Obituaries
Lynn Leighton
Apr 8, 2017
Lynn Joy Leighton, age 66, of Hanover, Illinois, died Saturday, April 8, 2017, at the Galena Nursing Home, Galena, Illinois. A Funeral Service will be held at 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, April 11, 2017 at Law-Jones Funeral Home, Hanover. Burial will take place in Evergreen Cemetery, Hanover. A visitation will be held from 9:30-11:00 a.m., prior to the service at the...
Catherine Stasch
Apr 6, 2017
Catherine Stasch, age 81, of Savanna, Illinois, died Thursday, April 6, 2017, at Good Samaritan Nursing Home, Mt. Carroll. A visitation will be held from 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m., Wednesday, April 12, 2017 at Law-Jones Funeral Home, Savanna with a time of sharing at 1:00 p.m. Cremation rites will be accorded following the time of sharing. Burial will take...
Catherine Stasch
Apr 6, 2017
Catherine Stasch, age 81, of Savanna, Illinois, died Thursday, April 6, 2017, at Good Samaritan Nursing Home, Mt. Carroll. A visitation will be held from 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m., Wednesday, April 12, 2017 at Law-Jones Funeral Home, Savanna with a time of sharing at 1:00 p.m. Cremation rites will be accorded following the time of sharing. Burial will take...
Elsie Rose Haring
Apr 4, 2017
Elsie Rose Haring, age 76, of Shannon, Illinois, died Tuesday, April 4, 2017, at Pearl Pavilion Nursing Care, Freeport, Illinois. A Graveside Service will be held 11:00 a.m., Saturday, April 8, 2017 at the Savanna Township Cemetery, Savanna, Illinois. Friends and family are invited to celebrate Elsie's life at a luncheon at the Bethel Methodist Church in Shannon IL at...
Eugene E. Duhigg
Apr 2, 2017
Eugene “Gene” Ellis Duhigg, age 83, of Savanna, Illinois died Sunday, April 2,2017 at home. A memorial service will be held at 3:00 p.m., Saturday, April 15, 2017 at Law-Jones Funeral Home in Savanna. Military rites will be accorded by the Savanna VFW Post #2223. Burial will take place in Big Mound Cemetery in Davis Junction, Illinois. A memorial visitation...
Roger Reifsteck
Mar 27, 2017
Roger C. Reifsteck, age 67, of Savanna, Illinois died Monday, March 27, 2017 at Mercy Living Center, South, Clinton, Iowa. A Memorial Visitation will be held from 4:00 to 5:00 p.m., Sunday, April 2, 2017 at the Mt. Carroll Church of God, Mt. Carroll, Illinois. A Celebration of Life service will be held at 5:00 p.m. following the visitation at...
Norma Joanne Strukhoff
Mar 24, 2017
Norma J. Strukhoff, age 85, of Thomson, Illinois, formerly of Mount Carroll, Illinois, passed away Friday, March 24, 2017 at the University of Iowa City Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa. A funeral service will be held 1:00 p.m., Saturday, April 1, 2017 at Law-Jones Funeral Home, Mount Carroll. Burial will take place in Lower York Cemetery, Thomson. A visitation...
Betty Olivia Strauch
Mar 24, 2017
Betty Olivia (Motley) Strauch, age 75, of Mt. Carroll, Illinois, passed away Friday, March 24, 2017 at Morrison Community Hospital, Morrison, Illinois. Cremation rites have been accorded. A memorial gathering will be held 5:00-7:00 p.m., Wednesday, March 29, 2017 at Law-Jones Funeral Home, Mount Carroll. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be given in Betty’s memory to the Mt. Carroll...
Lyle Cartwright
Mar 22, 2017
Lyle Cartwright, age 80, of Chadwick, Illinois passed away Wednesday, March 22, 2017 at home. A funeral service will be held 10:00 a.m.Monday, March 27, 2017 at the Law-Jones Funeral Home, Mt. Carroll, Illinois. Burial will be in the Chadwick Cemetery. Visitation will be held 4:00 – 7:00 p.m. Sunday, March 26, 2017 at the Law-Jones Funeral Home, Mt. Carroll....
Patricia Wolter
Mar 19, 2017
Patricia Celista Wolter, age 77, of Elizabeth, Illinois, passed away Sunday, March 19, 2017 in the loving care of the Elizabeth Nursing Home. A Funeral Mass will be held 1:00 p.m. Thursday, March 23, 2017 at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church in Hanover, Illinois. Memorial visitation will be held 12:00 noon – 1:00 p.m., prior to the Mass at...
Dennis Foltz
Mar 15, 2017
Dennis L. Foltz, age 64, of Huntley, Illinois, formerly of Mt. Carroll, Illinois, passed away at home on Wednesday, March 15, 2017. A memorial service will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, March 25, 2017 at Law-Jones Funeral Home in Mt. Carroll, Illinois. Burial of ashes will take place in Oak Hill Cemetery at a later date. A memorial...
Russell Stanley Bedford Ii
Mar 15, 2017
Russell Stanley Bedford II, age 55, of Clinton, Iowa, died Wednesday, March 15, 2017 at home. A Funeral Service will be held at 1:00 p.m., Monday, March 20, 2017 at Law-Jones Funeral Home, Savanna, Illinois. Burial will take place in Spring Lake Cemetery, Savanna. Visitation will be held from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., prior to the service at the...
Donald "Doggie" W. Schumacher
Mar 14, 2017
Donald W. “Doggie” Schumacher, age 66, of Dubuque, Iowa, formerly of Elizabeth, Illinois passed away Tuesday, March 14, 2017 at Mercy Medical Center, Dubuque. A funeral service will be held at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday, March 18, 2017 at Law-Jones Funeral Home, Elizabeth, Illinois. Burial will take place in Elizabeth Cemetery. A visitation will be held from 4:00-8:00 pm on...
Ruth Jane Wiegert
Mar 13, 2017
Ruth Jane Wiegert, age 92, of Savanna, Illinois passed away Monday, March 13, 2017 at Mercy Medical Center, Clinton, Iowa. A private family memorial service will be held. Ruth's family asks that you "pay it forward" by doing a good deed towards others in her memory. Ruth was born December 6, 1924 in Chicago, the only child of Adolph and...
Eleanor Eisfeller
Mar 10, 2017
Eleanor C. Eisfeller, age 97, of Mt. Carroll, Illinois, died Friday, March 10, 2017, at FHN Memorial Hospital, Freeport, Illinois. A funeral service will be held 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, March 14, 2017 at the First Evangelical Lutheran Church, Mt. Carroll. Burial will take place in Oak Hill Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 5:00-7:00 p.m., Monday, March 13, 2017 at...
Theodore "Ted" Krohmer
Mar 10, 2017
Theodore “Ted” Herman Krohmer, 86, died at home on March 10, 2017, surrounded by his family after an extended battle with cancer. A funeral service will be held at 10:30 a.m., Saturday, March 18, 2017 at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Elizabeth. Burial will take place in Woodbine Cemetery, Woodbine, Illinois. A visitation will be held from 5:00-7:00 p.m., Friday, March...
Frederick "Fred" Mokry
Mar 9, 2017
Frederick “Fred” Mokry, age 73, of Savanna, Illinois, passed away peacefully at home on March 9, 2017. Fred was born April 8, 1943 in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Edward and Frances (Kubiak) Mokry. He attended Purdue University in Lafayette, Indiana and graduated with his Bachelor’s Degree in General Engineering. He also played football for Purdue as #43. Fred married...
Marvin D. Bausman
Mar 7, 2017
Marvin D. Bausman, Sr., age 86, of Mt. Carroll, Illinois died Tuesday, March 7, 2017 at Genesis Medical Center East, Davenport, Iowa. A Masonic Service will be held at 3:00 p.m., Sunday, March 12, 2017 at Law-Jones Funeral Home, Mt. Carroll. Visitation will take place following the Masonic Service from 3:30 to 6:00 p.m. at the funeral home. Burial will...
Jacqueline "Jackie" L. Giddings
Mar 5, 2017
Jacqueline “Jackie” L. Giddings, age 87, of Miles, Iowa, died Sunday, March 5, 2017, at the Alverno Health Care Facility, Clinton, Iowa. A Funeral Service will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, March 9, 2017 at Law-Jones Funeral Home, Preston, Iowa. Visitation will be held from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. Wednesday, March 8, 2017, at Law-Jones Funeral Home, Preston. Burial...
William "Bill" John Frazier
Mar 4, 2017
William “Bill” John Frazier, age 77, of rural Fulton, Illinois, previously of rural Mt. Carroll and Savanna, passed away Saturday, March 4, 2017 at Mercy Medical Center, Clinton, Iowa. A funeral service will be held 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, March 8, 2017 at the Law-Jones Funeral Home, Savanna. Burial will be in the Center Hill Cemetery, Mt. Carroll. Visitation will be...
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