Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Congdon in Zion, Illinois
June Leech
December 24, 2012
June R. Leech, age 95, of Zion, IL, died on December 24, 2012, at Vista Medical Center East, Waukegan, IL. June was born January 16, 1917, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She at various times belonged to the Zion Revival Center and Christ Community Church in Zion. June also had formerly worked for the Globe Department Store in Waukegan and Whiteside Drapery...
John Johnson
December 23, 2012
John V. Johnson Sr., 92, of Zion, IL, formerly of Maywood, IL, died peacefully on Sunday, December 23, 2012, at home, surrounded by family. John was born September 22, 1920, in Zion and graduated from Proviso East High School in Maywood, IL. He was a member of the North Shore Bible Chapel in Zion. John was a U.S. Army Veteran....
Roger Lee
December 22, 2012
Roger O. Lee, 92, of Zion, IL passed away on Saturday, December 22, 2012 from complications from pneumonia at Kindred Nursing Home South in Kenosha, WI. He was born August 17, 1920 in Zion. He was a member of MeadowRidge Baptist Church of Zion. Roger owned and operated Roger's Music Store in Zion for many years and he retired in...
Audrey Herberger
December 22, 2012
Audrey Marie Herberger (nee O'Hare) passed away on Saturday, December 22, 2012, at Advocate Condell Medical Center, Libertyville, IL. Audrey was born August 10, 1938, in Waukegan, IL, and graduated from Waukegan High School in 1956, She married Jack Herberger on July 14, 1956, at St. Mark's Lutheran Church in Waukegan. Audrey was a long time member of St. Mark's...
Anja Ylitalo
December 20, 2012
Anja Elina Ylitalo, 70, of Gurnee, IL died on Thursday, December 20, 2012 at Condell Medical Center in Libertyville, IL. She was born February 25, 1942 in Kuopio, Finland and moved to Illinois at the age of 16. She married Jack Ylitalo of Chatham, MI and Waukegan, IL in Chatham on October 18, 1968. She was a member of St....
Hope Marsh
December 19, 2012
Hope Evangeline Marsh, 89, of Beach Park, IL went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, December 19, 2012 at her home at Rolling Hills Place. She was born April 7, 1923 in Waukegan, IL. She married the late Edwin Marsh in Aitkin, MN. Hope and Edwin were Dairy Farmers in Minnesota for several years and together they moved to...
Dorothy Oglesby
December 19, 2012
Dorothy Ruth Oglesby, 89, of Waukegan, IL died on Wednesday, December 19, 2012 in Kenosha, WI. She was born December 1, 1923 in Chicago. Dorothy was a member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church of Waukegan were she taught Sunday School for many years. She retired from Abbott Laboratories and she was a volunteer at Victory Memorial Hospital (now Vista East...
Scott Schneider
December 17, 2012
Scott Walter Schneider, 55 of Kennerdell, PA and formerly of Beach Park, IL., died on Monday, December 17, 2012 in Costa Rica due to an accidental drowning. Scott was born on November 22, 1957 in Waukegan, IL. He was a graduate of Carmel High School and Northern Illinois University. He moved to Pennsylvania in 1987 and joined Advanced Monobloc Corporation...
Catherine Gourley
December 15, 2012
Catherine A. Gourley (nee, Pempek), 93, of Zion, IL, died on Saturday, December 15, 2012, at the Westmoreland Nursing Center, Lake Forest, IL. Catherine was born November 25, 1919, in Oxley, MO. She married her late husband, William T. Gourley on August 1, 1942, in New London, CT. Her main life's vocation was as a Registered Nurse. Catherine was a...
Nancy Martinez
December 14, 2012
Nancy Katherine Martinez, 76, of Zion, died December 14, 2012 Nancy was born March 9, 1936 in Chicago and was raised in Fox Lake. Nancy retired from Jewel Food Stores after 27 years, having served for 13 years as President of her Local Union. She was also a waitress at Café Oceana and the Full Moon restaurant until the age...
Thomas Ring
December 14, 2012
Thomas I. Ring, 68, of Zion, IL died peacefully on Friday, December 14, 2012 at his home. He was born October 19, 1944 in Chicago, IL, was raised in Franklin Park where he graduated from Leyden West High School in 1962. Thomas then entered the United States Air Force and served honorably for four years. He worked as a salesman...
Gayle Snyder
December 13, 2012
Gayle Harlan Snyder Jr., 68, of Winfield KS, died December 13, 2012, with his dear friend Marilyn by his side. Gayle was born October 5, 1944 in Waukegan, IL. He was a resident of many Lake County communities until his relocation to Kansas. He attended schools in North Chicago, IL. Gayle was in the U.S. Marine Corps, and served in...
Pamela Grahn
December 12, 2012
Pamela A. "Pam" Grahn, 51, of Zion, IL, passed away on Wednesday, December 12, 2012, at Highland Park Hospital, Highland Park, IL. Pam was born September 16, 1961, and married James Grahn on May 19, 1984, in Park City, IL. After being a stay at home mother with her children, she worked for INS Application Support Center in Waukegan, before...
Virginia Blomquist
December 8, 2012
Virginia Ruth Blomquist (nee Olson), 86, of Waukegan, passed away December 8, 2012. Born on January 13, 1926, in Moline, Ill., she graduated from Lutheran Hospital in Moline and served as a U.S. Army Cadet Nurse. She married Rev. Willard C. Blomquist, a Lutheran pastor, on August 27, 1949, in Cambridge, Ill., and served with him at parishes in Bemidji,...
LaVonne Birky
December 6, 2012
LaVonne R. "Bonnie" Birky, 93, of Pompano Beach, FL, and formerly of Beach Park, IL, went to be with the Lord on December 6, 2012, in Pompano Beach. Interment took place next to her late husband, Harold, in Florida. Bonnie was born March 21, 1919, in Zion, IL, and married Harold Birky on September 1, 1938. She formerly worked as...
Barbara Gruber
December 4, 2012
Barbara E. Gruber, age 72, of Gurnee, IL, and formerly of Waukegan, IL, passed away on Tuesday, December 4, 2012, at home surrounded by loved ones. Barbara was born September 23, 1940, in Chicago, IL. She graduated from Central High School in Paddock Lake, WI. Barbara married her late husband, Herbert W. Gruber on January 24, 1959. She retired in...
Sharon Workman
December 4, 2012
Sharon L. Workman, age 58, of Zion, IL, died on Tuesday, December 4, 2012, at Midwestern Regional Medical Center, Zion, following a long illness. Sharon was born July 16, 1954, in Waukegan, Illinois, and was a 1972 graduate of Zion-Benton Township High School. She then attended the College of Lake County where she obtained certification to become a Licensed Practical...
Debra Haas
December 1, 2012
Debra M. Haas, 56, of Peoria, IL, formerly of Zion, IL, died on December 1, 2012 at Belwood Nursing Home in Peoria, IL. Debra was born June 12, 1956 in Kenosha, WI and lived in Zion until moving to Rockford and Peoria. While in Zion, she attended Grace Missionary Church. Survivors include her son Patrick Miller of Chicago, IL; one...
Hermina Chmielecki
November 30, 2012
Hermina "Minnie" Chmielecki, 90, of Zion, formerly of Chicago, died on Friday, November 30, 2012 at Terrace Nursing Home in Waukegan. She was born September 24, 1922 in Chicago and lived in Chicago most of her life, moving to Zion 17 years ago. Survivors include her daughters Fran (Wayne) Brenden of Beach Park, IL and Theresa Mendoza of Zion, IL;...
Charlie Houston
November 30, 2012
Charlie "Red" Houston, 87, of Zion, IL died on Friday, November 30, 2012 unexpectedly at home. He was born September 10, 1925 in Marietta, MS. He moved to Kenosha in 1950 and to Zion in 1967 when he married Phyllis Graham of Zion. She preceded him in death in 2006 after 38 years of marriage. Charlie was a member of...
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