Brian K. Byars
Mar 6, 2020
Brian K. Byars, age 63 of Ridott, IL, passed away on Friday, March 6, 2020 at the Monroe Clinic Hospital in Monroe, WI. He was born September 8, 1956 in Rochelle, IL to Delbert and Dellouise (Stocking) Byars, Jr. He was a 1974 graduate of Rochelle Township High School. Brian married Rhonda Kay Rhodes on August 18,...
Dorothy Ann Elam
Mar 3, 2020
Dorothy Ann Elam , 83, of Freeport Illinois passed away Tuesday March 3. She was the daughter of Raymond and Bernadette Fellows of Columbus, Ohio where she was born. Preceding her in death, was her husband Brendan J Hogan who passed away in 1982 and her husband Charles Elam who passed away in 2014. She is survived...
Carol Jean Contardi
Mar 1, 2020
Carol Jean Contardi, age 81 of Leavenworth, IN, passed away on March 1, 2020 after a short illness. She was born March 7, 1938 in Stephenson County, IL; the daughter of Donald and Emma (Tammling) Maize. She married Donald Contardi on July 8, 1967; he preceded her in death on June 14, 2000.
Carol graduated...
Avis L. Fisher
Mar 1, 2020
Avis L. Fisher, age 93 of Freeport, IL, passed away on Sunday, March 1, 2020. She was born January 18, 1927 in Winslow, IL; the daughter of Harold R. and Gladys R. (Stephenson) Kline. Avis worked at MicroSwitch in Freeport for 31 years. She enjoyed fishing and vacationing in Minnesota.
She is survived by her...
Lois M. Wellman
Feb 29, 2020
Freeport – Lois Wellman, 93 died on February 29, 2020 at Liberty Village of Freeport. She was born in Stanley, Wisconsin on October 7, 1926 to Chris and Roszella (Braton) Christensen. She moved to Freeport in 1945.
She married Stan Wellman on June 16, 1951. He preceded her in death in 1997.
Lois was employed...
Calista M. Hartman
Feb 25, 2020
Calista M. Hartman, age 77 of Polo, IL, passed away on Tuesday, February 25, 2020 at Presence St. Joseph Nursing Home in Freeport, IL. She was born May 11, 1942 to Lester and Celia (Rae) Rothermel (Polo). She married Daniel Hartman (Shannon) on July 14, 1963.
Lola Lucille Robinson
Feb 25, 2020
Lola Lucille Robinson, age 90 of Freeport, IL, passed away on Tuesday, February 25, 2020 at Atrium Assisted Living in Rockford, IL. She was born September 15, 1929; the daughter of Everett and Ethel (Schisler) Thurman. She was a graduate of Abingdon High School in Abingdon, IL. Lucille married Larry Robinson on October 8, 1949; he passed...
Wayne W. Demuth
Feb 24, 2020
Wayne W. Demuth, age 79 of Freeport, IL, passed away on Monday, February 24, 2020 at FHN Memorial Hospital in Freeport. He was born June 12, 1940; the son of William M. and Ada (Rous) Demuth. On May 6, 1967, Wayne married Connie Bell; she passed on July 31, 2012.
He was a graduate of...
Dick L. Ferguson
Feb 22, 2020
Dick L. Ferguson, age 83 of Dakota, IL, passed away on Saturday, February 22, 2020 at Walnut Acres in Freeport. He was born June 26, 1936 to LaVerne and Evelyn (Klitz) Ferguson. He was a graduate of Pecatonica High School. Dick married Emily Miller on January 29, 1982.
He had served in the United States...
Ronald "Ron" E. Stabenow
Feb 19, 2020
Ronald "Ron" E. Stabenow, age 60 of Ridott, IL, passed away on Tuesday, February 19, 2020 at FHN Memorial Hospital. He was born August 21, 1959 to Howard and Lorraine (Cummins) Stabenow. He graduated from Freeport High School in 1977. Ron married Wendy Ludewig on March 7, 1987.
He worked for Honeywell for 23 years....
Walter A. Alber
Feb 19, 2020
Walter Alber, age 88 of Monroe, WI passed away peacefully in his home on February 19, 2020. He was born on June 30th, 1931, the son of the late Willy and Emma (Klotz) Alber. He was a lifelong farmer on Damascus Road, four miles west of Cedarville. He married Regina Keleher from Elizabeth, IL on Feb 12th,...
Patricia Joann Gross
Feb 19, 2020
Patricia Joann (Lindegard) Gross, 81 of Freeport, died Wednesday, February 19, 2020. Born November 22, 1939 in Monmouth, Illinois to John and Betty Lindegard. She married Kenneth Gross on June 1, 1968.
Pat was a faithful and loyal servant of her God, Jehovah. She was baptized as one of Jehovah's Witnesses at age 11 on...
Russell L.W. Bradford, Sr.
Feb 17, 2020
Russell L.W. Bradford, Sr. age 95 of Lake Carroll, IL passed away Monday, February 17, 2020 at FHN Memorial Hospital in Freeport. He was born on November 18, 1924 in Polo, IL to the late Lester and Blanche (Wagner) Bradford. Russell married Geraldine Moss on May 4, 1946 in Freeport. She passed away March 31, 2012.
Russell...
Rosalie Mae Turner
Feb 11, 2020
Rosalie Mae (Webber) Turner, age 89 of Freeport, IL, passed away on Tuesday, February 11, 2020 at Pearl Pavilion in Freeport.
Rosalie was born May 18, 1930, in Dexter, Missouri to Raymond Louis Webber and Emma Mae (Boyer) Webber. She graduated from Dexter High School, and then headed to St. Francis Nursing School in Jonesboro,...
Bettina Opel Holm
Feb 8, 2020
Elizabeth Ann Steenrod Opel Holm, a.k.a. Bettina, a.k.a. Grandma Tina, a.k.a. Miss B. died with characteristic grace at Parkview Home on February 8th. She was the much loved mother of Doug, Lesley, Roger, Tim and Alison Opel; the fun-loving grandmother of Darren, Doug, Melanie, Molly, Dan and Dayton Opel, Erin, Annie, Laney and...
Susie Hiroko Field
Feb 7, 2020
Susie Hiroko Field, 91, of Freeport, died Friday February 7, 2020 at Liberty Village Manor Court of congestive heart failure. Susie was born February 18, 1928 in Miyagi-ken, Japan, the third daughter of Motoo and Takeyo Hisamichi. She graduated from a Tokyo dressmakers' college and worked for a U.S. Army Colonel and his family as a nanny,...
Prossa Schypko
Feb 7, 2020
She was intelligent, sensitive, and exceptionally caring. She was self–reliant and generous. She was a devoted wife and loving mother. She had a confident and persistent need for doing things the right way. And she was a survivor.
With her loving daughter Ludmilla at her bedside, Prossa Schypko, 91, passed away peacefully at St Elizabeth Manor Friday...
Margaret Mary Feller
Feb 4, 2020
Margaret Mary Feller, age 99 of Freeport, IL, passed away on Tuesday, February 4, 2020 at Presence St. Joseph in Freeport. She was born October 23, 1920 in London, England to Edward and Emily (Hubble) Geoghegan. She married Nicholaus Feller on July 6, 1944.
In England, she worked for Westinghouse Brake and Signal Company for...
Dorothy L. Miller
Feb 2, 2020
Dorothy L. Miller , 101, of Freeport, passed away February 2, 2020.
She was born on October 13, 1918 in Stephenson County to Fred & Ruth (Molter) Schmitt on their first wedding anniversary. She has been living at Liberty Village in Freeport for the last 15 years.
Dorothy married Chester Miller on March...
Marlene M. Bishop
Feb 1, 2020
Marlene M. Bishop, age 83 of Freeport, IL, passed away on Saturday, February 1, 2020 at Presence St. Joseph in Freeport. She was born October 18, 1936; the daughter of Alton G. and Ethel D. (Penticoff) Cox. She married Garris E. Phillips on December 14, 1958; he passed in August of 1963. She later married Wayne Bishop on August...
