Local obituaries for Eighner Funeral Homes
Gloria "Glo" Crager-Ulmer
Oct 29, 2013
Gloria Crager-Ulmer, 78, of Aurora, IL passed away Tuesday, October 29, 2013 at Rush-Copley Medical Center in Aurora, IL. She was born November 25, 1934 in Chicago, IL the daughter of Arthur and Anna (Amodeo) Price. She married Robert Ulmer in 2001 in Chicago, IL. Gloria was a member of Gospel Assembly of Oswego. The family wishes to extend a...
Eleanor Marie Wallem Yabsley
Oct 28, 2013
Eleanor Marie (Wallem) Yabsley, 87, of Earlville, IL passed away Monday, October 28, 2013 in Pleasant View Luther Home in Ottawa, IL. She was born April 23, 1926 in Ottawa, IL the daughter of Olaf and Ellen (Jorpeland ) Wallem. She married Dr. F.G. Yabsley in 1951. Together they ran the veterinarian business in Earlville, IL for many years. She...
Hermann A. Gottlieb
Oct 24, 2013
Hermann A. Gottlieb, 80, of Sandwich, passed away Thursday, October 24, 2013 at his residence in Lake Holiday. He was born August 20, 1933 in Chicago, IL the son of Erik and Elsa (Nielsen) Andersen. He married Stella Gardner on December 29, 2006 in Somonauk, IL. He was a member of St. John’s Lutheran Church for over 43 years, the...
L. Michael Adkins
Oct 21, 2013
L. Michael Adkins, 59, of Sandwich, passed away Monday, October 21, 2013 at his residence in Sandwich, IL surrounded by his loving family. He was born April 19, 1954 in Sikeston, MO the son of Jackie Lee and Doris McKinzie Adkins. He married Robyn Brigg on December 8, 1979 in Sandwich, IL. Mike was an avid sport fan, he especially...
Marilyn Jean Raney
Oct 21, 2013
Marilyn Jean Raney, 79, of Sandwich, IL formerly of Earlville, passed away Monday, October 21, 2013 in Central DuPage Hospital in Winfield, IL. She was born October 18, 1934 in Earlville, IL the daughter of Harry and Della (Maloy) Alexander. She grew up in Earlville, and graduated from Earlville High School. She is survived by four children, Brad Raney of...
Harley Donald Klotz
Oct 20, 2013
Harley Donald Klotz, 89, of Hinckley, passed away Sunday October 20, 2013 at Hillside Rehabilitation and Care Center in Yorkville. He was born January 20, 1924, in Hinckley IL. the son of Morris and Stella (Reimensnider) Klotz. He married Mary Pauline Harrett on August 5, 1945 in Hinckley, IL. Harley was a member of English Congregational Church of Christ in...
Edward D. "Duke" Fanning
Oct 19, 2013
Edward D. “Duke” Fanning, 81, of Sandwich passed away peacefully Saturday, October 19, 2013 at his residence surrounded by his loving family. He was born September 21, 1932 in Sandwich the son of Edward D. and Frances (Bruehl) Fanning, Sr. He married Janet Wesson on September 3, 1952 in Sandwich. Duke was a member of St. Paul the Apostle Catholic...
Stanley J. Ciba
Oct 18, 2013
Stanley J. Ciba, 95, of Sandwich, IL passed away Friday, October 18, 2013 at Edward Hines Jr. Veterans Hospital in Maywood, IL. He was born February 4, 1918 in Chicago, IL the son of John and Anna Ciba. He married Helen Lewandowski on October 23, 1943 in Chicago, IL. He was a veteran of U.S. Army serving during WWII. He...
Dale L. Goldman
Oct 15, 2013
Dale L. Goldman, 91, of Somonauk passed away Tuesday, October 15, 2013 at his residence. He was born May 26, 1922 in Somonauk the son of Orval and Della (Osborne) Goldman. He married Jean L. Castner in 1946 in Bloomington. Dale enjoyed farming, collecting toys, having coffee with his buddies at the Country Kitchen but his greatest love of all...
Emmett J. Mcconville
Oct 10, 2013
Emmett J. McConville, 86, of Earlville passed away Thursday, October 10, 2013 at Mendota Community Hospital in Mendota, IL. He was born November 12, 1926 in Ophir Township on the Family farm the son of Leo and Frances (O’Donnell) McConville. He was a lifelong member of St. Theresa Catholic Church in Earlville. He farmed in Ophir Township his entire life....
Cleda Arlene Johnson
Oct 10, 2013
Cleda Arlene Johnson, 99, of Sandwich, IL formerly of Plano and Earlville, passed away, Thursday, October 10, 2013 in Valley West Hospital Sandwich. She was born October 20, 1913 in Sandwich, IL the daughter of Charles H. and Forrest (Taylor) Raney. She married Wilbur Johnson on May 11, 1931 in Leland, IL. She was a member of Plano United Methodist...
William E. Rausch
Oct 9, 2013
William E. Rausch, 82, of Park Rapids, MN (formerly of Sandwich, IL) passed away October 9, 2013 in Fargo, ND. He was born February 13, 1931 in Aurora, IL, to William M. and Katherine Rausch. He married Betty Jane Schaak in Aurora, IL on November 24, 1951. They spent 32 happy years together until her passing in 1984. Bill served...
Doris Ethelyn Latimer
Oct 7, 2013
Doris Ethelyn Latimer, 87, of Stonecroft Retirement Community Village in Mendota formerly of rural Earlville, IL passed away Monday, October 7, 2013 at OSF St. Francis Medical Center in Peoria, IL. She was born June 26, 1926 in Horton, KS the daughter of Ernest and Bernice (Hoffman) Cornell. Doris attended Phillips University in Enid, OK for two years. She married...
Mary Louise Underwood
Sep 30, 2013
Mary Louise Underwood, 79, of Sandwich passed away Monday, September 30, 2013 at Rush-Copley Medical Center in Aurora, IL. She was born October 21, 1933 at the family home in Earlville, IL the daughter of Fred and Loretta (Randall) Miller. She married Earl Underwood on April 15, 1950 in DeKalb, IL. She was a member of United Church of Sandwich....
Newton A. Schlesinger
Sep 28, 2013
Newton A. Schlesinger, 89, of Mendota Lutheran Home, formerly of Stonecroft Retirement Village Mendota, and Paw Paw area passed away, Saturday, September 28, 2013 in the Mendota Lutheran Home. He was born July 16, 1924 in Sublette, IL the son of Philip and Hilda (Kaufman) Schlesinger. He graduated from Paw Paw High School. He married Freda J. Haefner on October...
Carl E. Finkle Jr.
Sep 25, 2013
Carl E. Finkle Jr., 80, of Earlville, IL passed away, Wednesday, September 25, 2013 at Mendota Community Hospital in Mendota. He was born May 28, 1933 in Villisca, IA the son of Carl E. and Marie (Ware) Finkle Sr. He married Patricia Clark on November 25, 1954 in Villisca, IA. He was a member of Earlville United Methodist Church, where...
Harols G. "Grandpa Willy" Amundsen
Sep 24, 2013
Harold G."Grandpa Willy" Amundsen, 75, of Earlville, IL passed away Tuesday, September 24, 2013 in Valley West Hospital in Sandwich, IL. He was born October 14, 1937 in Norway the son of Olaf and Ingrid (Odegord) Amundsen. He served in the U.S. Army during Vietnam War and when he got of the service he moved to the Earlville area and...
Laura Melissa Grant
Sep 22, 2013
Laura Melissa (Bachman) Grant, 86, of Sandwich passed away Sunday, September 22, 2013 at Willow Crest Nursing Pavilion in Sandwich. She was born October 28, 1926 in Jefferson City, MO the daughter of David and Anna (Stoneking) Bachman. She married William F. Grant on February 18, 1959 in DeKalb, IL. She is survived by one daughter, Loretta (Jeffrey) Glover of...
Josephine B. Babos
Sep 20, 2013
Josephine B. Babos, 81, of Sandwich, IL passed away Friday, September 20, 2013 at her home in Sandwich. She was born April 10, 1932 in Aurora, IL the daughter of Leo Henry and Mattie Louise (Coppege) Zolper. She married George Babos on October 14, 1950 in Aurora, IL. Josephine was a member of St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in...
Sandra C. Kopecky
Sep 14, 2013
Sandra C. Kopecky, 76, of Plano, IL passed away Saturday, September 14, 2013 at her home in Plano. She was born July 11, 1937 in Melrose Park, IL the daughter of William and Ethel (Michlei) Gallant. She married Charles Kopecky on February 12, 1959 in Melrose Park, IL. She is survived by her husband, Charles of Plano; one daughter, Karyn...
