Gunnar Anders Rahm

Gunnar Anders Rahm, 91, of Rockford, died Thursday, January 24, 2008, in Rockford Memorial Hospital. He was born July 27, 1916, in County Helsingland, Sweden; son of Karl Johan and Berta (Svenson) Rahm. Gunnar came to America in the spring of 1923, via Ellis Island. He attended Rockford Public Schools, graduating from Rockford High School in 1937. Gunnar married Irene Colmark in Iowa in 1939. She died in 1978. He then carried Carol Sweet in Port du Prince, Martinique and in the Unitarian Universalist Church in Rockford in 1983.He worked in a munitions plant in Minneapolis during WWII. Gunnar returned to Rockford to work at Bartelt Engineering until the company moved to Florida. He then established a consulting business in Rockford that took him all over the world for machinery design and maintenance. Gunnar was a loving father to daughters, Joan (Rob) Roy of Deer Isle, ME, Janis (Lou) Watson of Rockford; son, John (Collette) Rahm of Rockford; Stepdaughters, Peggy (John) Lusz, Tallulah, Judy (Larry Cooper) Wilson of Rockford, Jamie (Jim) Persson of Roscoe, Shiela (Ed) Jascemskas of Rockton and grandson, Mark (Cathy) Rahm of Pecatonica. Gunnar was predeceased by his parents, wife, Irene; brothers, Nils Edwin anf John Henning; sister, Lily Teslow; niece, Pam Hutchinson and step son, Clifford Wilson. It was Gunnars wish to be cremated with no services. A memorial celebration of Gunnars life will be held in July, 2008. Arrangements by Fitzgerald Funeral Home and Crematory, Mulford Chapel, 1860 S. Mulford Rd. Rockford, IL. 61108. Memorial gifts may be made to the Salvation Army, P.O. Box 4159, Rockford, IL 61110. Send online condolences to www.fitzgeraldfh.com