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Remembering those we’ve loved and lost October 1, 2022 December 31, 2022
Bonnie R. Ackert, 72 Walton, IL
October 17, 1949October 1, 2022
Mihm-Jones Funeral Home
Harold Adams, 96 Dixon, IL
September 15, 1926December 8, 2022
Schilling Funeral Home & Cremation
Beverly J. Anderson, 81 Walnut, IL
June 30, 1941December 12, 2022
Mark Anderson, 72 Morrison, IL March 10, 1950October 24, 2022
McDonald Funeral Home
Winnifred “Winnie” Arnott, 85 Dixon, IL
June 21, 1937October 17, 2022
John Wesley Atkinson, 86 Rochelle, IL
January 1, 1936October 30, 2022
Rose Mary Sheely Avey, 69 Mt. Morris, IL
December 4, 1952November 3, 2022
Jones Funeral Home Kenneth Balsley, 95 Rock Falls, IL January 25, 1927December 16, 2022
Schilling Funeral Home William Leroy Barnes, Sr., 81 Rockford, IL
July 9, 1941November 5, 2022
Preston-Schilling Funeral Home
Genevieve Barnett, 89 Sterling, IL
January 6, 1933December 5, 2022 Schilling Funeral Home & Cremation
Emilio Barron, 70 Rock Falls, IL January 24, 1952October 13, 2022
Schilling Funeral Home
Richard A. ‘Dick’ Bearman, 86 Oregon, IL
April 8, 1936October 1, 2022
Wayne E, Bearman, 94 Oregon, IL August 16, 1928November 14, 2022
Beverly J. Beattie, 93 Rock Falls, IL May 21, 1929December 2, 2022 McDonald Funeral Home
Lisa S. Becker, 59 Ottawa, IL
July 5, 1963October 11, 2022 Mihm-Jones Funeral Home
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Bert Beecher, 90 Noblesville, In, IL
June 15, 1932November 3, 2022
Randall and Robert Funeral Home
Joy Janice Bell, 85 Rock Falls, IL
August 2, 1937December 20, 2022
Madonna Lee Blackburn, 72 Medford, WI
January 13, 1950September 30, 2022
Jacob Boesen, 72 Arlington, VA April 21, 1950September 27, 2022
Murphy Funeral Home
Sharon Ann Fisher Bell-Dize, 71 Wheeling, WV
August 2, 1951December 6, 2022
Kepner Funeral Home
Margaret A. Berge, 83 Rock Falls, IL March 13, 1939December 18, 2022
McDonald Funeral Home
Marilyn L. Bielema, 83 Prophetstown, IL June 30, 1939November 17, 2022 Bosma-Gibson Funeral Home
Janice Bilbrey, 80 Sterling, IL May 14, 1942December 1, 2022
Schilling Funeral Home & Cremation
Alice Billings, 82 Sterling, IL
November 27, 1940December 7, 2022
Schilling Funeral Home & Cremation
Sharon Ann Binkley, 60 Forreston, IL
September 18, 1962October 4, 2022
Troy Bittner, 59 Sterling, IL
December 2, 1962November 22, 2022
Connie R. Bonnell, 70 Amboy, IL
December 11, 1951December 10, 2022 Mihm-Jones Funeral Home
Shirley Elaine Booth, 69 Rock Falls, IL October 4, 1953November 29, 2022 Schilling Funeral Home
Norbert Brachle, 88 Amboy, IL March 16, 1934October 28, 2022 Mihm-Jones Funeral Home
Edith Bramer, 95 Walnut, IL October 5, 1927October 29, 2022
Garland Funeral Home
Deborah Breidenbach, 74 Byron, IL
June 9, 1948November 23, 2022
Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home
Grayson Brottmiller, 101 Sterling, IL April 6, 1921November 27, 2022
McDonald Funeral Home
Irene (Henry) Burdick, 76 Rock Falls, IL June 11, 1946November 24, 2022
Robert “Bob” W. Burger, Sr., 86 Dixon, IL
December 11, 1935October 24, 2022 Schilling Funeral Home
Audrey A Burke, 88 Sterling, IL January 23, 1934November 22, 2022 Schilling Funeral Home
Caroyl Lee Bush, 81 New Lenox, IL May 15, 1941October 2, 2022
Helen M. Butler, 82 Forreston, IL July 8, 1940December 12, 2022
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David A. Campbell Jr, 50 Rock Falls, IL June 28, 1972December 11, 2022 McDonald Funeral Home
Lino H. Carrillo, 89 Sterling, IL April 1, 1933October 12, 2022
Avis M. (Landheer) Chamberlain, 93 Lyndon, IL January 28, 1929November 24, 2022
Bosma-Gibson Funeral Home
Gregory C. Chambers, 73 Polo, IL June 12, 1949November 9, 2022
Curtis Chamness, 80 Dixon, IL July 11, 1942November 30, 2022
Jones Funeral Home
James T. Clark Jr., 66 Clinton, IA August 23, 1956October 21, 2022 Russell D. Coers, Jr., 75 Tampico, IL March 8, 1947October 9, 2022
Jeff WIlliam Collaer, 59 Newaygo, MI
January 8, 1963November 12, 2022
Betty R. Carroll, 95 Lanark, IL March 25, 1927December 17, 2022
Jack Carroll, 86 Carmel, IN December 30, 1935November 27, 2022
Charles Albert Cook, 90 Dixon, IL
May 20, 1932October 20, 2022
Lori Ann Coppotelli, 55 Prophetstown, IL
January 20, 1967December 16, 2022 Bosma-Gibson Funeral Home
Alberto Castaneda, 76 Rock Falls, IL July 12, 1946September 30, 2022
Justin Corcoran, 82 West Brooklyn, IL November 28, 1940December 28, 2022
Merritt Funeral Home
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Don Corzett, 85
Rock Falls, IL
February 15, 1937November 30, 2022
Schilling Funeral Home
James “Jim” Cox, 51 Port Byron, IL
December 5, 1970November 19, 2022
Gibson - Bode Funeral Home, Port Byron
Richard “Dick” Cox, 86 Sterling, IL
April 16, 1936November 3, 2022
Schilling Funeral Home
David L. Cox Sr., 81 Galesburg, IL
June 23, 1941November 2, 2022
Ruth O. Cramer, 87 Dixon, IL
January 9, 1935October 18, 2022 McDonald Funeral Home
Dennis Cutter, 77 Sterling, IL
April 14, 1945November 29, 2022
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Julie M. Dale, 80 Sterling, IL
February 16, 1942November 27, 2022
Pamela “Pam” Damrow, 73 Sterling, IL
November 23, 1948November 1, 2022
Schilling Funeral Home
Michael R. Davis, 57 Rock Falls, IL
August 4, 1965November 14, 2022
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Kathleen Mae De Puy, 63 Keshena, WI
August 26, 1959September 25, 2022
Peggy P. Denning, 65 Rock Falls, IL
November 19, 1956October 27, 2022
Darryl Joe Doan, 82 Casper, WY
December 6, 1939October 18, 2022 Newcomer Funeral Home
Ned R. Ely, 83 Amboy, IL
October 17, 1939November 8, 2022
Mihm-Jones Funeral Home
Jon Bernard Detrick, 77 Oregon, Illinois, IL
November 12, 1944July 25, 2022 Science Care Elk Grove, Illinois
Alberta G. Devenny, 93 Dixon, IL
December 16, 1928November 22, 2022 Jones Funeral Home
Christopher J. Dever, 50 Rock Falls, IL
June 13, 1972December 14, 2022
Ellen Sue (GibsonTodd) DeWolfe Jefferson, WI
December 20, 2022 Yorel Evan Diedrich, 90 Sterling, IL
February 10, 1932October 30, 2022
Nancy Dietz, 70 Prophetstown, IL
January 30, 1952November 18, 2022 Bosma-Gibson Funeral Home
William J. Dixon, 85 Wheaton, IL
January 14, 1937October 26, 2022
William L. Doering, 88 Springfield, MO June 9, 1934November 27, 2022 E
Elizabeth Eaglin, 69 Rock Falls, IL June 8, 1953October 4, 2022 McDonald Funeral Home
Joan F. Eccles, 92 Dixon, IL May 29, 1930December 8, 2022 Jones Funeral Home
Glenn Engelkens, 95 Milledgeville, IL December 4, 1926November 29, 2022
McDonald Funeral Home
Derrick L. Enlow, 32 Dixon, IL March 21, 1990October 1, 2022 Jones Funeral Home
Edgar “Doc” Enright, 102 Rock Falls, IL December 8, 1919November 18, 2022 McDonald Funeral Home
Mary U. Edwards, 84 Sterling, IL December 30, 1937October 13, 2022 McDonald Funeral Home
Gregory Alan Egan, 60 Rock Falls, IL July 25, 1962December 6, 2022
Doris Ewers, 91 Sterling, IL November 16, 1930August 13, 2022 F
Lori J. Fagan, 62 Rock Falls, IL June 9, 1960September 30, 2022
Charles E. Eissens, 57 Sterling, IL March 11, 1965December 12, 2022
Larry L. Elliott, 81 Fort Collins, CO October 8, 1940October 5, 2022 Viegut Funeral Home
Colleen T. Farmer, 74 Sterling, IL
March 22, 1948October 15, 2022
Douglas Paul Farster, 64 Dixon, IL
September 19, 1958October 14, 2022
Denise E. Ellmaker, 69 Sterling, IL
January 11, 1953December 11, 2022
Roy Neil Feary, 72 Mustang, OK August 16, 1950August 21, 2022
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Dennis Lee Ferris, 67 Chadwick, IL
October 21, 1955November 24, 2022
James D. ‘Jim’ Ferris, 88 Oregon, IL
June 25, 1934October 2, 2022
Brenda Filippi, 80 Sterling, IL
October 2, 2022October 2, 2022
McDonald Funeral Home
Lee Charles Fisher, 80 Sterling, IL
October 10, 1942December 27, 2022
Schilling Funeral Home
Wallace ‘Wally’ Bartlett Floe, 93 Freeport, IL
September 28, 1928September 27, 2022
Barbara Ann Gittings
Frankfother, 90
Sterling, IL
March 30, 1932December 13, 2022 Schilling Funeral Home
Walter S. Fredenhagen, 97 Amboy, IL
February 28, 1925November 16, 2022 Mihm-Jones Funeral Home
Marcella Frey, 57 Rock Falls, IL
August 12, 1965October 10, 2022
McDonald Funeral Home
Diane L. Frieberg, 75 Rock Falls, IL
September 18, 1947October 31, 2022
Sandra “Sandy” Jean Fry, 80 Dixon, IL
July 22, 1942December 4, 2022
David “Rabbitt” A. Funderburgh, 66 Fairhaven, IL July 5, 1956December 13, 2022
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Mary Gale, 74 Clinton, IA
January 21, 1948October 16, 2022
Lemke Funeral Home
Leta J. Gallentine, 78 Sterling, IL March 4, 1944October 9, 2022
Robert ‘Bob’ A. Godman, 82 New Port Richey, FL March 4, 1940November 29, 2022
Michelle Goeking, 52 Dixon, IL December 20, 1969December 7, 2022
Polo Family Funeral Home
Charlene Graham, 72 Erie, IL
May 21, 1950October 28, 2022
Gibson-Bode Funeral Home
Freeman W. Graham, 78 Henry, IL
January 12, 1944September 30, 2022
Cheryl “Cheri” (Hiteman) Frisbie, 71 Freeport, IL September 12, 1951October 7, 2022
Mavis E. Flosi, 77 Rock Falls, IL September 28, 1945October 6, 2022
McDonald Funeral Home
Francis E. Fogle, 84 Dixon, IL
September 22, 1938November 9, 2022
Jones Funeral Home
Barbara K. Fordham, 72 Dixon, IL
March 26, 1950October 23, 2022
Jones Funeral Home
Ronald L. Fossett
Mount Carroll, IL October 4, 2022
Gary L. Fritsch, 84 Tampico, IL March 9, 1938December 17, 2022
Garland Funeral Home
Beverly “Bev” Jean Frohling, 87 Sterling, IL
September 29, 1935October 25, 2022
Timothy Michael Frost, 66 Dixon, IL
May 12, 1956October 30, 2022
Aria Cremation Service and Funeral Home
John C. Fry, 63 Sterling, IL
February 18, 1959November 23, 2022
McDonald Funeral Home
Orval Lee Gearhart Jr., 100 Dixon, IL
January 29, 1922October 8, 2022
Sandra K. Geesey, 78 Rock Falls, IL December 2, 1943October 9, 2022
Donna M. Green, 90 Hillsdale, IL November 26, 1931November 9, 2022 Gibson - Bode Funeral Home, Port Byron
Katie Lynn Mickelson Green, 36 Polo, IL
July 9, 1986December 19, 2022
McDonald Funeral Home
Beulah D. Gerdes, 88 Dixon, IL May 11, 1934November 29, 2022
Leslie H. Glazier, 82 Erie, IL
August 15, 1940October 26, 2022
Gibson - Bode Funeral Home
Harold Henry Goad, 84 Prairie Du Chien, WI May 11, 1938December 14, 2022
Jean Griswold, 97 Savanna, IL March 21, 1925December 3, 2022
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Patricia A. Haak, 67 Dixon, IL
October 26, 1955December 6, 2022
Jones Funeral Home
Donna Kay Hale, 70 Dixon, IL March 27, 1952October 27, 2022
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Dennis W. Hall, 71
Williams Bay, WI
July 4, 1951September 27, 2022
Jeremy J. Hall, 45 Sterling, IL
May 2, 1977October 1, 2022
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Gilbert T. Haub, 91
West Brooklyn, IL
January 10, 1931December 27, 2022
Wasmer Funeral Home
Doris J. Heald, 72
Rock Falls, IL
October 11, 1950December 11, 2022
Sherman Hopkins, 88 Sterling, IL
July 3, 1934September 17, 2022
Jeremy Lynn Hostetler, 29 Tampico, IL July 17, 1993October 22, 2022
Sonja Ranee Jenkins, 65 Amboy, IL
September 21, 1956August 12, 2022
Scott Jensen, 64 Rock Falls, IL
March 18, 1958November 16, 2022
Annette Halliday, 57 Sterling, IL
July 5, 1965November 24, 2022
McDonald Funeral Home
Lana M. Hambley, 53 Amboy, IL
August 6, 1969November 25, 2022
Rita Louise Helms, 73 Sterling, IL
September 9, 1949November 2, 2022
Schilling Funeral Home
Sandra J. Henrekin
Deer Grove, IL November 20, 2022
Illene Margaret Howlett, 83 Prophetstown, IL January 13, 1939December 8, 2022 Bosma-Gibson Funeral Home
Virginia L. Hubbard, 86 Victoria, MN March 30, 1936November 3, 2022 Johnson Funeral Home
Jane A. Johnson, 67 Sterling, IL
November 28, 1954October 31, 2022
Myrl E. Johnson, 71 Dixon, IL
August 20, 1951November 21, 2022 Jones Funeral Home
Genevieve Hammer, 95 Sterling, IL
October 5, 1927October 21, 2022
David R. “Butch” Hammond, 82 Fulton, IL
September 12, 1940November 2, 2022
Wilma M. Hann, 93 Scottsdale, AZ
May 22, 1929September 26, 2022
Marvin J. Heun, 94 Morrison, IL
September 24, 1928October 29, 2022 Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home
Antonio Hicks, 48 Sterling, IL
March 24, 1974October 24, 2022
McDonald Funeral Homes
Lavinia ‘Vinnie’ Hill, 97
Fort Wayne, IA April 17, 1925November 4, 2022
Corinne Jean Hunsberger, 83 Dixon, IL
September 14, 1939October 27, 2022
Eva Stamper Hutton, 92 Rock Falls, IL November 14, 1929October 7, 2022
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Calvin L. Jacobs, 82 Sterling, IL
January 26, 1940November 14, 2022
Blaine Hardacre, 90 Lanark, IL
February 3, 1932October 17, 2022
Law Jones
Funeral Home
Paul Douglas Harms, 73 Rock Falls, IL
February 2, 1949November 2, 2022
Gary Hinrichs, 73 Prophetstown, IL
March 12, 1949December 10, 2022 Schilling Funeral Home & Cremation
Philip Frank Holzer, 86 Wheaton, IL
January 20, 1936November 1, 2022
Dolf Jakobs, 90 Sterling, IL May 23, 1931November 19, 2022 Schilling Funeral home
Linda K. Jarvis, 80 Ashton, IL April 13, 1942November 1, 2022
Richard L. Jones, 86 Dixon, IL May 8, 1936October 28, 2022
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Warren E. ‘Bud’ Keele Jr., 71 Lyndon, IL December 18, 1950October 30, 2022
Bernard E. Keen, 88 Dixon, IL
January 21, 1934December 19, 2022
Joan Demeris Keen, 88 Dixon, IL June 2, 1934November 5, 2022 Preston-Schilling Funeral Home
Timothy “Tim” Keller, 80 Sterling, IL
May 19, 1942September 30, 2022 Schilling Funeral Home & Cremation
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Phyllis Kelly, 80 Sterling, IL
January 6, 1942November 12, 2022
William Emile Kereven, 73 Mt. Morris, IL
October 18, 1949December 5, 2022
George W. Kerr, 86 Cordova, IL
May 5, 1936October 14, 2022
Gibson - Bode Funeral Home, Port Byron
Frances M. Kessel, 81 Amboy, IL
April 6, 1941December 2, 2022
Mihm-Jones Funeral Home
Donald Lee Kohl, 86 Rock Falls, IL
November 7, 1936November 19, 2022
McDonald Funeral Home
Russell Koster Sterling, IL Schilling Funeral Home
Mark Lauritzen, 72 Sterling, IL
October 31, 1949October 24, 2022
McDonald Funeral Home
Timothy Lee Lengfelder, 55 Lincoln, NE
September 25, 1957November 2, 2022
Marilyn E. Lenox, 97 Dixon, IL
September 21, 1925December 11, 2022
Jones Funeral Home
Janis L. LeSage Lee, 83 Tremont, IL April 6, 1939November 3, 2022
Steven D. Malmberg, 72 Dixon, IL April 7, 1950November 13, 2022 Jones Funeral Home
Shirley Martin, 86 Sterling, IL April 23, 1936November 23, 2022
Schilling Funeral Home & Cremation
Kala Maxwell, 59 Sterling, IL
September 25, 1963October 24, 2022
Schilling Funeral Home
Nancy Jean McCallister, 85 Sterling, IL June 12, 1937November 7, 2022
McDonald Funeral Home
Pastor Seth John Meeks, 42
Port Washington, WI November 8, 1980December 11, 2022
Vilas Arvilla Meier Franklin Grove, IL November 17, 2022
Mary Ann Kreps, 90 Dixon, IL
February 2, 1932November 30, 2022
Jones Funeral Home
Shirley Ann Lewallen, 91 Nelson, IL October 18, 1931October 29, 2022
John H. McConnel, Sr., 90 Savanna,, IL July 5, 1932October 11, 2022
Francis “Frank” Mekeel, 68 Amboy, IL December 31, 1953November 10, 2022
Mihm-Jones Funeral Home
Roger Stanley Mershon, 87 Freeport, IL November 8, 1935December 15, 2022
Gerald L. Messer, 70 Hazel Green, WI June 15, 1952November 23, 2022
Aaron Linke, 48 Morrison, IL April 5, 1974October 22, 2022
McDonald Funeral Home
Joy M. (Groezinger) Loomis, 93 Morrison, IL April 11, 1929December 8, 2022
Richard Ludlow, 86 Sterling, IL
Ruth Mary McFadden, 82 Sterling, IL November 13, 1939October 5, 2022
Carmelle McGee, 89 Dallas, TX October 3, 1933October 8, 2022
Ruth Mickley, 97 Prophetstown, IL September 25, 1925November 5, 2022
Bosma-Gibson Funeral Home
Ivon Miller, 89 Chadwick, IL April 6, 1933November 3, 2022
LJulia K. Landherr, 62 Dixon, IL
August 30, 1960October 22, 2022
Beth R. Lauritzen, 60 Prophetstown, IL
April 30, 1962October 6, 2022
McDonald Funeral Home
September 27, 1936November 16, 2022
McDonald Funeral Home
Phyllis Lutyens, 75 Rock Falls, IL
September 28, 1947 - October 20, 2022
Schilling Funeral Home & Cremation
Richard “Leo” McGrain, 84 Franklin Grove, IL March 20, 1938December 4, 2022
Elwyn “Butch” McKenna, 79 Elmhurst, IL September 26, 1943October 16, 2022
Keith R. Miller, 66 Harmon, IL July 17, 1956December 25, 2022
Jones Funeral Home
Lawrence W. Miller, 84 Pearl City, IL November 6, 1938December 9, 2022
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Marvin Eugene Miller, 89 Mt. Morris, IL
July 22, 1933November 5, 2022
Norbert A. Miloch, 96 Sterling, IL
October 25, 1926December 18, 2022
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Marilyn Jean Muller, 94
Mt. Morris, IL
March 30, 1928October 10, 2022
Florence R. ‘Ruth’ Myers, 97 Mt. Morris, IL
June 29, 1925October 6, 2022
Maxine M. Osborne, 91 Sterling, IL June 6, 1931October 18, 2022
Phillip Lee Plumb, Sr., 76 Dixon, IL
February 16, 1946November 1, 2022
Donny Lee Pollard, 70 Amboy, IL
Richard L. Minnier, 76 Dothan, AL
October 13, 1946November 11, 2022
Marlin Eugene Misner, 90 Dixon, IL
March 21, 1932September 29, 2022
George ‘Greely’ Myers, 83 Mt. Morris, IL
May 25, 1939November 19, 2022
NRita A. Nagel, 90
Maple Grove, MN
November 29, 1932December 27, 2022
Richard Emil Mocker, 84 Forreston, IL
December 16, 1937October 31, 2022
Louise Virginia Montague, 79 Morrison, IL
September 14, 1943October 28, 2022
Schilling Funeral Home
Mark W. Moore, 63 Rock Falls, IL
February 24, 1959October 20, 2022
McDonald Funeral Home
Barbara Morehead, 70 Harmon, IL
July 7, 1952November 22, 2022
Merritt Funeral Home
Michael J. Naylon, 60 Sterling, IL
August 9, 1962November 12, 2022 Polo Family Funeral Home
Judith Ellen Near, 84 Dixon, IL
January 22, 1938November 18, 2022
Carol Nguyen, 72 Sterling, IL
August 28, 1950December 6, 2022
McDonald Funeral Home
Alberta Mae Nusbaum, 92 Dixon, IL
September 24, 1929September 23, 2022
PWilliam “Bill” Palen, 89 Dixon, IL March 1, 1933October 14, 2022 Jones Funeral Home
Jerolene “Jeri” Pearce, 92 Prophetstown, IL May 26, 1930November 23, 2022 McDonald Funeral Home, Prophetstown
Alexandria “Lexie” Perry Sterling, IL Schilling Funeral Home
August 28, 1952December 20, 2022
Mihm-Jones Funeral Home
Gerald “Jerry” Pontsler, 99 Sterling, IL
April 19, 1923December 13, 2022
Schilling Funeral Home & Cremation
Terry Portner, 69 Rock Falls, IL
October 15, 1953December 23, 2022 McDonald Funeral Home
Veda “Kay” Pottorff, 88 Dixon, IL
Leo H. Peterson, 89 Dixon, IL December 21, 1932November 27, 2022
Robert E. Peugh, 89 Rock Falls, IL December 13, 1932December 7, 2022
Pamela Sue Pfundstein, 69 Sterling, IL
August 25, 1953September 28, 2022 Schilling Funeral Home
Virginia Phalen, 91 Dixon, IL
December 4, 1930November 29, 2022 Jones Funeral Home
William J. Morgan, 79 Sterling, IL
May 19, 1943December 5, 2022
ODennis J. O’Brien, 61 Princeton, IL
October 11, 1961December 27, 2022
Garland Funeral Home
Guy E. Pillars Jr., 79 Knoxville, TN
April 16, 1943December 2, 2022
September 17, 1934November 12, 2022
Betty Jean Pratt, 90 Eugene, OR
July 26, 1932December 17, 2022
Timothy James Propheter, 72 Rock Falls, IL
January 15, 1950November 1, 2022
Joan K. Pyse, 83 Sterling, IL
November 28, 1938October 18, 2022
RConnie Ramirez, 66 Eldena, IL
June 23, 1956October 7, 2022
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Esther P. Ramirez, 94 Sterling, IL
March 17, 1928December 16, 2022
McDonald Funeral Home
Fred Ramos Jr., 59 Sterling, IL
October 9, 1963November 17, 2022
Henry Stephen Rex, 73 Dixon, IL May 31, 1949October 4, 2022
Librado ‘Lee’ Salazar Jr., 75 Sterling, IL August 2, 1947October 9, 2022
Gregory D. Schuller, 60 Rock Falls, IL March 11, 1962October 5, 2022 McDonald Funeral Home
Elisa Nicole “Nicki” Rideout, 52 Morrison, IL
August 25, 1970November 22, 2022
Schilling Funeral Home
Gregory “Bubba” M. Raser, 71 Prophetstown, IL May 14, 1951December 19, 2022
Bosma-Gibson Funeral Home
Deitra ‘Dee Dee’ Rasmussen, 75 Walnut, IL
October 31, 1946October 20, 2022
Carol Razo, 81 Sterling, IL
September 21, 1941October 21, 2022
Schilling Funeral Home & Cremation
Thomas Raymond “Ray” Reed, 95 Mount Morris, IL May 9, 1927November 1, 2022
Robert Roath, 64 Dixon, IL
December 30, 1957December 10, 2022 Schilling Funeral Home
Erma Robinson, 89 Sterling, IL
February 18, 1933December 20, 2022 McDonald Funeral Home of Sterling
Dwayne E. Roe, 91 Dixon, IL
January 1, 1931November 8, 2022
Jones Funeral Home
Audie A. Roselieb, 65 Fulton, IL
July 12, 1957November 17, 2022
Loretta Samuel, 93 Mt. Morris, IL April 19, 1929November 25, 2022
Lloyd D. Schultheis Sr., 69 Dixon, IL
August 7, 1953November 25, 2022
Jones Funeral Home
Norden W. Scanlan, 84 Tampico, IL April 2, 1938October 3, 2022
Judith “Judi” Schaver, 81 Fulton, IL April 29, 1941December 22, 2022 Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home
James A. Schiltz, 94 Sterling, IL August 27, 1928October 2, 2022
William “Bill” Schuttler, 78 Sterling, IL
February 5, 1944December 6, 2022 Schilling Funeral Home & Cremation
Lois Seaman, 85 Elgin, IL
November 23, 1936October 1, 2022
Laird Funeral Home
Mario J. Segura, 74 Rock Falls, IL January 11, 1948September 29, 2022
Glenn L. Schmall, 84 Dixon, IL August 3, 1938October 9, 2022
Susan K. Reglin, 70 Sterling, IL
December 9, 1952December 25, 2022
Schilling Funeral Home
Merle Reisenbigler, 83 Morrison, IL
July 10, 1939November 3, 2022
Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home
Richard “Rich” Neil Reul, 78 Dixon, IL
May 27, 1944October 4, 2022
Lisa A. Rosenbalm DeKalb, IL October 15, 2022
Wiley Scott Rosenbalm, 72 DeKalb, IL
November 19, 1950December 3, 2022
Ardith Elaine Ruthe, 96 Dixon, IL December 31, 1925October 22, 2022
Cole Schoeny, 23 Shannon, IL July 25, 1999September 4, 2022
Ronald H. Senn, 88 Amboy, IL
April 13, 1934November 2, 2022
Mihm-Jones Funeral Home
Nancy Jean Shambaugh, 67 Madison, WI
June 3, 1955December 4, 2022 Compassion Cremation
Jeanne Schuetz, 75 Sterling, IL
October 8, 1947December 18, 2022 Schilling Funeral Home & Cremation
Catherine Ann Schuler Silver Spring, IL November 7, 2022
Betty M. Shipman, 98 Milledgeville, IL
March 12, 1924November 4, 2022 McDonald Funeral Home
Francis “Frank” Shippert, 73 Dixon, IL
November 7, 1949November 23, 2022
Jones Funeral Home
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Donald Lee Shuman, 81 Prophetstown, IL
June 23, 1941October 20, 2022
Bosma-Gibson Funeral Home
Philip E. Sinroll, 80 Shelby, NC
December 9, 1941November 5, 2022
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Walter H Smith, 72 Dixon, IL
December 6, 1949October 22, 2022 Stateline Cremations
Anne Snyder, 67 Rock Falls, IL
January 13, 1955November 3, 2022
Kristine K. Stone, 65 Walnut, IL
October 23, 1957December 6, 2022
Lillian Strike, 91 Sterling, IL October 1, 1931November 29, 2022 Schilling Funeral Home & Cremation
Karen L. Temple, 82 Walnut, Formerly of Sterling, IL November 30, 1940December 25, 2022
Betty Jane Terrock, 100 Sterling, IL April 5, 1922December 4, 2022
Barbara A. Sisson, 87 Sterling, IL
January 14, 1935December 14, 2022
McDonald Funeral Home
Leighland “Bob” Slayton, 93 Rock Falls, IL
September 27, 1929November 11, 2022
McDonald Funeral Home
Alvera Smith, 91 Lanark, IL
December 7, 1930October 7, 2022
Jim Speckman, 88 Port Byron, IL
April 18, 1934November 22, 2022
Gibson - Bode Funeral Home, Port Byron
Gennaro “Jim” Spinelli, 81 Hoffman Estates, IL
February 17, 1941December 9, 2022 Mihm-Jones Funeral Home
Charles “Chuck” Staton, 59 Sterling, IL
December 4, 1962October 25, 2022
Schilling Funeral Home
Eldon Stukenberg, 83 Forreston, IL March 8, 1939November 20, 2022
Beverly Swanson, 80 Morrison, IL September 4, 1942October 25, 2022
Margaret Ann (Mueller) Sweeney, 81 Mt. Morris, IL January 22, 1941November 19, 2022
Dolores M. Thomas, 94 Sandy Springs, GA
February 12, 1928September 20, 2022 Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home
Dolores Y. Thompson, 87 Dixon, IL May 23, 1935November 24, 2022
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Lawrence Eugene Thompson, 60 Sterling, IL December 17, 1961October 31, 2022
Carol Lee (Janssen) Smith, 76 Dixon, IL
March 11, 1946December 5, 2022
Jacqueline “Jackie”
Irene Smith, 79 Dixon, IL
November 14, 1943December 16, 2022
Marvin V. Smith, 84 McAllen, TX
March 3, 1938November 10, 2022
Timothy “Tim” Leigh Stauffer, 72 Polo, IL
December 2, 1950December 8, 2022
Lawrence J. Stern, 74 Rockford, IL
September 19, 1948November 25, 2022
Jones Funeral Home
Sally Jane Stevens, 79 Mt Morris, IL
February 8, 1943September 24, 2022 affordable cremation
Robert M. Smith, 64 Oregon, IL
November 8, 1957May 25, 2022
Neil M. Stiver, 94 Walnut, IL May 25, 1928November 26, 2022
TDiana Lea Taft, 75 Dixon, IL January 16, 1947October 3, 2022
Nanette “Nan” (Curley) Talbot, 74 Bettendorf, IA
July 28, 1948December 4, 2022 Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home
Benjamin Leroy Taylor, Sr., 85 Dixon, IL
November 18, 1936October 19, 2022
Milo R. Teller, 73 Dixon, IL
September 28, 1949October 28, 2022 Jones Funeral Home
Rita M. Thompson, 73 Dixon, IL
August 12, 1949December 17, 2022
Robert L. Thompson, 90 Prophetstown, IL June 11, 1932December 8, 2022
Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home
Virginia Lee “Ginny” Thorn, 90 Davis, IL
August 23, 1932November 18, 2022 Walker Mortuary, Freeport
Robert “Bob” Tolley, 85 Dixon, IL
January 24, 1937November 4, 2022
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Donald “Abe” Trent, 86 Dixon, IL
December 18, 1935October 16, 2022
Jones Funeral Home
Wayne Treskon, 60 Morrison, IL
August 20, 1962November 23, 2022
McDonald Funeral Home
Ronald G. Troxtell, 81 Sterling, IL
February 27, 1941September 29, 2022
Jeffry T. Tupper, 55 Rock Falls, IL
July 26, 1967December 11, 2022
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Jeanette Ruth Utz, 84 Dixon, IL
September 5, 1938October 3, 2022
Dorothy Venhuizen, 91 Morrison, IL
November 12, 1930June 1, 2022
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Paul L. VenHuizen, 60 Fulton, IL
July 25, 1962December 14, 2022
Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home
Patrick E. Venier, 63 Dixon, IL
October 2, 1959October 24, 2022
Jones Funeral Home
Agnes Verbout, 93 Sterling, IL
February 20, 1929November 15, 2022
Mary E. Wetzel, 81 Ashton, IL October 29, 1941December 13, 2022
Jeffrey L. Wyatt, 49 Sterling, IL July 15, 1973December 16, 2022 McDonald Funeral Home
Elizabeth H. White, 84 Lena, IL December 3, 1938December 28, 2022
Darlene Ruth Wiebenga, 87 Fulton, IL June 18, 1935September 29, 2022 Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home
Violet Windham, 92 Sterling, IL April 12, 1930December 25, 2022 McDonald Funeral Home
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VDouglas A. Van De Velde, 70 Rock Falls, IL
December 3, 1951November 14, 2022
Donna Jean Van Zuiden, 83 Portland, OR
September 24, 1939December 15, 2022
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Allen J. VanderBusch, 72 Rock Falls, IL
February 19, 1950December 11, 2022
Frank J. Vandermyde, 87 Morrison, IL
October 7, 1935October 21, 2022
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John R. Waller, Sr., 84 Rock Falls, IL November 22, 1937November 6, 2022
Clifton Wise Jr., 84 Sterling, IL May 4, 1938October 28, 2022 Schilling Funeral Home & Cremation
Nancy A. Wolf, 91 Erie, IL August 13, 1931November 7, 2022 Gibson - Bode Funeral Home, Erie
Patricia Ann Nolan Watson, 87 Denver, CO
August 12, 1935November 18, 2022
Lawrence “Larry” E. Weed, 64 Dixon, IL
February 19, 1958October 27, 2022
Lois Mae Wolfe, 99 Walnut, IL September 5, 1923December 8, 2022 Garland Funeral Home
YDorothy Yarger, 91 Cambridge, IL May 19, 1931December 19, 2022 Stackhouse-Moore Funeral & Cremation Services, Cambridge
Shirley J. Yentzer, 88 Amboy, IL April 20, 1934December 5, 2022 Mihm-Jones Funeral Home
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Marylou Zimmerly, 93 Amboy, IL June 19, 1929November 8, 2022 Mihm-Jones Funeral Home
Kurt E. Weinger, 61 Creston, IL
August 25, 1961December 8, 2022
Judith Wolff, 78 Deer Grove, IL August 8, 1944November 10, 2022 McDonald Funeral Home
Betty Jo Wubbena, 88 Forreston, IL April 1, 1934November 13, 2022
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