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Local Obituaries for Congdon in Zion, Illinois
Gladys Boyce
Mar 12, 2011
Gladys J. Boyce (nee Chapin), 74, of Beach Park, IL, died on Saturday, March 12, 2011 at Vista Medical Center East, Waukegan. Gladys was born September 29, 1936 in Hardwick, MN and came to Zion in 1946. She was a long time member of Beach Bible Church of Zion where she taught Sunday School, was a leader in AWANA, had...
Grace Friedel
Mar 12, 2011
Grace Marion Friedel, 95, (formerly Grace Marion Watts) passed away on Saturday, March 12, 2011, at Rolling Hills Manor, Zion, IL. Grace was born October 6, 1915, Racine, WI, to Julia and DeWitt Farmer. She was raised in Zion and spent most of her life living there along with living in Cedar Rapids, Iowa for 7 years. Grace was a...
Kevin Oldham
Mar 11, 2011
Kevin Daniel Oldham, 33, of Pleasant Prairie died March 11, 2011. Kevin was born May 19, 1977 in Chicago. He married Katie McEssy on August 24, 2002 at Redeemer Lutheran Church in Waukegan, Illinois. Kevin was a graduate of Warren Township Highschool, College of Lake County and the Fire Science and Paramedic School. He was a member of Good Shepherd...
Irving Bjerke
Mar 9, 2011
Irving O. Bjerke, 95, of Zion, Illinois died March 9, 2011 at Rolling Hills Manor. Irving was born December 29, 1915 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He is survived by his wife of 58 years, Grace; two sons Irving Bjerke and John (Stormie) Bjerke; sister Helen Richmond; sister-in-law Gretta Morrison of Munising, Michigan; and many nieces and nephews. Irving was preceded in...
Flavous Kidd
Mar 6, 2011
Flavous "Slim" 88, of Beach Park, IL, died on Sunday, March 6, 2011 at Pavilion of Waukegan. Flavous was born April 9, 1922 in Prentiss County, MS and moved to Lake County in 1953 where he was a member since 1956 of IBEW Local #150, He served his country during World War II with the Army 88th Infantry Division in...
Donald Daywalt
Mar 6, 2011
Donald Lee Daywalt, of Beach Park, IL, was carried away by The Angels into the Arms of Jesus on Sunday, March 6, 2011. Don was born March 3, 1929 in Dongola, IL. He married Vivian Brooks on April 13, 1952 in Waukegan, IL. He was a member of Beach Community Church of Beach Park. Don worked for Johns-Manville and retired...
Lewis Hanna
Mar 4, 2011
Hanna, Lewis N. 38, of Winthrop Harbor, IL, died on Friday, March 4, 2011 at home. Lewis was born May 12, 1972 in Waukegan and attended Wesley Church. He was employed as a heavy equipment mechanic. Lewis was active all his life in sprint car racing. He had a fun loving personality and will be missed by many. Survivors include...
Arvo Kauppi
Mar 3, 2011
Arvo John Kauppi, 93, of Winthrop Harbor, IL, died peacefully in his sleep at his home on March 3, 2011. He was born March 29, 1917 in Herbster, WI the son of Mike and Suzanne Kauppi. He graduated from South Shore High School in 1935. After graduation, he worked on the family farm for a couple of years. He had...
Col. Jimmy P. Roberts
Mar 2, 2011
Lt. Col. Jimmy P. Roberts, USAF (Ret.) 70, of Zion, IL, formerly of Las Vegas, Nevada, passed away Wednesday, March 2, 2011. He was born March 1, 1941 in Amory, Mississippi to Marcelle Roberts and Connie Sigmund Roberts. J. P. was a graduate of the University of Mississippi and enlisted in the U.S. Air Force in 1963. He was stationed...
Muriel Ernst
Feb 26, 2011
Muriel R. Ernst (nee Appel), 88, of Kenosha, WI, died on Saturday, February 26, 2011 in Kenosha, surrounded by her family. Muriel was born April 3, 1922 in Youngstown, OH and had lived in Illinois, California and Northern Ireland before moving to Kenosha four years ago from Waukegan. She served as a Sgt. in the United States Marine Corp during...
C. Norman Richards
Feb 26, 2011
C. Norman Richards, 74, of Zion, went home to be with the Lord on Saturday, February 26, 2011, at his home. He was born in Benton Township, Illinois on September 3, 1936, to John and Anna (Peterson) Richards. He attended Zion Schools and graduated from Zion Benton Township High School with the Class of 1954. Norm was united in marriage...
Cathy Barlow
Feb 25, 2011
Cathy A. Barlow, 50, of Waukegan, Illinois, died on Friday, February 25, 2011 unexpectedly at home. Cathy was born November 7, 1960 in Portsmouth, Virginia and moved to Illinois in 1973. She received her Bachelor of Science Degree from Northern Illinois University and was currently employed as a substitute teacher for Zion Elementary Schools while working towards her Masters Degree...
Irwin Degraff
Feb 23, 2011
Irwin "Bud" DeGraff, 76, of Zion, IL, passed away surrounded by his family, on Wednesday, February 23, 2011, at Kenosha United Medical Center, Kenosha, WI. Bud was born October 6, 1934, in Ivanhoe, IL, and married Connie Mabry on June 4, 1960, in Zion, IL. Bud formerly owned Bud's Barber Shop in Winthrop Harbor IL for 18 years and ultimately...
Benjamin Harman
Feb 21, 2011
Benjamin J. "Ben" Harman, 32, of Wadsworth, IL, passed away suddenly on Monday, February 21, 2011 at St. Lukes's Hospital in Milwaukee, WI. Ben was born, May 31, 1978, in Lake Forest, IL, and graduated from Zion-Benton Township High School in 1998. He was employed by Tradesman International and was an avid mechanic of anything that traveled fast. Ben could...
Betty Hanson
Feb 20, 2011
Betty J. Hanson, 78, formerly of Zion, passed away peacefully in her sleep on Sunday, February 20, 2011, at the Terrace Nursing Home, Waukegan. Betty was a beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, and aunt. Betty was born May 3, 1932, in Itawamba County, MS, the oldest daughter of Oscar Bee and Lalia Young. Betty is survived by her children, Robert...
Judith Bigelow
Feb 17, 2011
Judith M. "Judy" Bigelow, 85, of Zion, IL, formerly of Winthrop Harbor, passed away on Thursday, February 17, 2011, at Vista Medical Center East in Waukegan, surrounded by her family. She was born May 19, 1925, in Gurnee, IL, and was baptized in 1981 at Wesley Church, Waukegan. Judy was a loving mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother. She enjoyed knitting and...
Deacon Phillip Fragassi
Feb 15, 2011
Deacon Phillip A. Fragassi, 72, of Winthrop Harbor, died suddenly on Tuesday, February 15, 2011 at his home. Phillip was born August 16, 1938 in Chicago and came to Lake County in 1963 from Evanston. He was a member and Deacon at the Church of St. Patrick in Wadsworth. Phillip retired in 2005 as general manager of Lake County Public...
Marion Ohmstead
Feb 14, 2011
The Ohmstead family of Zion, IL would like to celebrate the life and death of their mother, Marion Rhea (nee Nogle) Ohmstead at Congdon Funeral Home, 3012 Sheridan Road, Zion, on Monday, February 21, 2011 at 11:00 a.m. Visitation will be from 10:00 a.m. until time of services. Marion was born in Zion on February 15, 1919 and she died...
George Peters
Feb 13, 2011
George Peters, 73, of Wadsworth, IL, went to be with the Lord, surrounded by his family on Sunday, February 13, 2011, at the University of Chicago Medical Center in Chicago. George was born October 7, 1937, in Bain Station,(Kenosha County), WI, and graduated from Zion Benton Township High School in 1956 where his picture was placed on the Wall of...
Janis Chalfant
Feb 13, 2011
Janis Lea Chalfant formerly Janis Lea Thompson, was born Aug 15, 1927 in Spruce, Missouri. She passed away Feb. 13, 2011 at the Rolling Hills Nursing Home in Zion, IL. Janis resided for the last 58 years in Bonnie Brook in Waukegan. Before that she lived in Beach Park and attended Zion Township High School. Her parents were Clarence and...
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