Obituaries
Omar C. Wurster
May 24, 2007
Omar C. Wurster, age 101, of Elizabeth, Illinois passed away Thursday, May 24, 2007 at the Elizabeth Nursing Home, Elizabeth, Illinois. Funeral services will be held 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, May 29, 2007, at the Trinity Lutheran Church, Derinda, Illinois, with Reverend Kurt Hansen officiating. Burial will be in the Trinity Lutheran Cemetery, Derinda. Friends may call from 1:00 – 2:00...
Pauline Fox
May 21, 2007
Pauline Fox, 90, of Mount Carroll, Illinois died on May 14 due to injuries received in a motor vehicle accident on May 4. She was born on March 21, 1917 in Carlinville, Illinois to Frank and Florence Borman. She graduated from Carlinville High in 1935 during the Great Depression. To help support her family, following her graduation she worked in...
Alberta Ruth Breed
May 15, 2007
Alberta Ruth Breed, age 87 of Elizabeth, Illinois, died Monday, May 14, 2007 at her home. A graveside service will be held at 1:00 pm on Wednesday May 23, 2007 at the Elizabeth Cemetery in Elizabeth, Illinois. Ruth was born on March 7, 1920, the daughter of William E. and Grace (Crackenburger) Roberts in Thomson Township. She attended Union School...
Etta L. David
May 15, 2007
Etta L. David, age 88, of Savanna, Illinois, died Tuesday, May 15, 2007 in the University of Iowa Hospitals in Iowa City, Iowa. Cremation rites will be accorded. A memorial service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, June 23, 2007 at the First United Methodist Church in Savanna, Illinois. A memorial gathering will be held from 10:00-11:00 a.m.,...
Dora J. Bailey
May 11, 2007
Dora J. Bailey passed from this world into Eternal Life on May 11, 2007. She spent her final weeks in the loving care of her family in Tulsa, Oklahoma. A Memorial Service will be held 11:00 a.m., Friday, May 25, 2007, at the Frank-Law-Jones Funeral Home in Mt. Carroll, Illinois. Born Dora Jane Frey on October 29, 1927, she was...
Sara M. Dexheimer
May 5, 2007
Sara M. Dexheimer, age 85, of Savanna, Illinois, died Saturday, May 5, 2007 at the Big Meadows Nursing Facility in Savanna, Illinois. A Funeral Mass will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, May 10, 2007 at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in Savanna, Illinois with Father Dennis Atto as celebrant. Cremation rites will be accorded following the funeral...
Christine Vos
May 3, 2007
Christine Vos, age 84, of Mt. Carroll, Illinois died Thursday, May 3, 2007, at her home. A Memorial Service will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, May 11, 2007 at the Hope United Methodist Church in Chadwick, Illinois. Reverend Dave Davies will be officiating. Inurnment will be at Grove Hill Cemetery, Morrison, Illinois. Memorials may be made in Christine’s...
Berness J. Adams
May 2, 2007
Berness J. Adams, age 81 of Thomson, Illinois, died Wednesday, May 2, 2007 in her home, surrounded by her loving family. A funeral service will be held at 2:00 pm on Saturday, May 5, 2007 at the First United Methodist Church, Savanna with Reverend Thomas Moe and Pastor Lisa Mapes officiating. Interment will take place in the St. Peter Lutheran...
Megan Lynne Daehler
May 2, 2007
Megan Lynne Daehler, age 29, of Thomson, Illinois, passed away as a result of a life long illness, on Wednesday, May 2, 2007 at her home in Thomson. Funeral services will be held 10:00 a.m. Monday, May 7, 2007, at the Law-Jones Funeral Home in Thomson, Illinois. Reverend Wayne Brinkmann of the St. John Lutheran Church, Clinton, Iowa, will officiate....
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...
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