Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Congdon in Zion, Illinois


Jim Stevens

Jim Stevens

July 1, 2009

Jim Stevens, 79,of Zion, IL, passed away on Wednesday, July 1, 2009, at Vista Medical Center East in Waukegan with his family at his side. Jim was born July 25, 1929, in Ironwood, MI, to Fred and Amelia Stevens .He was a was a 1947 graduate of Luther L. Wright High School in Ironwood. Jim was an honorably discharged war...

George Ulrich

George Ulrich

July 1, 2009

George F. Ulrich, 84, of Winthrop Harbor, died on Wednesday, July 1, 2009, at home. George was born February 20, 1925, in Chicago, and married his late wife Rose Marie on May 1, 1948, in Chicago. He was retired from Commonwealth Edison where he worked for the Zion Nuclear and Northwest Station in Chicago. George served with the United States...

Louis Neal

Louis Neal

June 29, 2009

Louis R. "Lou" Neal, 80, of Zion, IL, died on Monday, June 29, 2009, at home. Lou was born September 18, 1928, in Chicago, IL, and was a member of Our Lady of Humility Church in Beach Park. He married Ann M. McNeany on July 2, 1949, at Immaculate Conception Church in Waukegan. Lou retired from OMC, and previous to...

Dorothy Figgins

Dorothy Figgins

June 28, 2009

Dorothy Figgins, 91, a lifelong resident of Zion, died on Sunday, June 28, 2009, at Vista Medical Center East in Waukegan. She was born July 28, 1917, in Zion. Survivors include three children, Mary Rodriguez, (nee Figgins) of N.J., Clarence Figgins of South Carolina, and Johnny Figgins of Zion; three grandchildren, and six great-grandchildren; brother, David Allen of CA; sister,...

George Paulausky

George Paulausky

June 27, 2009

George Walter Paulausky, 74, of Beach Park, Illinois and Bullhead City, Arizona, died on Saturday, June 27, 2009 at Vista Medical Center East in Waukegan, Illinois. George was born June 24, 1935 in Waukegan, had lived in this area all of his life and graduated from Zion-Benton Township High School. He was a member of Our Lady of Humility Church...

Ahmad Nuruddin

Ahmad Nuruddin

June 27, 2009

Ahmad Nuruddin, 60, of Zion, Illinois, died on Saturday, June 27, 2009, at his home. Ahmad was born June 20, 1949 in Waukegan, Illinois. He was a member and one of the earliest converts helping to establish the Ahmadiyya Jama'at in the Waukegan area. Recently diagnosed with stage-4 cancer, Ahmad passed away only 46 days after his initial diagnosis. He...

Sarah Maynard

Sarah Maynard

June 26, 2009

Sarah Maynard "Ellen" Sarah "Ellen" Maynard, 96, a long time resident of Zion, died on Friday, June 26, 2009, at Rolling Hills Manor in Zion. Ellen was born November 17, 1912, and grew up on a farm in southern Illinois. After graduating from high school, she was able to go on to college and obtain her degree in English. Mr....

Walter Johnson

Walter Johnson

June 25, 2009

Walter C. Johnson Jr., 52, of Zion, died on Thursday, June 25, 2009 at Vista Medical Center East in Waukegan. He was born October 8, 1956 in Jeffersonville, Indiana and has lived in Zion all of his life. Survivors include his wife of 32 years, Karen; children, Christine (John) Wertman of Lindenhurst, Illinois, Walter C. (Melanie) Johnson III of Kenosha,...

Barbara Dodd

Barbara Dodd

June 25, 2009

Barbara Ann Dodd of Beach Park died on Thursday, June 25, 2009 at her home following a long illness. Barbara was born March 28, 1933 in Phelps, Wisconsin to the late Leonard and Irene (nee Salo) Mackay. She moved to this area in 1946 and married Bobby Gene Dodd on September 8, 1951. She had worked at the Zion Candy...

Glenda Van Cleave

Glenda Van Cleave

June 20, 2009

Visitation will be held Wednesday, June 24, 2009 from 9:00 until 11:00 a.m. at the Congdon Funeral Home. A Funeral Service will follow at 11:00 a.m. at the Funeral Home.

Donald Collins

Donald Collins

June 20, 2009

Donald G. Collins Jr., 57, of Beach Park, Illinois, died suddenly on Saturday, June 20, 2009 at home. Don was born December 25, 1951 in Waukegan. After graduating from Our Lady of Humility School in Beach Park and Carmel High School in Mundelein, he went on to Quincy College in Quincy, Illinois where he was going for degrees in Psychology...

Kimberly Dodd

Kimberly Dodd

June 16, 2009

Kimberly Dodd, 47, of Beach Park, Illinois, died on Tuesday, June 16, 2009 at Kenosha United Hospital in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Kimberly was born August 28, 1961 in Chicago, was raised in Fox Lake, Illinois and moved to Waukegan in 1985. She loved her daughters, was an avid sprint car fan and she enjoyed living on the lake in Fox Lake....

Elizabeth Chamberin

Elizabeth Chamberin

June 15, 2009

Elizabeth Ann "Betty" Chamberlin, (nee Newenham) 85, of Geneva, Illinois, died June 15, 2009 at Povena Geneva Care Center in Geneva. Elizabeth graduated in 1940 from Waukegan Township High School where she was a member of the National Honor Society. She also attended Lake Forest College. After World War II she and her husband Bert, served First United Methodist Churches...

Mary Simmons

Mary Simmons

June 14, 2009

Mary R. Simmons, (formerly Shipley) 81, of Zion and Waukegan, died on Sunday, June 14, 2009, at the Pavilion of Waukegan Nursing Home. Mary was born March 28, 1928, in Tremont, MS, and worked as a Licensed Practical Nurse for 18 years at the former Crown Manor Nursing Home in Zion. Before that, she was employed as a private duty...

May Loquidis

May Loquidis

June 14, 2009

May J. Loquidis, 82, of Zion, IL, died on Sunday, June 14, 2009, at Helia Healthcare in Zion. May was born January 28, 1927, in Kenosha, WI, to the late Henry and Lillian Leivick. She was a member and past President of the American Legion Auxiliary for over 50 years, and past President of the 10th District. May catered local...

Dino Ingoglia

Dino Ingoglia

June 13, 2009

Dino Joseph Ingoglia, 49, of Zion, IL, passed away and is at peace from a long battle with cancer on Saturday, June 13, 2009, at Midwestern Regional Medical Center in Zion. Dino was born September 21, 1959, in Waukegan, IL, and worked as a millwright for Local # 1693 for 30 years. He was a member of Our Lady of...

Howard Enlow

Howard Enlow

June 9, 2009

Howard W. Enlow, 77, of Wadsworth, IL, passed away on Tuesday, June 9, 2009, at Evanston Hospital after a lengthy illness. Howard was born February 21, 1932, in Zion. He was a resident of Wadsworth for the past 38 years. Howard retired from employment at Ft. Sheridan in 1979. He was a veteran of the United States Air Force. Survivors...

Tim Abelgore

Tim Abelgore

June 8, 2009

Tim Abelgore, 61, of Zion, IL, passed away suddenly on Monday, June 8, 2009, at his home after complications after surgery. Tim was born January 27, 1948, in Streator, IL. Tim loved people, loved to talk and was truly one of the most gentle, kind and loving men you could ever meet. Nothing made Tim prouder than going to car...

Sally DeTienne

Sally DeTienne

June 8, 2009

Sally Su DeTienne, nee Cook, 73, of Zion, IL, loving wife of Lloyd DeTienne, passed away on Monday, June 8, 2009, at Vista Medical Center East in Waukegan. Sally was born February 29, 1936, "A Leap Year Baby", in Zion, IL. She was formerly employed with Hamming, Hamming, and Dugan of Gurnee, IL. Sally was a member of Trinity Christian...

Joanne Brubaker

Joanne Brubaker

June 7, 2009

Joanne Elaine Brubaker, 82, of Kenosha, WI, and formerly of Zion, IL, died on Sunday, June 7, 2009. Joanne was born October 27, 1926, in Cassoday, KS, and married Jay Omar Miller Brubaker on January 20, 1951, in Kasbeer, IL. She served as Pre-School Director, at the Circle Center for Child Development at Christ Community Church in Zion for 18...