Obituaries
Betty Ann Notz
Jul 21, 2019
Betty Ann Notz, age 90, of Mt. Carroll, Illinois, died Sunday, July 21, 2019 at home. A funeral service will be held at 10:30 a.m., Saturday, July 27, 2019 at St. Peter Evangelical Lutheran Church, Savanna, Illinois. Burial will take place in St. Peter’s Lutheran Cemetery, Savanna. Visitation will be held from 9:30-10:30 a.m., prior to the service at the...
Darryl Kruse
Jul 20, 2019
Darryl Kruse, of Lanark, IL passed away Saturday, July 20, 2019, at Allure Nursing Home of Mt. Carroll, with his loving family by his side. Cremation rites will be accorded. A Celebration of Life will take place on Saturday, August 3, 2019 from 12pm to 2pm at Law Jones Funeral Home in Mt. Carroll. A time of sharing will take...
Marita June Myers
Jul 20, 2019
Marita Myers, age 84, of Mt. Carroll, passed away Saturday, July 20, 2019 at Allure Nursing Home, Mt. Carroll. A funeral service will be held 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, July 31, 2019 at the Law-Jones Funeral Home, Mt. Carroll. Visitation will be held from 10:00 – 11:30 Wednesday, July 31, 2019, prior to the service. A memorial fund has been established...
David Edward Lee Sr.
Jul 18, 2019
David Edward Lee, Sr. passed away in his home in Sabula, IA, Thursday, July 18, 2019. A memorial service will be held at 10 a.m. on Thursday, July 25, 2019 at Law Jones Funeral Home in Savanna, IL. Burial will take place at Evergreen Cemetery in Sabula, IA, immediately following the service. A memorial fund has been established in David’s...
William "Bill" Jennings Van Meter Jr.
Jul 14, 2019
William “Bill” Jennings Van Meter, Jr. , previously of Savanna, IL, passed away Sunday, July 14, 2019 in Belvidere, IL. A funeral service will be held at 11 am Thursday, July 18, 2019 at Law Jones Funeral Home in Savanna, IL. A visitation will be held from 9 am to 11 am, Thursday, prior to the service. Burial will take...
Marlin Hoffmann
Jul 13, 2019
Marlin Hoffmann, age 88, of Spragueville, Iowa passed away Saturday, July 13, 2019 at the Clarissa C. Cook Hospice House, Bettendorf, Iowa. A funeral service will be held 11:00 a.m. Thursday, July 18, 2019 at the Law-Jones Funeral Home, Preston, Iowa. Visitation will be held from 9:00 – 11:00 a.m., prior to the service at the funeral home. A memorial...
Robert L Falls
Jul 11, 2019
Robert L Falls, age 65 of Thomson, IL passed away Thursday, July 11, 2019 at his home. Cremation rites have been accorded. Robert was born April 23, 1954 at the old Hospital in Savanna, IL, the son of Robert E. and Mary (Rogers) Falls. He attended Thomson schools and graduated from Thomson Community High School with the Class of 1972....
Barbara J. Hitz Melhus
Jul 9, 2019
Barbara J. Hitz Melhus, passed away Tuesday, July 9, 2019 at St. Anthony’s Medical Center in Rockford, IL. Cremation rites will be accorded. A memorial service will be held Saturday, July 27, 2019 at 11:00 am at the First Baptist Church of Mount Carroll, IL. Inurnment will then take place at Oak Hill Cemetery, in Mount Carroll. Contributions may be...
Ronald Raymond Fritz
Jul 9, 2019
Ronald Raymond Fritz, 95, of Mount Carroll, Illinois, died July 9, 2019 at the Carroll County Good Samaritan Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Mount Carroll. Ronald was born April 13, 1924 in Freedom Township, the son of Ward and Ethel (Williamson) Fritz. He was a graduate with the Mt. Carroll High School Class of 1942. In his younger days, Ronald...
Clint Douglas Lingle
Jul 9, 2019
Clint Douglas Lingle, age 61 of Chicago, Illinois formerly of Preston, Iowa, passed away Tuesday July 9, 2019 at home. A funeral service will be held at 12:00 on Tuesday July 16, 2019 at Law-Jones Funeral Home, Preston. Burial rites will be in the Preston Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 10:00-12:00 prior to the service at the funeral home....
Steven Henry
Jul 4, 2019
Steven Burton Henry, age 70, of Chadwick, Illinois passed away Thursday, July 4, 2019 at Veterans Memorial Hospital, Iowa City, Iowa, due to complications of heart failure. A funeral service will be held 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, July 9, 2019 at the Law-Jones Funeral Home, Mt. Carroll, Illinois. Burial will be in Chadwick Cemetery, rural Chadwick, with full Military Rites. Visitation...
Brett "Dusty" Luke
Jul 2, 2019
Brett “Dusty” Luke, age 40 of Stockton, IL passed away Tuesday, July 2, 2019 at OSF St. Anthony’s Hospital in Rockford, IL. A funeral service will be held, Thursday, July 11, 2019 at Holy Cross Catholic Church in Stockton, IL at 11am. There will be a visitation from 9am to 11am on Thursday, prior to the service. Dusty was born...
Robert "Rob" Murphy
Jul 2, 2019
Robert “Rob” Murphy, age 54, of Savanna passed away peacefully with his loving family by his side on Tuesday, July 2, 2019. A Funeral Mass will be held 10:30 a.m. Saturday, July 6, 2019 at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, Savanna. Burial will be in St. John’s Catholic Cemetery with full military rites by the Savanna VFW. Visitation will...
Jeffrey Gibbs
Jun 27, 2019
Jeffrey Gibbs, age 64, of rural Lanark, Illinois passed away Thursday, June 27, 2019 at home in the care of his loving family. A Celebration of Life Gathering will be held 4:00 – 7:00 p.m. Wednesday, July 10, 2019 at the Law-Jones Funeral Home, Mt. Carroll, with a time of sharing at 7:00 p.m. Jeff was an avid outdoorsman, hunting,...
Wilbert Spencer, Sr.
Jun 26, 2019
Wilbert "Willy" Spencer Sr., age 81, of Savanna, Illinois, passed away on Wednesday, June 26, 2019 at JourneyCare Hospice in Chicago, Illinois. Cremation rites will be accorded. A memorial gathering will be held at the Law-Jones Funeral Home in Savanna on Sunday, July 7th, from 2:00pm until 4:00pm, with a luncheon following at Manny's in Savanna. Willy was born July...
Ruth Kelly
Jun 25, 2019
Ruth Kelly, age 91, of Savanna, Illinois, passed away, Tuesday, June 25, 2019 at the Good Samaritan Society, Mt. Carroll, Illinois. A Memorial Service will be held at 1:00 p.m., Friday, July 5, 2019 at the First United Methodist Church, Savanna. A Memorial Visitation will be held from 11 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., prior to the service at the Church....
Eloise Menzemer
Jun 23, 2019
Eloise Menzemer, of Elizabeth, Illinois, passed away Sunday June 23, 2019 at the Elizabeth Nursing Home. A funeral service will be held Friday, June 28, 2019 at 10:00 a.m., with Pastor Dottie Morizzo officiating at the Schapville Zion Presbyterian Church, Schapville, Illinois, with burial to follow at Zion Presbyterian Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the Schapville Presbyterian Church. Eloise...
Carol Ann Bundy
Jun 22, 2019
Carol Ann Bundy, age 79, of Savanna, Illinois, died on Saturday, June 22, 2019 at FHN Memorial Hospital in Freeport, Illinois. Cremation Rites have been accorded. A graveside memorial service will be held 11:00 a.m., Saturday, June 29, 2019 at Center Hill Cemetery, rural Mt. Carroll. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Illinois Retired Teachers Association:...
Robert F. Tautz
Jun 20, 2019
Robert F. Tautz, age 88, of Mt. Carroll, died on Thursday, June 20, 2019 at St. Anthony O.S.F. Medical Center in Rockford, Illinois. Cremation Rites will be accorded. A memorial service will be held at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, July 6, 2019 at Law-Jones Funeral Home, Mt. Carroll. A gathering will be held from 1:00-2:00 p.m., prior to the service at...
Donald Berry
Jun 18, 2019
Donald Berry, age 76, of Clinton, Iowa, formerly of Sabula, Iowa, passed away Tuesday, June 18, 2019 at his home. Cremation rites will be accorded. Burial of his cremated remains will take place in the Rock Island National Cemetery, Rock Island, Illinois. Donald Berry was born August 4, 1942, in Savanna, Illinois, the son of James and Cleo (Burns) Berry....
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