Obituaries
Lester Edwin Roeder
Nov 9, 2009
Lester Edwin Roeder, age 90, of Spragueville, Iowa, died Sunday, November 8, 2009 at the Maquoketa Care Center, Maquoketa, Iowa. A funeral service will be held 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, November 11, 2009 at St. John the Evangelical Lutheran Church, Preston, Iowa. Reverend Greg Geier will officiate. Burial will be in the Spragueville Cemetery with Military Honors given by the Spragueville...
Alfred Kummer
Nov 8, 2009
Alfred F. Kummer, age 79, of Apple River, Illinois, passed away on Sunday, November 8, 2009 at his home. A funeral mass will be held 11:00 a.m., Thursday, November 12, 2009 at St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Elizabeth. Cremation rites will be accorded following the funeral mass. A private family burial will take place in St. Mary’s Catholic Cemetery, Elizabeth at...
Alfred F. Kummer
Nov 8, 2009
Alfred F. Kummer, age 79, of Apple River, Illinois, passed away on Sunday, November 8, 2009 at his home. A funeral mass will be held 11:00 a.m., Thursday, November 12, 2009 at St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Elizabeth. Cremation rites will be accorded following the funeral mass. A private family burial will take place in St. Mary’s Catholic Cemetery, Elizabeth at...
Larry D. Rinker
Nov 7, 2009
Larry D. Rinker, age 69, of Dubuque, Iowa, formerly of Elizabeth, Illinois, died Saturday, November 7, 2009, at his home. A funeral service will be held 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, November 11, 2009 at the Law-Jones Funeral Home, Elizabeth with Reverend Dan Schenck officiating. Burial will take place in St Mary’s Catholic Cemetery, Elizabeth. A visitation will be held from 5:00...
Bessie E. Rowland
Nov 6, 2009
Bessie Elizabeth Rowland, age 80, of Mt. Carroll, Illinois, died Friday, November 6, 2009, at Liberty Village, Freeport, Illinois from complications of Alzheimer’s Disease. A funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m., Monday, November 9, 2009 at the Mt. Carroll Church of God, with Reverend George Reser officiating. Burial will follow in the Lanark City Cemetery, Lanark. Visitation will...
Richard "Rick" Dickinson
Nov 6, 2009
Richard "Rick" Emil Dickinson, age 82, of Sabula, Iowa died Friday, November 6, 2009 at home. Cremation will be accorded and a Funeral Mass will be held 2:00 p.m. Saturday, November 14 at St. Peter Catholic Church, Sabula. Burial of ashes will take place in St. Peter’s Cemetery with Military Rites accorded by the Sabula VFW and American Legion. Visitation...
Gertrude J. Rakocinski
Nov 5, 2009
Gertrude J. Rakocinski, age 91, of Mount Carroll, Illinois, died Thursday, November 5, 2009, at Big Meadows Nursing Facility, Savanna. Cremation rites have been accorded and burial of her cremated remains will take place in St. Adalbert Catholic Cemetery, Niles, Illinois.
Ramona M. Nelson
Nov 2, 2009
Ramona Marie Nelson, age 81, passed away peacefully, Monday, November 2, 2009 at her home in Hanover, Illinois. A funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, November 6, 2009, at the Hanover United Presbyterian Church with Pastor Lynne Matthews officiating. Burial will follow in the Evergreen Cemetery in Hanover. Visitation will be held from 4 - 8:00...
Melvina L. Coleman
Oct 29, 2009
Melvina L. Coleman, age 81, of Thomson, Illinois, died Thursday, October 29, 2009, at Mercy Medical Center South, Clinton, Iowa. Cremation rites will be accorded. A memorial service will be held 3:00 p.m., Saturday, November 7, 2009 at the Law-Jones Funeral Home, Thomson. Visitation will be held from 2:00 – 3:00 p.m. Saturday, prior to the service. Melvina was born...
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...
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