George P. Fusco
Mar 13, 2012
George Fusco, 88, of Freeport, died Tuesday March 13, 2012, in his home with family by his side. George was born on April 7, 1923, in Freeport, the son of Angelo and Pauline (Modica) Fusco. George was a 1940 graduate of Freeport High School. Afterward, he worked at Micro Switch but left to join the Navy and served from...
Sam Bankston, Jr
Mar 12, 2012
Sam Bankston, Jr., 78 of Brown Deer, Wisconsin and former Freeport resident died Monday in his home. Sam was born on November 27, 1938 in Charleston, Mississippi the son of Sam and Toni (Sanders) Bankston Sr. Same served on the Deacon Board of Faith Temple Church of God in Christ for 28 years. Sam also worked at Kelly Springfield...
William K. Dickman Sr.
Mar 9, 2012
William K. Dickman, Sr., 89 of Freeport died Friday in his home surrounded by his family. He was born September 2, 1922 in Freeport, the son of William C. and Harriet 'Ruth' ( Cramer) Dickman. He married Esther Heilman on July 7, 1945 in Freeport. Mr. Dickman was a WW II Army veteran and was the first WW II...
Gladys C. Beldt
Mar 8, 2012
Gladys C. Beldt, 93, of Freeport died Thursday in Parkview Home. She was born May 28, 1918 in Freeport the daughter of Clarence A. and Florence (Tumms) Rust. After the death of her mother she was raised by her stepmother Lillian Rust. On June 19, 1941 Gladys married Raymond E. Beldt in Freeport. He died October 2, 1983. Mrs....
Melvin R. Penning
Mar 8, 2012
Melvin R. 'Rex' Penning, 93, of Forreston, died Thursday, March 8, 2012 at Illinois Veterans Home, LaSalle, Illinois. He was born December 2, 1918 near Forreston, Illinois the son of George and Johannah (Groenwold) Penning. Mr. Penning was a World War II Army Air Corps Veteran. He was employed by Commonwealth Edison and later worked as a self employed...
Hazel M Plager
Mar 6, 2012
Hazel M. Plager, 97, of Freeport, died, Tuesday, March 06, 2012 at Provena St. Joseph Nursing Center. Hazel was born December 16, 1914 in Shannon, Illinois the daughter of Frederick and Anna (Bremmer) Brinkmeier. On September 4, 1936 Hazel married Ira. R. Plager at First United Methodist Church in Pearl City, Illinois. Ira passed away on January 9, 1986....
Lyle Mcginnis
Mar 6, 2012
Lyle M. McGinnis, 75, of Dixon, died Tuesday, March 6, 2012 in his home. He was born on September 10, 1936 in Kankakee, IL., the son of Maurice and Edna Ann (Piper) McGinnis. Lyle worked as a fire claims adjuster for State Farm for 35 years. He married Vicki Meyers on November 19, 1982 at the Church By The...
Louise W. Grove
Mar 5, 2012
Louise W. Grove, 89, of Freeport died Monday at Alpine Fireside Health Center, Rockford. She was born August 1, 1922 in Rockford, Illinois the daughter of Paul and Maggie (Smith) LaTour. On May 26, 1946 she married Henry M. Grove in Freeport, Illinois. He died August 15, 1994. Mrs. Grove was a World War II veteran, serving as First...
Edmund Suess
Mar 5, 2012
Edmund Suess, 91, of Freeport, died Monday March 5, 2012 at St. Joseph Provena Center. Edmund was born on March 24, 1920 in Scotland, South Dakota, the son of George & Magdelina (Heihn) Suess. Edmund marred Irene Dorothy Reints on June 30, 1941. She passed June 2, 2011. Ed came to Illinois in 1939. He served for the U.S....
Margaret Krogull
Mar 4, 2012
Margaret Krogull, 88, of Freeport, died Sunday March 4, 2012 at St. Joseph Provena Center. Margaret was born on February 16, 1924 in Freeport the daughter of James and Margaret (Luecke) O'™Connor. Margaret married Martin Krogull on October 27, 1947 in Freeport. Martin died on September 9, 2007. Margaret 'Ma' was in charge of the cafeteria at Aquin High...
Catherine "Kitty" Senn
Mar 2, 2012
Catherine 'Kitty' Senn, 88, of Freeport, died Friday, March 2, 2012 at FHN Memorial Hospital. She was born December 28, 1923 in Wauchula, Florida the daughter of John Treavor and Ruby Mae (Adams) Carlton. On December 18, 1943 Kitty married DeForest L. Senn in Moultrie, Georgia. He died on March 25, 1999. She was a member of the First...
Susan Chung M.D.
Mar 2, 2012
Susan Chung, MD, 75, of Freeport, passed away Friday March 2, 2012 at St. Joseph Provena Center in Freeport. Dr. Chung was born in Kyung Nam, South Korea, on December 11, 1936, daughter of Moon Kyung Choi and Lee Kyung Hi. She spent her early childhood in Korea and attended high school in Tokyo, Japan. Arriving as a scholarship...
James Baxter
Feb 29, 2012
James Baxter, 78, of Freeport, died Wednesday, February 29, 2012 at the Polo Rehabilitation Center. James was born on November 5, 1933 in DeKalb, IL the son of Charles and Gladys (McQueen) Baxter. On January 25, 1955 James married Margaret H. Woodward in Freeport. Margaret passed away on August 2, 2007. James was a U.S. Army Veteran serving from...
Erma F. Derr
Feb 24, 2012
Erma F. Derr, 73, of Freeport, died Friday February 24, 2012 in Beloit, Wisconsin. Erma was born on December 5, 1938 in Darlington, WI, the daughter of Eugene and Mildred (Paynter) Cullen. Erma married Eldon Derr on March 15, 1965 in Darlington, WI; Eldon died on November 24, 1975. Erma was a longtime employee of Micro Switch-Honeywell before retiring...
Joffre A Banderet
Feb 21, 2012
Joffre A. Banderet, 94, of Freeport, died Tuesday, February 21, 2012 at the Stephenson Nursing Center. Joffre was born on August 27, 1917 in Straubville, North Dakota the son of Louis and Louise (Cochet) Banderet. Joffre served for the Army Air Forces in World War II in the Pacific Theatre. On January 18, 1964 Joffre married Betty J. Heilman...
Nancy Mcneive
Feb 18, 2012
Nancy Elisabeth McNeive passed away peacefully on Saturday, February 18, in Freeport, Il., after a brief illness. Born on July 2, 1940 in Minneapolis, MN to Edward C. and Elisabeth (Heeter) Vorlander, she attended Central High School in London, England before attending Macalester College in St. Paul, MN. Nancy moved to Freeport in 1961 and was employed at Economy...
Kirtland Lamb
Feb 18, 2012
Kirtland E. Lamb, 85, of Lanark passed away Saturday, February 18, 2012 at Northwestern Memorial Hospital , Chicago, Illinois from complications of a brain aneurysm. He was born November 27, 1926 in Cordova, Illinois, the son of Ora C. and Gertrude (Tucker) Lamb. He was educated in the Williams School in Cordova. He moved to Shannon, Illinois with his...
Alice Druscilla Cuplin
Feb 16, 2012
Alice Druscilla Cuplin, 88, of Freeport died Thursday in Stephenson Nursing Center. She was born May 14, 1923 in Freeport, the daughter of Theodore and Iva (Lower) Bunnell. She married Paul O. Cuplin on April 4, 1942 in Freeport. He died July 30, 1992. Mrs. Cuplin attended First Baptist Church. She enjoyed Knitting and sewing and enjoyed being with...
Cecil Adams
Feb 14, 2012
Cecil Carl Adams, 90 of Freeport, went to rest on Tuesday, February 14,2012 at Freeport Memorial Hospital. He was born on October 15, 1921 in Lena, the son of the late Charles Herbert Adams and Mamie Sybilla Phillips. Beloved husband of 70 years of Mary Margaret Blum. He was a U.S. Army Veteran having served in WWII in Europe....
Herman Hummel
Feb 13, 2012
Herman O. Hummel, 89, of Orangeville passed away Monday, February 13, 2012 at home. He was born October 1, 1922 in Spooner, WI. to Kaspar and Mary Hummel. On May 9, 1949 he married Mary E. DePolis. Herman served in the Navy from 1942 through 1945 on the battleship USS Nevada, seeing action including the Normandy Invasion and the...
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