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Edith Marie Mcelyea
Nov 29, 2017
Edith Marie McElyea, 90, Rockford, passed away Wednesday, November 29, 2017, at Alden Debes Rehabilitation and Health Care. She was born April 14, 1927, in Lafe, Arkansas, the daughter of Thomas Edward and Tolie Jane (Williams) Moore. She came to Rockford in 1951, from Arkansas. Edith married Clois Franklin Mc Elyea in Piggott, Arkansas on April 5, 1946. He passed...
Karen S Bauman
Nov 29, 2017
Karen S. Bauman, 58, of Rockford, left us too soon on Wednesday, November 29, 2017. She was born on October 28, 1959 in Natchez, MS; the daughter of Edward and Joan (Roberts) McDaniel. She worked as a Corporate Travel Agent for many years, most recently at Camelot World Travel. Karen was an amazing woman who always worked hard, always put...
Sandra K. Ozburn
Nov 28, 2017
Sandra K. Ozburn, age 74, of Rockford died Tuesday, November 28, 2017 in the Wesley Willows Health Center after a long struggle with Parkinson Disease and Dementia. Sandy was born March 31, 1943 in Freeport, IL the daughter of Robert and Phyllis (Rees) Bowen. She married Donald G. Ozburn on June 23, 1972. Sandy graduated from Freeport High School. She...
Linda Mae Jacobsen
Nov 28, 2017
Linda Mae Jacobsen, 62, Rockford, passed away Tuesday, November 28, 2017, at OSF St. Anthony Medical Center, with her husband, her daughter, and her niece by her side. She was born September 29, 1955, in Rockford, the daughter of Paul and Jean (Mitchell) Block. She was a graduate of Rockford West High School, class of 1973. Linda married Arne Jacobsen...
Margaret K Mcdaniel
Nov 28, 2017
Margaret K. McDaniel, 79, of Rockford passed away peacefully on Tuesday, November 28, 2017. She will always be remembered as a loving wife, mother, grandmother, and great grandmother. Margaret was born in Belvidere on June 6, 1938; the daughter of Raymond and Jesse (Gear) Frazer. She was a good woman with a heart of gold, and often spent her time...
Donald G. Martinetti
Nov 27, 2017
Donald G. Martinetti, 81, life long Rockford resident, died Monday, November 27, 2017 in Bickford House. Born October 17, 1936, son of Dominic and Marcella Rinaldi Martinetti. Graduated from East High School and received his Bachelors and Masters degrees from Northern Illinois University. Married Suzanne P. Jarrett in St. James Church, Rockford, on June 6, 1964. He grew up helping...
David J. Patterson
Nov 26, 2017
David J. Patterson, 73, of Rockford, passed away on Sunday November 26, 2017 surrounded by his family at Presence Cor Mariae Center. He was born on November 16, 1944 in Rockford, the son of Spencer and Bernice (Glasford) Patterson. David was the owner operator of Patterson Gear and Machine in Rockford and later Custom Gear and Machine in Roscoe. David...
Evelyn R Podesta
Nov 21, 2017
Evelyn R. Podesta, 82, of Rockford, passed away on Tuesday, November 21, 2017. She was born in Rockford on September 24, 1935; daughter of James and Rose (Smagen) Porter. Evelyn was a 1954 graduate of Muldoon High School. She was married to Henry A. Case before his passing on November 29, 1978. Evelyn was married again on September 10, 1980...
Barry D. Holifield
Nov 21, 2017
Barry D. Holifield, 55, of Winnebago passed away Tuesday, November 21, 2017 in his home. Born July 25, 1962, in Lyon, France, the son of Barton D. “Bart” and Mary (Hart) Holifield. Barry married Theresa (Hennen) Roush on February 14, 2007 in Rockford. He worked as a telecommunication analyst for Kerry Ingredients until 2010, when he started his own contracting...
Julie H. Pavlik
Nov 20, 2017
Julie H. Pavlik 1920 – 2017 Julie H. Pavlik, 97, of Rockford, went home to our Lord reuniting with her beloved husband Leo, on Monday, November 20, 2017. She was born in Rockford on June 28, 1920; the daughter of Raymond and Elsie (Orlealia) Jackno. Julie married her loving husband, Leo Pavlik on July 28, 1943 and they spent 74...
Thomas R. "Tom" Gabel
Nov 18, 2017
Thomas R. “Tom” Gabel, 61, of Winnebago passed away Saturday, November 18, 2017 at Mercyhealth Hospital in Rockford, Illinois. Born June 20, 1956, in Rockford, the son of Wayne and Betty (Cropp) Gabel. Tom graduated in 1974 from Rockford Auburn High School. He married June Nacvich on July 14, 1990 at the Church by the Side of the Road in...
Vincent O. Cropp
Nov 17, 2017
Vincent O. Cropp, 92, of Rockford passed away Friday, November 17, 2017. Born February 17, 1925, in Albany, Illinois, the son of Ortho and Kathleen Cropp. Vincent graduated from St. Thomas High School in 1943. He was a United States Navy veteran serving in World War II on a destroyer escort. Vincent married Frances Bolger on January 18, 1947, in...
Esther E. Mcmaster
Nov 17, 2017
Esther E. McMaster 69 of Rockford, IL, departed this earth at her home surrounded by her family on November 17, 2017. She was born on October 2, 1948 in Sutton St, Edmunds England, to her parents George and Ava (Hovell) Beeton. She came to America where she married her husband Larry E. McMaster on Oct 7, 1977 in Biloxi, Ms.Previously...
Louis "Lou" Samuel Cero
Nov 17, 2017
Louis “Lou” Samuel Cero, 94, Rockford, passed away Friday, November 17, 2017, at OSF St. Anthony Medical Center. He was born April 24, 1923, in Alton, the son of Charles and Alice (Giacone) Cero. Lou was a Navy veteran serving during WWII. He served as a second loader aboard the aircraft carrier USS Bataan in the Pacific. He married Susan...
Ellen L. Parlapiano
Nov 16, 2017
Ellen L. Parlapiano, 64, of Rockford, passed away Thursday, November 16, 2017. She was born November 6, 1953, in Rockford, Illinois, the daughter of Paul and Lucille Giovingo. She was a graduate of Boylan Catholic High School class of 1971. Ellen worked as a loan officer for many years. She was a long time member of St. Bernadette Catholic Church....
Robert "Bob" G. Fernbaugh
Nov 16, 2017
Robert G. Fernbaugh, 87, of Rockford passed away surrounded by his loving family on Thursday, November 16, 2017. He was born in Fargo, ND, on February 26, 1930, the son of Louis and Florentine (Mahrer) Fernbaugh. He served in the United States Army during the Korean War. He graduated Cum laude from the University of Detroit and studied at the...
Robert H. "Bud" Weller, Jr.
Nov 16, 2017
Robert H. “Bud” Weller, Jr, 85, of Roscoe, passed away November 16, 2017, surrounded by his loving family at Mercy Health Hospital. Born March 9, 1932 in Rockford, the son of Robert H. & Clara (O’Neil) Weller, Sr. Graduated from West High School, class of 1951. During his life Bud worked for Aquamatic, Inc. for over twenty years, Culver's and...
Jacqueline "Jackie" I. Roy
Nov 14, 2017
Jacqueline “Jackie” I. Roy, 82, Rockford, a loving wife, mother, and grandmother who always gave from her heart, passed away peacefully, Tuesday, November 14, 2017, at Alpine Fireside Health Center. She was born January 10, 1935, in Lewiston, Maine, the daughter of Ovide and Corona Blais. She married Franklin T. Roy in Lewiston on January 10, 1953. He passed away...
David Robert Ross
Nov 13, 2017
DAVID ROBERT ROSS (1937-2017) David Robert Ross was born on May 2, 1937 in Chicago, Illinois and passed away on Monday, November 13, 2017 from a long illness. David was married for fifty-eight years to Constance Ross. He had four children; David Ross (Joan), Rani Russell, Phyllis Sill (Bradley), and Connie Kuntz (Jesse); one sister-in-law Mary Carolyn Poe (Roger), nephew...
Dorothy Ann Hinde
Nov 13, 2017
Dorothy Ann Hinde, 87, Rockford, passed away on November 13, 2017. She was born October 6, 1930, in Rockford, the daughter of Leo and Ann (Bondick) Harmacinski. Dorothy married Lewis Hinde on May 30, 1959. He passed away January 20, 2010. She worked as a secretary for Dixon Automatic in Rockford. Survived by her daughters, Judy (Dave) Young of Rockton,...
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