Marie A. Zinke
Nov 10, 2012
Marie A. Zinke, 89, of Mendota died Nov. 10, 2012, in Mendota Community Hospital. Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday in Merritt Funeral Home, Mendota, with the Rev. Ken Foster officiating. Burial will be at Restland Cemetery, Mendota. Visitation is 4- 7 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. She was born Feb. 9, 1923, in West Brooklyn to Ernest...
Lenore G. Drummer
Nov 7, 2012
Lenore Drummer, 98, of LaMoille died Nov. 7, 2012, in Mendota Lutheran Home. Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday in First Congregational Church of LaMoille with the Rev. Chris Johnson officiating. Burial will be at Greenfield Cemetery, LaMoille. Visitation will be 5-7 p.m. Sunday in Lundquist-Merritt Funeral Home, LaMoille. She was born Oct. 4, 1914, in LaMoille to Frank...
Janet B. Stuepfert
Nov 6, 2012
Janet B. Stuepfert, 94, a resident of the Mendota Lutheran Home, passed away Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012, at Mendota Community Hospital in Mendota. Born Oct. 8, 1918, in LaMoille to Frank W. and Doris (Esterday) Grisell, she married Henry Stuepfert Nov. 16, 1938, in Van Orin. He died June 5, 1997. She was a member of the Zion Evangelical Church...
Leona "Wendy" Davenport
Oct 31, 2012
Wendy Davenport, 74, of Worth died Oct. 31, 2012, in Palos Community Hospital, Palos Heights. Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday in Merritt Funeral Home, Mendota, with the Rev. Michael Morrell officiating. Burial will be at Greenfield Cemetery, LaMoille. Visitation will be one hour prior to funeral services in the funeral home She was born Jan. 1, 1938, in...
Tanna L. Becker
Oct 28, 2012
Tanna L. Becker, 64, of Savanna died Oct. 28, 2012, in CGH Medical Center, Sterling. Private family memorial services will be at 1:30 p.m. Saturday in Merritt Funeral Home, Mendota. Burial will be at Holy Cross Cemetery, Mendota. Visitation will be 12:30- 1:30 p.m. Saturday in the funeral home. She was born Jan. 18, 1948, in Wichita, Kan., to Don...
Warren Gillispie
Oct 13, 2012
Warren E. Gillispie, 66, of Mendota died Oct. 13, 2012, in Mendota Community Hospital. Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday in Merritt Funeral Home, Mendota. Burial will be at Millington- Newark Cemetery, Millington. Visitation is 4-8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Mr. Gillispie was born Feb. 17, 1946, in Chicago to Bill and Dolly (Huetson) Gillispie. He was...
Laura L. Ruppert
Oct 9, 2012
Laura L. Ruppert, 82, of Mendota died Oct. 9, 2012, in Mendota Community Hospital. Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday in St. John's Lutheran Church, Mendota, with the Rev. Dale Peterson officiating. Burial will be at Forest Lawn Memory Gardens, La Salle. Visitation is 2-5 p.m. Sunday at Merritt Funeral Home, Mendota. She was born Feb. 3, 1930, in...
Lorna Crews
Oct 3, 2012
Lorna E. Crews, 87, of Mendota died Oct. 3, 2012, in Rochelle Community Hospital. There will be no services. Cremation rites were accorded. Merritt Funeral Home, Mendota provided the arrangements. She was born March 17, 1925, in Walnut to Ilo and Urado (Heinz) Tower. She married Russell Crews on Dec. 25, 1950, in Iowa. She was a homemaker. She is...
Jean Helen Young
Oct 3, 2012
Jean Helen Young, 82, of Mendota passed away peacefully Oct. 3, 2012, in Unity Hospital in Fridley, Minn., after a long, brave battle with cancer. A private graveside service will be on the morning of Oct. 20. It will be followed by a public "Time of Remembrance" for Jean from 2:30-4 p.m. in the First United Methodist Church, Mendota. The...
Clarence E. Shultz
Sep 26, 2012
Clarence E. Schultz, 97, a resident of Mendota Lutheran Home died Sept. 26, 2012, in the home. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday in Community United Methodist Church, LaMoille with the Rev. Sang Myung Park officiating. Burial will be at Elm Lawn Cemetery, Princeton. Visitation is 4-6 p.m. Sunday in Merritt Funeral Home, Mendota. He was born Nov. 7,...
Alta May Wixom
Sep 26, 2012
Alta May Wixom, 83, of Mendota and formerly of Aurora died Sept. 26, 2012, in Heritage Health, Mendota. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday in Merritt Funeral Home, Mendota with the Rev. Larry Sheaves officiating. Burial will be at Restland Cemetery, Mendota. There will be no visitation. She was born May 22, 1929, in Mendota to Leonard R. and...
Hildegarde E. Kerns
Sep 18, 2012
Hildegarde Elizabeth Kerns, 94, of Mendota died Sept. 18, 2012, in Heritage Health, Mendota. Mass of Christian burial will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday in Holy Cross Church, Mendota, with the Rev. Joseph Dondanville officiating. Burial will be at Holy Cross Cemetery, Mendota. Visitation is 5-7 p.m. Thursday at Merritt Funeral Home, Mendota. Mrs. Kerns was born Dec. 21, 1917,...
Sue Ellen Youssi
Sep 14, 2012
Sue Ellen Youssi, 66, of Batavia and originally of rural Compton passed away Sept. 14, 2012, following a courageous battle with cancer. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday in Merritt Funeral Home, Mendota, with the Rev. Ken Foster officiating. Interment will be at Melugin Grove Cemetery, Compton. Visitation is one hour prior to services Wednesday in the funeral...
Maurice "Duke" G. Jornlin
Sep 10, 2012
Maurice "Duke" Jornlin Jr., 79, of Mendota died Sept. 10, 2012, in Mendota Community Hospital. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday in Merritt Funeral Home, Mendota with the Rev. Harold Koonce officiating. Burial will be at Restland Cemetery, Mendota. Visitation is 5-7 p.m. Thursday in the funeral home. He was born Feb. 13, 1933, in La Salle to Maurice...
R'Lene Minnig
Sep 3, 2012
R'Lene Minnig, 84, of Mendota, formerly of Colorado and Nebraska, died Sept. 3, 2012, in her daughter's Mendota home. Mass of Christian burial will be at 10 a.m. Friday in Sts. Peter & Paul Church, Peterstown, with the Rev. Geoff Horton officiating. Burial will be at Bassett Memorial Cemetery, Basset, Neb. Visitation is 9-9:45 a.m. Friday in Merritt Funeral Home,...
Brenda Lee Brown
Sep 2, 2012
Brenda Lee Brown, 48, of Mendota died Sept. 2, 2012, in Amboy Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center after a long battle with cancer. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday in Merritt Funeral Home, Mendota, with the Rev. David Tellinghuisen officiating. Burial will be at Restland Cemetery, Mendota. Visitation is 4-8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home and one hour prior...
Barney Lee Beemer
Aug 26, 2012
Barney Lee Beemer, 67, of La Salle died Aug. 26, 2012, in Adventist Hospital, Bolingbrook. Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday in Merritt Funeral Home, Mendota, with Deacon Vincent Slomian officiating. Burial will be at Restland Cemetery, Mendota. Visitation will be 4-7 p.m. Thursday in the funeral home. Mr. Beemer was born April 30, 1945, in Norfolk, Va., to...
Rosalie M. Shannon
Aug 19, 2012
Rosalie M. Shannon, 84, of Mendota died Aug. 19, 2012, in Mendota Community Hospital. Mass of Christian burial will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday in Holy Cross Church, Mendota, with the Rev. Fredi Gomez-Torres officiating. Burial will be at Restland Cemetery, Mendota. Visitation is 4-7 p.m. Wednes-day in Merritt Funeral Home, Mendota. She was born July 1, 1928, in La...
Phyllis M. Bowne
Aug 17, 2012
Phyllis M. Bowne, 83, of Mendota died Aug. 17, 2012, in Mendota Lutheran Home. Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday in Merritt Funeral Home, Mendota, with the Rev. Michael Morrell officiating. Burial will be at Restland Cemetery, Mendota. Visitation is 5-7 p.m. Tuesday in the funeral home. She was born June 10, 1929, in Mendota to Charles and Marie...
