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Remembering those we’ve loved and lost July 1, 2022 - September 30, 2022
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Ida Mary Adams, 95 Tampico, IL
May 31, 1926January 19, 2022
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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.
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Laurie Adolph, 68 Morrison, IL October 8, 1953July 31, 2022 Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home
Betty J. Andreas, 98 Pontiac, IL
August 15, 1923July 28, 2022 Duffy-Baier-Snedecor Funeral Home
Patricia Ann Appel, 83 Chadwick, IL April 21, 1939September 9, 2022
This edition provides a listing of those who have passed away in July, August and September 2022.
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Janice L. Bacorn, 78 Walnut, IL
July 22, 1944September 15, 2022
Mary Margaret Bauer, 95 Joliet, IL
November 29, 1926 - J uly 26, 2022
Mary Anne Becker, 90 Oregon, IL
April 9, 1932September 21, 2022
Blakely Kay Bahrs Dixon, IL
Arlene Archer, 80 Mendota, IL
December 7, 1941September 13, 2022 Merritt Funeral Home
Pamela “Pam” Aebly, 74 Dixon, IL
January 21, 1948September 5, 2022 Eunice M. Anderson, 85 Mt. Morris, IL
August 12, 1936July 19, 2022
Annette Joyce Ashford, 84 Dixon, IL February 26, 1938August 29, 2022 Preston-Schilling
Bob Astrom, 47 Sparks, NV
January 30, 1975August 27, 2022
Anthony M. Baratta, 63 Dixon, IL
May 30, 1959September 1, 2022 Jones Funeral Home
John A. Bartelt, 89 Polo, IL
February 9, 1933September 13, 2022
Farrell-HollandGale Funeral Home in Oregon, IL Michael C. Benhoff, 55 Amboy, IL
March 1, 1967August 1, 2022 Mihm-Jones Funeral Home
Gordon Bennett, 97 Prophetstown, IL
November 16, 1924July 16, 2022 McDonald Funeral Home
Gordon R. Bennett Jr., 91 Winchester, MA
July 2, 1931August 24, 2022
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Tayler J.
Bensching, 40
Mt. Carroll, IL
November 18, 1981September 7, 2022
Ernest H. Berkey, Jr., 73 Mt. Morris, IL
August 5, 1948July 18, 2022
Wayne C. Bicksler, 84 Freeport, IL
February 4, 1938July 22, 2022
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Philip J. Bondi, 96 Dixon, IL
June 30, 1926July 30, 2022
Jones Funeral Home
Ilene L.
Boomgarden, 86 Mt. Morris, IL
September 4, 1935September 1, 2022
Tommy J. Bowser, 68 Dixon, IL
May 31, 1954 -
August 21, 2022
Lois L. Burket, 96 Dixon, IL
April 24, 1926August 23, 2022
Harold R. Case, 75 Sterling, IL
May 22, 1947July 20, 2022
Paul M. Blackburn Jr., 52 Dixon, IL
November 9, 1969July 15, 2022
Jones Funeral Home
Gerald Blair, 86 Lanark, IL
January 30, 1936 -
July 31, 2022 Mary Blatz, 88 Shalimar, FL
November 18, 1933September 13, 2022 McDonald Funeral Home
Ronald L. Boehle, 79 Dixon, IL
November 16, 1942 -
September 13, 2022
Jones Funeral Home
Mary Jo Bressler, 83 Palm Harbor, FL
July 16, 1938June 21, 2022
Schilling Funeral Home
Harvey E. Brown, 85 Polo, IL
July 13, 1937August 21, 2022
Korona Ernestine Burkitt, 84 Dixon, IL
March 7, 1938September 20, 2022
Janette H. Bush, 70 Prophetstown, IL
July 21, 1952 -
September 5, 2022 Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home
Larry Vernon Buss, 90 Freeoirt, IL July 7, 1932September 15, 2022 Burke-Tubbs Funeral Home, Freeport, IL
Marsha K. Butterfield, 73 Dixon, IL
September 29, 1948August 6, 2022
Edward J. Bybee, 77 Keizer, OR
Mark Brown, 80 Galt, IL
December 15, 1941August 25, 2022 McDonald Funeral Home
Kenneth Bucher, 36 Rochelle, IL
January 31, 1986July 28, 2022
September 27, 1944July 16, 2022 Jones Funeral Home
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Francis M. Cain, 92 Dixon, IL
October 8, 1929August 2, 2022 Jones Funeral Home
Kathryn A. Boesen, 56 Riverside, CA
January 20, 1966July 2, 2022
Martin Bollman, 63 Rock Falls, IL
April 4, 1959 -
August 17, 2022
McDonald Funeral Home
Virginia Buikema Sterling, IL Schilling Funeral Home & Cremation David Leslie Burke, 68 Dixon, IL
July 22, 1954August 12, 2022
Antonio L. Caudillo Jr., 27 Rock Falls, IL November 21, 1994September 24, 2022
Daryl Cave, 76 Mt. Morris, IL
September 11, 1945June 28, 2022
Dave Cantu Sterling, IL Schilling Funeral Home & Cremation Emmett Eugene Capes, 88 Rochelle, IL
June 2, 1934September 9, 2022
Steven J. Chriest, 68 Tampico, IL
June 13, 1954August 9, 2022 Garland Funeral Home
Arlene B. Cianciarulo, 85 Trinidad, CO
June 1, 1937September 8, 2022
Joy (Skelton)
Clouw, 66 East Moline, IL
February 14, 1956July 22, 2022
Gibson - Bode Funeral Home, Port Byron
Marilyn Northfelt Coffey, 80 Dixon, IL
March 18, 1942August 28, 2022 Preston-Schilling Funeral Home
Dora “Winkie” Conkling, 83 Rock Falls, IL April 24, 1939September 11, 2022 McDonald Funeral Home
Regina Marie Conway, 58 Spokane, WA
June 24, 2022
Holy Cross Funeral & Cemetary Services
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Alyce L. Cook, 92 Morrison, IL
December 17, 1929June 28, 2022
Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home
Edson C. Cox, 55 Dixon, IL
November 17, 1966August 16, 2022
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G Louise
Dahlquist, 99 Sterling, IL
July 5, 1923August 4, 2022 Schilling Funeral Home
Linda Damhoff, 78 Morrison, IL
January 27, 1944June 30, 2022
Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home
Berniece Elnora (Hartje) Davis, 94 Freeport, IL
July 17, 1928July 29, 2022
James ‘Jim’ DeCap, 87 Geneseo, IL
November 4, 1934August 20, 2022
Ruth M. Deem, 91 Sterling, IL
October 2, 1930September 22, 2022 McDonald Funeral Home
Randal “Randy” DeGroot
Rock Falls, IL September 10, 2022 Schilling Funeral Home & Cremation
Gordon F. Dempsey, 81 Rock Falls, IL
October 2, 1940September 26, 2022 McDonald Funeral Home
Olivia D. Desmond, 73
New London, WI
January 22, 1949May 7, 2022
Betty J. Duncan, 91 Mt. Morris, IL
June 18, 1931July 8, 2022
Earl Devers Jr., 84
Rock Falls, IL
October 24, 1937August 17, 2022
Gail P. Dunn, 76
Amboy, IL
November 20, 1945September 14, 2022
Mihm-Jones Funeral Home
Jan M. Devine, 70
Rock Falls, IL
January 2, 1952 -
September 9, 2022
McDonald Funeral Home
Floyd “Bob” Donnell Sterling, IL
Schilling Funeral Home & Cremation
Audrey L. Dykhuizen, 91 Sterling, IL
January 8, 1931September 12, 2022
Renate Dziudzek, 87 Rock Falls, IL
May 13, 1935July 23, 2022 E
Thomas Paul Doty, 82 Fulton, IL
July 25, 1940 -
September 10, 2022
Wynell K. Eakle, 64 Sterling, IL
February 13, 1958September 21, 2022
Dorothy P. Downey, 101 Dixon, IL
June 2, 1921September 18, 2022 Jones Funeral Home
Lauri Ann Drobak, 58 Fulton, IL
November 19, 1963 -
August 25, 2022
Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home
Richard Lee
Duffield, 84 McKinney, TX
May 9, 1938 -
August 8, 2022
Babette M. Duncan, 68 Erie, IL
June 9, 1954 -
August 18, 2022 Gibson - Bode Funeral Home, Erie
Linda “Ma Erd” R. Erdmier Dixon, IL
William “Bill” Eastman, 75 Dixon, IL
May 23, 1947July 17, 2022
Jones Funeral Home
Richard Edlund, 43 Ashton, IL
July 30, 2022 Farrell-HollandGale Funeral Home in Oregon, IL
Mary Jean Egert, 96 Boulder, CO
December 29, 1925July 6, 2022
David L. Erickson, 82 Dixon, Formerly of Yorkville, IL April 29, 1940August 15, 2022
Sylvia M. Etnyre, 97 Rockford, IL
July 4, 1925 -
July 6, 2022 Farrell-HollandGale Funeral Home in Oregon, IL
Kenneth E. Eubanks, 82 Polo, IL September 23, 1939September 3, 2022
Frank W. Evans, 85 Rock Falls, IL September 11, 1936August 17, 2022 McDonald Funeral Home
Doris P. Ewers, 91 Milledgeville, IL November 16, 1930August 13, 2022 F
Brian D. Fairfax M.D., 75 Sterling, IL
January 9, 1947August 9, 2022 Schilling Funeral Home
Mary Ann Ferolo, 82 Dixon, IL
August 6, 1940August 21, 2022
Marjorie A. Engel, 82 Polo, IL
May 6, 1940July 3, 2022 Polo Family Funeral Home
James J. Field, 101 Fulton, IL
February 3, 1921July 12, 2022
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Judith Ann Finch, 82 Dixon, IL
November 24, 1939August 6, 2022
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Barbara A. French, 70
Palm Coast, FL
September 13, 1951December 20, 2021
Arthur L. “Art”
Goodwin, 88
Scales Mound, IL
April 8, 1934June 26, 2022
Marlee J. Finch, 93 Largo, FL
April 13, 1929August 1, 2022 Sylvia Finkle
Sterling, IL
Schilling Funeral Home & Cremation
Treva Frohling Sterling, IL Schilling Funeral Home & Cremation
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Frank P. Garcia, 63 Sterling, IL
February 5, 1959July 25, 2022
Patricia A. Gorzny
Prophetstown, IL July 22, 2022 Connie Marie Green Phoenix, AZ July 12, 2022
Duane Hackbarth, 59 Roscoe, IL
May 20, 1963 - July 16, 2022 Daley Murphy
Wisch & Associates Funeral Home and Crematorium
Sandra J. Hait, 73 Sterling, IL
August 9, 1948July 31, 2022
Lyle E. “Whitey”
Hammelman, 95 Sterling, IL
August 18, 1927September 17, 2022
Abigail ‘Abi’ Kathryn Floski, 33 Redmond, OR
July 25, 1989August 24, 2022
Dolores “Dee”
M. Ford, 80
Rock Falls, IL
April 22, 1942July 29, 2022
Lucile Eleanor Fordham, 82 Dixon, IL
July 4, 1940September 17, 2022
Richard D. Fortune, Sr., 79 Sterling, IL
January 24, 1943August 4, 2022
Danny Larry Frazier, 80 Sterling, IL
August 4, 1941July 13, 2022
Frank Freas, 86 Goshen, IN
August 4, 1936 -
August 11, 2022 Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home
Cornelius “Neal” Henry Geerts, 89 Morrison, IL
October 3, 1932 -
September 16, 2022 Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home
Ruth George Sterling, IL Schilling Funeral Home & Cremation
Alivia Lynn (Rager) Greenfield, 45 Baileyville, IL July 26, 1977August 26, 2022 Leona Groenhagen, 92 Oregon, IL June 30, 1930July 16, 2022 Farrell-Holland-Gale Funeral Home
Steven Charles Gunder, 75 Topeka, KS
Sherry Ballou Hanson, 78 Portland, OR
January 17, 1944July 2, 2022 Crown Memorial Center
Ashley Nicole Hardin, 38 Rockford, IL
April 8, 1984July 23, 2022
Michael Allan Ghibellini, 79 Mt. Morris, IL
December 27, 1942June 29, 2022
Delores M. Gierhart, 87 Sterling, IL
July 12, 1935August 2, 2022
Nancy C. Glazier, 82 Morrison, IL
June 2, 1940September 17, 2022
December 30, 1946August 25, 2022
Linda Lea Gurley, 83 Buncombe, IL March 26, 1939August 30, 2022
Mary L. Harrison, 84 Amboy, IL
May 31, 1938August 21, 2022 Mihm-Jones Funeral Home
Joan Hensley, 54 Leaf River, IL
Marshall Goodson, 71 Erie, IL
September 13, 1950 -
August 12, 2022 Gibson - Bode Funeral Home, Erie
Ray Gurley, 84 Buncombe, IL
February 19, 1938August 13, 2022
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Nancy Haan, 66 Trinidad, CO December 31, 1955June 24, 2022
July 31, 1968September 5, 2022 Donald “Don” E. Hill, 68 Oregon, IL
January 13, 1954August 5, 2022
Dorothy J. (Dotty) Hillison, 93 Franklin Grove, IL
August 5, 1929August 18, 2022
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Russell E. Hoernecke, 78 Byron, IL
September 21, 1943August 16, 2022
George E. Holy, 91 Sterling, IL
November 11, 1930July 12, 2022 Schilling Vincent Hoogheem, 94 Camanche, IA
April 21, 1928August 27, 2022
Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home
Kenneth E. Howard, Jr., 59 Rockford, IL August 30, 1962July 5, 2022
Maxx L. Hubbard, 28 Sterling, IL October 20, 1993August 9, 2022
Sharon “Sheree”
James-Reedy, 80 Prophetstown, IL
August 15, 1941July 29, 2022
Bosma-Gibson Funeral Home
Faye Jansma, 81 Geneseo, IL
September 16, 1940August 23, 2022
Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home
Janet Kay Jenkins, 77
Sterling, IL
November 17, 1944 -
September 5, 2022
Mary E. Kahly, 77
Sterling, IL
March 30, 1945 -
September 13, 2022
Donna Mae Leamanczyk, 90 Rockford, IL
May 9, 1932August 14, 2022 Cremation Society of Illinois
Michael William Keegan, 73 Erie, IL
September 23, 1948September 22, 2022
Gibson-Bode
Funeral Home
Arlyn Paul Kerkhove, 71 Tampico, IL
March 2, 1951August 20, 2022
Sonja Ranee Jenkins, 65 Amboy, IL
September 21, 1956August 12, 2022
James ‘Jim’ A. Jeter, 44 Oregon, IL
September 16, 1977July 24, 2022
Robert “Bob” Dennis Hudson, 80 Tampico, IL
January 14, 1942August 12, 2022 Schilling Funeral Home
Della Bernice Hulstrom Sterling, IL Schilling Funeral Home & Cremation
Robert L. Hunter, 73 Coleta, IL May 11, 1949August 21, 2022 I
Jacob Iske, 25 Lanark, IL
Jeremiah S. Johnson, 41 Rock Falls, IL
June 8, 1981July 10, 2022
Phyllis A. Johnson, 93 Walnut, IL
March 25, 1929July 23, 2022
Ronald R. Johnson, 82 Monroe, WI
September 1, 1939May 17, 2022
Marilyn Jones, 85 Bettendorf, IA May 17, 1937July 20, 2022
Bosma-Gibson Funeral Home
Melvin E. “Moe”
Kielsmeier, 84 Mt. Morris, IL
February 3, 1938September 11, 2022
Coralyn M. King, 82 Morrison, IL May 8, 1940July 24, 2022
Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home
Helen Motsinger King, 95
Winter Haven, FL June 27, 1927August 21, 2022
Craig J. Kurzrock, 63 Dixon, IL
February 4, 1959August 26, 2022 L
Marilyn I. LaCourse, 88 Grand Detour, IL December 3, 1933September 2, 2022 Mihm-Jones Funeral Home
Donald “Don” C. Lawson, Jr., 84 Altamonte Springs, FL
March 13, 1938June 21, 2022
Carol Lee, 75 Sterling, IL
December 18, 1946July 31, 2022 McDonald Funeral Home
Cheri D. (Bauser) Lehman, 72 Sterling, IL
April 18, 1950August 20, 2022
Douglas L. Leslie, 76 Clinton, IA
June 30, 1946August 4, 2022 James W. Lester, 68 Sterling, IL
June 3, 1954August 12, 2022
Mark Allan Lewis, 70 Ionia, MI
June 21, 1952August 22, 2022
Bernadine M. Lifka, 93 Sterling, IL
April 21, 1929September 29, 2022
Weldon Long, 81 Sun City, AZ
July 26, 1940July 16, 2022 Menke Funeral & Cremation Center
Ruth E. Loomis, 74 Polo, IL
April 8, 1948September 23, 2022 Polo Family Funeral Home
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Gregory “Greg”
Paul Ludwig, 74
Freeport, IL
April 4, 1948August 20, 2022
LeRoy “Ole Pa”
Lumzy, 91 Dixon, IL
August 31, 1931September 23, 2022
Francis N. ‘Nick’ Lung
Mt. Morris, IL
July 13, 2022 M
Bernarda Maciejczyk
Milledgeville, IL
August 14, 2021
McDonald Funeral Home, Milledgeville
Bonnie Rose
Mader, 92 Freeport, IL
February 3, 1930August 22, 2022
Judith A. Magdich, 82 Dixon, IL
March 20, 1940August 9, 2022
Jones Funeral Home
Gary Magill, 68 Sterling, IL
December 29, 1953September 2, 2022
McDonald Funeral Home
Greg Allen Manon, 56 Rock Falls, IL
March 7, 1966August 7, 2022
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Damien K. Martin, 32 Prophetstown, IL
January 21, 1990September 24, 2022
Donald L. McKee, 90
San Marcos, CA
March 7, 1932June 30, 2022 McDonald Funeral Home
Larry D. Martin, 78 Rockford, IL
April 11, 1944July 17, 2022
Lester Lee Mathews, 80 Taylorville, IL
February 16, 1942September 22, 2022
Helen Mattson, 94 Sterling, IL
August 3, 1928August 27, 2022
Schilling Funeral Home
Larry D. Mayberry, 77 Sterling, IL
August 24, 1945September 24, 2022 McDonald Funeral Home
Marilynn Mayer, 75 Oregon, IL
January 7, 1947June 28, 2022
James William McKinzie, 91 Sterling, IL
August 17, 1931August 8, 2022 Schilling Funeral Home
Mabel L. McLindsay, 81 Sterling, IL
February 3, 1941July 10, 2022
Donald Bruce McMillan, 76 Oregon, IL
January 17, 1946September 19, 2022 Farrell-Holland-Gale Funeral Home
Kenneth Wayne McMunn, 76 Dixon, IL
July 11, 1946July 17, 2022
Larry Wayne McPherson, 81 Franklin Grove, IL July 26, 1940July 1, 2022 Preston-Schilling Funeral Home
Mark Anthony McBride, 61 Highwood, IL
June 2, 1958June 4, 2019
Donald E. McCarver, 67 Dixon, IL
June 21, 1955August 31, 2022 Jones Funeral Home
Mary Lou Mead, 92 Sterling, IL November 2, 1929August 20, 2022 McDonald Funeral Home
Donald “Don” Alan Meador, 81 Lanark, IL November 9, 1940August 30, 2022
Maria Marruffo, 69 Las Vegas, NV December 20, 1952 -
2022
Schilling Funeral Home
Frank L. Meyer, 96 Dixon, IL
August 5, 1925July 4, 2022
Zachary N. McCloud, 29 Rock Falls, IL
June 26, 1993 -
September 24, 2022
Herman Michels, 85 Chatham, IL
January 31, 1937August 6, 2022
McDonald Funeral Home
Beth Amber Mitchell, 55 Erie, IL
February 18, 2022August 21, 2022 Gibson-Bode Funeral Home
Carmen Moreno, 101 Sterling, IL
January 20, 1921July 14, 2022 Schilling
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Gale Suanne (Cherry) Newhall, 51 Goodyear, AZ
March 27, 1971June 13, 2022 Thompson funeral chapel.
Dr. Richard Nice, 85 Sioux Falls, SD
March 8, 1937June 24, 2022
Carol A. Meurs, 79 Fulton, IL August 9, 1942July 4, 2022 Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home
Diane E. Nicholas, 82 Dixon, IL
April 21, 1940July 22, 2022 Schilling Funeral Home
Chrystal L. Nicklaus, 76 Dixon, IL July 31, 1946August 11, 2022
Jones Funeral Home
Sheila F. Nicklaus, 53 Dixon, IL
May 15, 1969July 25, 2022
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Olive B. Nielsen, 98 Tampico, IL
November 23, 1923August 31, 2022
David R. Percycoe, 64
Rock Falls, IL
July 7, 1958July 8, 2022
Viola M. Nighswonger, 95 Byron, IL August 31, 1926June 22, 2022
Farrell-Holland-Gale Funeral Home
Patricia Noblin Sterling, IL August 14, 2022
Schilling Funeral Home & Cremation
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Loren A. Oltmanns, 91 Sterling, IL
December 27, 1930July 6, 2022
Ethel Elizabeth Oncken
Denton, TX acremation Dolores Ann (Bradford) Orr Sterling, IL July 1, 2022
John L. Perino
North Ft. Myers, FL August 2, 2022
Mary Prior Sterling, IL
Schilling Funeral Home & Cremation
Jay H. Rhodes, 80 Dahinda, IL
June 22, 1942July 22, 2022
Mary “Tutie” Ortiz, 71 Sterling, IL June 1, 1951August 31, 2022
Schilling Funeral Home & Cremation
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Gyneth Y. Partridge, 87 Sterling, IL October 13, 1934September 3, 2022 Rebecca “Becky” Paxton, 75 Erie, IL
August 27, 1946July 14, 2022
Gibson - Bode Funeral Home & Cremation Services, Ltd.
Marcella E. “Sally” Pry, 99 Sublette, IL
March 7, 1923July 27, 2022 Wasmer Funeral Home
Mildred “Millie”
Peterson, 84
Rock Falls, IL
March 13, 1938 -
July 6, 2022
McDonald
Funeral Home
Nancy Jane Peterson, 89 Prophetstown, IL June 16, 1933August 16, 2022 Gibson-Bode Funeral Home, Erie, IL
Doris Ilene Pitchford, 85 Dixon, IL
October 5, 1936June 30, 2022 Preston-Schilling Funeral Home
Thomas Richard Pitts
Mt. Morris, IL September 3, 2022 Marie Pontsler, 102 Sterling, IL
April 18, 1920July 21, 2022
Schilling
Charles “Chuck” Joseph Powell, 41 Polo, IL
December 27, 1980August 14, 2022
Cheryl Prather, 75 Rock Island, IL
October 30, 1946August 15, 2022
Irene Richardson, 88 DeKalb, IL
January 17, 1934July 11, 2022
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Joel Ramirez, 91
Rock Falls, IL
December 15, 1930August 27, 2022
McDonald Funeral Home Dorothy Rinderman, 89 Shannon, IL
October 3, 1932September 2, 2022
Blanche M. Rohlik, 91 Sterling, IL
Gladys Ramsey, 91 Sterling, IL
September 7, 1930September 2, 2022
June 28, 1931September 5, 2022 McDonald Funeral Home
Carl ‘Lantz’ Ropp, 85 Geneseo, IL
John Peter Raum, III, 88 Byron, IL
April 1, 1934July 16, 2022 McDonald Funeral Home
Betty Jean Reemtsma, 76 Round Rock, TX
November 13, 1945July 6, 2022
Thomas V. Reichwein, 82
Port Byron, IL
September 14, 1939September 1, 2022 Gibson - Bode Funeral Home, Port Byron
John W. Reifsteck, 76 Naperville, IL
April 8, 1946August 2, 2022 Clifford L. Reisinger, 77 Dixon, IL
May 21, 1945August 7, 2022
October 28, 1936July 30, 2022 Carol Joan Ross, 80 Sterling, IL
July 20, 1941 -
July 2, 2022 McDonald Funeral Home
Elizabeth Ann Ruefer-Nease, 61 Rock Falls, IL
December 8, 1960August 9, 2022 McDonald Funeral Home
Matt Russell, 58 Geneseo, IL August 6, 1963June 25, 2022
Gibson-Bode Funeral Home-Erie
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Linda Sandford, 73 Dixon, IL
May 10, 1950 -
September 6, 2022
Serenity Hospice and Home
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Mark K. Sandrock, 70
Prophetstown, IL
September 15, 1951August 19, 2022
Bosma-Gibon Funeral Home
Lowell Edward Schaefer, 96 Franklin Grove, IL
December 1, 1925August 20, 2022
Janice K. Schell, 75 Sterling, IL
December 11, 1946July 15, 2022
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Ken Schwarz, 80 Dixon, IL
October 15, 1941June 29, 2022
Preston-Schilling Funeral Home
Garrett Lee Scott, 20 Bradford, IL
August 24, 2001June 29, 2022
Grant-Johnson Funeral Home
James “Jim” Boyd
Shadrick, 60 East Moline, IL
September 20, 1961 -
August 3, 2022
Gibson-Bode Funeral Home
Nancy L. Schmidt, 70 Milledgeville, IL
April 19, 1952September 2, 2022 James E. Schmitt Sr., 79 Sterling, IL
March 25, 1943July 26, 2022
Jenny Lee (Mackey) Schneider, 73 Dixon, IL
August 23, 1948August 15, 2022
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Kenneth ‘Kenny’ Schneider, 90 Mount Carroll, IL
April 3, 1932August 19, 2022
Kim M. Schroth, 63 Morrison, IL
October 20, 1958June 30, 2022 Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home
Ralph Schultz, 94 Mendota, IL
August 5, 1928August 14, 2022
Merritt Funeral Home
Jim “Opie” Shirk, 40 Erie, IL
March 6, 1982August 3, 2022 Gibson - Bode Funeral Home, Erie
Michael ‘Mike’ V. Siciliano, 71 Lake Carroll, Formerly of Chicago, IL April 29, 1951July 3, 2022
Russell L. Sikkema, 89 Fulton, IL
Vonda Shank, 100 Sterling, IL
June 3, 1922August 25, 2022 Schilling Funeral Home
Kenneth L. Sharkey, 85 Dixon, IL
March 16, 1937July 12, 2022 Jones Funeral Home
Patsy Jean Sharp, 79 Tampico, IL
April 11, 1943July 31, 2022 McDonald Funeral Home
Ava C. Shaw, 20 Dixon, IL
February 4, 2002July 7, 2022
August 25, 2022 Wayne Silvius, 95 Dixon, IL June 12, 1927September 3, 2022
Donald Smith, 91 Normal, IL
December 13, 1930August 13, 2022 East Lawn Funeral Home
Marilyn (Aper)
Mumbower Smith, 87 Mt. Morris, IL
August 3, 1935August 19, 2022
Frances “Fran”
Smith-Riney, 62 Sterling, IL
May 17, 1960 -
September 13, 2022 Schilling Funeral Home & Cremation
Patricia L. Snyder, 81 Oregon, IL
Dr. Joseph T. Simeone Oregon, IL
Franklin D. Slick, 88 Milledgeville, IL December 7, 1933July 15, 2022 McDonald Funeral Home
John E. Sloter Dixon, IL
February 27, 1941September 11, 2022 Georgia A. Sodawasser, 93
Rock Falls, IL
March 2, 1929August 10, 2022
Mark R. Spencer, 65 Sterling, IL
December 12, 1956July 23, 2022
Lee Spinka, 84 Rock Falls, IL
June 13, 1938September 25, 2022 McDonald Funeral Home
Kendall C. Shaw, II, 24 Hanover, MD
March 13, 1998September 12, 2022 McDonald Funeral Home
Helen P. Sheridan, 83 Ohio, IL
October 28, 1938August 22, 2022 Jones Funeral Home
R. Maxine Sloter, 94 Dixon, IL
December 9, 1927July 3, 2022 Denise Ann Gascoigne Smith, 49 Dixon, IL
August 6, 1972July 2, 2022 Preston-Schilling Funeral Home
Paul G. Starr, 72 Bettendorf, IA September 23, 2022
Shirley J. Stichter, 88 Fenton, IL
August 4, 1934September 27, 2022 Gibson-Bode Funeral
Home & Cremation Services, Ltd.
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Bruce Stine, 73 Geneseo, IL
January 16, 1949June 30, 2022
Stackhouse-Moore Funeral & Cremation Services, Geneseo
Judy (Gascoigne) Stoner
Seminole, FL July 21, 2022
Cathryn D. Styczynski, 94 Sterling, IL
September 18, 1927August 1, 2022
John Sunday, 88 The Villages, FL March 4, 1934August 19, 2022 Hiers-Baxley
Betty W. Swanson, 86 Polo, IL
December 16, 1935August 25, 2022 Polo Family Funeral Home
Jerroll Swope, 76 Compton, IL December 31, 1945July 22, 2022 Merritt Funeral Home
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Marie Helen Tabers, 85 Dixon, IL
January 16, 1937July 3, 2022 Preston-Schilling Funeral Home
Richard D. Taets, 81 Sterling, IL
October 29, 1940July 12, 2022 McDonald Funeral Home
June Teachout Sterling, IL Schilling Funeral Home & Cremation
Shirley B. Tegeler, 75 Morrison, IL
February 3, 1947July 18, 2022
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Thomas Todd, 67 Sterling, IL
January 18, 1955July 15, 2022
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Donald “Don”
R. Ufkin, 72 Rockford, IL
April 29, 1950 -
September 9, 2022
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Mary “Frances”Louise VanOosten, 97 Polo, IL
October 18, 1924September 21, 2022 Polo Family Funeral Home Salvador Velazquez, 89 Sterling, IL
August 6, 1933September 15, 2022 Schilling Funeral Home & Cremation
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LaVerne Ann Waldbusser, 89 Moline, IL
July 24, 1933August 20, 2022 Gibson-Bode Funeral Home
Linda Walker Dixon, IL Schilling Funeral Home & Cremation
David Wallingford, 70 Fulton, IL
July 25, 1952 -
August 31, 2022
Patricia G. Williams, 74 Walton, IL
December 6, 1947September 17, 2022 Mihm Jones Funeral Home
Rosalyn I. Walston, 95 Fulton, IL
August 1, 1927August 23, 2022
Ronald F. Williams, 84 Yorkville, IL
April 10, 1938June 29, 2022
Rita J. Wallace, 88 Walnut, IL
April 30, 1934August 28, 2022
Rosella M. (Gonnerman)
Warner, 84 Ashton, IL
May 8, 1938August 1, 2022
Eric E. Wear, 38 Sterling, IL
April 25, 1984July 18, 2022 Kevin Jack Weinrich, 64 Sterling, IL
February 15, 1958July 10, 2022 Schilling
Tom Westlund, 72 Walnut, IL
April 6, 1950August 7, 2022 Lonnie L. Westpfahl, 59 Rock Falls, IL
January 31, 1963July 16, 2022
Larry L. Wiersema, 71 Morrison, IL August 6, 1950July 1, 2022 Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home
Kerry Williams, 71 Prophetstown, IL April 8, 1951August 11, 2022 Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home
Daniel L. Willman, 76 Sterling, IL
March 3, 1946July 24, 2022
Nellie V. Winters, 73 Mt Morris, IL October 15, 1948July 26, 2022 Jones Funeral Home
Clarence Wolf Sterling, IL
Patrick A. Worthington, 50 Rock Falls, IL
December 30, 1971September 19, 2022
MarthaJane M. Wright-Johnson, 80 Ashton, IL
March 25, 1942August 1, 2022
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Mark Young Sterling, IL Schilling Funeral Home
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Beverley Ann Zigler, 79 McAllen, TX
March 23, 1943June 26, 2022
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