Garland Stewart Sr.
Feb 9, 2012
Jay Garland Stewart Sr., passed away on Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012 at his home in Rochelle. He was born on Oct. 12, 1939 in Greenville, TN the son of Dan and Berdie (Ball) Stewart. Garland moved to Rochelle and was employed with Swift and Co. until its closer. For the last 20+ years Garland has been laying carpet in the...
Velma Ruth Gray
Feb 8, 2012
Velma R. Gray, 91 of Rochelle, passed away on Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012 at her home. She was born on January 4, 1921 in Franklin Co. IL, the daughter of Floy and Bly (Carlton) Kern. Velma married Robert Gray on May 31, 1941 in Perryville, MO and he preceded her on Sept. 2, 1997. She worked as an elementary school...
Violet M. Akey
Feb 6, 2012
Violet M. Akey, 98 of Rochelle, passed away on Monday, Feb. 6, 2012 at Rochelle Community Hospital. She was born on Oct. 8, 1913 in Rochelle to LeRoy J. and Elizabeth (Strang) Hannon. Violet married the love of her life, Norman L. Akey on Oct. 29, 1939 in Chicago, and he preceded her on April 2, 2000. She was also...
Rayburn C. Holt
Feb 5, 2012
Rayburn C. Holt, 83 of Rochelle, passed away on Sunday, Feb. 5, 2012 at P.A. Peterson in Rockford, IL. He was born on Nov. 8, 1928 in Cross Co., AR to Ernest P. and Lydia (Williams) Holt. Raymond married Bessie Louida Patterson on June 7, 1947 in Vandale, AR. Prior to retiring, he was employed by the Byron Nuclear Plant....
Kenneth L. Hansen
Feb 2, 2012
Kenneth L. Hansen, 82, of Machesney Park passed away peacefully Thursday, Feb 2, 2012, at home after a long illness with his loving family by his side. Born January 7, 1930 to L. Bent and Emma (Bergeson) Hansen in Rochelle, IL. Married his beloved wife Lois Thuestad on August 23, 1991 in Jacksonville, FL. Ken served in the US Marine...
Cecil Floyd Call
Jan 28, 2012
Cecil Floyd Call, 81, of Rochelle, IL passed away Jan. 28, 2012 at the Central Dupage Hospital in Winfield IL. Cecil was born July 10, 1930 in Lawrence KA, the son of Alva and Thelma (Strait) Call. Cecil married Priscilla Faye Russell May 24, 1958 in Rochelle IL and she preceded him in death on Nov. 24, 2003. He was...
Lorraine Strang
Jan 25, 2012
Lorraine Strang, 85 of Lindenwood, IL, passed away on Wed. Jan. 25, 2012 at Serenity Home in Oregon, IL. She was born on August 26, 1926 in Cherry Valley Township to Frank and Elsie (Friday) Baker. Lorraine married Calvin E. Strang on Nov. 23, 1947 in Lindenwood, IL and he preceded her on April 3, 2007. Also preceding her in...
Danny Joe Meserole
Jan 24, 2012
Danny Joe Meserole, 67, of Dubuque, IA, died Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012 at home surrounded by family. He was born on April 16, 1944, at home in Burnt Prairie, IL, the son of Clyde James and Etta Genevieve (Starns) Meserole. He graduated from Shabbona High School in 1962. Joe was a member of the Shabbona High School Championship Basketball Team...
Harriet Gocken
Jan 23, 2012
Harriet Gocken, age 79, passed away on Monday, January 23, 2012 at her home with her family by her side. She was born on November 24, 1932 in White Rock Township, the daughter of Fred and Hattie Bulthaus Adams. She married Sam Wendel Gocken on June 18, 1952 at the Elim Reformed Church in Kings. Harriet was a homemaker and...
Harriette Ortlund
Jan 22, 2012
Harriette A. Ortlund, 93, of Rochelle, IL passed away Sunday January 22, 2012 at the Rochelle Community Hospital. She was born Oct. 5th 1918 in St. Louis, MO the daughter of Edward and Anna Kasper. Harriette married Robert Knapp Ortlund April 3, 1939 in Sioux City, IA. Robert preceded her on Jan. 9th 1989. She was also preceded in death...
Dee Williams
Jan 22, 2012
Dee (David) Williams, age 53 of Lindenwood, IL died in a car accident on his way home from a snowmobile trip in Wyoming. He was born on March 24, 1958, in Rochelle, IL the son of John (Jack) and Joyce (Whitman) Williams. He married Debbie Darlington on January 4, 1997 in Rochelle, IL. graduated from the Rochelle Township High School...
Harvey Mitchell
Jan 19, 2012
Harvey Leon Mitchell, age 71, died on January 19, 2012 at his home. He was born on March 22, 1940 in Wayne County, MO, the son of Sidney L. and Mary Ethel Elledge Mitchell. He had formerly worked as a fork lift operator at Gates Rubber Company in Rockford. He is survived by his son, Jeff (Michelle) Mitchell of Rochelle,...
Michael F. Rossi
Jan 15, 2012
Michael F. Rossi, 80 of Rochelle; passed away on Sunday, Jan. 15, 2012 at Rochelle Rehabilitation and Health Care Center in Rochelle. He was born on July 7, 1931 in Oglesby, IL to Santos and Pasqua (Imperti) Rossi. He was a member of the Plumbers and Pipe Fitters Union. Mike was a Sgt. in the US Army during the Korean...
Jerry Mcilvoy
Jan 14, 2012
George "Jerry" McIlvoy, of Rochelle, passed away Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012 at the Shabbona Health Care Center. He was born on Jan. 12, 1938, in Rochelle, the son of Rufus Pringle and Samantha Louise (Young) McIlvoy. Jerry graduated from Rochelle Township High School in 1955 and DeVry Tecninical Institute in 1958. He leased Harry's Sandwich Shop for 8 years in...
Michael J. Call
Jan 11, 2012
Michael J. Call, 48, of Rochelle, passed away on Wed., Jan. 11, 2012 at his home. He was born on March 22, 1963 to Cecil F. and Priscilla Faye (Russell ) Call. Mike graduated from Rochelle Township High School in 1981. C.S.T. Industries in DeKalb employed him as a painter. He was preceded in death by his mother: Faye; brother:...
Elizabeth M Trowbridge
Jan 10, 2012
Elizabeth M. "Gish" Trowbridge, 93, of Rochelle, passed away on Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2012, at Serenity Home in Oregon, IL. She was born on Aug. 28, 1918, in Rochelle, IL to Charles and Elizabeth (Eckhardt) Stein. On June 8, 1940, Gish married James B. Trowbridge in Clinton, IA and he preceded her in death on Aug. 20, 2004. She was...
Kevin A. Pfab
Jan 8, 2012
Kevin A. Pfab, 49 of Lindenwood, IL, passed away Sunday, Jan. 8, 2012 at Rochelle Community Hospital with his Mother by his side. He was born on Sept. 16, 1962 in Rockford, IL, the son of Bob and Nancy (Peters) Pfab. Kevin graduated from Stillman Valley High School in 1980 and farmed all his life with his father and brother....
Marsha Ann Mahaffey
Jan 6, 2012
Marsha Ann Mahaffey 62 of Rochelle, IL died Friday Jan. 6, 2012 in Serenity Home in Oregon, IL. She was born Dec. 15, 1949 in Indianapolis, IN the daughter of Ben T. and Eula K. Karnes Banton. Preceded by her father and 2 brothers Wayne and Donald Banton. Marsha worked for Caron International in Rochelle until the closing of the...
Melvin L. Meling
Jan 6, 2012
Melvin L. Meling of Batavia, IL, passed away Friday, January 6, in St. Petersburg, Florida. He had been diagnosed with brain cancer in March 2011. He was born July 25, 1929, in Rochelle, Illinois, to Oscar and Mary Meling. He graduated from Rochelle Township High School in 1948, and received a football scholarship to attend Iowa State University where he...
Roy Lawson
Jan 4, 2012
Roy "Coon Hunter" O. Lawson, age 66, passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday, January 4, 2012 at his home. He was born on January 1, 1946 in Russellville, AL, the son of Rufus O. and Katie Lovett Lawson. Roy married Alpha "Liz" Guffey on July 21, 1978 in Rockford, IL. He worked as a truck driver for MFCH, Inc. Preceded in...
