Neva Mae Babcock
Dec 30, 2008
Neva Mae Babcock, 67, of Garden Prairie, Illinois, died Tuesday, December 30, 2008 in her home following complications from Progressive Supranuclear Palsy. Born April 25, 1941 in Belvidere, the daughter of Merritt H. and Helen M. (Swezey) Watkins. Married to Oscar Hauser, they later divorced. She then married Richard B. Babcock in Rockford on August 11, 1978. She was...
Dorothy O. Fischer
Dec 29, 2008
Dorothy O. Fischer, 86, of Belvidere, died Monday, December 29, 2008 in Northwoods Care Center following a sudden illness. Born December 20, 1922 in Chicago, Illinois; the daughter of William and Margaret (Steffen) Peters. She was married to John Fred Fischer in Chicago, Illinois, on May 17, 1941. Employed as an Emergency Room Clerk for Elmhurst Hospital for 18...
Terry K. Osterberg
Dec 29, 2008
Garden Prairie, IllinoisTerry K. "Gomer" Osterberg, 58, of Garden Prairie, IL died at 5:11 p.m. Monday, December 29, 2008 at O.S.F. St. Anthony Medical Center surrounded by his loving family. Born October 20, 1950 in Belvidere, the son of Kenneth and Shirley (Koplin) Osterberg. Terry graduated from Belvidere High School, Class of 1969. Terry was a member of Garden...
Laverne M. Raczkowski
Dec 29, 2008
Laverne M. Raczkowski, 80 of Belvidere formerly of Streamwood, Ill. died Monday, December 29, 2008 in O.S.F. St. Anthony Medical Center following a long illness. She was born September 28, 1928 in Chicago, the daughter of Louis and Lena (Brandt) Lissy. Laverne married Walter Raczkowski in Chicago. He preceded her in death. She was a retail clerk for the...
Peggy Lee Baylander
Dec 29, 2008
Surrounded by her loving family, Peggy Lee Baylander, 55, of Rockford, formerly of Belvidere, died at 11:30 A.M. Monday, December 29, 2008, in her home following a two month illness. Peggy was born April 17, 1953, in Sandwich, IL, the daughter of Robert and Betty Rodgers Halterman. On August 8, 1987, she married Wesley R. Baylander in Belvidere. Before...
Helen E. Kjos
Dec 26, 2008
Helen E. Kjos, 79, of Belvidere, died at 7:18 P.M. Friday, December 26, 2008, in OSF St. Anthony Medical Center. She was born January 6, 1929, in Belvidere, the daughter of Albert and Hazel Robbins Footh. On September 29, 1951, Helen married Clifford H. Kjos in Belvidere. A 1947 graduate of Belvidere High School, she was a member of...
William H. Wilkes
Dec 21, 2008
William H. Wilkes, 78, of Belvidere, died Sunday, December 21, 2008 in his home following a lengthy illness. Born September 11, 1930 in Dixon, Ill; the son of Harry and Ruth (Elhert) Wilkes. He married Eileen E. Blackledge in Harvard, Ill. on April 3, 1952. He was employed as a professional Truck Driver for many years retiring in 1992....
George O. Muck
Dec 21, 2008
George O. Muck, 101, of Belvidere, died Sunday, December 21, 2008 in Maple Crest Care Center following a sudden illness. Born December 7, 1907 in Carrigan Twp., Maroin Co., Illinois, the son of Henry and Mary Silva (McHaney) Muck. George has resided in Belvidere for the past 8 years, coming here from Mountain Home, Ark. He was married to...
Donald F. Smith
Dec 19, 2008
Belvidere, IllinoisDonald F. Smith, 79, of Belvidere, Illinois died Friday, December 19, 2008 in Blake Hospital, Bradenton, FL after a sudden illness. Don was born July 3, 1929 in Belvidere, the son of Earl and Marguerite (Blundusky) Smith. He married Betty Barr on July 14, 1949 in Belvidere. Don worked 35 years for Barber-Coleman as an electrical engineer. He...
Violet M. Alexander
Dec 19, 2008
Violet M. Alexander, 79, of Poplar Grove, Ill. died Friday, December 19, 2008 in O.S.F. St. Anthony Medical Center following a sudden illness. Born November 15, 1929 in Detroit, MI, the daughter of Harley C. and Isabell (Savage) Christy. She married Claude E. Alexander in Henderson, KY on February 26, 1949. Violet worked as a machine operator for Warner-Lambert...