Obituaries
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...
Lynanne Joan Metz
Oct 29, 2018
Lynanne Joan Metz, age 69, of Clutier, Iowa, formerly of Sabula, Iowa, passed away on Monday, October 29, 2018 at UnityPoint Health-St. Luke’s Hospital in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Cremation rites have been accorded and a Celebration of Life will be held at a later date. Lynanne will be dearly missed by her three children, Debra (Jerry) Fultner of Andrew, Iowa,...
Barbara Joan Millerschone
Oct 25, 2018
Barbara Joan Millerschone, age 87, of Elizabeth, Illinois passed away on Thursday, October 25, 2018. Graveside services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Sunday, October 28 at the Elizabeth Cemetery. Barbara was born on August 15, 1931 at her family home in Elizabeth to William “Bill” and Helen (Dittmar) Cording. She was the third youngest of 4 girls. She graduated...
John Robert Lindsay
Oct 23, 2018
John Robert Lindsay, age 51, of Lanark, Illinois, passed away Tuesday, October 23, 2018 at FHN Memorial Hospital in Freeport, Illinois. A graveside service will take place at 10:00 a.m., Friday, October 26, 2018 in the Lanark City Cemetery. John was born November 6, 1966, in Freeport, the son of Robert and Carol (Lotz) Lindsay. He attended Lanark High School....
Paula Ehrler
Oct 22, 2018
Paula Annette (Howarth) Ehrler, age 89, took Jesus’ hand and went to her heavenly home on October 22, 2018 at Elizabeth Nursing Home, Elizabeth, IL. A Celebration of Paula’s life will take place at 11:00 a.m. Thursday, October 25, 2018 at the United Methodist Church in Elizabeth. Visitation will be from 10:00 – 11:00 a.m. prior to the service at...
Anna Mazurek
Oct 20, 2018
Anna Mazurek, age 106, of Mt. Carroll, Illinois, passed away on Saturday, October 20, 2018 at Carroll County Good Samaritan in Mt. Carroll. Cremation rites will be accorded. There are no funeral services scheduled at this time. Anna was born July 16, 1912, in Gary, Indiana, the daughter of Frank and Agatha (Cebulinska) Respecki. Anna married Steve Mazurek on July...
Wadeen J. Dauphin
Oct 19, 2018
Wadeen J. Dauphin, native of Savanna, Illinois died October 19, 2018 in her assisted living group home in Phoenix, Arizona as the result of a heart attack. She had suffered from dementia prior to that. A graveside service will be held at the Savanna Township Cemetery Sunday, October 28, 2018 at 3:30. Wadeen was the last born child of Mary...
Cecilia Mary (Hawk) Zemke
Oct 14, 2018
Cecilia Mary (Hawk) Zemke, age 88, took Jesus’ hand and went to her heavenly home on Sunday, October 14, 2018 at FHN Memorial Hospital, Freeport, Illinois. Cecilia was born June 22, 1930, in Thomson, Illinois, the daughter of William and Mary (Halfman) Hawk. She attended grade schools at Thomson, Oil Valley and Daggerts. Cecilia graduated from Chadwick High School in...
Lucille Acree
Oct 13, 2018
Lucille Acree, age 90, of Savanna, Illinois, passed away on Saturday, October 13, 2018 at the Alverno Nursing Home, Clinton. Cremation rites have been accorded. Private services will be held prior to cremation. Burial of her cremated remains will take place in Riverside Cemetery, Sterling, Illinois. Lucille was on born September 12, 1928, in Walnut Ridge, Arkansas, the daughter of...
David Latouche
Oct 12, 2018
David LaTouche, age 64, of Chadwick, Illinois, passed away Friday, October 12, 2018 at CGH Medical Center, Sterling, Illinois. A remembrance gathering will be held at 5- 7 pm., Saturday, November 17, 2018 at Law-Jones Funeral Home, Mt. Carroll. David was born December 3, 1953, in Manhattan, New York, the son of Enoch and Helen Kay (Meyer) LaTouche. He attended...
Lila Atherton Ritchie
Oct 12, 2018
Lila Atherton Ritchie, Thomson native, died October 12, 2018 in Sun Lakes, Arizona. Rites of cremation were accorded and a private interment will be in the family plot in Lower York Cemetery, Thomson. A public Celebration of Life will be held on Saturday, April 6, 2019 at Majestic Pines in Thomson. Law-Jones Funeral Home, Savanna, assisted with arrangements. Memorials may...
Helen E Wolber
Oct 10, 2018
Helen E. Wolber age 86, of Mt. Carroll, Illinois passed away on Wednesday, October 10, 2018 at the Good Samaritan Society in Mt. Carroll. A celebration of life will be held at 12:30 p.m. on Monday, October 15, 2018 at Law-Jones Funeral Home in Mt. Carroll. Burial will take place at Brookville Lutheran Cemetery, Brookville, Illinois. A visitation will take...
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