Patricia Ann Hoelzer
May 22, 2013
Patricia Hoelzer, 71, of Utica died May 22, 2013, in the home of her daughter in Ottawa. Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday in St. John's Lutheran Church, Mendota, with the Rev. Dale Peterson officiating. Burial will be at Troy Grove Cemetery. Visitat-ion will be 4-7 p.m. Tuesday in Merritt Funeral Home, Mendota. She was born June 1, 1941,...
Clayton F. Buettner
May 20, 2013
Clayton F. Buettner, 84, of Mendota died May 20, 2013, in Mendota Lutheran Home. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday in Merritt Funeral Home, Mendota with the Rev. Deanna Mede officiating. Burial will be at Restland Cemetery, Mendota. Visitation will be 4-6 p.m. Wednesday in the funeral home. Mr. Buettner was born May 31, 1928, in Sublette to Raymond...
David Michael Oberschelp
May 7, 2013
David M. Oberschelp, 74, of Mendota died May 7, 2013, in Asta Care Center of Bloomington. Private services will be Saturday with the Rev. Ralph Faber officiating. Burial will be at St. Patrick's Cemetery, Maytown. There will be no visitation. Arrangements were provided by Merritt Funeral Home, Mendota. He was born July 20, 1938, in Princeton to Harold and Bernice...
Mary Lee Dawdy
May 2, 2013
Mary Lee (Shadden) Dawdy, 65, of 504 Plaza Drive, Mendota, formerly of Rockford, died May 2, 2013, in her residence. There will be no services. Burial will be at Restland Cemetery. There will be no visitation. Merritt Funeral Home, Mendota provided arrangements. She was born Feb. 6, 1948, in Manchester to Harley and Marjorie (Whitaker) Dawdy. She worked as a...
Clinton H. Sondgeroth
Apr 30, 2013
Clint H. Sondgeroth, 90, of Mendota died April 30, 2013, in Mendota Community Hospital. Mass of Christian burial will be at 11 a.m. Friday in Holy Cross Church, Mendota, with the Rev. Geoff Horton officiating. Burial will be at Holy Cross Cemetery, Mendota. Visitation will be 9-10:30 a.m. Friday in Merritt Funeral Home, Mendota. He was born March 5, 1923,...
Lois M. (Borelli) Stamberger
Apr 29, 2013
Lois M. Stamberger, 89, of Mendota died April 29, 2013, in the Mendota Lutheran Home. Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday in St. John's Lutheran Church, Mendota with the Rev. Dale Peterson officiating. Burial will be at Restland Cemetery, Mendota. Visitation is 4-7 p.m. Wednesday at Merritt Funeral Home, Mendota. She was born Jan. 22, 1924, in Sublette to...
Dallas James Holland
Apr 24, 2013
Dallas James Holland, 16, of Mendota died April 24, 2013, in his Mendota residence. No funeral service is scheduled. Burial will be at Putnam Cemetery at a later date. Visitation will be 2-5 p.m. Sunday in Merritt Funeral Home , Mendota. He was born Feb. 25, 1997, to Jason Holland and Kerri Rodgers. He was a sophomore at Mendota High...
Evelyn Ann Anderson
Apr 23, 2013
Evelyn A. Anderson, 79, of Mendota died April 23, 2013, in St. Francis Medical Center, Peoria. A memorial gathering will be 1-4 p.m. Saturday, May 4 in Mendota VFW Post 4079. Burial of ashes will be at a later date at Restland Cemetery, Mendota. Merritt Funeral Home, Mendota provided arrangements. She was born May 29, 1933, in Spring Valley to...
Alfred "Fritz" Rod
Apr 22, 2013
Alfred "Fritz" Rod, 79, of Mendota, formerly of Sublette, died April 22, 2013, in Mendota Community Hospital. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday in Merritt Funeral Home, Mendota, with the Rev. Michael Slutz officiating. Burial will be at Restland Cemetery, Mendota. Visitation will be 5-8 p.m. Friday in the funeral home. Mr. Rod born June 6, 1933, in LaMoille...
Sarah Beth Dalton
Apr 12, 2013
Sarah Beth Cocanour Dalton, 34, of Mendota passed away April 12, 2013, from injuries she received in a car accident near Winona, Minn. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday in First United Methodist Church, Mendota, with the Rev. Michael Morrell officiating. Burial will be at Lutheran Cemetery, Mendota. Visitation is 4-8 p.m. Tuesday in the church. Arrangements were...
Robert E. Grothen
Apr 7, 2013
Robert E. Grothen, 90, a resident of Illinois Veterans Home, La Salle, died April 7, 2013, in the home. Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday in Merritt Funeral Home with the Rev. Michael Morrell officiating. Burial will be at Restland Cemetery, Mendota with military rites by VFW Post 4079. Visitation will be one hour prior to services Wednesday at...
Betty Lou Thomas
Apr 6, 2013
Betty Lou Thomas, 84, of Heritage Health, Mendota died April 6, 2013, in Heritage Health. Memorial services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday in First United Methodist Church, Mendota, with the Rev. Michael Morrell officiating. Burial will be at Restland Cemetery. Visitation is 4-7 p.m. Friday in Merritt Funeral Home, Mendota. She was born April 16, 1928, in Kewanee to...
Lois M. Jones
Apr 4, 2013
Lois Marie Jones, 95, of Mendota died April 4, 2013, in Mendota Lutheran Home. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday in Zion United Methodist Church, Mendota with the Rev. Deanna Mede officiating. Burial will be in Starkweather Cemetery, Starkweather, N.D. Visitation will be one hour prior to services Saturday in the church. Merritt Funeral Home, Mendota provided arrangements. She...
Joseph J. Pakenham
Mar 31, 2013
Memorial Service 11:00a.m., Thursday, Merritt Funeral Home. Visitation one hour prior to services.
Lolla Faye Schultz
Mar 19, 2013
Lolla Faye Schultz, 82, of Compton passed away surrounded by loving family and friends March 18, 2013, after a long illness. Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday in Compton United Methodist Church with the Rev. Ken Foster officiating. Burial will be at a later date at Melugin Grove Cemetery. Visitation is 4-7 p.m. Thursday at Merritt Funeral Home,...
Minnie V. Bodenhamer
Mar 18, 2013
Because of trusting in Jesus Christ as her Lord and personal Savior, Minnie Viola Bodenhamer, 98, of Spring Valley left this world peaceably and entered her home in heaven at 12:15 a.m. March 19, 2013. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday in Shooting Park Road Baptist Church, Peru, with Minnie's grandson, Steve Davis, officiating. Burial will follow at...
Glenn A. Brumley
Mar 18, 2013
Glenn A. Brumley, 44, of Mendota died March 18, 2013 at Rockford Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be at 11:30 a.m. on March 23 at First United Methodist Church, Mendota with Rev. Michael Morrell officiating. Burial will be at Restland Cemetery. Visitation is from 10-11:30 a.m. on March 23 at the church. Arrangements were handled by the Merritt Funeral Home....
Elizabeth L. Finley
Mar 17, 2013
Elizabeth Lorraine Finley (nee Winkenweder) died on March 17, 2013 at the age of 91. She was born on May 30, 1921 in Aurora, Illinois. Her husband, Robert Coe Finley, Jr. preceded her in death. She is survived by her son, Robert Coe Finley, III, M.D. (Celia); grandchildren, Robert Finley IV, Timothy Finley (LeeAnn), Rebecca Richel; and great-grandchildren, Joseph, Nicholas,...
Michael W. Tipton
Mar 11, 2013
Michael W. Tipton, 58, of Mendota died March 11, 2013, in his home. Services will be at 3 p.m. Thursday in Merritt Funeral Home, Mendota. Burial will be private. Visitation will be 1-3 p.m. Thursday in the funeral home. Mr. Tipton was born Dec. 25, 1954, in Ottawa to William D. and Gloria June (Wilkins) Tipton. He married Cely Ogalesco...
