Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Congdon in Zion, Illinois
Retha Kelly
January 31, 2010
Retha Mae Kelly, 89, of Gurnee, IL, passed away on Sunday, January 31, 2010. Retha was born September 11, 1920, in Fulton, MS. She was retired from Fould's Inc. in Libertyville where she had been employed for more than 25 years. Retha married Spencer Kelly on October 27, 1942 in MS. She was a loving person whose home was open...
Margaret Brooks
January 30, 2010
Margaret A. Brooks, 85, of Zion, went to be with the Lord on Saturday, January 30, 2010, at Vista Medical Center East in Waukegan. Margaret was born February 25, 1924, in Zion, IL, and was a 1942 graduate of Zion-Benton Township High School. She married Roy Brooks who was in the Navy in 1943 in Jacksonville, FL. Margaret was a...
Mildred Stried
January 29, 2010
Mildred Elizabeth Stried (nee Dreyer), 100 years of age, is in the presence of the Lord on January 29, 2010. Born March 22, 1909 in Zion, Illinois to George and Leona Dryer, she was the 4th of seven children. On July 6, 1926 she married Gladstone Stried in Waukegan, Illinois. Mildred dedicated her life to serving Jesus Christ. She was...
Donald McBride
January 28, 2010
Donald F. McBride, 88, of Beach Park, Illinois, died on Thursday, January 28, 2010 at Condell Hospital in Libertyville. Donald was born September 22, 1921 in Hector, Minnesota and has lived in this area for the past 60 plus years. He was a Veteran of World War II, enlisting the day after the attack on Pearl Harbor. He served with...
Nicholas Catalano
January 25, 2010
Nicholas Catalano, 55, of Zion, passed away at home on Monday, January 25, 2010. Nicholas was born March 7, 1955, in Chicago. He is survived by his children, Sharon Catalano of Zion, IL, Richard Catalano of Leicester, N.C.; grandchild, Bradon Lee Tate; sister Cathy Engelbreit of Zion, IL; and the mother of his children, Elsie Mae Baker of Leicester, N.C....
Robert Christian
January 23, 2010
Robert Louis Christian, 86, of Winthrop Harbor, IL, died on Saturday, January 23, 2010, at home surrounded by his family. Robert was born May 2, 1923, in Fulton, MS, and married Margaret Sturman in 1947. He was employed by AMC in Kenosha, WI, from 1946 until his retirement in1980. Robert belonged to the Church of Christ in Zion, IL, and...
Janet Elrod
January 22, 2010
Janet Marie Elrod, 66. of Zion, Illinois, died on Friday, January 22, 2010 at Vista Medical Center East in Waukegan, following a long illness with Multiple Sclerosis. Janet was born June 24, 1943 in Waukegan and had lived in this area all of her life. She was a member of Lakeview Church of Zion. Survivors include her husband of 48...
Douglas Koss
January 18, 2010
Douglas R. Koss, age 74, of Waukegan, Illinois, passed away January 18, 2010. He was born October 7, 1935 in Waukegan and remained a lifelong resident. He was an active member of Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church. He attended the University of Illinois Chicago and served in the United States Air Force. He and his brother Bob Koss owned and operated...
Della Bledsoe
January 13, 2010
Della Jean Bledsoe, 75, of Zion, IL, passed away on Wednesday, January 13, 201 0, at Rolling Hills Manor in Zion. Della was born April 2, 1934, to Kinnie and Stella (nee Castleberry) Hale, in Ryans Well, MS. She married Lee Bledsoe on March 1, 1977, in Waukegan, IL. Della owned and operated Al's Tap in Zion with her husband...
Angela Reynolds
January 9, 2010
Visitation will be held Wednesday, January 13, 2010 from 5:00 until 9:00 p.m. at the funeral home. Funeral Mass will be held Thursday, January 14, 2010 at 10:00 a.m. at Our Lady of Humility Church, Beach Park. Angela "Angie" Reynolds, (nee Cochrane), 37, of Zion, died on Saturday, January 9, 2010, at Vista Medical Center East in Waukegan. Angie was...
Gerald Bakken
January 8, 2010
Gerald W. "Bud" Bakken, 84, of Zion, Illinois, died on Friday, January 8, 2010 at home, surrounded by all of his family. Bud was born November 7, 1925 in Pelican Rapids, Minnesota and moved to Zion in 1953. A Veteran, Bud served with the United States Army during World War II. He was a 50 year member and very active...
Eugene Mifflin
January 6, 2010
Eugene Charles Mifflin, 83, of Zion, Illinois, went home to be with his Lord on Wednesday, January 6, 2010 at Vista Medical Center East in Waukegan, surrounded by his family. Eugene was born August 16, 1926 in Zion. He served in the United States Navy during World War II from 1944 to 1946. Eugene served for eleven years as a...
Elaine Eibel
January 4, 2010
Elaine I. Eibel, 80, of Hoffman Estates, IL, died on Monday, January 4, 2010, at Vista Medical Center East in Waukegan. Elaine was born January 12, 1929, in Chicago, and was a graduate of Steinmetz High School. She married her late husband, Kenneth Eibel in 1950, in Chicago. Elaine enjoyed playing tennis at the Woodfield Tennis Club. She also loved...
Harvey Williams
January 2, 2010
Harvey W. Williams, 63, of Waukegan, and formerly of Winthrop Harbor, died on Saturday, January 2, 2010, at Vista Medical Center East in Waukegan. Harvey was born on November 24, 1946, in Charleston, W. VA., and was a graduate of Clear Fork High School in Colcord, W. Va. He was a veteran of the United States Army and loved to...
Antonio Donile
December 29, 2009
Antonio "Tony" Donile Jr. of Zion, Illinois passed away December 29, 2009. Tony was born October 25, 1934 in Chicago, Illinois, one of four children to the late Antonio and Gaetana Donile (nee Ribando). He married Patricia Donile (nee Feltner) on February 16, 1991. Upon graduation from high school, Tony was drafted into the Army. He served from June 1957...
Mary Kennedy
December 28, 2009
Mary E. Hafford Kennedy, 83, of Winthrop Harbor, Illinois died on Monday, December 28, 2009 at Vista Medical Center East in Waukegan. Mary was born August 2, 1926 in Eldorado, Illinois and moved to Winthrop Harbor in 1947. She retired from Johns-Manville in Waukegan after 25 years. She was also Past President (1972-1973) of Winthrop Harbor V.F.W. Post 7448 Ladies...
Mary Lynn Stried
December 26, 2009
Mary Lynn Stried, 70, of Zion, Illinois, died on Saturday, December 26, 2009 at home. Mary Lynn was born November 20, 1939 in Zion. She was an active member of Christ Community Church of Zion where she was also involved with Camp Zion, Zion Passion Play, taught Sunday school, was at one time the secretary for the Conservatory of Music...
Maria Longtin
December 25, 2009
Maria Longtin, 67, a Zion resident of 30 years, died on December 25, 2009, at home. Maria was born January 22, 1942, in Key West, Fl, and was a member of the Zion Church of God. She is survived by her husband of 33 years, Douglas Longtin; her children, Arlena (Troy) Dietz and Anthony and Shanna Longtin, grandchildren, Brenna, Mikayla,...
John Reinhardt
December 24, 2009
John Sill Reinhardt, 78, was born in Canton, IL, on May 23, 1931, and died suddenly at home on December 24, 2009. Having been graduated from Lewistown High School, John attended Bradley University with a double major in Humanities and Theater. After receiving his B.A., he went directly into the army and served most of his years in Colorado Springs....
Erma Lella
December 23, 2009
Erma June Lella , 77, of Sumner, Iowa, and formerly of the Zion area, died on Wednesday, December 23, 2009, at Allen Hospital, Waterloo, Iowa. Erma was born on March 2, 1932, in Maryville, TN, and was a member of the First Baptist Church of Sumner, Iowa, and a former member of the First Baptist Church of Winthrop Harbor. Her...
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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.
