Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Congdon in Zion, Illinois
Alice Burns
June 4, 2013
Alice Louise (nee Ling) Burns, 92, of Pleasant Prairie, WI, died on Tuesday, June 4, 2013 at St. Joseph's Home in Kenosha, WI. She was born February 21, 1921 in Chetek, WI where she lived her first 16 years. The family then moved to Union Grove, WI. She was the daughter of Clarence Ling and Velma (nee Worden) Ling. She...
Roma Duensing
June 4, 2013
Roma June Duensing, nee Jensen, 72, of Zion, returned to her Heavenly Father on Tuesday, June 4, 2013, at Vista East in Waukegan. Roma was born on June 29, 1940 in Chicago Heights, Illinois, and graduated from Crete-Monee High School. She came to Zion in 1959, where she worked at Pitcher Agency in Zion, Harris Motors of Winthrop Harbor, and...
Wanda Frank
June 4, 2013
Wanda L. Frank, (nee, Woodcox) 83, of Waukegan, IL, formerly of Novi, MI; passed away on Tuesday, June 4, 2013, at home surrounded by loved ones. She was born on June 10, 1929, in Detroit, MI, to Vernon and Alma May Woodcox. Wanda was diagnosed with cancer in 2010. She kept her faith, humor and cheerful outlook through her treatments,...
Grace Stried
June 1, 2013
Stried, Grace Victoria 93, a long-time resident of Zion, IL, died peacefully on Saturday, June 1, 2013. Grace was born on the family farm in Union Grove, WI, to Mary (nee Anderson) and Edward Jacobson. She graduated from Union Grove High School in 1938. She was married to Robert Stried in 1945, and they were married for 62 years until...
June Nighsonger
May 30, 2013
June Belle (Worth) Nighsonger, 77, of Zion, IL went to be with her Heavenly Father on, May 30, 2013, at Hospice Alliance House in Kenosha, WI. She was born on June 11, 1935 in Waukegan, IL. Her family moved to Zion when she was young where she lived the rest of her life. She graduated from Zion Benton Township High...
LeRoy Yarbrough
May 24, 2013
LeRoy Burton Yarbrough, 73, of Winthrop Harbor, IL went home to be with the Lord on Friday, May 24, 2013, at Hospice Alliance House in Kenosha, WI. He was born November 26, 1939 in Hall Town, AL, and graduated from Vina High School in 1957 in Vina, AL. He then moved to Zion in 1958 where he met and fell...
Russell Pokett
May 23, 2013
Russell V. Pokett Sr., 89, of Waukegan, IL, died peacefully at his home on Thursday, May 23, 2013, after a long illness. He was born September 10, 1923, in Luverne, MN, and married Betty Jane Herman on May 19, 1946, in Waukegan. Russell worked as an auto mechanic for Reed-Randle Ford in Waukegan for 44 years. He served with the...
Ila Eklund
May 22, 2013
Ila M. Eklund, 93, of Zion, IL, went to be with her Heavenly Father on Wednesday, May 22, 2013, at Vista Medical Center East, Waukegan, IL. Ila was born on December 9, 1919, in Cuba City, WI. She came to Zion around 1940 where she met her soon to be husband, Paul A. Eklund whom she married on New Years...
Doris Solomon
May 21, 2013
Doris I. "D.I." Solomon, 90, of Beach Park, IL, passed away suddenly on Tuesday, May 21, 2013, at Vista Medical Center East, Waukegan, IL. She was born February 3, 1923, in Barrington, IL, and worked as a registered nurse early in life in Chicago until she married her late husband, H. James Solomon, M.D. Doris was a giving person who...
Impi Orna
May 17, 2013
Orna, Impi Elisabeth 93, of Zion, IL, passed away on Friday, May 17, 2013, at Barton Senior Residences in Zion. She was born August 24, 1919, in Helsinki, Finland and moved to the Waukegan area in 1950. On June 28, 1951, she married her late husband, James R. Orna at St. Mark's Lutheran Church in Waukegan, where she was a...
Dale Miller
May 17, 2013
Dale H. Miller 86, of Waukegan, IL, formerly of Zion, IL, passed away on Friday, May 17, 2013, at Advocate Condell Medical Center, Libertyville, IL. Dale was born March 11, 1927, in Mishawaka, IN, and married his late wife, Lillian Dickens on November 9, 1946, after serving in the United States Navy. His employment history is mainly working with automobiles,...
Edith Thomas
May 13, 2013
EDITH THOMAS, 52 Edith "Edie" Lanette Thomas entered into eternal peace on Tuesday, May 13, 2013, at Vista Health East. Edith was born on March 30, 1961, a daughter of the late Edward James and Mary Lee Howard. She graduated from Martin Luther King Jr. High School in Detroit, Michigan in 1979. She earned a B.S. degree in Social Work...
Amy Hazard
May 13, 2013
Amy Hazard, 59, of Zion, went home peacefully to be with the Lord on Monday, May 13, 2013 at Vista Medical Center East in Waukegan. Amy was born April 7, 1954 in Laguna, Philippines. She married Charles L. Hazard on Nov. 17, 1990 in Zion. She was a member of Meadowridge Baptist Church in Zion where she served on the...
Ralph Miller
May 10, 2013
Miller, Ralph T. 85, of Beach Park, IL, died peacefully from cancer on Friday, May 10, 2013, at his home. He was born July 3, 1927, in Zion, IL, to Fred and Isabelle Miller, and at age 5 adopted by Miss Ellen Lloyd. He was a veteran of both World War II and the Korean War serving with the United...
Robert Johnson
May 6, 2013
Robert "Bob" Johnson, 81, of Kenosha, WI, formerly of Beach Park, IL, went home to heaven on Monday, May 6, 2013, at Azura Memory Care, Kenosha, WI. Robert was born December 22, 1931, in Edinboro, PA, the son of Fred and Ruth Johnson. He graduated from Edinboro High School in 1950, moving to Zion, IL, in 1953. On April 17,...
Gene Duncan
May 5, 2013
Gene Duncan, 70, of Beach Park, IL, died on Sunday, May 5, 2013 at Grove At The Lake Nursing Home in Zion. He was born February 2, 1943 in Detroit, AL and moved to Zion in 1957. Gene retired from Johns-Manville in Waukegan. He was a member of Waukegan Masonic Lodge #78 A.F.&A.M., Tebala Shrine, Scottish Rite and Tebala Motor...
Earl Seaver
May 3, 2013
Earl Seaver, 94, of Beach Park, IL died on Friday, May 3, 2013, at Rolling Hills Manor Nursing Home in Zion. He was born September 9, 1918 in Ft. Dodge, IA and moved to this area in 1950 from Antigo, WI. Earl was a member of Christian Assembly of God Church of Zion. He retired from United States Steel Corp....
Myrtle Frawley
May 2, 2013
Myrtle A. Frawley (nee Bates), 86, of Waukegan, IL died on Thursday, May 2, 2013 at Vista Medical Center, Waukegan. She was born October 17, 1926 in Brocton, IL and was raised in Bloomington, IL. She was a member of both St. Dismas Catholic Church of Waukegan and Our Lady of Humility Catholic Church of Beach Park, IL. Myrtle worked...
Herbert Miller
May 1, 2013
Herbert D. Miller Sr., 93, of Waukegan, IL passed away on Wednesday, May 1, 2013 at the Grove At The Lake in Zion, IL. Herbert was born December 7, 1919 in Zion, IL. On August 31, 1940 he married the love of his life, Adeline. Survivors include his loving wife of 73 years, Adeline; his children, Herbert D. (Mary) Miller...
Lillian Brain
April 30, 2013
Lillian Brain, 90, of Zion, IL passed away April 30, 2013. A dressmaker for over 60 years, she created beautiful wedding gowns and formals, but most enjoyed making dresses for her granddaughters. Lillian loved the Lord, the Strength of her life, and was an active member of her church. One of her greatest joys was singing in the choir for...
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Congdon Funeral Home Cremation Service is a collection of obituaries for Zion, IL. With services throughout Illinois. Zion, Winthrop Harbor, Beach Park, Wadsworth, Waukegan, Pleasant Prairie, Kenosha communities and beyond that are updated regularly.
