August 15, 2019

Sidney A. Freeland, 23, of Poplar Grove died August 15, 2019. Born June 22, 1996 in Rockford; the son of Todd and Debra (Haas) Freeland. A graduate of East High School, Sidney was NIC 10 All Conference in swimming and received the Austin Rux Memorial Award for Sportsmanship. He also graduated from Rochester Institute of Technology, National Technical Institute for...

August 13, 2019

Daniel E. Steeves, 65, of Rockford, IL, passed away Tuesday, August 13, 2019. Dan was born in Chicago, IL on November 20, 1953, son of Austin and Anna (Mayberry) Steeves. He attended T.F. North High School in Calumet City, IL and was a Union Commercial Carpenter in Chicago for over 30 years. Dan enjoyed golfing, swimming, and was an avid...

August 13, 2019

Jerry Wayne Flowers, 75, Rockford, passed away Tuesday, August 13, 2019, at Nelson Debes Nursing Home. He was born August 27, 1943, in Sherman, TX; son of Waymon and Doralee (Bracey) Flowers. He was a veteran of the United States Navy, serving on the USS Rigel from 1960 -1965. Jerry has no known surviving relatives. All of those who knew...

August 10, 2019

Mildred “Millie” E. Long, 98, passed away August 10, 2019. Born June 2nd, 1921 in Neponset, IL, daughter of Karl and Nellie (Scott) Scaife. Graduated from Neponset High School and attended business schools in Davenport, IA and Rockford, IL. She was a member of the Bureau County Farm Bureau. Millie worked at Atwood Mobile Production for 13 years. She married...

August 6, 2019

Valentine “John” Chevchuc, 73, of Rockford, passed away August 6, 2019 at OSF St. Anthony Medical Center. Born December 18, 1945 in Regensburg, Germany; the son of Dimitry and Vera (Kolush) Chevchuc. He married Carol Strauss on December 26, 1975 in Rockton. A graduate of Auburn High School, John retired from Cellusuede Products, Inc. after 35 years of employment as...

August 6, 2019

August 4, 2019

James “Jim” R. Krein, 76 of Rockford, passed away Sunday, August 4, 2019. He was born in Gary, IN on March 10, 1943, the son of Robert and Willomine (Gross) Krein. Jim married Margaret Ann Guarino on October 2, 1965 in Rockford. He was a teacher in the Rockford Public School District for over thirty-three years. Jim was a member...

August 2, 2019

Kathleen Elizabeth Snyder, 75, of Rockford, Illinois, passed away peacefully on Friday, August 2, 2019, at Alden Park Strathmoor, with her husband loyally by her side. Kathy was born on April 9, 1944, in Rockford, Illinois, the daughter of Burdette and Violet (Smith) O’Hara. She graduated from Rockford East High School in 1961 with honors. She married the love of...

August 2, 2019

On August 2, 2019, Lisa (Smith) Scribner received her angel wings, surrounded by her loving family, after a courageous battle with metastatic colon cancer. She was born June 8, 1981 in Rockford, Illinois, to Douglas and Lana (Barmore) Smith. She graduated from Lutheran High School in 1999. She earned her degree in Psychology from Western Illinois University and went on...

August 1, 2019

July 28, 2019

Mary (Casey) Pastore, 71, of Loves Park, died July 28, 2019, after a brief illness. Born September 14, 1947 in Belvidere; she was the daughter of Clifford and Regina (Widhalm) Casey. She married James Pastore on April 6, 1974 in Belvidere. Mary graduated from Bishop Muldoon High School in Rockford. She also graduated with her Bachelor’s degree from St. Xavier...

July 26, 2019

Richard Ernest Sherman, 83, Rockford, passed away Friday, July 26, 2019, at Mercy Health on Riverside surrounded by his family. He was born August 19, 1935, in Sandwich, the son of Elmer and Katherine (Fox) Sherman. Richard was a Korean War veteran serving in the Navy on the USS Hornet. He married Patricia Herrmann on April 12, 1957, and later...

July 25, 2019

Martin A. Jaros Jr., 87 of Rockford, passed away Thursday, July 25, 2019. He was born in La Salle-Peru, IL on June 15, 1932, son of Martin Sr. and Theresa Jaros. Martin met the love of his life, Glenda Corkill on a blind date in college and married her September 4, 1954 in Kankakee, IL. Together, they would have celebrated...

July 25, 2019

William R. Beu, 78, of Rockford, passed away, Thursday, July 25, 2019 in his home. Born October 3, 1940 in Chicago; son of Morice and Kathleen (Welch) Beu. He married Lorna M. Koenig on April 15, 1967. A member of Christ the Rock Lutheran Church, William was a graduate of Belvidere High School, Valparaiso University and Valparaiso University Law School....

July 23, 2019

John “Jack” Gazouski, 69, of South Beloit, IL passed away July 23, 2019 at University Hospital in Madison after an extended illness, surrounded by his loving family. Born in Rockford, IL February 11, 1950, the son of Anton and Marion (Condron) Gazouski. Jack married Cheryl (Stinson) Gazouski on April 23, 1983. Jack was a man of many talents, a master...

July 23, 2019

Mary Carol Ingraham, 81, of Rockford, passed away July 23, 2019, at River Bluff Nursing Home. Carol was born in Rockford, IL on December 19, 1937, daughter of Wm. T. and Alice (Hibbard) McCarren who founded The Flow-Eze Company in 1946. She was a homemaker, worked at U of I College of Medicine, and later at her family’s business. In...

July 22, 2019

La bebé Lissette Sánchez Minuiz, falleció el lunes 22 de junio de 2019. Nació el jueves 11 de julio de 2019 en Rockford, hija de José Sánchez y Lissette Minuiz. Aunque la vida de Baby Lissette fue corta, muchos la querían mucho. Aquellos que se quedan para honrar su memoria incluyen a sus padres amorosos; hermanos queridos, Josue, Gamaliel y...

July 20, 2019

Doris Elaine Kampfe was born Tuesday, February 2, 1926, in Monona, Iowa, Clayton County, to parents, Frederick and Alvina Daugs. June 1, 1946, she was united in marriage to LaVern A. Kampfe at St. Paul Lutheran Church, Monona; her uncle, Rev. H. Daugs, officiated. To this union, two children were born, Dr. Lanny Kampfe and Elisa Kay Kampfe. Doris died...

July 18, 2019

Gloria Kordash died peacefully on July 18, 2019 just shy of her 98th birthday. She was born in Granville Illinois on September 9, 1921; the daughter of Italian immigrant parents, Louis and Cecira Faggiotti, and the youngest of 5 female siblings. Gloria’s family relocated to Rockford shortly after her birth and she spent her entire life in her beloved Rockford....

July 18, 2019

Mary Andrews, 89, of Rockford, IL went with God on July 18, 2019. Mary was born in Bielin, (Poland) Belarus, April 29, 1930 to Aleksander and Aleksandra Soroka. She emigrated to the United States after living 7 years in a German war camp, arriving in New Orleans with no shoes on her feet on August 14, 1949, her sister Sophia’s...