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Local Obituaries for Congdon in Zion, Illinois


Roger Oquist

Roger Oquist

Oct 18, 2010

Roger C. Oquist, 66, of Zion, IL, died on Monday, October 18, 2010, at home. Roger was bon, August 27, 1944, in Chicago, IL, and was a retired employee of Zion-Benton Township High School. He served in the United States Army and was a Vietnam veteran. Survivors include sisters, Diane Pare and Pamela Smith, both of Zion; nephews, Steven Smith...

Clayton Alshouse

Clayton Alshouse

Oct 17, 2010

Clayton P. Alshouse, 92, of Zion, went to be with the Lord on Sunday, October 17, 2010 at home, surrounded by his loving family. Clayton was born August 12, 1918 in Oelwein, Iowa, came to Lake County in the 1920's, and has been a resident of Zion since 1928. On June 28, 1941 he and Florence Peters were married at...

James Hill

James Hill

Oct 13, 2010

James (Jim) Eugene Hill, 82, died in Springfield, Missouri on October 13, 2010 after a long battle with Alzheimer's. Jim was born December 22, 1927 in Zion, Illinois, to Lincoln Austin Hill and Lillie Catherine (Richards) Hill. Jim served in the Merchant Marines as a cook's assistant. He lived in Zion and worked at Ammaco until retiring. Jim attended Church...

Beverly Stern

Beverly Stern

Oct 10, 2010

Beverly A. Stern Beverly A. Stern, 67, of Zion, died on Sunday, October 10, 2010, at home, in Zion. Beverly was born April 12, 1943, in Harvard, IL, and married Eugene Stern on August 13, 1976, in Waukegan. She was a former employee of Terrace Nursing Home in Waukegan. Beverly was a loving wife, mother, daughter, grandmother, sister, and aunt....

Robert Rosenlof

Robert Rosenlof

Oct 10, 2010

Robert V. Rosenlof Sr. (Bob) passed away on October 10, 2010 in Memphis, Tennessee. Funeral services were held at the Church of the Holy Apostles in Collierville, Tennessee on October 15, 2010. Bob and his wife of 52 years, Dolores, lived in Waukegan, Illinois for 68 years before they relocated to Tennessee in 2003. A memorial visitation celebrating Bob's life...

Robert Rosenlof

Robert Rosenlof

Oct 10, 2010

Robert V. Rosenlof Sr. (Bob) passed away on October 10, 2010 in Memphis, Tennessee. Funeral services were held at the Church of the Holy Apostles in Collierville, Tennessee on October 15, 2010. Bob and his wife of 52 years, Dolores, lived in Waukegan, Illinois for 68 years before they relocated to Tennessee in 2003. A memorial visitation celebrating Bob's life...

Joseph Angelos

Joseph Angelos

Oct 7, 2010

Joseph R. Angelos Jr. "Joe" 62, of Waukegan, IL, died on Thursday, October 7, 2010, at Sheridan Health Care in Zion. Joe was born December 4, 1947, in Waukegan and was a graduate of Waukegan Township High School. He married Patricia Matthews on February 3, 1973, at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Waukegan. Joe served with the United States Army...

Nicholas Greener

Nicholas Greener

Oct 7, 2010

Nicholas Andrew Greener, 23, of Beach Park, Illinois made his journey to heaven on Thursday, October 7, 2010 while being held in his parent's arms. Nicholas was a student of Laremont School in Gages Lake, Beach Park Schools and Zion High School. Left to hold him in memory are his parents Lenny and Mary Lynn Greener of Beach Park, Grandparents...

Clyde Slay

Clyde Slay

Oct 5, 2010

Clyde Slay, 84, a resident of Beach Park, IL, since 1959, passed away on Tuesday, October 5, 2010, at Aurora Medical Center, Kenosha. Wisconsin. Clyde was born September 3, 1926, in Itawamba County, MS, and married Vetris Wallace on September 23, 1945. He retired from Johns-Manville in Waukegan, IL, after about 35 years of employment. At Johns-Manville he was a...

Clara Horning

Clara Horning

Oct 2, 2010

Clara Ruth Horning, 99, of Zion, Illinois, died on Saturday, October 2, 2010 at Vista Medical Center East in Waukegan. Clara was born August 12, 1911 in Holladay, Tennessee and came to the Zion area around 1928. She was a long-time member of Memorial United Methodist Church of Zion. Clara retired from Johns-Manville in Waukegan after 36 years of employment...

Clifford Brauck

Clifford Brauck

Sep 29, 2010

Clifford Del Brauck, 90, passed away on September 29, 2010 at the Richard Campbell Veterans Nursing Home in Anderson, South Carolina. He was born July 8, 1920 in Waukegan. Cliff retired to South Carolina in 1988 after working for Lamkin Leather in Chicago as a Mechanical Engineer. Cliff was inventive, brilliant, and met each moment with a smile. With his...

Marie Loew

Marie Loew

Sep 29, 2010

Marie C. Loew of Cape Coral, Florida passed away peacefully in the early hours of September 29th, 2010. Born in Chicago on July 26, 1925, she lived many years in Kenosha, Wisconsin and was proud of her 30 years at Abbott. She retired to Cape Coral where she remained active with crafts and hobby club. She spent her last 5...

Joyce Ashmore

Joyce Ashmore

Sep 29, 2010

Joyce A. Ashmore, 80, of Beach Park, went to be with her Lord Jesus Christ on Wednesday, September 29, 2010, at Vista Medical Center East in Waukegan. Joyce was born December 5, 1929, in Zion, and lived in this area most of her life, except for ten years living in Florida from 1997 to 2007. She married Edward H. Ashmore...

Charlene Bryan

Charlene Bryan

Sep 28, 2010

Charlene "Char" Bryan, 63, of Zion, IL, passed away on Tuesday, September 28, 2010, at Vista Medical Center East in Waukegan. Charlene was born November 23, 1946, in Chicago, IL, and graduated from Resurrection High School in 1965. She married Robert A. Bryan on October 1, 1966, in Harwood Heights, IL. Charlene retired from the Special Education District of Lake...

Mary McGee

Mary McGee

Sep 26, 2010

Mary V. McGee, 88, of Zion, Illinois, died on Sunday, September 26, 2010 at Rolling Hills Manor Nursing Home in Zion. Mary was born June 11, 1922 in Chicago and had lived in Park Ridge, Illinois and more recently Zion. She was a member of St. Mark's Evangelical Lutheran Church of Waukegan. Mary was a member and Past Matron of...

Shirley Wagner

Shirley Wagner

Sep 26, 2010

Shirley Ann Wagner (nee Roach), 69, of Zion, Illinois, died on Sunday, September 26, 2010 at home and surrounded by her family. Shirley was born March 11, 1941 in Chicago and moved to Zion in 1976. She was a member of Our Lady of Humility Church of Beach Park. Shirley was employed in the Deli at Piggly Wiggly of Zion,...

Virginia Williams

Virginia Williams

Sep 24, 2010

Virginia LaDean Williams, 85, of Beach Park, IL, passed away on Friday, September 24, 2010, at Vista Medical Center East in Waukegan, with her family by her side. Virginia was born November 16, 1924, in Marion, IL, and married Robert Williams on October 16, 1953. She retired from St. Therese Hospital in Waukegan where she was Director of Patient Accounts....

Billy Harvey

Billy Harvey

Sep 21, 2010

Lieutenant Commander Billy D. Harvey, 79, of Waukegan, IL, passed away peacefully in his sleep at home on Tuesday, September 21, 2010. Billy was born October 1, 1930, in Dallas, TX, and married Mary Virginia Vetter on March 4, 1950, at the Bethesda Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Maryland. He was a graduate of Roosevelt University in Chicago. Billy attended Our Lady...

Inez Larson

Inez Larson

Sep 21, 2010

Born Sept. 2, 1922 in Conklin Michigan passed away Sept. 21, 2010 after a long illness with cancer. She recently celebrated her 88th birthday at home. She was preceded in death by her husband Paul G. Larson (1979) and her first son Bruce E. Larson (1988.) She is survived by her sister Esther Poulsen of Zion and her son Brian...

Austin Hens

Austin Hens

Sep 20, 2010

Austin W. Hens Jr., 93, of Zion, died on Wednesday, September 22, 2010 at Rolling Hills Manor Nursing Home in Zion. Austin was born February 16, 1917 in Norristown, Pennsylvania. His family moved to Zion after hearing of the City on a radio broadcast on the old Zion radio station. He graduated from Zion Parochial Schools. Austin was a life-long...

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