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Jimmie E. Free
August 21, 2023
Jimmie (Jim) Eldon Free, 86 of Rockford, passed away on Monday, August 21, 2023.
Jim was born on November 27, 1936, the son of J. Emery and Helen J. (Bullard) Free. He grew up and went to school in Mystic, Iowa where he met, in kindergarten, the love of his life Nyla Kay Seddon. Jim and Nyla were married on November...
Robert "Brad" Bradford Smith
August 21, 2023
Robert Bradford “Brad” Smith, 74, of Rockford, passed away on August 21, 2023. Born on November 25, 1948, in Mattoon, IL, the son of Robert and Martha (Tabor) Smith. He graduated from MacArthur High School, Decatur IL, class of 1966. Brad enlisted in the U.S. Navy and served as a corpsman with the Marines during the Vietnam War. He married...
Bounheng Boutchannha
August 20, 2023
Bounheng Boutchannha of Rockford, IL, passed away on Sunday, August 20th, 2023 with his children by his side.
He was born in Pakse, Laos, son to Oui and Deng Boutchannha.
Bounheng was an officer with the Lao Police Academy before marrying the love of his life, Manivone. They moved to the US to be with family and once settled, he worked as...
Brian Clarke
August 19, 2023
On August 19th, 2023, Brian Clarke passed away at home, surrounded by his family, at the age of 86.
Brian was born in Belfast, North Ireland on January 24th, 1937, son of John and May (Wilson) Clarke. He moved to the United States in 1969 and worked for 41 years for the Lloyd Hearing Aid Corp. Brian married Margaret (Luke) Clarke...
Michael F. Johnson
August 18, 2023
Michael F. Johnson, 78, went to be with Jesus after a long battle with cancer on Friday, August 18, 2023, at home surrounded by his family. Mike was born to Marie Kent and Robert Johnson on October 9, 1944, in Oconto Falls, Wisconsin. He was raised in Wisconsin and Menominee, Michigan. As a young man, he attended the University of...
Morgan "Morey" Weiss
August 17, 2023
Morgan “Morey” R. Weiss, 69, of Rockford, passed away on August 17, 2023. He was born on June 2, 1954, the son of William and Irene Weiss of Ryebrook, New York. He married Linda Crain on November 8, 2003, in Rockford. He was a member of the American Legion in Rockford, and Amvets in Leesburg, Florida. Morey and Linda spent...
Scott Rheingans
August 17, 2023
Scott C. Rheingans, 73, passed away in Madison, Wisconsin on August 17, 2023. Born in Rockford, Illinois son of Jack and Pat (Ramsey) Rheingans. He attended East High School before graduating from Pecatonica High School in 1968. During that time, he enjoyed playing all kinds of sports and was a proud Eagle Scout. Upon graduation he immediately enlisted in the...
Barbara Ann Bartholomee
August 17, 2023
Barbara Bartholomee , 74, of Rockford passed away at 5:13 p.m. Thursday, August 17 at OSF St. Anthony Medical Center.
She was born December 23,1948, to Shirley (Smith) and Lemuel E. Bartholomee. She is a 1966 graduate of Guilford High School and a 1970 graduate of Maranatha Baptist University. After a career in Columbus, OH, she returned to Rockford to...
Kenneth "Ken" James Muehlfelder
August 16, 2023
Kenneth “Ken” James Muehlfelder, 72, Freeport, passed away on Wednesday, August 16, 2023, in his home surrounded by his loving family. He was born January 6, 1951, in Chicago, the son of Fred and Nerieda (Rieker) Muehlfelder. He was a graduate of Grant Community High School, class of 1969 and attended the College of Lake County as part of the...
Donna Marie Cartwright
August 15, 2023
Donna Marie Cartwright, 68, was born in Nassau, New York, to Genevieve and Arthur Overton on September 18, 1954. She passed away in Aurora, Illinois, on August 15, 2023. Much of Donna’s youth was spent in New York, where she loved to swim, fish, ice skate, and go clamming with family. In early adulthood she moved with her parents to...
Haskell (Jack) L. Isham
August 14, 2023
Haskell (Jack) L. Isham, 90, passed away Monday, August 14, 2023, in DeForest, Wisconsin.
Born October 24, 1932, in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, son of Henry Isham and Lula (Sixkiller) Isham. He married his wife Anna (Sheehan) Isham in Wea, Kansas on November 8, 1952. He was sent to The Korean War shortly after his marriage. He spent his life in Kansas,...
Carol J. Wagner
August 14, 2023
Carol Jean Wagner, 81, of Rockford passed away peacefully and was reunited love of her life, Lyle Newton Wagner on Monday, August 14, 2023.
She was born April 1942, in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, the daughter of John and Cecelia (Christianson) In 1964, while attending the University of Illinois, Chicago, she met Lyle. The two married in 1965, in Waukegan. She proudly...
Carole A. Winking
August 14, 2023
Sadly, Carole passed away on Monday, August 14th at her home.
Carole was born January 18th, 1947, to Frank and Phyllis DeAngelis in Rochester New Hampshire. She grew up in various parts of New York including Ossining, the Bronx, New York City, and finally Westbury. She graduated from SUNY Farmingdale in 1966. Carole later moved to Rockford in 1975.
She met Thomas...
Harry R. Mcallister
August 13, 2023
Harry Ray McAllister, 76, of Machesney Park, passed away on August 13, 2023, at Beloit Memorial Hospital. Born on October 20, 1946, in Danville, Illinois, the son of Alfred and Genevieve (Jordan) McAllister. He graduated from Freeport High School, class of 1964. He married Marilyn Lanham on August 23, 1980, in Danville, Illinois, and committed to be a loving and...
Fred L. Gilbert
August 13, 2023
Fred L. Gilbert, 88, passed away Sunday, August 13, 2023 in Rockford, Illinois. Born May 21, 1935 in Hastings, Nebraska, son of Herbert Lester and Goldie (McKinzie) Gilbert. He married his late wife, Nancy Gilbert, in Appleton, WI on April 4th of 1959 and moved to Rockford a decade later, in 1969. Fred went on to have a successful career...
Paul B. Slabaugh
August 12, 2023
Paul B. Slabaugh, 87, Caledonia, passed away on Saturday, August 12, 2023, in his home. He was born October 18, 1935, in Chicago, the son of Glen and Ruth (Bowman) Slabaugh. Paul married Donna Brady on January 6, 1954. She passed away on February 25, 1996. Paul worked in many jobs including as a house mover and a real estate...
Robert "Bob" John Rosandich
August 12, 2023
Robert “Bob” John Rosandich, 82, Rockford, passed away on Saturday, August 12, 2023, at SwedishAmerican Hospital. He was born in Granton, WI on April 29, 1941, the son of Joseph and Manda (Matanich) Rosandich. Bob was a veteran serving in the Navy. He married Mary Gehring in Catawba, WI on July 8, 1961. Bob was a machinist in the fastener...
Charles B. Owens
August 12, 2023
Charles “Charlie” Buck Owens, 90, of Rockford, IL went to be with the Lord peacefully on Saturday, August 12, 2023; Charles was born on October 31, 1932, in Springfield, MO the son of Charles and Mildred Owens. Charles graduated from Springfield High School in 1951. After high school, Charles traveled to Rockford and began his employment at Mechanics Universal Division...
Gregory "Greg" E. Graczyk
August 11, 2023
Gregory Edward Graczyk, 69, of Rockford, passed away on August 11, 2023, at Northwestern Hospital in DeKalb. He was born on July 22, 1954, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the son of Edward and Valerie Graczyk. Greg earned his bachelor’s degree from UW Milwaukee and his master’s degrees from University of California, Long Beach. He worked as a transporter shipping petrol chemical...
Maria "Marie" Pia Clark
August 11, 2023
Maria “Marie” Pia Clark, 92, passed away on August 11, 2023. Born on April 6, 1931, in Ferentino, Italy, the daughter of Alessandro and Felicia (Salvatori) Gerardi. She attended school in Italy and immigrated to the United States at 19 years old, then attended courses to learn English and obtained her nationalization. Marie was a devote Catholic. On June 23,...
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