Holly L. Brantner
Jan 20, 2022
Holly Lynnette Faith Brantner, 69, of Mendota passed away January 20, 2022 at Heritage Health, Mendota. Funeral services will be Thursday, January 27, 2022 at 11:00 a.m. at St. John's Lutheran Church, Mendota with Rev. Ken Gibson officiating. Masks are required. Burial will be in Restland Cemetery, Mendota. Visitation will be held one hour prior to services in the church....
Margaret E.S. Lewis
Jan 20, 2022
Margaret Elizabeth Lewis, 89, of Mendota , passed away January 20, 2022 in her home. Margaret was born May 6, 1932 in Cooperstown, Il. to Wayne and Evlyn (Thomas) Snyder. In 1954, Margaret (Margo) married her high school sweetheart Charles (Chuck) Lewis, who was the love of her entire life. They spent the next 67 years together raising their family...
Raymond J. Wilson
Jan 19, 2022
Raymond J. Wilson, 77, of Mendota, passed away January 19, 2022 at OSF St. Paul Medical Center, Mendota. Cremation rites have been accorded and burial will be private. Raymond was born January 23, 1944 in Gary, Indiana. He served in the United States Navy. He was a friend to everybody he met. Playing video games is what he truly enjoyed....
Robert A. Wilhelm
Jan 18, 2022
Robert August Wilhelm, age 93, passed away peacefully on January 18, 2022, at Heritage Health, Mendota surrounded by family.
Robert was born in Mendota, Illinois, on January 12, 1929, to Alice H. (Stamberger) and George F. Wilhelm.
He was confirmed at St John's Lutheran, Mendota, on April 18, 1943, graduated from Mendota High School in...
Danielle E. Bernard
Jan 15, 2022
Danielle E. Bernard, 38, of Mendota passed away January 15, 2022. Visitation will be Thursday, January 20, 2022 from 5-7 p.m. at the Merritt Funeral Home, Mendota. Cremation rites will follow and private burial will be at Precinct Cemetery, Earlville in the spring. Danielle was born February 2, 1983 in Mendota to William and Brenda (Brown) Neighbor. Danielle was general...
Stacy Aden
Jan 13, 2022
Stacy May Aden, 49, of DePue, passed away January 13, 2022 at OSF St. Anthony Medical Center, Rockford. Funeral services will be Thursday, January 20, 2022 at 1:00 p.m. at Community United Methodist, LaMoille with Rev. David Jungnickel officiating. Cremation rites will follow and burial will be private at later date. Visitation will be Thursday from 10:00 a.m. until time...
Germaine A. Mcgill
Jan 10, 2022
Germaine A. McGill, 93, of Mendota passed away January 10, 2022 at Heritage Health, Mendota. Mass of Christian Burial will be Thursday, January 13, 2022 at 11:30 a.m. at Holy Cross Church, Mendota with Father Peter Pilon officiating. Burial will be at Queen of Heaven Cemetery, Hillside at 11:30 a.m. Friday January 14, 2022. Visitation will be Thursday from 9:30-11:00...
Timothy T. Mccarthy
Jan 9, 2022
Timothy T. McCarthy, 72, of Mendota passed away January 9, 2022 in his home. Tim was born August 8, 1949 in Chicago to Charles and Dorothy (Keeley) McCarthy. He married Barbara Rife. Tim served in the United States Marines during the Vietnam War. He worked as a security guard for Mendota Community Hospital and Illinois Valley Community College. He was...
Patricia A. Rod
Jan 6, 2022
Patricia A. (Whitmore) Rod was born on September 19, 1936 in Aurora, Illinois to George and Bernice (Caponash) Whitmore, Jr. She had the honor of being the first daughter born in the Whitmore family for 60 years. Patricia peacefully passed away January 6, 2022 surrounded by family at Brighton Gardens of Wheaton Reminiscence in Wheaton, Illinois. Patricia was a member...
Caroline Marie Costello
Jan 1, 2022
Caroline Marie Costello, 99, of Mendota, passed away, January 1, 2022 at her daughter's home in Dixon. Funeral services will be Saturday, January 8, 2022 at 1:45 p.m. at the Merritt Funeral Home, Mendota with Rev. Betty Delgado officiating. Burial will be at Restland Cemetery, Mendota. Visitation will be held Saturday from 12:00 until 1:30 p.m. in the funeral home....
Beverly C. Roberts
Dec 29, 2021
Beverly C. Roberts, 83, of Sublette, passed away December 29, 2021 at Heritage Health, Mendota.
Beverly was born November 10, 1938 in Gastonia, North Carolina, the daughter of Wilmer and Ruth (Hasselberg) Williamson. She graduated from Franklin Center High School. Bev was a homemaker and Mary Kay Cosmetics Consultant. She married Edward Erbes on June 8, 1958 then...
Korey Davis
Dec 29, 2021
Korey Davis, 41, of Sublette, passed away December 29, 2021 at OSF St. Anthony's Medical Center, Rockford.
Visitation will be Thursday, January 6, 2022 from 4-7 p.m. at the Merritt Funeral Home, Mendota. Cremation rites will follow and public burial will be held at 11:00 a.m. Monday, January 10, 2022 at St. Paul Evangelical Cemetery, 33434 Old...
Franklin D. Etheridge
Dec 27, 2021
Franklin D. Etheridge of Avon, Indiana and formerly of Mendota, passed away on December 27, 2021 at the age of 88. Frank was born on April 27, 1933 in Mendota, Il. He was preceded in death by his father Cashius, mother Hildagard, brother Daniel and wife Lois. He is survived by his daughter Susan, son Michael, daughter-in law Joyce and...
Doris A. Mellott
Dec 25, 2021
Doris A. Mellott, 86, of Mendota, passed away on December 25, 2021 at OSF St. Paul Medical Center, Mendota surrounded by her family. She was born on June 11, 1935 to the late Laurence and Josephine (Sondgeroth) Amfahr and grew up one of six children on the family dairy farm. She graduated from Mendota High School in 1953. She married...
Mary Rita Hochstatter
Dec 23, 2021
Mary Rita Hochstatter, 98 of Mendota, passed away December 23, 2021 at the Villa Senior Care Community, Sherman. Mass of Christian burial will be Thursday, December 30, at 11:00 a.m. at Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church, Peterstown with Father Peter Pilon officiating. Burial will be in Saints Peter and Paul Cemetery, Peterstown. Visitation will be Wednesday from 4-7 p.m....
Matthew C. Untz
Dec 16, 2021
Matthew "Matt" C. Untz, 50, of Mendota, passed away Thursday, December 16, 2021 at his home surrounded by his family after a courageous battle with cancer. A memorial Mass will be held at Holy Cross Church, Mendota next summer with time and date announced. Merritt Funeral Home, Mendota is assisting the family. Matt was born August 18, 1971 in Mendota...
Andrew F. Swanson
Dec 15, 2021
Our dear, big brother, Andrew F. Swanson, passed away at OSF St. Francis Medical Center, Peoria on the evening of Wednesday, December 15, 2021 after a brief illness. He was born July 27, 1958 and raised in Mendota and was a graduate of MTHS. He was a proud veteran of the United States Army. At various times he was a...
Marcella "Sally" B. Chandler
Dec 15, 2021
Marcella (Sally) Chandler, 88, of Mendota, passed away December 15, 2021 at Heritage Health, Mendota. Sally was born January 23, 1933 in New Ulm, Minnesota to Harry and Elsa (Fredrick) Hamann. She married Joseph Chandler June 30, 1956 in Holy Cross Church, Mendota. She worked at Mendota Trouser Factory, Ben Franklin and held various waitress jobs. She was an avid...
Nicholas Vito Lonero Iii
Dec 15, 2021
Nicholas Vito Lonero III, 63, of Mendota, passed away peacefully with his loved ones around him on December 15, 2021. Nick was born April 25, 1958 in Chicago to Nicholas and Maryann (Lombardi) Lonero II. He grew up in Chicago near Taylor Street, in the heart of little Italy. His heart and inner cowboy came out of him and brought...
Christina Mcclure
Dec 13, 2021
Christina (Edgcomb) McClure, 42, passed away December 13, 2021 unexpectedly at her home in Menifee, CA. She was born August 8, 1979 at Grossmont Hospital in La Mesa, CA to Douglas and Sheila (Gordon) Edgcomb. She attended school in Mendota. After graduating she returned to California where she resided. She leaves behind three children, Teigan Douglas, Tristan Riley and Taylan...
