Tributes
Remembering those we’ve loved and lost December 1, 2024 - February 28, 2025
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AEvangeline “Angie” Agnos, 89 Rochelle, IL
December 15, 1935December 16, 2024
Richard E. “Rick” Alms, 72 DeKalb, IL
April 23, 1952January 16, 2025
Genet E. Anderson, 84 Amboy, IL
March 11, 1940January 19, 2025
Mihm-Jones Funeral Home
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 Daily Chronicle and daily-chronicle.com offer a special feature appearing twice a year to commemorate and honor those we have lost.
Tributes
This edition provides a listing of those who have passed away in December 2024, January and February 2025.
Nancy Lynn Apperson, 75 DeKalb, IL
March 5, 1949December 22, 2024
Evelyn Louise (Meyers) Aska, 90 Sycamore, IL
June 13, 1934January 4, 2025
BHelen (Tomlinson) Beamish, 103 DeKalb, IL
July 22, 1921February 18, 2025
Patricia “Patti” Ann Beamsley, 83 Sycamore, IL
December 22, 1941February 2, 2025
James Charles Besenfelder, 73 Baxter, MN
September 27, 1951February 4, 2025
Ray R. Bockman, 79 DeKalb, IL
March 8, 1945January 16, 2025
Myron Earl Bond, 72 Dekalb, IL
January 2, 1952December 17, 2024
Carrie L. Brantley, 71 DeKalb, IL
April 21, 1953January 28, 2025
Ruth Marie Bodda, 93 DeKalb, IL
June 15, 1931November 28, 2024
Janet Brooks, 88 Genoa, IL
November 3, 1936February 4, 2025
Olson Funeral & Cremation Services Ltd.
Allan P. Cagle, 75 Sycamore, IL
November 11, 1949December 5, 2024 Olson-Quiram Funeral Chapel
Bryce Mark Carey, 72 Elburn, IL
February 5, 1952December 16, 2024
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Helen Deschler, 99
DeKalb, IL
March 12, 1925January 17, 2025
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Donald Cipra, 68 DeKalb, IL
February 13, 1956November 24, 2024
Louanne Eckstrom, 90 DeKalb, IL
March 19, 1934February 6, 2025
George “Clint” Gittleson, 84 Sycamore, IL
April 4, 1940January 13, 2025
Janice Gloria Goodwick, 92 Elgin, IL
June 3, 1932February 6, 2025
Pamela Jean Hector, 69
Sun City, AZ
June 11, 1955December 27, 2024
Patricia Heinsohn, 72 Kirkland, IL
July 23, 1952December 20, 2024
Donna R. Clark, 87 DeKalb, IL
May 27, 1937January 16, 2025
Nancy Clayberg, 84 Sycamore, IL
February 27, 1940December 29, 2024
Janice M. Edwards, 84 Sycamore, IL
January 11, 1940January 1, 2025
Margaret “Peg” Carrie Greathouse, 94 Sycamore, IL
August 18, 1930January 12, 2025
George A. Helmold, 85 Genoa, ID
February 22, 1939January 30, 2025
Michelle S. Clayton, 53 Cortland, IL
June 27, 1971December 20, 2024
Bessie Ann Cobb, 88 Sycamore, IL
September 18, 1936January 26, 2025 Olson Quiram Funeral Chapels
James “Jim” Coulter Mason, 79 St. Charles, IL
June 14, 1945December 22, 2024
Samantha Rene
English, 36 DeKalb, IL
October 23, 1988November 28, 2024
FJudith Ann Farmer Ross, 83 Solon Springs, WI
February 19, 1941January 27, 2025
John “Mickey” Franklin, 73 DeKalb, IL
January 22, 1951December 27, 2024
GMarion H. Giesecke, 89 Sterling, IL
June 29, 1935December 7, 2024 Schilling Funeral Home
Jean M. Greensley, 70 Dekalb, IL
November 27, 1954January 5, 2025 Anderson Funeral Home
Angelic Nicole Hill, 39 Dekalb, IL
March 1, 1985February 6, 2025
John Barry Guio, 81 DeKalb, IL
August 25, 1943January 23, 2025
Elaine T. Howerton, 56 Sycamore, IL
July 18, 1968December 27, 2024
John F. Gunther, 83 DeKalb, IL
June 23, 1941November 29, 2024
John B. Hughes, 82 Sycamore, IL
June 7, 1942January 25, 2025
HJay Burton Haka, 91 Sycamore, IL
May 6, 1933January 14, 2025
Susan Hughes, 82 Sycamore, IL
November 11, 1942December 28, 2024
JSusan Carol Hannon, 58 DeKalb, IL
September 30, 1966January 2, 2025
Robert “Bob” C. Jackson, 87 DeKalb, IL
January 17, 1937December 3, 2024
Norman Jenkins, Sr., 87 Rochelle, IL
March 2, 1937February 14, 2025
Unger Horner Funeral Home
Harold Leland ‘Hal’ Johnson, 44 Genoa, IL
April 18, 1980December 13, 2024
Robert Eugene Johnson, 82 Hinckley, IL
April 22, 1942January 16, 2025
Dena L. Johnson, 88 Malta, IL
August 12, 1936November 28, 2024
KRichard Kozlowski, 86 Bellwood, IL
November 6, 1938December 30, 2024
William Edward “Bill” Kozuch Jr, 81 Colfax, IL
October 3, 1943January 13, 2025
William Kuppler, 88 Hinckley, IL
December 3, 1936January 8, 2025
Donna Marie Kuykendall, 73 Sycamore, IL
October 12, 1951December 15, 2024
LDiane Kittleson, 84 Vero Beach, FL
November 12, 1940January 12, 2025
Violet Isabella Klassen, 96 Belvidere, IL
December 26, 1928January 12, 2025
Dorothy J. Knudson, 98 DeKalb, IL
July 3, 1926January 1, 2025
Bonnie Koerner, 82 Genoa, IL
Harrison Mozel McDonald, 92 Madison, WI
January 7, 1932November 5, 2024
Elizabeth Ann McMaster, 80 DeKalb, IL
January 5, 1945February 10, 2025
Joyce H Morden, 87 Dekalb, IL
June 24, 1937January 12, 2025
Anderson Funeral Home
Marilyn J. Mull, 87 DeKalb, IL
April 22, 1937February 20, 2025
Sue Ann Novak, 78 Yorkville, IA
February 17, 1946December 30, 2024
OMary Elizabeth (Mills) O’Brien, 88 DeKalb, IL
August 22, 1936February 18, 2025
Carla Diane (Pearson) O’Neil, 78 DeKalb, IL
December 20, 1946February 14, 2025
Margaret “Margie” S. (Wright) Lepez, 62 Cortland, IL
September 1, 1962January 30, 2025
Candice “Candy” Linden Chaffee Mansfield, OH November 24, 2024
NClark Dumont Neher, 86 DeKalb, IL
July 1, 1938January 3, 2025
Teresa K. Odiorne Cape Coral, FL
December 25, 2024
MPattie J. Marx, 78 DeKalb, IL
September 10, 1946February 2, 2025
Janice Mathesius, 85 Paw Paw, IL
October 31, 1939February 20, 2025
Torman Funeral Home
Bryan W. Nelson, 66 Frisco, TX
March 10, 1958February 7, 2025
Janice Marie Nielsen, 74 Glendale, AZ
December 10, 1949December 1, 2024
Barbara Ann (Feltes) Niewold Sycamore, IL
Georgia Ann Olsen, 78 St. Charles, IL
September 1, 1946January 14, 2025
Ivan M. Olsen, 82 Sycamore, IL November 11, 1942February 11, 2025
Mervin E. Olson, 97 DeKalb, IL
February 22, 1927February 2, 2025
Joyce Carolyn Oltman, 91 Sycamore, IL
January 9, 1933January 2, 2025
PMaurine D. Patten, 84
St. Charles, IL
August 30, 1940December 9, 2024
Mark Pecilunas, 65 Peoria, AZ
June 17, 1959February 19, 2025
Janet E. Peterson, 85 Sycamore, IL
October 22, 1939February 2, 2025
AlBerta Phanco, 87 New Smyrna Beach, FL
June 24, 1937December 23, 2024
RSandra Kay Rempfer, 79 DeKalb, IL
August 19, 1945January 12, 2025
Anderson Funeral Home
Cheryl Ann Riggs, 67 Dekalb, IL
July 1, 1957January 26, 2025
Anderson Funeral Home
Thomas LeRoy Roach, 91 Kingston, IL
October 17, 1933December 28, 2024
Gordon “Corky” Roach, Jr., 79 Mt. Carroll, IL
June 19, 1945January 9, 2025
John Dennis Schaeffer, 82 DeKalb, IL
March 30, 1942February 12, 2025
Duane Schroeder, 96 Sycamore, IL
June 29, 1928January 25, 2025
Robert L. Sheridan, 90 DeKalb, IL
September 17, 1934January 7, 2025
Steven A. Sihler, 76 Sycamore, IL
April 22, 1948January 29, 2025
Nicholas Keith Smith, 73 Minneapolis, MN
January 10, 1951November 24, 2024
James G. Struck, 77 Sycamore, IL
August 2, 1947February 10, 2025
Louis “Lou” Sulaver, 86 DeKalb, IL
January 24, 1939February 6, 2025
TRuth M. Pheanis, 90 Rockford, IL
September 3, 1934December 31, 2024
Kristina A. Ross, 49 Dekalb, IL
September 1, 1975December 10, 2024
Anderson Funeral Home
Kathleen Loree (Harshman) Simone, 78 Tampa, FL
January 2, 1946December 24, 2024
Richard Calvin Thompson, 67 DeKalb, IL
July 30, 1957January 20, 2025
VWilliam Phillips, 67 Hinckley, IL
October 20, 1957January 27, 2025
Nelson Funeral Home
Terry David Roush, 71 Mahomet, IL
July 5, 1953December 1, 2024
Karen Norma Sjolund, 87 DeKalb, IL
December 11, 1937December 19, 2024
Frances L. Vincent, 80 Sycamore, IL
August 30, 1944December 27, 2024
WDuane Allen Plant, 76 DeKalb, IL
February 18, 1948December 30, 2024
SLouis Priore, 103 Sycamore, IL
December 13, 1921January 2, 2025
Grace E. Salazar, 86
Portland, OR
October 15, 1938February 7, 2025
Anderson Funeral Home
Douglas Bates Smith, 91 Sycamore, IL
April 16, 1933November 17, 2024
Marilyn Gayle Ward, 86 DeKalb, IL
June 8, 1938January 14, 2025
Evelyn Sanderson, 89 DeKalb, IL
May 7, 1935February 16, 2025
Katherine A. “Ann” Smith, 87 DeKalb, IL
March 31, 1937February 2, 2025
Robert Andrew Warren, 41 DeKalb, IL
July 15, 1983December 28, 2024
John Wilbur “Jack Watson, 95 DeKalb, IL
September 15, 1929January 5, 2025
Rosa Lee Whitlock, 97 Dekalb, IL
October 10, 1927December 11, 2024 Anderson Funeral Home
Edith “Edie” M. Wisdom, 90 DeKalb, IL
April 14, 1934December 21, 2024
Charles Witzel, 88 DeKalb, IL
October 27, 1936February 21, 2025
funeralhome Directory
ANDERSON FUNERAL HOME
2011 S. 4th St., DeKalb, IL 60115 815-756-1022 andersonfuneralhomeltd.com
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BUTALA FUNERAL HOMES & CREMATORY
1405 DeKalb Ave., Sycamore, IL 60178
815-786-2165
132 W. Main St., Genoa, IL 60135 815-786-2165 butalafuneralhomes.com
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CONLEY FUNERAL HOME
116 W. Pierce St., Elburn, IL 60119 630-365-6414 conleycare.com F
RONAN-FINCH FUNERAL HOME
310 Oak St., DeKalb, IL 60115 815-758-3841 ronanmoorefinch.com
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HEALY CHAPEL
370 Division Dr., Sugar Grove, IL 60554 630-466-1330 healychapel.com
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JONES FUNERAL HOME
303 E. Main St., Amboy, IL 61310
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NASH NELSON MEMORIAL CHAPELS
141 Maple St., Hinckley, IL 60520 815-286-3247 nelsonfuneralhomes.com
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OLSON FUNERAL & CREMATION SERVICES QUIRAM SYCAMORE CHAPEL 1245 Somonauk St. Sycamore, IL 60178
815-895-6589 olsonfh.com
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TORMAN FUNERAL HOME
510 Flagg St., Paw Paw, IL 61353 815-627-3811 tormanfuneralhome.com
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UNGER-HORNER FUNERAL HOME
400 N. 6th St., Rochelle, IL 61068 815-562-4534 ungerhorner.com
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YURS FUNERAL HOME
405 E. Main St., St. Charles, IL 60174 630-584-0060 yursfuneralhomes.com