Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Congdon in Zion, Illinois
Phil Theel
December 28, 2015
Phil Theel, 36, of Zion, IL died on December 28, 2015 at his home. Phil was born December 29, 1978 in Portsmouth, VA. He graduated from Zion Benton Township High School. He married Christina Zanghi on August 4, 2006. He was a member of BSA Troop 63, United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, and was a member of...
Valerie J. Conn
December 27, 2015
Valerie J. Conn (nee Robinson), 82, of Beach Park, IL died surrounded by her family December 27, 2015 at Condell Medical Center in Libertyville, IL Valerie was born August 2, 1933 in Zion, IL. She graduated from Waukegan East High School and worked for many years at Victory Hospital. She enjoyed watching NASCAR, going to the casino and fishing. She...
Joan Patricia Thompson
December 24, 2015
Joan Patricia Thompson, 83, of Zion, IL died December 24, 2015 at home with her family by her side. Pat was born June 7, 1932 in Chicago, IL. She graduated from Amundsen High School in Chicago, and attended Northern Illinois University where she was part of the Kappa Delta sorority. Pat married LeRoy Thompson in 1954. She was a former...
Gerald J. Litewski
December 23, 2015
Gerald J. Litewski, 85, of Zion, IL died on Wednesday, December 23, 2015 at home surrounded by family. He was born September 10, 1930 in Chicago, IL and moved to Kenosha, WI in 1943. On August 8, 1953 he married Barbara Bennett at North Prairie United Methodist Church, and was a member of the Church. Gerald retired in 1995 after...
Christine M. Stockton
December 20, 2015
Christine M. Stockton, 79, of Gurnee, IL, formerly of Beach Park and Waukegan, died on Sunday, December 20, 2015, at Vista Medical Center East in Waukegan, IL. Christine was born October 11, 1936, in Chicago, IL, and moved to Waukegan in 1976. She was a member of Our Lady of Humility Church in Beach Park. Christine ran a foster care...
Denise Carol Hawkins
December 20, 2015
Denise Carol Hawkins, 62, of Beach Park, IL departed this life on Sunday, December 20, 2015 at Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge, IL with her family at her side. Denise was born in Gary, Indiana on October 7, 1953 to the union of Percy and Margaret Smith. She was a member of God’s Temple Church of God in Christ...
Esther J. Crider
December 18, 2015
Esther J. Crider, 92, of Zion, Il, went to be with the Lord Jesus on Friday, December 18, 2015, at the Aurora Health Care Center in Kenosha, WI. She was born in 1923 in Zion, and married Bryan J. Crider in September of 1945. Esther was a member of Christ Community Church in Zion and had been formerly employed by...
Robert Gornik
December 18, 2015
Robert "Bob" Gornik, 62, born November 23, 1953, in Waukegan, IL, passed away peacefully and joined our Lord on Friday, December 18, 2015. He was a loving husband, father, brother, grandfather, and friend who embraced his family and life with great enthusiasm and laughter. Family, faith, and friends were everything to him. Bob was a member of the Teamster's Local...
Ruth Joan Cole
December 17, 2015
Ruth Joan Cole, 84, of Zion, IL died on Thursday, December 17, 2015 at her home. She was born June 11, 1931 in Chicago and moved to Zion in 1971. Ruth retired in 2011 after 30 plus years at C.T.C.A. in Zion. She was a member of Zion-Benton Women of the Moose. Ruth was an avid seamstress, enjoyed playing the...
Anna Louise Serdar Lehman
December 17, 2015
Anna Louise Serdar Lehman (nee Kerttu), 74, of Winthrop Harbor, IL died on December 17, 2015 at Vista Medical Center East in Waukegan, IL. Anna was born November 1, 1941 and was raised in Baltic, MI. She was married to Frank Serdar until his death in 1978, then married Arthur Lehman on October 14, 1989 in Waukegan. Anna retired from...
Ruth Joanne Appenzeller
December 17, 2015
Ruth Joanne Appenzeller, 82, went peacefully to be with Jesus her Lord and Savior on Thursday, December 17, 2015 at Rolling Hills Manor in Zion. Ruth, known as Joanne, was born to John and Alice (Hassett) Appenzeller on June 16, 1933. She lived in Zion all her life except when attending school in New York. She graduated from Zion Benton...
Charles Paxton
December 17, 2015
Charles “Chuck” Paxton passed away on Thursday, December 17, 2015, at Hospice Alliance in Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin. He was 88 years old. A life-long resident of Zion, he was born on April 1, 1927, in Zion, IL, to Earl and Edna Paxton. He attended Zion-Benton Township High School. He served in the Big Red One in Germany during the Korean...
Margaret Pignaloni
December 16, 2015
Margaret “Maggie” Pignaloni (nee Grom), 93, of Zion, IL, formerly of Waukegan, died on Wednesday, December 16, 2015 at Vista Medical Center East in Waukegan. Maggie was a former member of Mother of God Parish in Waukegan and currently belonged to St. Dismas Parish. She retired from St. Therese Medical Center, Medical Records. She was a lifelong member of KSKJ...
Vivian Helen Fiedler
December 14, 2015
Vivian Helen Fiedler, 88, of Winthrop Harbor, IL, entered into the arms of the Lord on Monday, December 14, 2015, at Rolling Hills Manor in Zion, IL. She was born December 21, 1926, in Waukegan and spent her early years there until she married the love of her life, Donald, at age 18, and moving to Zion, IL. Vivian was...
Vicente G. Gargantos
December 13, 2015
Vicente G. Gargantos, 74, of Zion, IL, formerly of Waukegan, died on Sunday, December 13, 2015, at Vista Medical Center East in Waukegan, IL. Vicente was born March 14, 1941, in Iloilo, Philippines, and graduated from San Agustin University with a degree in Chemical Engineering. He married Fe Dimatulac in June of 2000 in the Philippines. Vicente was formerly employed...
Marie E. Hacker
December 12, 2015
Marie E. (Salica) Hacker, 89, passed away Saturday, December 12, 2015 at Aurora Medical Center in Kenosha. During her short illness she was continually surrounded by her loving family. Marie was born February 17, 1926 in Kenosha to Joseph and Olga (Klemm) Salica. She graduated from Mary D. Bradford High School in Kenosha in 1944 then went to work in...
Donald DeGraw
December 11, 2015
Donald Gerald DeGraw, 85, of Zion, Illinois went home to be with the Lord on Friday, December 11, 2015. His wife Jeanne, children Daryl (Lisa), Jeanne (Ken), Jan (Mark), 11 grandchildren, and 11 great-grandchildren will miss him but rejoice in his entrance into the heavenly choir. Visitation will be held on Sunday, December 13, 2015, beginning at 4:00 p.m. at...
Jane Brosier
December 8, 2015
Jane Brosier, 74, of Waukegan, IL died December 8, 2015 at Vista Medical Center East in Waukegan. Jane was born January 7, 1941 in Shelbyville, IL. She graduated from Waukegan High School. Jane owned several businesses in the Zion and Waukegan area. She also worked with the developmentally disabled people and then drove for Pace Bus for the last of...
Simone Gibson
December 8, 2015
Simone Gibson, born June 27, 1966 in Waukegan, IL passed away suddenly on December 8, 2015, from a car accident. Simone, better known to her friends and family as CeCe, Mony, or Mony Mone worked at Abbott Laboratories in North Chicago for over 20 years, she loved and respected her co-workers and her memory lives on in the hearts of...
Jimmy R. Dozier
December 8, 2015
Jimmy R. Dozier, 87, of Zion, IL, went to be with Our Lord at Aurora Hospital in Kenosha, WI during a hospital stay after surgery on December 8, 2015 surrounded by his loved ones. He was born October 24, 1928 to Nathan and Ila Dozier in Itawamba County, MS and moved to Zion in 1962. He retired in 1995 from...
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Congdon Funeral Home Cremation Service is a collection of obituaries for Zion, IL. With services throughout Illinois. Zion, Winthrop Harbor, Beach Park, Wadsworth, Waukegan, Pleasant Prairie, Kenosha communities and beyond that are updated regularly.
