Obituaries
Paul Papke
Jul 21, 2008
Paul Junior Papke, age 84, of rural Sabula, Iowa, passed away Monday, July 21, 2008, at Mercy Living Center, in Clinton, Iowa. A visitation will be held on Thursday, July 24, from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at the Miller-Law-Jones Funeral Home in Preston, Iowa. Burial will be private beside his late wife of 50 years in Sterling Cemetery, Sterling,...
Jeremy J. "Beetle" Hubbard
Jul 19, 2008
Jeremy J. “Beetle” Hubbard, age 25, of Mt. Carroll, Illinois, died July 19, 2008. A Funeral Service will be held at 7:00 p.m., Thursday, July 24, 2008 at Frank-Law Jones Funeral Home, Mt. Carroll, with Pastor Kathryn Ling of Lanark United Methodist Church officiating. A private burial service will be held at Oak Hill Cemetery, Mt. Carroll. Visitation will be...
Sonya R. Foster
Jul 17, 2008
Sonya R. Foster, age 18, of Thomson, Illinois, died Thursday, July 17, 2008, at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa, as a result of injuries sustained in a car accident. Visitation will be held from 3 - 8 pm on Monday, July 21, 2008 at the Law - Jones Funeral Home in Thomson. A funeral service...
Terry Hammer
Jul 16, 2008
Terry Hammer Sr., age 51, of Savanna, Illinois, died Wednesday, July 16, 2008, at his home. A visitation will be held Sunday, July 20, 2008, from 2 – 4 pm at the Savanna Law – Jones Funeral Home with a time of remembrance at 3:30pm. Inurnment will follow at a later date. A memorial fund has been established in Terry’s...
Linda Dearborn
Jul 16, 2008
Linda M. Dearborn, age 62, of Savanna, Illinois, died Wednesday, July 16, 2008 at University of Iowa Hospitals, Iowa City, Iowa. Cremation rites have been accorded. Linda was born August 10, 1945 in Muscatine, Iowa, the daughter of Howard and Darlene (Morris) Bock. On June 30, 1990, Linda married James "Jim" F. Dearborn in Dixon, Illinois. Linda worked as a...
Joan Thompson
Jul 14, 2008
Joan W. Thompson, age 82, of Sabula, Iowa, died Monday, July 14, 2008, at home lovingly surrounded by her family. A memorial mass will be held at 11:00 am Thursday, July 17, 2008, at Saint Peter’s Catholic Church, Sabula. Cremation rites have been accorded. Burial will follow at a later date. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to...
Maryalma Nobis
Jul 12, 2008
Maryalma I. Nobis, age 72, of Hanover, Illinois, passed away on July 12, 2008 at the Midwest Medical Center in Galena, Illinois. Funeral Services will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, July 16, 2008, at the Hanover United Methodist Church in Hanover, Illinois. Pastor Lynne Matthews will officiate. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery, Hanover, Illinois. A visitation will...
James "Jim" Laurence Halfman
Jul 8, 2008
James "Jim" Laurence Halfman, age 55, of Rock Falls, Illinois, formerly of Thomson, Illinois, died Tuesday, July 8, 2008, unexpectedly at home. Funeral services will be held 10:00 a.m. Friday, July 11, 2008 at the Law-Jones Funeral Home, Thomson with Reverend Paul Judd of the Thomson United Methodist Church officiating. Burial will be in the Lower York Cemetery, Thomson. Visitation...
Arlo E. Daniels
Jul 7, 2008
Arlo E. “Art” Daniels, age 69, of Green Island, Iowa, died on Monday, July 7, 2008, at his home in Green Island. A funeral service will be held at 10:30 a.m., Monday, July 14, 2008, at the Green Island Congregational Church in Green Island, with Reverend Iola McCutcheon officiating. Burial will follow in the Reeseville Cemetery in rural Miles, Iowa....
Mary Jean Richter
Jul 7, 2008
Mary Jean Richter, age 75, of Mt. Carroll, Illinois, died Monday, July 7, 2008 at Coventry Village, Sterling, Illinois. Cremation rites will be accorded. A Graveside Service will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday, July 11, 2008, at Oak Hill Cemetery, Mt. Carroll. Reverend David Vidler from the First Evangelical Lutheran Church will officiate. In lieu of flowers a memorial...
Carroll Robert Dimmick
Jul 2, 2008
Carroll Robert Dimmick, age 79, of Thomson, Illinois, died on Wednesday, July 2, 2008, at his home. Funeral services will be held 11:00 a.m., Monday, July 7, 2008 at the Law-Jones Funeral Home, Thomson with Reverend Bonnie Davies officiating. Burial will be in the Lower York Cemetery, Thomson. Visitation will be held from 9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. prior to...
Edmund Louis Schmidt
Jul 1, 2008
Edmund Louis Schmidt, 91, of Preston died Tuesday, July 1, 2008 at Mill Valley Care Center, Bellevue, Iowa following a brief illness. Visitation will be Friday, July 4, 2008 from 2-7 P.M. at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, Preston, with Rosary led by the Knights of Columbus @ 6:45 P.M.) A Mass celebrating Eddie’s life, at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, Preston,...
Amos E. Gates, Iii
Jun 28, 2008
Amos E. Gates III, age 57, of Hanover, Illinois, died Saturday, June 28, 2008, at his home surrounded by his loving family. A Graveside Service will be held on Thursday, July 3, 2008 at 2:00 pm at the Evergreen Cemetery in Hanover. Reverend Lynn Matthews of Hanover United Methodist Church will officiate. A memorial fund has been established in his...
William "Bill" Meints Vogt
Jun 25, 2008
William "Bil" Meints Vogt, age 88, of rural Thomson, Illinois died Wednesday, June 25, 2008 at home. A Funeral Service will be held 10:30 a.m. Saturday, June 28, 2008 at the Immanuel Lutheran Church, 819 S. Fifth St., Clinton, Iowa. Reverend Paul Holmer will officiate. Burial will be in Savanna Township Cemetery with Full Military Rites accorded by the Savanna...
Eldon Thomas Jepsen
Jun 24, 2008
Eldon Thomas Jepsen was born into heaven on Tuesday, June 24, 2008, at the University of Iowa Hospital, Iowa City, Iowa. A private Graveside Service was held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, June 28, 2008, at the Reeseville Cemetery in rural Sabula, Iowa. Fr. John Stack officiated. Baby Eldon was born to Thomas E. Jepsen and Jacqueline G. Randall of...
Keith Anderson
Jun 20, 2008
Keith Anderson, age 72, of Maquoketa, Iowa, formerly of Preston, Iowa, died unexpectedly on Friday, June 20, 2007, in rural Preston. A funeral service will be held at 11:00am Thursday, June 26, at the Miller – Law – Jones Funeral Home in Preston. Burial will follow in the Rose Lawn Memorial Estates in Moline, Illinois. Visitation will be held from...
John C. Schoenwolf
Jun 16, 2008
John C. Schoenwolf, after struggling with a variety of health issues over the last several years has returned to Our Heavenly Father on Monday, June 16, 2008 at St. Clare Hospital, Lakewood, Washington surrounded by loving members of his family. A Memorial Gathering will be held 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. Tuesday, July 8, 2008 at the Law-Jones Funeral Home, Savanna,...
Helen M. Smith
Jun 16, 2008
Helen M. Smith, age 88, of Chadwick, Illinois, passed away, Monday, June 16, 2008 at Good Samaritan Nursing Home, Mt. Carroll, Illinois. A Funeral Service will be held 11:00 a.m. Friday, June 20, 2008 at the First Evangelical Lutheran Church, Chadwick, Illinois with Pastor Marcia Strahl officiating. Burial well take place in Chadwick Cemetery, Chadwick. Friends may call from 10:00...
Paul M. Walker
Jun 15, 2008
Paul M. Walker, age 89, of Mount Carroll, Illinois, died Sunday, June 15, 2008, at Morrison Community Hospital, Morrison, Illinois. Cremation rites will be accorded and a private burial of his cremated remains will take place at a later date. Paul was born on December 16, 1918 in Dayton, Ohio, the son of Leman and Lena Walker. He married Ann...
Vernette Hartman
Jun 15, 2008
Vernette I. Hartman, age 77, of Savanna, Illinois, died Sunday, June 15, 2008, at Good Samaritan Nursing Facility in Mount Carroll, Illinois. Funeral Services will be held 10:00 a.m. Thursday, June 19, 2008 at the First United Methodist Church, Savanna with Reverend Larry Thomson officiating. Interment will be in Lower York Cemetery, Thomson, Illinois. A visitation will be held from...
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