Tributes
Remembering those we’ve loved and lost April 1, 2023 - June 30, 2023
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June 19, 1949 -
April 21, 2023
Merritt Funeral Home
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Remembering those we’ve loved and lost April 1, 2023 - June 30, 2023 Obituary & Remembrance Tribute Feature
This edition provides a listing of those who have passed away in April, May and June 2023. Look for the next Tributes Edition on October 21, 2023
July 1, 1943May 7, 2023
April 27, 1935 -
June 1, 2023
August 11, 1966May 11, 2023
Jody Andes, 53 Ladd, IL
October 17, 1969 -
April 4, 2023
BMichael Bacidore, 64 Ottawa, IL
March 15, 1959 -
June 1, 2023
Shields Funeral Chapel
Frances Anson, 84
Princeton, IL
December 16, 1938 -
April 21, 2023
Norberg Memorial Home, Inc. & Monuments
Johanna Theresa Arkels, 38 Peru, IL
June 25, 1984 -
May 8, 2023
John Balma, 72 Dalzell, IL
March 26, 1951 -
May 5, 2023
Mary Ann Bassetti, 90 Spring Valley, IL
October 19, 1932 -
April 10, 2023
Doris Bohm, 98
Princeton, IL
March 23, 1925May 26, 2023
Floyd E. Beams, 79 Lasalle, IL
November 28, 1943 -
April 18, 2023
Rosemary Beatty, 92
Princeton, IL
June 28, 1930 -
April 3, 2023
Alan Bregar Spring Valley, IL
April 21, 2023
Walter Baltikauski, 79 Spring Valley, IL
September 27, 1943June 19, 2023
Eric Bernabei, 40 Peru, IL
September 1, 1982April 6, 2023
Alice Brown, 80 Mendota, IL
December 25, 1942 -
June 27, 2023
Shields Funeral Chapel
Erna Anna Buchholz, 97 Peru, IL
February 26, 1926 -
May 14, 2023
Mary Lynn Burgess, 75 Tonica, IL
May 9, 1948 -
June 26, 2023
Marilyn Burkman, 80 Princeton, IL
December 5, 1942 -
May 17, 2023
Norberg Memorial Home, Inc. & Monuments
Wayne R. Burns, 86 La Salle, IL
July 5, 1936 -
May 21, 2023
Richard W. Burr, 76 McNabb, IL
April 26, 1947 -
June 19, 2023
Helmer Shields Funeral Home
Dena M. Bussa, 104 Ladd, IL
January 28, 1919 -
March 10, 2023
Dorothy A. Crew, 93 Granville, IL
October 6, 1929June 22, 2023
Helmer Shields Funeral Home
DRev. Harold Datzman, O.S.B., 84 Peru, IL
November 7, 1938June 24, 2023
Mueller Funeral Home, Peru
Carol Mary Dean, 75 Peru, IL
April 7, 1948June 22, 2023
Ptak Funeral Home
Michael James DeBartolo, 65 LaSalle, IL
September 12, 1957 -
March 31, 2023
John Irving DeLong, 85 Markesan, WI
May 10, 1937 -
April 18, 2023
Lynn Dewey, 82 Mendota, IL
CRichard M. Cain, 89 Peoria, IL
February 27, 1934May 15, 2023
September 2, 1940 -
May 27, 2023
Merritt Funeral Home
Joyce J. Ehrnthaller, 84 Toluca, IL
June 23, 1938 -
June 20, 2023
Carol Ernat, 86 LaSalle, IL
December 7, 1936 -
April 7, 2023
Dianne Frederick, 76 LaSalle, IL
September 28, 1946April 14, 2023
Donna M. French, 80 Spring Valley, IL
June 8, 1942April 27, 2023
David Etheridge, 83 Ohio, IL
June 23, 1939 -
April 10, 2023
Garland Funeral Home, Walnut
Jacob M. Eutis, 22 Peru, IL
January 17, 2001 -
March 30, 2023
Mueller Funeral Home, Peru
Lois Friend, 96 Henry, IL
February 4, 1927April 16, 2023
Norberg Memorial Home, Inc. & Monuments
GDonald J. Gahan, 89 Ottawa, IL
December 11, 1933June 19, 2023
FCeleste Faber, 74 LaMoille, IL
March 2, 1949 -
April 9, 2023
Merritt Funeral Home
Thomas Mathew Faletti, 69 Lovettsville, VA
June 16, 1953 -
March 17, 2023
Irma Kathryn Gallagher, 97 Peru, IL
March 9, 1926 -
May 28, 2023
Mueller Funeral Home, Peru
David Ganther, 67 Mendota, IL
September 2, 1955April 17, 2023
Merritt Funeral Home
George Casford, 63 Granville, IL
November 11, 1959 -
May 25, 2023
Wendell “Breezy” Cofoid, 86
Ottawa, IL
March 2, 1937 -
May 2, 2023
Vincent Raymond Coughlin, 59 Peru, IL
March 11, 1964 -
June 21, 2023
Mueller Funeral Home, Peru
Charles “Chaz” DuBois II, 70 LaSalle, IL
April 30, 1953 -
June 10, 2023
Ptak Funeral Home
Patricia Duchaine, 83 Peru, IL
March 3, 1940 -
May 23, 2023
Duane Fassig, 88 Mendota, IL
April 14, 1935 -
May 30, 2023
Merritt Funeral Home
Gregory Forney, 71 Mendota, IL
August 7, 1951 -
May 18, 2023
Merritt Funeral Home
Charles N, ‘Chuck’ Garrison, 74 Yorkville, IL
February 7, 1949 -
June 14, 2023
Patricia E. Gatza, 89 Ottawa, IL
April 19, 1934June 19, 2023
Shields Funeral Chapel
EMargaret J. Eattoni, 100 Henry, IL
September 24, 1922 -
April 12, 2023
Dysart - Cofoid Funeral Chapel
Marvin Frank, 89 Peru, IL
March 25, 1934 -
June 21, 2023
Norberg Memorial Home, Inc. & Monuments
Barbara A. Gehant, 85 Mendota, IL
March 26, 1938April 2, 2023
Wasmer Funeral Home
June Golden, 84 Spring Valley, IL
June 25, 1938 -
May 6, 2023
Gerald “Jerry” Halterman, 76 Ottawa, IL
October 10, 1946 -
May 24, 2023
Ronald “Ronnie” W. Hoscheid, 87 Cherry, IL
April 27, 1935 -
April 17, 2023
Fiocchi Funeral Home
Joyce Johnson, 88
Spring Valley, IL
December 11, 1934 -
April 22, 2023
Carol Gooden, 85 Mendota, IL
December 28, 1937 -
May 15, 2023
Merritt Funeral Home
Alfonso Granata, 75 Tiskilwa, IL
September 11, 1947 -
April 15, 2023
Shields Funeral Chapel
Mark Alan Grant, 78 LaSalle, IL
April 19, 1945 -
May 28, 2023
William Hammell Jr., 69 Palm Bay, FL May 31, 1953April 23, 2023
Karl Heller, 96 Peru, IL
September 25, 1926April 1, 2023
Catherine Howell, 82 Amboy, IL
November 13, 1940 -
April 1, 2023
Merritt Funeral Home
Jean Just, 91 Peru, IL
April 10, 1932 -
May 12, 2023
Mueller Funeral Home, Peru
Mary Ann Hubbard, 89 Princeton, IL
November 23, 1933 -
April 20, 2023
Norberg Memorial Home, Inc. & Monuments
KKylene Kaszynski, 44 Peru, IL
December 13, 1978June 24, 2023
Ptak Funeral Home
Maikel Green, 69 Lasalle, IL
June 14, 1953 -
April 21, 2023
Joann Elaine Helm-Zimmerman, 56 Peru, IL
July 9, 1966 -
June 14, 2023
Mueller Funeral Home
Patricia L. Hiester, 89 Tonica, IL
November 1, 1933 -
June 24, 2023
Robert A. “Bob” Hughes, 73 Earlville, IL
September 4, 1949 -
May 20, 2023
Turner-Eighner Funeral Home
Carol M. Keith, 75 Tonica, IL
September 29, 1947April 21, 2023
Rose Mary Kellen, 90 Dixon, IL
Pastor Ian Griffith, 59 LaMoille, IL
August 1, 1963 -
June 14, 2023
Merritt Funeral Home
Elizabeth Ann ‘Betty’ Andrews Taylor Hightower LaSalle, IL
June 16, 2023
IJacqueline “Jackie” Iwanicki, 85 La Salle, IL
February 20, 1938 -
June 1, 2023
April 16, 1933June 10, 2023
Jones Funeral Home
Thomas Kelly, 64 Peoria, IL
October 6, 1958April 3, 2023
HCraig Hagie, 76 Spring Valley, IL
July 11, 1946 -
June 8, 2023
Donna Hodge, 87 Shabbona, IL
September 16, 1935 -
May 28, 2023
Jacobson-Torman Funeral Home
JJustin T. Jandura, 33 Princeton, IL
June 20, 1989 -
May 24, 2023
Joyce Ann Marie Kemp, 94
Spring Valley, IL
November 26, 1928 -
April 20, 2023
Dysart - Cofoid Funeral Chapel
Virginia “Ginger” Hahne, 56 La Salle, IL
July 20, 1966 -
May 27, 2023
Ptak Funeral Home
Debra R. Hall, 60 Peru, IL
October 3, 1962 -
April 9, 2023
Mueller Funeral Home, Peru
Theresa Ann (Skowera) Holdcraft, 71 Rockford, IL
September 26, 1935March 30, 2023
Brandon Hopps, 28 LaMoille, IL
August 4, 1994May 1, 2023
Merritt Funeral Home
Edward J. Jermenc, 57 Spring Valley, IL
September 21, 1965May 19, 2023
James Johnson, 85 Mendota, IL
March 19, 1938 -
April 24, 2023
Merritt Funeral Home
Paul A. Kent, 72 Tonica, IL
July 25, 1950May 7, 2023
Dorothy Kerr, 96 Princeton, IL
February 9, 1927 -
April 14, 2023
Norberg Memorial Home, Inc. & Monuments
William Charles
“Bill” Kierczynski, 84 Peru, IL
April 11, 1938 -
April 9, 2023
Mueller Funeral Home, Peru
Priscilla G. Kocka, 77 Princeton, IL
April 24, 1946 -
June 14, 2023
David A. Lijewski, 73 LaSalle, IL
January 24, 1950 - April 10, 2023
Elizabeth “Betty” Mayeau, 86 Spring Valley, IL
November 14, 1936 - April 2, 2023
Gary “Bud” Steven Morse, 63 Malden, IL
February 23, 1960April 8, 2023
Fiocchi-Jensen Funeral Home
Jo Ellen Lipka, 80 Ottawa, IL
April 18, 1943May 17, 2023
James “Jim” R. Krischel, 87 Wenona, IL
August 23, 1935 -
May 7, 2023
Elizabeth Lucas, 56 Mendota, IL
July 14, 1966June 2, 2023
Merritt Funeral Home
Harry R. Lucas, 75 Princeton, IL
LBernice Laboda, 110 LaMoille, IL
February 9, 1913 -
May 10, 2023
Merritt Funeral Home
Edward R. “Ted” Lambert Jr., 98 Tonica, IL
August 21, 1924 -
May 28, 2023
Karen Lampley, 74 DePue, IL
July 21, 1948April 7, 2023
February 23, 1948April 21, 2023
Walter T. Mayszak, 94 Peru, IL
September 6, 1928 -
April 1, 2023
Ptak Funeral Home
James R. McConnell, 81 Walport, OR
September 26, 1941April 2, 2023
Virginia Jean McNally, 89 Arlington, IL
December 11, 1933 -
April 20, 2023
Fiocchi Funeral Home
Leonard Mozina, 92 Peru, IL
September 1, 1930 - June 17, 2023
Shields Funeral Chapel
Stephen Mueller, 72 Mendota, IL
July 19, 1950April 13, 2023
Merritt Funeral Home
Dale Munson, 76 Spring Valley, IL
March 16, 1947April 10, 2023
Carl Eugene Lund, 74 Princeton, IL
January 27, 1949March 29, 2023
Valarie MichaelKristapovich, 73 LaSalle, IL
October 3, 1949 -
June 11, 2023
NDarren R. Nawa, 51 Peru, IL
March 31, 1972April 24, 2023
Barbara Lunn, 90 Ladd, IL
October 8, 1932May 9, 2023
Marian Middleton, 97 Batavia, IL
May 16, 1926 -
May 16, 2023
Norberg Memorial Home, Inc. & Monuments
Sandra Nesti, 72 Spring Valley, IL
Trudy Lara, 60 Spring Valley, IL
January 3, 1963 -
April 2, 2023
Merritt Funeral Home
Robert Earl Lee Sr., 93 Spring Valley, IL
April 14, 1929 -
March 11, 2023
Barto
Evelan K. Liesse, 94 Peru, IL
September 24, 1928 -
June 7, 2023
MJames Madsen, 73 Princeton, IL
May 7, 1949 -
April 26, 2023
Norberg Memorial Home, Inc. & Monuments
Ronald P. Magnoni, Jr., 66 Peru, IL
February 15, 1957 -
February 27, 2023
Prey-Mueller Funeral Home, Oglesby
John Manfredini, 83 Spring Valley, IL
January 28, 1940 - June 23, 2023
Nancy J. Miller, 67 Tonica, IL
November 9, 1955March 31, 2023
July 6, 1950May 10, 2023 O
David Ochs, 75 Spring Valley, IL
April 14, 1947April 10, 2023
Michael Anthony Monari, 73 La Salle, IL
May 5, 1949 -
December 10, 2022
Ptak Funeral Home
Dennis M. Morrison, 78 Oglesby, IL
May 10, 1945 -
June 1, 2023
Prey-Mueller Funeral Home, Oglesby
Tom L. Odell, 71 Wyanet, IL
October 27, 1951June 2, 2023
Fiocchi-Jensen Funeral Home
Milton Olson, 76 Mendota, IL
September 14, 1946June 5, 2023
Wasmer Funeral Home
Carrie A. Osenkarski, 75 Cedar Point, IL
August 18, 1947 -
June 17, 2023
Mary Ann Ragogna, 87 Princeton, IL
July 30, 1935 -
April 18, 2023
Dysart - Cofoid Funeral Chapel
Jaci S. Rathburn, 56 Peru, IL
PMary Margaret Pawlak, 77 Peoria, IL
May 23, 1946 -
May 23, 2023
Irene June Peradotti, 90 LaSalle, IL
June 10, 1932 -
May 20, 2023
Joe Peterson, 82 LaMoille, IL
July 17, 1940 -
May 26, 2023
Norberg Memorial Home, Inc. & Monuments
Marcia Peterson, 76
Spring Valley, IL
December 31, 1946 -
May 31, 2023
Victoria Ann Pettit, 76 Spring Valley, IL
November 22, 1946 -
March 30, 2023
Patricia A. Piacenti, 70 Peru, IL
July 6, 1952 -
June 9, 2023
James Poisel, 83 Mendota, IL
September 16, 1939 -
April 17, 2023
Merritt Funeral Home R
Nancy Rager, 79 Peru, IL
October 17, 1943 -
June 15, 2023
October 30, 1966 -
June 18, 2023
Mueller Funeral Home, Peru
Arnold Ray Rebuck, 87 Cape Coral, FL
April 11, 1936April 29, 2023
James M. Redshaw Jr., 64 Oglesby, IL
May 1, 1958 -
March 21, 2023
James Reinmann, 86 Ottawa, IL
August 22, 1936 -
April 15, 2023
Ottawa Funeral Home
Jessie Reutner, 81 Mendota, IL
June 13, 1942 -
June 16, 2023
Merritt Funeral Home
John Goering Richards, 89 Peru, IL
August 19, 1933 -
May 31, 2023
Mueller Funeral Home, Peru
Rex A. Ringenberg, 63 La Salle, IL
August 1, 1959 -
May 10, 2023
Rita Rodriguez, 53 DePue, IL
April 16, 1970 -
April 30, 2023
Lois A. Schott, 83 Lasalle, IL
December 7, 1939 -
May 1, 2023
Hilario Rodriguez Jr., 95 DePue, IL
May 30, 1927 -
May 13, 2023
Suzanne “Kush” Rowe, 78 Streator, IL
October 20, 1944 -
May 14, 2023
Hagi & Schultz Funeral Home
Lawrence O. Ruppert, 96 Peru, IL
October 13, 1926 -
June 21, 2023
Mueller Funeral Home, Peru
David G. Rutgens, 85 Cedar Point, IL
July 9, 1937May 5, 2023
Helmer Shields Funeral Home S KhoChing Saepharn, 56 DePue, IL
March 11, 1967 -
April 4, 2023
Fiocchi-Jensen Funeral Home
Bernadine A. Salomone, 86 Lasalle, IL
November 4, 1936 -
May 23, 2023
Robert J. Schmitz, 90 Troy Grove, IL
March 9, 1933 -
April 25, 2023
Wasmer Funeral Home
Patricia Schrader, 74 Mendota, IL
April 10, 1948 -
April 6, 2023
Merritt Funeral Home
Chuck Sherman, 85 LaSalle, IL
November 29, 1937 -
April 17, 2023
Janet Small, 86 Waltham, IL
December 28, 1936 -
June 24, 2023
Merritt Funeral Home
Kenneth Smith, 79 Mendota, IL
October 5, 1943 -
June 14, 2023
Merritt Funeral Home
Lynn A. Sparling, 76 Peru, IL
June 14, 1946 -
May 3, 2023
Ptak Funeral Home
Stephen J. Staab, 64 La Salle, IL
April 19, 1958 -
December 22, 2022
Ptak Funeral Home
Donald Sterchi, Sr., 94
Mendota, IL
March 21, 1929 -
April 13, 2023
Merritt Funeral Home
Marianne Riva, 94 Spring Valley, IL
June 7, 1928April 11, 2023
Michael P. Schoening, 75 Peru, IL
September 9, 1947 -
April 26, 2023
Mueller Funeral Home, Peru
Vickie D. Strode, 73 Peru, IL
September 4, 1949May 1, 2023
Mueller Funeral Home, Lostant
Anthony William “Bill” Strunk, 63 Tacoma, WA
July 1, 1959 -
March 2, 2023
Carral Supan, 83 Mendota, IL
May 27, 1940 -
June 7, 2023
Merritt Funeral Home
TGayle Anne Thielke, 81
Antioch, IL
January 28, 1942 -
April 25, 2023
Strang Funeral Home
Shirley Ione
Thomas, 93
Dalzell, IL
June 10, 1930 -
June 14, 2023
Dysart - Cofoid Funeral Chapel
James Thomson, Sr., 76
Utica, IL
June 23, 1946 -
June 18, 2023
Merritt Funeral Home
Jane Maria (Skoog) Twait, 87
Ottawa, IL
March 6, 1936 -
May 8, 2023
Mueller Funeral Home
Margaret Ellen Twidell, 95
Manlius, IL
April 3, 1928 -
June 17, 2023
William D. Valle, 92 Ottawa, IL
August 7, 1930 -
June 6, 2023
James A. Vaughn, Jr., 57 Spring Valley, IL
April 6, 1966 -
June 5, 2023
Shields Funeral Chapel
Stephen Vela, 69 La Salle, IL
November 21, 1953May 20, 2023
Donna M. (Zenzen) Harl Vener, 91 Bradenton, FL
October 13, 1931 -
May 14, 2023
Alfred Vickery, 85 Mendota, IL
June 5, 1937 -
May 6, 2023
Merritt Funeral Home
Johanna Marie Wassil, 101 Tonica, IL
February 11, 1922 -
May 6, 2023
Barbara M. Watkins, 83 Normal, IL
August 10, 1939 -
April 24, 2023
Shields Funeral Chapel
Edward Robert (Bob) Weerts, 93 Highlands Ranch, CO
January 7, 1930 -
May 22, 2023
Judith Ann Wever, 83 Lostant, IL
January 2, 1940May 17, 2023
Mueller Funeral Home, Lostant
Carol Widolff, 89 West Brooklyn, IL
May 3, 1934 -
June 22, 2023
Mihm-Jones Funeral Home
Daniel Wiesbrock, 78 Peru, IL
August 16, 1944 -
WMorgan E. Walsh, 32 LaSalle, IL
May 19, 1991 -
June 8, 2023
April 19, 2023
Mueller Funeral Home, Lostant
Pamela Jane Wiese, 64 Peru, IL
Cyndee A. Walters, 65 La Salle, IL
November 10, 1957 -
April 21, 2023
November 1, 1958May 21, 2023
Joseph E. “Joe” Witczak, 60
Peru, IL
Catherine Yerly, 95 Elgin, IL
December 3, 1927April 25, 2023
Ernestine Yerly, 95 Crystal Lake, IL
January 7, 1928May 13, 2023
Helen G. Young, 97 Toluca, IL
January 14, 1926June 11, 2023
ZDavid Peter Zenzen, 91
Auburn, CA
July 19, 1931 -
January 3, 2023
Trident Society
Frances O. Zokal, 91 Peru, IL
November 1, 1931 -
June 1, 2023
Mueller Funeral Home
Marla Zolli, 88 Spring Valley, IL
March 1, 1935May 13, 2023
UJohn F. Urnikis, 69 Hennepin, IL
August 26, 1953 -
March 30, 2023
Dysart - Cofoid Funeral Chapel
James Walters, 78 Mendota, IL
June 4, 1944 -
April 21, 2023
Merritt Funeral Home
Robert J. Walters, 86 La Salle, IL
February 2, 1937April 30, 2023
June 20, 1962 -
April 28, 2023
Mueller Funeral Home, Peru
YJerome Joseph Yendro, 86
Peru, IL
March 4, 1937 -
April 23, 2023
VMueller Funeral Home, Peru
