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Local Obituaries for Congdon in Zion, Illinois


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...

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,...

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...

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...

Nora Burrage

Nora Burrage

Sep 20, 2010

Nora Burrage, 96, of Wadsworth, Illinois died on Monday, September 20, 2010 at Clairidge House in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Nora was born July 26, 1914 in Tupelo, Mississippi and has lived in Zion most of her life. She retired in 1969 after working 25 years at the Veterans Administration Hospital in North Chicago. Nora enjoyed going to dinner with her friends...

James Cowart

James Cowart

Sep 19, 2010

James D. Cowart "Jim" Age 77, of Friendship, Wisconsin, formerly of Zion, Illinois, died September 15, 2010 at his home in Friendship, Wisconsin. A memorial service will be held on Sunday, September 19, 2010 at Congdon Funeral Home, 3012 Sheridan Rd., in Zion, Illinois at 7:00p.m. Interment will be at Mount Olivet Cemetery in Zion, Illinois. Visitation will be at...

Lee Penttinen

Lee Penttinen

Sep 18, 2010

Lee "Ace" Penttinen, 70, of Waukegan, IL, passed away on Saturday, September 18, 2010, at Vista Medical Center East in Waukegan. Lee was born August 4, 1940, in Waukegan, and was a 1959 graduate of Waukegan Township High School. He married Gay Halvorsen on October 7, 1972. Lee was a member of the 1st Presbyterian Church of Waukegan. He owned...

Sue Steele

Sue Steele

Sep 17, 2010

Sue Steele, 79, died at home with her family by her side on Friday, September 17, 2010. She was born in Sugar Tree, Tennessee. She was a resident of Lake County since early adulthood. She was a former employee of Fansteel. Later, she owned her own hair salon until she retired. She lived with her daughter Janice for the last...

Velma Welch

Velma Welch

Sep 15, 2010

Velma Welch, 99, of Beach Park, Illinois, died on Wednesday, September 15, 2010 at her home. Velma was born September 7, 1911 in Olive Hill, Tennessee and moved to Zion in 1943 from Itawamba County, Mississippi. She was a member of Zion Church of Christ. Velma retired in 1976 from Abbott Labs after 27 years and prior to that had...

Eileen Czarny

Eileen Czarny

Sep 14, 2010

Eileen Rose Czarny, 61, of Winthrop Harbor, IL, formerly of Zion, IL, died on Tuesday, September 14, 2010, at Glenbrook Hospital, Glenview, IL, after a life-long battle with diabetes. Eileen was born March 5, 1949, in Tralee, County Kerry, Ireland. She proudly co-owned Czarny's Harbor Lights Restaurant and Lounge in Winthrop Harbor from 1989-1994 with her late husband, Edmund. Her...

Edythe McConnaughey

Edythe McConnaughey

Sep 11, 2010

Edythe McConnaughey, former long-time resident of Winthrop Harbor, died recently after a long illness at the home of her daughter, Karla, in South Carolina. She was born in Bemiji, Minnesota and lived there a short time before moving to the Zion area. She graduated from Zion High School and lived most of the rest of her life in the Zion...

Georgia Fountain

Georgia Fountain

Sep 3, 2010

Georgia Lee (Weaver) Fountain passed away Friday, September 3, 2010 at the age of 63 after a short-term illness. A life long resident of Central Square, NY who had recently relocated to Hermiston, Oregon. Predeceased by her four children Marnie, Kimberly, Jody, Jamie and parents Henry and Shirley Weaver. She is survived by her loving husband Richard (Ken) Fountain of...

Norma Miskell

Norma Miskell

Sep 3, 2010

Norma "Granny" Miskell, 80, of Waukegan, Illinois, died on Friday, September 3, 2010 at Vista Medical Center East in Waukegan. She was born July 13, 1930 in Princeton, Indiana and has been a resident of Lake County since 1965. Norma enjoyed embroidering quilts and many people still have those quilts to remember her by. Survivors include her children, Wayne (Judi)...

Gloria Taylor

Gloria Taylor

Sep 2, 2010

Gloria Eugenia Taylor was born on September 11, 1931, in Big Bridge, Jamaica, West Indies to the union of Edwin James and Adina Delores McLeod. In April of 1972, she united with the Mt. Zion Baptist Church, of Zion, Illinois, under the leadership of the present Pastor, Rev. Dr. B.J. Gaston. She was a faithful tither and faithful member of...

John Anderson

John Anderson

Sep 1, 2010

John Keith Anderson, 81, died at home on Wednesday, September 1, 2010. He was born in 1928 in Kenosha, WI. He married his high school sweetheart, Joan C. Solberg, in 1948. They lived their entire married life on the family farm in rural Zion, Illinois. He worked for 30 years as a machine repairman at American Motors in Kenosha. During...

James Minor

James Minor

Aug 30, 2010

James D. Minor, Ph.D. died peacefully on Monday, August 30, 2010 with his loved ones by his side. Jim was born December 24, 1940 in Columbia, Missouri to William Minor and Margaret Brooks. He earned his Ph.D. in Entomology, was a Master Diver, a Jeweler, and was owner of A-Rest-A-Pest for over 20 years. Survivors include his son, Devin J....

Hilary Whitmore

Hilary Whitmore

Aug 26, 2010

Hilary Suzanne Whitmore Age 27, born April 5, 1983, of Wadsworth, Illinois, passed away Thursday, August 26, at home surrounded by her family. Hilary graduated from the SEDOL program and had worked at the Lakeside Center in Waukegan for the past 6 years where she had many friends. Hilary is survived by her parents, Roger and Kathleen Whitmore of Wadsworth,...

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