Obituaries
Frank H. Gillen
Nov 23, 2018
Frank H. Gillen, age 50, of Freeport, Illinois, formerly of Savanna, Illinois died on Friday, November 23, 2018 at Freeport Memorial Hospital in Freeport. A funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m., Thursday, December 6, 2018 at Law-Jones Funeral Home, Savanna. A visitation will be held from 10:00 – 11:00 a.m., Thursday, December 6, 2018, prior to the service...
Timothy J. Volquardsen
Nov 21, 2018
Timothy J. Volquardsen, age 60 of Miles, Iowa left cancer behind on Wednesday, November 21, 2018 at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa. Please join the family on Saturday, December 1, 2018 beginning with a service at 1 p.m. at Law-Jones Funeral Home, Preston, Iowa. Burial follows the service at Miles City Cemetery. We will continue...
James V. Letcher
Nov 20, 2018
James V. Letcher, age 72, of Albany, Illinois, formerly of Savanna, Illinois, died on Tuesday, November 20, 2018 at Big Meadows Nursing Home, Savanna. A visitation will be held from 3:00-6:00 p.m., Sunday, November 25, 2018 at Law-Jones Funeral Home, Thomson, Illinois. A funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m., Monday, November 26, 2018 at Law-Jones Funeral Home, Thomson....
Mack Kenneth Brown
Nov 19, 2018
Mack Kenneth Brown, age 86 of Savanna, Illinois, died on Monday, November 19, 2018 at Big Meadows Nursing Home, Savanna. Cremation rites have been accorded. A memorial service will be held 11:00 a.m., Monday, November 26, 2018 at Law-Jones Funeral Home, Savanna. A gathering will be held from 10:00 – 11:00 a.m., prior to the service at the funeral home....
Lyla Hoyt
Nov 18, 2018
Lyla Hoyt, age 91, of Savanna, Illinois, passed away November 18, 2018 in Mt. Carroll, IL. Cremation rites have been accorded. A private graveside memorial service will be held at Savanna Township Cemetery. Memorials may be made to Savanna Veterans Memorial, PO Box 72, Savanna, IL 61074. Lyla was born May 24, 1927, in Fulton, Illinois, the daughter of Louis...
Robert "Bob" B. Williams
Nov 18, 2018
Robert “Bob” B. Williams, age 80, of Thomson, Illinois died on Sunday, November 18, 2018 at his home surrounded by his loving family. Cremation Rites have been accorded. A private graveside service will be held at a later date in Upper York Cemetery in Argo Fay, Illinois.
Helen M. Weber
Nov 17, 2018
Helen M. Weber, age 95, of Mt. Carroll, Illinois, passed away with her family by her side on Saturday, November 17, 2018 at Big Meadows Nursing Home, Savanna. A funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, November 24, 2018 at Law-Jones Funeral Home in Mt. Carroll. A visitation will be held from 9:00 to 11:00 a.m., prior to...
Alvin "Al" L. Wagner
Nov 17, 2018
Alvin L. Wagner, age 66 of Sabula, Iowa passed away on Saturday, November 17, 2018 at his home surrounded by his loving family. Cremation Rites have been accorded. A memorial service will be held 11:00 a.m., Saturday, November 24, 2018 at Law-Jones Funeral Home, Savanna. A memorial gathering will be held from 9:00 – 11:00 a.m., prior to the service...
Kimberly Houzenga
Nov 15, 2018
Kimberly Houzenga age 38, of Hanover, Illinois, passed away Thursday, November 15, 2018 at the Midwest Medical Center in Galena, Illinois. A funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, November 21, 2018 at Law-Jones Funeral Home in Hanover. Burial will take place in Evergreen Cemetery. A visitation will be held from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m., Tuesday, November 20,...
Ivan Jones
Nov 14, 2018
Ivan J. Jones, age 44, of, Illinois, passed away Wednesday, November 14, 2018 as a result of a motor vehicle accident in Ohio. Cremation rites have been accorded. A memorial gathering will be held at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, January 5, 2018 at Green’s Tap, 522 main Street, Savanna. Online condolences may be left for the family at www.lawjonesfuneralhome.com . Ivan...
Dolores Stevenson
Nov 13, 2018
Dolores L. Stevenson died at her home in Galena, Illinois on Tuesday, November 13, 2018. Dolores was born in Chicago, Illinois on April 23, 1928, the daughter of Erick and Henrietta (Marshall) Davidson. In 1946, after graduating from Lindblom Technical High School in Chicago, Illinois, she worked at the Chicago Park District. Soon after, she met Charles Stevenson, a veteran...
Raymond Rice
Nov 12, 2018
Raymond Rice, age 61, of Freeport, Illinois, formerly of Savanna, Illinois, died on Monday, November 12, 2018 at his daughter’s home in Freeport. A visitation will be held from 5:00-7:00 p.m., Thursday, November 15, 2018 at Law-Jones Funeral Home, Savanna. A funeral service will be held at 10:30 a.m., Friday, November 16, 2018 at Law-Jones Funeral Home, Savanna. Burial will...
Sandra Mangler
Nov 11, 2018
Sandra Mangler, 76, of Savanna, Illinois passed away at home, Sunday, November 11, 2018 surrounded by her family after a long, hard battle with breast cancer. Preceding her and ready to embrace her back home are her husband Marv, her Mom, Evelyn and Dad, Wesley, big brother, Stan and little sister, Vicki and niece Tammy, along with her paternal grandparents,...
Florence "Dee" R. Evan
Nov 9, 2018
Florence “Dee” Evan, age 73, of Savanna, Illinois, passed away Friday, November 9, 2018 at the University of Wisconsin Hospital in Madison, Wisconsin. A Funeral Mass will be held at 10:00 a.m., Saturday, November 17, 2018 at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in Savanna. Cremation rites will take place following the mass. Visitation will be held from 5:00 –...
Ardith Spencer
Nov 8, 2018
Ardith Spencer, age 73, of Sabula, Iowa, passed away Thursday, November 8, 2018 at the Citadel Care Center in Sterling, Illinois. A funeral service will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Monday, November 12, 2018 at the Calvary Lutheran Church in Sabula. Burial will follow in the Sterling Cemetery rural Sabula. Visitation will be held from 4:00 – 6:00 p.m.,...
Betty M. Beyer
Nov 6, 2018
Betty M. Beyer age 92, of Stockton, Illinois, passed away Tuesday, November 6, 2018 at home. A funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, November 13, 2018 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Derinda, Illinois. Burial will follow in the Trinity Lutheran Church Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 9:00 – 11:00 a.m. at the church prior to the...
Marielda E. Klemme
Nov 5, 2018
Marielda E. Klemme, age 93, of Preston, Iowa passed away Monday, November 5, 2018 at Mercy Medical Center, Clinton, Iowa. A Funeral Mass will be held at 10:30 a.m., Thursday, November 8, 2018 at St. Joseph Catholic Church, Preston. Visitation will be held from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m., Wednesday, November 7, 2018 at Law-Jones Funeral Home, Preston, and from 9:30...
Dorothy W. Haas
Nov 4, 2018
Dorothy W. Haas, age 93 of Savanna, Illinois, surrounded by her family, went to heaven on Sunday, November 4, 2018 at O.S.F. St. Anthony Medical Center in Rockford, Illinois. A visitation will be held from 5:00 – 7:00 p.m., Friday, November 9, 2018 at Law-Jones Funeral Home, Savanna. A funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, November...
Michael D. Ryan
Nov 4, 2018
Sergeant (Retired) Michael (Mike) D. Ryan, 67, of Savanna, IL. passed away at his home on November 4, 2018. He was born on November 18, 1950 in Chicago to William (Bill) Aloysius and Jane Mary McNichols Ryan. Mike attended Ascension Grammar School and Oak Park High School, graduating in 1969. He enlisted in the United States Navy in August 1969....
Jessica Lynn "Louie" Pagor
Oct 31, 2018
Jessica “Louie” Pagor, age 27, an imaginative writer of three published love, murder-mystery novels, dedicated to being curious, building relationships, working hard, and loving her family, passed from this life peacefully, Wednesday, October 31, 2018 at the UW Hospitals, Madison, Wisconsin, after fighting a sudden illness. A celebration of life gathering will be held 5:00 – 8:00 p.m. Tuesday, November...
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