Joseph F. Hochstatter
Jan 31, 2016
Joseph F. Hochstatter, 64, of Mendota passed away January 31st in his home. Funeral services will be Friday, February 5th in the Merritt Funeral Home with Rev. Bo Schmitt officiating. Burial will be in Holy Cross Cemetery. Visitation will be Thursday from 5-7p.m., in the Merritt Funeral Home. Joseph was born December 4, 1951 in Mendota to Wilmer and Phyllis...
Darrel W. Rausch
Jan 25, 2016
Darrel W. Rausch, 86, of Mendota died Jan. 25, 2016 at his residence. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, Jan. 29 in St. John's Lutheran Church, Mendota with Rev. Janet Lepp officiating. Burial will be at Lutheran Cemetery, Mendota. Visitation is from 4-7 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 28 at the Merritt Funeral Home, Mendota. Darrel was...
Jeffrey F. Jones
Jan 24, 2016
Jeffrey F. Jones, 55, of Mendota, passed away January 24th in his residence. Memorial services will be Wednesday, February 3 at 5 p.m., in the Merritt Funeral Home with Rev. Joel Phelps officiating. Visitation will be one hour prior to services. Jeffrey was born December 17, 1960 in Mendota to Floyd and Paula (Perryman) Jones. He was a manager at...
Sheldon K. Lemier
Jan 20, 2016
Sheldon K. LeMier, Jr. 54, of Arlington, passed away peacefully on January 20th in his home surrounded by his family. Memorial services will be held Monday January 25th at 1p.m. in the Merritt Funeral Home, Mendota. There will no visitation. Burial will be private. Sheldon was born July 28, 1961 in Aurora to Sheldon and Donna (Filip) LeMier, Sr. He...
Cathy E. Kilmartin
Jan 19, 2016
Cathy E. Kilmartin, 70, of Mendota passed away January 19th in her home surrounded by her family. Mass of Christian Burial will be Friday at 10:30a.m., in Holy Cross Church, Mendota with Rev. Bo Schmitt officiating. Cremation rites will be accorded after the mass and burial will be held at a later date. Visitation will be Thursday from 4-8p.m., in...
Harrison A. Harmon
Jan 17, 2016
Harrison A. Harmon, 97, of Mendota died Jan. 17, 2016 at OSF Saint Paul Medical Center, Mendota. A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 21 at the Merritt Funeral Home, Mendota with Rev. Henry Hein officiating. Burial will be at Restland Cemetery, Mendota with military rites by Mendota VFW Post 4079. Harrison was born July...
Marieda Jo Lind
Jan 14, 2016
Marieda Jo Haas Lind, 68, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Jan. 14, 2016, in St. Andrew's Village, Aurora, Colo. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Friday in Van Orin Gospel Church, with burial following at Van Orin Repose Cemetery. Merritt Funeral Home, Mendota provided the arrangements. Marieda was born March 10, 1947, in Princeton...
Dorothy E. Copper
Jan 8, 2016
Dorothy E. Copper, 92, of Mendota died Jan. 8, 2016, in Heritage Health, Mendota. Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday in First Presbyterian Church, Mendota with the Rev. Susan Presley officiating. Burial will be at Restland Cemetery, Mendota. Visitation will be 4 - 6 p.m. Friday at Merritt Funeral Home, Mendota. Dorothy was born Dec. 28, 1923, in...
Irene L. Watson
Jan 4, 2016
Irene L. Watson, 100, of Mendota died Jan. 4, 2016, in Mendota Lutheran Home. Funeral services will be at noon Saturday in Merritt Funeral Home, Mendota with the Rev. Susan Presley officiating. Burial will be at Chapel Hill Cemetery, Dixon. Visitation will be 10:30 a.m. until services Saturday in the funeral home. Irene was born Dec. 13, 1915, in Algona,...
Randall E. Radtke
Jan 2, 2016
Randall "Randy" Radtke, 61, of Mendota died Jan. 2, 2016, in his residence. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday in St. John's Lutheran Church, Mendota with the Rev. Janet Lepp officiating. Cremation rites will be accorded following services. Visitation will be 4-7 p.m. Wednesday in Merritt Funeral Home, Mendota. Randy was born March 25, 1954, in Mendota to...
Joan M. Lamkin
Dec 28, 2015
Joan Margaret Lamkin, 78, of Mendota passed away on December 28, 2015 at Heritage Health, Mendota after a brief illness. A Memorial Mass will be held at 10:30a.m., Thursday in Holy Cross Church with Father Bo Schmitt officiating. There will be no visitation. Merritt Funeral Home, Mendota provided arrangements. Joan was born August 21, 1937 in Sublette to James and...
Ruth A. Wixom
Dec 25, 2015
Ruth Wixom, 91, of Mendota died Dec. 25, 2015, in Serenity Hospice and Home, Oregon, Ill. Memorial services will be at 4 p.m. Tuesday in Merritt Funeral Home, Mendota with the Rev. Michael Morrell officiating. Cremation rites will be accorded later with burial of ashes at Restland Cemetery, Mendota. Visitation will be one hour prior to services Tuesday in the...
David Philip Buland
Dec 24, 2015
David Phil Buland, 82, of Mendota died Dec. 24, 2015, in St. Margaret's Hospital, Spring Valley. Memorial services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday in Merritt Funeral Home, Mendota with the Rev. Michael Morrell officiating. Burial will be private. Visitation will be from 9:30 a.m. until time of services Saturday at the funeral home. David was born June 12, 1933,...
Marjorie S. Ultch
Dec 24, 2015
Marjorie Ultch, 91, of LaMoille died Dec. 24, 2015, in Liberty Village, Princeton. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday in Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church of Clarion with Rev. David Jungnickel officiating. Burial will be at Clarion Cemetery. Visitation will be 4-7 p.m. Monday at Merritt Funeral Home, Mendota. Marjorie was born Sept. 13, 1924, in Clarion Township to...
Gloria M. Stoup
Dec 24, 2015
Gloria M. Stoup, 81, of Mendota died December 24 in her home. There will be no services. Cremation rites were accorded. Gloria was born November 27, 1934 in Boston, MA. to Joseph and Veronica (Dube) Diaz. She married George Joseph Gould in 1953 he died in 1971. She then married Harry Stoup in 1984 he died in 2005. She was...
Dorothy H. Nickel
Dec 20, 2015
Dorothy H. Nickel, 96, of Footville, Wisconsin and former Van Orin, IL resident died December 20, 2015 at her home. Graveside services will be held on Sunday, December 27th at 1:00p.m., in Van Orin Repose Cemetery. Merritt Funeral Home, Mendota is assisting the family with the arrangements. Dorothy was born January 10, 1919 to John and Charlotte (Cranston) Eiberger. She...
Richard W. Shorter
Dec 17, 2015
Richard W. Shorter, 55, of Mendota died Dec. 17, 2015, in Kishwaukee Hospital, DeKalb. Visitation will be 5-8 p.m. Tuesday in Merritt Funeral Home, Mendota. Cremation rites have been accorded. He was born Sept. 2, 1960, in Chicago to Kenneth and Shirley (Phillips) Shorter. He married Kay Shifflette on Sept. 18, 1982. He liked working on cars, hunting, fishing and...
Lora Jean Ortega
Dec 11, 2015
Lora J. Ortega, 55, of Mendota died December 11, 2015 at her residence. Funeral services will be held at 10:00a.m., Wednesday in the Faith Assembly of God Church, Peru with Rev. Steve Adamson officiating. Burial will take place in Restland Cemetery, Mendota. Visitation from 4-7p.m., Tuesday in the Merritt Funeral Home, Mendota. Lora was born October 12, 1960 in Joliet,...
Gayle Joyce Hartman
Dec 10, 2015
Gayle Joyce Hartman, nee Gillespie, age 79 of Villa Rica GA, formerly of Princeton IL. died December 10, 2015 at Tanner Hospital in Carrollton GA. Gayle was born December 18, 1935 to Robert and Eugenia Gillespie of Aurora, IL. She married Jack Hartman on August 22nd 1953. Gayle was a real estate agent for Coldwell-Banker in Princeton until her retirement....
Cindy G Mcelderry
Dec 8, 2015
Lucinda "Cindy" McElderry, 56, of Earlville died Dec. 8, 2015, in her residence. A memorial service will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday in Merritt Funeral Home, Mendota with Pastor David Zapf officiating. Memorial visitation will be 4-7 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. She was born April 18, 1959, in Chillicothe, Mo., to William and Lena (Fulton) Sanson. She married...
