Obituaries
Richard D. Harris
Jan 13, 2022
Richard D. Harris, of Milledgeville, passed away peacefully on Thursday, January 13, 2022. Richard was born June 25th, 1939, son of William and Belvadean (Ballard) Harris. He grew up in the area around Erie/Prophetstown and attended Erie High School. Richard met the love of his life, Tena Dhabalt and they married and started a family, residing in Milledgeville. Together they...
Barbara K. Marshall
Jan 12, 2022
Barbara K. Marshall, of Sabula, IA, passed away Wendsday, January 12th, at MercyOne Medical Center in Clinton, IA. Funeral Service will be at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, January, 16th, at the Calvary Lutheran Church in Sabula. Visitation will be from 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. prior to the service at the church. Burial will take place in the Sabula Evergreen Cemetery....
Lorraine E. Radke
Jan 10, 2022
Lorraine E. Radke, age 97, of Savanna, IL, passed away Monday, January 10, 2022, at Allure Nursing Home, in Mt. Carroll, IL. Private burial will take place at Savanna Township Cemetery. Family and friends are invited to share in Lorraine’s life at lawjonesfuneralhome.com. Lorraine was born July 16, 1924, in Clinton, IA, the daughter of Harry and Mina (Bahnson) Radke....
Donald Thayer
Jan 10, 2022
Donald “Flipper” Thayer, age 68 of Sabula, Iowa passed away Monday, January 10, 2022 at MercyOne Hospital in Clinton. A Celebration of Life service will be held 2:00 p.m. Saturday, January 15, 2022 at Law Jones Funeral Home in Savanna with a visitation held for family and friends from 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m., prior to the service. Friends and...
Wyatt Hunter Potter
Jan 8, 2022
Wyatt Hunter Potter, age 21 of Hanover passed away in a tragic accident Saturday, January 8, 2022. A funeral service will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, January 15, 2022 at Faith Evangelical Lutheran Church in Elizabeth. Visitation will be held 4:00 – 8:00 p.m. Friday, January 14, 2022 at Law Jones Funeral Home, Hanover, and one hour prior to...
Larry L. Holdgrafer
Jan 8, 2022
Larry L. Holdgrafer, age 79, of Spragueville, IA, passed away Saturday, January 8, 2022, at Mercy Hospital in Iowa City, IA. A funeral mass will be held at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Preston, IA, on Friday, January 14, 2022, at 11am. Visitation will be held Thursday, January 13, 2022 at the church, from 4pm to 7pm, as well as...
Rhett Leroy Geisz
Jan 8, 2022
Rhett LeRoy Geisz, age 21 of rural Elizabeth passed away in a tragic accident Saturday, January 8, 2022. A funeral service will be held 1:00 p.m. Saturday, January 15, 2022 at Saint John’s Lutheran Church in Massbach with Burial in the Church cemetery. Visitation will be held 4:00 – 8:00 p.m. Friday, January 14, 2022 at Law Jones Funeral Home,...
Lyle Ertmer
Jan 7, 2022
Lyle Edward Ertmer, age 82, of Hanover, Illinois passed away, Friday, January 7, 2022 at home. Burial ashes will be in Evergreen Cemetery, Hanover at a future date. Lyle was born May 28, 1939, the son of Edward and Dorothy (Musselman) Ertmer. He graduated from Stockton High School. In 1967, Lyle married Mary Catherine Schetler, she passed away in 1990....
Roger Gene Schrader
Jan 7, 2022
Roger Gene Schrader, age 81 of Lanark, Illinois passed away Friday, January 7, 2022 surrounded by his family after a short, hard fought, battle with cancer. Farming from a young age, marrying his sweetheart and raising a family, even driving a dirt-track racecar from the age of 70 to 75, to bareback riding a horse in his late 70s, he...
Raymond Kumor
Jan 6, 2022
Raymond Martin Bernard Kumor, age 74, of Elizabeth, Illinois passed into the care of God on Thursday, January 6, 2022 at MercyOne Hospital in Dubuque. A Funeral Mass will be held 11:00 a.m. Friday, January 14, 2022 at St Mary Catholic Church in Elizabeth. Visitation will be held 3:00 – 7:00 p.m. Thursday, January 13, 2022 at Law Jones Funeral...
Lorraine E. Mohr
Jan 6, 2022
Lorraine E. Mohr, age 91, of Amana, IA, passed away on Thursday, January 6, 2022 at St. Luke’s Hospital in Cedar Rapids, IA. A funeral service will be held Tuesday, January 11, 2022 at St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church in Preston, IA at 1:30pm. Visitation will take place from 11am to 1:30pm that day, at the church. Burial will follow...
Jim Reinhardt
Jan 4, 2022
Jim Reinhardt, aged 63, passed away on January 4th in his home. He left the world just as he entered the world; with love from his family. Jim was preceded in death by his parents H Robert Sr. and Patricia and his late brother Don, and is survived by his sisters, Cathy, Mary, and Patricia, former spouse Laura, his children...
Russell Hartman
Jan 4, 2022
On Tuesday, January 4, 2022 Russell Hartman, at the age of 70, was welcomed into heaven by his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Russ was born on April 5, 1951 in Savanna, IL to George and Patricia (Stiefel) Hartman. He attended Center Hill School near Mt. Carroll and graduated with the Mt. Carroll High School Class of 1969. As a...
Celia T. Hartman
Jan 3, 2022
Celia T. Hartman, age 32, of Thomson, IL, succumbed to her illness and passed away on Monday, January 3, 2022 at University of Iowa Hospitals, in Iowa City, IA. A private memorial gathering will be held in her honor. A public celebration of Celia's life will be held on Saturday, May 28, 2022 from 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. at...
Edna Darlene Read
Jan 3, 2022
Edna Darlene Read of Mount Carroll, IL, formerly of Elizabeth, IL, passed away Monday, January 3rd, at Allure Nursing Home. A memorial service in honor of Darlene's memory will be held at a later date. Darlene was born June 14th, 1926, daughter of Everett and Leona Pearl (Chambers) Johns in Rippey, Iowa. She was the youngest of 8 children, where...
Gary Bjarnson
Jan 1, 2022
Gary Bjarnson, 85, of Lake Carroll, Illinois, passed away peacefully on January 1st, 2022, after holidays filled with laughter, memories, and visits with the closest of family and friends. A private family memorial service will be held. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to Serenity Hospice and Home. Friends are invited to watch the service at 11:00am on...
Yerda J. Potter
Dec 30, 2021
Yerda J. Potter, age 80, of Hanover, IL, passed away on December 30, 2021 at MercyOne Hospital in Dubuque, IA. A funeral service will be held Tuesday, January 4, 2022 at the Hanover United Methodist Church at 11:30 am. Visitation will take place from 9:30 to 11:30 at the church, before the service. Burial will follow at Old Log Church...
Rodney Clair Dobson
Dec 28, 2021
Rodney Clair Dobson, age 79, of Green Island, IA peacefully passed away Tuesday, December 28, 2021 at home. Following Rodney's wishes cremation rites have been accorded and a memorial visitation will be held on Thursday, January 6 from 5pm to 7pm at Law Jones Funeral Home in Preston, IA. Rodney was born October 29, 1942 in Osceola, IA, to Clair...
Stephen "Gator" Thayer
Dec 27, 2021
Stephen “Gator” Thayer, age 64, of Sabula, IA, passed away Monday, December 27th, at his home. Funeral service will be held at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, January 1st, at the Law Jones Funeral Home in Savanna, IL. Visitation will be from 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. Saturday, at the funeral home prior to the service. Burial will take place in the...
Stanley Holmbo
Dec 26, 2021
Stanley A. Holmbo, age 75, of Sabula, IA, passed away Sunday, December 26, 2021 at MercyOne Hospital in Dubuque, IA. A visitation will be held Monday, January 3, 2021 at Law Jones Funeral Home in Savanna, IL. Military honors will be take place at 4pm at the start of the visitation. Family and friends are invited to share in Stan’s...
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