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Patricia "Pat" A. Lovett
July 3, 2020
Patricia A. (Pat) Lovett died July 3 in Rockford at age 96, due to complications from a fall. Born Patricia Holland in 1923, she grew up on a farm in Milton, Iowa, riding horses, rounding up dairy cattle, and playing basketball and baseball in high school. She graduated from the University of Iowa in 1945 with a degree in English,...
June Rose Brophy
July 3, 2020
June Rose Brophy passed away peacefully on July 3, 2020 at the age of 96. She was born on February 18, 1924 in Escanaba, Michigan, the daughter of Edward and Rose (Nantelle) Olson. She graduated from Escanaba High School. She moved to Rockford after graduation and was employed as a secretary at the Ingersoll Milling Machine Company where she met...
Mary A. Graham
July 1, 2020
Mary A. Graham, 86, of Rockford, passed away peacefully on July 1, 2020. She was born February 14, 1934, the daughter of Raymond and Clara (Watson) James. She married her sweetheart, James D. Graham, on June 14, 1958. She was a passionate teacher, including physical education and business education, and she was a librarian. She held a Master’s Degree from...
Gerald O. Lofquist
July 1, 2020
Gerald Oliver Lofquist (Jerry), 83, Cherry Valley, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, July 1, 2020 at Heritage Woods of Rockford. He was born April 14, 1937, in Kensington, MN, the son of Walter E. and Myrtle Irene (Forsberg) Lofquist. The family lived in Pierpont, SD before moving to Rockford, IL. Jerry attended East High and finished at Harlem High, class...
Tomasa Alvarez
June 30, 2020
Tomasa Alvarez de 52, Fallecio contra una batalla con el cancer el 30 de junio del 2020 en Rockford, Illinois rodeada de su amorosa familia. Nacida en San Luis Potosí, México hija de Carmelo and Margarita (Hernandez) Alvarez. Ella era una mujer trabajadora, fuerte y muy valiente que entrego su vida al señor jesuchristo. Era miembro de la congregacion RCOG...
Lois C. Riggs
June 30, 2020
Lois C. Riggs, 93, Rockford, passed away on Tuesday, June 30, 2020, in her home surrounded by her loving family. She was born on July 10, 1926, in Teaneck, NJ, the daughter of Charles and Otillia “Tillie” (Yunker) Schroers. The family lived in Rochelle Park, NJ just across the Hudson River from New York City. Upon graduating from high school,...
Edwin "Ralph" Schnepper
June 29, 2020
Edwin “Ralph” Schnepper, 87, of Rockford, IL passed away Monday, June 29, 2020. He was born November 18, 1932 in Bridgeport, IL the son of Edwin C. and Dorothy (Bellas) Schnepper. Ralph attended East High School graduating in 1950. He married the love of his life, Darlene (Barr) on October 1, 1955. Ralph worked at Sundstrand Aerospace as a mechanical...
Ricardo Viveros
June 29, 2020
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our loving father, Ricardo Viveros Diaz, 88, on June 29th, 2020. He passed away peacefully in his sleep, surrounded by family, at his home in Richmond, Texas. Ricardo was born on April 7th, 1932 in Chiconcuac, Mexico to Ricardo Viveros & Petra Diaz Olea and later raised in San...
Frances L. Smith
June 27, 2020
Frances Lillian Smith, 88, of Rockford, IL, passed away on Saturday, June 27, 2020. Frances was born in northern Boone County on March 30, 1932, daughter of Carl and Inga (Johnson) Olson. She graduated from North Boone High School in Capron, where she met her husband, Earl A. Smith, at the age of 14. Frances married Earl on November 23,...
Georgia D. Tussing
June 27, 2020
Georgia D. Tussing, 77, of Rockford, passed away on June 27, 2020. She was born in Rockford, IL, on February 2, 1943, the daughter of Gerald Walter and Catherine Magdalene (Cannell) Becker. Georgia was a 1961 graduate of Muldoon High School, and the old St. Patrick grade school on Royal Avenue. She was united in marriage on April 27, 1968...
Larry S. Henning
June 26, 2020
Larry S. Hennning, 67, Rockford, Illinois, passed away at 8:20 p.m, Friday, June 26, 2020, in Saint Anthony Medical Center due to complications from the COVID-19.Born on November 25, 1952 in Rockford, Illinois, the son of Homer S. Henning and Donna E. (Magnuson) Holets. Graduated from Pecatonica High School. As a proud Veteran, he served honorably in the Army during...
Leo J. Brokish
June 26, 2020
Leo John Brokish died June 26 at Amberwood Care Center after a long illness. Born June 4, 1937 to Frank & Mayme (Dodge) Brokish in Dodgeville, Wi. He graduated from Dodgeville High in 1954 and joined the Marines in February, 1957. Leo spent his time in the Marines at Camp Pendleton, Ca. After being honorably discharged in 1959, he moved...
Jasper D. Frye
June 26, 2020
Jasper D. Frye, 89, from Silvis, Illinois, died on Friday, June 26, 2020 in Serenity Hospice & Home, Oregon, IL. Born December 14, 1930 in Centerville, IA, son of John and Erma Barker Frye. Graduated from the University of Iowa and in 1959 graduated from Vale Technical School in Blairsville, Pennsylvania. Jasper served in the United States Air Force during...
Louise A. Stancliffe
June 25, 2020
Louise Adele Stancliffe (Swanson) passed away peacefully at age 91, surrounded by her family after a brief illness on June 25, 2020. She was born September 4, 1928 in Chicago, Illinois, the daughter of Otto and Ellen Swanson. The family moved from Chicago to Rockford in 1939 where Louise graduated from East High in 1946. The family then moved to...
Mary E. Frank
June 25, 2020
Mary Ellen Frank, 81, of Rockford, IL, passed away Thursday, June 25, 2020. Mary was born in Rochelle, IL on November 19, 1938, daughter of Harold and Garnett (Gibson) Smith. She graduated from Rochelle High School. She married David B. Frank on April 28, 1962. He passed away on October 7, 2014. Mary worked for Sunstrand, drove school buses and...
Frank G. Covelli
June 25, 2020
Frank G. Covelli, 82, of Cherry Valley, IL passed away Thursday, June 25, 2020. He was born September 20, 1937 in Chicago, IL the son of Eleanor (Saubert) and Frank G. Covelli, Sr. Frank grew up on the west side of Chicago and was raised by an amazing single mother, known as Gramma Cookie to many of us. She never...
Stephen K. Johnson
June 25, 2020
Stephen K. “Steve” Johnson, 76, Machesney Park, passed away peacefully in his home surrounded by his family on June 25, 2020. He was born August 14, 1943, in Rockford, the son of Gilbert and Josephine (Ingrassia) Johnson. Steve married Shirley Duffy in Freeport on September 27, 1968. He served as a Rockford Police officer for 30 years retiring in 1997....
Nathan "Nate" J. Gierwiatoski
June 24, 2020
Nathan “Nate” J. Gierwiatoski, 32, of Rockford, passed away on June 24, 2020. He was born in Rockford, IL, on July 17, 1987, the son of John and Kim (Kuehl) Gierwiatoski. Nate was a 2005 graduate of East High School, where he played on the football, baseball and bowling teams. He was a Jack of All Trades and dedicated employee...
Ruth A. Anderson
June 23, 2020
Ruth A. Anderson, 89, Rockford, passed away peacefully Tuesday, June 23, 2020, at the Grand Victorian. She was born February 11, 1931, in Rockford, the daughter of Lawrence and Ella Maude (Morris) Swenson. Ruth married Graydon H. Anderson in Rockford on August 22, 1953. He passed away in Rockford on March 17, 2019. Ruth received her teaching certificate from Rockford...
Dorothy A. Slouka
June 22, 2020
Dorothy A. Slouka, 84, of Rockford passed away Monday, June 22, 2020. She was born in Chicago, IL on December 18, 1935, the daughter of Joseph S. and Mary (Lomoz) Trampota. Dorothy married Donald Slouka on September 10, 1960. She was a homemaker and a long-standing member of the Catholic Women’s League, Holy Family Women’s Guild and Holy Dusters. As...
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