Beulah E Iserman (Wise)
Apr 24, 2017
Beulah E. (Wise) Iserman, 95, former resident of Rock City, Illinois, passed away peacefully with family by her side on Monday, April 24, 2017, at the Solon Retirement Village in Solon, Iowa. She was born July 25, 1921 in rural Dakota; the daughter of Ford and Edith (Barr) Wise. Beulah graduated from Dakota High School and Northern Illinois University. She...
Diana J West
Apr 21, 2017
Diana J. West, age 56 of Davis, IL, passed away at home surrounded by her family on Friday, April 21, 2017. She was born July 19, 1960; the daughter of the late Earl and Rose (VanWalt) West. Diana was a cook for Woods Crossing Assisted Living in Freeport. She enjoyed bowling and was a member of the Lakeside Women's League....
Roger Wagner
Apr 21, 2017
Roger Wagner,70, passed away on April 21, 2017 in GlenAllen Alaska. He was born on Dec. 28, 1946 to Theron and Zerita (Potter) Wagner. He graduated from Freeport High School in 1964 and joined the Army where he was a member of the 101st Air Bourne Division. He attended HCC and later relocated to Minneapolis, MN. There he worked and...
Dorothy P Miller (Prasse)
Apr 19, 2017
Dorothy Miller, age 103 of Freeport, IL, passed away Wednesday, April 19, 2017 at Parkview Home. She was born in Kent Township, IL in 1913; the daughter of Charles and Minnie (Prasse) Biesemeier. She married Harold W. Miller on August 30, 1941 in Lena. Dorothy was a graduate of Northern Illinois University. She was a teacher in Freeport, Stockton, Woodbine,...
Irvin Milo Seuring
Apr 15, 2017
Irvin Milo Seuring, 97, of Baileyville, died at home April 15, 2017. He was born May 12, 1919, in Dakota, IL to Richard and Minnie (Schroeder) Seuring. On August 6, 1946, he married Dorothy Wales. Irvin attended Cranes Grove School in Baileyville and was self-educated in many respects. He started farming with his father and moved to Florence Station where...
Blaze M Elliott (Klosa)
Apr 13, 2017
Blaze Marie Elliott, age 64 of Freeport, IL, passed away at home, surrounded by love on April 13, 2017. She was born February 7, 1953 in Anchorage, AK at Elmendorf Air Force Base and first born to Arthur and Carla Lou Klosa. She was a member of ABATE and was a Safety & motorcycle Edu. Officer. Blaze was an artist,...
Emmanuel "Mike" Christ
Apr 10, 2017
Emmanuel "Mike" Christ, age 83 of Freeport, IL passed away Monday, April 10, 2017 at FHN Memorial Hospital. He was born December 16, 1933; the son of the late George and Florence (Haefner) Christ. He graduated from Freeport High School. Mike married Eldora "Tazzy" Grundall on October 10, 1960 in the chapel at Faith UMC in Freeport. They celebrated their...
Orville H. Streicher
Apr 8, 2017
Orville H. Streicher , age 86 formerly of Elizabeth, of Freeport, IL passed away Saturday, April 8, 2017 at Manor Court in Freeport, IL. He was born January 20, 1931 in Freeport General Hospital, Freeport; the son of Jesse and Clara (Reusch) Streicher. He was a 1949 graduate of Elizabeth High School. He served in the U.S....
Jocelynne Swanson (Maresca)
Mar 31, 2017
Jocelynne Swanson, age 74 of Freeport, IL, passed away at home on Friday, March 31, 2017. She was born May 18, 1942 in Clinton, IA; the daughter of the late Joseph and LaVonne (Hicks) Maresca. She married John Swanson on December 31, 1966. She was a cake decorator for 35 years. She also worked 10 years at Professional Collections and...
Darlene O'Connell
Mar 24, 2017
Darlene O'Connell, age 82 of Freeport, IL, passed away peacefully at home surrounded by her family on Friday, March 24, 2017. She was born July 22, 1934; the daughter of the late Lena (Smith) Ralls. She married James George O'Connell on January 27, 1953; he passed on April 22, 1998. She is survived by her son, David "Rooster" (Patty Shenberger)...
Patricia Ann Gearing (Little)
Mar 22, 2017
Patricia Ann (Little) Gearing, age 75 of Freeport, IL, was reunited with her husband, James E. Gearing in heaven on Wednesday, March 22, 2017 following a wonderful life and a courageous battle with a lengthy illness. She was born November 5, 1941 to Henry and Virginia Little. Pat was raised with three beautiful sisters; Myrna Loy, Nancy Lynn, and Peggy...
Gerald W Cooper
Mar 22, 2017
Gerald W. Cooper, age 77 of Durand, IL passed away at home Wednesday, March 22, 2017. He was born February 15, 1940; the son of the late Charles and Hattie (Black) Cooper. He attended Durand High School. Gerald married Rosie Ingram in 1961. He had worked at Chrysler for over 30 years, retiring in 2001. Gerald enjoyed drinking coffee and...
Darlene L Snyder
Mar 19, 2017
Darlene Lorraine (Knodle) Snyder, 89, of Overland Park, Kansas, formerly of Freeport, passed away Sunday, March 19, 2017 of natural causes at the Shawnee Mission Medical Center in Shawnee, KS. She was born September 29, 1927 in Freeport she was the daughter of Orville James Knodle and Vernie Mae (Carr) Knodle. She married Lester Eugene Snyder December 11, 1946. She...
Jennifer Lynn Locascio
Mar 12, 2017
Jennifer Lynn Locascio, 46, Evanston, Ill. Jennifer Lynn Locascio, of Evanston, Ill., died Sunday, March 12, 2017, in Evanston. Born December 18, 1970, in Park Ridge, Ill., she was the daughter of John and Linda Locascio, of Freeport. She attended Freeport High School and spent her senior year as an exchange student in Germany. Jennifer went on to earn her...
Quentin E Valkema
Mar 6, 2017
Quentin E. Valkema, age 86 of Freeport, IL, passed away Monday, March 6, 2017 at the Provena St. Joseph Center in Freeport. He was born November 4, 1930 to the late Harold and Dorothy (Kloepping) Valkema. He graduated from Freeport High School and attended the University of Illinois Champaign/Urbana. Quentin served in the United States Navy, serving stateside from 1951...
William R Reed
Mar 5, 2017
William R. Reed, age 61 of Lena, IL, passed away Sunday, March 5, 2017 at FHN Memorial Hospital in Freeport, IL. He was born March 6, 1955 to William and Edith (Feld) Reed. He was raised by William and Katie Reed. He attended Freeport High School. William married Kathleen Vautsmeier on October 24, 1972 in Las Vegas, NV. He had...
James Slick
Mar 2, 2017
James Slick, age 80, of Freeport, IL passed away peacefully at home on Thursday, March 2, 2017. He was born on October 14, 1936 in Freedom Township to the late Floyd and Erma (Ethridge) Slick. James was a 1954 graduate of Mt. Carroll High School. He married Elizabeth Bedford on August 15, 1958 in Denver, Co. James worked for Civil...
Edward F Stubbe
Feb 25, 2017
Edward F. Stubbe, age 74 of Pearl City, IL, passed away at home on Saturday, February 25, 2017. He was born July 1, 1942; the son of the late Lloyd and Josephine (Smeck) Stubbe. He married Karlynn Kohl on June 22, 1969. He was a member of the Martintown Community Church in Martintown, WI. Edward joined the Army in 1964...
Vivian C Pals (Finkbeiner)
Feb 25, 2017
Vivian C. Pals, age 87 of Freeport, IL, passed away Saturday, February 25, 2017 at FHN Memorial Hospital in Freeport. She was born May 19, 1929; the daughter of the late Edward and Helen (Huyck) Finkbeiner. She was a 1947 graduate of Freeport High School. Vivian and Robert Pals were married on May 26, 1962; he preceded her in death...
Kenneth F Nott
Feb 24, 2017
Kenneth F. Nott, age 96 of Rock City, IL, died on Friday, February 24, 2017 at Pleasant View Nursing Home in Monroe, WI. For the past year, he had been a resident of Aster Assisted Living in Monroe. He was born on June 24, 1920 in Rock Grove TWP, IL; the son of the late Walter and Mabel (Zimmerman) Nott....
