MRS. GUY FREASE (DEETS)
- People of this village were greatly shocked this morning when it was announced that Mrs. Guy Freas (Frease) , had died at an early hour after an illness of a short duration. For some months Mrs. Freas had been complaining of kidney trouble and during the last two days her illness settled into acute Brights disease. Mrs. Freas was 20 years of age last July and was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Deets of Coleta. She was united in marriage to Mr. Freas two years ago and besides her husband she is survived by one little daughter. Mrs. Freas was a very bright young lady and was an active member of the young people’s class of the Milledgeville Methodist church. Besides her own family Mrs. Freas is survived by her father and mother, three sisters, Anna, Axie and Gladys and one brother Clare. Funeral services will be held Monday afternoon at the Methodist church in Coleta. Rev. George Welch will officiate.
Contributed by Larry Reynolds from the Sterling Daily Standard, August 17, 1912
EDITH (KINGERY) FREEMAN
- 79, died Sunday morning at Good Samaritan Center in Mt. Carroll following an extended illness. Funeral srvices will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the First Lutheran Church in Mt. Carroll with Roger Treadway, pastor of the church, officiating. Burial will be in Oak Hill Cemetery in Mt. Carroll. Friends may call at the Frank Funeral Home in Mt. Carroll from 7 to 9 p.m. Monday.
Mrs. Freeman was born Aug. 4, 1895 in Carroll County, the daughter of Andrew and Martha Ouhn Kingery. She married John Freeman on March 10, 1914 in Mt. Carroll. Survivors include one son, Ralph of Mt. Carroll; two daughters, Mrs. James (Blanche) Jones of Polo and Mrs. Lloyd (Marilyn) Kloepping of Mt. Carroll; three grandchildren; five great grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Fred (Ruth) Noble of Mt. Carroll; and two brothers, Charles Kingery of rural Mt. Carroll and Theodore Kingery of Lanark. She was preceded by her parents, her husband, three sisters and two brothers.
Contributed by Melva L. Taylor - Sterling Gazette August 4, 1975 - Monday
JOHN FREEMAN
- Funeral services for John G. Freeman were held Tuesday in the First Lutheran Church with the Rev. Clifford Bauman officiating, clergyman. Organist was Mrs. Norma Lundgren. Pallbearers were Orion Stover, Howard Stover, Preston Kreider, Lawrence Kreider, Dwight Turner, and Robert Reiff, all of Milledgeville. Honoary pallbearers were Marion Schreiner, Kenneth Traum, Walter Bundy, Jack Richter, Henry Miller and Gustave Schmidt all of Mount Carroll. Burial was in Oak Hill Cemetery in Mount Carroll.
Contributed by Melva Taylor - The Daily Gazette, Sterling-Rock Falls, Illinois February 10, 1961 - Friday, pg 6 col 2
MARGARET E. (FOLTZ) FREEMAN
, 97, formerly of Mt. Carroll, died Friday, August 23, 1991 at Parkview Home in Freeport. She was a member of First Lutheran Church of Freeport, and a former member of the First Lutheran Church of Mount Carroll. She was also a former member of the Preston Prairie Homemaker’s Club and the Sew-Sew Club of Mt. Carroll. She was a homemaker and helped her husband farm in the Wacker area until her retirement in 1948. She married William J. Freeman on Dec. 19, 1918 in Mount Carroll. He died Oct. 10, 1949. Born Nov. 5, 1893 in rural Hanover (Jo Daviess County), she was the daughter of Edward and Evaline (Moore) Foltz. Survivors include two sons, Donald W. and wife Marilyn, of Freeport; Robert G. and wife, Dianne of Rockford; seven grandchildren, three great-grandchildren; and one brother, Clyde Foltz of Mount Carroll. In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by three sisters and five brothers. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Frank-Law-Jones Funeral Home in Mount Carroll, with the Rev. Arthur Stees officiating. Friends may call from 1 to 2 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. Burial will be at Oak Hill Cemetery in Mount Carroll. A memorial fund has been established.
Contributed by Alice Horner
EDNA (ARNOLD) FRITZ
, 61, died at 1:30 p.m. today in her home at Mount Carroll.
The former Edna Arnold was born Jan. 26, 1885, Mount Carroll, a daughter of Joseph and Agnes Arnold. She was married Oct. 10, 1906, to Roy Fritz in Mount Carroll.
Surviving are her husband; a son, Harold, Beloit, Wis.; three daughters, Mrs. James Beers, Rockford, Mrs. Wayne Smith and Mrs. Orville Heimbaugh, both of Mount Carroll, and a sister, Mrs. Harrison Wheeler, Springfield, Ill.
Services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at the Methodist church here. The Rev. Frank Countryman, pastor, will officiate, assisted by the Rev. James A. Foard, Elgin, former pastor of the Mount Carroll church. Burial will be in Oak Hill cemetery. Friends may call at the Frank funeral home.
Contributed by the Mt. Carroll Library
F. VIRGINIA (MOORE) FRITZ
, age 88, of Mt. Carroll, Illinois, died Friday, August 01, 2008, at the Good Samaritan Nursing Home in Mt. Carroll. A funeral service will be held at 11:00 am Monday, August 4, 2008, at the Frank – Law – Jones Funeral Home in Mt. Carroll, with Reverend Mark Harkness of the United Methodist Church, Mt. Carroll. Visitation will be held from 9:30 – 11:00 am prior to the service Monday at the funeral home. Burial will follow at the Oak Hill Cemetery in Mt. Carroll. Memorials may be given to the Good Samaritan Nursing Home in Mt. Carroll or to the Heartland Pet Welfare.
Virginia was born February 11, 1920, in Mt. Carroll, Illinois, the daughter of Ernest and Cora (Sommerville) Moore. She graduated from Mt. Carroll High School in 1938, and was an illustrator for the Waukarusa Year Book. Virginia married Thomas W. Fritz on May 2, 1942. He preceded her in death on November 10, 2006.
Virginia helped with the family farm in Freedom Township. She also worked at the St. Francis Hospital in Freeport, Illinois, the Savanna Army Depot packing ammunition during World War II, and at the original Carroll County Health Department. Virginia was very involved in fund raising for the Mt. Carroll Swimming Pool and for the Hawk Boosters.
Virginia was an animal lover who took in many stray cats and dogs. She had a flock of sheep, often bottle feeding the lambs from birth. Virginia will be remembered mostly as a devoted mother to her four sons. She was always there to take them to a practice, wash a uniform, or help with homework.
Virginia will be dearly missed by her four sons, Jerry (Lynne) Fritz of Galesburg, Illinois, James "Jim" (Mickey) Fritz of Shannon, Illinois, Jack Fritz of Mt. Carroll, and Larry (Christy) Fritz of Mt. Carroll; eight grandchildren; thirteen great – grandchildren; and one brother, Ernest "Bud" (Jan) Moore of Elroy, Illinois.
Virginia was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, and four sisters, Thelma, Helen, Irma, and Jeanette.
Contributed by Lori Gilbert
MARGARET (FERRY) FRITZ
, 78, died Wednesday in Freeport Memorial Hospital. Funeral services were today at 1 p.m. in the Frank Funeral Home in Mt. Carroll with Rev. Orville Cole officiating. Burial will be in Lanark Cemetery.
Mrs. Fritz was born on Dec. 7, 1908 in Sterling, the daughter of William Ferry and Emma Nice. On Jan. 1, 1929 she was united in marriage to Alva Fritz. The deceased was a member of the Lanark Methodist Church.
Survivors include one son, F. Gene Fritz of Mt. Carroll; two daughters, Mrs. Lyle (Dorothy) Royer of Cotter, Ark., and Mrs. Percy (Janet) Kleinschmidt of Glendale, Arizona; 11 grandchildren, nine great grandchildren; and three sisters, Mrs. Wayne (Florence) Knox of Rock Falls, Mrs. William (Alice) Snider of Milledgeville and Mrs. Richard (Helen) Jones of Ore. She was preceded in death by one grandchild and one sister.
(From Alice -- its already on Stephenson)
Contributed by Melva L. Taylor - Sterling Gazette 3 January 1987
ROY FRITZ
, 93, Mt. Carroll, died Sunday (12 Juanuary 1976) at Good Samaritan Center, Mt. Carroll. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Frank Funeral Home in Mt. Carroll with the Rev. Tony Hawkins of the Methodist Church officiating. Burial will be in Oak Hill Cemetery. Visitation will be from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. Roy Fritz was born Nov. 28, 1882 in Mt. Carroll, the son of Thomas and Katherine Stitley Fritz. He married Edna Arnold in 1906 in Mt. Carroll. He was a retired farmer and an auctioneer. Survivors include three daughters, Mrs. Wayne (Catherine) Smith and Mrs. Orville (Margaret) Heimbaugh, both of Mt. Carroll and Mrs. James (Marcella) Beers of Rockford; one son, Harold Fritz of Beloit, Wis., six grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. He was preceded by his wife, one brother and one sister.
Contributed by Melva L. Taylor -
The Daily Gazette, Sterling-Rock Falls, Illinois January 13, 1976 - Tuesday pg 4
SARAH J. (LAMBERT) FRITZ
- The death of Mrs. George Fritz occurred last Saturday evening (November 12, 1938) about 9:45 in the Presbyterian hospital in Waterloo and was unexpected by her family and friends. On September 23, Mrs. Fritz was taken to the hospital to recover from a fractured bone, sustained in a fall at her home here. She apparently was recovering from the injury and plans had been made to bring her home from the hospital this week. Saturday evening she suffered a heart attack and passed away after a few minutes illness.
Sarah J. Lambert was born October 4, 1850 on a farm in Illinois (Carroll County, Illinois). She grew to womanhood in her native state and was married to George Fritz on March 12, 1874 at Mount Carroll, Illinois. After six years they moved to Iowa and located on a farm in Bruce Township, south of town, where the son, Charles E. Fritz, and family now live. After eighteen years of hard work, Mr. and Mrs. Fritz decided to retire and accordingly they purchased a home in La Porte City and moved to town in 1898. Mr. Fritz died on May 25, 1930 and since that time Mrs. Fritz has continued to maintain her home but in later years has gone with her daughter, whose home in Balaton, Minn. during the winter.
Surviving are two children, Charles E. Fritz, La Porte City; Mrs. Birt Kerstetter, Balaton, Minn.; two grandchildren, Roy Fritz, who lives on a farm west of town, and Miss Edna Fritz at home.
The body was brought to the Barnhart & Johannsen funeral home and later was taken to the late residence where service was held Tuesday afternoon at two o’clock. Rev. Gaide, pastor of the M. E. Church, officiated and Mrs. F. E. Lehman sang appropriate selections. The casket bearers were J. B. Kerstetter, Simon Kerstetter, J. M. Weltzin, J. W. Kober, John Bolte and C. A. Fultz. Interment was made in the family lot in West View Cemetery.
THOMAS FRITZ
, 89, of Good Samaritan Nursing Home, Mount Carroll, died Friday, Nov. 10, 2006, at the nursing home. He was a lifelong farmer. Tom was born March 12, 1917, in Freedom Township, the son of Ward and Ethel (Williamson) Fritz. He was raised on the family farm. He is a 1935 graduate of Mount Carroll High School. He married F. Virginia Moore on May 2, 1942. Tom was a charter member of Mount Carroll Lions Club. As a Lion club member, he was proud to be involved in the acquisition of land that was later donated to the Mount Carroll School District for their athletic field. He enjoyed hunting, fishing and bowling and was an avid golfer. He liked to watch the Chicago Cubs and Chicago Bears on TV. In his younger years, Tom was known as one of the area's top softball pitchers. He also was an umpire for many local baseball and softball games.
Survivors include his wife; four sons, Jerry (Lynne) Fritz of Galesburg, James (Mickey) Fritz of Shannon and Jack Fritz and Larry (Christy) Fritz, both of Mount Carroll; a brother, Ronald Fritz of Mount Carroll; eight grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by a sister, Ruby Stiles. The funeral is at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Frank-Law-Jones Funeral Home, Mount Carroll, with the Rev. Mark Harkness of Mount Carroll Methodist Church officiating. Burial is at Oak Hill Cemetery, Mount Carroll.
Contributed by Joy Crofton-Kruse
CALEB JAMES FRITZENMEIER
infant son of Shawna L. Fritzenmeier and Virgil Swift of Mt. Carroll, Illinois, was stillborn Wednesday, November 26, 2003 at CGH Medical Center in Sterling, Illinois.
Funeral Services were held at 9:00 A.M. Monday, December 1, 2003 at Frank-Law-Jones Funeral Home in Mt. Carroll. Burial was in the Alfolkey Cemetery, Alfolkey Illinois. There were was no visitation.
Survivors include his mother, Shawna Fritzenmeier and his father, Virgil Swift of Mt. Carroll; maternal grandfather, James Fritzenmeier of Mt. Carroll, Illinois; maternal grandmother, Ruby North of Beloit, Wisconsin; Maternal Great Grandmother, Delores Byers of Forreston, Illinois; two maternal aunts, Renee Harmon and her special friend John Nelson of Lanark, Illinois; Amanda (Wael) Emara of Rockford, Illinois; several cousins, great aunts and great uncles.
Contributed by Lori Gilbert
