Brenda Stinnett, 55, of Belvidere died Sunday March 6, 2005 at O.S.F. St. Anthony Medical Center. She was born on October 11, 1949 to Boyd and Kathleen (Carver) Effler in Townsend, TN. She is survived by her husband Lonnie of Belvidere, daughter Angela Stinnett of Belvidere, mother Kathleen Effler, brothers; Jerrel Effler, Bruce Effler, Jim (Donna) Effler, Troy (Norma)...
Edward L. Strawn, 72, of Rockford died Friday March 5, 2005 in Swedish American Hospital following a brief bout with cancer. He was born January 31, 1933 in Belvidere, IL. to Donald and Helen (Stegmann) Strawn. He graduated from East Rockford High School in 1950 and served for two years in the U.S. Army. On June 29, 1957 he...
Arlene D. McCormickArlene D. McCormick, 74, of Belvidere, died Friday Morning, March 4, 2005 in O.S. F. St. Anthony Medical Center following a lengthy illness. Born September 7, 1930 in Stoughton, Wisconsin, the daughter of Arden and Dorothy (Schlater) Hanson. Arlene has been a Belvidere resident for the past thirty years. Employed as a Licensed Practical Nurse for Highland...
Etta F. Heshelman, 84, of Belvidere passed away on Monday February 28, 2005 at O.S.F. St. Anthony Medical Center after a brief illness. She was born on May 11, 1920 to Lawrence and Minnie (Montgomery) Nease in Genoa, Il. She married Ivan Heshelman on September 26, 1939 in Belvidere. Etta was a legal secretary and a self employed tax...
Clifton L. McCoy, age 83, of Belvidere, Illinois died Sunday, February 27, 2005 in Maple Crest Nursing Home after a lingering illness. Cliff was born January 24, 1922 at home in rural Capron, Illinois. He was the son of Ira and Ruth (Kjell) McCoy. Cliff married Dorothy Olds on December 29, 1945 in Rockford at the State Street Methodist...
Eleanor Hazel Warren Witt, passed away on February 27, 2005 at Golden Years of Walworth, Wisconsin.She was born August 7, 1909, the daughter of Alvin and Anna Martha Davis Warren of Victor Township, DeKalb County, Illinois. She graduated from Somonauk Community high School as Valedictorian of the class of 1927. She attended Northwestern University where she was a member...
Pearl G. Schmidt, 104, of Poplar Grove, Illinois passed away quietly in her sleep Friday, February 18, 2005 in her home. She was born March 21, 1900 in Bridgeport, Connecticut to William and Rosena (Altofer) McLosa. Pearl married Herbert Schmidt in Chicago, Illinois on February 6, 1919. She is survived by Son, George (Helen) Schmidt, Poplar Grove; a daughter,...
Merle Allen Beard, 86 of Rockford, formerly of Poplar Grove, died at 4:45 a.m., Thursday, February 17, 2005 in Provena Cor Mariae Center following a lengthy illness.Born September 17, 1918 in Poplar Grove, Illinois. The son of Damon and Gertrude (Miller) Beard. He married Dorothy Porter in Rockford on February 14, 1937. He was employed as a Farmer, a...