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 Gazette, Telegraph and saukvalley.com offer a special quarterly feature to commemorate and honor those we have lost.
This edition provides a listing of those who have passed away in January, February and March 2023. Look
June Alber, 86
Sterling, IL
January 11, 1936 -
January 10, 2023
Schilling Funeral Home & Cremation
Alfred “Sonny” Anderson, 83 Rock Falls, IL
June 17, 1939 -
March 11, 2023
Marilyn Anderson, 87 Sterling, IL
September 2, 1935 -
January 7, 2023
McDonald Funeral Home
Keith W. Argraves, 78 Sterling, IL
December 9, 1944 -
January 9, 2023
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Karen Atwell, 82 Walnut, IL
June 24, 1940 -
February 21, 2023
Judith “Judy” A. Aurand, 82 Oregon, IL
June 13, 1940 -
Brandon A. Adams, 35 Russellville, KY
May 9, 1987 -
November 13, 2022
Darlene P. Adolph, 89
Milledgeville, IL
October 3, 1933 -
March 15, 2023
Schilling Funeral Home
Jill Adolph, 47 Rochelle, IL
April 23, 1975 -
March 10, 2023
McDonald Funeral Home
McDonald Funeral Home & Crematory
Bruce E. Anderson, 82 Dixon, IL
November 21, 1940 -
March 7, 2023
Jones Funeral Home
Carrie Anderson, 85 Sterling, IL
July 28, 1937 -
January 12, 2023
Schilling Funeral Home
Lucy Anderson, 94
Sterling, IL
December 12, 1928 -
February 20, 2023
McDonald Funeral Home & Crematory
Michele Ashpole, 60 Tucson, AZ
September 3, 1962 -
March 11, 2023
Bosma-Gibson Funeral Home
Jeanne L. Atherton, 94 Walnut, IL
January 4, 1929 -
February 1, 2023
Garland Funeral Home
Anne Atilano, 95
Sterling, IL
July 26, 1927 -
February 20, 2023
March 21, 2023
Farrell-Holland-Gale Funeral Home
Anthony J. Avila, 35 Sterling, IL
November 23, 1987 -
January 15, 2023
McDonald Funeral Home & Crematory
BJosette E. Bailey, 91 Dixon, IL
December 4, 1931 -
January 26, 2023
Jones Funeral Home
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John L. Baker, 73
Loveland, CO
May 22, 1949 -
March 20, 2023
Jeanne A. Berger, 90
Prophetstown, IL
July 29, 1932 -
March 11, 2023
McDonald Funeral Home & Crematory
Barbara J. (Verdick) Bohnert, 79 Glen Carbon, Formerly of Joliet, IL
January 18, 1944 -
February 7, 2023
Barbara J. Brandau, 84 Walnut, IL
May 23, 1938 -
March 29, 2023
Garland Funeral Home
Jacklin Rose Bales, 73 Rock Falls, IL
March 27, 1949 -
January 13, 2023
Ramona B. Barajas, 76 Sterling, IL
January 8, 1947 -
March 17, 2023
McDonald Funeral Home & Crematory
Brian Paul Barnes, 56 Dixon, IL
October 31, 1966 -
February 26, 2023
Ray G. Berry, 87 Conway, AR
January 27, 1936 -
February 14, 2023
Jo Ann J. Bollivar, 92 Tallahassee, FL
December 14, 1930 -
January 2, 2023
Robert L. Bresson, 93 Compton, IL
November 25, 1929 -
January 26, 2023
Merle Dean “Deaner” Bess, 93 Dixon, IL
July 10, 1929 -
February 25, 2023
Carol A. Bonnell, 78 Sublette, IL
September 23, 1944 -
January 5, 2023
Wasmer Funeral Home
Eugene A. Brinkman, 94 Morrison, IL
April 11, 1928March 25, 2023
Curt Barnes Durand, IL
Norma Bickett, 91 Princeton, IL
February 6, 2023February 6, 2023
Norberg Memorial Home, Inc. & Monuments
Alan E. Bielema, 61 Fulton, IL
September 6, 1960 - January 4, 2022
Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home
Beatrice Anne Boone, 77
Camanche, IA
August 31, 1945 -
February 2, 2023
McDonald Funeral Home & Crematory
Francis “Darlene” Bouchard, 67 Dixon, IL
August 19, 1955 -
March 8, 2023
Debra A. Brockman, 63 Sterling, IL
November 1, 1959March 11, 2023
Robert “Rusty”
Brockwell, 86 Mendota, IL
June 16, 1936 -
March 27, 2023
Mihm-Jones Funeral Home
Sara Batten, 68 Rock Falls, IL
May 6, 1954 -
February 27, 2023
Ronald Karl Duane Bjorklund, 87 Mt. Morris, IL
February 19, 1936 -
February 28, 2023
Terrence L. Batten, 68 Sterling, IL
December 18, 1954 -
January 19, 2023
Larry Edward Blackert, 84 Morrison, IL
March 6, 1938 -
February 23, 2023
Bosma-Gibson Funeral Home
Loren C. Boyd, 58 Rock Falls, IL
January 21, 1965 -
January 23, 2023
McDonald Funeral Home & Crematory
Kenneth Braasch, 77 Tampico, IL
May 17, 1945 -
January 16, 2023
Garland Funeral Home
James ‘Jim’ Robert Battisti, 78 Rockford, IL
December 3, 1944 -
February 13, 2023
David G. Benhart, 66 Rock Falls, IL
November 24, 1956 -
February 18, 2023
Judith D. Blair, 78 Chadwick, IL
October 20, 1944 -
January 10, 2023
McDonald Funeral Home
Linda R. Bohms, 66 Rock Falls, IL
June 30, 1956 -
March 19, 2023
McDonald Funeral Home & Crematory
Marilyn A. Braida, 87
Amboy, IL
March 26, 1935 -
March 6, 2023
Mihm-Jones Funeral Home
Carol Brainerd, 80 Oregon, IL
January 11, 1942 -
January 6, 2023
Schilling Funeral Home & Cremation
Arnold Lyle Brooks, 80 Prophetstown, IL
February 2, 1942 -
January 18, 2023
Bosma-Gibson Funeral Home
Susan ‘Sue’ Elizabeth Jennings Brown, 79 Polo, IL
March 13, 1943February 2, 2023
Jack L. Brunett, 86 Dixon, IL
June 6, 1936March 2, 2023
Glen Brunner, 93
Savanna, IL
April 7, 1929 -
January 3, 2023
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Lawrence J. Bzdon, 81 Rock Falls, IL
March 17, 1941 -
March 15, 2023
Roberta “Bobbi”
Beth Cook, 56
Dixon, IL
October 2, 1966 -
February 25, 2023
Benton Adam
Coulter, 40 Waterman, IL
CDavid Scott Callow, 61 Rockford, IL
February 25, 1962 -
March 19, 2023
Jones Funeral Home
Ralph E. “Moe” Campbell, Jr., 94 Morrison, IL
October 31, 2023 -
January 19, 2023
Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home
Barbara J. Cargill, 89 Ashton, IL
February 23, 1933 -
January 9, 2023
November 20, 1982 -
January 16, 2023
Merikay Cox, 82
Venice, FL
September 10, 1940 -
January 26, 2023
Farley Funeral Home
Ruth Elaine Cramer, 102
Dixon, IL
December 15, 1920 -
February 23, 2023
Jones Funeral Home
Shirley Crawford, 71 Rock Falls, IL
October 15, 1951 -
Betty R. Carroll, 95 Lanark, IL
March 25, 1927 -
December 17, 2022
January 11, 2023
McDonald Funeral Home
Karen J. Crebo, 83 Rock Falls, IL
March 4, 1939 -
Marlo Carroll, 55 Carmel, IN
November 29, 1967 -
March 26, 2023
January 28, 2023
McDonald Funeral Home
Richard Elton Crossley, 61 Rock Falls, IL
Anna Lou Chamberlain, 96 Sterling, IL
December 8, 1926 -
January 4, 2023
Eleanor Chance, 81
Freeport, IL
June 23, 1941 -
January 19, 2023
January 2, 1962 -
March 18, 2023
Jerry L. Dempsey, 63 Dixon, IL
January 6, 1960 -
February 12, 2023
Jones Funeral Home
Cathy L. Dunne, 65
Oregon, IL
December 5, 1957 -
March 6, 2023
Mary Sue Coffin, 80
Lyndon, IL
February 7, 1943 -
March 12, 2023
DCynthia L. Dale, 68
Sterling, IL
June 20, 1954 -
March 2, 2023
Ralph Michael Derby, 76 Forreston, IL
April 27, 1946 -
January 8, 2023
William “Bill” R. Deutsch, 100 Dixon, IL
June 9, 1922 -
November 21, 2022
Preston-Schilling Funeral Home
Verlo DeWall, 81 Rockford, IL
June 22, 1941 -
February 22, 2023
Teresa A. Dunphy, 81 Dixon, IL
November 3, 1941 -
January 3, 2023
Jones Funeral Home
Marilyn J. Dyke, 84 Fulton, IL
June 12, 1938 -
March 1, 2023
Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home
Paul M. Dykstra, 75 Clinton, IA
June 7, 1947 -
February 18, 2023
Wilma DeWeerdt, 89
Fulton, IL
August 31, 1933 -
March 20, 2023
Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home
Miguel Diaz, 52 Rock Falls, IL
October 1, 1970 -
February 7, 2023
McDonald Funeral Home
Deacon James L. Dieterle, 87 Strathmore, CA
August 26, 1935 -
February 15, 2023
Patricia A. Drehmer, 80 Freeport, IL
August 29, 1942 -
March 13, 2023
Jason E. Dziudzek, 36 Elgin, IL
June 16, 1986 -
March 17, 2023
McDonald Funeral Home & Crematory
Joshua Allen Dziudzek, 34 Rock Falls, IL
August 26, 1988 -
March 9, 2023
ERoland “Rollie”
James Ebbers, 87 Morrison, IL
June 26, 1935 -
March 10, 2023
Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home
John W. Ebens, 84 Oregon, IL
January 13, 1939 -
February 6, 2023
Dorothy H. Day, 93
Moline, Illinois, IL
January 8, 1930 -
March 16, 2023
Gibson-Bode Funeral Home
Frederick Howard
Drew, 80 Dixon, IL
May 19, 1942 -
January 16, 2023
Loren W. Ekquist, 89 Sterling, IL
September 16, 1933 -
January 26, 2023
McDonald Funeral Home
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Geraldine (“Gerry”)
Katherine (Smith)
Elfline, 76
Morrison, IL
October 10, 1946 -
February 1, 2023
Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home
Gina M. Ellis, 36 Rock Falls, IL
August 20, 1986 -
January 28, 2023
Bernita M. Forth, 97
Morrison, IL
October 18, 1925 -
March 17, 2023
Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home
Richard “Dick”
Fowler, 79 Sterling, IL
July 8, 1943 -
March 21, 2023
Schilling Funeral Home & Cremation
Patricia L. Gilkey, 71
Sterling, IL
September 9, 1951 -
February 19, 2023
Gary A. Hackbarth, 71
Sterling, IL
December 26, 1951 -
March 5, 2023
McDonald Funeral Home & Crematory
Richard “Rick” Evans, 74 Rock Falls, IL
December 9, 1948 -
January 12, 2023
McDonald Funeral Home & Crematory
Cleon David Eyrich, 98
Prophetstown, IL
November 30, 1924 -
December 29, 2022
Bosma-Gibson Funeral Home
FLillian Farley, 97 Dixon, IL
March 13, 1925 -
December 30, 2022 Jones Funeral Home
Marcia Fields, 76 Sterling, IL
February 23, 1946 -
January 30, 2023
Schilling Funeral Home & Cremation
Lee Charles Fisher, 80
Sterling, IL
October 10, 1942 -
December 27, 2022
Schilling Funeral Home
Lillian Flynn, 96
Kankakee, IL
March 21, 1926 -
March 17, 2023
Charlotte Ann “Pete” Frank, 89 Prophetstown, IL
July 2, 1933 -
January 9, 2023
Bosma-Gibson Funeral Home
Dr. Francis “Frank” L. Friel, 89 Rockford, IL
January 17, 1934 -
January 31, 2023
Fitzgerald Funeral Home & Crematory
GBeth ‘Porky’ Galor, 61 Polo, IL
July 15, 1961 -
February 26, 2023
Leroy Gollnitz, 95 Hooppole, IL
December 9, 1927 -
January 13, 2023
Bosma-Gibson Funeral Home
Judy A. Gonzalez, 74
Sterling, IL
May 13, 1948 -
February 12, 2023
Justin Richard Halverson, 41 Traverse City, MI
April 4, 1981 -
January 18, 2023
Mitchell S. Hamilton, 58 Rock Falls, IL
February 25, 1964 -
January 6, 2023
McDonald Funeral Home
Irene Blanche Fogel, 100
Milledgeville, IL
June 19, 1922 -
February 10, 2023
Ursula M. Gassner, 55 Lasalle, IL
June 26, 1967 -
January 1, 2023
Gary G. Gornik, 69 Dixon, IL
February 23, 1959 -
January 22, 2023
Jones Funeral Home
Willard Lewis
Gould, 97
Fulton, IL
March 10, 1926 -
March 19, 2023
Laurie L. Griggs, 48
Rock Falls, IL
July 16, 1974 -
January 1, 2023
McDonald Funeral Home
Judith Gruber, 81 Marion, IA
April 17, 1941 -
Mabel Joanne
Gerken, 88
Rockford, IL
April 14, 1934 -
February 5, 2023
McDonald Funeral Home
Kenneth L. Giese, 94
Oregon, IL
March 7, 1928 -
January 26, 2023
Farrell-HollandGale Funeral Home in Oregon, IL
Willard “Bill” L. Gilbert Jr, 84
Polo, IL
October 24, 1938 -
March 1, 2023
Polo Family Funeral Home
March 2, 2023
Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Service
Teia Ann Gunn, 42
Oregon, IL
February 27, 1980 -
December 24, 2022 H
Evelyn H. Haas, 94
Morrison, IL
January 1, 1929 -
February 19, 2023
Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home
Mark Hamstra, 64 Sterling, IL
September 9, 1958January 16, 2023
Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home
Ruth Gervase Hansen, 88 Walnut, IL
February 10, 1934February 9, 2023
Jeanette Arlene (Long) Hart, 85 Dixon, IL
December 11, 1937March 14, 2023
C.E.
Hartman, 78 Morrison, IL
April 26, 1944 -
December 31, 2022
Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home
Roger D. Hartman Oregon, IL
Charlene Harvey, 67 Ashton, IL
April 18, 1955 -
February 25, 2023
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“Nip”
Donna M. Hazlip, 85 Freeport, IL
October 2, 1937 -
January 4, 2023
Dawn Marie Hooper, 47
Sterling, IL
December 22, 1975 -
March 8, 2023
McDonald Funeral Home
Donald “Don”
Kevin Heald, 69 Sterling, IL
April 24, 1953 -
March 13, 2023
Schilling Funeral Home & Cremation
Lorraine Heckman, 98 Dixon, IL
November 29, 1924 -
January 9, 2023
Jones Funeral Home
Raymond Walter Heilener Germantown, TN
February 15, 2023
Robert Hose, 90 Dixon, IL
February 24, 1932 -
February 11, 2023
Michael Hoyle, 72
Sterling, IL
May 9, 1950 -
January 18, 2023
William ‘Bill’ Janssen, 86 Haymarket, VA
April 19, 1936 -
January 16, 2023
Karin Jensen, 80 Walnut, IL
July 2, 1942 -
February 13, 2023
Grant-Johnson Funeral Home
Henry A. John, 96 Sterling, IL
June 8, 1926 -
March 23, 2023
Schilling Funeral Home
Clarence A. “Clink” Kettler, 93 Clinton, IA
December 17, 1929 -
December 27, 2022
Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home
Gayle L. Kibble, 69 Dixon, IL
July 9, 1953 -
February 13, 2023
Richard E. “Dick” Helfrich Sr., 82 Dixon, IL
October 28, 1940 -
February 26, 2023
Jones Funeral Home
Michael Joseph Hill, 77 Rock Falls, IL
December 1, 1945 -
December 23, 2022
Schilling Funeral Home
Valerie A. Hill Sterling, IL
February 2, 2023
Geraldine Huizenga, 95 Morrison, IL
September 3, 1927 -
March 20, 2023
Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home
Carla Rae Humphreys, 73 Polo, IL
September 12, 1949 -
February 24, 2023
DeWayne A. Hussong, 89 Rock Falls, IL
June 28, 1933 -
January 25, 2023
McDonald Funeral Home & Crematory
William “Bill” Hyrkas, 75 Hillsdale, IL
August 23, 1947 -
February 3, 2023
Gibson - Bode Funeral Home, Port Byron
Dorene F. Johnson, 81 Dixon, IL
August 13, 1941 -
January 8, 2023
Jones Funeral Home
Frances Johnson, 99 Sterling, IL
March 20, 1923 -
January 16, 2023
Schilling Funeral Home & Cremation
Lloyd L. Johnson, 96 Rock Falls, IL
November 22, 1926 -
January 11, 2023
Garland Funeral Home
Alex Juist, 30 Fulton, IL
March 21, 1992 -
February 8, 2023
Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home
Karen Kinnett, 79 Dixon, IL
April 9, 1943 -
February 10, 2023
Norberg Memorial Home, Inc. & Monuments
Louise Klooster, 88
Camanche, IA
October 18, 1934 -
February 10, 2023
Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home
Charles L. “Boots” Knapp, 89
Port Byron, IL
August 17, 1933 -
February 25, 2023
Geraldine L. “Deanie” Kophamer, 89
Morrison, IL
March 17, 1933 -
February 23, 2023
Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home
LeRoy E. Kreger, Sr., 88
Dixon, IL
December 7, 1934 -
March 2, 2023
Gary Hinrichs, 73 Prophetstown, IL
December 10, 2022
Schilling Funeral Home & Cremation
Linda L. Holt, 75 Naperville, IL
May 25, 1947 -
January 24, 2023
JRalph Jacobs, 91 Sterling, IL
August 16, 1931 -
March 19, 2023
Schilling Funeral Home & Cremation
Roger Jacobs, 65 Chadwick, IL
April 18, 1957 -
February 21, 2023
KSue Ann Karlsson, 76 Dixon, IL
December 6, 1946 -
March 7, 2023
Sylvia Rita Krummel, 82 Rock Falls, IL
April 23, 1940 -
February 4, 2023
Schilling Funeral Home
Sharon C. ‘Cathy’ Karrick, 72
Rochelle, IL
October 3, 1950 -
February 17, 2023
Lorraine Kunde, 87
Sterling, IL
February 26, 1935 -
January 29, 2023
Schilling Funeral Home
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Marvin A. Kunde, 83 Oregon, IL
June 24, 1939 -
January 26, 2023
Finch Funeral Home
LRobert “Bob”
Charles Laidig, 79 Dixon, IL
December 19, 1943 -
March 12, 2023
Richard “Dick” Lamm, 78 Freeport, IL
June 30, 1944 -
January 4, 2023
Judith K. Landherr, 82 Rock Falls, IL
March 5, 1938 -
February 12, 2021
Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home
Edward “Buster”
A. Lane, Jr., 64 Dixon, IL
January 1, 1959 -
January 28, 2023
Jane F. Lawler, 98
Sterling, IL
August 13, 1924 -
March 20, 2023
Paul Lindstrom, 82
Polo, IL
August 8, 1940 -
January 1, 2023
Schilling Funeral Home & Cremation
Clayton Linscheid, 89
Sterling, IL
May 20, 1933January 30, 2023
Schilling Funeral Home & Cremation
Rosemary “Rosie”
Liston, 94
Amboy, IL
August 9, 1928 -
February 22, 2023
Mihm-Jones Funeral Home
Robert Dean Ludden, 93
Van Nuys (Los Angeles), CA
July 5, 1929 -
December 30, 2022
David Edwards Lutyens, 84
Dixon, IL
September 10, 1938 -
March 2, 2023
Dr. Charles R. Lyon Md, 62
Sterling, IL
July 23, 1960 -
March 7, 2023
Eduardo Marquez, 65
Sterling, IL
February 10, 1958 -
March 4, 2023
Robert L. McConnell, 93 Dixon, IL
June 18, 1929February 17, 2023
Robert Lee Marsh, 76
Sterling, IL
April 6, 1946 -
January 10, 2023
John J. McCoy, 86 Hampton, IL
November 26, 1936January 7, 2023
Gibson - Bode Funeral Home, Port Byron
Carla A. Martens, 69
Erie, IL
March 28, 1953 -
March 10, 2023
Gibson - Bode Funeral Home
Barbara A. Martin, 83 Dixon, IL
July 7, 1939 -
February 27, 2023 Jones Funeral Home
Ellen Marie (Ulrich)
Martin, 79 Tampico, IL
August 4, 1943 -
January 11, 2023
Deborah Patricia Martino, 65 Dixon, IL
October 1, 1957 -
February 22, 2023
Allen Clark McDearmon, 89 Morrison, IL
April 17, 1933January 1, 2023
LuAnn M. McDivitt, 56 Prophetstown, IL August 8, 1966February 24, 2023
Bosma-Gibson Funeral Home
Clarise A. McGinn, 94 Sterling, IL
August 7, 1928January 6, 2023
Phyllis R. Leach, 71 Rock Falls, IL
July 31, 1951 -
March 19, 2023
McDonald Funeral Home
Carol A. Leal, 79
Morrison, IL
January 5, 1944 -
January 6, 2023
Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home
Antonio Arnulfo
Francisco Lerma, 47
Sterling, IL
December 2, 1975 -
December 27, 2022
Schilling Funeral Home
MTilda “Tillie” M. MacRunnels, 73
Dixon, IL
February 9, 1950February 18, 2023
Gary L. Mallo, 87 Grand Detour, IL
November 18, 1935January 13, 2023
Jones Funeral Home
Barbara G. Mammosser, 77
Sterling, IL
August 6, 1945 -
February 25, 2023
John Mason, 81 Hinckley, IL
April 30, 1941 -
January 3, 2023
Craig E. McGuire, 83 Polo, IL
July 4, 1939January 8, 2023
Polo Family Funeral Home
Wanda McKnight, 87 Sterling, IL
February 4, 1936February 28, 2023
McDonald Funeral Home & Crematory
Ernest Wayne McCallister
Mesa, AZ
December 25, 2022
Robert E. McCombs, 74
Rock Falls, IL
May 30, 1948 -
March 17, 2023
McDonald Funeral Home & Crematory
Delmar D. McNinch, 88 Rock Falls, IL April 13, 1934January 14, 2023
Dustin A. McNinch, 34 Sterling, IL August 30, 1988March 19, 2023
McDonald Funeral Home & Crematory
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Kenneth Ray “Kenny”
Meinsma Sr., 79 Morrison, IL
October 21, 1943 -
January 7, 2023
Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home
Larry W. Mewhirter, 79 Rock Falls, IL
October 22, 1943 -
March 1, 2023
McDonald Funeral Home & Crematory
Larry J. “LJ” Meyers Lake Carroll, IL
Joaquina Alvarado
Morales, 97
Sterling, IL
August 15, 1925 -
December 27, 2022
Alice Kathleen Morris, 86 Amboy, IL
July 11, 1936 -
February 24, 2023
David Lawrence Mosinski
Wilton, IA
January 8, 2023
Lorraine J.”Punky”
Norman, 94 Des Plaines, IL
December 27, 1928 -
January 11, 2023
Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home
OPaul Edward O’Neal, 64
Lone Rock, WI
March 13, 1958 -
March 9, 2023
Clary Memorial
Crecencia Olalde, 86
Sterling, IL
March 15, 1937 -
March 17, 2023
McDonald Funeral Home & Crematory
Alice B. Ports, 83
Sterling, IL
April 15, 1939 -
February 6, 2023
Diane M. “Punk”
Powers, 63 Amboy, IL
August 17, 1959 -
February 4, 2023
Mihm-Jones
Funeral Home
Joyce Irene
Preston, 87
Sterling, IL
October 23, 1935 -
December 27, 2022
Schilling Funeral Home
Ruth Ann Pullen, 88
Kelly Sue Miller, 56 Sterling, IL
July 27, 1966 -
March 1, 2023
Lorraine Mundt, 94 Rock Falls, IL
December 10, 1928 -
January 7, 2023
Schilling Funeral Home & Cremation
Penny M. Murray, 73 Rock Falls, IL
Jo Anne Mills, 76
Sterling, IL
May 20, 1946 -
January 15, 2023
November 17, 1949 -
January 20, 2023
Richard A. Minssen, 79 Prophetstown, IL
October 31, 1943 -
January 9, 2023
Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home
Jean Mitchell, 92 Tampico, IL
March 12, 1930 -
February 27, 2023
Garland Funeral Home
Steven E. Moeller, 67
Sterling, IL
January 3, 1956 -
January 8, 2023
Larry D. Myers, 70 Rockford, Formerly of Polo, IL
December 16, 1952February 5, 2023
Kenneth E. Oller, 96
Sterling, IL
February 15, 1927 -
March 6, 2023
McDonald Funeral Home & Crematory
Sarah E. Orrender, 90
Sterling, IL
March 13, 1932 -
February 1, 2023
McDonald Funeral Home & Crematory
Peggy Oval, 68 Dixon, IL
May 11, 1954 -
January 11, 2023
Schilling Funeral Home & Cremation
Sterling, IL
February 26, 1935 -
March 3, 2023
QDaniel C. Quick, 67
Tucson, AZ
February 5, 1956 -
February 24, 2023
RJim L. Rakestraw
Plattsburg, MO
March 4, 2023
NJean Ellen Neisewander, 87 San Diego, CA
August 30, 1935 -
December 25, 2022
Mary Eileen Noble, 83 Dixon, IL
January 1, 1940 -
March 20, 2023
Jones Funeral Home
PJohn L. Persona, 89 Sterling, IL
February 7, 1934 -
March 7, 2023
McDonald Funeral Home
Sabrina D. Peterson, 55
Prophetstown, IL
March 30, 1967 -
January 30, 2023
Shirley E. Raney, 80 Dekalb, IL
September 14, 1942 -
March 13, 2023
Dennis Gene Reglin, 73 Dixon, IL
February 10, 1950 -
March 12, 2023
Gordon Mool, 82 Amboy, IL
January 26, 1940 -
January 17, 2023
Schilling Funeral Home & Cremation
Glenn Norman, 91
Tampico, IL
December 5, 1931 -
January 20, 2023
McDonald Funeral Home
Theodore Pierce, Jr., 97
Freeport, IL
April 8, 1925 -
January 11, 2023
Linda Kay Reiling, 83
Austin, TX
June 14, 1939 -
January 30, 2023
Gibson-Bode Funeral Home
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Virginia Ann (Tudy) Reilly, 76
Wilmington, NC
May 30, 1946 -
January 29, 2023
Marvin Edward Remrey, 89 Reynolds, IA
December 28, 1933 -
January 7, 2023
David A. Reubin, 71 Dixon, IL
August 27, 1951 -
January 2, 2023
Raul Salgado, 48
Rock Falls, IL
April 27, 1974 -
March 16, 2023
Blake A. Schwarz, 26
Chadwick, IL
August 14, 1996 -
March 24, 2023
Beulah L. Sanders, 88 Sterling, IL
May 3, 1934 -
January 29, 2023
Charles “Jerry” Schwingel
Polo, IL
December 28, 2022
Polo Family Funeral Home
William J. Sheridan, 93 Dixon, IL
February 10, 1929 -
January 6, 2023
Jones Funeral Home
Arvilla M. Siddens, 96 Sterling, IL
November 1, 1926January 21, 2023
Polo Family Funeral Home
Antoinette F. Richter, 84
Sterling, IL
July 28, 1938 -
March 14, 2023
McDonald Funeral Home & Crematory
Fred J. Robillard, 98 Walton, NY
February 16, 1925 -
February 19, 2023
John Richard Saville, 75
Dixon, IL
March 24, 1947 -
February 15, 2023
William M. Schalck, 57 Dixon, IL
November 20, 1965 -
February 26, 2023
Mihm-Jones Funeral Home
Carolyn June Hilliard Scharfenberg, 75 Sterling, IL
November 26, 1947 -
February 20, 2023
Robert Scott, 99
Milan, IL
September 16, 1923 -
January 10, 2023
Wheelan Pressly Funeral Home and Crematory
June E. Scudder, 82
Morrison, IL
June 13, 1940 -
January 12, 2023
Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home
Gary A. Searl, 51
Aubrey, TX
January 13, 1971 -
January 2, 2023
Patricia Simester, 79 Rock Falls, IL
February 17, 1943February 1, 2023
Schilling Funeral Home & Cremation
Larry W. Smith, 78 Lyndon, IL November 4, 1944March 24, 2023
Margaret ‘Peggy’ Robillard, 94 Cooperstown, NY
March 14, 1928 -
May 2, 2022
Charles Ross Savanna, IL
Duane Scholl, 72 Polo, IL
December 16, 1950 -
January 14, 2023
Schilling Funeral Home
Patricia Rea Schuchard, 76
Sterling, IL
November 29, 1946 -
December 24, 2022
Kim Sefton, 76
Sterling, IL
November 25, 1946 -
January 6, 2023
McDonald Funeral Home
Mary L. Sensenig, 74
Amboy, IL
December 4, 1948 -
January 1, 2023
Marilyn S. Smith, 79 Dixon, IL
February 21, 1943February 4, 2023
Jones Funeral Home
Jack E. Snow, 83 Springfield, MO August 20, 1939February 21, 2023
Frances “Fran”
Eileen Rozek, 77 Erie, IL
June 28, 1945 -
February 13, 2023
Mary Anna Ryan, 72 Dixon, IL
March 16, 1950 -
February 8, 2023
Kraeer Funeral Home and Cremation Center
Kyle R. Schultz, 27
Sterling, IL
May 14, 1995 -
February 20, 2023
McDonald Funeral Home & Crematory
Donald L. Schultz, II, 34
Rock Falls, IL
March 24, 1988 -
February 23, 2023
McDonald Funeral Home
Mihm-Jones Funeral Home
Luella Ruth Sheffler, 96
Sterling, IL
June 24, 1926 -
January 19, 2023
McDonald Funeral Home
Brock Shelley, 78
Sterling, IL
August 3, 1944 -
March 18, 2023
Schilling Funeral Home & Cremation
D. George Snyder, 83 Morrison, IL
July 27, 1939March 19, 2023
Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home
Harry “Butch” Snyder, 80 Rock Falls, IL September 19, 1942February 9, 2023
Patricia M. Snyder, 85 Geneseo, IL
December 14, 1937 -
January 14, 2023
Bosma-Gibson Funeral Home
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Sarah Snyder, 47 Sterling, IL
May 15, 1975 -
March 17, 2023
McDonald Funeral Home & Crematory
David L. Spaine, 80 Polo, IL
November 2, 1942February 21, 2023
Richard ‘Dick’ Spink, 88 Glen, MS
November 28, 1934 -
January 8, 2023
Karla Rae Stallings, 71 Dixon, IL
March 18, 1951 -
February 11, 2023
Lavern W. Stamm, 84
Shannon, IL
January 2, 1939 -
February 15, 2023
Sheri Renè
Stevens, 60
Albany, IL
September 3, 1962 -
January 13, 2023
Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home
Mary L. Stewart, 90
Morrison, IL
July 8, 1932 -
March 6, 2023
Robert “Bob” W. Tiesman, 85 Morrison, IL
March 27, 1937 -
January 27, 2023
Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home
James “Jim” Elva Toms, 92 Dixon, IL
October 2, 1930 -
March 18, 2023
John Michael Underwood, 76 Sterling, IL
September 17, 1946 -
February 22, 2023
McDonald Funeral Home
VPatricia Ann Van Coillie, 78
Sterling, IL
June 14, 1944 -
January 13, 2023
James Sayles
Stanley, 85 Willowbrook, IL
June 27, 1937 -
December 21, 2022
Adolf Funeral Home and Cremation Services
Dean R. “Dyno Dean”
Stephenitch, 68
Sublette, IL
October 8, 1954 -
February 26, 2023
Mihm-Jones Funeral Home
Charlotte Stern, 77 Rockford, IL
March 12, 1945 -
January 24, 2023
Schilling Funeral Home & Cremation
Darlene Kay (Saunders)
Stevens, 82
Buncombe, IL
June 1, 1940 -
February 21, 2023
Terry Lee Sturtevant, 71
Sterling, IL
October 5, 1951 -
January 3, 2023
McDonald Funeral Home
Dale Sugars, 78
Sterling, IL
March 11, 1944 -
February 11, 2023
Schilling Funeral Home & Cremation
Betty Lucille (Ebersole) Sutter, 94
Sun City, AZ
January 16, 1928 -
November 12, 2022
Maurice Sweitzer, 83
Sterling, IL
November 20, 1939 -
January 21, 2023
McDonald Funeral Home & Crematory
THelga Marion
Ternetti, 92
Rock Falls, IL
April 23, 1930 -
February 8, 2023
McDonald Funeral Home
Charles Pete Thiakos, 89
Geneseo, IL
September 11, 1933 -
January 9, 2023
Delana Sue Tieken, 62 Dixon, IL
September 12, 1960 -
January 31, 2023
LeRoy E. Toms, 98 Polo, IL
June 19, 1924 -
March 8, 2023
John H. Varju, 74 Dixon, IL
February 27, 1948 -
February 1, 2023
Jones Funeral Home
Robert A. Toms Sr., 90 Dixon, IL
July 10, 1932 -
March 6, 2023
Polo Family Funeral Home
Kaye A. Truesdell, 78 Rock Falls, IL
October 12, 1944 -
March 1, 2023
McDonald Funeral Home & Crematory
Joan Coral Tuft, 82 Sterling, IL
August 21, 1940 -
December 29, 2022
Gerald D. Turner, 85 Lanark, IL
September 2, 1937 -
March 26, 2023
Thomas E. Villiger, 84 Easley, SC
January 23, 1938 -
January 4, 2023
Jones Funeral Home
Jody B. Vroman, 76 Hillsdale, IL
November 2, 1946 -
December 28, 2022
Gibson - Bode Funeral Home, Port Byron
WLinda L. Wagner, 75 Rock Falls, IL
July 20, 1947 -
January 13, 2023
McDonald Funeral Home
Mary J. Wagner, 79 Dixon, IL
September 13, 1943 -
March 9, 2023
Jones Funeral Home
UJune E. Ufkin, 90 Morrison, IL
October 16, 1932 -
March 15, 2023
McDonald Funeral Home & Crematory
Carla Ullrich, 57 Loretto, KY
December 11, 1965 -
February 13, 2023
Marilou Wasilewski, 80
Springfield, IL
October 9, 1942 -
January 30, 2023
Allan Jay Weber, 82 Rock Falls, IL
May 5, 1940 -
February 14, 2023
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