Tributes
Remembering those we’ve loved and lost July 1, 2023 - September 30, 2023
ARobert Eugene Andersen, 86 Walnut, IL
January 1, 1937 -
June 28, 2023
Tributes
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 July, August and September 2023.
Look for the next Tributes Section on January 10, 2024.
Tributes
Lavonne Irma Anderson, 100 Mt. Morris, IL
September 24, 1922 -
July 1, 2023
Steven P. Anderson Forreston, IL
December 6, 2023July 27, 2023
BCarl E. Baker, Sr., 76 Dixon, IL
February 16, 1947 -
July 13, 2023
Robert H. Benson, 83 Sycamore, IL
May 6, 1939April 8, 2023
Anne Anderson, 93 Sterling, IL
April 15, 1930 -
July 13, 2023
Schilling Funeral Home & Cremation
Eugene Anderson, 94 Sterling, IL
July 6, 1929 -
July 6, 2023
McDonald Funeral Home
Gloria Jean Anderson, 80 Sterling, IL
January 31, 1943 -
September 14, 2023
Patricia A. Angleton, 87 Dixon, IL
August 6, 1936 -
September 16, 2023
Shirley Armstrong, 88
Thomson, IL
September 30, 1934 -
June 23, 2023
Law Jones Funeral Home
Toni AshfordAguilar, 63 Sterling, IL
November 9, 1959 -
August 8, 2023
Schilling Funeral Home & Cremation
Patricia L. Barney, 72 Dixon, IL
January 6, 1951 -
August 21, 2023
Herman “Fred” Bergner, 78 West Lafayette, IN August 7, 1944July 30, 2023
James Andrew Berle, 75 Port Richey, FL April 27, 1948July 21, 2023
Marjorie Jean “Marge” (nee Radtke) Beer, 90 Madison, WI
October 16, 1932 -
September 13, 2023
Robert E. Bell, 87 Dixon, IL
March 13, 1936 -
July 17, 2023 Jones Funeral Home
Joe Billings, 85
Sterling, IL
October 1, 1937 -
August 30, 2023
Schilling Funeral Home & Cremation
Elizabeth ‘Betty’ M. Bivin, 100 Elgin, IL
July 12, 1923July 22, 2023
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Remembering those we’ve loved and lost July 1, 2023 - September 30, 2023
& Remembrance Tribute Feature
Obituary
David James Blackburn, 79 Shakopee, MN
December 12, 1943 -
July 4, 2023
Kenneth R. Blair, 70 Dixon, IL
February 11, 1953 -
July 1, 2023
Jones Funeral Home
Martha Jane Bley, 63 Dixon, IL
April 26, 1960 -
September 11, 2023
Linda Sue Brinkman, 82 Rockford, IL
September 17, 1940 -
July 21, 2023
Gibson-Bode Funeral Home, Erie, IL
Phyllis N. Reiling Brondyke, 96 Port Byron, IL
April 21, 2023 -
July 23, 2023
Gibson-Bode Funeral Home Port Byron
Margaret A. Brooks, 97 Rockford, IL
January 1, 1926August 5, 2023
Larry Joe Cady, 79 Tampico, IL
January 21, 1944 -
September 13, 2023
Martha Joan Cies, 94 Grand Detour, IL
February 27, 1929September 10, 2023
David Glen Canady, 84 Dixon, IL
February 23, 1939 -
September 22, 2023
Lloyd E. Card, 99 Rock Falls, IL
February 18, 1924 -
July 25, 2023
McDonald Funeral Home& Crematory
Marjorie E. Collins, 89 Polo, IL
July 27, 1934 -
September 16, 2023
Polo Family Funeral Home
Melvin (Mel) James Commisso, 67 Sterling, IL
April 19, 1956August 16, 2023
Eunice M. Blodgett, 74 Bradford, IL
February 2, 1949 -
July 2, 2023
Lori Ann Bock, 56 Dixon, IL
April 5, 1967 -
July 15, 2023
Larry W. Brown, 58 Morrison, IL
October 7, 1964 -
July 20, 2023
Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home
Cheryl L. Buffington, 81 Milledgeville, IL
January 12, 1942 -
July 9, 2023
Jeanne K. Burch, 88 Sterling, IL
David A. Bombliss, 65 Rock Falls, IL
November 25, 1957 -
September 11, 2023
March 29, 1935 -
August 5, 2023
McDonald Funeral Home & Crematory
Duane M. Bothe, 91 Dixon, IL
April 9, 1932 -
July 10, 2023
Jones Funeral Home
Melody Ann Boyer, 67 Sterling, IL
May 15, 1956 -
August 22, 2023
Schilling Funeral Home
George Thomas Breust, 82 Dixon, IL
September 2, 1940 -
August 2, 2023
Mary Frances Burgess, 76 Sterling, IL
January 6, 1947 -
July 28, 2023
Sylvia A. Burmeister, 92 Dixon, IL
August 9, 1931 -
September 7, 2023
Robert J. Buskohl, 46 Sterling, IL
August 12, 1977 -
August 25, 2023
Jones Funeral Home
Robert “Bob” Card, 89 Sterling, IL
May 12, 1934 -
July 7, 2023
Schilling Funeral Home & Cremation
Diana M. Carl Watertown, WI
August 15, 2023 -
August 2, 2023
Rachael Lynn Cornwell, 33 Dixon, IL
December 20, 1989July 17, 2023
Carole J. Crafton, 76 Dixon, IL
August 3, 1947 -
September 20, 2023
Jones Funeral Home
Ryan C. Cramer, 33 Rockford, IL
Sally Carroll, 84 Cedar Rapids, IA
December 12, 1938 -
August 30, 2023
Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home
Phyllis Cheeseman, 92 Woosung, IL
May 30, 1931 -
August 23, 2023
McDonald Funeral Home
Eula Mae Chriest, 99 Tampico, IL
May 30, 1924 -
July 7, 2023
Garland Funeral Home
Jean Schwalbe Christianson, 96 Spearfish, SD
August 31, 1927 -
September 15, 2023
December 4, 1989August 5, 2023 D
Robert G. Daley, 83 Fulton, IL
February 28, 1940 -
July 26, 2023
Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home
Michael E. Dallas, 62 Dixon, IL
January 26, 1961 -
July 29, 2023
Jones Funeral Home
Arlene M. Damhoff, 93 Erie, IL
September 5, 1930 -
September 10, 2023
Gibson - Bode Funeral Home, Erie
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Rodney P. Daniels, 85 Rockford, IL
November 15, 1937 -
September 18, 2023
Richard “Dick” Day, Sr., 84 Port Byron, IL
November 20, 1938 -
June 30, 2023
Gibson - Bode Funeral Home, Port Byron
Marilyn M. DeWitt, 93 Sterling, IL
October 24, 1929 -
September 9, 2023
McDonald Funeral Home
Beverly “Bev” A. Diehl, 79
Grand Detour, IL
May 14, 1944 -
July 4, 2023
William “Jack” Dietz, 90 Harmon, IL
June 23, 1933 -
September 17, 2023
Schilling Funeral Home
Delmer J. Dinges, 92 Sublette, IL
February 11, 1931 -
September 8, 2023
Wasmer Funeral Home
Robert “Bob” Lee Dowell, 78 Dixon, IL
March 19, 1945 -
June 29, 2023
Alberta G. Duffy, 102 Dixon, IL
August 16, 1920 -
July 31, 2023
Jones Funeral Home
David Wayne Ehmen, 64 Rockford, IL
June 14, 1959August 30, 2023
Jerry Lee Engelkins, 76
Morrison, IL
January 16, 1947August 1, 2023
Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home
Bert Epps, 72 Dixon, IL
July 16, 1950July 11, 2023
Sandra M. Frey, 77
Dixon, IL
November 23, 1945 -
September 14, 2023
Jones Funeral Home
Vicki L. Frohling, 68
Sterling, IL
May 20, 1955 -
September 5, 2023
Steven H. Gerdes, 68 Walnut, IL
June 17, 1955July 30, 2023
Linda Kay (McNeill) Fultz, 76 Mt. Morris, IL
July 6, 1947 -
July 9, 2023
Jean Ellen Giesler, 91 Fulton, IL
August 26, 1931 -
August 20, 2023
Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home
Howard W. Glenn, 99 Amboy, IL
February 26, 1924June 29, 2023
Mihm-Jones Funeral Home
Phoebe Lola Ex, 86 Goose Creek, SC
December 3, 1936July 10, 2023 F
Cynthia Falato, 76 Franklin Grove, IL
May 20, 1947 -
September 7, 2023
Jones Funeral Home
Norman Fassig, 85 Mendota, IL
July 17, 1938July 29, 2023
Merritt Funeral Home
Thomas J. Fortune, 72 Tampico, IL
November 11, 1950 -
July 14, 2023
Bosma-Gibson Funeral Home
Kathy L. Franks, 62 Rock Falls, IL
November 27, 1960July 24, 2023
GSandra “Sandy”
Kay Gabriel, 68
Albany, IL
March 17, 1955 -
July 12, 2023
Gibson-Bode Funeral Home
Harold Garber, 89 Dixon, IL
October 26, 1933 -
August 31, 2023
Polo Family Funeral Home
Alice C. Garland, 95 Deer Grove, IL
January 12, 1928August 30, 2023
Mary Jo Gooley, 73 Morrison, IL
June 9, 1950 -
August 12, 2023
Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home
Lorraine E. Gould, 95 Escondido, CA
November 9, 1927July 18, 2023
John “Gene” E. Goy, 87 Dixon, IL
November 2, 1935 -
September 6, 2023
Edward A. Garland, 69 Grand Detour, IL
March 18, 1954 -
September 14, 2023
Jones Funeral Home
Denise J Garman, 78
Morrison, IL
September 4, 1944 -
July 5, 2023
Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home
Marilynn D. Graf, 91 Dixon, IL
May 3, 1932 -
July 1, 2023
Sandra Lea “Gigi” Grau, 86 Prophetstown, IL
February 9, 1937 -
September 25, 2023
Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home
Thomas Ebenezer, 83 Rock Falls, IL
March 23, 1940 -
August 21, 2023
McDonald Funeral Home
Dixie L. Fredricks, 84 Sterling, IL
January 16, 1939August 17, 2023
Kade Rio Garretson, 11 Tampico, IL
July 24, 2012 -
September 17, 2023
Garland Funeral Homes
Larry “Jake” Green, 66 Fulton, IL
October 22, 1956 -
August 5, 2023
Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home
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Denise Louise Greenfield, 73 Ashton, IL
July 17, 1950 -
July 22, 2023
Robert Lee Grisolano, 81 Waterford, WI
March 17, 1942 -
July 28, 2023
Mueller Funeral Home, Peru
Janet M. Grossman, 88 Ohio, IL
September 10, 1934 -
August 3, 2023
Felicia M. Gulley, 59 Rancho Cordova, CA
September 23, 1963 -
June 24, 2023
Juanita Halverson, 93 Rock Falls, IL
November 26, 1929July 15, 2023
Rob Daniel Hanke Chana, IL
September 11, 2023
Carmel L. Henderson, 80 Dekalb, IL
June 24, 1943 -
August 21, 2023
Don Everette Henderson, 86 Mt. Morris, IL
February 15, 1937August 22, 2023
Katherine Hoffman, 74 Rock Falls, IL
November 4, 1948 -
September 25, 2023
Marvin Bennett Hogenson, 91 Dixon, IL
June 26, 1932August 7, 2023
Julie L. Hardesty, 79 Chana, IL
September 30, 1943August 12, 2023
Farrell Holland Gale Funeral Home, Oregon
David L. Hardin, 65 Sterling, IL
September 12, 1957August 14, 2023
HElaine F. Haak, 96 Polo, IL
July 4, 1926 -
June 30, 2023
Kevin L. Harms, 63 Sterling, IL
July 26, 1959 -
July 2, 2023
Michael R. Henry, 70 Harmon, IL
September 14, 1952July 26, 2023
McDonald Funeral Home
Kathleen “Kathy” Ann Hess, 80 Dixon, IL
January 25, 1943September 22, 2023
Robert “Bob” Hetz, 95 Port Byron, IL
July 5, 1928 -
August 26, 2023
Gibson - Bode Funeral Home, Port Byron
Mark John Hose, 56 Rockfalls, IL
November 28, 1966August 1, 2023
Shawn Patrick Hunter, 57 Chadwick, IL
June 1, 1966September 13, 2023
Dale Edwin Hussung, 76 Dixon, IL
December 4, 1946 -
September 23, 2023
James “Ron”
Ruth L. Haas, 97 Rock Falls, IL
August 10, 1926 -
September 4, 2023
McDonald Funeral Home & Crematory
Carol J. Hadely, 83 Rock Falls, IL
February 21, 1940 -
July 2, 2023
McDonald Funeral Home & Crematory
Nancy J. Hafner, 80 Sterling, IL
March 18, 1943 -
July 16, 2023
James “Jim”
Michael Haines, 81 Dixon, IL
January 11, 1942 -
August 11, 2023
Harvey, 92 Dixon, IL
March 29, 1931 -
September 13, 2023
Polo Family Funeral Home
Samuel R. Heath, 61 Polo, IL
December 28, 1961 -
August 10, 2023
Polo Family Funeral Home
George Heerdt, 83 Rock Falls, IL
July 6, 2023 -
July 21, 2023
McDonald Funeral Home
Gerald “Jerry” Flynn Heisinger, Jr., 74 Dixon, IL
February 26, 1949 -
August 14, 2023
Margaret Marie Hicks, 95 Erie, IL
October 2, 1927July 25, 2023
Edward T. Higby, 67 Dixon, IL
December 23, 1955 - August 6, 2023
IGlenda K. Ingram, 75 Morrison, IL
October 11, 1947 -
July 29, 2023
Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home
Kenneth Michael Hodge, 74
Sterling, IL
July 18, 1948 -
June 28, 2023
Orville E. Hodge, 84 Sterling, IL
January 20, 1939 -
July 14, 2023
McDonald Funeral Home & Crematory
Joyce Jacobs, 86 Sterling, IL
October 22, 1936 -
September 11, 2023
Schilling Funeral Home & Cremation
Beverly Jean Jaeger, 75 Leesburg, FL
June 2, 1948 -
July 29, 2023
Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home
Irene D. James, 91 Dixon, IL
June 18, 1932 -
September 20, 2023
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Joan ‘Peggy’ Janssen, 91 Oregon, IL
May 15, 1932 -
September 15, 2023
Christopher J. Johnson, 57 Tony, WI
November 14, 1965 -
August 23, 2023
Gerald “Jerry” Vernon Johnson, 75 Dixon, IL
October 25, 1947 -
July 7, 2023
Helen R. “Skip” Johnson, 93 Oregon, IL
August 28, 1930 -
September 1, 2023
Melva Jean Johnson, 94 Oregon, IL
February 5, 1929 -
August 7, 2023
Farrell Holland Gale Funeral Home
Rhonda A. Johnson, 63 Rock Falls, IL
May 7, 1960 -
July 14, 2023
McDonald Funeral Home
Ronald R. Johnson, 99 Sterling, IL
September 17, 1923 -
July 31, 2023
McDonald Funeral Home
Shirley M. Jones, 77 Hillsdale, IL
April 27, 1946 -
August 16, 2023
Mary “Beth”
Elizabeth Kalbfus, 76 Oregon, IL
March 10, 1947 -
August 22, 2023
Farrell-Holland-Gale Funeral Home - Oregon
Eleanor Kaney, 94 Burnsville, MN
May 22, 1929 -
June 27, 2023
Conrad J. Knuth, 73 Princeton, IL
October 23, 1949July 10, 2023
Christy Irene Lavigne, 52
Sterling, IL
March 4, 1971 -
July 31, 2023
Schilling Funeral Home
Mary Rose Kellen, 87 Dixon, IL
November 13, 1935August 19, 2023
Gary A. Kohl, 80 Brier, WA
May 26, 2023
SSG Johnathon
Lawrence, 29
Fort Gregg Adams, VA
March 24, 1994 -
July 29, 2023
Bosma-Gibson Funeral Home
Sharon Kellen, 81 Sublette, IL
May 2, 1942September 24, 2023
Merritt Funeral Home
Eleanor Louise Kepler, 90 Morrison, IL
October 17, 1932August 25, 2023
Myron R. Keppy, 58 Port Byron, IL
February 16, 1965June 28, 2023
Gibson-Bode Funeral Home, Port Byron
Keith H. Kimball, 97 Sterling, IL
July 8, 1925 -
June 27, 2023
Dana Kovach, 66 Sterling, IL
April 14, 1957 -
September 15, 2023
McDonald Funeral Home
Marilyn R. Kowalski, 88
Prophetstown, IL
May 26, 1935August 26, 2023
Richard Allan Kundert, 74 Clinton, IA
September 15, 1948August 17, 2023
LBetty Marie (Klink) Lamb, 91 Geneseo, IL
December 9, 1931 -
September 8, 2023
Kay Lancaster, 72 Tampico, IL
January 29, 1951 -
July 6, 2023
Elwin LeFevre, 92
Sterling, IL
November 7, 1930 -
July 20, 2023
Schilling Funeral Home & Cremation
Robert Nance
Leslie, 84 Savoy, IL
February 9, 1939 -
July 8, 2023
Steven Lester, 63 Morrison, IL
June 9, 1960 -
August 29, 2023
McDonald Funeral Home
Stanley “Stan” Wayne Lewis, 74 Franklin Grove, IL
January 7, 1949July 1, 2023
Patricia Ann Little, 87 Dixon, IL
April 3, 1936 -
September 15, 2023
Keith Kniss, 90
Lanark, IL
June 22, 1933August 22, 2023
James “Jim”
Eugene Lance, 75 Dixon, IL
July 8, 1948 -
August 12, 2023
Richard “Dick” Little, 96
Oregon, IL
August 16, 1926 -
August 8, 2023
KRaymond Kaiser, 65 Rock Falls, IL
July 29, 1958 -
September 10, 2023
McDonald Funeral Home
Mary Ann Knox, 78 Rockfalls, IL
August 30, 1944June 30, 2023
Peter C. Langner, 83 Dixon, IL
July 4, 1940 -
September 16, 2023
Kenneth E. Livingston, 92 Prophetstown, IL
March 11, 1931 -
September 17, 2023
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Gary Alan Long, 77 Rockford, IL
August 10, 1945 -
July 23, 2023
Joyce C. McCracken, 96 Prophetstown, IL
July 25, 1927August 12, 2023
Bruce Miller, 61 Aurora, IL
September 12, 1961 -
June 24, 2023
Jeffrey Todd Loos, 53 Sterling, IL
June 1, 1970 -
August 15, 2023
Schilling Funeral Home M
Beverly Jean Mach, 76 St. Paul, MN
May 23, 1947 -
July 8, 2023
Duane D. Mackey, 71 Polo, IL
November 25, 1951 -
June 30, 2023
McDonald Funeral Home
Robert ‘Bob’ Madden, 88 Naples, FL
August 9, 1934 -
March 31, 2023
Maria Marjanovich, 50 Sterling, IL
August 13, 1973August 31, 2023
Frank J. McCue Jr., 67 Hesperus, CO
October 25, 1955August 7, 2023
Naomi R. Miller, 96 Mt. Morris, IL
June 22, 1927 -
September 10, 2023
Beverly J. Nailor, 90 Sterling, IL
May 10, 1933 -
August 30, 2023
McDonald Funeral Home & Crematory
Barry D. Near, 60 Marysville, WA
August 20, 1963 -
September 8, 2023
Leonard McDonald, 90 Plano, TX
February 5, 1933August 15, 2023
James J. “Mac” McFadden, 88 Rock Falls, IL
August 5, 1935August 23, 2023
Cheryl Faye McKenna, 77 Sterling, IL
January 23, 1946July 2, 2023
Arlyn Mennenga, 84 Sterling, IL
July 25, 1939 -
July 29, 2023
Shirley A. Mills, 81 Morrison, IL
August 2, 1941 -
July 11, 2023
Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home
Mary A. Moeller, 86 Dixon, IL
August 4, 1936July 25, 2023
Garry L. Near, 67 Muscatine, IA
December 5, 1955 -
August 8, 2023
Merrill Mohr, 92 Sterling, IL
May 1, 1931 -
September 28, 2023
McDonald Funeral Home
Mike Monnier, 68 Rock Falls, IL
August 24, 1954July 7, 2023
Schilling Funeral Home & Cremation
David L. Moody, 67 Dixon, IL
Robert E. Near, 66 Dixon, IL
December 19, 1956 -
September 4, 2023
Jones Funeral Home
Doretta J. Newendyke, 89
Sterling, IL
June 4, 1934 -
July 19, 2023
Gary Newlon, 82 Prophetstown, IL
March 27, 1941 -
July 29, 2023
Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home
John P. Marshall, 86 Rock Falls, IL
July 27, 1936 -
June 16, 2023
McDonald Funeral Home
Joyce A. Mathew, 88
Morrison, IL
June 10, 1935 -
July 6, 2023
Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home
Mark Mattingly, 61 Princeton, IL
February 23, 1962August 2, 2023
Cheryl Terese (Houghton) Merchant, 65 Effingham, IL
May 15, 1958 -
July 26, 2023
Charles “Bob” Meyer, 82 Rock Falls, IL
July 4, 1940 -
June 17, 2023
Johanne S. Meyer, 86 Erie, IL
March 7, 1937August 13, 2023
January 7, 1956 -
August 27, 2023
Jones Funeral Home
Evan Moore, 81
Sterling, IL
November 26, 1941 -
September 6, 2023
Schilling Funeral Home & Cremation
Paul W. Moore, 78
Dixon, IL
June 11, 1945 -
July 2, 2023
Jones Funeral Home
Maureen L. Nichols, 76 Dixon, IL
November 29, 1946 -
July 12, 2023
Jones Funeral Home
Ruby North, 70 Thomson, IL
March 8, 1953 -
June 10, 2023
Edward L. Novak, Jr., 73
Dixon, IL
July 5, 1950 -
August 28, 2023
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Adele M. Nye, 73
Morrison, IL
December 27, 1949 -
September 16, 2023
Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home
OKaren Rae Onnen, 82 Sterling, IL
January 20, 1941 -
August 14, 2023
McDonald Funeral Home & Crematory
Homer Osborn, 96
Sterling, IL
March 19, 1927 -
September 26, 2023
McDonald Funeral Home
John Osterdock
Jr., 53 Rock Falls, IL
February 22, 1970 -
July 7, 2023
Dr. Dean Peterson, 86
Las Vegas, NE
February 14, 1937August 6, 2023
Paul Lee Potts, 56
Tucson, AZ
October 28, 1966 -
August 30, 2023
Mary J. Rippy, 71 Dixon, IL
November 19, 1951August 29, 2023
Walter Clarence Schildt, 87
Carmel, IN
August 16, 1935 -
August 14, 2023
PCarl LaVere
Palmer, 95
Port Byron, IL
May 11, 1928 -
July 9, 2023
Gibson-Bode Funeral Home
Nora Irma Palmer, 90
Sterling, IL
April 1, 1933 -
September 20, 2023
Irene Fredericka Pearsall, 96
Moline, IL
May 18, 1927 -
June 23, 2023
Gibson-Bode Funeral Home
Doris Lillian Pearson Swedberg, 98
Mt. Morris, IL
December 29, 1924 -
August 19, 2023
Angela Marie Peterson, 44
Redondo Beach, CA
June 15, 1979 -
September 7, 2023
QTraute “Trudy”
E. Quinn, 73 Port Byron, IL
June 23, 1950 -
August 1, 2023
Gibson - Bode Funeral Home, Port Byron
RDonna M. Rapp, 80 Dekalb, IL
May 1, 1943August 2, 2023
Jones Funeral Home
Ruth A. Reinhold, 93 Amboy, IL
December 2, 1929July 17, 2023
Mihm-Jones Funeral Home
Verda E. Renner, 95 Sterling, IL
July 12, 1928 -
September 23, 2023
Garland Funeral Homes
Gunther Xaver Rester, 90
Sterling, IL
December 20, 1929July 7, 2020
Charles “Ed” Retherford, 85 Rock Falls, IL April 22, 1938July 23, 2023
Patricia A. Reuter, 82 Ohio, IL
May 21, 1941September 23, 2023
Joy Louise (nee Garrett) Rock, 84 Phoenix, AZ
August 17, 1938August 12, 2023
Charles Arthur Rosenberry, 92 Libertyville, IL
September 19, 1930July 2, 2023
Karen Jean Rosene, 80 Brownsburg, IN
November 12, 1942July 19, 2023
Christina L. Schmidt, 51 Dixon, IL
February 26, 1972 -
August 18, 2023
Jones Funeral Home
Harvey Dale Scholl, 76 Sterling, IL
July 2, 1947 -
August 8, 2023
Schilling Funeral Home
Jeanne Scholl, 83 Polo, IL
July 24, 1939July 16, 2023
Sandra Sallee, 83 Rock Falls, IL
November 17, 1939 -
July 9, 2023
McDonald Funeral Home
Burdette R. Sandrock, 88 Prophetstown, IL
November 14, 1934 -
August 24, 2023
McDonald Funeral Home & Crematory
Simon Santos, 86 Dixon, IL
July 16, 1936 -
May 27, 2023
Jones Funeral Home
Donna M. Scanlan, 52 Tampico, IL
May 14, 1971 -
September 25, 2023
Garland Funeral Home, Tampico
Judy Schaller, 84 Fenton, IL
September 19, 1938September 12, 2023
Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home
Linda L. Scholl, 79 Polo, IL
October 2, 1943 -
September 11, 2023
Polo Family Funeral Home
Edward f. Schweiss, 98 Sterling, IL
May 27, 1925July 26, 2023
McDonald Funeral Home &Crematory
Bonnie S. Segura, 69 Sterling, IL
April 16, 1954 -
August 26, 2023
Gary Lee Seidel, 75 Dixon, IL
April 20, 1948 -
July 30, 2023
McDonald Funeral Home & Crematory
James “Hubert” Seloover, 78 Amboy, IL
March 15, 1945 -
July 16, 2023
Mihm-Jones Funeral Home
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Dianne Marie Slater, 77 Mayville, WI
July 6, 1946 -
September 1, 2023
Kenneth A. Slater, 60 Avon, IL
April 20, 1963 -
July 27, 2023
Judith Elaine Spangler, 84 Dixon, IL
March 17, 1939 -
July 1, 2023
Mark A. Spangler, 65 Fulton, IL
March 30, 1958 -
August 14, 2023
Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home
Melvin E. Strock, 83 Sterling, IL
November 23, 1939 -
July 19, 2023
McDonald Funeral Home & Crematory
Phyllis Stutzman, 95
Sterling, IL
June 13, 1928 -
July 17, 2023
Schilling Funeral Home & Cremation
Theresa Jean Thome, 97
Sterling, IL
January 7, 1926 -
September 8, 2023
McDonald Funeral Home & Crematory
George Howard “Bud” Thompson, 92 Prophetstown, IL
October 18, 1930 - July 5, 2023
Bosma-Gibson Funeral Home
Keith Allen Smail, 50 Dixon, IL
December 2, 1972 -
June 22, 2023
Alice A. Spencer, 95 Morrison, IL
February 14, 1928July 4, 2023
Judy H. Sullivan, 80 Boise, ID
April 18, 1943 -
June 17, 2023
Barry D. Tompkins, 91 Dixon, IL
August 21, 1932August 31, 2023
Robert W. Smith, 72 Rock Falls, IL
May 6, 1951 -
September 9, 2023
McDonald Funeral Home & Crematory
Ronald P. Smith, 88 Mt. Carroll, IL
June 19, 1935 -
June 27, 2023
Randy J. Spotts, 70 Dixon, IL
November 1, 1952 -
September 15, 2023
McDonald Funeral Home & Crematory
Barbara J. Sproul, 88 Rock Falls, IL
March 25, 1935 -
August 4, 2023
McDonald Funeral Home & Crematory
Leo William Sullivan, 81 Sun City West, AZ
September 20, 1941June 28, 2023
Theodore “Ted” R. Sumner, 77 Tampico, IL
September 30, 1945 -
August 10, 2023
Garland Funeral Home
Katie L. Snyder, 49 Sterling, IL
April 15, 1974 -
August 28, 2023
McDonald
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Donald N Sofolo, 82 Naperville, IL
April 15, 1941 -
July 20, 2023
Neptune Society
Donald Edward Sorenson, 81
Mt. Morris, IL
May 8, 1942 -
September 22, 2023
Sandra L. Spaine, 78 Polo, IL
October 5, 1944 -
September 1, 2023
James W. Stark, 73 Dixon, IL
May 22, 1950 -
August 4, 2023
William “Bill” Suneson, 67 Mount Morris, IL
April 10, 1956 -
August 31, 2023
Farrell Holland Gale
Gayla M. Topp, 85 Sterling, IL
February 19, 1938August 30, 2023
Jule L. Tourtillott, 96 Franklin Grove, IL
October 2, 1926 -
September 10, 2023
Mary Lou Steele, 75 Sycamore, IL
July 8, 1948 -
July 13, 2023
Wasmer Funeral Home
Gladys D. Stern, 102
Sterling, IL
July 7, 1921 -
August 9, 2023
McDonald Funeral Home & Crematory
Lyle K. Stoecker, 76 Morrison, IL December 31, 1946September 10, 2023
Maurice B. Swinton, 97 Dixon, IL
December 20, 1925 -
May 17, 2023
Jones Funeral Home
TSteven John Temple, 73
Fulton, IL
April 4, 1950 -
August 11, 2023
Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home
David LeRoy ‘Dave’ Thomas, 85 Sun Lakes, AZ
January 5, 1938June 23, 2023
Patrick Tracy, 59 Ashton, IL
November 1, 1963 -
July 21, 2023
Jones Funeral Home
SGT Christopher Truemper, 54 Dixon, IL
September 22, 1968 -
September 2, 2023
Jones Funeral Home
UJames Ufkin, 81
Geneseo, IL
December 12, 1941August 14, 2023
John Ukena, 65 Sterling, IL
June 6, 1958July 7, 2023
Schilling Funeral Home & Cremation
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Robert V Ulrich, 83
Sterling, IL
February 7, 1940 -
August 15, 2023
Schilling Funeral Home
Harry W. Weaver, 89 Sterling, IL
February 24, 1934September 24, 2023
Heather Jo (Murnion) Zigler, 34 Rock Falls, IL
January 7, 1989 -
July 3, 2023
VRichard D. Vegter, 75 Morrison, IL
December 18, 1947 -
August 18, 2023
Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home
Francis C. Verbout, 81 Rock Falls, IL
August 27, 1942 -
September 12, 2023
Willis L. Weegens, 85 Forreston, IL
March 8, 1938 -
July 28, 2023
Stephen Richard Zimbelman, 78 Troy, OH
October 25, 1944 -
August 11, 2023
Janet Louise Versypt, 70 East Moline, Formerly of Cordova, IL
June 7, 1953 -
August 6, 2023
Jimmie Vest, 86 Sterling, IL
December 8, 1936 -
September 25, 2023
McDonald Funeral Home
Richard P. “Dick” Vogel, 74 Fulton, IL
March 26, 1949July 12, 2023
Bonnie C. Volz, 64 Loves Park, IL
September 8, 1959 -
September 20, 2023
Polo Family Funeral Home
Rose Louise Wendler, 94 Dixon, IL August 15, 1929August 18, 2023
Michael Widolff, 65 West Brooklyn, IL August 24, 1958September 13, 2023 Merritt Funeral Home
Kaye M. Wilkins, 84 Prophetstown, IL March 16, 1939 -
September 1, 2023 Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home
Barry E. Williams, 74 Nelson, IL
May 23, 1949 -
July 31, 2023
Geraldine Zimmerman, 92 Mendota, IL
April 4, 1931 -
September 2, 2023
Merritt Funeral Home
WHelen M. Wales, 89 Dixon, IL
November 16, 1933 -
July 3, 2023
Polo Family Funeral Home
Merlin Watson, 90 Freeport, IL
July 19, 1933 -
July 19, 2023
Kathryn M. Winchell, 89 Sterling, IL
July 23, 1934 -
July 29, 2023
Mary L. Wright, 87 Mt Morris, IL
January 24, 1936 -
July 23, 2023
ZMary Zapf, 100 Mendota, IL
December 24, 1922September 7, 2023
Merritt Funeral Home
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It is the mission of Finch Funeral Home & Cremation Service to facilitate meaningful ways for families to grieve their loss and celebrate the memories of their loved ones.
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405 E. Hitt St. Mount Morris, IL
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