Dwana Mcfadden

Dwana McFadden, age 71, of Mt. Carroll, Illinois passed away Saturday, July 9, 2016 at the Good Samaritan Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, Mt. Carroll. A funeral service will be held 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, July 13, 2016 at the First Evangelical Lutheran Church, Mt. Carroll. Burial will be in Oak Hill Cemetery, Mt. Carroll. Visitation will be held 4:00 – 7:00 p.m. Tuesday, July 12, 2016 at the Law-Jones Funeral Home, Mt. Carroll. Memorials may be given in her memory for the First Evangelical Lutheran Church or Carroll County Relay for Life fight against cancer.
Dwana was born October 26, 1944 in Savanna, Illinois, the daughter of Floyd “Fuzzy” and Mildred (Sack) Dittmar. She is a 1962 graduate of Mt. Carroll schools, where she excelled at Cheerleading and playing the flute in the band. On April 16, 1962, Dwana married Wayne “Butch” Sipe. They were raising two sons when he passed away February 14, 1984 in Freeport after a short illness. Dwana met Joel McFadden in 1985, Joel and Dwana were married July 20, 1991. They have celebrated thirty-one years of being together.
Dwana worked forty-one years for the Mt. Carroll and then West Carroll Schools. She had also worked at the Caroline Mark Home, Sieverts and the Good Samaritan Nursing Center. She was a member of the First Evangelical Lutheran Church, Mt. Carroll and served on the Carroll County Election Committee. Dwana loved raising her boys, served as a Cub Scout Den Mother, enjoyed bowling, swimming, painting with oil, working with ceramics, shopping, rescuing cats, and helping those-in-need in the Mt. Carroll community.
Dwana will be dearly missed by her husband, Joel McFadden of Mt. Carroll; two sons, Rick Sipe of Morgantown, West Virginia and Daren (Kathy) Sipe of Rockton, Illinois; one grandson, Elijah; and a sister, Janice Smith of Mt. Carroll. Dwana is preceded in death by her first husband and both parents.