Rodney "Rod" Williams
Dec 23, 2014
Apple River – Rodney "Rod" A. Williams, age 60, passed away at his home on Tuesday December 23, 2014. Rod was born on September 17, 1954 in Freeport, IL to Burnell and Janice (Blenner) Williams. He married Doris McPhillips and together they raised three beautiful daughters. Rod started employement at Kelly Springfield in 1978, there he made lifelong friendships. He...
June R. Carpenter
Dec 22, 2014
June R. Carpenter, 98, passed away Monday, December 22, 2014 at the Stockton Rehab and Nursing Center. June was born June 1, 1916 to Bennie and Selma (Svaeren) Engebretson on their homestead in Grassybutte, ND. June married David H. Carpenter on February 20, 1936 in Fairmont, ND. David died February 2, 2002. June attended a rural school, and then graduated...
Steven L. Solace
Dec 22, 2014
Winslow-Steven L. Solace, age 68, passed away on Monday December 22, 2014 at the VA Medical Center in Madison, WI. He was born on January 4, 1946 in Freeport, IL to Elwyn and June (Kleckler) Solace. He graduated from Lena-Winslow High School in 1964. He married Sandra Weiss on April, 1968 in Browntown, WI. Steve enlisted in the U.S Army...
Steven L. Solace
Dec 22, 2014
Steven L. Solace, age 68, passed away on Monday December 22, 2014 at the VA Medical Center in Madison, WI. He was born on January 4, 1946 in Freeport, IL to Elwyn and June (Kleckler) Solace. He graduated from Lena-Winslow High School in 1964. He married Sandra Weiss on April, 1968 in Browntown, WI. Steve enlisted in the U.S Army...
Theodore "Ted" Stubbe
Dec 18, 2014
Winslow-Theodore "Ted" C. Stubbe, age 85, passed in to heaven at his daughter's home surrounded by his family on Thursday December 18, 2014. He was born on January 2, 1929 in Winslow, IL to Carl and Evelyn (Jonas) Stubbe. Ted married his high school sweetheart Bonnie Jordan on March 14, 1948. Ted and Bonnie established their home and farm near...
Hulone Scheider
Dec 12, 2014
Hulone D. Scheider age 84 of Freeport, IL passed away on December 12, 2014 at the Freeport Rehab and Health Care Center in Freeport. She was born May 16, 1930 in Gibson City, IL, the daughter of Theodore L. and Laura (Neihoff) Hammer. She married Delbert on June 7, 1953 in Anchor, IL. Hulone began her teaching career in Springfield,...
Donna M Schermerhorn
Dec 10, 2014
Donna M. Schermerhorn, 69, of Lena, IL passed away on Wednesday, December 10, 2014 at the Lena Living Center. She was born on March 4, 1945 to Clifford and Meriel (Sharpe) Euhus in Johnstown, PA. She graduated from Genoa-Kingston High School in Genoa, IL. She married Boyd Schermerhorn on December 31, 1993 at the Laurel Street Church of God in...
Bernice Brown
Dec 9, 2014
Bernice E. Brown of Elizabeth, Illinois, formerly of Apple River, Illinois, passed away at Pleasant View Nursing Home, Elizabeth, Illinois on Tuesday, December 9, 2014. Her funeral service will be held at First Presbyterian Church, 210 W. Baldwin St., Apple River, on Saturday, December 13th at 11:00 a.m. with a visitation at the church beginning at 9:30 a.m. Burial will...
Ruth A. L. Pieper
Dec 7, 2014
Ruth A.L. Pieper, RN, 97, of Lena, Illinois, passed away Sunday, December 7, 2014 at the Lena Living Center. She was born June 20, 1917, in Baltimore, Maryland to Rev. Christian F.L. and Christine (Kroger) Pieper. Ruth moved to Lena as a child when her father, Rev. Christian F.L. Pieper, became the pastor of Immanuel Lutheran Church. She was a...
Howard Bauer
Dec 3, 2014
Howard C. Bauer, 78, of Warren, IL passed away on Wednesday, December 3, 2014 at FHN Memorial Hospital. Howard was born on January 2, 1936 to Walter and Frieda (Burkhardt) Bauer in Chicago, IL. He married Carla Stewart on June 11, 1960 in Claredon Hills, IL. Howard is survived by his wife Carla of Warren, IL; one son Kenneth Bauer...
Thomas J. Schauer
Dec 2, 2014
Pearl City- Thomas J. Schauer, 61, of Pearl City passed away at his home on Tuesday, December 2, 2014. Thomas was born on September 9, 1953 to Dorrance and Bernyce (Kelly) Schauer in Savanna, IL. He graduated from Savanna High School in 1972. Thomas married Kathy Dauphin on July 14, 1973 at St. John's Catholic Church in Savanna, IL, they...
Marjorie Mae Bird
Nov 29, 2014
Marjorie M. Bird, age 89 of Warren, passed away on Saturday November 29, 2014 at UW Hospital in Madison, WI. She was born on October 29, 1925 in Blanchardville, WI, the daughter of James and Martha (Cromey) Walrack. Marjorie married Roy Winslow and had four boys prior to his death. She then married Harry Bird and they had two sons....
Lee R. Biesemeier
Nov 18, 2014
Lee Biesemeier, age 68, passed away at home, in Lena on Tuesday, November 18, 2014 after a long battle with Multiple System Atrophy, an neurological disease. He was born on September 11, 1946 at the Cradle Society, Elgin, IL. At 6 months, Lee was adopted into Maynard and Marie Biesemeier's home. Two years later they added the baby girl, Jane,...
Robert C. Opie
Nov 18, 2014
Robert C. Opie, 75, of Gratiot, WI passed away on Tuesday, November 18, 2014 at his home, surrounded by his family, after a courageous battle with pancreatic cancer. He was born on September 30, 1939 to Lyle and Dorothy (Dawson) Opie in Freeport, IL. Robert married Dorothy Wiegel on September 4, 1996 in Hahns Peak Colorado. He was a life-long...
Rubie P. Schumacher
Nov 8, 2014
Lena - Rubie Pearl Schumacher, 104 passed away on November 8, 2014 at her home in Lena. She was born March 29th, 1910 on a farm near Winslow IL. She was the first born child of Awalt and Agnes (Rabe) Rockow. Rubie grew up in a world we would not recognize today. At an early age she worked on the...
Gloria F. Wright
Nov 4, 2014
Gloria (Fabish) Wright ,84, passed away on Wednesday, November 4, 2014 at Pleasant View Nursing Home in Monroe, WI. Gloria was born in Chicago, IL to Edward and Frances (Suchalski) Fabish and was a graduate of Carl Shurz High School. She moved to Monroe in 1997 after her retirement at Lightning Mixers in Elk Grove Village, IL, in order to...
Alice K. Brown
Nov 3, 2014
Warren- Alice K. Brown, 86, of Warren loving mother, grandmother, and great grandmother found peace on November 3, 2014 at Azura Memory Care, Monroe, WI her home for the last several years. Alice was born on August 21, 1928 in Apple River, IL, the daughter of Roy and Edna Downs. Alice married Donald Brown on November 9, 1947. Alice owned...
Nelda I. Schultz
Oct 31, 2014
Stockton-Nelda Ione Schultz, 91, of Stockton died on Friday, October 31, 2014 at the Elizabeth Nursing Home. She was born on May 20, 1923 in Warren, IL to Dr. Ira and Myra (Rindesbacher) Perry. Nelda was a 1941 graduate of Warren High School. She was employed by the Illinois Northern Utility Company before going to Rockford to work on airplane...
Janice K. Confer
Oct 23, 2014
Janice K. Confer, age 76, passed away on Thursday October 23, 2014 at the Freeport Rehab and Health Care Center. She was born April 30, 1938 in Freeport, Illinois, the daughter of Carlyle and Lois (Rahorn) Confer. Janice attended Lena public schools and made her home at Ridge Terrace in Freeport for the past 25 years. She was employed by...
Gordon D. Kent
Oct 15, 2014
Gordon D. Kent, age 93, passed away peacefully at his home in Warren, IL, on October 15, 2014. He was born in Warren Township on December 9, 1920, the son of Clarence and Edna (Gallagher) Kent. After his father's death during the 1930s, Gordon learned the harsh realities of life, "earning his keep" by hiring out as a farmhand as...
