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Remember ing those we’ve loved and los t. July 1, 2020 - September 30, 2020
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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.
Tributes
Remember ing those we’ve loved and los t. July 1, 2020 - September 30, 2020
This edition provides a listing of those who have passed away in July, August and September 2020.
A Martha Abbott-Meyer Dixon, IL October 25, 1943 August 8, 2020 Preston-Schilling Funeral Home, Ltd. - Dixon
Betty Ackerman, 64 Warrenville, IL December 24, 1955 June 27, 2020 Jones Funeral Home
Irene Ahrens
Rock Falls, IL May 28, 1921 July 26, 2020 Schilling Funeral Home
Robert Anspach, 88
Rock Falls, IL October 8, 1931 September 7, 2020 McDonald Funeral Home
Veneda Anzelmo
Minocqua, Wisconsin, IL September 29, 1938 January 22, 2020
William Apple
Amboy, IL March 17, 1942 September 15, 2020 Jones Funeral Home
Verla Attig
Polo, IL December 2, 1920 September 5, 2020 Polo Family Funeral Home
B Carl Baker
Galt, IL September 6, 1932 June 29, 2020 Schilling Funeral Home
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Edward Barajas, 83
Elizabeth Benefiel
Norma Bates, 87 Sterling, IL September 29, 1932 July 21, 2020 McDonald Funeral Home
Sterling, IL October 7, 1958 August 28, 2020 McDonald Funeral Home
Gary Bauer
Edward Berard
Marilyn Bauer
Donald Berogan, 85
Rock Falls, IL December 8, 1936 July 17, 2020 McDonald Funeral Home
Oregon, IL February 17, 1946 September 12, 2020
Sterling, IL October 11, 1937 July 18, 2020 Bosma Renkes Funeral Home
Bill Becker
Oregon, IL August 11, 1929 August 6, 2020 Farrell-Holland-Gale Funeral Home
Durango, Colorado, IL March 31, 1924 June 23, 2020
Betty Benson, 61
Dixon, IL August 11, 1938 August 26, 2020 Jones Funeral Home
Sterling, IL May 10, 1935 September 12, 2020 McDonald Funeral Home
Melvin Berogan, 87
Sterling, IL March 4, 1933 June 29, 2020 McDonald Funeral Home
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Paul Berrettini
James Britt
Frances Chavez, 77
LeAnne Dempsey
John Boelkens, 78 Mt. Carroll, IL June 17, 1942 August 29, 2020 Law-Jones Funeral Home Inc
Reona Browning
Frances Clark, 63
Timothy Denning, 34
Notre Dame, Indiana, IL June 15, 1934 July 23, 2020
Lucille Bohms, 88
Richard Boles Sterling, IL July 9, 1950 March 24, 2020 McDonald Funeral Home
Linda Bonnell, 61 Amboy, IL February 15, 1959 June 28, 2020 Mihm-Jones Funeral Home Jan Boomgarden, 84
Loves Park, IL July 10, 1935 July 6, 2020
Virginia Brainerd, 67
Sterling, IL October 19, 1952 July 24, 2020 McDonald Funeral Home
Martin Brechon, 66
Dixon, IL April 4, 2020 Jones Funeral Home
Ernest Bricker, 49
Mt Morris, IL June 28, 1971 August 22, 2020 Finch Funeral Home
Rock Falls, IL May 28, 1946 September 14, 2020 McDonald Funeral Home
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Lowell Carden
Greenville, North Carolina, IL July 31, 1937 September 6, 2020
Loretta Carroll Polo, IL May 18, 1923 July 17, 2020 Polo Family Funeral Home
Sterling, IL February 9, 1943 August 13, 2020 McDonald Funeral Home
Sterling, IL March 9, 1957 July 18, 2020 McDonald Funeral Home
Lloyd Collinson
Morrison, IL November 13, 1927 July 10, 2020 Bosma Renkes Funeral Home
Wendell Cook, 86 Poland, Indiana, IL November 28, 1934 July 2, 2020 Jones Funeral Home
Steven Case
Ann Craft, 69 Rock Falls, IL May 7, 1951 September 1, 2020 McDonald Funeral Home
Mary Caudillo, 97
James Cumby, 76 Rock Falls, IL February 14, 1944 September 10, 2020 McDonald Funeral Home
Ashton, IL March 8, 1971 June 29, 2020 Beverage - Lyons Family Funeral Homes - Ashton Sterling, IL June 13, 1923 July 16, 2020 McDonald Funeral Home
Martha Cervantes, 66
Sterling, IL December 9, 1953 August 24, 2020 McDonald Funeral Home
Kay Cutter
Sterling, IL January 19, 1945 July 16, 2020 McDonald Funeral Home
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Taylorville, IL April 23, 1953 September 12, 2020 Perfetti Funeral Homes - Taylorville
Rock Falls, IL April 26, 1986 July 2, 2020 McDonald Funeral Home
Gilbert DeWitt, 97 Chana, IL November 9, 1922 July 30, 2020 Farrell-Holland-Gale Funeral Home Kristine DeWitte
Lyndon, IL November 29, 1954 August 30, 2020
Krystal Dickey
Sterling, IL September 24, 1960 July 25, 2020 Schilling Funeral Home
James Dillion
Boise, Idaho, IL October 22, 1926 July 30, 2020 Alden-Waggoner Funeral Chapel
Cherryl Doty, 63 Milledgeville, IL October 10, 1956 September 12, 2020 McDonald Funeral Home
Howard Chapman
Lorraine Dahm
Arley Downey
Ashton, IL June 3, 1933 July 12, 2020 Beverage - Lyons Family Funeral Homes - Ashton
Fulton, IL December 24, 1931 August 2, 2020 McDonald Funeral Home
Jason Chapman, 43
Charles Danreiter
David Druen, 57
Dixon, IL October 17, 1922 July 3, 2020 Preston-Schilling Funeral Home, Ltd. - Dixon Sterling, IL August 16, 1976 July 5, 2020 McDonald Funeral Home
Sterling, IL May 15, 1943 July 3, 2020 Schilling Funeral Home
Sterling, IL August 10, 1962 July 13, 2020 McDonald Funeral Home
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Sterling, IL August 13, 1932 August 20, 2020 McDonald Funeral Home
Morrison, IL February 12, 1928 August 1, 2020 Bosma Renkes Funeral Home
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Robert Fell, 75
Wilhelm Gasner
Princeton, IL July 17, 1930 August 23, 2020 Hurst Funeral Home
Walnut, IL November 18, 1946 August 22, 2020 McDonald Funeral Home
John Dyson
Michael Flynn, 82
Corrine Gerdes
Jeffrey Hamilton
Fulton, IL July 27, 1936 July 27, 2020 Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home
Amboy, IL October 19, 1942 July 26, 2020 Polo Family Funeral Home
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John Ebersole
Sterling, IL September 9, 1938 September 10, 2020 Schilling Funeral Home
Kaleb Ebersole Sterling, IL August 5, 1994 July 29, 2020
John Eckhart
Dixon, IL April 3, 1930 July 20, 2020 Preston-Schilling Funeral Home, Ltd. - Dixon
Mark Ellis
Dayton, Texas, IL July 16, 1941 July 16, 2020
Jean Eyrich
Prophetstown, IL October 31, 1926 September 15, 2020 Bosma Gibson Funeral Home
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Debbie Fane, 64
Oregon, IL November 14, 1955 July 22, 2020 Farrell-Holland-Gale Funeral Home
Michael Fane
Sterling, IL April 24, 1958 July 21, 2020 Schilling Funeral Home
Rock Falls, IL February 27, 1945 June 29, 2020 McDonald Funeral Home
Sterling, IL June 22, 1938 September 17, 2020 McDonald Funeral Home
Gifford Fordham, 72
Sublette, IL February 3, 1948 August 6, 2020 Merritt Funeral Home
Vicki Fountain, 69 Rock Falls, IL July 2, 1951 August 28, 2020 McDonald Funeral Home
Magdalena Frias, 61 Rock Falls, IL December 7, 1958 July 18, 2020 McDonald Funeral Home
Robert Friemuth, 61 Oregon, IL July 12, 2020 Farrell-Holland-Gale Funeral Home
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Donald Gaffey
Sterling, IL February 16, 1930 August 25, 2020 Schilling Funeral Home
Richard Garland, 90
Sublette, IL November 3, 1929 September 14, 2020 Mihm-Jones Funeral Home
William Gartner, 78 Phoenix, Arizona, IL March 2, 1942 August 1, 2020
Dixon, IL January 31, 1933 September 19, 2020 Jones Funeral Home
Ronald Gipson, 72 Rock Falls, IL January 25, 1948 August 6, 2020 McDonald Funeral Home
Bertha Gleim
Dixon, IL September 10, 1922 September 21, 2020 Preston-Schilling Funeral Home, Ltd. - Dixon
Helen Goley
Ashton, IL December 9, 1941 September 22, 2020 Beverage - Lyons Family Funeral Homes - Ashton
Edwin Gordon Aurora, IL May 2, 1934 March 21, 2020
Carolyn Greenwood, 72 Sterling, IL May 6, 1948 August 31, 2020 McDonald Funeral Home
Richard Hadcock, 73
Phoenix, Arizona, IL August 1, 1957 June 26, 2020
Tamara Hamilton
Morrison, IL September 30, 1952 September 8, 2020
Edward Handel Geneva, IL April 22, 1943 July 29, 2020
Warren Handel
Rock Falls, IL February 11, 1940 July 12, 2020 McDonald Funeral Home
Arlene Hansen, 89 Walnut, IL September 12, 1930 June 20, 2020 Garland Funeral Home
Glenn Hansen, 90
Walnut, IL February 13, 1930 July 17, 2020 Garland Funeral Home
David Grossman, 76
Amboy, IL April 3, 1944 August 18, 2020 Mihm-Jones Funeral Home
Wayne Gyger
Oregon, IL December 20, 1933 September 23, 2020 Preston-Schilling Funeral Home, Ltd. - Dixon
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Susan Hanson, 69 Plano, IL September 2, 1950 August 16, 2020 Larson-Nelson Funeral Home Beverly Harden
Dixon, IL March 13, 1936 July 10, 2020 Preston-Schilling Funeral Home, Ltd. - Dixon
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Elsie Harmon
Lynwood, California, IL November 24, 1933 August 5, 2020
Naomia Harrison, 90 Rock Falls, IL January 2, 1930 March 24, 2020 McDonald Funeral Home
Raymond Harrison
Jeanine Hay, 91
Sterling, IL August 23, 1929 September 15, 2020 McDonald Funeral Home
Kenneth Haynes
Dixon, IL April 18, 1947 July 17, 2020 Preston-Schilling Funeral Home, Ltd. - Dixon
Cynthia Hicks
Dixon, IL December 9, 1954 June 28, 2020 Preston-Schilling Funeral Home, Ltd. - Dixon
Delores Hicks, 74
Dixon, IL September 7, 1945 August 10, 2020 Jones Funeral Home
Seth Hill, 90
Sterling, IL February 16, 1930 August 30, 2020 McDonald Funeral Home
Joliet, IL September 7, 2020 Kurtz Memorial Chapel
Sally Hopkins, 65 Sterling, IL January 19, 1955 September 13, 2020 McDonald Funeral Home
Joy Heckman
Bonnie Hoyle
Dixon, IL November 13, 1926 July 10, 2020 Preston-Schilling Funeral Home, Ltd. - Dixon
Sabrina Heckman
Dixon, IL October 31, 1943 July 2, 2020 Preston-Schilling Funeral Home, Ltd. - Dixon
Sterling, IL September 9, 1985 July 25, 2020
Nancy Hoyle, 83 Dixon, IL June 7, 1937 June 29, 2020 Jones Funeral Home
Thelma Hedrick
Miriam Huff, 92
Polo, IL April 26, 1920 Polo Family Funeral Home
Mt Morris, IL January 31, 1928 August 20, 2020
Robert Heinze
Davie Hughes, 78
Sterling, IL July 31, 1929 July 28, 2020 Garland Funeral Home
Rock Falls, IL October 1, 1941 June 29, 2020 McDonald Funeral Home
Donald Hughes
Savanna, IL June 4, 1929 July 11, 202 Law-Jones Funeral Home Inc
Dorothy Hughes
Orlando, Florida, IL July 11, 1934 July 22, 2020
Betty Hutchison, 84 Milledgeville, IL October 31, 1935 September 8, 2020 McDonald Funeral Home
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Juanita Insley, 72 Sterling, IL February 15, 1948 August 31, 2020 McDonald Funeral Home
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Betty Kibble
Dixon, IL June 7, 1933 August 31, 2020 Preston-Schilling Funeral Home, Ltd. - Dixon
Dorothy Kicksey, 87
Sterling, IL October 21, 1932 August 29, 2020 McDonald Funeral Home
James Kirchner
Oregon, IL June 29, 1948 July 18, 2020 Finch Funeral Home
Nadine Knoll
Dixon, IL January 1, 1931 - ] July 19, 2020 Preston-Schilling Funeral Home, Ltd. - Dixon
Betty Knox, 74
Downers Grove, IL August 29, 2020 McDonald Funeral Home
Sterling, IL April 10, 1946 August 30, 2020 McDonald Funeral Home
Dale Janssen
Beverly Kobbeman, 95
Laurene Janc
Sterling, IL October 27, 1933 August 31, 2020 Schilling Funeral Home
Garrett Johannsen, 11
Orangeville, IL June 7, 2009 September 16, 2020 Cramer-Leamon Funeral Home Orangeville
Betty Johnson
Scottsdale, Arizona, IL February 9, 1929 September 5, 2020 Messinger Mortuaries
Cecilia Jordan, 84
Hinsdale, IL December 27, 1935 - ] July 25, 2020 Jones Funeral Home
Rock Falls, IL July 8, 2020
Louise Kramer
Sterling, IL November 3, 1938 - ] August 5, 2020
Mary Krems, 78 Stevens Point, Wisconsin, IL August 31, 1941 August 5, 2020 Pisarski Funeral Home Florence Kuebel
Mendota, IL September 30, 1926 - ] August 9, 2020 Wasmer Funeral Home
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Amboy, IL November 18, 1936 July 3, 2020 Mihm-Jones Funeral Home
Linda Helfrich
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Flora Larson
Rock Falls, IL February 21, 1934 - ] July 15, 2020 McDonald Funeral Home
Francis Lemme, 85
Dixon, IL April 26, 1935 September 20, 2020 Jones Funeral Home
Janet Lepianka, 98
Decatur, IL June 17, 1922 July 20, 2020 Graceland/Fairlawn Funeral Home
Marilynn Lopez
Dixon, IL February 20, 1953 - ] August 6, 2020 Preston-Schilling Funeral Home, Ltd. - Dixon
James Love, 68 Dixon, IL June 29, 1952 July 27, 2020 McDonald Funeral Home
Michael Love
Rock Falls, IL October 23, 1951 September 15, 2020 McDonald Funeral Home
Patricia Lovett, 96 Rockford, IL July 3, 2020
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Daniel Marshall, 58 Dixon, IL October 16, 1961 September 12, 2020 Chapel Hill Funeral Home
Diane McBride, 64
Rochelle, IL July 12, 1955 July 1, 2020 Beverage - Lyons Family Funeral Homes - Rochelle
Dennis McClearin, 73
William Milby, 60
David Mueller
Marc McCombs, 49
Doris Miller
Robert Mull
Vera McCormick
Elizabeth Miller, 85
Sterling, IL April 18, 1947 September 19, 2020 McDonald Funeral Home
Sterling, IL January 11, 1971 - ] July 20, 2020 McDonald Funeral Home
Rock Falls, IL March 3, 1960 August 27, 2020 McDonald Funeral Home
Dixon, IL May 1, 1925 August 30, 2020 Chapel Hill Funeral Home
Sterling, IL March 15, 1931 August 26, 2020
Rock Falls, IL December 13, 1934 August 2, 2020 McDonald Funeral Home
Charlotte McCoy, 93
Joan Miller, 63
Dixon, IL August 17, 1927 August 26, 2020 Jones Funeral Home
Dixon, IL February 5, 1957 July 31, 2020 Jones Funeral Home
Carol McCrystal
LoraLee Miller
Caroline McCune, 76
Shirley Miller
Dixon, IL December 26, 1945 September 14, 2020 Preston-Schilling Funeral Home, Ltd. - Dixon Rock Falls, IL October 13, 1943 September 26, 2020 McDonald Funeral Home
Dixon, IL April 21, 1953 July 8, 2020 Preston-Schilling Funeral Home, Ltd. - Dixon Dixon, IL August 4, 1932 July 5, 2020 Preston-Schilling Funeral Home, Ltd. - Dixon
Rockford, IL April 26, 1945 August 4, 2020
Dixon, IL August 9, 2020
Ronald Munz, 76 Milledgeville, IL November 18, 1943 July 22, 2020 McDonald Funeral Home Daniel Murnane, 83 Morrison, IL September 27, 1936 September 26, 2020 McDonald Funeral Home
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Gayland Nelson, 77 Dixon, IL March 2, 1943 August 20, 2020 Jones Funeral Home Jo Neubauer
Sterling, IL August 11, 1941 August 21, 2020 Schilling Funeral Home
Xavier McGlown
Dixon, IL October 5, 1994 September 10, 2020 Schilling Funeral Home
Aldona Miloch, 93 Sterling, IL November 8, 1926 September 3, 2020 McDonald Funeral Home
Linda Nolan, 75
John Melton
Virginia Morris, 82
Shirley Nolan, 81
Richard Meyer, 91
Wayne Mount, 91
Prophetstown, IL January 28, 1932 August 21, 2020 Bosma Gibson Funeral Home
Walnut, IL October 9, 1928 July 24, 2020 Garland Funeral Home
Bloomingdale, IL November 28, 1937 August 25, 2020 Hultgren Funeral Home and Cremation Services Ozark, Missouri, IL December 8, 1928 August 3, 2020 Adams Funeral Home Ozark Chapel - Ozark
Dixon, IL July 4, 1945 July 26, 2020 Jones Funeral Home
Red Bud, IL September 9, 1938 June 12, 2020 Farrell-Holland-Gale Funeral Home
Janet Norris
Dixon, IL February 14, 1951 July 3, 2020 Preston-Schilling Funeral Home, Ltd. - Dixon
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Beverly O’Leary
Polo, IL July 11, 1943 September 24, 2020 Polo Family Funeral Home
Shirley Okland Amboy, IL August 5, 1935 June 29, 2020 Chapel Hill Funeral Home
Dixon, IL September 12, 1946 August 7, 2020
Gene Olson
Morrison, IL June 2, 1933 September 25, 2020 Bosma Renkes Funeral Home
Maxine Olson
Morrison, IL July 6, 1930 July 12, 2020 Schilling Funeral Home
Mary Oltmanns
Oregon, IL January 25, 1931 July 1, 2020 Farrell-Holland-Gale Funeral Home
Thomas Oltmanns, 21 Sterling, IL December 13, 1998 August 9, 2020 McDonald Funeral Home
Carlos Ortiz, 81 Sterling, IL April 24, 1939 July 28, 2020 McDonald Funeral Home
Robert Ortscheid, 71 Sycamore, IL November 6, 1948 July 21, 2020 Butala Funeral Home & Crematory - Sycamore
Jason Parks
Franklin Grove, IL April 16, 1973 August 18, 2020
Dianne Pauser
Dixon, IL August 5, 1937 September 2, 2020 Jones Funeral Home
Betty Payne
Rock Falls, IL November 3, 1938 September 7, 2020 Garland Funeral Home
Kenneth Peterson, 58 Dixon, IL August 1, 1961 July 19, 2020
Vernon Popkin
Edna Reynolds
Beulah Porter
Rose Rhodes
Savanna, IL February 15, 1925 September 4, 2020
Morrison, IL August 11, 1933 September 16, 2020
Donald Portner
Rock Falls, IL February 16, 1935 August 5, 2020 Chapel Hill Funeral Home
Beverly Power
Franklin Grove, IL September 11, 1937 August 16, 2020 Jones Funeral Home
Vickie Pratt, 62 Linda Peterson, 67
Walnut, IL April 4, 1953 August 6, 2020 McDonald Funeral Home
Guyla Pfeiffer, 101 Ashton, IL February 1, 1919 July 8, 2020 Unger-Horner Funeral Home Rochelle - Rochelle
Ronnie Pillars, 73
Rock Falls, IL May 6, 1947 July 23, 2020 McDonald Funeral Home
Rock Falls, IL July 11, 1958 September 10, 2020 McDonald Funeral Home
Nathan Pretzsch, 30 Franklin Grove, IL June 14, 1990 August 8, 2020 Farrell-Holland-Gale Funeral Home
Lucille Pro, 98 Rock Falls, IL May 4, 1922 August 14, 2020 McDonald Funeral Home
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Sterling, IL December 10, 1929 August 7, 2020 Bosma Renkes Funeral Home
Lyndon, IL June 2, 1948 August 24, 2020 Schilling Funeral Home
Timothy Richardson, 64
Dixon, IL September 14, 1956 September 22, 2020 Jones Funeral Home
Bernice Riddle
Polo, IL September 24, 1924 September 6, 2020 Polo Family Funeral Home
George Ries, 94
Plymouth, Wisconsin, IL November 25, 1925 July 12, 2020 Suchon Funeral Home and Cremation Services - Plymouth
Marilyn Rippy
Lyndon, IL November 12, 1935 July 18, 2020 McDonald Funeral Home
Carole Ritter
Oregon, IL August 10, 1933 September 1, 2020 Farrell-Holland-Gale Funeral Home
David Piller, 75
Michael Regalado
Lorna Roberson
Sterling, IL November 13, 1930 September 5, 2020
Dixon, IL October 29, 1940 July 19, 2020 Preston-Schilling Funeral Home, Ltd. - Dixon
Linda Pitts, 71 Lena, IL April 5, 1949 August 17, 2020 Hermann Funeral Home - Pearl City
Judith Reubin
Beaux Robey, 4 Orangeville, IL October 1, 2015 September 16, 2020 Cramer-Leamon Funeral Home Orangeville
Mendota, IL March 4, 1945 August 6, 2020 Merritt Funeral Home
Dixon, IL September 6, 1942 September 25, 2020 Preston-Schilling Funeral Home, Ltd. - Dixon
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Rodney Olberschelp, 73
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See full obituary at saukvalley.com/obituaries Jonathon Robey
Gary Schick
Ronald Skaggs, 64 Rock Falls, IL November 12, 1955 July 11, 2020 Garland Funeral Home
Henry Robinson
Georgia Schmidt
Jeffrey Smith, 60 Nelson, IL January 9, 1960 August 15, 2020 McDonald Funeral Home
Orangeville, IL May 16, 1980 September 16, 2020
Sublette, IL January 30, 1938 July 27, 2020 Mihm-Jones Funeral Home
Anita Rockett, 66 Dixon, IL December 23, 1953 July 17, 2020 Chapel Hill Funeral Home Joan Rogers, 88 Prophetstown, IL February 17, 1942 July 14, 2020 McDonald Funeral Home Juanita Rosas, 67 Rock Falls, IL May 6, 1953 July 23, 2020 McDonald Funeral Home
Tevin Rumley, 28 Rock Falls, IL September 5, 1991 July 9, 2020 McDonald Funeral Home Judson Rutledge
Walnut, IL June 28, 1953 September 13, 2020 Garland Funeral Home
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Franklin Grove, IL November 26, 1955 September 22, 2020 Preston-Schilling Funeral Home, Ltd. - Dixon Dixon, IL November 8, 1953 July 9, 2020 Preston-Schilling Funeral Home, Ltd. - Dixon
Lee Schmidt, 104 Savanna, IL July 12, 1916 August 5, 2020 Law-Jones Funeral Home Inc
Kenneth Smith, 80
Nancy Schofield
Sandra Smith, 82
Dixon, IL January 10, 1957 September 17, 2020
Sterling, IL August 4, 2020 Schilling Funeral Home
Franklin Schultheis, 77
Allen Snyder, 78 Sterling, IL February 5, 1942 September 7, 2020 McDonald Funeral Home
John Schutz, 91
Charles Steeb
Beverly Seavey
Christopher Strouse, 50
Dixon, IL July 22, 1943 August 22, 2020 McDonald Funeral Home
Columbus, Indiana, IL June 24, 1929 August 26, 2020 McDonald Funeral Home
Madison, Wisconsin, IL March 24, 1940 July 18, 2020
Alta Sargent
Douglas Seidel, 66
Macomb, IL December 18, 1921 September 16, 2020 Dodsworth-PiperWallen Funeral Home - Macomb
Rock Falls, IL February 10, 1954 July 17, 2020 McDonald Funeral Home
Richard Scheider
Orin Sheley, 92 Sterling, IL May 12, 1928 August 31, 2020 McDonald Funeral Home
Dixon, IL January 14, 1940 September 16, 2020 Jones Funeral Home
Rock Falls, IL February 2, 1940 September 28, 2020 McDonald Funeral Home
Dixon, IL July 29, 1963 August 24, 2020 Winterrowd-Hagi Funeral Home
Rockford, IL May 19, 1970 July 22, 2020 Farrell-Holland-Gale Funeral Home
Charlene Stueart Rock Falls, IL July 23, 1945 August 7, 2020 McDonald Funeral Home
James Stukenberg, 81
Leaf River, IL October 18, 1938 August 30, 2020
Robert Swim
Grand Detour, IL December 4, 1938 August 27, 2020 Jones Funeral Home
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Ann Taylor, 82
Amboy, IL March 6, 1938 July 19, 2020 Mihm-Jones Funeral Home
Larry Taylor
Dixon, IL March 21, 1937 September 10, 2020 Preston-Schilling Funeral Home, Ltd. - Dixon
Edna Tegeler, 95
Mount Carroll, IL September 28, 1924 July 18, 2020 McDonald Funeral Home
Maria Trafny, 66 Dixon, IL November 11, 1953 July 12, 2020 Jones Funeral Home Leo Traister, 101
Eueka, IL September 9, 1919 September 26, 2020 Argo-Ruestman-Harris Funeral Home
Mary Jo Tsokolas Chicago, IL August 15, 1979 September 7, 2020 Preston-Schilling Funeral Home, Ltd. - Dixon
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Ronald Vaessen, 80
Sublette, IL July 19, 1940 July 31, 2020 Merritt Funeral Home
Edward Van Dyke Princeton, IL Janaury 5, 1937 August 31, 2020 Norberg Memorial Home Inc
Dirk VanDam
Donnabelle West
D. Vest
Iona Wheatley
Dixon, IL September 16, 1934 July 23, 2020 Preston-Schilling Funeral Home, Ltd. - Dixon Sterling, IL August 31, 2020 McDonald Funeral Home
Bernard Vos
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Melvin Wagner, 63
Rock Falls, IL May 21, 1957 August 17, 2020 McDonald Funeral Home
Robert Wangelin
Walnut, IL February 3, 1968 August 29, 2020 Garland Funeral Home
Philip Ward
Sterling, IL July 6, 2020 Schilling Funeral Home
Bruce Webb
Sterling, IL March 25, 2020 McDonald Funeral Home
Robert Weed
Dixon, IL January 25, 1967 August 9, 2020 Preston-Schilling Funeral Home, Ltd. - Dixon
Richard Weigle, 86 Sterling, IL August 31, 1933 August 13, 2020 McDonald Funeral Home
Orange, Texas, IL July 8, 2020 Claybar Funeral Home Inc
Cora Whelchel, 56 Rock Falls, IL March 26, 1964 September 25, 2020 McDonald Funeral Home Patricia Whipple, 78 Byron, IL September 26, 1941 Septembe 7, 2020 Chapel Hill Funeral Home
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Betty Wilhemn
Mendota, IL December 25, 1924 July 16, 2020 Merritt Funeral Home
Ruth Wilkens Sterling, IL June 5, 1931 July 21, 2020 Bosma Renkes Funeral Home
Jerry Williams
Ashton, IL October 29, 1953 August 7, 2020 Beverage - Lyons Family Funeral Homes - Ashton
George Wright, 79
Rock Falls, IL July 26, 1940 July 3, 2020 McDonald Funeral Home
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Tracey Ziegler Sterling, IL April 13, 1970 June 24, 2020
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Morrison, IL July 11, 1927 September 12, 2020 Bosma Renkes Funeral Home
Leroy, IL March 15, 1932 September 5, 2020 Cremation Society of the Quad Cities
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Jones Funeral Home 204 S. Ottawa Dixon, IL (815) 288-2241
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Mihm-Jones Funeral Home 303 E. Main St. Amboy, IL (815) 857-2611 www.thejonesfh.com
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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.”
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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
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