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Barbara Nelms
Jul 25, 2016
Barbara A. Nelms, 77, of Rock Falls, died Monday, July 25, 2016 at her home. Barbara was born October 15, 1938 in Kewanee, the daughter of Harley and Ardis (Howlett) Reider. When she first graduated high school, she worked for Eclipse Lawnmower, the Camera Center and Buckmeir Motors. She was a Member of the Lady of the Elks and...
Roberta Williams
Jul 20, 2016
Roberta Jean Williams, 78, of Sterling, died, Wednesday, July 20, 2016 at Regency Health Care Center. She was employed at Borg Warner, prior to retirement. She was a member of the Sterling American Legion. Roberta was born September 28, 1937 in Rock Falls, the daughter of William and Ora Lucille (Scott) Wolber. Survivors include, two daughters, Judy (Tony) Karrow...
Susan Elsasser
Jul 15, 2016
Susan D. Elsasser, 74, of Sterling died Friday, July 15, 2016 at her home, with her loving husband by her side. Susan was born November 28, 1941 in Sterling, the daughter of Donald G. and Mary R. Clark and married Robert E. Elsasser on November 4, 1957. Suz as she was known to those close to her (and mom)...
Frances Schryver
Jul 9, 2016
FRANCES A. SCHRYVER MILLEDGEVILLE-Frances A. Schryver, 85, of Milledgeville, died Saturday, July 9, 2016 at Polo Rehabilitation Center. Frances was born September 1, 1930, the daughter of Chester and Bertha (Kness) Kahler. She married William Schryver on November 28, 1964 in Rock Falls. She was employed at GE for twenty-eight years retiring on April 1, 1993. She was a...
Jan Prescott
Jul 6, 2016
JANET “JAN” ELIZABETH PRESCOTT STERLING-Janet “Jan”Elizabeth Prescott, 76, of Sterling, died, Wednesday, July 6, 2016 at her home surrounded by her family. Jan was born August 27, 1939 in Dixon the daughter of Wilbur and Lucille (Farley) Speaker. She married Robert “Bob” Prescott on November 23, 1969 in Sterling. Jan enjoyed life to the fullest. She was blessed with...
Harry Smith
Jun 24, 2016
Harry L. Smith, 90, died Friday, June 24, 2016 at Regency Care Center in Sterling, IL. He was born February 3, 1926 in Monmouth, IL the fourth son in a family of five brothers. He joined the Navy at 17 and served as deck crewman on the Prince William aircraft carrier in the South Pacific. When the Prince William...
Elwood Koch
Jun 22, 2016
Elwood H. Koch, 92, formerly of Polo, died Wednesday, June 22, 2016, at CGH Medical Center. He was a dairy farmer for over forty years, then worked at Flex-O-Glass in Dixon for over 28 years, and most recently at Culvers in Dixon, prior to retirement. Elwood was born March 29, 1924 in Washington, the son of Harvey H. and...
Lois Hamilton
Jun 21, 2016
Lois Juanita Hamilton, 97, formerly of Sterling, IL, died, Tuesday, June 21, 2016 at Ginter Hall South. Lois was born May 9, 1919 in Sterling, the daughter of James and Amanda (Tyler) Musgrave. She married Kenneth Hamilton on June 20, 1939 at First Baptist Church, Sterling. They were married for fifty-nine years. He preceded her in death on November...
Rita Weakley
Jun 11, 2016
STERLING- Rita M. Weakley, 65, died Saturday June 11, 2016 at CGH Medical Center. She had been employed at CGH Medical Center for 23 years before retiring. Rita’s family meant the world to her, and she meant the world to her family Rita was born May 17, 1951 in Detroit, MI the daughter of Antonio and Frances (Cortez) Castillo....
Thomas Andrews
Jun 6, 2016
Dixon - Thomas Richard Andrews, 72, of Dixon, IL died Monday, June 06, 2016, at KSB Hospital in Dixon. Thomas was born in Dixon on May 3, 1944, the son of Raymond and Hattie Bradley Andrews. He was a machine operator at Borg Warner prior to his retirement. Thomas is survived by three sons, Richard (Shannon) Andrews of Dixon,...
Theodore Hambley
Jun 5, 2016
Theodore H. “Ted” Hambley, 72, of Dixon died June 5, 2016, surrounded by family after a courageous battle with cancer. Ted was born January 6, 1944, in Dixon, the son of Lew and Stana (Absher) Hambley. He was a Cub Scout Leader, 4H member and Lions member in Durand, and also coached Little League. Survivors include one son Matthew...
Robert Czuprynski
Jun 3, 2016
Robert Czuprynski, 85, died Friday June 3, 2016 at CGH Medical Center. Robert was born January 8, 1931 in Chicago, the son of Wallace and Laura Czuprynski. He married Vada Meyer on July 3, 1955 in Sterling. Robert is a member of Messiah Evangelical Luthern Church and past Commander of the Sterling American Legion. Robert served in the US...
Ruth Lenox
Jun 1, 2016
Ruth K. Lenox, 91, formerly of Sterling, died Wednesday, June 1, 2016 at La Vida Llena Lifecare Retirement Community, Albuquerque, NM. She was employed at the former Lawrence Brothers, Sterling, prior to retirement in 1988. Ruth was born February 5, 1925 in Kewanee, the daughter of Theodore and Bertha (Bannas) Lempke. She married John B. Lenox on August 24,...
L. Frye
May 25, 2016
Lawrence Vernon Frye, 95, formerly of Sterling, died Wednesday, May 25, 2016 at Brighton Gardens, St. Charles. He was a lawyer in Sterling for many years at Besse, Frye, Arnold and Brooks (later Besse, Frye, Miller and Lancaster). Vernon was born October 24, 1920 in St. Louis, MO, the son of Clarence and Birdie Xaripha (Ferris) Frye. He was...
Jack Norman
May 18, 2016
Jack R. Norman, 62, died Wednesday, May 18, 2016 at his home. Jack was born July 29, 1953 in Sterling, the son of Glenn Sr. and LaVonne (DeGroot) Norman. He served in the United States Navy. He married DeAnna Buckman on October 3, 2008 in Morrison. Survivors include his wife, DeAnna Norman of Como; his parents, Glenn Sr. and...
Donna Koster
May 18, 2016
DONNA S. KOSTER STERLING-Donna S. Koster, 54, died Wednesday, May 18, 2016 at her home. She was employed as an R.N. at KSB Hospital, Dixon. Donna was born June 26, 1961 in Sterling, the daughter of Richard E. and Alice (Freas) Schmitt. She married Steve Koster on February 18, 1984 in Rock Falls. She was a member of Immanuel...
Edward Crump
May 7, 2016
Edward A. Crump, 80, of Rock Falls, died Saturday, May 7, 2016 at CGH Medical Center in Sterling. Edward Crump was born April 27, 1936 in Sterling. He married Shirley Storlien on December 7, 1961 in Rock Falls. She preceded him in death on July 17, 2011. Mr. Crump was an adjuster at Northwestern Steel & Wire before his...
Elsie Houck
Apr 19, 2016
Elsie Houck, 90, of Sterling, died Tuesday, April 19, 2016 at Sterling Pavilion. Elsie was born October 23, 1925 in Kimball, SD the daughter of John and Louise (Plus) Meier. She married Wilmer Houck on June 22, 1946 in Rock Falls. She was an 86 year member of Immanuel Lutheran Church of Rock Falls. Survivors include her husband, Wilmer...
William Thompson
Apr 15, 2016
William E. “Bill” Thompson, 93, of Sterling, died Friday, April 15, 2016 at CGH Medical Center. William was born September 3, 1922 in Atchison, Kansas, the son of William and Esther (Moxley) Thompson. He was a World War II veteran serving in the 8th Army Air Corps as a top turret gunner/flight engineer on a B-17 bomber receiving the...
Nonis Moore
Apr 12, 2016
Nonis J. Moore, 84, died, Tuesday, April 12, 2016 at CGH Medical Center surrounded by her loving family. She was employed at Borg Warner as a production foreman, for 20 ½ years, prior to retirement. Nonis was born December 12, 1931 in Sterling, the daughter of Omer and Drussilla (Chapman) Snow. In 1950 she married Theodore Aggen. She married...
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