Obituaries
Louis Lopeparo
Apr 24, 2007
Louis Lopeparo, age 64, of Mt. Carroll, Illinois passed away Tuesday, April 24, 2007 at Freeport Memorial Hospital in Freeport, Illinois. A Graveside Service will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Monday, April 30, 2007 at the Rock Island Arsenal, Rock Island, Illinois. Louis was born on September 29, 1942 in Chicago, Illinois. Louis served his country in the United...
Perry Baxter
Apr 23, 2007
Perry K. Baxter, age 96, of Lanark, Illinois, died Monday, April 23, 2007, at Provena St. Joseph Center, Freeport, Illinois. A Graveside Funeral Service will be held 1:00 p.m. Thursday, April 26, 2007, at the Lanark Cemetery, Lanark, Illinois. Reverend Ellis Gene Baughton officiating. A memorial fund has been established in Perry’s honor. Perry was born on August 17, 1910,...
Raymond Slade
Apr 23, 2007
Raymond Slade, age 69, of Hanover, Illinois, died Monday, April 23, 2007 at his home in Hanover, Illinois. Funeral Services will be held at 12:00 Noon, Saturday, April 28, 2007 at the Law-Jones Funeral Home in Hanover, Illinois. Military Rites will be accorded by the Hanover Veterans of Foreign War Post #5300. Inurnment will take place at a later date....
Keith E. Wilkinson
Apr 22, 2007
Keith E. Wilkinson, age 93, of Milledgeville, Illinois, died Sunday, April 22, 2007, at Good Samaritan Nursing Home, Mt. Carroll, Illinois. A Graveside Funeral Service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, April 25, 2007 at the Bethel Cemetery, Milledgeville, Illinois. Reverend Russell Gordon of the Church of the Brethren, Milledgeville, Illinois will officiate. Military Rites will be accorded...
Jane Federwitz
Apr 21, 2007
Jane M. Federwitz, age 44, of Dubuque, Iowa formerly of Elizabeth, Illinois and Joliet, Illinois died Sunday, April 22, 2007 at the Dubuque Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Dubuque, Iowa. A Memorial Service will be held 11:00 A.M. Saturday, April 28, 2007 at the Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, Dubuque, Iowa, with Pastor Arnold Flater officiating. Friends may call from 9:30 a.m....
Earl Nesbitt
Apr 15, 2007
Earl Edwin Nesbitt, age 95, of Savanna, Illinois, died Sunday, April 15, 2007, at Big Meadows Nursing Home, Savanna, Illinois. A Funeral Service will be held at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, April 18, 2007, at Law Jones Funeral Home, Savanna, Illinois. Pastor Barbara Rapp of Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church, Schapville, Illinois will officiate. Burial will be in Savanna Township...
Charles Young
Apr 15, 2007
Charles Young, age 82 of Savanna, Illinois died Sunday April 15, 2007 at the Good Samaritan Nursing Home in Mt. Carroll, Illinois. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, April 17, 2007 at the Frank Law-Jones Funeral Home, Mt. Carroll, Illinois. Burial will be in Oak Hill Cemetery, Mt. Carroll. Reverend Mark Harkness of the United Methodist Church...
Margaret Weitzel
Apr 10, 2007
Margaret Weitzel, age 94, of Savanna, Illinois, died Tuesday, April 10, 2007, at Big Meadows Nursing Home, Savanna, Illinois. A Funeral Service will be held at 7:00 p.m. Monday, April 16, 2007, at Law Jones Funeral Home, Savanna, Illinois. Reverend Michael Meyer will officiate. Burial will be in Savanna Township Cemetery, Savanna, Illinois the following day. A Visitation will be...
Sandra K. Bourrette
Apr 10, 2007
Sandra K. Bourrette, age 65, of Hanover, Illinois, died Tuesday, April 10, 2007 at her home in Hanover, Illinois. Funeral Services will be held at 10:00 a.m. Friday, April 13, 2007 at the Law-Jones Funeral Home in Savanna, Illinois. Pastor Lisa Mapes will officiate. Burial will take place in the Evergreen Cemetery in Hanover. A visitation will be held from...
Olive B. Sedivy
Apr 10, 2007
Olive B. Sedivy, age 83, of Savanna, Illinois, died Tuesday, April 10, 2007 at the Good Samaritan Nursing Facility in Mount Carroll, Illinois. A funeral service will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, April 14, 2007 at the Savanna Bible Church in Savanna, Illinois with Reverend Michael Meyer officiating. Burial will be in the Bagley Cemetery in Bagley, Wisconsin....
Jack Thayer
Apr 9, 2007
Jackie “Jack” Thayer, 76, died Monday, April 9, 2007, at Eagle Point Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Clinton, Iowa. A Funeral Service will be held at 2:00 p.m. Friday, April 13, 2007 at the Law-Jones Funeral Home in Sabula, Iowa, with Reverend Michael Jones of York Baptist Church, Thomson, Illinois officiating. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery, Sabula, Iowa. Military rites...
Margaret Ake
Apr 9, 2007
Margaret R. Drake, age 84, of Argo Fay, Illinois, died Monday, April 9, 2007 at Harbor Crest Nursing Home, Fulton, Illinois. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, April 13, 2007 at the Argo Fay Methodist Church in Argo Fay, Illinois. Reverend Michael Jones of the York Baptist Church in Thomson, Illinois will officiate. Burial will be...
Bernice Margaret Christina Mullins
Apr 9, 2007
Bernice Margaret Christina Mullins, age 89, of Preston, Iowa died on Sunday, April 8, 2007, at Genesis East Hospital in Davenport, Iowa. A Funeral Service will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, April 12, 2007 at the St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church, Preston, Iowa. Reverend Gregory Geier will officiate. Burial will be in the Miles City Cemetery, Miles, Iowa....
Eugene Raymond "Gene" Diestelmeier
Apr 9, 2007
Eugene Raymond “Gene” Diestelmeier, age 75, of Elizabeth, Illinois died Monday, April 9, 2007 at the Lena Nursing Home, Lena, Illinois. Funeral services will be held 10:30 a.m. Saturday, April 14 at the United Methodist Church, Elizabeth, with Pastor Amy Poust officiating. Burial will be in the Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens, Freeport, Illinois. Military rites will be accorded by the...
James A. "Jim" Mullen
Apr 8, 2007
James A. "Jim" Mullen, 56 died Sunday April 8, 2007 at home in Washington, Illinois. He was born October 12, 1950 in Clinton, Iowa, the son of William and Carolyn (Marshall) Mullen. He attended school in Thomson and Elgin, Illinois. He was employed as a Machinist with Morton Welding Company in Morton, Illinois. He loved the Mississippi River, fishing and...
Marna Faye Mccolley
Apr 7, 2007
Marna Faye McColley, age 70, of Mount Carroll, Illinois, died Saturday, April 7, 2007 at Kindred Hospital in Sycamore, Illinois. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, April 11, 2007 at the Law-Jones Funeral Home in Savanna, Illinois. Reverend Michael Jones of the York Baptist Church in Thomson, Illinois will officiate. Burial will be in the St. Peter...
Roger W. Struve
Apr 4, 2007
Roger W. Struve, 72, died Wednesday, April 4, 2007, at his home in Sabula, Iowa. A Memorial Service will be held at 2:00 p.m. Monday, April 9, 2007 at the Law-Jones Funeral Home in Sabula, Iowa, with Pastor Robert Krueger of the Calvary Lutheran Church, Sabula officiating. Inurnment will take place in Oakland Cemetery, Clinton, Iowa with Military Rites accorded...
Alta Paxton
Apr 3, 2007
Alta Paxton, age 88, of Fulton, Illinois, formerly of Mt. Carroll and Savanna, Illinois, died Tuesday, April 3, 2007, at Mercy Medical Center North, Clinton, Iowa. A private graveside service will be held on April 5, 2007, at Savanna Township Cemetery, Savanna, Illinois. Alta was born February 19, 1919, in Ideal, Illinois, the daughter of Earnest and Bessie Caroline (Keller)...
Paul V. Smiley
Apr 3, 2007
Paul V. Smiley, age 76, of Savanna, Illinois, died Tuesday, April 3, 2007, at his home. A Funeral Service will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, April 7, 2007, at First United Methodist Church, Savanna, Illinois. Reverend Michael Jones of the York Baptist Church, Thomson, Illinois, will officiate. Burial will be in St. John the Baptist Catholic Cemetery, Savanna,...
Bette A Allison
Mar 26, 2007
Bette A. (Mills) Allison, age 92, of Savanna, Illinois, died Monday, March 26, 2007 at Big Meadows Nursing Home, Savanna, Illinois. Cremation rites will be accorded. A Memorial Service will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, June 16, 2007. at the First United Methodist Church in Savanna, Illinois. Bette was born on October 21, 1914, in Kewanee, Illinois, the...
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