Obituaries
Alejandro (Alex) Pacas
Jul 28, 2010
Alejandro (Alex) Guillermo Pacas, age 19, of Mount Carroll, Illinois, died Wednesday, July 28, 2010, in a grain elevator accident at Mount Carroll. Visitation will be held from 4:00 to 8:00 p.m. on Saturday, July 31, 2010, at the Frank Law Jones Funeral Home in Mount Carroll, with a Rosary Service held at 3:30 p.m. prior to the visitation at...
Gladys James
Jul 25, 2010
SAVANNA, IL – Gladys James, 102, died Sunday, July 25, 2010, at Big Meadows Nursing Home in Savanna. A memorial service will be 2 p.m. Sunday, August 1, at Law Jones Funeral Home, preceded by visitation at 1 p.m. A private graveside service will be in Savanna Township Cemetery. Gladys Leota Morgan was born March 19, 1908, in Bancroft, WI,...
Frances "Franny" Handel
Jul 22, 2010
Frances "Franny" Handel, age 69, of Savanna, died Thursday, July 22, 2010, at the Elizabeth Nursing Home, Elizabeth, Illinois. A Celebration of Life Gathering will be held at 12:00 p.m. on Friday, July 30, 2010, at Manny's Pizza, 211 Main St., in Savanna.
Donald S. Wolfe, Jr.
Jul 18, 2010
Donald S. Wolfe, Jr., age 73, of Savanna, Illinois, died Sunday, July 18, 2010, at Big Meadows Nursing Home, Savanna. Cremation rites will be accorded. A memorial graveside service will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, July 24, 2010 at the Savanna Township Cemetery, Savanna. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be given to Heartland Pet Welfare, Inc. Donald was...
Betty F. Flies
Jul 14, 2010
Betty F. Flies, age 88, of Fulton, Illinois, formerly of Thomson and Hanover, Illinois, died Wednesday, July 14, 2010, at the Eagle Point Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Clinton, Iowa. Cremation rites will be accorded. A Memorial Service will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, July 24th, 2010 at the United Methodist Church, Hanover, Illinois. Betty was born September 15, 1921,...
Marilyn Magill
Jul 12, 2010
Marilyn Magill, age 83, of Mt. Carroll, Illinois, passed away Monday, July 12, 2010 at the Good Samaritan Nursing Home, Mt. Carroll. A funeral service will be held 10:30 a.m. Friday, July 16, 2010 at the Frank-Law-Jones Funeral Home, Mt. Carroll, with Reverend Mark Harkness of the Mt. Carroll United Methodist Church officiating. Burial will be in Oak Hill Cemetery,...
Cecelia C. Mccue
Jul 12, 2010
Cecelia C. McCue, age 80 of Savanna, Illinois, died on Monday, July 12, 2010 at her home. A funeral mass will be held at 10:30 a.m., Thursday, July 14, 2010 at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, Savanna with Father Dennis Atto as Celebrant. Burial will take place in St. John the Baptist Catholic Cemetery, Savanna. A visitation will be...
Louis L. Decker
Jul 11, 2010
Louis L. Decker, age 84, of Sterling, Illinois, formerly of Rayburn Country, Texas, and Chadwick, Illinois, died Sunday, July 11, 2010, at the CGH Medical Center in Sterling. A celebration of life service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, July 24, 2010, at the Hope United Methodist Church in Chadwick. Private family interment will be in Oak Hill...
Diane Getz
Jul 11, 2010
Diane Getz 57 of rural Mount Carroll passed away July 11, 2010, at her home with her family by her side. There will be a private family gathering to lay Diane to rest after cremation rites are accorded. Diane was born in Savanna September 6, 1952, in Savanna, Illinois, the daughter of Delmer and Norma (Strubb) Kradle. Diane married Harold...
Wayne Richard Carvell
Jul 10, 2010
Pastor Wayne Richard Carvell, 56, of Savanna, IL., died Saturday, July 10, 2010, of injuries resulting from a motorcycle accident while biking on Blackjack Road in Galena, Illinois. A memorial fund has been established in Wayne’s memory. Wayne was born to Robert E. and Francis J. Carvell in Centralia, IL, on November 2, 1953. As a child, Wayne attended the...
Myrtle C. Mitchell
Jul 6, 2010
Myrtle C. Mitchell age 94, of Hanover, Illinois died Tuesday, July 6, 2010 at the Elizabeth Nursing Home. Funeral Services will held 11:00 a.m. Saturday, July 10, 2010 at the Hanover United Methodist Church with Reverend Jeff Baer officiating. Burial will take place in Evergreen Cemetery, Hanover. Visitation will be from 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Saturday, prior to the...
Melvin Hamm
Jul 4, 2010
Melvin B. Hamm, Sr., age 81, of Thomson, Illinois, died Sunday, July 4, 2010, at Harbor Crest Nursing Facility, Fulton, Illinois. Cremation rites have been accorded. A graveside memorial service will be held at 10:00 a.m., Thursday, July 8, 2010 at the Lower York Cemetery, Thomson. A memorial fund has been established in Melvin’s memory. Melvin was born on April...
Erwin Herman Jepsen
Jul 4, 2010
Erwin Herman Jepsen, 94, formerly of Preston, Iowa, died peacefully on Sunday, July 4, 2010 at Mill Valley Nursing Home, Bellevue. Erwin was born November 8, 1915, near Sabula, Iowa to Herman and Elise (Peters) Jepsen. He attended elementary school in Clinton for a short time and Walker Country School, rural Sabula. He graduated from Sabula High School as Valedictorian...
Robert Jargo
Jun 22, 2010
Robert "Bob" Jargo, 84, of Andover, Iowa, passed away on Tuesday, June 22, 2010, at the Mill Valley Care Center in Bellevue, Iowa. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, June 26, 2010, at 10:30 AM at Faith Lutheran Church in Andover, IA. Visitation will be held on Friday, June 25, from 5:00 to 8:00 PM at the Faith Lutheran...
Stephen C. Nelson
Jun 20, 2010
Stephen C. Nelson, age 68, of Sabula died Sunday, June 20, 2010 at Finley Hospital, Dubuque, Iowa. Private family services will be held. Memorials may be given to the Sabula Public Library in Stephen’s memory. Stephen was born December 10, 1941 in Boone, Iowa, the son of Kenneth and Sylvia (Godwin) Nelson and was raised on the family farm. He...
Thelma Law-Mccall
Jun 19, 2010
Thelma Law-McCall, age 90, of Savanna, Illinois, died on Saturday, June 19, 2010 at the Carroll County Good Samaritan Nursing Center, Mount Carroll, Illinois. Cremation rites have been accorded and a memorial service will be held at a later date. Thelma was born on March 16, 1920, the daughter of Herman and Jennie (Nesbitt) Toepfer in Woodland Township. She attended...
Lydia C. Ebert
Jun 17, 2010
Lydia C. Ebert, age 94 of Elizabeth, Illinois, died on Thursday, June 17, 2010 at the Elizabeth Nursing Home, Elizabeth, Illinois. A funeral service will be held 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, June 22, 2010 at Faith Evangelical Lutheran Church, Elizabeth, with Reverend Kenneth Arndt Officiating. Burial will take place in the Elizabeth Cemetery, Elizabeth. A visitation will be held from 5:00...
Carl John Handel, Sr.
Jun 17, 2010
Carl John Handel, Sr., age 90, of Savanna, Illinois, died Thursday, June 17, 2010 at FHN Memorial Hospital, Freeport, Illinois. Funeral services will be held 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, June 22, 2010 at St. Peter Evangelical Lutheran Church with Reverend Philip Bigelow officiating. Burial will follow in St. Peters Cemetery. Visitation will be 10:00-11:00 a.m. Tuesday, June 22, prior to the...
Pauline Kosirog
Jun 15, 2010
Pauline M. Kosirog age 76, of Elizabeth, Illinois died Tuesday, June 15, 2010 at FHN Memorial Hospital, Freeport, Illinois. Funeral Services will be held 6:00 pm. Saturday, June 19, 2010 at Law-Jones Funeral Home, Elizabeth. Visitation will be from 1:00 - 6:00 p.m. Saturday, prior to the service at the Funeral Home. Memorials may be given in Paulines Memory for...
Perry Scot Schneider
Jun 15, 2010
Perry Scot Schneider, age 46, of Savanna, Illinois, died Tuesday, June 15, 2010, at the Freeport Rehab and Health Care Center, Freeport, Illinois. A funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, June 19, 2010, at the Banquet Hall at 436 North Main Ave., Milledgeville, Illinois. Burial will follow in the Oak Knoll Cemetery, Sterling, Illinois. Visitation will...
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