Obituary Listing

Feb 13, 2024

James "Jim" Franklin Jackson age 85 of Winslow, IL passed away at SSM Hospital in Monroe, WI surrounded by his family on Tuesday, February 13, 2024. He was born on July 2, 1938, in Sutton Braxton, West Virginia to Blondie and Oma (Prunty) Jackson.  He married Shirley Babb on February 27, 1968, in Freeport, IL. He worked 30 years...

Feb 13, 2024

Judith "Judy" A Shaw, age 76, of Warren, IL passed away peacefully at the SSM Health Hospice Home in Monroe, WI on Tuesday, February 13, 2024.She was born on July 24, 1947 in Freeport, IL to Delvin and Gladys (Ritter) Jones. She attended Warren High School and was a 1965 graduate. Shortly after graduating she married the love of...

Feb 12, 2024

Brandon J. Hartzell, 39 of Warren, IL passed away peacefully at home with his wife and daughters by his side, on Monday February 12, 2024. He was born on February 6th, 1985, in Monroe, WI to the late Harry Hartzell and Cathy Burmeister. Brandon attended Warren Jr. Sr. High School, and went on to work at Monroe Truck Equipment,...

Feb 11, 2024

Victoria L. Schoville, 72, of Warren, IL, formerly of Monroe, WI, passed away on Sunday, February 11, 2024, at Froedtert Hospital in Milwaukee, WI with her family by her side.  Vicki was born on June 22, 1951, in Freeport, IL to Margery Watson. She grew up in the Lena Winslow and Warren area with her grandparents.  Vicki married Stephen...

Feb 6, 2024

Shortly after coming into the world, Sawyer Kruse Kempel, passed away peacefully in the arms of his parents William and Codi (Sandell) Kempel at Javon Bea in Rockford, IL on Tuesday, February 6, 2024. His time here on earth was short, he was loved more than words can say and will always be in our hearts.

Sawyer...

Feb 1, 2024

Frances "Fran" Wolff, 93, of Warren, IL passed away on Thursday, February 1, 2024 at the Lena Living Center, surrounded by her family.  Fran was born on April 14, 1930 to Edwin and Charlotte (Drake) Huffman.  She married Frederick "Fred" Wolff Sr. on April 16, 1955 and together they raised three devoted children. Fran farmed alongside her husband while...

Jan 7, 2024

Randy D. Schultz, 65, of Stockton, passed away at the SSM Health Hospice Home in Monroe, WI on Sunday, January 7, 2024.  Randy was born on October 11, 1958 to Chester and Lois (Broge) Schultz.  He was a graduate of Warren High School.

Randy was a very talented man.  He could engineer just about anything.  He would...

Jan 3, 2024

Toni R. Reed, 58 of Lena, IL passed away on January 3, 2024 at FHN. She was born on March 30, 1965 at Dr. Boeke's office in Winslow, IL to Bob and Karen (Bauer) Johnson. She married Dave Reed on November 7, 1981 at the Lena Methodist Church and together they raised a family.  She kept busy throughout the...

Jan 3, 2024

David Julius, 56, of Stockton, IL passed away peacefully at home surrounded by his family.  David was born on July 6, 1967 in Freeport, IL to Donald and Gloria (Lewis) Julius.  He was a 1985 graduate of Stockton High School.  David received a bachelor's degree in communications from Western Illinois University.  On May 8, 2004, David and Alysson Fisher...

Jan 2, 2024

Sheridan Brinker 82, died peacefully, January 2, 2024, at his home surrounded by his family. Sheridan was born August 13, 1941, in Lena, IL, to Ivan and Gladys (Medeke) Brinker. He attended Warren and Lena schools and graduated from Lena High School in 1959. He loved cars and learned to work on them at several garages in the area....

Dec 29, 2023

Robert "Bob" G. Schulz, 86 of Freeport passed away on December 29, 2023, at Javon Bea Hospital in Rockford, IL. He was born on June 11, 1937, to Vernon and Francis (Fryer) Schulz in Orangeville, IL. Robert married Regina Fuchs on September 21, 1968, at the Orangeville United Methodist Church.

He worked for 35 years as a...

Dec 28, 2023

Patricia A. Curran, 79 of Lena, IL passed away on Thursday, December 28, 2023 in Lena. She was born on July 8, 1944 in Rockford, IL to James and Dorothy (Radtke) Monahan. She was united in marriage to the love of her life, John R. Curran on July 11, 1964. Following their marriage, in 1984, the family moved to...

Dec 27, 2023

Joyce Meyer (nee Heller), age 97 years, passed away peacefully on December 27, 2023, at Ivy Manor in West Bend, Wisconsin.

Joyce was born on April 17, 1926, in Apple River, Illinois.  She graduated from Scale Mound High School in 1944 and married her high school sweetheart Armin W. Meyer on January 14, 1945, at St. John...

Dec 21, 2023

Darlene Elizabeth (VanLent) Busch, 88, of Apple River, Illinois passed away at home on Thursday, December 21, 2023.

She was born on April 26, 1935 in rural Scales Mound, Illinois, the daughter of Frank and Clara (Schonhoff) VanLent.  Darlene married Elmer "Hommie" Busch on December 7, 1951, at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Apple River, Illinois.  A...

Dec 20, 2023

Sherman Charles Cox, 84, of Apple River, IL passed away peacefully on Wednesday, December 20, 2023, at his home. He was born September 11, 1939 to Charles and Sylvia (Downs) Cox in Rush Township, IL. Sherman was a lifelong farmer in the Apple River area. He was also a member of the Farm Bureau.

Per Shermans requests...

Dec 20, 2023

Gene Brinker was called to Heaven while at his home in Warren IL after short hard battle with aggressive quick growing cancer on Dec 20, 2023. He was 95 years old. Gene was born on May 11th 1928 to Clifford and Marie (Stine) Brinker of East Dubuque IL. Gene married his much beloved wife of 66 years, Joyce (Boyer)...

Dec 16, 2023

Twyla June Leverton Schafer, 90, of Mesa, Arizona formally of Winslow and Freeport, Illinois, passed away on December 16, 2023.

Twyla was born February 10, 1933 in Winslow, Illinois, the daughter of Loris and Gladyce (Albright) Leverton. She graduated from Winslow High School in 1950 . She worked as a key punch operator at Micro Switch and...

Dec 15, 2023

David C. Salley, 76 of Lena, IL passed away on Friday, December 15, 2023. Per his requests no services will be held.

Nov 28, 2023

Dennis Davis, age 66 of Warren, IL, passed away on Tuesday November 28, 2023 after a year long battle with cancer at UW Hospital in Madison, WI. He was born on November 11, 1957 in Freeport, IL, to William and Marian (Snyder) Davis. He graduated from Warren High School in 1976. Dennis worked at Eaton Corporation, Warren, IL and...

Nov 27, 2023

Patricia "Pat" L. Miller, 92, of Winslow, IL passed away peacefully on Monday, November 27, 2023 at Swedish American Hospital in Rockford, IL.  Pat was born on July 19, 1931 to Leland and Ruth (Bennehoff) Kilian in rural Winslow.  She graduated from Winslow High School in 1948 and Brown's College of Commerce in 1950.  Pat married Richard Miller on...