Mary M. Maxam
Sep 14, 2008
Mary M. Maxam, 86, of Rockford, died Sunday, September 14, 2008 in O.S.F. St. Anthony Medical Center following a short illness. She was born July 9, 1922 in Corona, California, the daughter of Jesse and Bertha (Naylor) Nowels. She and her husband had been longtime residents of Rockford but retired to Cape Coral, Fl. Mary married Melvin Maxam on...
Everett William "Ozzie" Nelson
Sep 12, 2008
Everett William "Ozzie" Nelson, 88, of Westlake Village, CA, formerly of Belvidere, died Friday, September 12, 2008, at home surrounded by his family. He was born in Boone County, IL, on April 4, 1920, the son of Oscar William and Alma Emelia Kjell Nelson. Ozzie graduated with the class of 1938 from Belvidere High School. On November 24, 1946,...
Thomas Alan Grotemeyer
Aug 28, 2008
Thomas Alan Grotemeyer, 50, formerly of Olympia Fields, IL, died suddenly at 6:02 PM Thursday, August 28, 2008, in his Capron, IL, home. He was born in Chicago Heights, IL, on July 25, 1958, the son of Richard and Carol Ekstrom Grotemeyer. He married Madelyn Paige Mayberry in Lincoln, IL, on May 17, 1986; she died July 16, 2004....
Lloyd U. Crull
Aug 28, 2008
Lloyd U. CrullPoplar Grove, IllinoisLloyd U. Crull, 88, of Poplar Grove, died Thursday, August 28, 2008 in Rockford Memorial Hospital following a short illness. He was born August 9, 1920 in Byron, Illinois, the son of Urban and Edna (Grady) Crull. He was married to Florence Jeffers in the Jefferson Prairie Lutheran Church on April 9, 1943. He was...
Stephen L. "Jake" Jacobson
Aug 26, 2008
Stephen L. "Jake" Jacobson, 53, of Machesney Park, Ill, died Tuesday, August 26, 2008 in his home following a courageous battle with cancer. He was born September 19, 1954 in Harvard, Ill., the son of John and Lois (Higgs) Jacobson. He and his siblings were raised by three sets of foster parents, Vera and Clyde Postlewaite, Emma and Clyde...
Raymond P.E. Rednour
Aug 20, 2008
Belvidere, ILRaymond P.E. "Ray-Ray" Rednour, 5, of Belvidere, IL died Wednesday afternoon, August 20, 2008 in his home surrounded by his loving and caring family. Ray-Ray bravely fought cancer the past two and a half years with great resolve and strength. Ray-Ray was born on April 22, 2003 the son of Alex and Vanessa (Isham) Rednour in Rockford. He...
Olen Eugene "Gene" Brown
Aug 20, 2008
Olen Eugene "Gene" Brown, 81, of Capron, passed away at 2:35 P.M. on Wednesday, August 20, 2008, in Wesley Willows surrounded by his family. He was born April 3, 1927, in Prichett, CO, the son of Richard and Juanita (Bridwell) Brown. Gene married Lorraine Carney of Pana, IL, on August 21, 1950. He was a Navy veteran of WW...
Donald M. Carlson
Aug 19, 2008
Donald M. Carlson, 86, of Belvidere, died at 12:45 P.M. Tuesday, August 19, 2008, in Maple Crest Care Center following a brief illness. Don was born in Chemung on February 28, 1922, the son of Sven Otto and Ellen Elvera Hallen Carlson. A graduate of Capron High School, he married Viva Mae Johnson on April 8, 1947, in Harvard....
William P. Mcconnell
Aug 15, 2008
Rockford, IllinoisWilliam P. "Pat" McConnell, 61, of Rockford, IL died Friday afternoon, August 15, 2008 in Northwoods Care Center in Belvidere after an eight month illness. Pat was born June 9, 1947 in Noble, Arkansas the son of John P. and Goldie (Ricker) McConnell. He worked for Chrysler Corp and the for Stanley Structural Design in Muscatine, IA before...
Leroy E.W. Hammond
Aug 14, 2008
LeRoy E. W. Hammond, 80, of Belvidere, died at 7:46 A.M. Thursday, August 14, 2008, in the emergency room of OSF St. Anthony Medical Center following a sudden illness. LeRoy was born in Belvidere on October 20, 1927, the son of Glyndon D. and Emma C. Humbracht Hammond. On November 1, 1948, he married Margaret Louise Stroup in Belvidere;...