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Eric Christopher Edwards
February 19, 2021
Eric Christopher Edwards, 24, of New Berlin, WI, passed away Friday, February 19, 2021. He was born in Rockford February 26, 1996, the son of Dr. William and Kathlene (Fesenmeyer) Edwards. Eric was a 2014 graduate of Rockford Christian High School. He attended the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, graduating in 2019. He majored in chemistry and applied mathematics. While in college,...
Manivone Boutchannha
February 19, 2021
Manivone Boutchannha, 60, passed away in her home on Friday, February 19, 2021. She was born on March 1, 1960 in Vientiane, Laos to the late One and Deng Misipraseut. Manivone is survived by her living husband, Bounheng and children, Cindy ( Matthew ) Boutchannha, Linna and Alex Munz, and grandson Blake Munz, and Varitt ( Lindsay ) Boutchannha, and...
Joan Marie Scibona
February 18, 2021
Joan Marie Scibona, 86, passed away on February 18, 2021. Born on February 21, 1934 in Rockford, Illinois to Glen and Elizabeth (McEntee) Gallagher. She went on to graduate from West High School in 1952 and not long after married the love of her life, Russell Scibona on October 16, 1954. Very proud of their children, Joan and Russell tried...
Shirley A. Garrett
February 18, 2021
Shirley A. Garrett, 82, of Stillman Valley passed away Thursday, February 18, 2021. She was born February 6, 1939 in Maynard, Arkansas, the daughter of Leo and Gladys (Williams) Spray. She met her husband, George Garrett when his family moved in next door to her family. She loved to tell the story about all of the neighborhood girls eyeing him...
Judy Ann Middleton Anderson
February 18, 2021
Judy “Mormor” Ann Middleton Anderson 1953-2021 With an amazing ability to connect with kids, combined with the skill to match a book to a particular person, Judy made the ideal children’s librarian. An avid reader her entire life, she worked on the bookmobile in Waukegan as a teen, and subsequently at the Urbana Free library, the Freeport Public Library, and...
Patricia "Pat" Margarete Johanna Wandel
February 17, 2021
Patricia “Pat” Margarete Johanna Wandel, 58, Rockford, passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday, February 17, 2021, in her home. She was born November 7, 1962, in Winnipeg Manitoba Canada, the daughter of Klaus and Ursula (VonKomorowski) Wandel. Pat was a graduate of Belvidere High School. She married her life partner, Eileen Clevenger, on March 6, 2013. Eileen passed away on November...
Green Lewis, Jr.
February 16, 2021
Green Lewis, Jr., 76, of Rockford, IL passed away Tuesday, February 16, 2021. He was born September 7, 1944 in Ages, KY the son of Green and Veda (Crider) Lewis. Green moved to Rockford when he was 16 and started working at Atwood Vacuum Machine Company where he would work as a heat treater for 43 years. He married the...
Ronald C. Schwartz
February 15, 2021
Ronald C. Schwartz, 85, of Rockford, passed away on Monday, February 15, 2021. Ronald was born on October 5, 1935, son of Roland and Phyllis (Kliver) Schwartz. He married Mary Beth Meyers on May 16, 1959 and remained married for 45 years until Mary passed away on June 8, 2004. Ronald was a Lieutenant on the Rockford Fire Department for...
James "Jim" E. Dickison
February 15, 2021
James "Jim" Everett Dickison, 70, passed away peacefully Monday, February 15, 2021. He was born June 24, 1950, in Rockford, IL. the son of Marion (Coleman) and Richard "Dale" Dickison. He grew up in Amboy, IL, earned the nickname “Moose”, and excelled in sports and creating merry mischief. Jim married Anna Race on September 12, 1982, in Rockford IL. From...
Dr. Adam M. Van Den Boom
February 15, 2021
Dr. Adam M. Van Den Boom, of San Antonio, TX passed away suddenly and unexpectedly on Monday, February 15, 2021. Adam was born in Keesler Air Force Base, Biloxi, MS, on February 21, 1981. Adam passed during an extended visit with his father, Terrance (Terry) Van Den Boom, and mother, Pamela (Pam) Van Den Boom, of Cherry Valley, IL. Adam...
Jessica L. Williams
February 14, 2021
Jessica Lynn Williams, 35, of Rockford, passed away unexpectedly on Sunday, February 14, 2021. Jessica was born to Julie Belt in Rockford, IL on June 7, 1985. She graduated from Harlem High School, Class of 2003. Jessica married Doug L. Williams in Ottowa, IL on June 8, 2012. She was a devoted wife and loving mother to her children. Taking...
Kathryn "Kay" A. Hall
February 14, 2021
Kathryn “Kay” A. Hall 96, of Rockford, passed away February 14, 2021. She was born on December 28, 1924, in Chicago, IL to Roland and Amanda (Dix) Caswell. Kay married Eugene Hall in 1955 and together they raised their three children. She was a member of Holy Family Catholic Church. Kay enjoyed dancing, bird watching, and gardening. She was an...
Donna R. Wallace
February 14, 2021
Donna R. Wallace, 79 WESTLAKE VILLAGE-Donna R. Wallace, 79, of Westlake Village, rural Winnebago, died on Sunday, February 14th, 2021. She was born in Rockford, Illinois on October 15, 1941, the daughter of Ray and Blanche (Nelson) Robbel. In 1963 Donna married James P. “Jim” Wallace. Together they had three children. While raising children they had horses, rabbits, dogs, cats,...
Marie E. Dohner
February 13, 2021
Marie Elizabeth Dohner, 86, of Rockford, passed away on Saturday, February 13, 2021. Marie was born in Orwigsburg, PA on October 12, 1934, daughter of Edward and Ruth (Blankenhorn) Frantz. She graduated from Orwigsburg High School, Class of 1952. Marie met the love of her life and husband, Joe S. Dohner, while square dancing in their local dancing group. They...
Jacqueline "Jackie" L. Montana
February 13, 2021
Jacqueline “Jackie” Lou Montana, 88, Rockford, passed away Saturday, February 13, 2021, in her home. She was born October 22, 1932, in Davis, the daughter of Clarence and Cleone (Afflerbaugh) Erb. Jackie married Thomas J. Montana in Rockford on October 21, 1950. He passed away on August 16, 2015. She worked in the business office at OSF St. Anthony Medical...
Phyllis Ann Wilder
February 12, 2021
Phyllis Ann Wilder, 75, of Rockford, passed away on February 12, 2021, at the Atrium Memory Care. Phyllis was born on April 20, 1945, in Rockford, IL the daughter of Nicholas and Gertrude (Lester) Roland. She married the love of her life, Glen, on August 20, 1966 in Rockford. He passed away on November 10, 2001. Phyllis retired from Twin...
Roland Lee Jones
February 11, 2021
Roland Lee Jones, 92, Cherry Valley, passed away Thursday, February 11, 2021, in his home. He was born on April 22, 1928, in Huntington, Arkansas, the son of Pruitt Monroe and Frizell “Rosie” (Roberts) Jones. Lee married Barbara J. Newman in Rockford on November 5, 1949. She passed away in Rockford on June 15, 2015. He and his partner owned...
Virginia M. Castanza
February 11, 2021
Virginia M. Castanza, 90, of Rockford, passed away on Thursday, February 11, 2021. Virginia was born on September 15, 1930 in Rockford, IL, daughter of Frank and Lena (Tomassino) Musso. She was a lifetime member of St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church where she married her husband, Conrad D. Castanza on July 4, 1953. He passed away October 21, 2003....
Patricia G. Ewing
February 11, 2021
PATRICIA G. EWING, 82 Patricia Geraldine (Griffiths) Ewing, 82, of Rockford passed away Wednesday, February 11, 2021, at OSF St. Anthony Medical Center. Born February 24, 1938 near Firth of Forth Scotland, her family moved to Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England when Pat was two years old. Pat played field hockey and tennis as a youth. She studied at the Sorbonne in...
Marjorie H. Peterson
February 10, 2021
Marjorie Hiley Peterson, 97, of Rockford, IL passed away peacefully on February 10, 2021. She was born on August 25, 1923 in Kankakee, IL, daughter of Henry and Elizabeth (Eckart) Commer. Marjorie moved to Rockford with her parents when she was 4 years old. She was a 1941 graduate in the first graduating class of the new West High School....
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