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Remember ing those we’ve loved and los t.

Apr il 1, 2021 - June 30, 2021

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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 Gazette, Telegraph and saukvalley.com offer a special quarterly feature to commemorate and honor those we have lost.

Tributes Remember ing those we’ve loved and los t.

Apr il 1, 2021 - June 30, 2021

This edition provides a listing of those who have passed away in April, May and June 2021.

A Lela Ackland

Compton, IL December 24, 1938 June 12, 2021 Unger-Horner Funeral Home - Rochelle

Eleanor Adams

Rock Falls, IL May 17, 1934 May 28, 2021 Schilling Funeral Home

Larry Adams

Dixon, IL July 18, 1961 March 28, 2021 Preston-Schilling Funeral Home, Ltd. - Dixon

Paul Akerman, 82 Rock Falls, IL May 6, 1939 May 6, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

Wayne Akker

Morrison, IL September 30, 1929 April 19, 2021 Bosma Renkes Funeral Home

John Allen, 51

Dixon, IL February 19, 1970 April 11, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

Jerry Ashby

Mesa, AZ October 30, 1936 May 13, 2021 Bosma Renkes Funeral Home

B Gladys Babrowski Prophetstown, IL August 30, 1920 May 26, 2021 Bosma Gibson Funeral Home

Lawrence Banas

Randy Berg, 68

David Becker

Donald Berry

Kelsi Bender, 30

Ron Birr

Beth Bennett

David Blackburn, 58

Mary Bere, 93 Pensacola, FL January 12, 1928 April 14, 2021 Schilling Funeral Home

Rock Falls, IL May 15, 1935 May 19, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

Sterling, IL February 28, 1948 April 24, 2021 Preston-Schilling Funeral Home, Ltd. - Dixon Mesa, AZ August 2, 1935 March 16, 2021 Vandemore Funeral Home - Geneseo

Oregon, IL April 11, 1991 April 16, 2021 Preston-Schilling Funeral Home, Ltd. - Dixon

Dixon, IL October 31, 1925 June 3, 2021 Preston-Schilling Funeral Home, Ltd. - Dixon

Dixon, IL August 12, 1952 May 18, 2021 Jones Funeral Home

Erie, IL May 24, 1942 April 9, 2021 The Runge Mortuary and Crematory

Oregon, IL February 3, 1943 April 23, 2021

Orange Park, Florida, IL May 5, 1963 May 13, 2021 Jones Funeral Home

Carl Blevins, 86

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Nancy Bollman, 83

Dorothy Brunett

George L. Cañas Beeville, Texas, IL December 9, 1956 March 11, 2021

Sterling, IL July 27, 1937 June 18, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

Rachel Bollman, 81 Wheaton, IL October 31, 1939 April 3, 2021 Hultgren Funeral Home and Cremation Services

Dolores Buck

Robert Carroll, 72 Lake Summerset, IL April 26, 1949 April 26, 2021 Daughenbaugh Funeral Home

Vada Czuprynski

Dixon, IL April 14, 1938 May 17, 2021 Jones Funeral Home

Kathleen Book

Danny Bridgeman, 51 Garden Plain, IL June 3, 1969 January 24, 2021 Martin Schwartz Funeral Home & Crematory

Darian Bridgeman, 12

Oregon, IL January 17, 2009 May 6, 2021 Jones Funeral Home

Timothy Brien, 41

Rock Falls, IL November 22, 1979 May 3, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

Cheryl Britt, 62

Rock Falls, IL December 8, 1958 May 5, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

Thomas Broderick Bonners Ferry, ID September 1, 1935 February 24, 2021 Mihm-Jones Funeral Home

Theresa Brown, 59 Sterling, IL October 8, 1961 June 20, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

Prophetstown, IL December 22, 1942 May 13, 2021 Bosma Gibson Funeral Home

Donna Buikema, 63 Fulton, IL June 30, 1957 May 24, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

Betty Burger

Rock Falls, IL January 9, 1942 June 17, 2021 Schilling Funeral Home

Deborah Burkett, 70 Sterling, IL March 8, 1951 May 28, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

George Burks

Sterling, IL January 14, 2021 Schilling Funeral Home

Arlyn Bush

Prophetstown, IL December 12, 1941 May 18, 2021 Bosma Renkes Funeral Home

Francis Bushman, 92

Rock Falls, IL April 12, 1929 May 22, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

Norma Bushman, 78

Maytown, IL June 23, 1942 April 12, 2021 Mihm-Jones Funeral Home

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Barbara Celletti

Rock Falls, IL June 7, 1934 April 4, 2021 Schilling Funeral Home

Paul Chandeysson Morrison, IL April 13, 2021 Bosma Renkes Funeral Home

Diana Clapper, 52

Sterling, IL March 25, 1969 May 18, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

Joanne Conley, 87 Rockford, IL February 4, 1934 June 5, 2021 Fitzgerald Funeral Home & Crematory LTD - Riverside Chapel William Connelly Morrison, IL February 10, 1925 April 11, 2021 Bosma Renkes Funeral Home

Marlin Crown, 83

Decatur, IL December 30, 1932 March 15, 2021

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Irma Decker, 72 Prophetstown, IL November 7, 1948 May 15, 2021 Bosma Gibson Funeral Home Lonnie DeGroot, 61 Rock Falls, IL April 10, 1960 April 30, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

June Denham, 99 Rock Falls, IL January 3, 1922 April 28, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

Leslie Denning, 54

Rock Falls, IL August 19, 1966 June 26, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

Fay Densmore, 94 Sterling, IL February 19, 1927 May 26, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

Connie Cornstubble, 87

Barbara Deuss, 91 Franklin Grove, IL July 15, 1929 April 20, 2021 Mihm-Jones Funeral Home

Betty Croft

Donald Devers, 85 Rock Falls, IL December 22, 1935 June 14, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

Sterling, IL September 11, 1933 June 17, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

Oregon, IL November 23, 1926 - April 9, 2021 Farrell-Holland-Gale Funeral Home

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Morrison, IL April 5, 1944 April 5, 2021 Bosma Renkes Funeral Home

Dixon, IL October 21, 1938 April 10, 2021 Preston-Schilling Funeral Home, Ltd. - Dixon

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See full obituary at saukvalley.com/obituaries Mary Dickinson, 94

Audrey Eades

Susan Ferguson

Mt. Morris, IL May 11, 1947 June 14, 2021 Farrell-Holland-Gale Funeral Home

Rock Falls, IL July 20, 1953 April 2, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

Marilyn Dickson, 82

Shirley Eads

James Fidlar, 75

Rose Garza

Amboy, IL July 14, 1926 May 27, 2021 Mihm-Jones Funeral Home

Sterling, IL August 15, 1938 June 20, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

Timothy Dietrich, 64 Prophetstown, IL February 16, 1957 April 5, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

Margo Dillon, 84 Geneva, IL July 20, 1936 March 2, 2021

JoAnn Dukelow, 85

Sterling, IL July 29, 1935 March 20, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

John Dunbar, 66 Sterling, IL May 26, 1955 June 18, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

Linda Duncan, 69 Rock Falls, IL July 4, 1951 April 28, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

Stephen Dunphy, 69 Harmon, IL July 18, 1950 April 12, 2020 Jones Funeral Home

Marian Dykema

Morrison, IL September 1, 1939 April 16, 2021 Bosma Renkes Funeral Home

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Sterling, IL November 27, 1928 April 7, 2021 Schilling Funeral Home

Prophetstown, IL December 18, 1942 April 26, 2021 Bosma Gibson Funeral Home

Cordova, IL August 4, 1945 - June 6, 2021 Gibson - Bode Funeral Home & Cremation Services, Ltd. - Port Byron

Dennis Echelbarger, 64

Lola Fields

Deanne Eichelberger, 68

Carlton Fisher

Michael Embree

Cindy Forder

Franklin Grove, IL September 1, 1956 April 23, 2021

Sterling, IL August 24, 1952 April 4, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

San Antonio, TX November 22, 1959 May 6, 2021 Hendricker Funeral Home

Dale Erisman

Franklin Grove, IL April 30, 1957 April 10, 2021 Preston-Schilling Funeral Home, Ltd. - Dixon

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Francis Faivre, 78

Dixon, IL March 25, 1943 April 21, 2021 Jones Funeral Home

Marilyn Feltes, 84 Rock Falls, IL June 26, 1936 June 5, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

Perry Ferguson, 69 Yorktown, IL February 20, 1952 May 25, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

Eldena, IL March 17, 1928 April 15, 2021 Preston-Schilling Funeral Home, Ltd. - Dixon Sterling, IL November 2, 1945 April 24, 2021 Schilling Funeral Home

Sterling, IL June 3, 1950 April 13, 2021 Schilling Funeral Home

Carmie Franklin, 80

Freeport, IL November 24, 1940 March 29, 2021 Burke-Tubbs Funeral Home Forreston - Forreston

Constance Fritz, 81

Sterling, IL October 7, 1939 June 5, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

Kenneth Fritz, 85

Sterling, IL June 21, 1935 April 18, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

Eugene Froeliger Sterling, IL May 28, 2021 Schilling Funeral Home

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Juan Garcia, 67

Sterling, IL January 5, 1957 April 28, 2021 Schilling Funeral Home

Duane Gebhart

Princeton, IL May 26, 1963 May 25, 2021 Garland Funeral Home

Marilyn Genz, 92 Rock Falls, IL September 24, 1928 May 3, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home Kenneth Gilbert Tampico, IL May 11, 1968 April 11, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

Lois Glessner, 85

Monroe, WI May 17, 1935 May 21, 2021 Shriner-Hager-Gohlke Funeral Home

Lou Goldstein, 60 Chicago, IL March 9, 1971 June 6, 2021 Cremation Society of Illinois James Goy, 91 Hinsdale, IL April 18, 1930 May 18, 2021 Powell Funeral Directors Helen Green, 90

Dixon, IL December 27, 1930 January 16, 2021 Jones Funeral Home

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Evelyn Griffith, 92

Sterling, IL December 16, 1928 June 6, 2021 Shriner-Hager-Gohlke Funeral Home

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Craig Haan

Morrison, IL October 25, 1951 May 8, 2021 Bosma Renkes Funeral Home

Seymour Halford

Alex Hall, 52

Carpentersville, IL October 8, 1968 June 13, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

Jack Halpern, 95

Dixon, IL April 2, 2021 Goldman Funeral Group - Buffalo Grove Chapel

Keith Hannah, 92 Polo, IL March 30, 1929 May 29, 2021 Chapel Hill Funeral Home

Chalene Hanson Prophetstown, IL July 31, 1937 April 21, 2021 Bosma Gibson Funeral Home

Martin Hill

Arlene Hazlett, 92

Alene Hinrichs, 104

Walter Heath

Paul Hoffmiller

John Helms, 78

Donald Hostetler

Galesburg, IL February 5, 1929 June 8, 2021 Hinchliff-PearsonWest, Galesburg

Morrison, IL September 5, 1940 June 13, 2021 Bosma Renkes Funeral Home

Milledgeville, IL February 18, 1943 April 17, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

Vena Hendryx, 99 Rock Falls, IL April 28, 1921 April 4, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

Matt Henkel

Byron, IL February 18, 1979 May 19, 2021 Jones Funeral Home

Clarise Henson, 68

Sterling, IL April 6, 1953 June 11, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

Dixon, IL July 6, 1940 June 12, 2021 Jones Funeral Home

Sterling, IL December 20, 1916 May 3, 2021 Schilling Funeral Home

Rock Falls, IL January 11, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

Hotchkiss, CO January 21, 1932 April 20, 2021

Wayne Hostetler

Tampico, IL May 13, 1935 April 11, 2021 Garland Funeral Home

Sterling, IL August 10, 1930 June 14, 2021 Schilling Funeral Home

Bernard Houzenga Morrison, IL December 24, 1929 April 4, 2021 Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home

Anthony Huizenga

Rock Falls, IL April 25, 1968 June 13, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

Kelly Hicks, 58 Lyndon, IL October 16, 1962 May 12, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

Donald Harden

Barbara Higgs, 86

Clifford Huizenga

Dixon, IL January 10, 1935 April 24, 2021 Jones Funeral Home

Fulton, IL August 21, 1939 June 23, 2021 Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home

Betty Huntley, 91 Sterling, IL September 19, 1929 June 21, 2021 Schilling Funeral Home Clarence Hylton, 92

Rock Falls, IL February 13, 1929 April 28, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

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Berneita Immesoete East Moline, IL March 11, 1924 May 14, 2021 Van Hoe Funeral Home and Crematory - East Moline

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John James, 81

Huntsville, AL August 18, 1939 May 17, 2021 Jones Funeral Home

Douglas House

Roy Hanson, 53

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

Wayne Huizenga

Phoenix, AZ April 23, 1996 June 2, 2021 Schilling Funeral Home

Morrison, IL November 17, 1925 May 26, 2021 Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home

Linda Jensen Albany, IL July 7, 1953 May 3, 2021 Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home

Mabel Johns, 103 Rochelle, IL October 6, 1917 June 20, 2021 Chapel Hill Funeral Home

Craig Johnson

Prophetstown, IL November 28, 1929 June 10, 2021 Bosma Gibson Funeral Home

Keith Johnson, 89

Port Byron, IL May 19, 1932 - May 29, 2021 Gibson - Bode Funeral Home & Cremation Services, Ltd. - Port Byron

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Dixon, IL November 20, 1932 June 1, 2021 Preston-Schilling Funeral Home, Ltd. - Dixon

Olive Harting, 98

Covington, GA March 18, 1923 May 16, 2021

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See full obituary at saukvalley.com/obituaries Logan Johnson, 25

Katherine Kida

Robin Lambert, 56

Henry Lira

Sandra Johnson, 77

Elizabeth Kiefer, 69

Gerald Law

Marilyn Lowder

Rock Falls, IL February 6, 1996 June 2, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

Dixon, IL April 27, 1943 April 4, 2021 Preston-Schilling Funeral Home, Ltd. - Dixon

Bob Jones

Rock Falls, IL June 28, 1937 May 23, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

Leonard Jones

Oregon, IL February 7, 1934 May 17, 2021 Farrell-Holland-Gale Funeral Home

Terry Jones, 33 Sterling, IL June 30, 1987 June 13, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

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Frances Karper, 88

Chana, IL October 31, 1932 April 21, 2021 Beverage-Lyons Family Funeral Homes - Ashton

Mildred Kaul

Chadwick, IL September 21, 1916 March 27, 2021

Ashton, IL September 11, 1943 June 1, 2021 Beverage-Lyons Family Funeral Homes - Ashton Decatur, IL June 25, 1951 April 6, 2021 Graceland Fairlawn Funeral Home

Kenneth Kithcart Rock Falls, IL April 17, 1960 April 5, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

Richard Kitzman, 74 South Beloit, IL January 31, 1947 May 1, 2021 Brian Mark Funeral Cremation & Pre-Planning

Kathyn Klocke Venice, FL March 26, 2021

Julie KlockengaStinson

Rock Falls, IL March 7, 1970 May 10, 2021 Wendt Funeral Home

Jack Kolb, 79

Rock Falls, IL December 31, 1941 April 13, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

Alexson Kropf Gordon Kendall Sterling, IL April 21, 1937 May 27, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

Katherine Kerchner, 55

Dixon, IL April 28, 2020 Jones Funeral Home

Sterling, IL Garland Funeral Home

Cayley Krug, 14

Dixon, IL August 17, 2006 April 10, 2021 Jones Funeral Home

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Bullhead City, Arizona, IL January 1, 1956 April 25, 2021

Davis, IL June 12, 1937 February 4, 2021

Jack Lawyer, 66

Dixon, IL December 7, 1954 May 26, 2021 Jones Funeral Home

Kelly Leach, 43

Sterling, IL December 6, 1977 May 12, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

Sylvan Leffelman

Dixon, IL Jones Funeral Home

Thomas Lewis, 44 Sterling, IL September 13, 1976 May 5, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home Sandy Lichner Rock Falls, IL June 14, 1943 June 15, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

James Ligtenberg, 78 Dixon, IL November 15, 1942 June 4, 2021 Mihm-Jones Funeral Home

Mark Linboom Rock Falls, IL July 20, 1970 April 17, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

Sterling, IL July 15, 1960 May 20, 2021 Schilling Funeral Home

Walnut, IL September 21, 1939 April 27, 2021 Grant-Johnson Funeral Home

John Lundquist, 73

Hillsdale, IL January 21, 1948 - June 19, 2021 Gibson - Bode Funeral Home & Cremation Services, Ltd. - Port Byron

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Scott Madden

Ann Arbor, MI June 2, 1961 April 26, 2021 Robison-Bahnmiller Funeral Home, Inc.

DeVoe Manning, 69

Dixon, IL August 27, 1951 May 31, 2021 Jones Funeral Home

Maria Marquez

Yuma, AZ August 28, 1933 May 7, 2021 Schilling Funeral Home

Paul Masscho

Erie, IL February 15, 1944 April 26, 2021 Gibson - Bode Funeral Home & Cremation Services, Ltd. - Erie

Carole Mayberry, 81 Galesburg, IL July 2, 1939 March 24, 2021 Watson-Thomas Funeral Home

Steven McAlonan, 28 Sterling, IL March 5, 1993 May 10, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

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Keith McCallister, 73

Charles Meurer

Diana McCarter, 74

Ruth Meyer

Doris McCleary, 98

Helen Midgett, 84

Rock Falls, IL May 1, 1947 April 5, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

Sterling, IL July 7, 1946 June 5, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

Linda McClintock

Morrison, IL June 20, 1948 June 15, 2021 Bosma Renkes Funeral Home

Dixon, IL September 11, 1936 June 20, 2021 Chapel Hill Funeral Home

Howard Mighell, 83

Rock Falls, IL April 10, 2021

Dixon, IL January 13, 1938 June 5, 2021 Jones Funeral Home

Suzanne McGinn

Anton Milder

Patricia Meier

Carol Miller

Loriann Melsness

Dorothy Miller, 92

Flower Mound, TX June 22, 1940 April 4, 2021

Erie, IL May 24, 1948 June 16, 2021 Gibson - Bode Funeral Home & Cremation Services, Ltd. - Erie Sterling, IL February 19, 1962 June 16, 2021 Schilling Funeral Home

Morrison, IL June 18, 1929 May 31, 2021 Bosma Renkes Funeral Home

Dixon, IL July 31, 1942 May 22, 2021 Preston-Schilling Funeral Home, Ltd. - Dixon Pheonix, AZ December 21, 1928 June 18, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

Carolyn Montavon, 72

Michael O’Connell

Josephine Morrissey, 94

Kenneth Obendorf

Dixon, IL December 1, 1948 June 9, 2021 Mihm-Jones Funeral Home

Rockford, IL August 8, 1926 May 29, 2021 Fitzgerald Funeral Home & Crematory LTD - Mulford Chapel

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Clark Nailor

Rock Falls, Lil, IL May 28, 1934 June 11, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

James Nelson, 69

Mount Carroll, IL December 28, 1951 April 24, 2021 Law-Jones Funeral Homes - Savanna

Ken Nelson

Naples, Florida, IL March 18, 2021 Hodges Funeral Home at Naples Memorial Gardens

Marian Nerstheimer Sterling, IL March 19, 1939 April 11, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

Janet Nieman

Sterling, IL January 17, 1926 May 10, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

Dorothy Noble Tamara Menneke

Hugh Miller, 86

Moline, IL July 5, 1962 April 6, 2021 Bosma Renkes Funeral Home

Rock Falls, IL July 27, 1934 June 15, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

Victor Mercurio

Ambrose Monroe, 77

Dixon, IL May 15, 1947 May 26, 2021 Preston-Schilling Funeral Home, Ltd. - Dixon

Sterling, IL February 27, 1944 April 20, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

Amboy, IL November 19, 1930 May 2, 2021 Mihm-Jones Funeral Home

Oregon, IL February 24, 1953 April 22, 2021 Jones Funeral Home

Polo, IL May 7, 1930 April 28, 2021 Chapel Hill Funeral Home

Marian Ottens

Morristown, TN September 17, 1938 June 6, 2021 Bosma Renkes Funeral Home

Larry Owens

Princeton, IL January 15, 1952 June 17, 2021 Norberg Memorial Home Inc

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Bette Palmer, 87 Port Byron, IL April 25, 2021 Gibson - Bode Funeral Home & Cremation Services, Ltd. - Port Byron William Pannier, 80 Cordova, IL July 28, 1940 May 20, 2021 Gibson - Bode Funeral Home & Cremation Services, Ltd. - Erie Willie Parcus, 80 Rock Falls, IL August 30, 1940 April 1, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home Charles Parks

Polo, IL September 24, 1936 May 12, 2021

Bernard Null, 85

Erie, IL September 29, 1935 May 27, 2021 Gibson - Bode Funeral Home & Cremation Services, Ltd. - Erie

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Guy Parochetti, 70

Sterling, IL March 9, 1951 June 5, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

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Gibson City, IL September 4, 1922 April 25, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

Ashton, IL December 10, 1939 June 1, 2021 Beverage-Lyons Family Funeral Homes - Ashton

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See full obituary at saukvalley.com/obituaries Mischelle Patrick Milwaukee, WI April 29, 1970 May 26, 2021

Joseph Patterson Dixon, IL February 9, 1938 April 8, 2021 Preston-Schilling Funeral Home, Ltd. - Dixon

Marilyn Pazera, 79

Mt Morris, IL March 28, 1942 April 6, 2021 Finch Funeral Home

Marilyn Pifke, 95

Prophetstown, IL October 27, 1925 April 26, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

Carl Piper

Grand Detour, IL August 6, 1933 April 18, 2021 Preston-Schilling Funeral Home, Ltd. - Dixon

Walter Pitts, 90 La Crescent, MN October 4, 1930 May 13, 2021 Schumacher-Kish Funeral and Cremation Services - La Crescent Gary Pletsch

Pittsburgh, PA November 7, 1948 April 6, 2021 Vandemore Funeral Home - Geneseo

Susan Pope, 76 Polo, IL January 15, 1945 June 3, 2021 Burke-Tubbs Funeral Home Forreston - Forreston Mildred Potts

Sterling, IL January 14, 1925 June 7, 2021 Schilling Funeral Home

Emily Price

Rock Falls, IL January 21, 2016 May 16, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

Rita Prowant Henry, IL July 25, 1938 May 5, 2021

Dean Pyse

East Moline, IL January 3, 1936 April 25, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

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Dale Quick

Dixon, IL July 29, 1928 April 25, 2021 Preston-Schilling Funeral Home, Ltd. - Dixon

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Ezequiel Ramirez Davenport, IA August 7, 1957 April 9, 2021 Cremation Society of the Quad Cities

Jennalee Rascoe, 90

Rock Falls, IL April 13, 1931 May 20, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

Clarence Reiley

Prophetstown, IL July 1, 1941 April 7, 2021 Bosma Gibson Funeral Home

Bryan Reinhold

Baltimore, MD December 7, 1994 April 7, 2021 Eline Funeral Home Reisterstown

Warren Reuter

Dixon, IL July 14, 1923 May 31, 2021 Preston-Schilling Funeral Home, Ltd. - Dixon

Phyllis Reynolds Orange City, FL March 7, 1932 May 26, 2021 Schilling Funeral Home

Mark Rose, 61 Fulton, IL April 8, 1960 May 1, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

Kenneth Rhodenbaugh

Timothy Ross, 64

Dixon, IL June 11, 1944 May 15, 2021 Preston-Schilling Funeral Home, Ltd. - Dixon

Darlene Rhodes, 93 Sterling, IL September 15, 1927 June 26, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home Larry Riffle

Dixon, IL June 17, 1944 April 2, 2021 Preston-Schilling Funeral Home, Ltd. - Dixon

James Rippy, 71 Centralia, IL April 29, 1949 April 22, 2021 SutherlandGarnier Funeral Home - Centralia

Charles Robinson, 90

Sterling, IL February 18, 1931 April 29, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

Denise Rodgers Oregon, IL August 14, 1946 May 9, 2021 Preston-Schilling Funeral Home, Ltd. - Dixon

Helen Rodgers, 100

Dixon, IL August 23, 1920 May 3, 2021 Preston-Schilling Funeral Home, Ltd. - Dixon

Raul Rodriguez, 86

Sterling, IL May 21, 1935 June 11, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

Amboy, IL April 23, 2021 Mihm-Jones Funeral Home

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John Sagmoe

Dixon, IL September 2, 1937 April 7, 2021 Jones Funeral Home

Arlynn Sallows, 100

Silvis, IL September 17, 1920 - June 15, 2021 Gibson - Bode Funeral Home & Cremation Services, Ltd. - Port Byron

Arthur Sandoval Rock Falls, IL January 25, 1960 April 24, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

Mary Sanford

Dixon, IL August 9, 1925 Preston-Schilling Funeral Home, Ltd. - Dixon

Gloria Santos, 95

Dixon, IL March 22, 1926 April 24, 2021 Jones Funeral Home

Verna Schave Morrison, IL July 8, 1942 June 20, 2021

Alvin Schipper Sterling, IL August 13, 1948 March 29, 2021 Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home

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Joan Schipreth, 76

Velma Slothower, 99 Rockford, IL February 3, 1922 June 28, 2021 Jones Funeral Home

Sara Schmiedebush

Douglas Smith, 83

Sterling, IL April 5, 1945 April 30, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

Sterling, IL May 20, 1988 April 7, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

Polo, IL August 22, 1937 May 5, 2021 Polo Family Funeral Home

Allen Shank, 75

Mildred Smith

Helen Sheridan, 88

Dixon, IL August 14, 1932 May 31, 2021 Jones Funeral Home

Dale Sierens, 71 Rock Falls, IL September 3, 1949 - ‘June 21, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home Lori Simpson, 55

Sterling, IL April 4, 1923 April 24, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

Ronald Sonneman

St. Joseph, MI August 15, 1937 - April 29, 2021 Starks Family Funeral Homes & Cremation Services - Starks/ Menchinger Chapel

Mary Spangler, 89 Byron, IL April 28, 1932 June 18, 2021 Preston-Schilling Funeral Home, Ltd. - Dixon

Gary Spaulding, 68

Sterling, IL August 6, 1965 May 3, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

Rock Falls, IL April 26, 1953 May 30, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

Fred Sinroll

Archie Spencer, 49

Eureka Springs, AR September 10, 1936 February 4, 2021

Sterling, IL May 14, 1971 April 19, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

Phyllis Siperly, 90 Rock Falls, IL October 11, 1930 May 12, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

Ruth Stanley

Robert Sisson, 72

Willard Stanley

Lyndon, IL December 3, 1948 April 27, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

Sterling, IL December 18, 1941 June 15, 2021 Schilling Funeral Home

Sterling, IL May 9, 1937 May 17, 2021 Schilling Funeral Home

Bonnie Trouth

Melvin Stewart, 82

Ted Trulock

Sublette, IL November 22, 1938 May 6, 2021 Mihm-Jones Funeral Home

Robert Stramka

Sterling, IL January 12, 1937 June 7, 2021 Schilling Funeral Home

Edwin Strauss

Polo, IL October 9, 1927 June 13, 2021 Polo Family Funeral Home

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Linda Tedrick, 76

Rock Falls, IL December 12, 1944 April 27, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

Dalbert Temple Fulton, IL June 3, 1927 June 19, 2021 Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home

Eleanor Tews

Franklin Grove, IL January 6, 1946 May 21, 2021 Schilling Funeral Home

Dixon, IL July 9, 1959 January 25, 2021 Preston-Schilling Funeral Home, Ltd. - Dixon

Richard Turnroth, 97 Rock Falls, IL November 4, 1923 March 26, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

Gladys Typer

Polo, IL November 10, 1924 May 3, 2021 Polo Family Funeral Home

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Josephine Utsch, 77 Sterling, IL June 26, 1943 April 6, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

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Sondra Victum

Dixon, IL May 28, 1959 May 10, 2021 Preston-Schilling Funeral Home, Ltd. - Dixon

Bettendorf, Iowa, IL June 29, 1925 May 9, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

Ruby Vock, 86 Sterling, IL December 28, 1934 June 4, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

Melvin Thomas

Loismarie Vogel

Carol Tillberg, 64

Catherine Vos

Ashton, IL May 26, 2021

Marinette, WI January 26, 1957 May 8, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

Walnut, IL December 31, 1919 May 23, 2021 Schilling Funeral Home

Sterling, IL November 18, 1960 April 16, 2021 Schilling Funeral Home

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Sterling, IL July 17, 1945 March 29, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

Mary Stevens, 95

Rock Falls, IL May 28, 1925 April 24, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

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William Wagner, 84 Oregon, IL December 2, 1936 February 15, 2021 Farrell-Holland-Gale Funeral Home Howard Wallace

Walnut, IL April 13, 1933 May 22, 2021 Garland Funeral Home

Virginia Welsh, 83 Dixon, IL June 22, 2021 June 20, 2021 Mihm-Jones Funeral Home

Daniel Wetzell

Tampico, IL March 20, 1954 April 24, 2021 Garland Funeral Home

Barbara Whitlock, 83 Kendall Wallingford Dixon, IL January 9, 1952 June 3, 2021 Schilling Funeral Home

Star Wallingford, 68

Fulton, IL November 1, 1952 April 2, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

Berdett Watts, 91 Rock Falls, IL March 15, 1930 June 17, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

Daniel Weidman Dixon, IL April 10, 1971 June 11, 2021 Preston-Schilling Funeral Home, Ltd. - Dixon

Marlene Weippert, 85 Dixon, IL December 31, 1935 June 10, 2021 Jones Funeral Home

Mary Weller

Mt. Morris, IL August 5, 1930 June 14, 2021 Polo Family Funeral Home

Judith Wells

Dixon, IL March 24, 1943 May 12, 2021 Jones Funeral Home

Cherry Valley, IL August 4, 1937 May 31, 2021

Pauline Wiersema Fulton, IL February 9, 2021 Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home

Riley Wilkens

Morrison, IL September 1, 2001 June 15, 2021 Bosma Renkes Funeral Home

Clarence Wilkinson, 79

Rock Falls, IL August 23, 1941 June 26, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

Jean Wilkinson, 89

Rock Falls, IL February 6, 1932 June 19, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

Debra Willstead

Rock Falls, IL March 16, 1955 May 3, 2021 Schilling Funeral Home

Carl Wise, 92

Sterling, IL February 13, 1929 April 28, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

Donald Wiseman

Franklin Grove, IL August 27, 1935 May 21, 2021 Preston-Schilling Funeral Home, Ltd. - Dixon

Lonnie Witherow, 62

Rock Falls, IL January 4, 1959 April 19, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

Theresa Witmer

Henderson, NV August 10, 1939 May 31, 2021 Preston-Schilling Funeral Home, Ltd. - Dixon

Phyllis Wittenauer

Gertrude Yearian Dixon, IL February 4, 1925 May 15, 2021 Preston-Schilling Funeral Home, Ltd. - Dixon

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Thomas Zelinski, 79 Prophetstown, IL February 9, 1942 April 28, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

Dale Zigler, 65 Rock Falls, IL February 14, 1956 May 26, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home

Dixon, IL January 11, 1940 June 14, 2021 Chapel Hill Funeral Home

Kenneth Wolf

Galt, IL March 24, 1950 December 3, 2020 McDonald Funeral Home

Joanne WoodVangilder

Sterling, IL October 19, 1949 April 24, 2021 Schilling Funeral Home

Shirley Woodin

Milan, IL December 8, 2020 Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home Inc

Hester Workman, 46

Topeka, KS August 8, 1974 April 24, 2021 Brennan Mathena Funeral Home

Leroy Wright

Morrison, IL July 30, 1955 May 19, 2021 Bosma Renkes Funeral Home

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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

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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