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 April, May and June 2023. Look
Richard Lavern Appelquist, 94 Franklin Grove, IL
April 19, 1929 -
June 20, 2023
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Remembering
Diana L. Anderson, 74 Deer Grove, IL
April 5, 1949 -
June 17, 2023
Garland Funeral Home
Kathleen M. Anderson, 69 Rockford, IL
October 23, 1953 -
May 6, 2023
McDonald Funeral Home
Keith “Andy” Anderson, 83
Forreston, IL
May 10, 1939 -
May 4, 2023
David P. Apple, 89 Rock Falls, IL
February 27, 1934 -
May 14, 2023
McDonald Funeral Home Michele Lee Ashpole, 60 Tucson, AZ
September 3, 1962 -
March 11, 2023
Bosma-Gibson Funeral Home
DeWayne Aude, 75 Chadwick, IL
February 8, 1948 -
May 11, 2023
Baudelio P. “Lal” Baeza, 93 Sterling, IL
May 19, 1929 -
April 21, 2023
McDonald Funeral Home
Merrill J. “Mugs” Baeza, 95 Sterling, IL
September 13, 1927 -
May 12, 2023
McDonald Funeral Home & Crematory
Charles Arthur ‘Chuck’ Ballard, 91 Dixon, IL
November 11, 1931 -
April 14, 2023
Lenora ‘Lee’ Barker, 98 Roseburg, OR
October 18, 1924 -
May 16, 2023
Marilyn J. Barnes, 91
Amboy, IL
November 9, 1931 -
June 21, 2023
Mihm-Jones Funeral Home
Irene J. Barton, 93 Sterling, IL
October 21, 1929 -
June 27, 2023
McDonald Funeral Home
Gary Bechtel, 80 Morrison, IL
July 8, 1942 -
May 4, 2023
Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home
Dennis Robert Becker, 83 Morrison, IL
February 29, 1940 -
May 15, 2023
Schilling Funeral Home
Carol L. Beers, 76 Polo, IL
December 26, 1946May 20, 2023
Polo Family Funeral Home
Paul F. “Ladd”
Behan, Jr., 69 Oregon, IL
August 19, 1953 -
May 16, 2023
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Caryl G. Behrens, 92
Walnut, IL
October 12, 1930 -
June 18, 2023
Leona Kay Beyer, 78
Forreston, IL
July 18, 1944 -
April 5, 2023
Richard “Elmer”
Bowser, 88
Dixon, IL
May 19, 1934 -
March 20, 2023
Polo Family Funeral Home
Roger H Brown Jr., 88 Dixon, IL
September 2, 1934April 2, 2023
Jones Funeral Home
Delight Bellini, 100 Dixon, IL
March 2, 1923 -
April 17, 2023
John “Jack” Irvin Birkholz Jr., 81 German Valley, IL
January 8, 1942 -
March 24, 2023
Robert ‘Bob’ Noel Bennett, 83 Mt. Morris, IL
February 19, 1940 -
June 8, 2023
Keith W. “Bill”
Benson, 98
Sterling, IL
October 19, 1924 -
April 17, 2023
Schilling Funeral Home
Patricia “Pat”
Benson, 94
Sterling, IL
March 30, 1926 -
November 22, 2020
Schilling Funeral Home
Emily Berg, 97 Dixon, IL
December 17, 1925 -
May 5, 2023
Jones Funeral Home
Donna Berry, 89 Sterling, IL
April 20, 1934 -
May 26, 2023
McDonald Funeral Home
Sally Lee Beswick, 87
Lewisville, TX
September 24, 1935 -
April 15, 2023
Jill Bishop, 71
Oregon, IL
January 9, 1952 -
April 29, 2023
Schilling Funeral Home
Terry R. Bishop, 92 Dixon, IL
April 3, 1930 -
March 30, 2023
Jones Funeral Home
Karter Jacob Blackert
Walnut, IL
May 18, 2023Bosma-Gibson Funeral Home
Jason Ryan Bolin, 38 Wyanet, IL
February 27, 1985 -
April 3, 2023
Daniel James Boyle, 70
Wyanet, IL
March 8, 1953 -
June 9, 2023
Gerald R. Brackemyer, 76
Morrison, IL
February 2, 1947 -
April 22, 2023
Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home
Karen Jean Brall, 57
Sterling, IL
February 6, 1966 -
June 1, 2023
Carol M. Brucker, 92 Sterling, IL May 31, 1930March 13, 2023
Schilling Funeral Home
Betty J. Brunner, 91 Oregon, IL
August 4, 1931May 23, 2023
Farrell Holland Gale ~ Oregon
Mary L. Bryant, 87 Sterling, IL
September 2, 1935April 3, 2023
Robert “Bob”
Lee Brewer, 88 Sterling, IL
August 13, 1934 -
March 27, 2023
Kenneth Burden, 80 Phoenix, AZ
October 30, 1942March 19, 2023
Kelley Lynn Brooks, 47 Dixon, IL
March 26, 1976 -
April 8, 2023
Robert E. Bowers, 82 Racine, WI
July 8, 1940 -
June 24, 2023
John T. Brophy, 85 Davenport, IA
March 12, 1938 -
April 25, 2023
F. Marie Burkhardt, 96 Clinton, IA
December 1, 1926April 19, 2023
Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home
Andrew “Andy” Bush, 35 Morrison, IL
October 19, 1987April 6, 2023
Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home
Michael “Mike”
L. Bowlin, 67 Polo, IL
September 11, 1955 -
May 14, 2023
Polo Family Funeral Home
Bessie M. Brown, 98 Tampico, IL
June 20, 1924 -
May 30, 2023
Garland Funeral Home
Wayne Edward Bettner, 89
Paw Paw, IL
June 15, 1933 -
May 30, 2023
Evelyn J. Bowman, 91
Mt. Morris, IL
August 24, 1931 -
April 14, 2023
Polo Family Funeral Home
William R. “Bill” Brown, 85 Rock Falls, IL
January 28, 1938 -
May 29, 2023
McDonald Funeral Home & Crematory
CJudith A. Cain, 81 Rock Falls, IL
February 19, 1942June 20, 2023
McDonald Funeral Home & Crematory
Carolyn K. Campbell, 76 Peoria, IL
February 22, 1947 -
May 30, 2023
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Ernest Carroll, 78 Morrison, IL
February 15, 1945 -
April 3, 2023
McDonald Funeral Home & Crematory
Roger Cavan, 87 West Brooklyn, IL
April 4, 1936 -
April 29, 2023
Merritt Funeral Home
Jeffrey E. Cedro, 57 Sterling, IL
October 16, 1965 -
May 29, 2023
McDonald Funeral Home & Crematory
Kimberly Champion, 63 Sterling, IL
November 8, 1959 -
April 24, 2023
McDonald Funeral Home & Crematory
David H. Clark, 68 Eaton, CO
January 7, 1955 -
April 18, 2023
Garland Funeral Home
Mark A. Clarkson, 67 Fulton, IL
September 19, 1955May 19, 2023
Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home
Betty Jane Colberg, 74 Fairfield Bay, AR
July 25, 1948 -
May 6, 2023
Andrew Wesley Cox, Sr, 85 Rock Falls, IL
May 7, 1937April 5, 2023
Anna I. Curtis, 89 Winter Haven, FL November 16, 1933April 11, 2023
Kathleen “Kathy” Sue (Wikoff) DeWitt, 76 North Mankato, MN
October 4, 1946 -
May 28, 2023
Bryan P. Dickinson, 50 Rock Falls, IL
September 4, 1972 -
May 18, 2023
McDonald Funeral Home
Alice Diehl, 97 Buffalo, WY
Mardelle Dykstra, 86
Fulton, IL
July 22, 1936 -
April 30, 2023
McDonald Funeral Home & Crematory
DCharles M. Danek, 81 Dixon, IL
September 11, 1941March 29, 2023
Jones Funeral Home
Vicky De Neve, 75 Prophetstown, IL
February 4, 1948 -
May 31, 2023
Bosma-Gibson Funeral Home
William Joseph De Puy, 63 Legend Lake, WI
August 23, 1959 -
December 24, 2022
Richard J. Denny, 67 Rock Falls, IL
July 24, 1955 -
June 11, 2023
June 13, 1925 -
May 17, 2023
EDonald R. Earhart, 93 Hillsdale, IL
October 16, 1929 -
May 10, 2023
Gibson - Bode Funeral Home, Port Byron
Anna Mae Ebenezer, 83 Rock Falls, IL
April 7, 1940May 3, 2023
David D. Dietz, 61 Walnut, IL
October 1, 1961 -
June 26, 2023
David R. Edmunds, 64 Dixon, IL
August 16, 1958April 20, 2023
Henry S. Dixon, 88 Dixon, IL
May 19, 1934 -
April 19, 2023
Jones Funeral Home
Cynthia M. Engle, 52 Dixon, IL
August 17, 1970 -
April 29, 2023
Jones Funeral Home
William C. Denny, 87 Rock Falls, IL
April 28, 1936 -
June 27, 2023
James David Drummet, 72 Prophetstown, IL
August 3, 1950 -
May 26, 2023
McDonald Funeral Home & Crematory
Nancy K. Duden, 85 Sterling, IL
March 7, 1938 -
May 26, 2023
Schilling Funeral Home
Alejandro “Alex” Estrada, 67 Pontiac, IL
January 15, 1956May 9, 2023
David Etheridge, 83 Ohio, IL
June 23, 1939 -
April 10, 2023
Garland Funeral Home, Walnut
Donald Floyd Evens, 64
Edward L. Cover, 81 Amboy, IL
October 4, 1941April 30, 2023
Charlotte M. Detorrice, 87 Rock Falls, IL
September 24, 1935 -
April 29, 2023
McDonald Funeral Home & Crematory
Agnes H. Dunkel, 97 Dixon, IL
December 1, 1925 -
June 21, 2023
Hiawatha, IA
November 27, 1958 -
April 10, 2023
Thomas R. Cox, 78 Dixon, IL
May 30, 1944 -
April 23, 2023
Lloyd V. DeVries, 102 Shannon, IL
September 23, 1920 -
June 6, 2023
Beverley Jean (Shada) Duryea, 88
Dixon, IL
February 10, 1935 -
April 18, 2023
Jones Funeral Home
FMichael D. Feldthouse, 74 Sterling, IL
January 18, 1949 -
June 13, 2023
McDonald Funeral Home & Crematory
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Eugene Fifielski, 91
Dixon, IL
April 29, 1931 -
April 16, 2023
Jones Funeral Home
Victoria Elizabeth Finfrock, 78 Mt. Morris, IL
March 6, 1945 -
June 21, 2023
Sally R. Fuller, 81
Polo, IL
September 29, 1941 -
June 8, 2023
Polo Family Funeral Home
Dennis P. Fulrath, 76 Rock Falls, IL
March 6, 1947April 2, 2023
Phyllis Elaine (Rasmussen)
Gillihan, 82
Yakima, WA
January 31, 1941 -
May 15, 2023
Patricia “Pat” Godfrey, 76 Hillsdale, IL
June 26, 1946 -
April 30, 2023
Gibson - Bode Funeral Home, Port Byron
Steven “Steve”
Eugene Grobe, 67 Polo, IL
March 11, 1956 -
June 11, 2023
Bonnie J. Groharing, 77 Rock Falls, IL
July 28, 1945 -
April 15, 2023
Jean Finkbeiner, 73 Polo, IL
December 29, 1949 -
June 13, 2023
Schilling Funeral Home & Cremation
Kimberly K. Finnicum, 60 Rock Falls, IL
May 30, 1963 -
June 18, 2023
Phillip Clark Fischbach, 73
Sterling, IL
March 27, 1949 -
February 11, 2023
Schilling Funeral Home
Albert A. “Sparky” Forster, 74 Morrison, IL
May 22, 1948 -
April 25, 2023
Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home
Robert L. Frankfather, 90
Sterling, IL
September 18, 1932 -
April 2, 2023
Clara Bell “Bobbie” Franks, 92
Sterling, IL
September 28, 1930 -
June 14, 2023
Gary D. Frantz, 83 Erie, IL
November 2, 1939 -
June 1, 2023
Gibson - Bode Funeral Home, Erie
GArlo (Gally) E. Gallentine, 86 Salem, IL
July 31, 1936 -
June 18, 2023
Elizabeth Diane (nee Hager) Gazzolo, 48
Riverside, IL
November 9, 1974 -
May 23, 2023
Barbara A. Gehant, 85 Mendota, IL
March 26, 1938 -
April 2, 2023
Wasmer Funeral Home
Edward C. Giese, 80 Oregon, IL
January 24, 1943 -
June 13, 2023
Gail Gonigam, 88
Dixon, IL
November 25, 1934 -
April 18, 2023
Garland Funeral Home
Charles ‘Skip’ Gooch, 76 Oregon, IL
January 22, 1947 -
May 4, 2023
Jason A. Graham, 31
Morrison, IL
October 22, 1991 -
March 16, 2023
Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home
Grace J. Green, 94
Morrison, IL
February 21, 1929 -
May 12, 2023
Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home
Shirley J. Gregory, 87
Anita M. Gilbert, 79
Sterling, IL
April 4, 1946 -
June 25, 2023
McDonald Funeral Home & Crematory
Carl A. Gilbert, 95 Dixon, IL
September 3, 1927 -
April 12, 2023
Milledgeville, IL
December 23, 1935 -
April 23, 2023
Kenneth Edward Guentert, 74 Portland, ME
October 6, 1948 -
December 25, 2022
Portland Jewish Funeral Home
HSharon L. Hackbarth, 85 Sterling, IL
April 16, 1938 -
April 26, 2023
Brian E. Haenni, 69 Sterling, IL
February 24, 1954April 21, 2023
McDonald Funeral Home & Crematory
Thomas Nile Hager, 83 Sterling, IL
February 5, 1940 -
June 26, 2023
McDonald Funeral Home & Crematory
Jane Hampton, 89 Sterling, IL
August 21, 1933May 26, 2023
McDonald Funeral Home
Carl E. Griffis, 89
Sterling, IL
April 14, 1934 -
May 29, 2023
Donald K. Hanes Taneytown, MD April 13, 2023
Celeste Marie Gilbert, 53 Rockford, IL
February 8, 1970 -
May 19, 2023
Jean L. Griffith, 82 Sterling, IL
April 22, 1941 -
June 12, 2023
McDonald Funeral Home & Crematory
Kevin A. Hanover, 61 Prophetstown, IL
March 3, 1962 -
June 5, 2023
McDonald Funeral Home & Crematory
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James Hanrahan, 83
Tampico, IL
January 16, 1940 -
April 16, 2023
Garland Funeral Home
Hilo Haven Hanson, 73 Plano, IL
October 19, 1949 -
June 2, 2023
Grace Hernandez, 68
San Antonio, TX
December 8, 1954 -
May 28, 2023
Frederick Barr Iwen, 86 Grand Detour, IL
January 22, 1937 -
April 16, 2023
Shirley Elaine (Steen)
Jorgensen, 88
Katy, TX
August 12, 1934 -
June 19, 2023
Dennis Harden, 68 Dixon, IL
April 8, 1955 -
May 9, 2023
McDonald Funeral Home
Beverly F. Hart, 93
Sterling, IL
June 7, 1929 -
May 26, 2023
McDonald Funeral Home
Gloria (Stouffer) Hartle, 84
Mt. Morris, IL
November 6, 1938 -
April 30, 2023
Ronald Charles Hasselman, 86 Phoenix, AZ
October 30, 1936 -
June 23, 2023
Stephanie Heflin, 74 Sterling, IL
November 8, 1948 -
May 15, 2023
Sara Herrick, 73 Milledgeville, IL
October 25, 1949 -
May 7, 2023
McDonald Funeral Home
Brian Russell
Hochstatter, 78
Sterling, IL
March 1, 1945 -
April 6, 2023
Katheryn Ann
Hogue, 55 Morrison, IL
November 28, 1967 -
April 11, 2023
Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home
Charles Hollaway, 85 Ottowa, IL
August 15, 1937 -
May 9, 2023
Schilling Funeral Home & Cremation
Alice Marie Howell, 86 Dixon, IL
July 25, 1936 -
April 6, 2023
JRose E. Jacobs, 86 Sterling, IL
July 10, 1936 -
April 6, 2023
McDonald Funeral Home
Betty Lou Jensen, 83 Dixon, IL
May 21, 1940 -
June 23, 2023
KLarry D. Karash, 72 Morrison, IL
May 24, 1950 -
May 10, 2023
John L. Kellen, 89 Sterling, IL
May 26, 1933 -
April 7, 2023
McDonald Funeral Home
Timothy D. Hudson, 62 Dixon, IL
March 22, 1961 -
April 7, 2023
Jones Funeral Home
Henry Jerome
Huenefeld, 64
Mark Heller, 49 Des Plaines, IL
June 29, 1973 -
May 14, 2023
Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home
Elizabeth “Betty”
M. Henkel, 98
Sublette, IL
June 4, 1925 -
June 24, 2023
Forreston, IL
January 9, 1959 -
April 11, 2023
Kendall Jensen, 75 Sheffield, IL
October 30, 1947 -
May 17, 2023
Rose Mary Kellen, 90 Dixon, IL
April 16, 1933 -
June 10, 2023
Jones Funeral Home
IBeverly J. Irwin, 87
Sterling, IL
September 16, 1935 -
June 20, 2023
Marsha Lynn Jilderda, 73 Dixon, IL
February 17, 1950 -
June 18, 2023
Herman Henrich Ferdinand Johnson, 82 Harmon, IL
October 12, 1940 -
May 13, 2023
Carlson ‘Carl’ William Jones, 33 Mt. Morris, IL
June 18, 1989 -
April 17, 2023
Carol A. Jones, 85 Dixon, IL
October 6, 1937 -
June 19, 2023
Jones Funeral Home
Melvin L. “Huck” Jones, 84 Grand Detour, IL
July 2, 1938 -
May 16, 2023
Farrell-HollandGale Funeral Home, Oregon, IL
Mildred E. Kelly, 100 Sterling, IL
April 11, 1923 -
May 8, 2023
McDonald Funeral Home & Crematory
Joyce Ann Marie Kemp, 94 Spring Valley, IL
November 26, 1928 -
April 20, 2023
Dysart - Cofoid Funeral Chapel
Rose Anne Kersten, 93 Rochelle, IL April 20, 1929April 14, 2023
John R. Kevern Rochester, NY
May 9, 2023
Priscilla R. Knapp, 38 Sterling, IL
February 14, 1985 -
April 24, 2023
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Mary Jane Knox, 81
Rock Falls, IL
April 8, 1942 -
May 27, 2023
McDonald Funeral Home & Crematory
Donald Allen Kramer, 86 Walnut, IL
December 29, 1936 -
April 13, 2023
Heritage Health
Robert E. Krepfle, 89 Lake Mary, FL
October 8, 1933 -
February 28, 2023
Clarence ‘Gus’
Augustus Linke III, 76
Morrison, IL
August 14, 1946 -
April 6, 2023
Alberta S. Livingston, 94
Sterling, IL
August 1, 1928 -
April 29, 2023
McDonald Funeral Home & Crematory
Donna Mae Long, 96 Dixon, IL
July 30, 1926 -
June 18, 2023
James E. McConville, 88
San Diego, CA
July 15, 1934 -
May 13, 2023
California Funeral Alternatives
John R. McCormick, 76
Sterling, IL
May 8, 1947 -
May 19, 2023
McDonald Funeral Home
Karen M. McLaughlin, 75 Cordova, IL
February 23, 1948 -
May 20, 2023
Gibson - Bode Funeral Home, Port Byron
Alice B. Middleton, 90 Sterling, IL
May 8, 1933 -
May 17, 2023
Schilling Funeral Home
Clydye Lynn Miles, 75 Lyndon, IL
November 30, 1947May 25, 2023
Bosma-Gibson Funeral Home
Cherie Sue Miller, 82 Colorado Springs, CO
January 20, 1941April 18, 2023
Leonard Mason Long
Sterling, IL
April 6, 2023
LCarol A. Lackey, 79 Florrisant, MO
December 21, 1938 -
May 11, 2018
Schilling Funeral Home & Cremation
Virginia McMillion, 86
DeKalb, IL
May 15, 1937 -
June 23, 2023
Larry Dennis Miller, 78 Freeport, FL
December 29, 1944May 8, 2023
Craig Lang, 71 Savanna, IL
June 22, 1951 -
April 24, 2023
Schilling Funeral Home & Cremation
SrA Tyler Jo Law, 30 Tinker Air Force Base, OK
July 12, 1992 -
May 28, 2023
McDonald Funeral Home
James Dean Le Blanc, 56
Sterling, IL
November 30, 1966 -
April 28, 2023
Irene I. LeFevre, 94 Mt. Morris, IL
March 21, 1929 -
May 25, 2023
MTerry L. MacLennan, 78
Sterling, IL
April 29, 1945 -
April 29, 2023
McDonald Funeral Home & Crematory
Ronald L. May, 85 Dixon, IL
July 28, 1937 -
May 3, 2023
Jones Funeral Home
Blaine E. McClellan Sr., 83
Sterling, IL
December 14, 1939 -
June 3, 2023
Susan McClure, 71 Kenosha, WI
November 11, 1951April 10, 2023
Francis J. McNinch, 93 Rock Falls, IL
December 15, 1929 -
June 11, 2023
Ronald W. McNinch, 56 Rock Falls, IL
August 25, 1966 -
June 27, 2023
McDonald Funeral Home & Crematory
Phyllis R. Meiners, 83
Sterling, IL
March 24, 1940 -
April 22, 2023
McDonald Funeral Home & Crematory
Dustin Merrill, 40
Sterling, IL
May 5, 1982 -
April 24, 2023
Schilling Funeral Home & Cremation
Robert Miller, 95 Sterling, IL
June 4, 1927 -
April 14, 2023
Schilling Funeral Home
Adel Abdullah Mobarak, 81 Cairo, Egypt
June 23, 1941May 28, 2023
6th of October Health Office
Roger Kenneth Moore, 85 Rock Falls, IL
August 31, 1937May 19, 2023
McDonald Funeral Home & Crematory
Allan R. Morris, 80 Edgerton, WI
August 26, 1942April 8, 2023
William Limond, 94 Savanna, IL
March 9, 1929 -
June 17, 2023
Law Jones Funeral Home
Robert L. McConnell Dixon, IL
Courtney Lynn (Spier) Merry, 40
Silvis, IL
March 25, 1983 -
May 15, 2023
Gibson-Bode Funeral Home
Harold I. Muntean, 84 Sterling, IL
September 16, 1938 -
June 12, 2023
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Arvilla Murphy, 94
Sterling, IL
July 20, 1928 -
April 21, 2023
Judith A. O’Malley, 81
Sterling, IL
July 31, 1941 -
April 9, 2023
Benford “Doug” Pittman, 85 Ashton, IL
June 9, 1937 -
May 24, 2023
Lloyd B. Pretzsch, 83
Franklin Grove, IL
October 23, 1939April 27, 2023
Marjorie E, Murphy, 89 Rock Falls, IL
December 12, 1933 -
May 7, 2023
McDonald Funeral Home
Sandra M. Murray, 74 Rock Falls, IL
February 28, 1949 -
May 22, 2023
McDonald Funeral Home & Crematory
NHelen I. Nelson, 95 Walnut, IL
June 10, 1928 -
June 13, 2023
Garland Funeral Home
Max Leroy Newcomer, 95
Oregon, IL
November 1, 1927 -
April 15, 2023
Farrell-HollandGale Funeral Home - Oregon, IL
Sylvia E. Newcomer, 92 Oregon, IL
August 6, 1930 -
April 27, 2023
Farrell-HollandGale Funeral Home, Oregon, IL
Phyllis Jean Nice, 86 Sioux Falls, SD
April 8, 1937 -
May 12, 2023
McDonald Funeral Home & Crematory
Darrell Raymond Oberle, 95 Walnut, IL
March 25, 1928 -
April 18, 2023
Mihm-Jones Funeral Home
Donald Podkulski, 77 Sterling, IL
October 3, 1945 -
April 15, 2023
Schilling Funeral Home
Richard M. Pope, 79 Oregon, IL
December 6, 1943 -
Donald Pumper, 95 Milledgeville, IL
December 9, 1927 -
June 11, 2023
Schilling Funeral Home & Cremation
Michael G. Nieman, 74 Dixon, IL
January 3, 1949 -
April 13, 2023
Jones Funeral Home
David A. Nuttall, Sr, 72 Nelson, IL
April 5, 1951 -
May 14, 2023
McDonald Funeral Home & Crematory
PRonald K. Pageloff, 80 Rock Falls, IL
February 5, 1943 -
April 9, 2023
Robert G. Papoccia, 83 Silvis, IL
January 25, 1940 -
June 18, 2023
Opal Parrott, 102 Sterling, IL
September 3, 1920May 15, 2023
April 14, 2023
Polo Family Funeral Home
Scott Arthur Porter, 51 Geneseo, IL
September 16, 1971 -
May 16, 2023
QMarion J. Quick, 93 Sterling, IL
August 3, 1929June 20, 2023
Samuel D. Quinn, 76 Port Byron, IL
October 16, 1946June 12, 2023
Gibson - Bode Funeral Home, Port Byron
Betty Lois Pashon, 87 Sterling, IL
August 1, 1935 -
June 13, 2023
Schilling Funeral Home
Virgil “Gene” Eugene Patterson, 71 Oregon, IL
April 16, 1951 -
March 20, 2023
Stateline Cremations
Mykola R. Pawchuk, 71 Dixon, IL
August 28, 1951 -
March 24, 2023
Jones Funeral Home
Clayton Victor Pearson, 91
Rock Falls, IL
September 22, 1931 -
April 21, 2023
Jim Poulter, 82 Prophetstown, IL
March 24, 1941 -
May 26, 2023
Bosma-Gibson Funeral Home
Marjorie Ann ‘Marge’ Powers, 95 Mt. Morris, IL
November 27, 1927 -
March 26, 2023
Betty Pratt, 90 Eugene, OR
July 26, 1932 -
December 17, 2022
McDonald Funeral Home
James “Jim” L. Prescott, 90 Sterling, IL
July 6, 1932 -
March 30, 2023
Schilling Funeral Home
Teresa ‘Teri’ (MIlne) Prescott, 72 Phoenix, AZ
April 14, 1951 -
April 30, 2023
RLisa I. Raischel, 59 Erie, IL
February 8, 1964April 27, 2023
Gibson - Bode Funeral Home, Erie
Marcia Pearl
Reifsteck, 74 Naperville, IL
September 12, 1948 - June 26, 2023
Curtis D. Repass, 88 Rock Falls, IL
December 14, 1934 -
April 23, 2023
McDonald Funeral Home
Martha B. Reynolds, 92 Morrison, IL
November 15, 1930 -
April 21, 2023
Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home
Douglas E. Richter, 58 Dixon, IL
January 15, 1965 -
June 16, 2023
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Elizabeth Karen Rickert, 75 Tucson, AZ
August 7, 1947 -
April 21, 2023
Jerome F. Ries, 92 Sterling, IL
July 2, 1930May 7, 2023
Simon Santos, 86
Dixon, IL
July 16, 1936 -
May 27, 2023
Jones Funeral Home
Sandy K. Shierry, 76
Lyndon, IL
April 17, 1947 -
May 4, 2023
Larry L. Spinka, 63 Rock Falls, IL
February 3, 1960 -
June 2, 2023
Hunter Levi William Ristau, 28 Elko, NV
November 15, 1994 -
April 1, 2023
Duncan E. Robertson, 84 Rock Falls, IL
August 29, 1938 -
May 8, 2023
Sonja “Niecy” Green Robinson, 64
Sterling, IL
March 21, 1959 -
May 22, 2023
Schilling Funeral Home & Cremation
Geraldine “Gerry”
M. Rock, 84 Albany, IL
February 3, 1939 -
April 27, 2023
Gibson - Bode Funeral Home, Port Byron
Dwayne E. Roe, 91 Dixon, IL
January 1, 1931 -
November 8, 2022
Jones Funeral Home S
Gerald W. “Jerry” Sanders, 83
Sterling, IL
June 17, 1940 -
June 17, 2023
McDonald Funeral Home & Crematory
Zachary P. Sandoval, 31
Sterling, IL
July 21, 1991 -
May 18, 2023
McDonald Funeral Home
William C. “Bill” Schaneberg, 93 Franklin Grove, IL
October 18, 1929 -
May 6, 2023
Jones Funeral Home
George “Rod”
Schroeder, 88 Polo, IL
August 5, 1934 -
April 10, 2023
Bosma-Gibson Funeral Home
Terri Schryver, 62
Sterling, IL
October 7, 1960 -
May 27, 2023
McDonald Funeral Home & Crematory
George C. Seger, 94
Erie, IL
May 11, 1929 -
May 14, 2023
Gibson - Bode Funeral Home, Erie
Cathrine Shanafelt, 52
Clinton, IA
March 3, 1971 -
May 19, 2023
Donald Duane Shontz, 89
Weslaco, TX
February 28, 1934 -
May 11, 2023
Willis “Clair”
Simpson, 98
Rock Falls, IL
March 22, 1925 -
May 18, 2023
McDonald Funeral Home
Philip E. Sinroll
Shelby, NC
November 5, 2022
Marjorie G. Staelens, 97 Dixon, IL
January 29, 1926May 2, 2023
McDonald Funeral Home
Gordon Starbuck, 65 Sterling, IL
February 13, 1958April 4, 2023
Mary Ethel Shankel, 101
Sterling, IL
October 22, 1921 -
May 13, 2023
Frances Irene Harms Sheneberger, 94
Boise, ID
April 6, 1929 -
April 19, 2023
Richard “Dick”
Shepard, 75
Rock Falls, IL
January 18, 1948 -
April 27, 2023
McDonald Funeral Home
Gordon L. Sissing, 85
Holland, MI
April 15, 1938 -
June 10, 2023
Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home
Brenda J. Sisson, 62
Sterling, IL
October 9, 1960 -
May 26, 2023
McDonald Funeral Home & Crematory
Kenneth Smith, 79
Mendota, IL
October 5, 1943 -
June 14, 2023
Merritt Funeral Home
Carol E. Spears, 84
Prophetstown, IL
August 6, 1938 -
May 6, 2023
Garland Funeral Home
Marvin Speer, 86 Dixon, IL
March 10, 1937 -
May 14, 2023
Carol Sue Stash, 69 Clinton, IA April 20, 1954May 1, 2023
Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home
Mercedes Stehl, 19 Lanark, IL
October 21, 2003April 14, 2023
David M. Stenger, 73 Oregon, IL
October 17, 1949April 25, 2023
Farrell-HollandGale Funeral Home, Oregon, IL
Merle M. Sturtevant, 99 Lanark, IL
December 26, 1923 - March 25, 2023
Patricia Sword, 69 Sterling, IL
October 25, 1953April 28, 2023
McDonald Funeral Home
Willard L. Swords, 98 Costa Mesa, CA
September 8, 1924 -
June 7, 2023
McDonald Funeral Home
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Mary Patricia (Sahinen)
Syskowski, 98 Mendota, IL
November 11, 1924 -
April 17, 2023
Wasmer Funeral Home
Lillian Marie Trethric, 85
Sun City, AZ
December 17, 1937 -
March 18, 2023
Allen Tripp, 90
Sterling, IL
July 23, 1932 -
Joan V. Velde, 84
Sterling, IL
September 3, 1938 -
April 3, 2023
Schilling Funeral Home
Edward Lowell Vivian Bloomington, IL
TKenneth R. Tabor, 74 Rock Falls, IL
November 11, 1948 -
June 3, 2023
April 24, 2023
Ronald D. Troxell, Sr., 79
Rock Falls, IL
Mary E. Vivian, 81
Freeport, IL
October 30, 1941 -
Lorraine Temple, 84 Fulton, IL
December 15, 1938 -
May 27, 2023
Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home
Clarinda “Lynne”
F. Thuente, 86
Sterling, IL
April 18, 1936 -
April 12, 2023
Ludger “Slim”
B. Thuente, 89 Sterling, IL
April 30, 1934 -
May 23, 2023
Arthur M. Tofte, Jr., 100 Dixon, IL
October 5, 1922 -
May 22, 2023
David L. Tompkins, 89 Rock Falls, IL
September 23, 1933 -
April 14, 2023
October 3, 1943 -
May 2, 2023
McDonald Funeral Home
UJeanette C. Udell, 83 Rock Falls, IL
February 18, 1940 -
June 16, 2023
McDonald Funeral Home & Crematory
June 18, 2023
Donald P. Werner, 89
Mt. Morris, IL
January 7, 1934 -
May 31, 2023
Polo Family Funeral Home, Inc
Robert ‘Bob’ P. Wetzel, 82
Ashton, IL
March 29, 1941 -
April 28, 2023
Leanne L. White, 56 Dixon, IL
August 24, 1966 -
May 19, 2023
Jones Funeral Home
Patrick Joseph Toney, 38 Chicago, IL
February 6, 1985 -
June 11, 2023
Mario E. Toney, Jr., 18 Dixon, IL
January 12, 2005 -
June 3, 2023
VRose H. Valdivia, 90
Sterling, IL
September 16, 1932 -
May 1, 2023
McDonald Funeral Home & Crematory
Kenneth “Kenny”
Van Tabor, 54
Dixon, IL
January 18, 1969 -
June 11, 2023
Leona Van Zuiden, 96
Sterling, IL
December 21, 1926 -
May 9, 2023
Schilling Funeral Home & Cremation
Richard Cal Vandermyde, 92
Morrison, IL
June 21, 1930 -
April 1, 2023
Howard A. VanZuiden, 86
Fulton, IL
June 7, 1937 -
June 9, 2023
Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home
Marilyn Vos, 93
Morrison, IL
March 8, 1930 -
June 8, 2023
Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home
Ian Kane Whitmore, 18
Sterling, IL
September 27, 2004 -
May 13, 2023
Sherry Whitmore, 89
WJanice A. Wadelton, 86
Sterling, IL
November 14, 1936 -
April 3, 2023
McDonald Funeral Home & Crem,atory
Betty Waite, 75 Port Byron, IL
May 7, 1947 -
May 6, 2023
Gibson - Bode Funeral Home, Port Byron
Darlene H. Waldschmidt, 92
Sterling, IL
November 8, 1930 -
March 31, 2023
Alberta Jean Weber, 74 Chicago, IL
September 30, 1948 -
January 7, 2023
Mary C. ‘Molly’ Weitzel, 87
Norristown, PA
May 22, 1935 -
May 17, 2023
Kissimmee, FL
April 15, 1933 -
April 13, 2023
Carol Widolff, 89 West Brooklyn, IL
May 3, 1934 -
June 22, 2023
Mihm-Jones Funeral Home
Don R. Wiemken, 89
Sterling, IL
December 8, 1933 -
May 7, 2023
Donna M. Williams, 93 Leaf River, IL
May 21, 1929May 3, 2023
Patricia Ellen Williams, 75
Hot Springs, AR
February 25, 1947 -
January 7, 2023
Mihm-Jones
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Carl Witmer, 75
Ft. Myer’s, FL
September 19, 1947 -
December 26, 2022
Schilling Funeral Home
Cynthia “Cindy”
K. Witmer, 75
Sterling, IL
January 7, 1948 -
June 18, 2023
Carol A. Wittenauer, 77
Lee Center, IL
November 19, 1945 -
June 8, 2023
Mihm-Jones Funeral Home
Sandra Wolfe, 77
Sterling, IL
March 3, 1946 -
May 27, 2023
McDonald Funeral Home
Rita (Ford) Smith Woolstrum, 86 Mesa, AZ
McDonald Funeral Home
Rita (Ford) Smith
Woolstrum, 86
Mesa, AZ
February 24, 1937 -
May 2, 2023
Donna K. Wright, 89
Mt. Morris, IL
March 21, 1934 -
May 11, 2023
Harold Zink, 85 Rock Falls, IL
January 15, 1938 -
April 25, 2023
McDonald Funeral Home
Dwayne Marshall Zipse, 84
Pecatonica, IL
March 14, 1939 -
March 31, 2023
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