Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Congdon in Zion, Illinois
Dorothy Oglesby
December 19, 2012
Dorothy Ruth Oglesby, 89, of Waukegan, IL died on Wednesday, December 19, 2012 in Kenosha, WI. She was born December 1, 1923 in Chicago. Dorothy was a member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church of Waukegan were she taught Sunday School for many years. She retired from Abbott Laboratories and she was a volunteer at Victory Memorial Hospital (now Vista East...
Scott Schneider
December 17, 2012
Scott Walter Schneider, 55 of Kennerdell, PA and formerly of Beach Park, IL., died on Monday, December 17, 2012 in Costa Rica due to an accidental drowning. Scott was born on November 22, 1957 in Waukegan, IL. He was a graduate of Carmel High School and Northern Illinois University. He moved to Pennsylvania in 1987 and joined Advanced Monobloc Corporation...
Catherine Gourley
December 15, 2012
Catherine A. Gourley (nee, Pempek), 93, of Zion, IL, died on Saturday, December 15, 2012, at the Westmoreland Nursing Center, Lake Forest, IL. Catherine was born November 25, 1919, in Oxley, MO. She married her late husband, William T. Gourley on August 1, 1942, in New London, CT. Her main life's vocation was as a Registered Nurse. Catherine was a...
Nancy Martinez
December 14, 2012
Nancy Katherine Martinez, 76, of Zion, died December 14, 2012 Nancy was born March 9, 1936 in Chicago and was raised in Fox Lake. Nancy retired from Jewel Food Stores after 27 years, having served for 13 years as President of her Local Union. She was also a waitress at Café Oceana and the Full Moon restaurant until the age...
Thomas Ring
December 14, 2012
Thomas I. Ring, 68, of Zion, IL died peacefully on Friday, December 14, 2012 at his home. He was born October 19, 1944 in Chicago, IL, was raised in Franklin Park where he graduated from Leyden West High School in 1962. Thomas then entered the United States Air Force and served honorably for four years. He worked as a salesman...
Gayle Snyder
December 13, 2012
Gayle Harlan Snyder Jr., 68, of Winfield KS, died December 13, 2012, with his dear friend Marilyn by his side. Gayle was born October 5, 1944 in Waukegan, IL. He was a resident of many Lake County communities until his relocation to Kansas. He attended schools in North Chicago, IL. Gayle was in the U.S. Marine Corps, and served in...
Pamela Grahn
December 12, 2012
Pamela A. "Pam" Grahn, 51, of Zion, IL, passed away on Wednesday, December 12, 2012, at Highland Park Hospital, Highland Park, IL. Pam was born September 16, 1961, and married James Grahn on May 19, 1984, in Park City, IL. After being a stay at home mother with her children, she worked for INS Application Support Center in Waukegan, before...
Virginia Blomquist
December 8, 2012
Virginia Ruth Blomquist (nee Olson), 86, of Waukegan, passed away December 8, 2012. Born on January 13, 1926, in Moline, Ill., she graduated from Lutheran Hospital in Moline and served as a U.S. Army Cadet Nurse. She married Rev. Willard C. Blomquist, a Lutheran pastor, on August 27, 1949, in Cambridge, Ill., and served with him at parishes in Bemidji,...
LaVonne Birky
December 6, 2012
LaVonne R. "Bonnie" Birky, 93, of Pompano Beach, FL, and formerly of Beach Park, IL, went to be with the Lord on December 6, 2012, in Pompano Beach. Interment took place next to her late husband, Harold, in Florida. Bonnie was born March 21, 1919, in Zion, IL, and married Harold Birky on September 1, 1938. She formerly worked as...
Barbara Gruber
December 4, 2012
Barbara E. Gruber, age 72, of Gurnee, IL, and formerly of Waukegan, IL, passed away on Tuesday, December 4, 2012, at home surrounded by loved ones. Barbara was born September 23, 1940, in Chicago, IL. She graduated from Central High School in Paddock Lake, WI. Barbara married her late husband, Herbert W. Gruber on January 24, 1959. She retired in...
Sharon Workman
December 4, 2012
Sharon L. Workman, age 58, of Zion, IL, died on Tuesday, December 4, 2012, at Midwestern Regional Medical Center, Zion, following a long illness. Sharon was born July 16, 1954, in Waukegan, Illinois, and was a 1972 graduate of Zion-Benton Township High School. She then attended the College of Lake County where she obtained certification to become a Licensed Practical...
Debra Haas
December 1, 2012
Debra M. Haas, 56, of Peoria, IL, formerly of Zion, IL, died on December 1, 2012 at Belwood Nursing Home in Peoria, IL. Debra was born June 12, 1956 in Kenosha, WI and lived in Zion until moving to Rockford and Peoria. While in Zion, she attended Grace Missionary Church. Survivors include her son Patrick Miller of Chicago, IL; one...
Hermina Chmielecki
November 30, 2012
Hermina "Minnie" Chmielecki, 90, of Zion, formerly of Chicago, died on Friday, November 30, 2012 at Terrace Nursing Home in Waukegan. She was born September 24, 1922 in Chicago and lived in Chicago most of her life, moving to Zion 17 years ago. Survivors include her daughters Fran (Wayne) Brenden of Beach Park, IL and Theresa Mendoza of Zion, IL;...
Charlie Houston
November 30, 2012
Charlie "Red" Houston, 87, of Zion, IL died on Friday, November 30, 2012 unexpectedly at home. He was born September 10, 1925 in Marietta, MS. He moved to Kenosha in 1950 and to Zion in 1967 when he married Phyllis Graham of Zion. She preceded him in death in 2006 after 38 years of marriage. Charlie was a member of...
Donna Busick
November 25, 2012
Donna L. Busick, 68, of Beach Park, IL passed away November 25, 2012. Donna was born August 3, 1944 in Waukegan, IL, and was a graduate of Waukegan West High School. Donna married David "Corky" Busick on May 30, 1993. She worked for National Gypsum for 32 years until her retirement in 2011, and was a member of the Zion-Benton...
Kaye Wilbanks
November 23, 2012
Kaye Darline Wilbanks, 72, of Kissimmee, FL and formerly of Zion, IL, passed away at her home on Friday, November 23, 2012. She was born October 1, 1940 in Chicago IL to Christine (Gilbert) Karnes and Robert G. Karnes.She worked for many years as a waitress in the Zion and Waukegan area. She was last employed at Starlight Restaurant in...
Bill Savage
November 22, 2012
Bill L. Savage, 77, of Beach Park, IL, died on Thursday, November 22, 2012, at home. Bill was born in Waukegan, IL, and was a lifetime resident of Lake County, IL. He graduated from a one room school house, Lone Oak School in Zion and Zion Benton Township High School in 1952. Bill married Catherine Cameron on October 29, 1955...
Phil Varner
November 22, 2012
Phil A. Varner, 59, of Winthrop Harbor passed away suddenly on November 22, 2012. Phil was born September 8, 1953 in Keokuk, Iowa. He married Sue McLaughlin on May 26, 1976 in Waukegan. He had worked in construction and for West Vaco in Kenosha, WI. Phil enjoyed going to the scooter club meetings at Hot Dog Harbor in Winthrop Harbor...
Allen Maki
November 21, 2012
Allen W. "Al" Maki, 56, of Zion, IL, and Marquette, MI, died on Wednesday, November 21, 2012, at his home in Zion. Al was born February 3, 1956, in Waukegan, IL, and graduated from Zion-Benton Township High School in 1974. He worked as a Journeyman Machine Repairman for various firms. Al loved the outdoors, especially motorcycling and snowmobiling. Survivors include...
James Petty
November 19, 2012
James W. "Jim" Petty, 71, died Monday, November 19, 2012 at his home in Winthrop Harbor, IL, with his wife and care giver at his side. Jim was born August 27, 1941 in Red Bay, AL and a graduate of ZBTHS in 1960. He retired from teamsters Local 301/705 in August 2003. He had worked at City of Zion Landfill,...
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