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Stephenson County
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JEROME WALTON
- Died Suddenly From Heart Disease, April 17, 1879 Freeport IL.
Hon. Jerome Walton, on of the oldest settlers in this part of the state, fell dead last night, while preparing to go to bed.
Heart disease is said to be the cause of his sudden death. he leaves a wife and three children, and a very valuable estate.
ROBERT WEBB
, 83, of Cedarville died Friday, May 17, 2002 at Monroe Clinic Hospital, Monroe, Wis. He pastored several churches, including Kingdom EUB Church, Eldena, Malvern EUB Church, Coleta, and Lighthouse United Methodist Church, Chana.
The Rev. Webb was born May 6, 1919, in San Diego, the son of Harold and Dora (Jerdo) Webb. He attended several schools, including the University of Illinois at DeKalb. He served in the Navy during World War II. He married Faye N. Newton in 1945 in Stockton, Calif. He later married Carol Heid in 1973. He was a member of Durand American Legion, High Twelve Club, Freeport, The Valley of Freeport Scottish Rite Consistory and Pearl City Masonic Lodge.
Survivors include his wife, three daughters, Lynda (Harold) Smith and Robert (Daniel) Witmer, both of Sterling, and Donna (Danny) Shank of Coleta; two sons, Larry (Donna) Webb of San Diego and James Webb of Rockford; a sister, Hazel Sanguinetti of Lodi, Calif.; a brother Harold Webb of Pascol, Wash., a stepson, Bob Heid, a stepdaughter, Julie Nielsen; 13 grandchildren, five stepgrandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by a sister, three brothers and a grandson.
The funeral is at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Orangeville United Methodist Church with the Rev. Sharon Bullmer officiating. Burial is at Lena Burial Park. Visitation is from 4-8 p.m. Tuesday at the church. Arrangements were completed by Leamon Funeral Home.
Memorials have been established to Orangeville and Alfolkley Bethel United Methodist churches.
MARGARET H. (TAPPE) BEAN WEST , 95, Rockford, died Thursday, September 10, 2009, in Sienna on Brendenwood. She was born September 24, 1913, in Freeport, the daughter of Ernest J. and Edna M. (Meyer) Tappe. Margaret graduated from Freeport High School in 1931. She married Raymond C. Bean in 1933, he predeceased her. Margaret then married Harry C. West on November, 1971, and he predeceased her in September, 1987. She was employed by Freeport Housing Authority for sixteen years after spending one year with the Indianapolis Housing Authority. She was then executive director of the Rockford Housing Authority for three years retiring in 1971, after managing Park Terrace, North Main Manor and Campus Towers. She was a member of Holy Family Catholic Church and formerly a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church in Freeport. Past member of the Women's Catholic Order of Forresters in Freeport and the Women's Guild at Holy Family Catholic Church. Margaret volunteered at Rockford Memorial Hospital as a Pink Lady and also at St. Anne Nursing Home. She was a member of the Union League Club in Chicago and the Hummel Club of America. Survived by her son, Raymond J. Bean of Riviera Beach, FL, her daughter, Judith C. (Richard) Plowman of Simi Valley, CA, four grandchildren, Jeffry T. (Liz) Plowman, James E. (Erin) Plowman, Thomas A. Plowman and Paula S.(Jeffry)Doerr and eight great-grandchildren. Predeceased by her husbands, Raymond and Harry, infant sister, Marian, and sister, Mercedes Hickcox. Funeral Mass will be 10AM, Wednesday, September 16, 2009, in Holy Family Catholic Church, 4407 Highcrest Rd., Rockford, IL. 61107. Burial in St. Joseph Cemetery, Freeport.
DAISY M. (THOMPSON) WOKER
, 87, of Pearl City, died Sunday afternoon at her home following a short illness. (The Social Security Death Index gives the date as December 1978.) She was a member of the Pearl City American Legion Auxiliary. Born October 30, 1891 in Kent Township, she was the daughter of David F. and Fianna (Erwin) Thompson. She married William Ralph Woker December 9, 1919 in Freeport.
Surviving are her husband, three daughters, Mrs. Burdette (Myrtle) Parkinson and Mrs. Stanley (Marian) Brubaker, both of rural Freeport, and Mrs. Royal (Marilyn) Liscom of Toms River, N. J.; 12 grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by nine brothers and sisters.
Funeral service will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Offenheiser-Schwarz Funeral Home in Pearl City with the Rev. Milton L. Whitney, pastor of St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church officiating. Burial will be in Yellow Creek Cemetery. Friends may call from 4 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. A memorial fund has been established.
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