Obituaries
Florence "Fussy" Victoria Martha Remrey
Feb 16, 2018
Florence “Fussy” Remrey, age 89, of Savanna, Illinois passed away February 16, 2018 at Big Meadows Nursing Home in Savanna. A funeral service will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, February 20,2018 at Law-Jones Funeral Home in Savanna. Burial will take place in Savanna Township Cemetery, Savanna. Visitation will be held from 4:00 – 6:00 p.m. on Monday, February...
Robert W. Henningsen
Feb 15, 2018
Robert W. Henningsen, 86, of Preston Iowa, passed away peacefully on Thursday, February 15, 2018 surrounded by his family. A Funeral Mass will be held 2:00 p.m. Monday, February 19, 2018 at St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Preston. Burial will take place at St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery, Preston. Visitation will be Sunday February 18, 2018 from 3:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m....
Joyce A. Potter
Feb 12, 2018
Joyce A. Potter, age 88, of Elizabeth, Illinois, passed away Monday, February 12, 2018, at the Elizabeth Nursing Home. Cremation rites have been accorded. A memorial visitation will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, February 17, 2018, at the First United Methodist Church, Elizabeth. A visitation will be held from 10:00 to 11:00 a.m. at the church prior to the...
Betty J. Guenzler
Feb 9, 2018
Betty J. Guenzler, age 77, of Chadwick, Illinois, passed away Friday, February 9, 2018, at home in her sleep. Cremation rites have been accorded. A memorial service will be held at 11:00 a.m., Thursday, February 15, 2018, at Law-Jones Funeral Home, Mt. Carroll. A memorial visitation will be held from 9:00 to 11:00 a.m. prior to the service at the...
Saturnina L. Galo Franks
Feb 8, 2018
Saturnina L. Galo Franks, age 56, of Fulton, Illinois, formerly of Thomson, Illinois, died suddenly on Thursday, February 8, 2018, as the result of a car accident near DeWitt, Iowa. A visitation will be held from 4:00 – 8:00 p.m., Wednesday, February 14, 2018 at Law-Jones Funeral Home, Savanna, Illinois. Cremation rites will be accorded following the visitation. A memorial...
Mary L. Kelley
Feb 5, 2018
Mary L. Kelley, age 89, of Savanna, Illinois, passed away Monday, February 5, 2018 at Big Meadows Nursing Home, Savanna. A Funeral Mass will be held 11:00 a.m., Saturday, February 10, 2018 at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church. Burial will take place in St. John’s Catholic Cemetery, Savanna. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the Mass from...
Barbara S Anderson
Feb 1, 2018
Barbara S. Anderson, age 68 of Preston, Iowa, passed away Thursday, February 1, 2018 at the University of Iowa Hospitals in Iowa City, Iowa. A funeral service will be held at 10:00 a.m., Friday, February 9, 2018 at St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church in Preston. Burial will take place in Preston Cemetery. A visitation will be held from 4:00 –...
Sharon K. Zink
Jan 28, 2018
Sharon K. Zink, age 62, of Savanna, Illinois, passed away Sunday, January 28, 2018, at CGH Medical Center in Sterling, Illinois. A Celebration of Life gathering will be held from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., Saturday, February 3, 2018, at Manny’s Pizza in Savanna. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be given to the family in Sharon’s memory. Sharon was...
Vaneta Taplin
Jan 27, 2018
Vaneta Taplin, age 87, of Miles, Iowa, passed away Saturday, January 27, 2018 at Mercy Medical Center, Clinton, Iowa surrounded by her loving family. A funeral service will be held at 10:00 a.m., Friday, February 2, 2018 at the Calvary Lutheran Church, Sabula, Iowa. Burial will take place in Miles Cemetery, Miles, Iowa. Visitation will be held from 3:00-7:00 p.m.,...
Grace E. Zahn
Jan 26, 2018
Grace Zahn, age 85, of Lanark, Illinois, passed away Friday, January 26, 2018 at home. A graveside service will take place at 11:30 a.m., Tuesday, January 30, 2018 in Trinity Lutheran Cemetery, rural Mt. Carroll. Grace was born October 15, 1932, in Mt. Carroll, Illinois, the daughter of Pearl Gums. She attended Mt. Carroll High School. On June 1, 1963,...
Charles Brock
Jan 24, 2018
Charles Brock, age 87, of Thomson, Illinois, passed away Wednesday, January 24, 2018 at Big Meadows. A memorial service will be held at 2:00 p.m., Sunday, February 11, 2018 at Law-Jones Funeral Home, Thomson. Private family burial of ashes will take place at a later date in the Lower York Cemetery, Thomson, Illinois. Visitation will be held from 1:00 to...
Gene Bennett
Jan 23, 2018
Gene R. Bennett, age 92, of Savanna, Illinois, passed away Tuesday, January 23 at the Good Samaritan Society in Mt. Carroll, Illinois. A Funeral Mass will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, February 3, 2018 at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in Savanna. Burial will take place in St. John the Baptist Catholic Cemetery, Savanna, with military rites...
Marian L. Haring
Jan 22, 2018
Marian L. Haring, age 87, passed away peacefully on Monday, January 22, 2018 after a brief stay in Hospice Care at Big Meadows Nursing Home, Savanna. Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. on Thursday evening, January 25th at St. Peter’s Lutheran Church in Savanna. A Christian funeral service will be held at the church at 11 a.m. on Friday, January...
Margaret Julia Service
Jan 21, 2018
Margaret Julia Service, age 78 of Clinton, Iowa, formerly of Hanover, Illinois, died on Sunday, January 21, 2018 at the Alverno Healthcare Facility in Clinton, Iowa. A Funeral Mass will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, January 27, 2018 at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church in Hanover. A visitation will be held prior to the mass from 9:00-10:45 a.m.,...
Liena A. Hamilton
Jan 21, 2018
Liena A. Hamilton, age 93, passed away Sunday, January 21, 2018 at home in Savanna with her loving family by her side. A funeral service will be held 1:00 p.m. Saturday, January 27, 2018 at the Community United Church of Christ, Savanna. A visitation will be held prior to the service in Elliott Hall next to the Church, from 11:00...
Maurice "Jim" W. Smith
Jan 20, 2018
Maurice “Jim” W. Smith, age 82, of Savanna, Illinois, passed away surrounded by his loving family on Saturday, January 20, 2018 at Big Meadows Nursing Home in Savanna, Illinois. In accordance with his wishes, Cremation Rites have been accorded prior to the service. A memorial service will be held at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, January 27, 2018 at Law-Jones Funeral Home,...
Jeanette I. Davis
Jan 20, 2018
Jeanette I. Davis, age 94, of Chadwick, Illinois, died on Saturday, January 20, 2018 at the Carroll County Good Samaritan Nursing Home, Mt. Carroll. A visitation will be held from 5:00 – 7:00 p.m., Wednesday, January 24, 2018 at Law-Jones Funeral Home, Mt. Carroll. Cremation will take place following the visitation. A memorial fund has been established in Jeanette's honor....
Nancy R. Schumann
Jan 19, 2018
Nancy R. Schumann, 67, of Maquoketa, Iowa, passed away on Friday, January 19, 2018, at her home. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, January 27, 2018 at 11 AM at St. Peter Lutheran Church in Savanna, IL with the Reverend Daniel Foelske officiating. Visitation will be held on Friday, January 26, 2018 from 5-7 PM at the Law-Jones Funeral...
Richard Alan Getz
Jan 19, 2018
Richard Alan Getz, age 58, of Savanna passed away Friday, January 19, 2018 at home. A memorial service will be held 11:00 a.m. Monday, January 29, 2018 at the Law-Jones Funeral Home, Savanna. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service from 10:00–11:00 a.m. Monday, January 29, 2018 at the funeral home. A luncheon will follow at the...
Carl G. Carlson
Jan 17, 2018
Carl G. Carlson, age 91, of Savanna, Illinois, passed away Wednesday, January 17, 2018 at Big Meadows Nursing Home, Savanna. A funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m., Monday, January 22, 2018 at the Community United Church of Christ, Savanna. Visitation will be held from 9:30 to 11:00 a.m. prior to the service at the church. Burial of ashes...
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