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Tributes
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ALinda Marie (Rogel) Aber Sheffield, IL
Rev. Phyllis E. Arnold, 79 La Salle, IL
December 5, 1944April 4, 2024
This edition provides a listing of those who have passed away in April, May and June 2024
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Bonnie I. Bird, 74 Lasalle, IL
February 24, 1950 -April 12, 2024
BGlendon “Red” Allicks, 86 Princeton, IL
December 19, 1937May 18, 2024
Grant-Johnson Funeral Home
Trinidad “Trini” Almeda, 79 Utica, IL
April 29, 1944April 28, 2024
Doris R. Ambrose, 94 Coppell, TX
March 8, 1930April 5, 2024
Shields Funeral Chapel
Harriet (Rosczyk) Bartashius, 98 Peru, IL
October 13, 1925June 4, 2024
Mary Lou Bennington, 77 Morris, IL
September 27, 1946April 10, 2024
Cynthia Bertuli, 73 Mark, IL
January 5, 1951June 12, 2024
Dysart - Cofoid Funeral Chapel
Susan Marie Biros, 66 Ottawa, IL
April 6, 1957March 26, 2024
Seals-Campbell Funeral Home, LLC
Nancy Jean Bowen, 81 Peru, IL
September 5, 1942June 9, 2024
Judith Rose Bryan, 85 Princeton, IL
August 21, 1938June 22, 2024
Helmer Shields Funeral Home
Donald F. Buffo, 88 Peru, IL
August 10, 1935June 20, 2024
Gregory Eugene Breckenridge, 24 Lostant, IL
October 1, 1999May 23, 2024
John Francis Brokaw, 86 Princeton, IL
April 4, 1938May 15, 2024 Fiocchi-Jensen Funeral Home
Robert “Robbie” Byczynski, 86 Utica, IL
May 27, 1937April 18, 2024
CElaine Rose Cain, 97 Mendota, IL
November 17, 1926April 1, 2024
Wasmer Funeral Home
Elizabeth Louise “Betty” Campbell, 91 Granville, IL
June 4, 1932May 31, 2024
Carol Carruthers, 89 Spring Valley, IL
September 11, 1934May 30, 2024
Frances Carruthers, 98 Seatonville, IL
November 1, 1925May 25, 2024
Todd Casey, 61 Spring Valley, IL
February 7, 1963April 1, 2024
Roy W. Croisant Rockton, IL
May 27, 2024
Nicole Croissant, 37 Spring Valley, IL
December 12, 1986June 5, 2024
David Cruz, 72 Spring Valley, IL
October 8, 1951June 24, 2024
DWillis H. Dane, 87 Peoria, IL
November 4, 1936April 26, 2024
Mark J. Donnelly, 29 Lasalle, IL
September 13, 1994May 3, 2024
William L. Downey, 80 Peru, IL
November 8, 1943April 12, 2024
Mueller Funeral Home, Peru
Doris Duffield, 87 Princeton, IL
October 7, 1936May 1, 2024
Joann Elizabeth Frederick, 89 Peru, IL
June 28, 1934May 6, 2024
Mueller Funeral Home, Peru
Arlon ‘Ar’ Fuerholzer, 87 Crystal Lake, IL
October 4, 1936April 11, 2024
GStephen Dufour, 62 Peru, IL
July 27, 1961March 29, 2024
Merritt Funeral Home
Michael j. Gapinski, 52 Streamwood, IL
May 20, 1972May 24, 2024 Ptak Funeral Home
Richard Dominic Charchek, 82 Glen Ellyn, IL
November 2, 1941June 15, 2024
Robert Chiesi, 69 Spring Valley, IL
December 21, 1954May 7, 2024
Mary Louise (nee Siemers) Chua, 83 Rochester, NY
July 5, 1940June 21, 2024
Judith Cleary, 84 Tempe, AZ
September 14, 1939June 8, 2024
Mariela Coss, 34 Cherry, IL
January 6, 1990May 28, 2024 Mueller-Pagani Funeral Home, LaSalle
Robert Dappen, 80 Princeton, IL
July 25, 1943March 30, 2024
Norberg Memorial Home, Inc. & Monuments
Monica M. Dewey, 66 Mendota, IL
June 28, 1957April 25, 2024 Wasmer Funeral Home
John J. Duncan Jr., 75 La Salle, IL
April 17, 1948April 2, 2024
Ptak Funeral Home
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DeAnn S. Ebener, 70 Davenport, IA
August 21, 1953June 6, 2024
Michaleen “Mickey” Dimond, 67
Lasalle, IL
February 17, 1957May 23, 2024
Kenard W. Doll, 79
Ladd, IL
November 21, 1944May 6, 2024
Edward Erbes, 85 Sublette, IL
September 29, 1938April 19, 2024
Merritt Funeral Home
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John J. “Jack” Ferrari, 91 LaSalle, IL
May 27, 1932May 25, 2024
Shields Funeral Chapel
Stephen Donini, 70 Henry, IL
June 2, 1953April 14, 2024
Edward J. Fesco, 93 Lasalle, IL
July 10, 1930May 21, 2024
Darlene A. “Dolly” (nee Pakula) Gedvilas, 96 Naperville, IL
January 14, 1928June 21, 2024
Roger P. Geheber, 81 Streator, IL
February 8, 1943March 30, 2024
Hagi & Schultz Funeral Home
Ruth J. Geheber, 81 Streator, IL
January 30, 1943March 31, 2024
Hagi & Schultz Funeral Home
Richard Genslinger, 90 Princeton, IL
January 10, 1934April 2, 2024
Norberg Memorial Home, Inc. & Monuments
Richard Giacobazzi, 57 Tomah, WI
March 16, 1967March 28, 2024
Carlyne M. (Carson) Goth, 85 Ottawa, IL
October 19, 1938March 31, 2024
Barbara A. Guilfoyle, 74
Mendota, IL
April 5, 1950April 10, 2024
Wasmer Funeral Home
Gary Lee Hopps, 70 Peru, IL
May 4, 1954June 1, 2024
HMarian Hahn, 105 Spring Valley, IL
November 17, 1918June 26, 2024
Joan Hammitt, 70 Spring Valley, IL
November 25, 1953May 30, 2024
Joanne “Jo” Hartenbower, 90 Lostant, IL
August 8, 1933March 23, 2024
Mueller Funeral Home, Lostant
Joyce Marie Hayes, 97 Hennepin, IL
August 17, 1926April 22, 2024
Jerome C. “Jerry” Henkel, 76 Mendota, IL
August 25, 1947April 20, 2024
Wasmer Funeral Home
Evan Bauer
Herbert, 19 Batavia, IL
January 18, 2005June 8, 2024
Jeanne Lynette Hutchinson, 89 Princeton, IL
December 13, 1934May 28, 2024
Norberg Memorial Home, Inc. & Monuments
JEleanor M. Johnson, 93 Lasalle, IL
June 12, 1930April 24, 2024
Richard “Dick” Johnson, 87 Peru, IL
May 21, 1936March 28, 2024
Cynthia S. Judge, 62
La Salle, IL
July 27, 1961April 11, 2024
Arthur L. Klieber, 90 Lostant, IL
January 16, 1934June 11, 2024
Mueller Funeral Home, Lostant
Colleen Violet Kopczynski, 88 Peru, IL
April 22, 1936June 6, 2024
Mueller Funeral Home, Peru
Grace M. Krolak, 97 Peru, IL
April 29, 1927May 15, 2024
Mueller Funeral Home, Peru
Nathan Alan Kudela, 49 Milpitas, CA
November 26, 1974April 21, 2024
LViola Mae Lannen, 94 Lasalle, IL
November 27, 1929December 3, 2023
Richard Lipinski, 82 Peru, IL
June 13, 1941June 2, 2024
Ptak Funeral Home
Nestor Longbons, 89 Ottawa, IL
December 3, 1934June 13, 2024
Shields Funeral Chapel
Rev. Dr. Lynn Everitt Longenbaugh, 86 North Fort Myers, FL February 2, 1938June 6, 2024
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
KMEugene “Gene” Keef, 86 Mendota, IL
October 16, 1937May 19, 2024
Terry Hochstatter, 72 Spring Valley, IL
September 15, 1951March 27, 2024
Ryan P. Keenan, 37 Granville, IL
April 22, 1986April 20, 2024
Vicki Sue Hocking, 63 Atlanta, GA
April 5, 1961May 16, 2024
Shields Funeral Chapel
Mary Kinsella, 92 Spring Valley, IL
October 24, 1931April 12, 2024
Susan “Susie” D. Lawler, 82 Lasalle, IL
August 1, 1941June 9, 2024
Valery C. “Larry” Leffelman, 85 Sublette, IL
November 30, 1938May 14, 2024
Mihm-Jones Funeral Home
Steve Lemmer, 69 Mendota, IL
October 7, 1954April 27, 2024
Merritt Funeral Home
Paul Eugene Lind, 45 Belleville, IL
December 28, 1978June 16, 2024
Dorothy “Dottie” Malooley, 86 Spring Valley, IL
July 30, 1937May 7, 2024
James Allen Manczynski, 71 Peoria, IL
October 24, 1952April 10, 2024
Shields Funeral Chapel
Richard “Dick” Mariani, 89 Dalzell, IL
May 10, 1934April 20, 2024
Vera M. Mathey, 90 New Port Richey, FL September 13, 1933May 17, 2024
Mueller Funeral Home, Peru
Steven L. McCall, 75 Princeton, IL
December 23, 1948June 24, 2024
Norberg Memorial Home, Inc. & Monuments
Kenneth J. McInerney
Elk Grove Village, IL
June 3, 2024
Steven J. McPheeters, 59 Mendota, IL
October 9, 1964May 14, 2024
Wasmer Funeral Home
Nora Mendez, 75 Chicago, IL
July 31, 1948May 13, 2024
Merritt Funeral Home
Donna (Nielsen) Merriam, 80 South Bend, IN
September 8, 1943March 22, 2024
Renny Miller, 101 Mendota, IL
July 7, 1922April 27, 2024
Merritt Funeral Home
Ronald G. Miller, 79 Leonore, IL
November 9, 1944June 1, 2024
Mueller Funeral Home, Lostant
Shirley Jean Miller, 87 Peru, IL
October 26, 1936June 19, 2024
Prey-Mueller Funeral Home, Oglesby
Ruth Molln, 96 LaMoille, IL
September 3, 1927April 17, 2024
Merritt Funeral Home
Beverley Moore, 89 Mendota, IL
July 23, 1926April 27, 2024
Merritt Funeral Home
Donna Jo Mueller, 75 Peru, IL
August 20, 1948April 7, 2024
Mueller-Pagani Funeral Home, LaSalle
William W. Munson, 82 Magnolia, IL
November 13, 1941April 16, 2024
Helmer Shields Funeral Home
Madrick Musgrove, 16 Mendota, IL
March 25, 2008April 18, 2024
Merritt Funeral Home
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Randy A. Pearson, 62 Oglesby, IL
September 5, 1961June 12, 2024
Shields Funeral Chapel
Richard J. “Hammy” Pellican, Sr., 68 Oglesby, IL
September 10, 1955April 6, 2024
Shields Funeral Chapel
Helen Marie Petzing, 92 Peru, IL
January 1, 1932June 15, 2024
Mueller Funeral Home, Peru
Steven Philbrook, 77 Princeton, IL
July 16, 1946March 13, 2024
Norberg Memorial Home, Inc. & Monuments
Lori L. Naumann, 61 Peru, IL
August 13, 1962May 12, 2024
Ptak Funeral Home
Virgil Nave, 75
La Salle, IL
July 25, 1948March 25, 2024
Marilyn Neff, 90 Mendota, IL
August 27, 1933April 2, 2024
Merritt Funeral Home
Craig Nighsonger, 62 Putnam, IL
August 7, 1961May 16, 2024
PDavid Lee Pangrcic, 72 Peoria, IL
July 17, 1951June 1, 2024
Jerry Prokuski, 89 Mendota, IL
August 27, 1934April 28, 2024
Merritt Funeral Home
Arlene Pusser, 88 Spring Valley, IL
September 5, 1935June 2, 2024
RArthur Kenneth Ramey, 58 Mark, IL
October 2, 1965June 9, 2024
Helmer Shields Funeral Home
Anthony J. Rizzo, 86 LaSalle, IL
July 24, 1937June 13, 2024
Mueller-Pagani Funeral Home, LaSalle
Judy K. Phillips, 68 Mendota, IL
March 8, 1956March 29, 2024
Wasmer Funeral Home
Bernard Piotrowski, Jr, 94 Spring Valley, IL
December 6, 1929 - April 15, 2024
Frances J. Piper, 88 Ohio, IL
February 2, 1936May 5, 2024
Jo-Ellyn Piscia, 77 Peoria, IL
September 29, 1946April 21, 2024
Shields Funeral Chapel
John Potter, 86 Malden, IL
August 29, 1937May 19, 2024
Norberg Memorial Home, Inc. & Monuments
Edmund Robinson, Jr., 70 Mendota, IL
September 23, 1943May 25, 2024
Merritt Funeral Home
Laura Roeder, 77 Mendota, IL
December 15, 1946April 18, 2024
Merritt Funeral Home
Cleutys Romak, 85 Princeton, IL
July 6, 1938June 19, 2024
SLisa Sartin, 52 LaSalle, IL
July 26, 1971April 6, 2024
Alan Schammel, 78 Compton, IL
September 8, 1945June 4, 2024
Merritt Funeral Home
Melanie Schroeder, 82 Mendota, IL
March 31, 1942April 24, 2024
Merritt Funeral Home
Douglas J. Schweickert, 72 Peru, IL
January 3, 1952May 2, 2024
Ptak Funeral Home
Gerald F. Scott Milwaukee, WI
December 8, 2023
Shields Funeral Chapel
Sharon S. Sharkey, 79 Ladd, IL
December 8, 1944May 28, 2024
Rolin E. “Rolly” Smith, 74 Mendota, IL
May 2, 1949April 24, 2024
Wasmer Funeral Home
Luella M. Sobkowiak, 93 Peru, IL
April 3, 1931June 22, 2024
Mueller Funeral Home, Peru
Jessie Solorio, 95 DePue, IL
April 3, 1929May 9, 2024
James “Spitz” Spitzmiller, 85 Peru, IL
May 30, 1938April 28, 2024
Shields Funeral Chapel
James A. Staublein, 64 La Salle, IL
November 16, 1959May 7, 2024
Jacob Allen Stewart, 33 Rockford, IL
November 28, 1990June 22, 2024
Emagene C. Sulmonetti, 93 Princeton, IL
November 4, 1930April 18, 2024
Rudolph Svadbik Jr, 76 Princeton, IL
May 17, 1948May 17, 2024
Norberg Memorial Home, Inc. & Monuments
TMichael Lee Taylor, 53 St. Joseph, MO
December 27, 1970April 21, 2024
Meierhoffer Funeral Home & Crematory
Shirley L. Tempel, 96 Peru, IL
March 28, 1928May 27, 2024
Mueller Funeral Home, Peru
Ronald C Thone, 78 Lake Ozark, MO
December 28, 1945March 29, 2024
Virignia J. Tintorri, 96 Peru, IL
March 18, 1928May 15, 2024
Mueller Funeral Home, Peru
Dr. Mary Louise Toraason, 97 Peru, IL
August 7, 1926May 23, 2024
Ptak Funeral Home
Anthony Torres, Jr., 86 LaSalle, IL
February 23, 1938June 18, 2024
Prey-Mueller Funeral Home
Larry Truckenbrod, 90 Sublette, IL
September 7, 1933June 10, 2024
Merritt Funeral Home
Marjorie Mae Turigliatti, 102 Peru, IL
August 22, 1921April 1, 2024
Mueller Funeral Home, Peru
UJames Underwood, 80 Princeton, IL
September 13, 1943April 26, 2024
Norberg Memorial Home, Inc. & Monuments
VJames S. Vallero, 75 Princeton, IL
September 19, 1948April 24, 2024
Donald “Bugs” Vulcani, 86 Peru, IL
August 13, 1937June 18, 2024
WGeraldine M. Walsh, 92 LaSalle, IL
May 15, 1932May 30, 2024
Mueller-Pagani Funeral Home, LaSalle
David G. Walters, 71 Lasalle, IL
May 24, 1953June 6, 2024
Marlene M. Warnell, 66 LaSalle, IL April 1, 1958May 27, 2024
Lowell Burton Warrner, 81 Tonica, IL
September 19, 1942March 8, 2024
Josephine Weberski, 85 Dalzell, IL
July 17, 1938June 7, 2024
Gerald J. Welch, 96 Peru, IL
May 24, 1927May 20, 2024
Francis B. Wenzel, 81 LaMoille, IL
October 11, 1942June 6, 2024
Thomas R. Whalen, 69 Mendota, IL
January 20, 1955June 3, 2024 Wasmer Funeral Home
Nicholas Wick, 66 DePue, IL
April 3, 1958June 5, 2024
Johnny M. “Mike” Wiese, 67 Lasalle, IL
June 4, 1956April 9, 2024
Michael “Mike” Wysocki, 55 Lake Zurich, IL
January 31, 1968August 25, 2023
YJay Lyman
Yarrington, 56 Princeton, IL
November 24, 1967June 12, 2024
Grant-Johnson Funeral Home
Paul K. Zawacki, 77 Peru, IL
March 3, 1947May 26, 2024
Ptak Funeral Home
Thomas Zellers, 67 Spring Valley, IL
March 9, 1957June 20, 2024
Norberg Memorial Home, Inc. & Monuments
John J. Zens, 70 Princeton, IL
September 22, 1953April 1, 2024
Shields Funeral Chapel
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