Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Congdon in Zion, Illinois
Steve Amerighi
January 3, 2011
Steve Amerighi, 64, of Winthrop Harbor, Illinois, died on Monday, January 3, 2011 at Vista Medical Center East in Waukegan. Steve was born June 15, 1946 in Waukegan. He graduated from Zion-Benton Township High School Class of 1964. He proudly served during the Vietnam War with the Army 1st Air Cav. Steve owned and operated Amerighi Action Plumbing for the...
Scott Murphy
January 2, 2011
Scott N. "Murf" Murphy, 60, Winthrop Harbor, and formerly of Waukegan and Villa Park, died on Sunday, January 2, 2011, at home. He was born, June 10, 1950, in Chicago, and graduated from Willowbrook High School in 1968. Scott married Sherry Westover on September 7, 1974 , in Waukegan, IL. He had been employed as an electrician and was a...
William Jackson
December 31, 2010
William Edward "Bill" Jackson, 98, passed away on Friday, December 31, 2010, at his home of 94 years in Zion. Bill was born November 23, 1912, in Grass Lake, IL. He served his country proudly during World War II as a medic in the United States Army. Bill retired from Abbott Labs in 1973. During his lifetime, he loved Three...
John Williamson
December 30, 2010
John W. "King" Williamson, 78, of Zion, Illinois, died on Thursday, December 30, 2010 of a massive heart attack at Vista Medical Center East-ICU, Waukegan, Illinois. John was born March 11, 1932 in Itawamba County, Mississippi and came to Zion in 1955. He was a man of strong faith and associated himself with the Assembly of God denomination. John retired...
Mary Nolen
December 28, 2010
Mary Nolen, 85, of Winthrop Harbor, Illinois, died on Tuesday, December 28, 2010 at Vista Medical Center East in Waukegan. Mary was born January 19, 1925 in Vernon, Alabama and came to this area in the early 1950's. She was an active member of First Baptist Church of Winthrop Harbor. Jesus Christ was the Lord and Savior of her life....
Helen Lepisto
December 28, 2010
Helen T. Lepisto (nee Paavilainen), 80, of Waukegan, Illinois, died on Tuesday, December 28, 2010 at Vista Medical Center East in Waukegan. Helen was born October 9, 1930 in Waukegan. She was a lifelong active member of St. Mark's Evangelical Lutheran Church of Waukegan where she played organ for the Finnish service, sang in the choir and served on Alter...
Lonnie Russell
December 27, 2010
Lonnie "LonBon Duckets" Dean Russell Jr, 34, of Winthrop Harbor, Illinois went home to be with his Lord on Monday December 27, 2010 at Vista Medical Center East in Waukegan. Lonnie was born December 18, 1976 in Waukegan and grew up in the area under the caring and watchful eye of his loving and extensive immediate family. At the age...
Joseph Buttera
December 27, 2010
Joseph "Jody" Buttera, 62, of Beach Park, Illinois, died peacefully at home on Monday, December 27, 2010 following a long and courageous battle with Lou Gehrigs disease. He was born May 11, 1948 in Waukegan. He owned and operated Buttera Electric in Beach Park for many years and in addition to that he built homes and commercial property in the...
Janice Mabry
December 25, 2010
Mabry, Janice 69, of Waukegan, Illinois, died on Saturday, December 25, 2010 at Terrace Nursing Home in Waukegan. Janice was born June 17, 1941 in Johnston City, Illinois and moved to this area in the 1950's. She retired in 2006 after 26 years with Walgreens Corporate Headquarters in Deerfield, Illinois. Survivors include her son, Kevin (Chelly) Eric of Winthrop Harbor;...
Jacob Wallace
December 24, 2010
Wallace, Jacob (Jake) Auguster 75, of Waukegan, Illinois departed this life on December 24, 2010 at the James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center, North Chicago, Illinois, after a lengthy illness. Jake, the eldest of two sons, was born on June 12, 1935 in Cleveland, Arkansas to the union of Anderson and Cumie Wallace. He was Baptist at an early...
Max Jinkens
December 23, 2010
Visitation will be held Thursday, December 30, 2010 from 3:00 until 9:00 p.m. at Our Lady of Humility Church, and again on Friday, December 31, 2010 from 9:30 a.m. until 10:30 a.m. at the church. Mass will be held Friday, December 31, 2010 at 10:30 a.m. at the church.
Larry Mayfield
December 20, 2010
Larry Mayfield, 66, of Brentwood, TN, formerly of Zion and the Chicago area, died on Monday, December 20, 2010. Larry was born, June 20, 1944, in Sampson, N.Y. He was a gifted musician who expressed his love of Jesus Christ by using his talents for the Lord's service. Larry was a composer and arranger, a pianist, an organist, a trombonist,...
Martha Gonzalez
December 19, 2010
Martha R. Gonzalez, 79, of Zion, formerly of Waukegan, went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, December 19, 2010, at Vista Medical Center East, in Waukegan, surrounded by all of her family. Martha was born June 20, 1931, in Pearsall, TX, and married Isaac Gonzalez in November of 1953 in Arkansas. She retired after about 15 years of...
Carla Dunteman
December 18, 2010
Dunteman, Carla G. 63, formerly of Winthrop Harbor, Illinois, died on Saturday, December 18, 2010 in Manitowoc, Wisconsin, She was born April 29, 1948 in Birmingham, Alabama. Survivors include her husband of 42 years, V. Edward Dunteman; one son, Phillip Dunteman of Winthrop Harbor; a daughter-in-law, Cindy Dunteman of Rayfield, Alabama; four grandchildren, Rachel, Jacob, Sarah, and Anna; and one...
Percy Curtis
December 16, 2010
Curtis, Percy Jr. of Zion, Illinois, 6 year old son of Percy Curtis Sr. and Angela Fernandez-Curtis, died peacefully and surrounded by his family at home. He was born September 24, 2004 in Zion. Percy began his courageous battle with cancer at the young age of 7 months and earned his Angel wings on December 16, 2010. Besides his parents...
Ruth Hartke
December 13, 2010
Ruth Hartke, 94, formerly of Beach Park, Illinois passed away Monday, December 13, 2010 at The Lutheran Home in Arlington Heights, Illinois. She was bom May 29, 1916 In Buckley, Illinois. Ruth married Jesse Hartke on May 7, 1938 and they enjoyed 60 wonderful years together. They raised their six children in Waukegan. Ruth was a homemaker and later worked...
Richard Molidor
December 11, 2010
Richard "Papa" Molidor, Age 81, Zion, passed away on Saturday, December 11, 2010, at Lake Forest Hospital surrounded by his loving family. He was born, October 15, 1929, in Libertyville, Illinois. Richard joined the United States Navy in 1947 where he met Jean Stites while stationed in Westerly, Rhode Island. They were married on September 10, 1949, and enjoyed 61...
Ronald Lanier
December 10, 2010
Ronald J. "Ron" Lanier, 44, of Winthrop Harbor, IL, formerly of Waukegan, passed away suddenly on Friday, December 10, 2010, in Kenosha, WI. Ron was born December 21, 1965, in Waukegan, IL, and was a 1984 graduate of the former Waukegan East High School. He married his soul mate, Sheri Welch on April 22, 1998, in Clearwater, FL. Ron worked...
John Kunz
December 10, 2010
John A. Kunz, 73, of IL, died on Friday, December 10, 2010, at Sheridan Medical Complex, Kenosha, WI. John was born August 14, 1937, in Juneau County, WI. He and his late wife, Dean, (married for 45 years) moved back to this area in 2003 after residing and working in Tupelo, Mississippi. John worked for 17 years at Johns-Manville in...
Adeline Walther
December 7, 2010
Adeline Frances Walther (nee Schroter), 99, of Zion, IL, formerly of Waukegan, departed this life on Tuesday, December 7, 2010, at Vista Medical Center East in Waukegan. She was born September 26, 1911, in Chicago, IL, and moved to Waukegan at the age of seven. She attended the former South School , and graduated from the former Central School. She...
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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.
