Local obituaries for Eighner Funeral Homes
Donald G. Miller
Mar 23, 2017
Donald George Miller – 88 2/9/1929 – 3/23/2017 Donald G. Miller, 88, of Apache Junction, AZ, formerly of Somonauk, IL, passed away March 23, 2017 in Arizona. He was born February 9, 1929, to Harold and Gladys Miller in Somonauk. A 1947 graduate of Somonauk High, he also served in the US Army. He married Doris Trout Riemensnider on February...
Jeaness S. Medin
Mar 23, 2017
Jeaness S. Medin, 85, a lifelong resident of Yorkville, IL passed away Thursday. March 23, 2017 at Bickford Assisted Living and Memory Care in Oswego, IL. She was born December 11, 1931 in Aurora, IL the daughter of Parker R. and Genevieve M. Clark Sherwin. She married Curtis H. Medin on January 21, 1971 in McHenry, IL. She was a...
Joyce M. Stegman
Mar 17, 2017
Joyce M. Stegman, 82, of Harding, IL passed away Friday, March 17, 2017. She was born August 13, 1934 in Morris, Illinois the daughter of George and Evelyn Matteson Winterbottom. She married Alfred Stegman on August 28, 1954 in Minooka, IL. She attended a one-room schoolhouse in rural Morris, Minooka High School graduating in 1952 and attended secretarial school in...
Eleanor M. Koski
Mar 12, 2017
Eleanor M. Koski, 88, of Plano, formerly of Superior, WI, passed away on Sunday, March 12, 2017 at her daughter’s home. She was born December 19, 1928 in Minong, WI, the daughter of Andrew Anselm and Ada Lynn Binfield Fjellman. She married Francis Koski on March 5. Eleanor taught elementary school for 19 years in Duluth, MN. She was an...
Gerald D. "Jerry" Anderson
Mar 11, 2017
Gerald D. “Jerry” Anderson, 79, of Millbrook passed away on Saturday, March 11, 2017 at Valley West Hospital in Sandwich, IL. He was born September 12, 1937 in Sandwich, IL, the son of Donald and Pearl Johnson Anderson. He married Betty L. Perkins on September 5, 1959 in Plano, IL. Jerry was a member of the Millbrook United Methodist Church....
Jarvis L. Knight
Mar 11, 2017
Jarvis L. Knight, 92, of Huntley, formerly of Somonauk, passed away Saturday, March 11, 2017 at JourneyCare in Barrington, IL. He was born November 11, 1924 in Waterman, IL, the son of Dewey and Melva Sebby Knight. He married Emma Louise Jacobson on August 19, 1944 in Leland, IL. Jarvis was a member of the Leland American Legion for 70...
Willard O. Lee
Mar 11, 2017
Willard O. Lee, 87, of Somonauk, IL passed away Saturday, March 11, 2017 at OSF St. Elizabeth Medical Center in Ottawa, IL. He was born July 2, 1929 in Sanborn, MN, the son of George and Dena Lee Lee. He married Shirley Lee on November 9, 1952 in Sioux City, Iowa. He was a member of St. John’s Lutheran Church...
Betty Kay Grimm
Mar 11, 2017
Betty Kay Grimm, 77, of Earlville, Illinois passed away, Saturday, March 11, 2017 at OSF St. Anthony Medical Center in Rockford, IL. She was born November 12, 1939 in Spring Valley, IL the daughter of Charles and Velma Hassler Schindel. She married Howard D. Grimm on December 11, 1976 in Amboy, IL. She was a member of Immanuel Lutheran Church,...
Doris Jean Grover
Mar 10, 2017
Doris Jean Grover, age 88, of Leland, Illinois passed away on March 10, 2017 with the company and love of her family. She was born on February 13, 1929 in Rockford, IL to Arthur L. Hoffman and Mildred Baker Hoffman. The youngest of four children, Doris received her B.S. from Beloit College, Wisconsin, and moved to Leland in 1950 to...
Raymond L. Richardson
Mar 8, 2017
Raymond L. Richardson, 74, of Earlville, IL passed away Wednesday, March 8, 2017 in Heritage Health in Mendota, IL. He was born August 27, 1942 in Boscobel, WI. He served in the U.S. Army in Vietnam War. He was a member of the Earlville American Legion. He is survived by three sons, Dennis Janice Richardson of Trumbull, CT, Michael Marcia...
Patrick James Gibson
Mar 7, 2017
Patrick James Gibson, 81, of Somonauk, IL passed away Tuesday, March 7, 2017 at his home. He is survived by two daughters, Deborah Thomas Goetz of Sycamore, IL and Michelle Gino Scribano of St. Charles, IL; seven grandchildren, Jennifer, Cameron, Christina, Brianna, Francesca, Carissa, and Angelina. He was preceded in death by his parents, his wife Marge Gibson and his...
Wendy Ann Shaw
Mar 5, 2017
Wendy Shaw, 64, of Sandwich passed away Sunday, March 5, 2017 at Willow Crest Nursing Pavilion in Sandwich, IL. She was born March 5, 1953 in Glencoe, MN, the daughter of Harold and Trudy Kocina. She married Robert Shaw on March 10, 1972 in Naperville, IL. Wendy was a loving wife, mother, and grandmother. She enjoyed gardening, cooking, crafting, and...
Thomas Gene Olson
Mar 1, 2017
Thomas Gene Olson, 80, of Sandwich, IL passed away Wednesday, March 1, 2017 at Englewood Hospital in Englewood, FL. He was born August 2, 1936 in Aurora, IL, the son of Russell and Lucille Canham Olson. He married Faith Brady on June 14, 1958 in Sandwich, IL and he later married Carrol Dannewitz on August 12, 2004 in Sandwich. Gene...
Ronald F. Sheridan
Feb 27, 2017
Ronald F. Sheridan, 80, of Sandwich, IL passed away Monday, February 27, 2017 at Robin’s Nest Assisted Living in Geneva, IL. He was born February 21, 1937 at the family home in West Brooklyn, IL, the son of Raymond and Ella Schneider Sheridan. He married Louise McLellan on February 23, 1963 in Wilmette, IL. Ronald was a proud US Army...
Margaret Eva Mcelhaney
Feb 26, 2017
Margaret E. McElhaney, 85, of Sheridan, Illinois passed away Sunday, February 26, 2017 at Presence Mercy Medical Center in Aurora, IL. She was born September 15, 1931 in Chicago, IL the daughter of Gregory and Margaret Knauf Mathis. Margaret married Robert J. McElhaney on June 21, 1952 in Chicago, IL. She was a member of St. John the Baptist Catholic...
Verlie B. Robinson
Feb 16, 2017
Verlie B. Robinson, 91, of Somonauk, IL, passed away Thursday, February 16, 2017 at her home. She was born July 3, 1925 in Sandwich, IL, the daughter of Theodore and Ila M. Reynolds Sampson. Verlie worked at Western Electric for 25 years prior to her retirement. She enjoyed reading, puzzles, and crocheting but her greatest love of all was her...
Earl Willard Minard
Feb 14, 2017
Earl Willard Minard, 93, of Leland, IL passed away Tuesday, February 14, 2017 at Valley West Hospital in Sandwich, IL. He was born April 5, 1923 in Earlville, IL, the son of Floyd Duane and Inger Ione Richardson Minard. He married Mary “Jean” Calhoun on February 25, 1967 in Montgomery, IL. Earl was a member of Bethany Lutheran Church in...
Margaret A. "Peggy" Tyne Stoia
Feb 7, 2017
Margaret A. “Peggy” Tyne Stoia, 82, of Somonauk passed away Tuesday, February 7, 2017 at her home. She was born February 5, 1935 in Chicago, IL, the daughter of John and Margaret Beverly Tyne. She married Dennis Stoia on May 11, 1974 in Columbus, OH. Peggy was a member of St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in Somonauk. She attended...
Mary Beth Gunier
Feb 7, 2017
Mary Beth Gunier, 66, of rural Somonauk, IL passed away Tuesday, February 7, 2017 in rural Somonauk. She was born June 18, 1950 in Mendota, IL the daughter of Warner and Rosemary Hughes Hanley. She married Charles Gunier December 14, 1968 in Earlville, IL. She was a member of St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in Somonauk, an avid Somonauk...
Patricia Louise Donahue
Feb 1, 2017
Patricia Louise Donahue, 97, of Somonauk, IL passed away Wednesday, February 1, 2017 at Willow Crest Nursing Pavilion in Sandwich, IL. She was born February 10, 1919 in Sandwich the daughter of Harley and Esther Hadlock Herzog. She married William Donahue. After graduating from Somonauk High School and Northern Illinois State Teachers College NIU, she began teaching in Marseilles, IL....
