Obituaries
Mickey Molitor
Oct 29, 2009
Mickey R. Molitor, age 38, of Clinton, Iowa, died on Thursday, October 29, 2009, at Mercy Medical Center North, Clinton. Cremation rites have been accorded. A memorial service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, November 4, 2009 at the Latter Day Saints Church, Savanna Branch, 329 Main Street, Savanna, Illinois. Memorials may be given to the family in...
Judith A. Gray
Oct 27, 2009
Judith A. Gray, age 67, of Chadwick, Illinois passed away Tuesday, October 27, 2009 at University of Wisconsin Hospital, Madison, Wisconsin, following a courageous battle with Melanoma. A visitation will be held from 5:00 – 8:00 p.m., Friday, October 30, 2009 at the Frank-Law-Jones Funeral Home, Mount Carroll, Illinois. Cremation rites will be accorded following the visitation. In lieu of...
Russell J. Bannister
Oct 25, 2009
Russell J. Bannister, age 94 passed away at his home in Savanna, Illinois Sunday, October 25, 2009. Visitation will be Friday, October 30, 2009 from 1:00pm - 3:00 pm at Law-Jones Funeral Home, Savanna, IL. Russell born in Lowell, Mass. June 22, 1915 to Joseph and Florence (Bainbridge) Bannister. Russell retired in 1990 from the Department of Army serving in...
Eugene C. Steele
Oct 23, 2009
Eugene C. Steele, age 72, of rural Elizabeth, Illinois, went home to his heavenly Father Friday, October 23, 2009, at the Midwest Medical Center in Galena, Illinois. Visitation will be held on Tuesday, October 27, 2009, from 3 – 8:00 p.m. at the Law – Jones Funeral Home in Hanover, Illinois. A funeral service will be held at 10:30 a.m....
Ralph W. Eadie
Oct 23, 2009
Ralph W. Eadie, age 85, of Hanover, died Friday, October 23, 2009 at the Mercy Medical Center, Dubuque, Iowa. A funeral service will be held 11:00 a.m. Thursday, October 29 at the Law-Jones Funeral Home, Hanover. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery with full Military Rites accorded by the Hanover VFW. Visitation will be held from 5:00 – 8:00 p.m....
Benjamin "Emil" Highstrom
Oct 22, 2009
Benjamin Emil Highstrom, age 66, of Sabula, Iowa, died on Thursday, October 22, 2009, at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa. Cremation rites will be accorded. A memorial visitation will be held on Monday, October 26, 2009, from 9:00 - 10:30 a.m. at the Law - Jones Funeral Home in Sabula. A graveside service will follow...
Helen Martha Roggatz
Oct 22, 2009
Helen Martha Roggatz, age 84, of Mt. Carroll, died Thursday, October 22, 2009 at Carroll County Good Samaritan Center, Mt. Carroll, Illinois. Helen was born May 22, 1925 in Chicago, Illinois, the daughter of Anthony and Martha (Ludtka) Szymaniak. She is a graduate of Tuley High School. In her life, Helen was a homemaker, waitress and seller of home products....
Donald James Rogers, Jr.
Oct 20, 2009
Donald James Rogers, Jr., age 49, of Savanna, Illinois died Tuesday, October 20, 2009 at FHN Memorial Hospital, Freeport, Illinois. A Funeral Service will be held 11:00 a.m. Friday, October 23, 2009 at the First United Methodist Church, Savanna, with Pastor Gene Meyers officiating. Visitation will be held from 4:00 – 8:00 p.m. Thursday, October 22, 2009 at the First...
George F. Murray
Oct 20, 2009
George F. Murray, age 70, of Elizabeth, Illinois, formerly of Chicago, Illinois, died on Tuesday, October 20, 2009, at the Elizabeth Nursing Home, Elizabeth. Local visitation will be held Thursday, October 22, 2009, from 4 - 7:00 p.m. at the Law - Jones Funeral Home in Elizabeth. Visitation will then be held on Friday, October 23, from 4 - 8:00...
Barbara Ann Daniels
Oct 19, 2009
Barbara Ann Daniels, age 72, of Miles, Iowa, died on Monday, October 19, 2009, at Mercy Medical Center North, Clinton, Iowa. A Funeral Mass will be held 10:30 a.m. Thursday, October 22, 2009 at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Preston, Iowa with Father Paul Lippstock as Celebrant. Burial will take place in St. Boniface Cemetery, Clinton, Iowa following the funeral...
Helen I. Tillis
Oct 15, 2009
Helen I. Tillis, age 92, of Sabula, Iowa died Thursday, October 15, 2009 at Big Meadows Nursing Home, Savanna, Illinois. A Funeral Service will be held 2:00 p.m. Saturday, October 17, 2009 at the Sabula United Methodist Church, Sabula with Pastors Sandra and Tom Berryman officiating. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery, Sabula. Visitation will be held one hour prior...
Elsie J. Lawson
Oct 13, 2009
Elsie J. Lawson, age 71, of Savanna, Illinois, died on Tuesday, October 13, 2009, at the University of Iowa Hospital, Iowa City, Iowa. A funeral service will be held 11:00 a.m., Saturday, October 17, 2009 at the Law-Jones Funeral Home in Savanna, with Reverend Gary Abney officiating. Burial will follow in the Savanna Township Cemetery, Savanna. Visitation will be held...
Gerald O. Petersen
Oct 11, 2009
Gerald O. Petersen, age 61 of rural Preston, Iowa, died on Sunday, October 11, 2009 at Jackson County Regional Health Center, Maquoketa, Iowa. A funeral service will be held 10:00 a.m., Friday, October 16, 2009 at the St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church, Preston, with Reverend Gregory Geier officiating. A Visitation will be held from 4:00 – 8:00 p.m., Thursday, October...
Joyce L. Keim
Oct 10, 2009
Joyce L. Keim, age 80, of Mt. Carroll, Illinois, died Saturday, October 10, 2009, at her home in rural Mt. Carroll. A funeral service will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, October 14, 2009, at the Mt. Carroll United Methodist Church, with Rev. Mark Harkness officiating. Burial will follow in the Oak Hill Cemetery, Mt. Carroll. Visitation will be...
Jacob G. Getz
Oct 9, 2009
Jacob "Jake" G. Getz, age 94, of Savanna, Illinois, died on Friday, October 9, 2009, at the Morrison Community Hospital in Morrison, Illinois. A funeral service will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Thursday, October 15, 2009, at the St. Peter Evangelical Lutheran Church in Savanna, with Rev. Philip Bigelow officiating. Burial will follow in the Center Hill Cemetery, rural...
Bonnie J. Selig
Oct 8, 2009
Bonnie Jean Selig, age 65, of Galena, Illinois, formerly of Elizabeth, Illinois, and the Chicago Suburbs, died peacefully at home on Thursday, October 8, 2009, surrounded by her family following a courageous battle with uterine cancer. Cremation rites will be accorded and a memorial visitation will be held from 4 - 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, October 14, 2009, at the...
Dean W. Prowant, Jr.
Oct 7, 2009
Dean W. Prowant, Jr., age 63, of Savanna, died Wednesday, October 7, 2009 at Mercy Medical Center, Clinton, Iowa. A Funeral Service will be held 10:30 a.m. Monday, October 12, 2009 at the First United Methodist Church, Savanna. Cremation will be accorded after the Service and burial of ashes will take place at St. John’s Cemetery at a later date....
Helen Florence Borowski
Oct 4, 2009
Helen Florence Borowski, age 91, of Mt. Carroll, Illinois formerly of Cicero, Illinois, died on Sunday, October 4, 2009 at her great nieces home in Mt. Carroll. Cremation rites have been accorded. Inurnment will be in Queen of Heaven Cemetery, Hillside, Illinois. A memorial fund has been established in Helen’s memory. Helen was born on September 28, 1918, in Marianna,...
Oliver S. Hanson
Oct 1, 2009
Oliver S. Hanson, Jr., age 64, of Hanover, Illinois, passed away on Thursday, October 1, 2009 at Midwest Medical Center, Galena, Illinois. A Funeral Service will be held at 12:00 p.m. noon Friday, October 9, 2009 at the Law-Jones Funeral Home in Hanover. Burial will take place in Evergreen Cemetery, Hanover. Visitation will be 10:00 a.m. till noon, prior to...
Thomas Irvin Smith
Sep 29, 2009
Thomas Irvin Smith passed from this life into eternity on September 29, 2009 at home with his family. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Friday, October 2, 2009 St. Peter Evangelical Lutheran Church, Savanna. Burial will take place in the Trinity Lutheran Cemetery, rural Mt. Carroll, Illinois. A visitation will be held from 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m....
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