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Local Obituaries for Congdon in Zion, Illinois
Beatrice Anderson
May 23, 2014
Beatrice J. Anderson, 94, Ingleside, Ill. died Friday, May 23, 2014, at Lexington Lake Zurich Health Care Center, following a long battle with Alzheimer's disease. She was born Feb.29, 1920 in Haleyville, Ala. Survivors include her sons Lonnie Anderson of Lake Placid, Fla.; Carl (Vickey) Anderson of Citrus Springs, Fla. and Patsy (John) Anderson Hilditch of Sierra Vista, Ariz. She...
Karol Brandt
May 21, 2014
Karol Brandt, age 67 went to be with her Lord on May 21, 2014. She was a lifetime resident of Lake County, IL. living most of her life in Zion. Karol graduated from Zion-Benton Township High School in 1964. Karol attended the College of Lake County to obtain an Associate of Science degree. She then attended Northeastern Illinois University and...
Kenneth Fuhrman
May 18, 2014
Kenneth W. "Ken" Fuhrman, 81, of Winthrop Harbor, IL, died on Sunday, May 18, 2014, at Hospice Alliance, Pleasant Prairie, WI. Ken was born June 8, 1932, in Fort Wayne. He worked as a pilot for United Technology Corporation and Essex Wire Corporation, both in Ft. Wayne, IN, and retired as Director of Aviation for Baxter Health Care Corporation in...
Virginia Benson
May 18, 2014
Virginia L. Benson, 73, of Paddock Lake, WI died on Sunday, May 18, 2014 at home following a long illness. She was born August 2, 1940 in Winthrop Harbor, IL. She traveled around living in various places including the Zion area and has lived in Paddock Lake since 2007 after moving there from Neosho, MO. Survivors include her sons Donald...
Theresa Moore
May 14, 2014
Theresa Ruth Moore, 87, of Pope, MS and formerly of Beach Park, IL died May 14, 2014 in Batesville, MS. She was born December 23, 1926 in Fulton, MS and came to Zion in 1961. She was a member of Fellowship Baptist Church in Kenosha, WI. She retired in 1987 after 19 years at Dynapar Corp. in Gurnee, IL. Theresa...
Mary Lokay
May 14, 2014
Mary J. Lokay, 89, of Beach Park, IL died on Wednesday, May 14, 2014 at home. She was born August 31, 1924 in Chicago, IL. She met her future husband Joseph while working in an instrument factory in Chicago after WWII. They married on April 29, 1950 and she devoted her life to being a wife, mother, and grandmother. She...
John Scheve
May 14, 2014
John Ralph Scheve, 92, of Kenosha, WI and formerly of Waukegan, IL passed away May 14, 2014 with his family at his side. John, known as Ralph to many of his friends, was born April 12, 1922 in Zion, IL. He graduated from Waukegan Township High School in 1940, and was a member of the 50th class reunion committee in...
Christopher Bailey
May 14, 2014
Christopher "Pierre" Bailey, 40, of Winthrop Harbor, IL and formerly of Leighton, AL, died May 14, 2014 at home surrounded by his loving family. Pierre was born May 7, 1974 in Colbert County, AL and graduated from Colbert County High School Class of 1993. He accepted Christ at an early age and joined Hopewell CPCA, Leighton, AL. He has lived...
Robert Bennett
May 12, 2014
Robert E. "Bob" Bennett, 81, of Winthrop Harbor, IL, passed away on May 12, 2014, at Vista Medical Center East, Waukegan, IL. He was born April 2, 1933, in Kenosha, WI, and graduated from Zion-Benton Township High School in 1951. Bob was former owner/operator of Bennett's Marathon Service Station in Winthrop Harbor. He served with the United States Army and...
Sara McKay
May 12, 2014
Sara Allyson "Cookie" McKay, 56, of Waukegan, IL died on May 12, 2014. She was born August 17, 1957 in Belfast, Northern Ireland and immigrated to the United States in November of 1957 with her family. She graduated from Waukegan Township High School, East Campus, in 1975 where she excelled in sports, mainly softball where she was MVP of her...
Carrie Lee
May 12, 2014
Carrie D. Lee, 55, of Zion, IL, died on Monday, May 12, 2014 at Vista Medical Center East, Waukegan, IL. She was born December 4, 1958, in Brevard County, FL. Carrie was a talented artist and loved to cook for people. She loved her children dearly and would do anything for anyone. She would often reminisce fondly on her time...
Vernon Hadaway
May 9, 2014
Vernon Hadaway, 86, of Zion, IL died on Friday, May 9, 2014 at home. He was born December 18, 1927 in Smithville, MS and came to Zion in the mid 50's while serving in the Army. He retired from the Army in 1969 after 21 years of highly decorated service in various places including the Korean Conflict. Vernon was a...
Clifford Odell
May 4, 2014
Clifford A. "Cliff" Odell, 71, of Zion, IL,, passed away suddenly on May 4, 2014, at Vista Medical Center East, Waukegan, IL. Cliff was born March 11, 1943, in Southampton, New York, and graduated from Southampton High School in 1961. He married Nan Kronick on September 21, 1984, in Zion. Cliff served with the United States Navy for 8 years...
Elaine Wenzel
May 4, 2014
Elaine M. Wenzel, nee Papageorge, 80, of Waukegan, Illinois went into the arms of her Heavenly Father on May 4, 2014. She was born on March 23, 1934 in Lake County, Illinois where she remained a lifelong resident. Her Catholic upbringing began at Holy Family Church in North Chicago, where she received the Lord and later married her husband of...
Gertrude Hanson
May 4, 2014
Gertrude Arlene Hanson, age 88, of Pleasant Prairie, WI, passed away on Sunday, May 4, 2014. Gertrude was born on the family farm June 14, 1925, to the late Hanford and Lily (Iverson) Sparks near Tomahawk, WI. She grew up there and graduated from Tomahawk High School in 1943. Gertrude married Francis O. Hanson on November 22, 1951, and lived...
Walter Maki
Apr 26, 2014
Walter Maki of Beach Park IL. age 95, passed away Saturday, April 26, 2014. He was born in Rock, MI on April 18, 1919 to Hemming and Liisa (Hakalahti) Maki. He left Michigan's upper peninsula shortly after the great depression and worked in Detroit where he studied auto body repair. He then moved to the Waukegan area and married the...
Donna Hull
Apr 25, 2014
Donna M. Hull, 82, of Waukegan, IL, passed away on Friday, April 25, 2014. at Rolling Hills Manor, Zion, IL. She was born June 5, 1931, in Winthrop Harbor, IL, and graduated from Waukegan Township High School on June 10, 1949. Donna married her late husband of 58 years, George, on September 5, 1953. Although mostly a homemaker, she did...
Ronald Binning
Apr 24, 2014
Ronald Lee Binning, 77, of Waukegan, IL died on Thursday, April 24, 2014 at home following a courageous 3 year battle with pancreatic cancer. He was born November 13, 1936 in Fond du Lac, WI and moved to Waukegan at the age of 5. He worked as a printer all his life and retired from a family owned business, Binning's...
Ruth Ahonen-Hakala
Apr 23, 2014
Ruth E. Ahonen-Hakala (nee Hautala), 98, of Waukegan, IL passed away peacefully on April 23, 2014 at Terrace Nursing Home in Waukegan. She was born April 20, 1916 in Erwin Township, MI to the late Andrew and Anna Hautala. Ruth is survived by one sister Anna Hill; son Rudolph (Mary Jo) Ahonen; daughter Arlene (and the late Warren) Huhta; step-children...
Martha Huff
Apr 22, 2014
Martha L. Huff, 86, of Beach Park, IL died April, 22, 2014 at Rolling Hills Manor in Zion, IL. Martha was born March 15, 1928 in Goreville, IL, then moved to Beach Park, where she became a long time resident. She is survived by a daughter, Beverly Alvstad of Beach Park, IL; two grandchildren, Steven and Michael Kluba; and two...
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