Tributes
Remembering those we’ve loved and lost
January 1, 2024 - June 30, 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 Bureau County Republican and bcrnews.com offer a special biannual feature to commemorate and honor those we have lost.
Tributes
ALinda Marie (Rogel) Aber Sheffield, IL
W. Marvin “Andy” Anderson, 88 Walnut, IL
November 10, 1935February 22, 2024
This edition provides a listing of those who have passed away in January, February, March, April, May and June 2024.
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Gerald “Jerry” Bejster, 86 Peru, IL
March 31, 1937February 12, 2024
Mark A. Ackerman, 61 Warrenville, IL
October 30, 1962June 16, 2024 Jones Funeral Home
James Thomas Allgood, 85 Princeton, IL
August 31, 1938June 22, 2024
Norberg Memorial Home, Inc. & Monuments
Glendon “Red” Allicks, 86 Princeton, IL
December 19, 1937May 18, 2024
Grant-Johnson Funeral Home
Eugene V. Azarskis, 89 Osage Beach, MO
October 7, 1934March 27, 2024
Dysart - Cofoid Funeral Chapel
BDoris Alice Bachman, 98 Putnam, IL
December 5, 1925June 23, 2024
Walter Eugene Bauer, 82 Bradford, IL
December 13, 1941June 15, 2024
Grant-Johnson Funeral Home
William A. ‘Bill’ Bennett, 72 Sheffield, IL July 9, 1951January 10, 2024
Gregory Arthur Berry, 77 Manlius, IL
February 15, 1946February 4, 2024
Grant-Johnson Funeral Home
Cynthia Bertuli, 73 Mark, IL
January 5, 1951June 12, 2024
Dysart - Cofoid Funeral Chapel
Nancy Ann Bickett, 80 Princeton, IL
August 6, 1943January 25, 2024 Fiocchi Funeral Home
Marilyn June Birkey, 88 Walnut, IL
February 5, 1936March 28, 2024
Andrew “Andy” Scott Bloome, 59 Princeton, IL
April 3, 1965April 3, 2024
Grant-Johnson Funeral Home
Jerry F. Boekeloo, 82 Henry, IL
October 15, 1941January 6, 2024
Lois Jean Brady, 93 Mesa, AZ
October 20, 1930February 16, 2024
Robert G. Brandau, 87 Walnut, IL
September 19, 1936February 24, 2024
Brian Atherton Brandner, 73 Ladd, IL
December 4, 1950January 4, 2024
RuthAnn Brizgis, 63 Magnolia, IL
August 22, 1960January 12, 2024
Nancy Burcham, 83 East Dubuque, IL
May 20, 1940May 11, 2024
Gladys Alvina Burr, 90 Hennepin, IL
October 24, 1933February 13, 2024
Helmer Shields Funeral Home
Eugene R. Burton, 91 Sterling, IL
February 6, 1933March 30, 2024
Carole Nadine Busboom Buda, IL
April 11, 2024
William Butler, 72 Bureau, IL
April 14, 1951February 22, 2024
Norberg Memorial Home, Inc. & Monuments
Robert Byrne, 86 Princeton, IL
December 29, 1937February 10, 2024
Norberg Memorial Home, Inc. & Monuments
CElizabeth Louise “Betty” Campbell, 91 Granville, IL
June 4, 1932May 31, 2024
Aaron Steven Cathcart, 51 Princeton, IL
June 26, 1972June 5, 2024 Grant-Johnson Funeral Home
Richard Dominic Charchek, 82 Glen Ellyn, IL
November 2, 1941June 15, 2024
Mona May Clausen, 68 Jacksonville, FL
September 23, 1955December 15, 2023
Eva Coats, 93 Princeton, IL
October 17, 1930December 30, 2023
Norberg Memorial Home, Inc. & Monuments
Beatrice A. Cruise, 87 Ohio, IL
July 11, 1936January 20, 2024
Maria Elena Csukor, 81 Tiskilwa, IL
July 29, 1942May 23, 2024
DMarvin G. Dabler, 97 Princeton, IL
November 25, 1926February 18, 2024
Fiocchi-Jensen Funeral Home
Robert Dappen, 80 Princeton, IL
July 25, 1943March 30, 2024
Norberg Memorial Home, Inc. & Monuments
Michael Davis, II, 33 Princeton, IL
February 16, 1990February 6, 2024
Norberg Memorial Home, Inc. & Monuments
James R. Dodson, 72 Bloomington, IL
December 22, 1951 -January 23, 2024
Kenard W. Doll, 79 Ladd, IL
November 21, 1944 -May 6, 2024
Stephen Donini, 70 Henry, IL
June 2, 1953April 14, 2024
Neal Drummer, 87 LaMoille, IL
July 30, 1936February 5, 2024 Merritt Funeral Home
Doris Duffield, 87 Princeton, IL
October 7, 1936May 1, 2024
Norberg Memorial Home, Inc. & Monuments
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Joe A. Ellena, 82 Princeton, IL April 4, 1941January 18, 2024
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James L. Fenwick, 75 Bloomington, IL
September 2, 1948January 1, 2024
Robert Dale Feurer, 96 Sheffield, IL
September 27, 1927February 22, 2024 Grant-Johnson Funeral Home
Bonnie Fisher, 72 Princeton, IL May 16, 1951March 3, 2024
Jeannette Christine Fisher, 70 Princeton, IL
May 30, 1953January 3, 2024 Grant-Johnson Funeral Home
Patricia L. Fivek, 81 Mendota, IL
July 22, 1942February 25, 2024
Julie A. Foster, 60 Moline, IL
February 14, 1964March 17, 2024
Denise “Nese” Adrienne Fry, 64 La Moille, IL
March 28, 1960April 18, 2024
Grant-Johnson Funeral Home
Samuel Jay Funderberg, 60 Rock Falls, IL
March 22, 1964May 27, 2024
GWilma Gaylord, 81 Malden, IL
January 22, 1943June 20, 2024
Norberg Memorial Home, Inc. & Monuments
Charles William Gebhardt, 80 Phoenix, AZ
May 27, 1943April 15, 2024
Richard Genslinger, 90 Princeton, IL
January 10, 1934April 2, 2024
Norberg Memorial Home, Inc. & Monuments
Shirley Genslinger, 92 Sterling, IL
April 20, 1931February 11, 2024
McDonald Funeral Home
Robert Albert Girard, 81 Hennepin, IL
August 30, 1942January 17, 2024
Bruce Gonigam, 67 Walnut, IL
January 13, 1957April 19, 2024
Geraldine Gonigam, 97 Walnut, IL
May 9, 1926March 28, 2024
Dorothy Grafft, 95 Princeton, IL
February 26, 1928January 30, 2024
Norberg Memorial Home, Inc. & Monuments
Dave Graham, 62 Parkland, FL
March 13, 1962April 4, 2024
Coral Springs Funeral Home
Stephen H. Gunning, 79 Princeton, IL
September 11, 1944May 26, 2024
HRonald Happach, 90 Sheffield, IL
May 29, 1933March 30, 2024
StackhouseMoore Funeral & Cremation Services
Fr. Edward O. Harkrader, 93 Princeton, IL
September 30, 1930April 11, 2024
Wright & Salmon Mortuary
Joey Harris, 69 Princeton, IL
January 23, 1955June 6, 2024
Norberg Memorial Home, Inc. & Monuments
Bradley M. Haun, 58 Peoria, IL
May 1, 1965January 2, 2024
John “Jack” Eldon Headley, 82 Buda, IL
August 5, 1941January 9, 2024
Grant-Johnson Funeral Home
Terry Don Helle, 78 Tiskilwa, IL
July 20, 1945June 4, 2024
Grant-Johnson Funeral Home
Connie M. Helms, 75 Morrison, IL
June 10, 1948March 16, 2024
Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home
Tamara Tammy Herout, 61 Dover, IL
May 27, 1963June 23, 2024
Norberg Memorial Home, Inc. & Monuments
Steve Hetherington, 77 Princeton, IL
February 3, 1947March 10, 2024
Norberg Memorial Home, Inc. & Monuments
Sandra R. Hodgett, 86 Rural Sheffield, IL
December 12, 1937January 12, 2024
Alton Duaine Hughes, 90 Princeton, IL
March 21, 1933March 10, 2024
Grant-Johnson Funeral Home
Mary F. Hull, 85 Princeton, IL
May 31, 1938March 2, 2024
Grant-Johnson Funeral Home
Jill Husted, 75 Princeton, IL
October 7, 1948March 10, 2024
Norberg Memorial Home, Inc. & Monuments
Jeanne Lynette Hutchinson, 89 Princeton, IL
December 13, 1934May 28, 2024
Norberg Memorial Home, Inc. & Monuments
JWesley Oliver Hoscheid, 86 Cherry, IL
November 28, 1937March 23, 2024
Fiocchi Funeral Home
Benjamin R. Howes, 32 Bettendorf, IA
February 5, 1991February 2, 2024
Kerry Lee Jaggers, 71 Princeton, IL
July 3, 1952January 5, 2024
Grant-Johnson Funeral Home
Ellen Johnson, 89 Henry, IL
December 13, 1934February 3, 2024
Marjorie Johnson, 93 Princeton, IL
December 20, 1930January 23, 2024
Norberg Memorial Home, Inc. & Monuments
Richard Johnson, 84 Dover, IL
April 24, 1939February 24, 2024
Norberg Memorial Home, Inc. & Monuments
Virgil M. Johnson, 94 Walnut, IL
September 17, 1929January 8, 2024
Jeff Joslin, 66 Estill Springs, TN
June 12, 1957May 8, 2024
KRyan P. Keenan, 37 Granville, IL
April 22, 1986April 20, 2024
Lydia M. Kimberley, 92 Princeton, IL
March 29, 1931January 28, 2024
Grant-Johnson Funeral Home
Nancy Kinnamon, 89 Princeton, IL
October 30, 1934January 5, 2024
Norberg Memorial Home, Inc. & Monuments
Henry J. Kuhnert, 90 Jacksonville, FL
November 12, 1933January 17, 2024
Mary K. Kuhnert, 80 Princeton, IL
March 21, 1944March 29, 2024
LJimmy D. Lamkin, 63 Ohio, IL
January 24, 1960January 21, 2024
James Stephen Lane, 55 Elgin, IL
May 3, 1968January 5, 2024
Irene E. Larson, 102 Ohio, IL
October 13, 1921February 1, 2024
Jean Lawton, 82
Santa Fe, NM
April 23, 1941January 6, 2024
Anita C. Leonard, 84 Princeton, IL
March 8, 1939February 23, 2024 Fiocchi Funeral Homes
Melvina Lewis, 93 Princeton, IL
June 7, 1930March 15, 2024
Norberg Memorial Home, Inc. & Monuments
Paul Eugene Lind, 45 Belleville, IL
December 28, 1978June 16, 2024
Jeffrey T. Loftus, 55 Ohio, IL
November 26, 1968May 22, 2024
Charles Lucan, 94 Princeton, IL
July 21, 1929March 3, 2024
Norberg Memorial Home, Inc. & Monuments
Johann John Anton Luft, 79 Princeton, IL
February 18, 1945May 18, 2024
Norberg Memorial Home, Inc. & Monuments
Louise Marie (Herrmann) Lunn, 96 Crozet, VA
August 1, 1927May 4, 2024
MHenry Magnafici, 74 Princeton, IL
May 14, 1949January 11, 2024
Jones Funeral Home
Edwin “Ed” David Magnuson, 94 Henry, IL
May 22, 1929February 5, 2024
Fiocchi Funeral Home
Evelyn F. Marit, 89 Normal, IL
October 28, 1934April 15, 2024
Cynthia “Cindy” Massino, 62 Birchwood, WI
May 21, 1961March 18, 2024
Dysart - Cofoid Funeral Chapel
Marcella
Mattingly, 101 Walnut, IL
March 9, 1922January 31, 2024
Nancy May, 83 Princeton, IL
April 27, 1940December 18, 2023
Norberg Memorial Home, Inc. & Monuments
Steven L. McCall, 75 Princeton, IL
December 23, 1948June 24, 2024
Norberg Memorial Home, Inc. & Monuments
Loraine Ann McMahon, 94 Princeton, IL
January 4, 1930May 17, 2024
Grant-Johnson Funeral Home
Mary Ellen Meyer, 61 Rockford, IL
March 8, 1962December 21, 2023
Renny Miller, 101 Mendota, IL
July 7, 1922April 27, 2024
Merritt Funeral Home
Joyce Mitchell, 86 Cherry, IL
April 11, 1937February 25, 2024
Fiocchi Funeral Home
Lois V. Molln, 94 Ohio, IL
January 5, 1930March 31, 2024
Michael L. “Nibby” Novak, 80 Ottawa, IL
March 14, 1943January 4, 2024
PRuth Molln, 96 LaMoille, IL
September 3, 1927April 17, 2024
Merritt Funeral Home
Barbara Jane Perry, 76 Tiskilwa, IL
October 23, 1947January 3, 2024
Fiocchi-Jensen Funeral Home
Sandra Morse, 80 Tiskilwa, IL
May 11, 1943February 24, 2024
Norberg Memorial Home, Inc. & Monuments
Donna Jo Mueller, 75 Peru, IL
August 20, 1948April 7, 2024
Mueller-Pagani Funeral Home, LaSalle
Jane Eloise Mueller, 61 Neponset, IL
June 30, 1962February 14, 2024
Steven Philbrook, 77 Princeton, IL
July 16, 1946March 13, 2024
Norberg Memorial Home, Inc. & Monuments
James “Jim” Henry Phillips, 78 Princeton, IL
October 9, 1945May 20, 2024
Grant-Johnson Funeral Home
Darwin Hugh Pierson, 81 Sheffield, IL
September 5, 1942May 13, 2024
Grant-Johnson Funeral Home
William W. Munson, 82 Magnolia, IL
November 13, 1941April 16, 2024
Helmer Shields Funeral Home
NJeanne L. Naumann, 85 Princeton, IL
June 20, 1938February 25, 2024
Donald Nordstrom, 88 Princeton, IL
March 3, 1936June 17, 2024
Norberg Memorial Home, Inc. & Monuments
Bernard Piotrowski, Jr, 94 Spring Valley, IL
December 6, 1929April 15, 2024
Frances J. Piper, 88 Ohio, IL
February 2, 1936May 5, 2024
Dr. Richard L. Pommier, 88 Ladd, IL
September 9, 1935March 11, 2024
John W. Potter, 86 Malden, IL
August 29, 1937 - May 19, 2024
Brian Keith Prunty Sr. Tampa, FL
January 26, 2024
Merle Lowell Purvis, 100 Princeton, IL
February 5, 1924February 19, 2024
Fiocchi-Jensen Funeral Home
RWilliam Rahr V, 94 Issaquah, WA
February 11, 1930March 26, 2024
Kenneth L. Riggs, 86 Sheffield, IL
September 14, 1937March 19, 2024
Grant-Johnson Funeral Home
Marcia Marie Roberts, 86 Princeton, IL
April 27, 1937April 20, 2024
Fiocchi-Jensen Funeral Home
Betty L. Rollo, 90 Walnut, IL
July 10, 1933March 29, 2024
Douglas “Doug” Allen Russelburg, 69 Tiskilwa, IL
July 23, 1954April 16, 2024
Grant-Johnson Funeral Home
SFou Orn Saechao, 79 DePue, IL
October 28, 1944February 7, 2024 Fiocchi Funeral Home
Shirley Jean Schmidt, 89 Princeton, IL
October 26, 1934March 17, 2024
Grant-Johnson Funeral Home
Barbara Schmitt, 86 Princeton, IL
June 26, 1937February 1, 2024
Norberg Memorial Home, Inc. & Monuments
Jacqueline Nan Schroeder, 89 Cottonwood, AZ
June 17, 1934January 18, 2024
Albert Seibert, 80 DePue, IL
October 11, 1943January 25, 2024
Ray Seidel, 85 Hanover Park, IL
August 21, 1938October 11, 2023
Timothy Senders, 50 Princeton, IL
August 27, 1973April 1, 2024
Norberg Memorial Home, Inc. & Monuments
Lloyd E. Shipp, 89 Princeton, IL
August 6, 1934June 3, 2024
Fiocchi Funeral Home
Mary Rebecca “Becky” Siegman, 80 Eureka, IL
October 21, 1943January 12, 2024
Lance Michael Sims, 54 Rockford, IL
August 6, 1969January 26, 2024
William “Bill” M. Sisler, 94 Ohio, IL
December 5, 1929January 15, 2024
Garland Funeral Home, Walnut
Jean A. Smith, 73 Princeton, IL
December 17, 1950February 28, 2024
Jay Alan Swanson, 58 Princeton, IL
September 17, 1965March 6, 2024
Norberg Memorial Home, Inc. & Monuments
William “Chaz” Monroe Smith, 82 Princeton, IL
September 11, 1941April 9, 2024
Grant-Johnson Funeral Home
William Hayden Spitler III, 78 Mebane, NC
December 26, 1945December 26, 2023
Clements Funeral Home
Elfriede “Eva” M. Stier, 95 Walnut, IL
April 7, 1928March 29, 2024
Grant-Johnson Funeral Home
Thomas “Tom” J. Stone, 67 Sheffield, IL October 21, 1956April 16, 2024
Roger Harlan Swanson, 88 Princeton, IL
November 16, 1935April 24, 2024
Grant-Johnson Funeral Home
TMichael H. Talbot, 71 Lakewood, IL
May 25, 1952April 5, 2024
Grant- Johnson Funeral Home
Florence Ann Taylor Princeton, IL
Eugene “Geno” Arnold Storm, 72 Princeton, IL June 8, 1952June 25, 2024
Grant-Johnson Funeral Home
Emagene C. Sulmonetti, 93 Princeton, IL
November 4, 1930April 18, 2024
Janelle Kay Taylor, 78 Granville, IL
September 17, 1945March 23, 2024
David J. Thompson, 82 Bloomington, IL
September 16, 1941December 22, 2023
URudy Svadbik Jr, 75 Princeton, IL
September 20, 1948May 17, 2024
Norberg Memorial Home, Inc. & Monuments
Janet Florence Swanberg, 80 Princeton, IL February 5, 1944April 15, 2024
Fiocchi-Jensen Funeral Home
James Underwood, 80 Princeton, IL
September 13, 1943April 26, 2024
Norberg Memorial Home, Inc. & Monuments
VWilliam “Bill” Lee Van Dierendonck, 88 Princeton, IL
March 28, 1936April 14, 2024
Grant-Johnson Funeral Home
Raymond Vetter, 103 Princeton, IL
November 22, 1920January 2, 2024
Norberg Memorial Home, Inc. & Monuments
Euryth C. Vickrey, 88 Walnut, IL
September 24, 1935March 4, 2024
Louis E Vickrey, Sr., 90 Walnut, IL
January 14, 1934May 14, 2024
WDanielle L. Wallace, 45 Walnut, IL
June 21, 1978January 25, 2024
Shirley Y. Wallis, 88 Prophetstown, IL
July 3, 1935March 2, 2024
Garland Funeral Home, Walnut
Glen Wamhoff, 69 LaMoille, IL
May 31, 1955June 5, 2024
Merritt Funeral Home
Leslie Waugamon, 60 Seatonville, IL
December 27, 1963April 14, 2024
Harold Wedding, 91 Princeton, IL
August 15, 1932March 3, 2024
Norberg Memorial Home, Inc. & Monuments
James “Jim” White, 82 Iowa City, IA
August 3, 1941April 23, 2024
Weldon B. Wikinison, 88 Walnut, IL
April 9, 1936May 7, 2024
Rose Marie Williams, 86 Buda, IL
January 3, 1938March 15, 2024
Grant-Johnson Funeral Home
YJay Lyman Yarrington, 56 Princeton, IL
November 24, 1967June 12, 2024
Grant-Johnson Funeral Home
Virginia Pearl Yates, 94 Princeton, IL
July 27, 1929February 28, 2024
Grant-Johnson Funeral Home
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Florence Zehr, 93 Waverly, IA
February 17, 1931March 30, 2024
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funeralhome Directory
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BARTO FUNERAL HOMES LTD.
120 W. Cleveland St., Spring Valley, IL 61362 815-663-5021 bartofh.com
BURGESS FUNERAL HOME
860 Bucklin St., LaSalle, IL 61301 815-223-0587 burgessfh.com
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CALVERT & METZLER MEMORIAL HOMES
1115 E. Washington St., Bloomington, IL 61701 309-828-2415 calvertmemorial.com/
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DYSART-COFOID FUNERAL CHAPEL
208 N. McCoy St., Granville, IL 61326 815-339-2231 dcfunerals.com
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FIOCCHI-JENSON FUNERAL HOME
208 S. Euclid Ave., Princeton, IL 61356
815-879-3641 fiocchifuneralhomes.com
GRANT JOHNSON FUNERAL HOME
30 W. Mechanic St., Princeton, IL 61356
217 E. Main St., Bradford, IL 61421 815-699-7711 grant-johnsonfh.com
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HELMER-SHIELDS FUNERAL HOME
410 Hopkins Ave., Granville, IL 61326 815-339-6234 hagischultzfh.com
HURST FUNERAL HOME
650 5th St., LaSalle, IL 61301 815-223-0380 hurstfuneralhomes.com
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JONES FUNERAL HOME
204 S. Ottawa, Dixon, IL 61021 815-288-2241 thejonesfh.com
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MCDONALD FUNERAL HOME 1601 16th Ave., Fulton, IL 61252 815-589-9992 mcdonaldfuneralhomes.com
MERRITT FUNERAL HOME
800 Monroe St., Mendota, IL 61342 815-539-7211 merrittfh.com
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NORBERG MEMORIAL HOME, INC. & MONUMENTS
701 E. Thompson St., Princeton, IL 61356 815-875-2425 norbergfh.com
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RUX FUNERAL HOME
507 S. Chestnut St., Kewanee, IL 61443 309-853-4100
313 Market St., Galva, IL 60431 309-932-2400
103 E. Gale St., Williamfield, IL 61489 309-639-4221 ruxfuneralhome.com
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STACKHOUSE MOORE FUNERAL HOME
339 E. Chestnut St., Sheffield, IL 61361 815-454-2800 stackhousemoore.com
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WASMER FUNERAL HOME
2112 W. Main St., Mendota, IL 61342
815-539-8500 wasmerfuneralhome.com