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Paul Vernon Devries

Paul Vernon Devries

Sep 8, 2011

Paul Vernon DeVries, 93, of Forreston, died in his home on Thursday September 8, 2011. Paul was born on May 14, 1918 on the DeVries Farm. The son of John and Henrietta (Reints) DeVries. On August 29, 1938 at Prairie Dell Presbyterian Church Paul married Leona Grace DeWall. Paul attended Forreston Schools. He was a member of Forreston Reformed...

Charlotte Grace Miller

Charlotte Grace Miller

Sep 7, 2011

Charlotte Grace Miller, 95, of Freeport died Wednesday in Doctors Hospice, Fayetteville, Ga. She was born August 8, 1916 in Kalamazoo, Michigan the daughter of Anton and Harriet (Stewart) Larsen. She married Robert F. Miller on October 16, 1937 in Freeport. He died October 16, 1986. Mrs. Miller was employed by Micro Switch and then was employed as a...

David Alan Worthington

David Alan Worthington

Sep 2, 2011

David Alan Worthington, 49, of Freeport, died Friday September 2, 2011 in his home. Memorial services will be 10:00 A.M. Wednesday September 7, 2011 at Grace Episcopal Church in Freeport with Father Eldred H. George officiating. Visitation will be 5:00 P.M. until 7:00 P.M. Tuesday at Burke Tubbs Funeral Home. A memorial has been established in David'™s memory. Please...

Betty Jean Monigold

Betty Jean Monigold

Sep 1, 2011

Betty Jean Monigold, 87, of Freeport, died Thursday September 1, 2011 at FHN Memorial Hospital. Betty was born June 18, 1924 in Jo Daviess County the daughter of N. Carson and Ruby R. (Redfern) Kish. Betty married Carl G. Monigold on February 20, 1946 in Freeport. Carl died July 6, 1998. Betty was a homemaker. She was also attended...

Marvin Lee Muller

Marvin Lee Muller

Sep 1, 2011

Marvin Lee Muller, 87, of Forreston died Thursday at Pinecrest Manor Nursing Center, Mt, Morris. Marvin was born on April 1, 1924 in Forreston the son of Clarence C. and Alice (Hamilton) Muller. Marvin graduated from Forreston High School in 1942. Marvin is a U.S. Army Veteran. He was a member of Faith Lutheran Church, Forreston and the Forreston...

Shirley M Miller

Shirley M Miller

Aug 31, 2011

Shirley M. Miller, 87, of Freeport, and Parkview Home Resident died, Wednesday August 31, 2011 in Parkview Home. Shirley was born July 17, 1924 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, the daughter of Merritt W. and Regina Kelty (Krick) Westinghouse. Shirley graduated from Mount Merry College in Cedar Rapids. On March 6, 1948 Shirley married Robert W. Miller in Cedar Rapids....

Randy R. Raisbeck

Randy R. Raisbeck

Aug 30, 2011

Randy R. Raisbeck, 57, of Freeport, died Tuesday August 30, 2011 at Swedish American Hospital in Rockford. Randy was born on June 4, 1954, in Gratiot, Wisconsin, the son of Robert F. and Arlene (Robertson) Raisbeck. Randy worked at Micro Switch for over 30 years before retiring in 2009. Randy and his business partner Robert Rabuck owned and operated...

Ronald R. Farringer

Ronald R. Farringer

Aug 30, 2011

Ronald R. Farringer, 76, of Freeport, died Tuesday August 30, 2011 at FHN Memorial Hospital following a brief illness. He was born October 1, 1934 in Freeport, Illinois, the son of Francis and Faye(Blackert) Farringer. Ronald married Mary Ann Kempthorne on July 19, 1952 in Freeport. Mr. Farringer worked at Kelly-Springfield for 31 years, retiring as a supervisor. He...

M. Thomas Bordner

M. Thomas Bordner

Aug 29, 2011

M. Thomas Bordner, 84, of Freeport, died Monday, August 29, 2011 in his home. Tom was born July 24, 1927 to T. J. and Beatrice (Thomas) Bordner. Tom served in the U.S. Navy from 1944-1946 in the Philippines. Tom married Patricia Ann Sellke on April 23, 1949. He owned and operated Bordner Ice Cream for many years. He retired...

Lola Mae Diehl

Lola Mae Diehl

Aug 26, 2011

Lola Mae Diehl 77, of Freeport and former Forreston resident died Friday in F.H.N. Memorial Hospital. She was born January 24, 1934 in Freeport the daughter of Walter and Gladys (Stukenberg) Duitsman. She married Harlan Diehl on February 21, 1952 in Prairie Dell Church, Shannon. Mrs. Diehl and her husband farmed in the Forreston area. She was a member...

Robert 'Bob" C Bast

Robert 'Bob" C Bast

Aug 20, 2011

Robert 'Bob' C. Bast, 89, of Freeport died Saturday in Manor Court of Freeport. Bob was born on August 16, 1922, in Freeport, the son of Robert C. and Gladys (Hanna) Bast Sr. Bob was a graduate of Freeport High School. Bob married Elizabeth 'Betty' Palmer on June 15, 1947. He was a member of the U.S. Army Air...

Joann Marcum

Joann Marcum

Aug 19, 2011

Joann M. Marcum, 78, of Freeport, died Friday, August 19, 2011 at FHN Memorial Hospital. Born on May 4, 1933 in Freeport, the daughter of John and Ann (Mullen) Layton. Joann retired from Micro Switch in 1994. She married Max Marcum on June 9, 1956 in Freeport. He died on April 27, 1997. Joann was a member of St....

Donald J Ostrowski

Donald J Ostrowski

Aug 19, 2011

Donald J. Ostrowski, 74, of Freeport, died Friday August 19, 2011, at Provena St. Joseph Center. Donald was born on November 2, 1937 in Chicago, Illinois. Donald served for the U.S. Navy during the Korean Conflict. He worked construction as a steel worker and sheet metal worker in the Chicago area. He was a member of St. Thomas Aquinas...

Martha Jean Sperle

Martha Jean Sperle

Aug 18, 2011

Martha Jean Sperle, 90, died August 18th at Manor Court of Freeport. Martha was born July 24, 1921 in Salem, Indiana, the daughter of Homer and Addie (Zink) Thixton. Martha graduated from Salem High School. On November 25, 1945 Martha married Frederick O. Sperle in Salem, Indiana. He passed away on October 11, 1996. Martha was a fifty year...

Barbara A. Stukenberg

Barbara A. Stukenberg

Aug 17, 2011

Barbara A. Stukenberg, 72, of Forreston, died Wednesday, August 17, 2011 at home. Born on September 30, 1938 in Freeport, the daughter of Clarence and Geneva (Milverstead) Plum. She married Marsdon Stukenberg on November 1, 1958. Barbara and her husband farmed the family farm since 1958. She was a member of Forreston First United Methodist Church. Family was very...

Betty June Seal

Betty June Seal

Aug 13, 2011

Betty J. Seal, also lovingly known as 'Miss Betty' passed away peacefully on August 12, 2011 surrounded by her family. She was born February 14, 1938 in Pulaski, IL to the late Marshall and Sarah (Thompson) Lee. AS a young child her parents taught her to love the lord. Betty made a decision to accept Christ as her personal...

Theodore G Schoon

Theodore G Schoon

Aug 13, 2011

Theodore G. Schoon, 88, of Freeport and former resident of Forreston, died Saturday, August 13, 2011 at Parkview Health Center. He was born April 28, 1923 in Freeport, the son of Dr. Theodore G. Schoon and Margaret (Fellow) Schoon. He was a 1941 graduate of Forreston High School, and a 1945 graduate of University of Illinois College of Pharmacy....

Leanne Combs-Funk

Leanne Combs-Funk

Aug 13, 2011

Leanne Combs-Funk, 52, of Weston, Wisconsin and former Freeport resident, died Saturday August 13, 2011 in Jo Daviess County from injuries resulting from a motorcycle accident. Leanne was born on February 28, 1959, in Freeport the daughter of Leland and Betty (Kemper) Combs. Leanne worked as the director of Surgical Services and Same Day Care at the Marshfield Clinic...

David W Guderyon

David W Guderyon

Aug 11, 2011

David W. Guderyon, 77 of Freeport, died Thursday, August 11, 2011 at Home. He was born on November 6, 1933 in Waukesha, WI., the son of Wallace and Ann (Neilsen) Guderyon. David was a Supervisor at Sauer-Sundstrand. He married Susan Gilpatrick on October 22, 1960. David was a Korean Conflict Veteran. His memberships included First Congregation church of Oconomowoc,...

Rev. Theodore Andrach

Rev. Theodore Andrach

Aug 5, 2011

Rev. Theodore ' Ted' Andrach, 91, of Freeport, passed away in his home Friday August 5, 2011. Theodore was born June 20, 1920 in Harvey, Illinois the son of Joseph and Justina (Sinowec) Andrach. On June 6, 1953, he married Pearl Davis in Freeport, Illinois. In 1947 Pastor Ted moved to Freeport. Theodore was Pastor of Assembly of God...

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