Obituaries
Peggy A. Huebner
Apr 23, 2022
Peggy A. Huebner, of Sabula, IA, passed Saturday, April 23, at her home. Funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, April 27, at the Law Jones Funeral Home in Savanna, IL. Visitation will be from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Tuesday, April 26, at the funeral home, as well as one hour prior to the service on Wednesday....
Virginia Y. Derrickson
Apr 21, 2022
Virginia Yvonne Derrickson, age 95, of Mt. Carroll, IL passed away Thursday, April 21, 2022 at Allure Nursing Home, in Mt. Carroll. A funeral service will be held Wednesday, April 27, 2022 at 2pm at Law Jones Funeral Home, in Mt. Carroll. Visitation will take place from 12pm to 2pm before the service. Inurnment will take place at Center Hill...
Ruth Ann Marks
Apr 20, 2022
Ruth A. Marks, of Savanna, IL, formerly of Elizabeth, IL, has gone home to Heaven on April 20, 2022. A funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, April 30, at St John the Baptist Catholic Church, in Savanna. Visitation will be from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. prior to the service in Antl Hall, connected to the church....
Jim Themas
Apr 17, 2022
Jim “Papa” Themas, of Thomson, IL, passed away at home with his loving family by his side, on Sunday April 17, 2022. A funeral service will be held at Law Jones Funeral Home in Thomson, IL at 12 noon on Saturday, April 30, 2022. Visitation will take place from 10am to 12 noon, prior to the service. Family and friends...
Gerald Dale Smithson
Apr 16, 2022
Gerald Dale Smithson passed away on Saturday, April 16, 2022 at MercyOne Medical Center in Dubuque, Iowa. A Funeral Mass will be held 10:00 a.m. Friday, April 22, 2022 at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Preston. Burial will be in St. Joe’s Catholic Cemetery, Preston. Visitation will be held from 4:00 – 7:00 p.m. Thursday, April 21, 2022 at St....
Marcy Lynn Potempa
Apr 15, 2022
Marcy Lynn Potempa gained her wings on April 15th, 2022. Marcy was born on September 27, 1983 in Freeport to Laura McAuley and Mark May. Marcy left this earth and the two most precious blessings in her whole world, her daughter’s Kylee and Brooklyn. Marcy fought a tough battle the past two years with Guillain Barre and was a warrior,...
Neta J. Breuning
Apr 13, 2022
Neta Jean Breuning, 84, passed away peacefully in her home on April 13, 2022. A burial service will be held at Good Hope Cemetery on Tuesday, April 19, 2022 at 1:00 p.m. Neta was born to Alfred and Lola Rothenbuehler on November 12, 1937. She married Allen Breuning on September 19, 1958, and they farmed together in Pleasant Valley Township,...
Betty E. Speck
Apr 13, 2022
Betty E. Speck, age 97 of Savanna, Illinois passed away Wednesday, April 13, 2022 at Big Meadows Nursing Home, Savanna. A funeral service will be held 3:00 pm Monday, April 18, 2022 at Law-Jones Funeral Home, Savanna. Burial will be in Savanna Township Cemetery. Visitation will be held prior to the service from 1:00 – 3:00 pm at the funeral...
Paula J. Rice
Apr 10, 2022
Paula Rice, of Rock Falls, IL, formerly of Thomson, IL, passed away Sunday, April 10, at Rock River Hospice and Home in Sterling, IL. A celebration of Paula’s life will be held from 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, April 19, at the Law Jones Funeral Home in Thomson. Memorial service will be held at 2:00 p.m. following the celebration...
Donna Mae Wurster
Apr 8, 2022
Donna Mae Wurster, age 78, of Mt. Carroll, IL, passed away at Allure Nursing Home of Mt. Carroll on Friday, April 8, 2022. A funeral service will be held at 11am on Saturday, April 16, 2022 at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Massbach. Visitation will take place from 9:30 am to 11 am before the service. Family and friends are...
Cheryl Lynn Syndram
Apr 7, 2022
Cheryl Lynn (Boyer) Syndram, age 57 of Savannah, Tennessee, previously of Savanna, Illinois passed away peacefully on Thursday, April 7, 2022, in the care of her family and hospice. If she could say one more thing, we think it would be to the grandkids, “I love you to the moon and back!”Cheryl loved being a Grandma and Mom. Everything was...
Jerry Lee Baity
Apr 4, 2022
Jerry Lee Baity, age 78 of Lanark, Illinois, nephew of Pastor Robert and Fern Phelps, passed away Monday, April 4, 2022 at home in Lanark. A funeral service will be held 11:00 a.m. Thursday, April 7, 2022 at Law Jones Eastland in Lanark. Visitation will be held 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. Wednesday, April 6, 2022 at Law Jones Eastland, Lanark....
Albert "Al" Frederick
Apr 2, 2022
Albert “Al” Frederick passed away Saturday, April 2, at FHN Memorial Hospital in Freeport, IL. A celebration of Al’s life will be held at a later date. Al was born February 4, 1960, son of William and Anna Frederick. He was born in Richmond KY, and later moved to Chicago, IL. In Chicago Al met the love of his life,...
Marilyn A. Sibley
Mar 29, 2022
Marilyn Alice Sibley died peacefully March 29, 2022 in Henry, IL, where she had resided for 10 months, struggling with the effects of dementia. A funeral service will be held at 3pm on Sunday, April 3, 2022, at Trinity Lutheran Church, in Mt. Carroll, IL. Visitation will take place from 2pm to 3pm before the service. Burial will follow at...
Henry John Grishkowsky
Mar 25, 2022
Henry Grishkowsky, 92, of Dubuque, Iowa, passed away Friday, March 25, at Hospice of the Valley in Glendale, Arizona. A funeral service will be held at 11:00am on Monday, April 4, at Trinity Lutheran Church, 8393 South Derinda Road, Elizabeth, Illinois, with Pastor David Russell and Pastor Paul Amlin officiating. Friends may call from 9-11:00am at the church prior to...
Geneva M. Altfillisch Lantau
Mar 24, 2022
Geneva Wand Altfillisch Lantau, 92, passed away peacefully on March 24, 2022. A memorial mass will be held April 1, 2022, 11:00 a.m. at St Mary’s Catholic Church, Elizabeth, with inurnment at St. Mary’s Catholic Cemetery. Geneva was born to Antone and Veronica (Schaefer) Wand on October 31, 1929, on the family farm in Elizabeth. She married Cleland Altfillisch on...
Calvin "Dick" Hamil
Mar 19, 2022
Calvin “Dick” Hamil, age 80, of Hanover, IL passed away on March 19, 2022 at his home, with his family by his side. A funeral service will be held Friday, March 25, 2022 at 12pm at Law Jones Funeral Home, in Hanover, with a visitation preceding it, from 10am to 12pm. Family and friends are invited to share in Dick’s...
Ginger Ellen Law
Mar 18, 2022
Ginger Ellen Law, age 78, of Mt. Carroll, Illinois, passed away Friday, March 18, 2022 at Morrison Hospital. Visitation will take place on Thursday, March 24, 2022, at Law Jones Funeral Home in Mount Carroll, from 4pm to 6pm with a service to be held at 6pm. A private inurnment will take place at Oak Knoll Cemetery in Mt. Carroll,...
Hazel Delores (Lepien) Daehler
Mar 18, 2022
Hazel Delores (Lepien) Daehler passed into eternity Friday, March 18, 2022 at Resthave Nursing Center in Morrison, Illinois. She was born on October 13, 1925 in Hartford, Wisconsin, the daughter of Arthur J. and Sarah Schauer Lepien. She was baptized December 6th, 1925 and confirmed in 1938 in the Evangelical Church. She attended elementary and high school in Hartford and...
John R. Hamm
Mar 16, 2022
John R. Hamm 2-15-1959 to 3-16-2022. John was born to Carl and Ruby Hamm in Clinton, IA. John was an avid outdoorsman, and for a great part of his life found an immense amount of joy in his career as a truck driver, especially while employed with Stoecker's Trucking of Fulton, IL. His love and passion for the road would,...
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