Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Congdon in Zion, Illinois
Billy Harvey
September 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
September 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...
Nora Burrage
September 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...
Austin Hens
September 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...
James Cowart
September 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
September 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
September 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
September 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
September 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
September 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
September 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
September 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
September 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
September 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
August 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
August 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,...
Shirley Jacobsen
August 25, 2010
Shirley Walzer Jacobsen, age 89, died Wednesday August 25, 2010 at Heartland Country Village in Black Earth Wisconsin. Shirley was born in Baudette, Minnesota on December 1, 1920, the daughter of Jesse Elias and Vera Dinora Walzer. While attending beauty school in Minneapolis, Shirley met then seminary student George T L Jacobsen and was married on September 9, 1944 in...
Joseph Lyding
August 22, 2010
Joseph W. "Joe" Lyding, 90, of Waukegan Il, died on Sunday, August 22, 2010, at Advocate Condell Medical Center, Libertyville, IL. Joe was born January 11, 1920, in Indianapolis, IN, and was a 1938 graduate of Waukegan Township High School. He wed Helen Tamerian in February of 1950. Joe served with the United States Army in World War II in...
Margaret Turner
August 18, 2010
Margaret Ruth McEaddy Turner, 84, of Zion, peacefully passed away on Wednesday, August 18, 2010, surrounded by her family, at the Sheridan Medical Complex in Kenosha, WI. She was born January 24, 1926, in Birmingham, AL. Her mother died early in her childhood. Margaret and her younger brother, Jimmy, relocated frequently in Georgia and Florida with their father, James Davis...
Bertha Hall
August 18, 2010
Bertha Hall, 100, of Zion, IL, died on Wednesday, August 18, 2010, at Rolling Hills Manor in Zion. Bertha was born February 6, 1910, in Dubuque, Iowa, and was a long time member of Grace Missionary Church in Zion, having lived in Zion since 1938. She leaves behind two daughters, Jettie Rose (Robert) Peterson of Zion, IL, and Lynette (David)...
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Congdon Funeral Home Cremation Service is a collection of obituaries for Zion, IL. With services throughout Illinois. Zion, Winthrop Harbor, Beach Park, Wadsworth, Waukegan, Pleasant Prairie, Kenosha communities and beyond that are updated regularly.
