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Remember ing those we’ve loved and lost.
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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.
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A David M. Adams, 62 Tampico, IL April 20, 1959 November 14, 2021
Steven W. Anderson, 71
Sterling, IL June 28, 1950 October 5, 2021 Schilling
Jane E. (Bristle) Apple, 74
Phyllis D. Albright, 74 Sterling, IL April 22, 1947 October 30, 2021
Morrison, IL February 18, 1947 December 5, 2021
William “Bill” Melville Appleman, Jr. Dixon, IL
Bonnie ‘BJ’ Anderson, 82
Sterling, IL January 22, 1939 October 6, 2021
Phyllis J. Anderson, 89
Paxton, IL October 21, 1932 November 18, 2021
Timothy David Aurand, 71
Sterling, IL January 11, 1950 September 27, 2021 Schilling Funeral Home
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Donald Babel
Dana E. Barlow, 80
Joann E. Bachman, 87
James L. “Jim” Barnes, 93
Sterling, IL Schilling Funeral Home & Cremation
Eldena, IL November 2, 1941 December 23, 2021 Mihm-Jones Funeral Home
Oregon, IL April 6, 1934 October 19, 2021
Oregon, IL October 13, 1928 December 5, 2021
Charles Grant Baker, 82
Constance ‘Connie’ L. Bartels, 73
Sterling, IL September 13, 1939 November 5, 2021
Monroe, WI January 27, 1948 September 27, 2021
William Balk, 74
Richard Barton, 86
Robert E. Barber, 81
Alvin Laroy Baxter, 89
Thomson, IL March 8, 1947 October 3, 2021
Sterling, IL November 17, 1939 November 5, 2021
Dixon, IL December 3, 1934 October 18, 2021 Jones Funeral Home
Port Byron, IL March 8, 1932 November 15, 2021 Gibson-Bode Funeral Home
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Amy Faber Beard, 59
Barry J. Black
Brock L. Boss, 38 Fort Myers, FL December 20, 1982 October 17, 2021
Rhea Bechtel, 91 Fulton, IL July 27, 1930 November 29, 2021 Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home
Ralph R. Black, 91
Opal Laverne (Thompson) Bowers
David L. Beck
Susan Elizabeth Blackburn, 47
Polo, IL February 4, 1962 November 8, 2021
Mesa, AZ September 10, 2021
Silvis, IL July 2, 1938 December 1, 2021
Roger Lee Behm, 79
Port Byron, IL August 14, 1942 October 19, 2021 Gibson - Bode Funeral Home
Ardith Maxine Miller Bennett, 99
Hillsdale, IL February 20, 1930 October 20, 2021 Gibson-Bode Funeral Home
Rock Falls, IL July 31, 1974 November 15, 2021
Mary Blean, 98
Erie, IL September 9, 1923 November 15, 2021 Gibson - Bode Funeral Home, Erie, IL
Donna Jean Blume, 79
Oregon, IL September 5, 1942 December 5, 2021
Lavern Donald Boelkens, 86
Simpsonville, SC July 3, 1922 September 26, 2021 Gibson-Bode Funeral Home
Elgin, IL January 8, 1935 October 2, 2021
Shawn M. Berhow, 40
Leslie D. ‘Les’ Bonnell, 76
Morrison, IL October 7, 1981 December 3, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home
Joseph Jay Besse, 99
Erie, IL February 24, 1922 December 21, 2021 Gibson - Bode Funeral Home, Erie, IL
Nancy J. Bielema, 83
Albany, IL June 30, 1938 November 9, 2021 www.bosmarenkes.com
Dixon, IL
Rosalind Boyer, 79
Savanna, IL June 6, 1942 December 18, 2021 Law Jones Funeral Home
David G. Brandon Sr., 88
Harmon, IL November 12, 1932 October 24, 2021
Jim Brandt, 84 Pearl City, IL May 29, 1937 November 24, 2021
James Edward Brennan, 78
Freeport, IL January 22, 1943 September 26, 2021
Lester Edward Brooks, 88
Steward, IL December 29, 1945 December 29, 2021
Forreston, IL April 23, 1933 November 1, 2021
Randall D. Boomgarden, 74
Charles “Charlie” Bruce, 80
Savanna, IL September 28, 1947 November 20, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home
Dixon, IL October 22, 1941 December 23, 2021
Brian J. Bormann
Micheal W. Bryan, 73
Shannon, IL
Tampico, IL August 30, 1948 November 2, 2021
Ronald P. Buck, 79 Prophetstown, IL January 5, 1942 December 20, 2021 Bosma-Gibson Funeral Home John Lewis Burns, 85
Mt. Morris, IL September 27, 1936 October 19, 2021
Scott A. Burrows, 63 Dixon, IL February 7, 1958 November 28, 2021 Jones Funeral Home
Bernita L. Bush, 97 Morrison, IL August 12, 1924 December 2, 2021 Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home
Wilma J. (Schrader) Bush, 92 Morrison, IL July 29, 1929 October 26, 2021 Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home
Steven A. Buskohl, 63 Polo, IL October 19, 1957 September 18, 2021
Steven Kurtis Butts, 55
Rock Falls, IL March 31, 1966 December 18, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home
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Dorothy Jean Capes, 93
Mr. Morris, IL September 12, 1928 November 18, 2021
Allen Bruce Carr, 83 Lansing, MI October 21, 1937 October 10, 2021
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Rev. David L. Beebe, 83
Lake Barrington, IL October 5, 2021
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See full obituary at saukvalley.com/obituaries Hortensia Cervantes, 93
Rose Carol Coss, 99
Chad Charnas, 48
James ‘Jim’ Richard Cowley Sr., 89
Sterling, IL July 11, 1928 October 16, 2021
Austin, TX March 27, 1973 December 1, 2021
George D. Cheshier, 79
Rock Falls, IL February 24, 1942 November 21, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home
Charles Daniel Chriest, 78
Tampico, IL February 24, 1943 December 15, 2021 Garland Funeral Home
Robert Louis Christ, 72
Oregon, IL November 8, 1948 October 28, 2021
Cynthia “Cindy” Jean Clevenger Dixon, IL
Daniel David Cluver, 74
Watseka, IL July 26, 1947 November 20, 2021
Glenn W. Collaer, 93
Fremont, MI July 1, 1928 November 15, 2021
Brett RIchard J. Como, 33
Canton, GA May 26, 1988 October 12, 2021
Franklin Grove, Formerly of Amboy, IL March 8, 1922 November 30, 2021
Lawton, OK June 28, 1932 October 12, 2021
Edward A. Cox, 79 Polo, IL July 31, 1942 December 15, 2021
Mitchell R. Cox, 63 Milledgeville, IL July 20, 1958 December 1, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home
Vivian Lee Curley, 78 Madison, WI March 14, 1943 November 16, 2021
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Richard Dahlquist, 84
Sterling, IL August 23, 1937 November 27, 2021 Schilling Funeral Home & Cremation
Alecia A. Dale, 63
Sterling, IL December 15, 1957 December 2, 2021 Schilling Funeral Home
Jacob “Jake” Arthur Damhoff, 92 Erie, IL November 10, 1928 October 3, 2021 Gibson-Bode Funeral Home
Mary Ellen Davis, 79
Polo, IL July 12, 1942 November 29, 2021
Terri Ann Dawson, 63
Bernard C. ‘Bernie’ Digman, 85
Dixon, IL December 31, 1957 November 27, 2021 Jones Funeral Home
Dubuque, IA December 7, 1936 December 12, 2021
Shirley A. Decker, 86
Donna Dirks, 87
Moneta Ann DeClerk
Marlene Joyce Dohlen Genung, 90
Prophetstown, IL August 13, 1935 October 7, 2021
Dixon, IL
Jill A. Deem, 78
Sterling, IL March 20, 1943 October 21, 2021 Schilling Funeral Home
Kay A. Deets, 84 Milledgeville, IL March 28, 1937 November 8, 2021
Linda Lou (Clevenger) DeOrnellas, 68
Byron, IL July 14, 1953 September 23, 2021
James Dever, 67 Rock Falls, IL February 24, 1954 October 30, 2021
Sterling, IL April 20, 1934 October 10, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home - Sterling
St. Croix Falls, WI February 14, 1931 November 14, 2021
Dennis Donna, 66 Dixon, IL January 9, 1955 November 2, 2021 Mihm-Jones Funeral Home
Reva Doty, 91 Savanna, IL May 30, 1930 July 10, 2021
Mary Louise Wadsworth Drew, 85 Dixon, IL January 7, 1936 December 24, 2021
Judith Ann ‘Judy’ Dunn, 79
Thomson, IL April 27, 1942 December 11, 2021
Betty Jo Dunne, 70 Judith ‘Judi’ A. DeVries, 79
St. George, UT August 21, 1942 September 4, 2021
Dixon, IL February 3, 1951 November 8, 2021 Jones Funeral Home
Vicki Dunphy, 56 Harlan Ray Diehl, 88
Freeport, IL March 31, 1933 November 11, 2021
Dixon, IL May 25, 1965 November 18, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home
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Yvonne M. Eccles, 81
Mary Faber, 82 Fulton, IL November 14, 1938 October 17, 2021 Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home
Evelyn D. Egan, 100 Sterling, IL September 23, 1921 October 18, 2021
Raymond James Fane
Oregon, IL March 14, 1940 December 16, 2021 Jones Funeral Home
Marilyn Elaine Eickman, 92
Clara Helen Eissens, 90
Fulton, IL October 18, 1930 September 26, 2021
Noah “Dale” Erisman Franklin Grove, IL
Daniel P. Etnyre
Lancaster, PA September 26, 2021
Helen J. Farwell, 98
Sterling, IL March 13, 1923 November 29, 2021
James ‘Jim’ Fellows, 87
Seneca, MO October 8, 1933 October 5, 2021
Stanley P. Ferris, 74 Dixon, IL January 28, 1947 October 30, 2021 Jones Funeral Home
Kevin E. Fisher, 48
Rockford, IL November 4, 1973 November 10, 2021
Lucy Ettinger, 90 Sterling, IL April 15, 1931 December 13, 2021
Bobbie L. Fitts, 83 Cottage Grove, MN July 25, 1938 October 3, 2021
Laura Everson, 84
Mt. Carroll, IL April 4, 1937 December 4, 2021
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Marlyn Faber, 86
Fulton, IL November 3, 1934 October 15, 2021 Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home
Ronald Forristall, 83
Lois Garman, 86
Peggy Franks, 84
Allan ‘Skip’ Garner, 91
Sterling, IL March 15, 1937 September 30, 2021 Gibson - Bode Funeral Homes & Cremation Services, Ltd.
Donald L. Frey, 59 Mt. Morris, IL February 13, 1962 October 28, 2021
Gary L. Fruin, 70 Dixon, IL July 22, 1951 October 2, 2021 Farrell-HollandGale Funeral Home in Oregon, IL Leon Full, 80
Monroe, WI June 17, 1941 November 7, 2021 Mihm-Jones Funeral Home
Richard C. Fuller, 78 Milledgeville, IL August 26, 1943 October 27, 2021
Dorinda Eva Fullmer, 68
Rock Falls, IL January 14, 1953 December 27, 2021 Schilling Funeral Home
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Alene D. Gallup, 90
Dixon, IL April 27, 1938 November 10, 2021 Mihm-Jones Funeral Home
Mt. Morris, IL April 1, 1931 November 4, 2021
Donald F. Foster, 86
Esther T. Gann, 81 Fulton, IL December 18, 1939 October 26, 2021
Morrison, IL June 8, 1935 November 4, 2021 Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home
Polo, IL September 16, 1935 October 6, 2021
Lanark, IL June 6, 1930 November 8, 2021
Gene Gascoigne, 95 Dixon, IL September 25, 1926 September 28, 2021 Jones Funeral Home
Maxine Elaine Gaumer, 93
Sterling, IL December 11, 1928 December 27, 2021 Schilling Funeral Home
Nicholas Geer
Sterling, IL October 13, 2021
Gary M. Geirnaeirt, 80
Sterling, IL October 10, 1941 December 26, 2021
Angela Rose Marie (Salerno) Ghibellini, 83
Mt. Morris, IL December 31, 1937 September 22, 2021
Willard Leon Gibson, 92
Dixon, IL October 22, 1929 December 6, 2021
Elizabeth Mae Giese, 101
Annandale, NJ April 22, 1920 November 19, 2021
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Mt. Morris, IL October 24, 1928 October 10, 2021
Dixon, IL
Susan E. Foster, 76
Ashton, IL July 24, 1945 November 7, 2021
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See full obituary at saukvalley.com/obituaries Shirley J. Gisi, 94 Rock Falls, IL July 4, 1927 November 2, 2021
Judy Hannis, 82 Erie, IL July 5, 1939 December 7, 2021
Todd F. Hermeyer, 51
Jeffrey G. Hughes, 58
Mary Eileen Graehling, 81
Carl Martin Hans, 84
Rex O. Hicks, 74
June A. Hunsberger, 99
Dixon, IL January 5, 1940 November 21, 2021 Jones Funeral Home
Jesse W. Griffith, 81 Sterling, IL November 3, 1939 October 28, 2021
Alice L. Grimes, 83
Tampico, IL September 15, 1938 December 14, 2021 Garland Funeral Home
Stella Mae Grobe Dixon, IL
Rock Falls, IL June 24, 1937 October 4, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home
Ronald Duane Hanson, 82
Morrison, IL January 28, 1939 November 12, 2021 www.bosmarenkes.com
Laura Hartman Chadwick, IL
Dixon, IL
Patricia Artincie Guinn, 83 Ekron, KY March 23, 1938 October 2, 2021
Amboy, IL January 7, 1947 December 21, 2021 Mihm-Jones Funeral Home
Harold Himmelright, 86
Bemidji, MN April 5, 1935 December 25, 2021
Mary M. ‘Peg’ Hoffman, 90
Champaign, Formerly of Dixon, IL October 4, 1931 December 20, 2021
Dominga Heald
Annette Holmes
Patricia May Henderson, 83
Ronald E. Horn, 59
Sterling, IL
Susan E. Grobe
Ohio, IL August 30, 1970 November 27, 2021
Corona, CA August 26, 2021
Rock Falls, IL September 15, 1938 October 7, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home
Oregon, IL September 12, 1962 October 1, 2021 Farrell-HollandGale Funeral Home in Oregon, IL
Sidney Gustaf Hensel, 79
Arthur “Bud” Harold Horton
Loves Park, IL January 29, 1942 November 26, 2021
Dixon, IL
Marie “Sue” Henson Dixon, IL
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Teresa “Terri” L. Haenitsch
Dixon, IL November 9, 2021
William ‘Bill’ Herbst, 93
Morton, IL April 21, 1928 October 22, 2021
Rock Falls, IL May 31, 1922 November 8, 2021
Sharon L. Hustak, 74
Rock Falls, IL July 15, 1947 November 27, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home
Fred “Pops” Hutchison, 88
Milledgeville, IL July 12, 1933 December 9, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home
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Bobby Irwin
Sterling, IL October 8, 2021
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Shirley Jacobs, 73
Oregon, IL January 21, 1948 December 1, 2021 Stateline Cremations
Robert James “Bob” Jaecques, 81 Cairo, MO August 12, 1940 October 17, 2021
Gladys Irene Guntle Dixon, IL
Rock Falls, IL March 15, 1963 December 12, 2021
Vogle “Sonny” Howard, 67
Chadwick, IL April 22, 1954 December 9, 2021 McDonald Funeral Homes
Marianne Huber, 85
Dixon, IL June 9, 1936 October 12, 2021 Jones Funeral Home
Donna I. JaggersMiller, 72
Sterling, IL May 2, 1949 November 2, 2021
Larry F. Jenkins, 73 Forreston, IL October 25, 1948 December 15, 2021
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Ross T. Jennings Stering, IL December 15, 2021
Christine Johnson, 72 Dixon, IL March 13, 1949 November 28, 2021 Schilling Funeral Home & Cremation
Dolores “Dorie” Joanne Johnson Rockford, IL
Roger Johnson, 81 Princeton, IL September 24, 1940 December 1, 2021
James Jones, 75
West Brooklyn, IL June 23, 1946 November 1, 2021 Merritt Funeral Home
Joanne Marie Marcan Juriga, 83
Mt. Morris, IL September 13, 1938 December 7, 2021
Robert Thomas Jurkens, 74
Sterling, IL July 8, 1947 November 22, 2021
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Elsie Z. Kaiser, 88 Glen Haven, WI April 28, 1933 December 8, 2021
Violet A. Kastner, 92 Dixon, IL April 6, 1929 December 24, 2021 Jones Funeral Home
Mary ‘Maré’ Elizabeth Kaup, 81
Joan D. Kelly, 83
South Daytona, FL November 24, 1942 July 28, 2021
Sterling, IL September 1, 1938 September 24, 2021
Laurence Michael ‘Larry’ Jones, 51
Susan E. Kelly, 69
Steven R. Jones, 60
Dixon, IL June 28, 1961 December 12, 2021 The Jones Funeral Home
Oregon, WI November 16, 1946 October 18, 2021
Marvin L. Klundt, 86 Hillsdale, IL October 17, 1935 December 25, 2021 Gibson - Bode Funeral Home, Port Byron
Diane M. Kutz, 73
Humboldt, TN September 28, 1948 October 25, 2021
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Paul Alan Laird, 73
Sterling, IL August 11, 1948 October 30, 2021
Lila Darlene Knie, 93
Polo, IL January 12, 1928 December 19, 2021
Christine Lea Kobbeman, 68
Rhome, TX September 26, 1953 - October 6, 2021
Hendrix Thomas Kobbeman, 2
Sterling, IL July 3, 2019 November 20, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home
Nick A. Koltunchik Dixon, IL
Prophetstown, IL August 21, 1940 November 21, 2021
Judy Kay Alter Jones, 78
Fulton, IL March 10, 1970 November 4, 2021
Ira Samuel ‘Sam’ King, 74
Kent Kosier
Sterling, IL Schilling Funeral Home & Cremation
Richard H. “Dick” Landheer, 87
Morrison, IL November 7, 1934 December 11, 2021 www.bosmarenkes.com
Elizabeth Ann Barnett Lang Lanark, IL Law-Jones Funeral Home
Patricia Ann (Steadman) Lange, 89 Morrison, IL June 10, 1932 December 3, 2021 Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home
Marilyn Lanphere, 90 Prophetstown, IL May 3, 1931 December 20, 2021 Bosma-Gibson Funeral Home
Carol Ann Large, 80
Erie, IL January 9, 1941 November 8, 2021 Gibson-Bode Funeral Home
Kathy L. Kramer, 72
Dixon, IL January 18, 1952 December 18, 2021 Jones Funeral Home
Sterling, IL August 25, 1949 November 25, 2021
Wanda Larson, 83 Silvis, IL August 19, 1938 September 30, 2021 Gibson - Bode Funeral Homes & Cremation Services, Ltd.
Ruth O. Killinger, 91
Stella E. Kulas, 93 Rock Falls, IL April 30, 1928 December 19, 2021
Clifford W. Lauts, 83
Davenport, IA November 16, 1929 October 15, 2021 Gibson-Bode Funeral Home
Sterling, IL June 25, 1938 November 26, 2021
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Peggy M. Johnson, 75
Dixon, IL August 9, 1946 October 25, 2021 Jones Funeral Home
Elvin Jones Sr., 78 Rochester, MN August 1, 1943 November 19, 2021 Mihm-Jones Funeral Home
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See full obituary at saukvalley.com/obituaries Duane Bryant ‘Shorty’ Law, 94
Ernest Lippens, 82 Sterling, IL January 30, 1939 November 27, 2021
Ronald W. Laws, 81
Kreston Rae Lipscomb, 68
Mount Carroll, IL August 27, 1927 December 10, 2021
Belvidere, IL July 6, 1940 November 17, 2021
Dale G. Lawson, 76
Dixon, IL December 8, 1945 December 16, 2021 Jones Funeral Home
Springfield, IL March 23, 1953 September 28, 2021
Louis Lamar Long, 72 Marble Falls, TX October 31, 1949 November 13, 2021
Alfred G. Lee, 48 Sterling, IL July 18, 1973 October 25, 2021
Matthew P. Love, 55
Connor Stephen Lee, 28
Jacques Nicholas Lovinski, 90
Dixon, IL September 30, 1966 October 2, 2021 Jones Funeral Home
Tacoma, WA January 3, 1993 October 11, 2021
Sterling, IL May 18, 1931 October 17, 2021 Schilling Funeral Home
Richard Eugene Lewandowski, 80
Dorothy M. Lower, 88
Kingsport, TN May 4, 1941 September 30, 2021 East Lawn Funeral Home
Robert W. Lindsay, 84 Lanark, IL August 14, 1937 November 13, 2021
Kourtnie Link, 32 Princeton, IL November 9, 1988 November 6, 2021 Garland Funeral Home
Buford R. Linn, 85 Rock Falls, IL June 7, 1936 November 12, 2021
Lanark, IL October 25, 1932 July 8, 2021
Elizabeth (Verhulst) Luckman
Eleanor “Granny” Victoria Lumzy Dixon, IL
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Patrick Marschang, 75
Rock Falls, IL July 11, 1946 September 30, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home
Kathy L. Martin, 66
Dixon, IL April 4, 1955 November 1, 2021
Lloyd Martin, 94
Shannon, IL March 7, 1927 November 5, 2021
Robert D. Matthew, 77
Dixon, IL July 3, 1944 September 16, 2021 Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home
Pauline K. McCloud, 77
Timothy McQuillan, 75
Sterling, IL May 24, 1946 September 18, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home
Mary M. McWilliams, 67
Lyndon, IL April 5, 1954 November 12, 2021
Robert Meinsma, 83 Rock Falls, IL May 22, 1938 November 1, 2021
Charles Meisenheimer, 77
Walnut, IL October 29, 1943 October 3, 2021 Garland Funeral Home
Susan Messer, 66
Dixon, IL January 9, 1955 October 20, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home
Estella Metcalfe Sterling, IL
Rock Falls, IL October 29, 1944 December 24, 2021
Judy A. McCulloh, 82
Ruth Joan Miles Dixon, IL
Elgin, IL October 7, 2021
Morrison, IL October 2, 1939 December 12, 2021 www.bosmarenkes.com
Norma Jean Ludwick, 78
Sharon McKeown, 92
Cheryl Gay Mills
Sterling, IL May 22, 1929 December 4, 2021
Sterling, IL
Mary Ellen Ludwig, 84
Mary Ellen McOwen, 93
Kurt K. Mills, 53
Sterling, IL April 6, 1943 December 11, 2021
Forreston, IL October 16, 1937 December 1, 2021
Mt. Morris, IL July 28, 1928 November 2, 2021 Farrell-Holland-Gale Funeral Home in Oregon, Illinois
Freeport, IL July 16, 1968 October 28, 2021
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Julie Ann Mitchell, 59 Sterling, IL June 15, 1962 October 25, 2021
John Michael Mitchell Sr., 70
Benton City, WA August 14, 1951 December 7, 2021 Hillcrest Funerals and Cremations
Shirley Moen, 79
Ann Kathryn Montavon, 62
Dixon, IL June 22, 1959 November 20, 2021 Jones Funeral Home
David Montavon, 76 Dixon, IL May 9, 1945 October 2, 2021 Mihm-Jones Funeral Home
Jarrod W. Moore, 46
Amboy, IL November 24, 1975 November 27, 2021 Mihm-Jones Funeral Home
Shirley Ann Moothart Chadwick, IL
Mt. Morris, IL August 5, 1928 December 6, 2021
Mary Patricia “Patty” Nevills Savanna, IL Law-Jones Funeral Home
Joan M. Newcomer, 84
Dixon, IL July 25, 1937 October 30, 2021 Jones Funeral Home
Vernon Dale Newendyke Lanark, IL
June Reese Nicholson, 91
Hillsdale, IL January 11, 1930 December 7, 2021 Gibson-Bode Funeral Home
Robert J. Nie, 84 Sterling, IL August 10, 1937 December 16, 2021
Oralia “Lolly” Olalde, 53
Sterling, IL October 18, 1968 November 16, 2021 Schilling Funeral Home & Cremation
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Richard Roy Person, 84
Polo, IL July 7, 1937 December 28, 2021
Norma Jean ‘Sis’ Petersen, 82 Lake City, FL June 20, 1939 September 9, 2021
Dixon, IL
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Kate M. O’Malley, 74 Ohio, IL August 19, 1947 December 5, 2021
Raymond Lawrence Murray Dixon, IL
Phyllis M. Ohman, 99 Dixon, IL September 4, 1922 November 6, 2021 Jones Funeral Home
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Paula S. Prose, 66
Dixon, IL September 2, 1955 November 26, 2021 Jones Funeral Home
Mary T. Prunty, 35
Amboy, IL May 20, 1986 October 24, 2021 Mihm-Jones Funeral Home
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Mary Margaret Raab, 75
Irene E. Peterson
David Ramirez
Betty Pfulb
Federico Ramirez, 88
Danny ‘Paw Paw’ Phillips
Louis Ramirez
William “Billy” Pitchford, 49
Martin ‘Marty’ Ramirez Jr., 69
Christine Marie Pitton, 61
Captain Garrett E. Ramos, 38
Polo, IL
Mountain Home, AR November 24, 2021
Sterling, IL November 28, 2021
Arthur “Art” Paul Mueller, Jr.
Mt. Morris, IL July 6, 1951 November 11, 2021
Diana L. Peterson, 69 Port Byron, IL March 18, 1952 December 26, 2021 Gibson - Bode Funeral Home, Port Byron
Robert J. Niesen Sterling, IL October 4, 2020
Donald Charles Price, 70
Dixon, IL August 14, 1972 October 1, 2021 Jones Funeral Home
Rock Falls, IL February 14, 1960 November 19, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home
Mt. Carroll, IL July 8, 1946 November 4, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home
Florence, AZ December 22, 2021
Sterling, IL July 29, 1933 October 1, 2021 Schilling Funeral Home
Coolidge, AZ December 22, 2021
San Antonio, TX April 13, 1952 November 6, 2021
Sterling, IL October 27, 1983 December 4, 2021
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Lanark, IL May 18, 1942 October 6, 2021 Hermann Funeral Home
Carl J. Nelson, 93
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See full obituary at saukvalley.com/obituaries Lonnie Retherford, 57
Kathleen A. Sarver, 53
Omelia Sheppherd
Mark Smith, 64
Linda “LouLou” Lou Reynolds
Arthur Saucedo, 56 Sterling, IL September 9, 1965 November 4, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home
Patricia Ann Shoemaker
Doris ‘Snooky’ Lorraine (Barnhart) Snapp, 83
David Jorden Saunders, 82
Daniel E. Sholders, 62
Arnie R. Snyder, 74
Mt. Morris, IL May 30, 1939 December 19, 2021
Ottawa, IL August 22, 1959 December 20, 2021 Jones Funeral Home
Dawson Scott Scanlan, 3 months
Eugene T. Simmons, 85
Lyndon, IL November 30, 1935 October 9, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home
Richard “Rick” Sotelo, 52
Sterling, IL January 19, 1969 November 2, 2021 Schilling Funeral Home
Daniel G. Schick, 35
Lois Jane Simmons, 97
Richard Dale Soulon, 82
Judy Simpson, 79
Lois Murphy Spanich, 71
Rock Falls, IL March 26, 1964 November 25, 2021
Dixon, IL
William A. Richmond, 80
Sterling, IL April 5, 1941 December 7, 2021
JoAnne “Jody” Robinson, 75
Prophetstown, IL November 5, 1946 November 19, 2021 Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home
Edward T. Rock Sr., 89
Chesterfield, MO March 2, 1932 November 5, 2021
Ann Elizabeth Rodekamp, 94
Sterling, IL July 26, 1927 November 9, 2021 Schilling Funeral Home
Violet J. Rothermel, 80
Shannon, IL September 22, 1941 November 19, 2021
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Dixon, IL December 19, 1967 November 15, 2021 Jones Funeral Home
Iowa City, IA June 25, 2021 October 5, 2021 Gibson-Bode Funeral Home, Erie, IL
Sterling, IL August 22, 1986 October 22, 2021
Loren J. Schlomer, 76
Rock Falls, IL November 20, 1944 October 11, 2021
Carl D. Scott, 84 Rock Falls, IL August 6, 1937 December 9, 2021
Dixon, IL
Mary Scott, 86 Sterling, IL September 12, 1935 November 28, 2021
Irma Mae Sander, 95
Albert F. Shelton, 87
Peggy Lou Salvato
Forreston, IL June 3, 1926 October 17, 2021
Mt. Morris, IL October 23, 1934 December 16, 2021
Dixon, IL
Dixon, IL
Milledgeville, IL March 22, 1924 October 5, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home
Cordova, IL May 18, 1942 October 29, 2021 Gibson - Bode Funeral Home, Erie
Barbara Skibbe Morrison, IL
James Slaymaker, 78
Sterling, IL January 11, 1957 November 18, 2021
Fresno, CA August 25, 1938 September 1, 2021
Morrison, IL July 27, 1947 December 22, 2021 Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home
Dixon, IL July 21, 1939 October 14, 2021
Morrison, IL February 11, 1950 December 1, 2021 Gibson - Bode Funeral Home, Erie
Edna Anne Spencer, 90
Rock Falls, IL January 24, 1931 November 20, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home
Lester A. Sponseller, 79
Sterling, IL November 17, 1943 December 21, 2021 Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home
Sharps Chapel, TN October 4, 1942 October 5, 2021
Douglas “Dougie” Monroe Smith, 75
Jennifer F. ‘Jayce’ Standard, 27
East Moline, IL November 17, 1946 December 1, 2021 Gibson-Bode Funeral Home
Rock Falls, IL January 14, 1994 December 1, 2021
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Donald Stebbins, 77
Macee M. Sullivan, 24
Warren P. Temple, 90
Spring Valley, IL January 8, 1944 November 3, 2021 Mihm-Jones Funeral Home
Fennimore, WI July 7, 1997 December 21, 2021
Morrison, IL August 16, 1931 October 21, 2021 Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home
Steven J. Steele, 73
John A. Sutton, 71
Rosemarie Terhark, 89
Erie, IL July 28, 1948 December 19, 2021
Pauline Vivian Stengel, 101
Eugene E. Stilson, 82
Oregon, IL February 27, 1939 December 2, 2021 Farrell-HollandGale Funeral Home in Oregon, IL
Susan Strong, 82 Sterling, IL December 9, 1939 December 26, 2021
Patricia Ann Stuckey Dixon, IL
Lena, IL June 21, 1932 December 12, 2021 Leamon Funeral Home
Marian Jeanette Swanson, 97
Brad Thacker
San Jose, CA January 11, 1924 October 21, 2021
Richard ‘Dick’ Alan Sweeney, 84
Mt. Morris, IL September 11, 1937 November 27, 2021
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Michelle O’Brien Tabor, 45 Sterling, IL August 9, 1976 October 19, 2021
Jil Larae Tague, 65 Moline, IL January 1, 1956 November 12, 2021 Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home
Elkhorn, WI
Shirley Ann Thacker, 86
Dixon, IL October 5, 1935 October 17, 2021
Larry Thies, 72 Fenton, IL April 13, 1949 November 15, 2021
Oregon, IL November 25, 1927 November 10, 2021
Hillsdale, IL June 12, 1940 November 9, 2021 Gibson - Bode Funeral Home, Port Byron
Rock Falls, IL November 8, 1942 October 27, 2021
Donnagene (Linker) Sturtevant
Brian “Stretch” Tegeler, 55
Ruth Sylvia Thompson, 90
Sterling, IL March 9, 1924 October 25, 2021
Lois Ukena, 84
Sharon Ann Underhile Dixon, IL
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Jay Roland Van Zuiden, 90
Rose M. Thomas, 93
Forreston, IL October 13, 1938 December 3, 2021
Larry A. Thompson, 78
Fenton, IL March 12, 1966 October 6, 2021
Tampico, IL September 30, 1931 November 14, 2021
George L. Temple, 91
Robert Foster Thrasher, Jr., 75
Morrison, IL February 17, 1930 December 25, 2021 Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home
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Mesa, AZ April 2, 1931 December 13, 2021
Jerry Tanner, 81
Richard G. Styczynski, 97
Derek E. Trotter, 53 Dixon, IL March 11, 1968 December 23, 2021 Jones Funeral Home
Sterling, IL February 27, 1937 October 31, 2021 Schilling Funeral Home
Marsdon Stukenberg, 83
Shannon, IL
Sterling, IL January 16, 1935 December 8, 2021
Dixon, IL May 1, 1946 October 1, 2021
Rita J. VanDeMark, 95
Sterling, IL April 6, 1926 November 21, 2021 Bosma-Gibson Funeral Home
Becky VanDeWostine Morrison, IL September 5, 2021 Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home
Frances Naomi (Stultz) VanOosten, 96
Sterling, IL March 12, 1925 December 16, 2021
Roland “Rollie” J. VanZuiden, 90
Morrison, IL April 2, 1931 October 9, 2021 Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home
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Mt. Morris, IL March 13, 1920 November 19, 2021
Harmon, IL February 14, 2021 November 15, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home
Walter Clyde Tomlinson Jr., 86
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See full obituary at saukvalley.com/obituaries Mike D. Vary, 60 Rock Falls, IL August 22, 1961 October 25, 2021
Marjorie K. Vaupel, 87
Polo, IL October 9, 1934 November 16, 2021
Pablo Gonzalez Vazquez, 70
Lagos De Moreno, IL November 18, 1950 September 28, 2021 Pablo died in Lagos de Moreno, Mexico
Francis W. Venhuizen, 83
Morrison, IL March 4, 1928 November 23, 2021 Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home
Dale C. “Doc” Vroman, 80
Hillsdale, IL December 17, 1940 December 5, 2021 Gibson-Bode Funeral Home
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Timothy Jay Wade, 57
Fulton, IL May 20, 1964 October 19, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home
Susan J. Walatka, 66 Davenport, IA December 21, 1954 December 5, 2021
Julie E. Walker, 46
Luther Scott Warren, 56
Susan Lynn (Rick) Williams, 68
Joyce Weiss, 93
John E. Williamson Sr., 61
Rock Falls, IL March 16, 1965 November 29, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home Sterling, CA October 22, 1928 November 3, 2021 Pierce Bros Westwod Village Memoral Park & Mortuary
Belinda Lou Wells Rochelle, IL
Randall Welp, 71 Lanark, IL January 21, 1950 October 12, 2021
Sterling, IL August 30, 1960 October 15, 2021
Caryl Jean Wilson Rock Falls, IL
Gale W. Wind, 56 Rock Falls, IL January 28, 1965 October 28, 2021
William “Bill” F. White, 65
Alfred “Jim” Wirtjes, 88
James R. Whitlock, 86
Lorna Witmer
Polo, IL June 5, 1956 November 10, 2021
Cherry Valley, IL October 13, 1935 November 17, 2021
Kenneth Wiersema, 78
Deerfield Beach, FL July 2, 1943 September 30, 2021
LeRoy Wiersema, 88
Davenport, IA March 2, 1975 October 20, 2021
Sterling, IL January 2, 1933 December 20, 2021
Ethel F. Warner, 94
Dale Edwin Wildemuth, 98
Sterling, IL October 29, 1926 October 12, 2021 Schilling
Morrison, IL April 29, 1953 November 24, 2021 Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home
Prophetstown, IL September 23, 1923 October 24, 2021 McDonald Funeral Homes
Alma Lucille Woodin, 89
Polo, IL April 5, 1932 October 20, 2021
Catherine R. Woodyatt Dixon, IL
Barb A. Wright, 72 Fulton, IL May 15, 1949 December 2, 2021 Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home
Richard “Rick” Wright, 78
Fulton, IL April 18, 1943 September 28, 2021
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Clyde C. Yount, Jr. Dixon, IL
Davis Junction, IL November 11, 1932 October 5, 2021
Sterling, IL
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Ofelia Zalasar, 87 Rock Falls, IL August 3, 1934 December 24, 2021
LaVonne M. Wolf, 92
Davenport, IA January 20, 1929 December 5, 2021
Charlotte Zuend, 96 Dixon, IL December 30, 1924 October 8, 2021 Jones Funeral Home
Ronald Wolf, 77 Walnut, IL January 30, 1944 November 21, 2021
Mitchell L. Woodard, 63
Milledgeville, IL August 20, 1958 October 23, 2021
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13 Beverage-Lyons Family Funeral Homes & Cremation Services Ashton 601 Richardson Ave. (815) 453-2441
Rochelle 704 N. 6th St. (815) 562-6872
www.beveragelyonsfamilyfh.com “Proudly honoring memories and healing hearts”
320 LaFayette St. Prophetstown, IL
Fulton Chapel 500 10th Avenue (815) 589-2244
Morrison Chapel 404 Lincolnway E (815) 772-2322
(815) 537-2336 www.bosmarenkes.com
www.bosmagibson.com
“Serving Your Community” (815) 284-3322 1121 North Galena Ave. Dixon, IL
Byron 506 W. Merchant St. (815) 234-2631
Oregon 110 S. Seventh St. (815) 732-7272
Stillman Valley 136 W. Roosevelt Rd. (815) 645-2727
www.chapelhilldixon.com www.farrellhollandgale.com
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.
Tampico 115 Main St. (815) 438-6165
Walnut 14733 IL Hwy 92 (815)379-2010
(815) 734-6156
405 E. Hitt St. Mount Morris, IL
A Tradition of Neighborly Service
www.finchfuneral.com
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Funeral Home Directory
Jones Funeral Home 204 S. Ottawa Dixon, IL (815) 288-2241
The Jones Funeral Homes
Mihm-Jones Funeral Home 303 E. Main St. Amboy, IL (815) 857-2611 www.thejonesfh.com
Prophetstown 46 Grove St. Rt .78 N (815) 537-5544 Thomson 1854 IL 84 Chadwick 217 Main St. Savanna 309 Chicago Ave.
Illinois Locations “Every life deserves a special time of honoring and celebrating.” (815) 273-2264 www.lawjonesfuneralhome.com
Fulton 1601 16th Ave. (815) 589-9992
Milledgeville 520 Holcomb Ave. (815) 225-7154
Mount Carroll IL 64 Hanover 202 Monroe St. Elizabeth 107 S. Main St.
Sterling 505 1st Ave. (815) 626-6311
& Crematory
Rock Falls 1002 12th Ave. (815) 626-6311
“Our firm has strived to be progressive in identifying the ever changing needs our families request.”
mcdonaldfuneralhomes.com
(815) 946-2402 polofamilyfuneralhome.com “ Our mission is to honor life while staying true to a sacred trust”
110 E. Dixon St. Polo, IL
“When you have experienced the loss of a loved one, you can trust us to guide you through the arrangements necessary to create a meaningful ceremony that celebrates the unique life being honored.”
(815) 288-4469 213 Crawford Ave. Dixon, IL www.prestonschilling.com
During your family’s time of need, we can make a stressful situation easier to navigate through all of the decisions that need to be made in honoring your loved one.
Funeral Home & Cremation “Every Single Life is Unique & So Are Our Services”
400 N. 6th St. Rochelle, IL
Located at 702 First Ave. Sterling, IL
(815) 562-4534
(815) 626-1131
Unger-Horner Funeral Home & Cremation Services
schillingfuneralhome.com
www.ungerhorner.com
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