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Obituaries Posted by Horner-Merritt Funeral Home
Lotta May May Lewis
Feb 11, 1923
Lotta May Lewis, 87, of Mendota died Feb. 4, 2011, in her home. Services will be 11 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 8 in First United Presbyterian Church with the Rev. Dale Dykstra officiating. Burial will be in Welsh Pioneer Cemetery, Iowa City, Iowa. Visitation will be 5-7 p.m. Monday in Merritt Funeral Home, Mendota. Mrs. Lewis was born...
Robert Avery
Feb 10, 1923
F. Robert Avery, 86, of Mendota died Dec. 21, 2009, in Heritage Manor Nursing Home, Mendota. Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday in First United Methodist Church, Mendota, with the Rev. Michael Morrell officiating. Burial will be at Restland Cemetery, Mendota.Visitation is 4-6 p.m. Tuesday in Merritt Funeral Home, Mendota. Mr. Avery was born Feb. 10,...
Christ Troupis
Jan 28, 1923
Christ Troupis, 88, passed away on Dec. 19, 2011, in Mendota Community Hospital. A funeral Mass will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday in Holy Cross Catholic Church, Mendota, with the Rev. Fredi Gomez-Torres officiating. Burial will be at Holy Cross Cemetery, Mendota with full military rites by Mendota VFW Post 4079. Visitation is 3-7 p.m. Wednesday at...
Mildred Murphy
Jan 17, 1923
Mildred Murphy, 87, of Mendota died April 15, 2010, in Mendota Community Hospital. Graveside services will be at a later date. The Rev. Gale Brandner will officiate. Burial will be at Restland Cemetery. There will be no visitation. She was born Jan. 17, 1923, in Keyser, W.Va., to James and Edna (Brafford) Fox. She married Chester Murphy....
Nancy E. Johnson
Dec 11, 1922
Nancy E. Johnson, 84, of Mendota Lutheran Home, died Sept. 22, 2007, in the home. Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday in Holy Cross Church, Mendota, with the Rev. James Kruse officiating. Burial will be at Wood National Cemetery, Milwaukee, Wis. Visitation is 4-7 p.m. Thursday in Merritt Funeral Home, Mendota. She was born Dec. 11, 1922, in Racine,...
Mildred Mathesius
Dec 8, 1922
Mildred Mathesius, 86, of Stonecroft Village, Mendota died Jan. 29, 2009, in Mendota Community Hospital. Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday in Merritt Funeral Home, Mendota with the Rev. Dale Johnson officiating. Burial will be at Restland Cemetery, Mendota. Visitation is one hour prior to services Monday in the funeral home. She was born Dec. 8,...
Mildred L. Morris
Dec 5, 1922
Mildred L. Morris, 88, of Stonecroft Village, Mendota died Dec. 31, 2010, in Mendota Community Hospital. Services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday in Merritt Funeral Home, Mendota, with the Rev. Michael Morrell officiating. Burial will be at Elm Lawn Cemetery, Princeton. Visitation is 5-7 p.m. Monday at the funeral home. She was born Dec. 5, 1922,...
Kay Crisman
Nov 20, 1922
Kathleen Crisman, 88, of Mendota died Aug. 28, 2011, in Mendota Lutheran Home. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday in First United Methodist Church , Mendota , with the Rev. Michael Morrell officiating. Burial will be at Union Cemetery, LaMoille. Visitation is 5-8 p.m. Wednesday in the church. Arrangements were provided by Merritt Funeral Home, Mendota....
Frances B. Kilgour
Oct 2, 1922
Frances B. Kilgour, 88, of Mendota died Dec. 22, 2010, in Mendota Lutheran Home. Cremation rites will be accorded with a memorial Mass to be scheduled at a later date in Holy Cross Church, Mendota. Merritt Funeral Home assisted the family with arrangements. She was born Oct. 2, 1922, in Chicago to Michael and Rose (Szymkowska) Kuryla....
Raymond J. Cullinane
Sep 17, 1922
Raymond J. Cullinane, 89, formerly of Streator and Amboy died April 6, 2012, in Heritage Health of Mendota. Mass of Christian burial will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday in Holy Cross Church, Mendota, with the Rev. Gary Blake officiating. Burial will be at St. Ann's Cemetery, Toluca. Visitation is 9:30-10:15 a.m. Wednesday in Merritt Funeral Home, Mendota....
Elmer L. Sporleder
May 21, 1922
Elmer L. Sporleder, 89, of Sublette died March 9, 2012, in Amboy Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center. A memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday in Merritt Funeral Home, Mendota, with the Rev. Louis Sari officiating. Burial will be at Greenfield Cemetery, LaMoille, with military honors by Mendota VFW Council 4079. Visitation is two hours prior to...
Eleanor M. Trembly
Apr 15, 1922
Eleanor M. Trembly, 88, of Mendota died April 4, 2011, in Mendota Community Hospital. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday in the First Presbyterian Church, Mendota, with the Rev. Dale Dykstra officiating. Burial will be at Elm Lawn Cemetery, Princeton. Visitation is 4-7 p.m. Thursday at Merritt Funeral Home, Mendota. She was born April 15, 1922,...
Tom W. Martin
Apr 3, 1922
Thomas W. Martin, 86, of Mendota died March 18, 2009, in Heritage Manor Nursing Home, Mendota. Services will be at noon Saturday in Merritt Funeral Home, Mendota, with the Rev. Larry Sheaves officiating. Burial will be at Greenfield Cemetery, LaMoille, with military rites by VFW Post 4079. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. until time of service...
Robert Bud Simpson
Mar 31, 1922
Robert Simpson, 86, of Mendota died March 18, 2009, in Rockford Memorial Hospital. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday in Zion United Methodist Church, Mendota, with the Rev. Gale Brandner officiating. Burial will be at Restland Cemetery, Mendota. Visitation is 4-7 p.m. Friday in Merritt Funeral Home, Mendota. Mr. Simpson was born March 31, 1922, in...
Dorothy Zinke
Feb 28, 1922
Dorothy Zinke, 89, of Sublette, died peacefully April 6, 2011, in Mendota Lutheran Home. A Mass of Christian burial will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday in Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Sublette. The Rev. Max Lasrado will officiate. Burial will be at St. Mary's Cemetery. Visitation will be 4-7 p.m. Sunday in Merritt Funeral Home, Mendota, with...
Florence Reeder
Feb 12, 1922
Florence Reeder, 87, of Mendota died Aug. 27, 2009, in Mendota Lutheran Home. A Mass of Christian burial will be at 1:30 p.m. Monday in Holy Cross Church, Mendota, with the Rev. Fredi Gomez Torres officiating. Burial will be at Holy Cross Cemetery, Mendota. Visitation is 2-4 p.m. Sunday with a rosary at 4 p.m. in Merritt...
Margaret L. Thompson
Jan 21, 1922
Margaret L. Thompson, 89, of 701 Meadowview Drive, Mendota died May 2, 2011, in Mendota Community Hospital. A memorial service will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday in Merritt Funeral Home, Mendota, with the Rev. Gary Blake officiating. Private burial will be at a later date. Visitation is one hour prior to the service at the funeral home....
Daryl L. Ecklund
Jan 18, 1922
Daryl L. Ecklund, 87, of LaMoille died July 1, 2009, in Colonial Hall Nursing Home, Princeton. Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday in Merritt Funeral Home, Mendota, with the Rev. Martha Wendel-Carputo officiating. Burial will be at Greenfield Cemetery, LaMoille, with military rites by Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4079. Visitation will be from noon until...
Warren Setchell
Jan 1, 1922
Warren M. Setchell, 86, of Mendota died Nov. 1, 2008, in Mendota Community Hospital. Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday in Merritt Funeral Home, Mendota. The Rev. Michael Morrell will officiate. Burial will be at Restland Cemetery, Mendota. Visitation will be 5-7 p.m. Tuesday in the funeral home. Mr. Setchell was born Jan. 1, 1922, in...
Paul F. Truckenbrod
Dec 4, 1921
Paul F. Truckenbrod, 90, of LaMoille died April 19, 2012, at Rockford Memorial Hospital. Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Zion Lutheran Church of Clarion. The Rev. Kevin Weeks will officiate. Burial will be at Clarion Lutheran Cemetery. Visitation will be 4:30-7 p.m. Sunday at Merritt Funeral Home, Mendota. Mr. Truckenbrod was born Dec. 4,...

