and los t.

Januar y 1, 2021 - March 31, 2021

Tributes

| TRIBUTES

2

Sauk Valley Media/saukvalley.com • Wednesday, April 14, 2021

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 2021.

A Nancy Abney, 73 Rock Falls, IL August 26, 1947 March 24, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

Duane Ackland

West Brooklyn, IL November 26, 1935 January 27, 2021 Unger-Horner Funeral Home Rochelle - Rochelle

Nellie Adams, 95 Sterling, IL August 3, 1925 January 11, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

Eileen Albee, 82 Amboy, IL May 8, 1938 Mihm-Jones Funeral Home

Jose Alvarez

Dixon, IL March 20, 2021 Jones Funeral Home

Longino Ambriz Sterling, IL March 15, 1928 February 2, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

Ramon Archer, 87

Mendota, IL August 15, 1933 March 25, 2021 Merritt Funeral Home

Jessie Ashfield,73 Sterling, IL August 23, 1947 February 22, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

Spencer Aurand

Dixon, IL October 13, 1934 December 29, 2020 Preston-Schilling Funeral Home, Ltd. - Dixon

Richard Ausdoll, 80, Rock Falls, IL December 6, 1940 March 9, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

B Robert Barnett, 57

Ava, IL June 10, 1959 March 15, 2021 Wilson’s Funeral Home - Ava

Doris Barron

Arden, NC September 12, 1926 January 3, 2021

Alvin Barton, 88 Sterling, IL May 3, 1932 January 9, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

Tributes

Remember ing those we’ve loved and los t.

Januar y 1, 2021 - March 31, 2021

James Baumgartner

Walnut, IL December 27, 1928 March 5, 2021 Garland Funeral Home

George Beckingham Dixon, IL May 28, 1953 March 12, 2021 Preston-Schilling Funeral Home, Ltd. - Dixon

Raymond Beggs

Amboy, IL November 27, 1953 February 4, 2021 Preston-Schilling Funeral Home, Ltd. - Dixon

Dianne Bellows

Prophetstown, IL December 24, 1940 March 21, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

John Bertolozzi, 92

Rock Falls, IL March 22, 1928 February 21, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

3

Roberta Berwanger Dixon, IL December 16, 1944 January 15, 2021 Preston-Schilling Funeral Home, Ltd. - Dixon

James Blackburn

Franklin Grove, IL September 30, 1939 February 6, 2021 Jones Funeral Home

Stephen Blasdell

Randolph Blecha

Geneseo, IL November 12, 1948 February 11, 2021 Vandemore Funeral Home - Geneseo

Margaret Blum

Prophetstown, IL November 12, 1929 February 9, 2021 Schilling Funeral Home

Lila Blumhoff, 93 Morrison, IL March 18, 1927 February 17, 2021

Gibson - Bode Funeral Home & Cremation Services, Ltd. - Port Byron

William Boesen

Dixon, IL May 11, 1963 February 26, 2021

Michael Boomgarden, 65 Forreston, IL February 18, 1955 January 20, 2021 Burke-Tubbs Funeral Home Forreston Forreston

Keith Bos

Sterling, IL September 25, 1938 February 28, 2021 Farley Funeral Homes and Crematory - Venice

Lori Boucher

Sterling, IL June 26, 1960 February 24, 2021

Barbara Bowen

Polo, IL February 22, 1932 February 23, 2021 Polo Family Funeral Home

Rick Bowers

Dixon, IL March 6, 1952 January 29, 2021 Preston-Schilling Funeral Home, Ltd. - Dixon

Sterling, IL October 17, 1942 February 24, 2021 Schilling Funeral Home

Alice Brunk, 84 Rock Falls, IL May 15, 1936 January 3, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

Lyle Bogott, 93

Gary Buis, 62

Alvin, TX May 28, 1927 January 4, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

Alma Bohm

Walnut, IL April 17, 1924 February 19, 2021 Garland Funeral Home

Sterling, IL February 23, 1958 February 16, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

Patricia Burke

Dixon, IL July 10, 1946 January 29, 2021 Mihm-Jones Funeral Home

George Burks

Sterling, IL August 6, 1979 January 14, 2021 Schilling Funeral Home

Virginia Burnell

Dixon, IL August 17, 1938 December 30, 2020 Preston-Schilling Funeral Home, Ltd. - Dixon

C

Arlyn Cain, 80

Rock Falls, IL December 24, 1940 December 30, 2020 McDonald Funeral Home

Debrah Camastro Sterling, IL April 24, 1959 February 5, 2021 Schilling Funeral Home

Shane Campbell

Rockford, IL August 2, 1976 December 26, 2020

Alexandria Cannavo, 17

Tampico, IL July 11, 2003 January 18, 2021 Garland Funeral Home

Shirley Carlson

Beloit, WI August 18, 1930 January 10, 2021 Daley-Murphy-Wisch & Associates

Ascension Castaneda

Sterling, IL May 5, 1932 February 14, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

Venustiano Castaneda, 93

Sterling, IL October 5, 1927 February 3, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

Margaret Castendyck Pompano Beach, FL June 22, 1925 January 2, 2021 Schilling Funeral Home

Peter Castro

Sterling, IL February 22, 1947 February 7, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

Leonor Chavez, 83 Sterling, IL November 6, 1937 February 21, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home James Clausen, 83 Sterling, IL April 3, 1937 January 19, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

Gary Collum

Sycamore, IL February 17, 1943 December 8, 2020 Olson Funeral and Cremation Services, Quiram Sycamore Chapel

Daniel Casillas

Modesto Cornejo, 92

Rock Falls, IL October 12, 1925 January 27, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

Sterling, IL February 24, 1928 January 25, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

Beverly Cassens, 81

Lawrence Coy

Sterling, IL July 3, 1939 March 15, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

Surprise, AZ March 9, 2021

• Wednesday, April 14, 2021

Morrison, IL April 16, 1958 January 2, 2021 Gibson Funeral Homes, Ltd. - Erie

Jacqueline Bonnell

TRIBUTES | Sauk Valley Media/saukvalley.com

See full obituary at saukvalley.com/obituaries

Sauk Valley Media/saukvalley.com • Wednesday, April 14, 2021

| TRIBUTES

4

See full obituary at saukvalley.com/obituaries Rosemary Craig

David Dengler

Herb Edwards, 98 Warren, IL November 3, 1922 February 2, 2021 Glancy H. Brown & Son Funeral Home

Brian Folkers, 57 Bettendorf, IA March 11, 1963 January 21, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

Daniel Crebo, 27 Rock Falls, IL December 29, 1993 January 9, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

Scot DeWall

Trillion EdwardsGalindo

Lillian Forch, 94 Chicago, IL January 13, 1926 January 9, 2021 Lake View Funeral Home

Edward Croft, 70 Sterling, IL July 30, 1950 January 27, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

James Dickison

Sterling, IL June 24, 1950 February 15, 2021 Fitzgerald Funeral Home & Crematory LTD - Mulford Chapel

Amboy, IL August 7, 1926 March 7, 2021 Mihm-Jones Funeral Home

Cecil Eisenberg, 94

Elliott Fry

William Cruz, 70 Sterling, IL July 11, 1950 January 18, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

Lawrence Didier

Mark Eissens, 62

Edward Cullen, 77

Viva Dingman

Polo, IL December 26, 1932 January 6, 2021 Polo Family Funeral Home

Machesney Park, IL December 30, 1943 December 31, 2020

D

Debra Davis

Waukesha, WI November 14, 1960 March 18, 2021

Rock Falls, IL March 31, 1949 January 16, 2021 Schilling Funeral Home

Mt. Morris, IL September 15, 1970 February 16, 2021 Burke-Tubbs Funeral Home Forreston Forreston

Dixon, IL May 6, 1948 February 4, 2021 Preston-Schilling Funeral Home, Ltd. - Dixon Polo, IL October 30, 1947 March 17, 20021 Polo Family Funeral Home

Jerry Dittmar

Sterling, IL October 13, 1946 January 3, 2021 Schilling Funeral Home

Joseph Dixon Paulette Davis

Eldena, IL July 15, 1943 February 26, 2021 Preston-Schilling Funeral Home, Ltd. - Dixon

Ralph Davis, 94 Dixon, IL January 25, 1926 January 12, 2021 Jones Funeral Home

Robert Deets, 83 Sterling, IL December 30, 1937 March 10, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

Dixon, IL November 11, 1956 March 5, 2021 Schilling Funeral Home

William Doan

Dixon, IL May 31, 1936 March 10, 2021 Schilling Funeral Home

Sharon Drew, 76

Dixon, IL December 20, 1944 January 3, 2021 Mihm-Jones Funeral Home

E

Sterling, IL January 1, 2021 February 18, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

Sterling, IL December 15, 1958 January 19, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

Elverta Eller, 94

Amboy, IL September 8, 1926 March 17, 2021 Mihm-Jones Funeral Home

Bernard Empen, 86

Forreston, IL August 23, 1934 January 8, 2021 Burke-Tubbs Funeral Home Forreston Forreston

Marian Erickson Sterling, IL February 1, 1927 March 14, 2021 Schilling Funeral Home

F

Dixon, IL April 29, 1979 March 16, 2021 Polo Family Funeral Home

G

Wayne Gallentine, 80 Rock Falls, IL June 5, 1940 February 19, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

David Galvan, 68 Sterling, IL May 26, 1952 March 3, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

Alberto Garcia

Matehuala Slp, Mexico February 28, 1949 January 6, 2021 Schilling Funeral Home

Kenneth Geesey Dixon, IL March 19, 1947 January 27, 2021 Bosma Renkes Funeral Home

Noel Feather, 84 Rock Falls, IL April 11, 1936 January 6, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

Larry Geesey

Charlotte Fitzpatrick, 92

Edythe Geiger

Dixon, IL January 13, 1928 December 30, 2020 Jones Funeral Home

Rock Falls, IL December 14, 1942 January 25, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

Sterling, IL February 14, 1935 March 17, 2021 Schilling Funeral Home

5

Jeanette George, 68

William Hall

Keith Helms, 81 Rock Falls, IL February 21, 1940 February 28, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

Raymond Gilbert

Norma Hammelman, 85

Terry Helt

Penny Hammer, 73

Judi Henard

Prophetstown, IL January 15, 1953 February 24, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

Morrison, IL November 11, 1930 January 8, 2021 Bosma Renkes Funeral Home

Rowland Gillette, 85

Donna Gilmore

Paw Paw, IL August 24, 1934 February 22, 2021 Torman Funeral Home

Paul Goddard, 82

Fort Myers, FL September 23, 1938 December 29, 2020 Harvey Engelhardt Funeral & Cremation Services

Rebecca Gomez, 65 Rock Falls, IL May 24, 1955 January 21, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

Sterling, IL February 13, 1936 February 24, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home Sterling, IL November 11, 1947 January 12, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

Lois Grove

Savanna, IL May 20, 1934 March 13, 2021

H

Brian Haijenga, 50

Baileyville, IL August 3, 1970 February 11, 2021 Burke-Tubbs Funeral Home Forreston Forreston

Paul Hoffmiller Rock Falls, IL April 1, 1940 January 11, 2021

Gale Holbrook Bradenton, FL

Sterling, IL February 12, 1931 March 6, 2021 Schilling Funeral Home

Bernice Holten, 98

Donald Harden

Dixon, IL November 2, 1929 January 6, 2021 Preston-Schilling Funeral Home, Ltd. - Dixon

Bruce Harlan

Punta Gorda, FL January 28, 2021

Sharon Harney, 62

Dixon, IL September 27, 1958 January 7, 2021 Jones Funeral Home

Virgil Grace

Dixon, IL March 6, 2021 Chapel Hill Funeral Home

Rock Falls, IL July 27, 1946 January 21, 2021 Schilling Funeral Home

Shaun Hodge, 57 Rock Falls, IL April 4, 1963 January 21, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

Truman Harrell

Rock Falls, IL September 18, 1929 March 16, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

Drew Henson, 21 Rock Falls, IL December 20, 1999 January 1, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home Antonia Hernandez, 86

Sterling, IL September 2, 1934 March 21, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

Cathy Herrmann, 70

Sterling, IL April 10, 1950 January 16, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

Sybil Hill

Dixon, IL June 18, 1941 March 26, 2021 Jones Funeral Home

Walnut, IL October 11, 1922 January 8, 2021 Chapel Hill Funeral Home

Helen Hopkins

Sterling, IL January 31, 1918 February 14, 2021 Preston-Schilling Funeral Home, Ltd. - Dixon

Gertrude Huizenga Morrison, IL March 27, 1935 March 19, 2021 Bosma Renkes Funeral Home

Art Hunn

North Manchester, IN April 22, 1932 February 28, 2021

I

Caroline Inboden James Hatten, 84

Donald Hillison, 92

Rock Falls, IL May 5, 1936 March 5, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

Franklin Grove, IL January 25, 1929 January 29, 2021 Preston-Schilling Funeral Home, Ltd. - Dixon

Martha Heffelfinger, 87

Sandra Himelrick, 73

Sterling, IL May 4, 1933 January 19, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

Rock Falls, IL August 20, 1947 January 23, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

Sterling, IL May 4, 1933 December 29, 2020 Schilling Funeral Home

Margaret Iwanski, 77 Arizona City, Arizona, IL September 23, 1943 January 18, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

J

• Wednesday, April 14, 2021

Rock Falls, IL September 21, 1935 January 20, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

Franklin Grove, IL December 4, 1960 March 12, 2021

TRIBUTES | Sauk Valley Media/saukvalley.com

See full obituary at saukvalley.com/obituaries

Sauk Valley Media/saukvalley.com • Wednesday, April 14, 2021

| TRIBUTES

6

See full obituary at saukvalley.com/obituaries Claudia Jacobs

Prophetstown, IL March 2, 1945 February 24, 2021 Bosma Gibson Funeral Home

Sarah Jennings

Dixon, IL March 4, 1953 January 17, 2021 Preston-Schilling Funeral Home, Ltd. - Dixon

Mia Jensen, 55

Milledgeville, IL March 8, 1965 February 17, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

Donna Johnson Rock Falls, IL January 30, 1969 March 16, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

Larry Johnson, 64

Sterling, IL October 12, 1956 January 22, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

Mary Johnson

Ohio, IL December 8, 1960 January 24, 2021 Garland Funeral Home

Darlene Jones, 92

Oregon, IL August 5, 1928 January 21, 2021 Farrell-Holland-Gale Funeral Home

Gary Jones

Davenport, IA April 11, 1944 March 10, 2021 Halligan-McCabeDeVries Funeral Home

Marilyn Jones

Polo, IL October 6, 1937 January 19, 2021 Polo Family Funeral Home

Shirley Jordan, 86

Karl Ketchum

Jason Law, 39 Rock Falls, IL August 12, 1981 February 9, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

Leona Jurkens, 100

Michael King, 63

Winburn Leach, 73

Sterling, IL September 29, 1934 February 28, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

Sterling, IL February 8, 1921 February 12, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

K

Donald Kahly

Wilton, IA September 16, 1968 March 10, 2021 Bentley Funeral Home Durant - Durant

Lorna Keefer, 90 Washington, IL May 12, 1930 January 8, 2021

Regina Keith

Morrison, IL January 20, 1921 February 24, 2021 Bosma Renkes Funeral Home

Edward Kelley

Lyndon, IL December 13, 1932 December 30, 2020 Bosma Gibson Funeral Home

Dixon, IL September 10, 1949 March 22, 2021 Preston-Schilling Funeral Home, Ltd. - Dixon Sterling, IL April 23, 1957 February 9, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

Cynthia Knowlton Dixon, IL February 19, 1958 January 4, 2021 Preston-Schilling Funeral Home, Ltd. - Dixon

Roland Knudsen, 98 Harmon, IL September 21, 1922 February 2, 2021 Chapel Hill Funeral Home

Charles Kornewald, 64

Sterling, IL March 9, 1956 February 22, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

Sandra Kruse, 70

Harmon, IL January 12, 1951 March 28, 2021 Garland Funeral Home

L

Milledgeville, IL July 22, 1947 February 23, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

Eugene Leffelman, 78 Sublette, IL June 21, 1942 March 1, 2021 Mihm-Jones Funeral Home

Gerald Leffelman

Sublette, IL October 25, 1932 March 12, 2021 Wasmer Funeral Home

Patricia Lewis

Dixon, IL April 20, 1944 January 2, 2021 Schilling Funeral Home

Carol Lightner

Dixon, IL March 8, 1938 January 24, 2021 Preston-Schilling Funeral Home, Ltd. - Dixon

Virginia Listek, 85 Amboy, IL February 26, 1936 March 3, 2021 Mihm-Jones Funeral Home

Lyle Kemnitz, 86

Roger Landreth

Eddie Kerley

Allan Larson, 84 Rock Falls, IL April 3, 1936 February 21, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

Gary Lohse

Thomas Latta, 66

Ezequiel Lopez

Dixon, IL March 18, 2021

Dixon, IL April 28, 1942 January 3, 2021 Preston-Schilling Funeral Home, Ltd. - Dixon

Patricia Kessler, 70 Sterling, IL September 7, 1950 January 15, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

Dixon, IL December 25, 1935 January 18, 2021 Preston-Schilling Funeral Home, Ltd. - Dixon

Amboy, IL August 29, 1954 January 19, 2021 Mihm-Jones Funeral Home

Byron, IL January 31, 1952 March 12, 2021

Sterling, IL December 1, 1967 December 20, 20201 McDonald Funeral Home

7

Sara McCoy, 72

Janet Metzler

Mucio Murquez

Karen Lundquist

Clark McDaniel, 83

Judy Meyers

Billy Murray, 71 Rock Falls, IL March 18, 1949 January 14, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

Hugh McDermott, 79

Cora Miller

Dolores McDonnell, 88

James Miller, 74

Helen McDonnell, 96

William Miller

Estero, FL July 10, 1950 February 18, 2021

Rock Falls, IL March 14, 1945 March 8, 2021 Schilling Funeral Home

Sheryl Lyons

Brownsville, TX November 24, 1942 December 29, 2020

M

Carlisle Magne

Dixon, IL January 13, 1948 March 2, 2021 Preston-Schilling Funeral Home, Ltd. - Dixon

Dale Magnuson

Rock Falls, IL January 12, 1949 January 14, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

Midland, IL April 1, 1937 March 7, 2021 Nalley-Pickle & Welch Funeral Home

Dixon, IL June 24, 1941 January 15, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

Sterling, IL October 20, 1932 February 14, 2021 Daley-Murphy-Wisch & Associates

Sycamore, IL November 27, 1929 January 3, 2021

Bonita Springs, FL July 31, 1943 January 19, 2021 Shikany’s Bonita Funeral Home

Dixon, IL January 18, 1942 January 28, 2021 Jones Funeral Home

Thomson, IL October 30, 1946 March 13, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

Dixon, IL January 22, 1936 January 3, 2021 Preston-Schilling Funeral Home, Ltd. - Dixon

Yuma, AZ January 22, 1939 January 6, 2021

Maria Myers

Dixon, IL March 18, 1971 January 7, 2021

Muriel Myers

Dixon, IL April 29, 1936 January 9, 2021 Preston-Schilling Funeral Home, Ltd. - Dixon

N

Carmilla Nelson, 88

Walnut, IL March 6, 1928 December 28, 2020 Garland Funeral Home

Sterling, IL December 20, 1924 March 11, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

Patsie Malaer

Denise McLoughlin, 70

Ernest Mills

Violet Mead

Sterling, IL December 22, 1927 February 14, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

Earl Moore, 86 Milledgeville, IL June 8, 1934 December 30, 2020 McDonald Funeral Home

Janet Marlin, 74 Madison, WI June 5, 1946 January 23, 2021 Ryan Funeral Home - North Side Chapel - Madison

Johanna Medema

James Moorehead

Sandra Noah, 59 Dixon, IL December 31, 1961 January 7, 2021 Jones Funeral Home

James Marshang, 77

Ronald Meier, 86

Clarence Morrissey

Beverly Noble, 85 Amboy, IL September 13, 1935 February 13, 2021 Mihm-Jones Funeral Home

Sterling, IL November 22, 1927 January 3, 2021

Jubencio Manzano Rock Falls, IL May 25, 1967 November 25, 2020

Glendale, AZ January 26, 1943 January 10, 2021

Prophetstown, IL October 28, 1950 December 29, 2020 McDonald Funeral Home

Camanche, IA May 24, 1922 February 14, 2021

Prophetstown, IL February 21, 1934 January 20, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

Salem, IN December 27, 2020 Schilling Funeral Home

Franklin Grove, IL September 11, 1920 January 25, 2021 Unger-Horner Funeral Home Rochelle - Rochelle Amboy, IL March 13, 1935 February 26, 2021 Mihm-Jones Funeral Home

Dixon, IL November 20, 1932 March 10, 2021 Unger-Horner Funeral Home Rochelle - Rochelle

Dennis Nelson, 74

Dixon, IL January 2, 1947 March 7, 2021

Ronald Nissen, 64 Mt. Morris, IL January 31, 1956 January 3, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

• Wednesday, April 14, 2021

Susan Loring

TRIBUTES | Sauk Valley Media/saukvalley.com

See full obituary at saukvalley.com/obituaries

Sauk Valley Media/saukvalley.com • Wednesday, April 14, 2021

| TRIBUTES

8

See full obituary at saukvalley.com/obituaries Suzanne Nunn

Dixon, IL September 16, 1952 January 5, 2021 Jones Funeral Home

Patricia Nusbaum, 92 Rochester, MI December 14, 1928 March 17, 2021 Jones Funeral Home

O

Milton Olsen

Prophetstown, IL July 3, 1932 January 31, 2021 Bosma Gibson Funeral Home

Don Olson

Sterling, IL June 6, 1927 February 14, 2021 Schilling Funeral Home

Wanda Oltmanns, 89

Sterling, IL January 27, 1931 January 18, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

Robert Ortmann, 71 Dixon, IL August 16, 1949 January 16, 2021 Jones Funeral Home

Linda Ottens

Fulton, IL Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home

Gary Parke

Polo, IL December 17, 1933 January 8, 2021 Polo Family Funeral Home

Carolyn Partridge, 95

Sterling, IL March 1, 1926 March 25, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

Virginia Pepper, 88

Rock Falls, IL November 18, 1932 March 14, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

Lora Pfister

Dixon, IL December 6, 1952 January 21, 2021 Schilling Funeral Home

Robert Pierson, 96

Rock Falls, IL October 27, 1924 March 14, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

Betty Pollock, 92 Rock Falls, IL March 9, 1928 February 8, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

John Pope, 68 Rock Falls, IL March 31, 1952 March 26, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

James Owen

Dixon, IL April 23, 1956 February 8, 2021

P

Thomas Palmer Sublette, IL August 23, 1930 December 9, 2020

Larry Potter

Polo, IL January 9, 1942 January 6, 2021 Preston-Schilling Funeral Home, Ltd. - Dixon

Corinne Powers, 57 Dixon, IL June 8, 1963 February 23, 2021 Mihm-Jones Funeral Home

John Prowant

Henry, IL September 26, 1933 March 21, 2021 Schilling Funeral Home

Reuben Pugh, 87 Dixon, IL May 19, 1933 February 27, 2021 Jones Funeral Home Miranda Pumfrey Cortland, IL January 6, 1992 March 17, 2021 Beverage-Lyons Family Funeral Homes - Ashton

Q

Anthony Quadraro Dixon, IL October 3, 1973 January 25, 2021 Preston-Schilling Funeral Home, Ltd. - Dixon

R

Gerald Ratajczak, 81 Sterling, IL April 27, 1939 March 22, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

Viola Ratajczak, 86 Sterling, IL June 19, 1934 March 8, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

Donald Reinhold, 81

Franklin Grove, IL June 27, 1939 December 30, 2020 Mihm-Jones Funeral Home

Jose Reyna

San Antonio, TX March 9, 1961 February 23, 2021

Dolores Reynolds Rock Falls, IL October 23, 1928 March 11, 2021 Preston-Schilling Funeral Home, Ltd. - Dixon

Charles Rhodenbaugh Dixon, IL May 30, 1947 February 2, 2021 Preston-Schilling Funeral Home, Ltd. - Dixon

Maurice Rhodes, 74

Sterling, IL May 28, 1946 March 14, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

Marcia Rodekamp Sterling, IL September 21, 1961 January 1, 2021 Schilling Funeral Home

Gerald Reeser

Enedina Rodriguez, 86

Timothy Regan, 73

Sharon RoseliebOleson

Rochelle, IL February 25, 1940 February 25, 2021 Unger-Horner Funeral Home Rochelle - Rochelle Sterling, IL July 16, 1947 January 22, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

Donald Reglin

Dixon, IL March 9, 1938 January 11, 2021 Preston-Schilling Funeral Home, Ltd. - Dixon

Sterling, IL May 14, 1934 February 22, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

Prophetstown, IL October 17, 1939 February 17, 2021 Bosma Gibson Funeral Home

Donald Rosengren, 89

Rock Falls, IL March 3, 1931 February 5, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

9

Floyd Royer, 73 Rock Falls, IL November 4, 1947 January 22, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

Ryan Schwab

Beth Rudiger, 82

Dolores Scott

Walnut, IL March 12, 1938 January 3, 2021 Garland Funeral Home

Bernard Rudolphi

S

Pauline Sadler, 74

Mt Morris, IL April 19, 1946 March 24, 2021

Roy Sargent, 81

Sterling, IL January 23, 1940 February 24, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

Wanona Schaeffer Dixon, IL December 24, 1934 January 27, 2021 Preston-Schilling Funeral Home, Ltd. - Dixon

Lyle Schrader, 91

Ashton, IL December 31, 1935 February 5, 2021 Beverage-Lyons Family Funeral Homes - Ashton

Gilbert Scott

Rock Falls, IL April 27, 1937 February 5, 2021 Schilling Funeral Home

Janet Scott

Sterling, IL September 11, 1935 February 1, 2021

Patricia Scott

Sterling, IL October 11, 1928 March 19, 2021

BrianLee Scykes, 38

Rock Falls, IL February 1, 1982 January 27, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

Caryl Segobiano

Walnut, IL October 16, 1929 January 11, 2021 Garland Funeral Home

Rock Falls, IL March 12, 1953 February 17, 2021 Schilling Funeral Home

William Schryver

Norma Shapiro

Milledgeville, IL September 16, 1925 February 3, 2021 Schilling Funeral Home

Gerald Schultz, 76

Rock Falls, IL April 13, 1944 February 18, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

Livingston, MT July 5, 1929 January 29, 2021

James Sikkema

Carol Tate

James Slothower, 85

Richard Taylor, 96 Sterling, IL December 11, 1924 March 13, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

Rock Falls, IL February 21, 1937 February 22, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

Milledgeville, IL April 21, 1935 February 2, 2021 Feldner/Ritchay Funeral Home

Doris Smith

Dixon, IL April 8, 1950 January 29, 2021

Eric Smith, 41 Morrison, IL December 4, 1979 February 11, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home Pamela Stees

Dixon, IL November 6, 1942 February 5, 2021 Preston-Schilling Funeral Home, Ltd. - Dixon

Catherine Stermer Franklin Grove, IL October 10, 1922 January 23, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

Leoanrd Strader, 79 Walnut, IL Juny 4, 1941 January 12, 2021 Garland Funeral Home

Glenda Stramka

Sterling, IL August 31, 1940 February 15, 2021 Schilling Funeral Home

Thomas Symons Barney Shockley

Salem, KY June 5, 1939 March 8, 2021 Lindsey Funeral Home

Dixon, IL May 11, 1943 March 24, 2021 Preston-Schilling Funeral Home, Ltd. - Dixon

T

Erin, TN July 7, 1947 January 13, 2021 Nave Funeral Home

Scott Thayer, 53 Sterling, IL February 29, 1968 March 13, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home Robert Thompson, 55 Sterling, IL September 4, 1965 February 13, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

Sievio Tintori, 98 Rock Falls, IL November 9, 1922 January 15, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home Robin Todd, 64

Walnut, IL September 5, 1956 January 10, 2021 Mihm-Jones Funeral Home

Amanda TompkinsPetryshyn, 39

Walnut, IL April 10, 1981 January 16, 2021 Garland Funeral Home

Elaine Torti, 86 Rockford, IL June 2, 1934 January 13, 2021 Fitzgerald Funeral Home & Crematory LTD - Mulford Chapel Marilyn Tower, 74 Sterling, IL February 14, 1947 February 22, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

• Wednesday, April 14, 2021

Dixon, IL November 12, 1935 January 13, 2021 Preston-Schilling Funeral Home, Ltd. - Dixon

Phoenix, AZ October 23, 1978 January 27, 2021 Schilling Funeral Home

TRIBUTES | Sauk Valley Media/saukvalley.com

See full obituary at saukvalley.com/obituaries

Sauk Valley Media/saukvalley.com • Wednesday, April 14, 2021

| TRIBUTES

10

See full obituary at saukvalley.com/obituaries Norma Treharne

Betty Veracini

Jerry Tuft, 79

Jeffery Vos

Dixon, IL August 9, 1918 December 5, 2020

Rock Falls, IL January 17, 1942 February 25, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

U

Earl Ufkin, 95

Sterling, IL September 19, 1925 March 21, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

Thomas Ulve

Sterling, IL August 18, 1960 December 31, 2020 Schilling Funeral Home

Velva Unger, 97

Mt Morris, IL May 10, 1923 February 28, 2021 Finch Funeral Home

Laura Urban, 88

Sterling, IL February 27, 1932 February 4, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

V

Kenneth Vanbuskirk, 75

Dixon, IL April 17, 1945 March 14, 2021

Rock Falls, IL July 28, 1928 March 16, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

Sterling, IL February 12, 1959 February 20, 2021 Schilling Funeral Home

W

William Wagner, 84

Oregon, IL December 2, 1936 February 15, 2021 Farrell-Holland-Gale Funeral Home

Everett Waite, 84 Rock Falls, IL June 26, 1936 February 21, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

Austin Walters, 27

Rock Falls, IL June 21, 1993 January 26, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

Donald Ward, 94 Prophetstown, IL May 31, 1926 March 26, 2021

Robert Wasmund Sterling, IL January 14, 1942 January 26, 2021 Schilling Funeral Home

Michael Wesner, 77

Morton, IL January 24, 1943 December 23, 2020 Knapp-Johnson Funeral Home & Cremation Center

Charles Wessels, 67

Galesburg, IL December 28, 1953 February 13, 2021 Watson-Thomas Funeral Home

Allan White

Boise, ID March 3, 1929 January 11, 2016

Harold White, 96 Dixon, IL February 3, 1924 January 11, 2021 Chapel Hill Funeral Home

William Wickens

Bloomington, IL November 18, 1954 February 5, 2021 Chapel Hill Funeral Home

Adolph Zapf, 98 Sterling, IL March 13, 1922 January 2, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

Ricky Zigler, 73 Rock Falls, IL May 10, 1947 March 28, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

Robert Zimmerman Sterling, IL October 30, 1936 March 11, 2021 Schilling Funeral Home

Donald Zinke, 74 Rock Falls, IL May 2, 1946 March 1, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

William Wilsey, 36 Rock Falls, IL October 9, 1984 February 5, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

Melvin Witmer

Sterling, IL July 5, 1926 March 6, 2021 Schilling Funeral Home

Henderson, IL May 18, 1940 January 26, 2021 Preston-Schilling Funeral Home, Ltd. - Dixon

Vickie VanRycke

Timothy Webb

Greg Wolf, 64

Sterling, IL August 15, 1956 December 29, 2020 Schilling Funeral Home

Z

North Fort Myers, Florida, IL February 9, 2021

Harry Webb

Rock Falls, IL September 20, 1949 January 19, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

Dixon, IL November 21, 1937 January 17, 2021 Preston-Schilling Funeral Home, Ltd. - Dixon

Lavona Wiff

Linda Vanderlaan Morrison, IL April 23, 1946 January 2, 2021 Bosma Renkes Funeral Home

Robert Wright

Rock Falls, IL August 3, 1956 March 8, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

Look for the next Tributes Section on July 14, 2021.

11 Beverage-Lyons Family Funeral Homes & Cremation Services Ashton 601 Richardson Ave. (815) 453-2441

Rochelle 704 N. 6th St. (815) 562-6872

www.beveragelyonsfamilyfh.com “Proudly honoring memories and healing hearts”

320 LaFayette St. Prophetstown, IL

Fulton Chapel 500 10th Avenue (815) 589-2244

Morrison Chapel 404 Lincolnway E (815) 772-2322

(815) 537-2336 www.bosmarenkes.com

www.bosmagibson.com

“Serving Your Community” (815) 284-3322 1121 North Galena Ave. Dixon, IL

Byron 506 W. Merchant St. (815) 234-2631

Oregon 110 S. Seventh St. (815) 732-7272

Stillman Valley 136 W. Roosevelt Rd. (815) 645-2727

www.chapelhilldixon.com www.farrellhollandgale.com

It is the mission of Finch Funeral Home & Cremation Service to facilitate meaningful ways for families to grieve their loss and celebrate the memories of their loved ones.

Tampico 115 Main St. (815) 438-6165

Walnut 14733 IL Hwy 92 (815)379-2010

(815) 734-6156

405 E. Hitt St. Mount Morris, IL

A Tradition of Neighborly Service

www.finchfuneral.com

www.garlandfuneralhome.com

• Wednesday, April 14, 2021

“Helping families through their grief journey” Location

TRIBUTES | Sauk Valley Media/saukvalley.com

Funeral Home Directory

Sauk Valley Media/saukvalley.com • Wednesday, April 14, 2021

| TRIBUTES

12

Funeral Home Directory

Jones Funeral Home 204 S. Ottawa Dixon, IL (815) 288-2241

The Jones Funeral Homes

Mihm-Jones Funeral Home 303 E. Main St. Amboy, IL (815) 857-2611 www.thejonesfh.com

Prophetstown 46 Grove St. Rt .78 N (815) 537-5544 Thomson 1854 IL 84 Chadwick 217 Main St. Savanna 309 Chicago Ave.

Illinois Locations “Every life deserves a special time of honoring and celebrating.”

(815) 273-2264 www.lawjonesfuneralhome.com

Fulton 1601 16th Ave. (815) 589-9992

Milledgeville 520 Holcomb Ave. (815) 225-7154

Mount Carroll IL 64 Hanover 202 Monroe St. Elizabeth 107 S. Main St.

Sterling 505 1st Ave. (815) 626-6311

& Crematory

Rock Falls 1002 12th Ave. (815) 626-6311

“Our firm has strived to be progressive in identifying the ever changing needs our families request.”

mcdonaldfuneralhomes.com

(815) 946-2402 polofamilyfuneralhome.com “ Our mission is to honor life while staying true to a sacred trust”

110 E. Dixon St. Polo, IL

“When you have experienced the loss of a loved one, you can trust us to guide you through the arrangements necessary to create a meaningful ceremony that celebrates the unique life being honored.”

(815) 288-4469 213 Crawford Ave. Dixon, IL www.prestonschilling.com

During your family’s time of need, we can make a stressful situation easier to navigate through all of the decisions that need to be made in honoring your loved one.

Funeral Home & Cremation “Every Single Life is Unique & So Are Our Services”

400 N. 6th St. Rochelle, IL

Located at 702 First Ave. Sterling, IL

(815) 562-4534

(815) 626-1131

Unger-Horner Funeral Home & Cremation Services

schillingfuneralhome.com

www.ungerhorner.com