Eliberto Rodriguez
May 12, 2012
Eliberto Rodriguez, age 73, died on Saturday, May, 12, 2012 at his home with his family at his side. He was born on Nov. 16, 1938 in Brownsville, TX to Gavino and Eva (Lopez) Rodriguez. Eliberto was a graduate of Brownsville High School. He was formerly a Supervisor for Price Brothers in Rochelle, and worked there for over 40 years....
Lloyd Sutton
May 11, 2012
Lloyd "Woody" L. Sutton, age 65, of Rochelle, went to be with his Lord on Friday, May 11, 2012 at his home with his family by his side. He was born June 4, 1946 in Mt. Vernon, IL, the son of Lee and Wanda (Kern) Sutton. He married Korrena D. Rains on June 5, 1998 in Rockford, IL. Preceded in...
Helen L. Peck
May 11, 2012
Helen Louise Lebeck Peck A Celebration of Life Helen Louise Lebeck Peck passed to the hands of our Lord Friday morning May 11, 2012 looking forward to life. Helen was born November 22, 1923 in Harvel, Illinois. She graduated from Harvel High School and attended what is now known as Eastern Illinois University for two years as a biology student...
Armando Nambo
May 6, 2012
Armando Nambo, age 43 died on Sunday, May 6, 2012 at the St. Anthony Medical Center in Rockford. He was born on July 6, 1968 in Dr. Miguel Silval, Michoacan, Mexico, the son of Aguileo and Raquel Nambo. He is survived by his parents, 5 children: Joshua, Marco, Raquel, Thalia, and Mayela Nambo; granddaughter: Arabella Reina Nambo; 4 brothers: Ramon,...
Robert G. Crawford
May 5, 2012
Robert G. Crawford, 88 formerly of Cortland IL, passed away on Saturday, May 5, 2012 at his home. He was born on Aug. 26, 1923 in West Union, Ohio, the son of Kirker M. and Rowena Potts Crawford. Robert was a veteran in the US Army and proudly served in the South Pacific during WWII. Robert married Mary H. Hile...
Florence "Fran" M. Haas
May 3, 2012
Florence "Fran" M. Haas, 92 of Rochelle, passed away on May 3, 2012 at OSF Hospital in Rockford, IL. She was born on May 26, 1919, in Sleepy Eye, MN to Henry H. and Johanna A. (Dumke) Volker. Fran was the Salutatorian of her High School Class and also won the American Legion School Award. After High School, she attended...
Mildred Mccaslin
Apr 27, 2012
Mildred McCaslin, age 96, passed away at the Rochelle Rehab and Healthcare Center on Friday, April 27, 2012 surrounded by many family members. She was born on October 10, 1915 in Hanson, IL, to Roy and Anna Card McCaslin. Most of her life was in the Rochelle area. She attended Rochelle Schools. She was a long time member of Rochelle...
Harold Cheeseman
Apr 24, 2012
Harold Cheeseman,94, of Ashton, IL, passed away on Tuesday, April 24, 2012 at Franklin Grove Nursing Center. He was born on July 13, 1917 in Shannon, IL to Louis and Zella (Johnson) Cheeseman. Harold married Bertha Maye Ackland on Aug. 18, 1940 at the Scarboro Evangelical United Brethren Church in Scarboro, IL. She preceded him in death on Aug. 9,...
Phyllis F. Kelley
Apr 22, 2012
Phyllis F. Kelley, 84 of DeKalb, IL; passed away on Sunday, April 22, 2012 at Pine Acres in DeKalb. She was born on Jan. 10, 1928 in Long Branch, NJ to William A. and May E. (Presley) Finlay. Phyllis married Walter A. Kelley on June 15, 1946 in Long Branch, NJ and he preceded her on Oct.6, 2003. She had...
Mary "Diane" Mcbride
Apr 20, 2012
Mary "Diane" McBride, 72, of Rochelle, IL passed away April 20, 2012 at Saint Anthony Medical Center in Rockford, IL. Diane was born July 23, 1939 in Marseilles, IL the daughter of Lester and Frances (Renz) Wolford. She attended Rochelle Township High School. Diane married Frederick McBride Jan. 20th 1957 in Rochelle. Diane was a Homemaker and secretary/co. owner of...
Lawrence "Larry" Edward Askeland
Apr 17, 2012
Lawrence "Larry" Edward Askeland, 85, of Rochelle, Illinois, died at home with his great nephew Dan Askeland by his side on April 17, 2012, after battling congestive heart failure. He was born on November 16, 1926, in Lindenwood to Ole A. and Anna Dorthea (Norby) Askeland. Larry grew up on a farm with his 9 siblings just north of Illinois...
Elizabeth Lazier
Apr 14, 2012
Elizabeth M. (Lang) Lazier, died in Rockford Memorial Hospital on 4/14/12. She has been a resident of Medina Manor in Durand for several years prior to her recent illness. Elizabeth was born September 20, 1925 to Fred and Helen Doyle Lang of Creston. She attended Creston School, and graduated from the high school in 1942. She lived in Creston until...
Lloyd Stroud
Apr 14, 2012
Lloyd W. Stroud, Jr., age 87, died on Saturday, April 14, 2012, at his daughter's home with her by his side. He was born on April 30, 1924, in Mohawk, Tennessee, the son of Lloyd W. (Sr.) and (Willie) Iva Stroud. He graduated from McDonald High School is 1942. He was a Sargent in the U.S. Army Air Corp and...
Barbara Ann Littlejohn
Apr 13, 2012
Barbara Ann Littlejohn, age 58, of DeKalb, IL died on Friday, April 13, 2012 at her home after a courageous battle with cancer. She was born on December 29, 1953 in Rochelle, IL, the daughter of William and Doris Steed Beck. She married Daniel Littlejohn on July 3, 1976 in Rochelle. Graduated from Rochelle Township High School Class of 1972....
William Peters
Apr 12, 2012
William E. "Bill" Peters, 70, of Rochelle, passed away Thursday, April 12, 2012 at Rochelle Gardens. He was born on August 13, 1941 in Raymondville, TX to John E. and Ora M. (Campbell) Peters. On Sept. 4, 1965, Bill married Nadine L. Taylor in Rochelle. He was employed for 35 years by Caron International prior to retiring, and was a...
Norman R. Horter
Apr 10, 2012
Norman Robert Horter, age 72, died on Tuesday, April 10, 2012 at his home. He was born on September 27, 1939 in St. Louis, MO, the son of Karl Peter and Kathryn House Horter. He served in the US Army from 1961 to 1967. He married Judy L. Shook on June 6, 1966 in Rochelle, she preceded him in death...
Scot A. Sparks
Mar 28, 2012
Scot A. Sparks, 61, of Rochelle, passed away on Wednesday, March 28, 2012, at UIC Medical Center in Chicago, IL. He was born on Nov. 25, 1950 in Huntington, IN the son of Dale C. and Carolyn (Dyson) Sparks. In 1972, he received his Bachelors of Science degree in Agronomy from Purdue University in W. Lafayette, IN. Scot married Cherryl...
Margery Behrends
Mar 26, 2012
Margery Ann Behrends, age 78, of Mendota, died Monday March 26, 2012 at the Mendota Community Hospital. She was born on March 27, 1933 in Flagg Township, IL, the daughter of John H. and Hazel Marie Rainwater Behrends. Margery worked as a bookkeeper for Kepner Insurance and then for the Mendota Community Hospital prior to retiring. She was preceded in...
Nancy L. Hart
Mar 25, 2012
Nancy L. Hart, 62, of Rochelle, IL died March 25, 2012 at Serenity Hospice and Home of Oregon, IL surrounded by her family. She was born Oct. 8, 1949 in DeKalb, IL, the daughter of Howard and Katherine Foster Hart. Her parents and infant sister Elizabeth Cecilia Hart preceded her death. Nancy grew up on the family farm south east...
Theresa Caron
Mar 23, 2012
Theresa Marie Caron, "Maman, Grandmaman, Matante" beloved mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, age 100, passed away on March 23, 2012, one day before her 101st Birthday. She was born on March 24, 1911 in St. Julie, Quebec, Canada, the daughter of Alphonse and Eugenie Roy Plourde. She married Rolland H. Caron on July 1, 1933 in Rochelle. He preceded her in...
