Remember ing those we’ve loved and los t. Januar y 1, 2022 - March 31, 2022
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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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Remember ing those we’ve loved and los t. Januar y 1, 2022 - March 31, 2022
This edition provides a listing of those who have passed away in January, February and March 2022.
A Nate J. Accardi, 87 Sterling, IL December 23, 1934 January 19, 2022
Janet Beth Ackerman, 82
Ohio, IL September 6, 1939 February 3, 2022 Garland Funeral Home
Ida Mary Adams, 95 Tampico, IL May 31, 1926 January 19, 2022
Jerald “Jerry” Allen, 75
Sterling, IL October 6, 1946 February 1, 2022
Chevy Ray Allen-Wadelton, 22
Rock Falls, IL March 21, 2000 March 25, 2022
Diane Maria Anderson, 75
Joel Trent Appler, 66
Centennial, CO June 15, 1955 October 6, 2021
Arlene Ann Arduini, 93
Mesa, AZ September 4, 1946 February 21, 2022 Sunflower Cremation and Burial
Rock Falls, IL July 19, 1928 January 3, 2022
Roger F. Anderson, 83
Mary J. Arduini, 96 Rock Falls, IL February 28, 1925 January 1, 2022
Chandler, AZ April 16, 1938 December 4, 2021
David Andrews, 50
William E. Arnold, 88
Patricia E. Anglese, 85
William Asbury, 83
Rock Falls, IL July 4, 1971 January 4, 2022
Albany, IL March 17, 1936 February 17, 2022 Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home
Sterling, IL April 24, 1933 January 20, 2022
Sterling, IL September 10, 1938 December 30, 2021 James F. Ferguson Funeral Home, Inc.
B Joseph C. Baker, 79 Oregon, IL May 18, 1942 December 29, 2021 Farrell-HollandGale Funeral Home in Oregon, IL Kirk R. Barkdoll, 66
Le Claire, IA May 22, 1955 February 18, 2022
Leona H. Barker, 104
Cordova, IL April 1, 1917 February 5, 2022 Gibson - Bode Funeral Home, Port Byron
Bridie Bartnicki, 69
Morrison, IL January 24, 1952 January 13, 2022
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Murrell Bass, 87 Sterling, IL November 17, 1934 January 5, 2022
Kenneth L. Bielema, 93
Fulton, IL August 2, 1928 February 14, 2022 Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home
Dixon, IL November 11, 1934 February 5, 2022
Roberta Jean Bass, 93
Marlys Beetz, 74
Rita F. Bishop, 90
Rose Marie Brown, 93
Donald Baugous, 83
Jeannette M. Belmonte, 102
Richard L. Black, 78
Lois Brownlee, 93
Juanita M. Bender, 85
Kenneth D. Blakeslee Jr., 69
Kevin R. Bruckner, Sr., 67
Jonesboro, AR March 21, 1928 February 23, 2022 McDonald Funeral Home Oregon, IL June 1, 1938 February 9, 2022
Joanne Baumann, 92 Sterling, IL November 26, 1929 March 2, 2022 Polo Family Funeral Home
Franklin Grove, IL August 14, 1927 February 2, 2022
Amboy, IL October 9, 1947 March 7, 2022 Merritt Funeral Home
Maryville, TN November 29, 1919 March 19, 2022
Prophetstown, IL October 4, 1936 January 15, 2022
Twila K. Beard, 70 Dixon, IL March 30, 1951 February 25, 2022
Arthur Bendick III
Lois Marie Bearman
Thomas Joseph Bennett, 72
Dixon, IL
Richard G. Beattie, 90
Rock Falls, IL July 24, 1931 January 21, 2022
Adaline M. Beck, 102 Polo, IL January 22, 1920 March 29, 2022
Cladene Elsa Becker, 81
Sherrard, IL January 26, 1941 February 22, 2022
Sterling, IL Schilling Funeral Home & Cremation
Grundy Center, IA June 7, 1949 January 23, 2022 Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home
Jane Walsh Berrettini, 83
Notre Dame, IN January 10, 1938 December 30, 2021
Janet Lee Besta, 85 Appleton, WI August 4, 1936 December 18, 2021
William Edward Beswick Sr., 84
Atlanta, MI October 3, 1937 January 6, 2022
Dixon, IL May 24, 1931 March 4, 2022 Jones Funeral Home
Hillsdale, IL March 28, 1943 February 4, 2022 Gibson - Bode Funeral Home, Port Byron
George Wayne Brooks, 87
Sterling, IL January 23, 1929 March 22, 2022
Dixon, IL December 9, 1928 February 9, 2022 Mihm-Jones Funeral Home
Rock Falls, IL March 30, 1952 February 3, 2022
Morrison, IL September 6, 1954 January 15, 2022 Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home
Mary Ann Boher, 85
Loda Mae Bruning, 88
Jason J. Bonnell, 41
Kenneth W. Bryant, 91
Crystal Lake, IL January 13, 1937 January 31, 2022
Amboy, IL November 2, 1980 February 26, 2022 Mihm-Jones Funeral Home
James E. Brady, 78
Dixon, IL August 11, 1943 March 26, 2022
Pecatonica, IL May 3, 1933 January 14, 2022
Rock Falls, IL March 2, 1930 February 18, 2022
Robert N. Buck, Jr., 54
Rock Falls, IL September 13, 1967 February 1, 2022 McDonald Funeral Home
Donald Wayne Brands, 85
Mary A. Bullard, 88 Hinckley, IL September 30, 1933 March 1, 2022
Brian F. Brinkman, 80
Gerald ‘Gerry’ L. Burke, 70
Sterling, IL August 11, 1936 February 11, 2022
Erie, IL July 20, 1941 March 11, 2022 Gibson-Bode Funeral Home, Erie
Loves Park, IL August 8, 1951 March 28, 2022
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Maxine Deloris Beeghly, 94
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See atat daily-chronicle.com/obituaries Seefull fullobituary obituary saukvalley.com/obituaries Kevin Bush, 58 Rock Falls, IL February 2, 1964 March 21, 2022 McDonald Funeral Home
Patrick “Pat” William Carney, 64
Sue Clark, 76
Steven L. Bushman, 74
Carrie May Cartwright, 98
Thomas “Tom” R. Coats, 61
Bettendorf, IA January 19, 1961 March 17, 2022
Mendota, IL February 21, 1922 January 1, 2022
James E. Casson, 79
Kay L. Coffey, 72
Randy Duane Cover, 64
Sterling, IL August 16, 1947 January 28, 2022 Schilling
Ryan J. Buskohl, 35 Dixon, IL August 4, 1986 February 19, 2022 Jones Funeral Home
Steven Byrd
Rock Falls, IL Schilling Funeral Home & Cremation
C Ronald D. Cahill, D.C., 90
Thomson, IL September 9, 1931 February 21, 2022
John Cain, 58 Oregon, IL September 22, 1963 March 28, 2022 Farrell-Holland-Gale Funeral Home in Oregon, Illinois Richard L. Cardot, 79 Maytown, IL February 26, 1942 February 18, 2022 Mihm-Jones Funeral Home
Beulah Faye Cardwell, 86
Sterling, IL April 20, 1935 March 1, 2022 Schilling Funeral Home
Ruth Carey, 87 Savanna, IL February 6, 1935 March 14, 2022
Morrison, IL February 27, 1957 January 22, 2022 www.bosmarenkes.com
Dixon, IL August 4, 1923 January 30, 2022
Sterling, IL December 19, 1945 January 15, 2022
Prophetstown, IL June 9, 1942 February 15, 2022 Bosma-Gibson Funeral Home
Dixon, IL November 12, 1949 January 22, 2022 Jones Funeral Home
Patrick J. Cavanagh, 72
Linda Jean Coley, 69
Port Byron, IL November 11, 1949 January 4, 2022 Gibson - Bode Funeral Home
Daniel “DJ” Chase, 45 Dixon, IL October 24, 1976 February 25, 2022
Terry L. Chase, 79
Dixon, IL September 19, 1952 February 12, 2022
Lois A. Collaer, 94 Fremont, MI December 24, 1927 March 16, 2022
John R. Comer, 72
Futon, IL September 30, 1942 January 1, 2022 Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home
Sterling, IL January 20, 1949 December 22, 2021
Shirley “Byrd” Marie Chesnek, 71
LeRoy G. Comins, 84
Oregon, IL December 26, 1950 December 27, 2021
Allan Christison, 94
Dixon, IL December 6, 1927 January 29, 2022
Helen Clark, 93
Sublette, IL December 8, 1928 February 2, 2022 Merritt Funeral Home
Oregon, IL August 21, 1937 January 10, 2022
Mario Dino Coronado, 84
Rock Falls, IL January 19, 1938 March 17, 2022
Caroline Marie Costello, 99
Dixon, IL January 14, 1958 January 27, 2022
Edward A. ‘Mr. Ed’ Cox, 79
Polo, IL July 31, 1942 December 15, 2021
Charles A. Craig Dixon, IL March 2, 2022
Donna L. Wike Cross Fort Lauderdale, FL January 2, 2022
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Hazel Delores (Lepien) Daehler, 96 Morrison, IL October 13, 1925 March 18, 2022
Roland E. Conkling, 75
Elda Dahlquist
Leonard Cook, 74
Becki L. Damhoff, 61 Morrison, IL October 11, 1960 February 14, 2022 www.bosmarenkes.com
Rock Falls, IL July 27, 1946 February 25, 2022
Tampico, IL July 18, 1947 February 10, 2022 Garland Funeral Home
Sterling, IL Schilling Funeral Home & Cremation
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Cecilia K. Davis Elburn, IL February 8, 2022
Dorothea Daw, 100 Milledgeville, IL December 10, 1921 January 12, 2022
Patricia Ruth Deardorff, 82
Ashleigh Nicole Decker, 30 Goose Lake, IA July 21, 1991 February 15, 2022 Gibson-Bode Funeral Home
Arlene Ann Delhotal, 93
Sterling, IL March 12, 1928 January 4, 2022
Eva Marie Delp, 95 Freeport, IL June 29, 1926 January 31, 2022
Eldon Engel
Kevin L. Druien, 62
Ted J Etheridge, 88
Linda Mae Folkers, 69
Phyllis Duhm
Lisa Evans
Jennifer A. Forbes, 46
Freeport, IL June 13, 1959 January 22, 2022
Dixon, IL April 6, 1959 March 5, 2022
Rock Falls, IL Schilling Funeral Home & Cremation
Wilson “Bill” Dement Dysart, 92
Crystal Lake, IL June 9, 1929 December 31, 2021 Querhammer and Flagg Funeral Home
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Merle Ebersole, 92 Dixon, IL April 26, 1929 February 4, 2022
Erika Rusev Edson, 98
Dixon, IL May 10, 1923 January 30, 2022
Polo, IL Schilling Funeral Home & Cremation
Amboy, IL September 3, 1933 March 15, 2022 Mihm-Jones Funeral Home
Springfield, IL July 31, 1963 February 14, 2022
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Lester L. Farrington, 69
April Marie Fischer, 40
Sterling, IL January 24, 1982 March 14, 2022
Milledgeville, IL April 2, 1952 March 26, 2022 McDonald Funeral Home
Antioch, IL December 10, 1975 January 29, 2022
Rebba Forren, 70 Rock Falls, IL October 20, 1951 February 6, 2022
Dixon, IL December 9, 1952 March 5, 2022
Jon Farster
Dixon, IL Schilling Funeral Home
Robert Edward Felix Jr., 73
Ashton, IL September 9, 1948 January 27, 2022
Gerald “Jerry” W. Fouts, 73
Prophetstown, IL January 17, 1949 January 30, 2022 www.bosmagibson.com
Beverly I. Francque, 82
Sterling, IL January 24, 1939 January 17, 2022
Mark Frey, 63 Beverly DeMay, 77 Prophetstown, IL February 9, 1944 January 11, 2022
Lavona M. Egert Oncken, 94
Prophetstown, IL July 20, 1927 March 5, 2022
Lorraine M. Fell, 71
Sterling, IL October 27, 1950 January 17, 2022
Pearl City, IL March 23, 1958 February 9, 2022
Todd A. Froeter, 57
Terrence ‘Terry’ Derdzinski, 83
Lake Carroll, IL August 25, 1938 February 27, 2022
Carl Vander Eide, 94 Fulton, IL November 15, 1927 January 24, 2022 www.bosmarenkes.com
Leonard Eugene Finck, 83
Sterling, IL June 7, 1964 February 16, 2022
Davenport, IA February 2, 1938 December 20, 2021
Ronald J. Frys, 72
Mary Dobbeke, 94 Tampico, IL August 30, 1927 January 20, 2022
Lucy ‘Cookie’ Roe Eilert
Nantucket, MA December 2, 2021
Dorothy Jean (Stone) Finifrock, 86
Thomson, IL March 31, 1949 February 2, 2022
Milledgeville, IL October 9, 1933 February 15, 2020
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Canby, CA December 15, 1939 January 28, 2022
Susan Marie Drozd, 62
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See atat daily-chronicle.com/obituaries Seefull fullobituary obituary saukvalley.com/obituaries Thomas ‘Tom’ A. Gaul, 70
Richard H. Greening, 84
Polo, IL November 4, 1951 January 27, 2022
Sterling, IL October 11, 1937 February 19, 2022
Coelleen Gaulrapp
Dallas R. Greenwalt, 59
Sterling, IL Schilling Funeral Home & Cremation
Ann M. Geesey, 81
Dixon, IL August 2, 1940 February 8, 2022 Jones Funeral Home
Kevin P. Geesey, 61 Dixon, IL February 20, 1961 March 1, 2022 Jones Funeral Home
Robert C. Gehlbach, 95
Lincoln, IL July 7, 1926 February 20, 2022
Tamara Ann Gerdes, 60
Morrison, IL August 11, 1961 January 6, 2022
Sharice Lynn Ghibellini, 79
Mt. Morris, IL February 16, 1943 March 1, 2022
Marceline Gilroy Cary, NC March 5, 2022
Virginia May Good, 86 Rochelle, IL September 9, 1935 February 21, 2022
Dixon, IL November 30, 1962 February 12, 2022
Jan Grimm, 64 Dixon, IL September 19, 1957 February 13, 2022
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Richard A. Haan, 75
Chadwick, IL May 11, 1946 January 9, 2022 www.bosmarenkes.com
Rita Kay Haan, 72
Chadwick, IL October 30, 1949 January 12, 2022 www.bosmarenkes.com
Russell Hartman, 70
Charles B. Herbon, 82
Delores Harts-Olukoya
John Willard Hess
Marianne Hartshorn
Dale J. Heuck, 77
Marvin N. Hartz, 76 Rural Tampico, IL January 22, 1946 February 19, 2022
Rock Falls, IL April 30, 1983 March 7, 2022
Mt. Carroll, IL April 5, 1951 January 4, 2022
Sterling, IL Schilling Funeral Home & Cremation
Sterling, IL Schilling Funeral Home & Cremation
David A. Hassler, 79
Harmon, IL April 17, 1942 January 9, 2022 Garland Funeral Home
Sterling, IL June 24, 1939 January 15, 2022
Sterling, IL
Sterling, IL March 11, 1944 December 26, 2021 McDonald Funeral Home
Chad Alan Hicks, 38
Gladys M. Highland, 82
Lanark, IL March 28, 1939 March 18, 2022
Randall “Randy” Charles Hawn, 75
Jenise Hill, 70 Dixon, IL November 16, 1951 January 5, 2022
Mary Louise (Weegens) Hayes
Parker Alan Hill
Sterling, IL
Michael Douglas Hayes, 70
Erie, IL December 16, 1951 February 1, 2022
Donna Marie Roebuck Hinrichs, 89
Richard D. Harris, 82
Julianne ‘Julie’ (née Curran) Heilman, 91
April Hinton, 73
Shirley Ann Hadley, 75
Sterling, IL October 2, 1946 February 27, 2022
Dr. John P. Haiduck, 67
Chicago, IL August 17, 1954 December 18, 2021
Jeffrey “Jeff” Ryan Hardison
Milledgeville, IL June 25, 1939 January 13, 2022
Grand Detour, IL July 15, 1946 March 17, 2022
Forreston, IL February 7, 2022
Naperville, IL January 1, 1931 January 5, 2022
Kingsport, TN January 5, 2022
Oregon, IL March 25, 1932 March 23, 2022
Tucson, AZ May 9, 1948 March 2, 2022
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Robin Elizabeth Hochgrebe, 48
James Winslow “Huffer” Huffman, 75
Gail Jellerichs, 72 Sterling, IL February 18, 1949 February 3, 2022
Cinda Holland
Sterling, IL Schilling Funeral Home & Cremation
Arlyn D. Huizenga, 76 Morrison, IL January 7, 1946 February 7, 2022 www.bosmarenkes.com
Thomas Jilderda
Curtis A. Holland, 78
Phyllis A. Huizenga, 86
Blue Springs, MO June 22, 1973 January 10, 2022
Lloyd Holldorf
Sterling, IL Schilling Funeral Home & Cremation
Dorothy “Dort” Houzenga, 94
Savanna, IL October 12, 1927 February 5, 2022 www.bosmarenkes.com
Thomas “Tom” Hobart Hoye Dixon, IL
Marvin Hubbell, 92 Mt. Morris, IL February 17, 1929 January 12, 2022
Morrison, IL December 27, 1935 March 6, 2022 Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home
Naoma F. Humphreys, 92 Waukon, IA May 14, 1929 January 8, 2022
Vesta Daune Hurley, 89
Milledgeville, IL August 19, 1932 February 8, 2022
Della Mae Hussung, 93
Sterling, IL May 3, 1928 February 2, 2022 Schilling Funeral Home
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Dorothy H. Jacobs, 105
Sterling, IL December 2, 1916 March 13, 2022 Schilling
Sharon “Ernie” Marie Hudson, 72
Earl Jacobs, 88
Wanda Sue Huff, 66
Margaret R. James, 89
Rock Falls, IL January 3, 1950 January 19, 2022 Schilling
Fulton, IL November 4, 1955 March 22, 2022
Harmon, IL November 10, 1933 January 24, 2022
Dixon, IL September 2, 1932 January 7, 2022 Jones Funeral Home
Dixon, IL Schilling Funeral Home & Cremation
Alexander C. Johnson, 22
Ft. Campbell, KY July 25, 1999 March 20, 2022
James E. Johnson, 91 Erie, IL June 28, 1930 January 1, 2022 Gibson - Bode Funeral Home, Erie, IL Mary A. Johnson, 83
Sterling, IL June 14, 1938 February 2, 2022
Robert I. Johnson, 87
Oregon, IL December 13, 1934 January 17, 2022
Robert L. Johnson, 92 Walnut, IL November 26, 1929 February 24, 2022 Garland Funeral Home
Robert A. Johnston, 97
Rochelle, IL February 16, 1945 January 22, 2022
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John Kellogg
Sterling, IL Schilling Funeral Home & Cremation
Carol Ann “Annie” Kemp, 86 Prophetstown, IL June 12, 1935 January 27, 2022 Bosma-Gibson Funeral Home
Irvin W. “Bill” Kendell, 81
Davenport, IA September 19, 1940 January 12, 2022 Schilling
Jamie N. King, 39
Davis, IL June 9, 1982 January 20, 2022
Sandra June Kissee, 77
Dixon, IL April 2, 1944 February 6, 2022
Nelda A. Klendworth, 91
Erie, IL October 23, 1930 February 17, 2022 Gibson-Bode Funeral Home
Joseph “Joe” Kline, 89
Sun City West, AZ April 2, 1924 December 23, 2021
Cordova, IL August 12, 1932 February 2, 2022 Gibson-Bode Funeral Home, Port Byron
Billy J. Jones, 80
Raymond Dale Knight, 73
Rock Falls, IL May 27, 1941 January 14, 2022
Rock Falls, IL April 27, 1948 February 24, 2022
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Dixon, IL October 23, 1943 March 29, 2022 Jones Funeral Home
Morrison, IL May 4, 1946 March 16, 2022 Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home
Donald Henry Julifs, 76
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See atat daily-chronicle.com/obituaries Seefull fullobituary obituary saukvalley.com/obituaries June Kniss Lanark, IL
Rock Falls, IL January 29, 1985 February 4, 2022
Dixon, IL March 4, 1934 March 17, 2022
William J. Logan, 88
Kevin Maxey, 58
David Kobbeman Burke, 70
Edward Dale Leighty, 73
Paul Joseph Lombardo, 39
Charles Maxwell
Palmer, AK May 21, 1951 January 20, 2022
Annette M. Koehler, 81
Pleasant Prairie, WI December 17, 1940 February 21, 2022 Bruch Funeral Home, Kenosha, WI
Terrie Jo (Ratliff-Miller) Kolb, 53
Dixon, IL March 21, 1968 February 3, 2022
David “Dave” S. Kutz, 66
Dixon, IL September 17, 1955 March 13, 2022
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Esther M. Lachat, 80 Dixon, IL February 23, 1942 March 19, 2022 Mihm-Jones Funeral Home
Larry Allen LaFavre, 51
Rock Falls, IL December 21, 1970 February 9, 2022
Ronald Lartz
Jamie J. Lehman, 37
Port Byron, IL September 28, 1948 January 12, 2022 Gibson - Bode Funeral Home
Phyllis Nell Lendman Powers, 93
Sterling, IL November 20, 1928 January 14, 2022 McDonald Funeral Home
Sherry Kay Lester, 72
Stillman Valley, IL March 23, 1949 January 17, 2022
Bradley Jon Liggett, 55
Beloit, WI December 7, 1966 January 8, 2022
Roger D. Linboom, 79 Dixon, IL August 8, 1942 March 19, 2022
Carol A. Lindsay, 80 Lanark, IL July 4, 1941 December 24, 2021
Donald Lindsley, 59
Sterling, IL August 8, 1982 January 28, 2022 McDonald Funeral Home
Marguerite A. “Marge” Love, 94
Dixon, IL September 14, 1927 January 11, 2022 Jones Funeral Home
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Daniel Majeski, 66
Erie, IL August 15, 1955 March 5, 2022 Gibson - Bode Funeral Home, Erie, IL
Linda L. Manzano, 85 Sterling, IL November 27, 1936 March 2, 2022 McDonald Funeral Home
Sherry Marshall, 66
Rock Falls, IL October 29, 1955 January 21, 2022
Darlene Martin, 88
Leaf Rive, IL August 5, 1933 February 11, 2022
Vera A. Mason, 85
Milledgeville, IL Schilling Funeral Home & Cremation
Rock Falls, IL October 10, 1962 January 6, 2022
Amboy, IL December 17, 1936 February 10, 2022 Mihm-Jones Funeral Home
Sherry L. Leesman, 75
Emma Jade Linton, 10
James C. Matthews, 83
Rock Falls, IL July 14, 1946 January 6, 2022
Rock Falls, IL March 26, 2011 January 3, 2022
Milledgeville, IL May 17, 1938 March 28, 2022
Prophetstown, IL March 15, 1963 February 15, 2022
Sterling, IL Schilling Funeral Home & Cremation
Cynthia Dee Mayfield, 82
Prophetstown, IL October 14, 1939 February 11, 2022 www.bosmagibson.com
James “Jim” Michael McClanahan, 78 Dixon, IL October 4, 1943 February 6, 2022
Judith A. McCloud, 58 Rock Falls, IL November 18, 1963 March 21, 2022
Elaine K. McKee, 55 Dixon, IL November 13, 1966 February 23, 2022 Jones Funeral Home
Arlene E. McNeill, 98
Prophetstown, IL November 26, 1923 February 16, 2022
Theresa Roman McNeill, 95 Princeton, IL August 14, 1926 March 9, 2022
Barbara Mellendorf, 94
Sterling, IL August 2, 1927 January 30, 2022
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Mark Richard Merboth, 59
Walker Lake, NV April 26, 1962 March 5, 2022 Gunter’s Funeral Home - Hawthorne, NV
Leta Milby, 92
Rock Falls, IL February 24, 1929 February 17, 2022
Daniel Miles, 79
Arla Ruth Miller, 96 Mount Carroll, IL May 20, 1925 January 26, 2022
Diane L. Miller
Princeton, IL February 24, 2022
Jameson Joseph Miller, 1
Sterling, IL August 25, 2020 January 20, 2022
Joyce Miller, 85
Geneseo, IL June 26, 1936 January 3, 2022
Judy M. Miller, 80
Polo, IL April 29, 1941 February 3, 2022
Melvin L. “Pete” Misfeldt, 95
Port Byron, IL January 31, 1927 March 11, 2022 Gibson - Bode Funeral Home, Port Byron
Kathryn Moore, 84
Sterling, IL January 7, 1938 March 6, 2022
Melva J. Nye, 76 Milledgeville, IL November 19, 1945 - March 18, 2022
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J. Michael “Mike” O’Malley, 79 Mendota, IL August 9, 1942 March 24, 2022
Frank Moriarty Plymouth, MN March 15, 2022
Linda M. Morrissey, 74
Amboy, IL July 27, 1947 January 11, 2022
Larry ‘Mo’ Mumford, 78
Fort Atkinson, WI June 23, 1943 December 7, 2021
Sister Angela Mary Murphy, 92 Nerinx, KY March 3, 1929 January 16, 2022
Adam James Murray, 33
Mount Morris, IL May 7, 1988 March 1, 2022
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Diana L. Nelson, 75
Dixon, IL September 4, 1946 February 12, 2022 Jones Funeral Home
Beverly Nowak Kent, 88
Lanark, IL November 30, 1933 March 7, 2022 Law Jones Funeral Home
David “Sonny” O’Neal, 88
Rock Falls, IL January 8, 1934 March 3, 2022 McDonald Funeral Home
Rosemary Patricia O’Brien, 90
Elizabeth Ann Peterson, 86
Pittsfield, Formerly of Dixon, IL September 29, 1935 December 30, 2021
Vera Marie Peterson, 105
Freeport, IL August 23, 1916 February 3, 2022
Billy Phillips, 55 Fulton, IL February 21, 1967 March 25, 2022 Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home May LaVaughn Pierce Dixon, IL
Naperville, IL January 17, 1932 March 19, 2022
Peggy Oelke, 59
Dr. Richard Piller, 79
Wade Alan Ohman Sr., 64
Hazel J. Pontnack, 93
Oregon, IL September 2, 1962 February 19, 2022
Dixon, IL January 10, 1958 February 6, 2022
Robert Olson, 80 Sterling, IL October 11, 1941 February 10, 2022 McDonald Funeral Home Clifford M. ‘Ray’ Ortiz, 78
Sterling, IL September 25, 1943 January 19, 2022
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Sally Ann Parker, 62 Sterling, IL October 10, 1959 March 11, 2022
Dixon, IL November 28, 1942 February 16, 2022
Polo, IL November 3, 1928 January 9, 2022
Eugene J. Potaczek, 68
Amboy, IL January 30, 1953 December 23, 2021 Schilling Funeral Home
Dr. William Powers Fort Worth, TX January 29, 2022
Mark Wesley Powers, 58
Ashton, IL February 6, 1963 January 19, 2022
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De Soto, Formerly of Rock Falls, IL January 27, 1943 March 13, 2022
Dennis D. Moore, 76 Amboy, IL September 12, 1945 January 9, 2022 Mihm-Jones Funeral Home
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See atat daily-chronicle.com/obituaries Seefull fullobituary obituary saukvalley.com/obituaries Anna “Betty” Prendergast, 99
Mary “Jeri” Renkes, 99
Audrey Fay Roop, 85
William “Billy” J. Pruitt Jr., 52
Ethel M. Richardson
Donald C. Ross Sr., 90
Franklin Grove, IL March 31, 1922 January 18, 2022
Rock Falls, IL September 9, 1969 February 1, 2022
Martha Jane Pumfrey, 83
Harlingen, TX March 2, 1938 January 24, 2022
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Betty Jean Quaco, 85 Dixon, IL July 12, 1936 January 20, 2022
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Judith A. Rahn, 83 Chadwick, IL November 11, 1938 February 1, 2022
Mary Margaret Ramos, 87
Frisco, TX May 9, 1934 February 13, 2022
Marian B. Rasmussen, 92
Fort Wayne, IN December 27, 1929 January 29, 2022
John L. Reed, 94
Rock Falls, IL September 3, 1927 February 23, 2022 McDonald Funeral Home
George A. Reif, 85 Ashton, IL October 4, 1936 March 2, 2022
Morrison, IL May 30, 1922 March 5, 2022 www.bosmarenkes.com
Mt. Morris, IL September 26, 1938 February 12, 2022
Mary Ann Richey, 94
Morrison, IL January 13, 1927 January 3, 2022
Jack V. Rippy Jr., 67
Rock Falls, IL October 1, 1954 January 15, 2022
Roberto ‘Beto’ Rivera, 71
Formerly of Rock Falls, IL January 6, 1951 February 20, 2022
Kenneth J. Robbins, 91
Sterling, IL September 19, 1930 March 10, 2022 Mihm-Jones Funeral Home
Beverly Roberts, 83
Sublette, IL November 19, 1938 December 29, 2021 Merritt Funeral Home
Larry W. Roberts, 72 Polo, IL June 1, 1949 February 23, 2022
Delores V. Robinson, 78 Dixon, IL July 13, 1943 March 1, 2022
Franklin Grove, IL September 7, 1936 February 7, 2022
Decatur, GA September 14, 1931 February 8, 2022
Barbara J. Roth, 91
Dixon, IL August 24, 1930 February 23, 2022 Jones Funeral Home
Terry Dean Royer I, 70 Rock Falls, IL December 17, 1951 December 30, 2021
Leisa K. Rundall, 59 Clinton, IA March 4, 1963 March 25, 2022
Charlene L. Ruppert, 92
Dixon, IL December 7, 1929 January 16, 2022 Jones Funeral Home
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Debbie L. Sadowski, 66
Sterling, IL December 2, 1955 February 12, 2022 McDonald Funeral Home
George Sanford
Sterling, IL Schilling Funeral Home & Cremation
Terry A. Scerba, 75
Oregon, IL February 4, 1947 March 9, 2022 Mihm-Jones Funeral Home
Dennis Herbert Schave, 79 Morrison, IL May 6, 1942 March 2, 2022
Ronald ‘Ron’ B. Schlotfeldt, 75
Hillsdale, IL July 15, 1946 March 16, 2022
Leona Doris Schmidt, 95
Morrison, IL January 8, 1927 March 7, 2022
Margrit Schneiderbauer Sterling, IL
Roger Gene Schrader, 1081
Lanark, IL July 7, 1940 January 7, 2022
Richard A. Schuchard, 73
Sterling, IL November 8, 1948 February 27, 2022 Schilling
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Peoria, IL September 10, 1940 January 13, 2022
David Gerald Schwingel, 60
Polo, ID March 8, 1961 February 16, 2022
Korah Nicole Scott, 1 Sterling, IL August 21, 2020 March 17, 2022
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Sean Michelle Scully, 54
Joel Arthur Shoemaker, 67
Dixon, IL October 18, 1954 March 13, 2022
Rock Falls, IL July 12, 1927 January 20, 2022 McDonald Funeral Home
William ‘Bill’ John Seeger, 65
Patricia Ann Shoemaker, 94
Dixon, IL November 15, 1927 November 16, 2021
Larry L. “Lude” Standard, 60
Sterling, IL August 27, 1961 February 18, 2022
Marilyn J. Seidel, 72
Paz G. Sibigtroth, 81
Kelli Ann (Stombaugh) Stellar, 50
Sterling, IL February 2, 1967 January 21, 2022 Schilling Funeral home
Murphy, TX April 2, 1956 November 20, 2021
Dixon, IL April 16, 1949 February 6, 2022
Prophetstown, IL December 21, 1949 January 27, 2022 McDonald Funeral Home
Richard “Ric” Lee Shaffer, 68
Erie, IL September 30, 1953 February 6, 2022 Gibson-Bode Funeral Home
Daniel Todd Shaulis Lanark, IL
Doris A. Smith, 78
Buda, Formerly of Rock Falls, IL August 3, 1943 February 15, 2022
Mark Eugene Smith, 54
Dixon, IL June 6, 1967 February 11, 2022
Paul Louis Smith, 76
Mt. Morris, IL October 18, 1945 February 16, 2022
Florene Shaw, 76 Sterling, IL September 13, 1945 December 21, 2021 Schilling Funeral Home & Cremation
David L. Snapp, 89
John V. Sheppard, 80
Dale E. Snyder, 93 Polo, IL April 20, 1928 December 26, 2021
Rock Falls, IL January 26, 1942 February 16, 2022
Sherman Shilling, 73
Sterling, IL April 2, 1948 February 11, 2022 McDonald Funeral Home
Forreston, IL June 5, 1932 January 26, 2022
Jerry L. Spencer, 70
Milledgeville, IL March 3, 1951 January 19, 2022
Phoenix, AZ July 7, 1971 February 11, 2022
Kenneth J. Stern, 93 Rock Falls, IL July 8, 1928 February 23, 2022
Leroy “Lee” C. Stropes, 82
Clinton, IA July 28, 1939 January 14, 2022 Gibson - Bode Funeral Home
Jacqueline “Jackie” Stukenberg, 82
Forreston, IL November 6, 1939 January 27, 2022
Delbert R. Swanson, 96
Walnut, IL May 15, 1925 February 18, 2022
Donald Gene ‘Swany’ Swanson, 84
Shannon, IL May 10, 1937 January 28, 2022
Robert Edward Sweitzer, 91
Lanark, IL June 13, 1930 December 30, 2021
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Tampico, IL October 2, 1969 January 19, 2022
George Taylor Jr, 100
Prophetstown, IL November 23, 1921 January 13, 2022
Betty Jane Tegeler, 94 Morrison, IL October 23, 1927 March 9, 2022 Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home
Steve Allen Terry, 67 Rock Falls, IL November 22, 1954 December 29, 2021
Laverne Thomas, 77
Rock Falls, IL February 9, 1944 January 18, 2022
Judy M. Thome Rock Falls, IL
Archie C. Thompson, 91
Oregon, IL February 7, 1931 March 4, 2022
Duane Allan Tichler, 77
Morrison, IL January 15, 1945 February 11, 2022 www.bosmarenkes.com
John J. Tomczak, 70 Sterling, IL May 5, 1951 February 22, 2022
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Frederick E. Seilhymer, Jr., 72
Rockford, IL September 29, 1940 March 25, 2022
Maxine Spencer, 94
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See atat daily-chronicle.com/obituaries Seefull fullobituary obituary saukvalley.com/obituaries Keith A. Tompkins, 62 Rock Falls, IL September 3, 1959 March 19, 2022
Michael ‘Mike’ Alexander Toth, 52 Rock Falls, IL June 28, 1969 January 17, 2022
Gari ‘Yogi’ Tripp, 62
Sterling, IL August 24, 1959 February 13, 2022
Terry James Tufty, 78
Fulton, IL August 23, 1943 March 1, 2022 Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home
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Linda Sue Underwood, 67
Rock Falls, IL December 8, 1954 January 16, 2022
Linda L. Utley, 75 Dixon, IL May 5, 1946 February 10, 2022
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Ronnie Lee Vaughn, 80
Bill Webber, 82 Rock Falls, IL December 16, 1939 February 28, 2022
Craig Vietmeyer, 65
Donald Weeks, 90
Sterling, IL June 30, 1941 December 30, 2021
Mt. Carroll, IL January 8, 1957 January 13, 2022
Betty Ann Vos, 90
Morrison, IL November 19, 1931 March 5, 2022 www.bosmarenkes.com
Helen Irene Vranich, 96
Milledgeville, IL February 2, 1925 January 14, 2022
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Stephanie (Regalado) Wagner, 72 Sterling, IL January 16, 1949 January 2, 2022 Bulman Family Funeral Homes
Margaret A. Walls, 71 Rock Falls, IL June 5, 1950 March 16, 2022
Steven L. Ward, 61
Rock Falls, IL October 30, 1960 March 3, 2022 Schilling Funeral Home
Sherman, IL August 14, 1931 February 17, 2022 McDonald Funeral Home, Inc
Alan S. Wessels, 60
Sterling, IL May 5, 1961 February 5, 2022
George William Whaley, Sr., 84
Dixon, IL October 2, 1937 December 28, 2021
Christina “Chris” M. White, 97 Dixon, IL August 16, 1924 January 10, 2022
Belleville, WI October 12, 1940 March 25, 2022 McDonald Funeral Home
Carol F. Winkler, 94
Prophetstown, IL February 7, 1928 February 16, 2022 Bosma-Gibson Funeral Home
Vernon Franklin Wright, 91 Oregon, IL April 2, 1930 January 29, 2022
Darold Lynn Wubbena, 74
Shannon, IL September 7, 1947 January 1, 2022
Roy Roland White, 72
Terry A. Wiebenga, 57
Cecil Bernard Young, 80
Amboy, IL March 2, 1949 January 22, 2022
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Normal, IL July 17, 1964 February 9, 2022
Larry D. Wilkins, 83
Dixon, IL August 2, 1951 January 23, 2022
Prophetstown, IL April 6, 1938 February 11, 2022 www.bosmarenkes.com
Ramona Mae VanZuiden, 88
Lewis A. Webb, 70
Robert L. Williams, 91
Morrison, IL October 19, 1933 January 25, 2022 Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home
Marc L. Wilson, Sr., 81
Dorothy Wubbena, 97
Marian L. VanDerLeest, 92
Morrison, IL June 14, 1951 February 20, 2022 www.bosmarenkes.com
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Lena, IL April 3, 1924 January 16, 2022
John Washelesky, 70
Morrison, IL April 20, 1929 February 27, 2022
Margaret “Marti” L. Wilson
Sterling, IL June 22, 1930 December 30, 2021
Rock Falls, IL November 12, 1941 March 28, 2022
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Gerald K. ‘Jerry’ Zellers, 79
Mt. Morris, IL April 1, 1942 February 12, 2022
Marion Lee Zemke, 80 Tuscaloosa, AL June 8, 1941 February 22, 2022 Schilling Funeral Home
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Lawrence “Larry” Zitkus, 89
Beatrix Zientara, 74
Sterling, IL May 23, 1947 March 13, 2022 Schilling Funeral Home
Stephen R. Zuidema, 72
Richard Zimmerman, 92
Morrison, IL April 7, 1949 March 9, 2022 Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home
Mendota, IL September 13, 1929 March 8, 2022 Merritt Funeral Home
Mary Kay Zinanni, 83 Sterling, IL July 19, 1938 February 1, 2022
Lawrence “Larry” Zitkus, 89 Sterling, IL January 17, 1933 January 28, 2022
Stephen R. Zuidema, 72
Morrison, IL April 7, 1949 March 9, 2022 Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home
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