Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Congdon in Zion, Illinois
Philip Wright
December 6, 2009
Philip C. Wright, 92, of Zion, Illinois and Punta Gorda, Florida, died on Sunday, December 6, 2009 at Charlotte Regional Medical Center in Punta Gorda, Florida. Philip was born May 20, 1917 in Zion. He was a member of Christ Community Church of Zion, Christian Missionary Alliance Church of Punta Gorda and the former Bonnie Brook Baptist Church in Waukegan....
Agnes Podborny
December 4, 2009
Agnes E. Podborny, 84, of Winthrop Harbor, Illinois, died on Friday, December 4, 2009 at Vista Medical Center East in Waukegan. Agnes was born August 29, 1925 in Carlyle, Illinois and came to Zion in 1966 from Chicago. She had been employed by Solo Cup Company in Highland Park, Zion Nursing Home and Zion-Benton Community Hospital (now Midwestern Regional Medical...
Robert LeBlanc
December 3, 2009
Robert "Bob" LeBlanc, 81, of Waukegan, Illinois, died on Thursday, December 3, 2009 at home. Bob was born July 31, 1928 in Cambridge, Massachusetts and moved to Waukegan in 1966 after retiring from 20 years with the United States Navy. Bob served in Japan, Korea, Norfolk, and the state of Washington and he served onboard the USS Truckee and the...
Barbara Pontillo
December 2, 2009
Barbara A. Pontillo Barbara A. Pontillo, 71, of Winthrop Harbor, IL, died on Wednesday, December 2, 2009, at Vista Medical Center East in Waukegan. Barbara was born January 19, 1938, in Ironwood, MI, and married Louis A. Pontillo on September 15, 1956, at Our Lady of Humility Church in Beach Park. She retired from the business office at Zion-Benton Township...
Andrew Campbell
November 26, 2009
Andrew G. "Bud" Campbell Sr., 85, of Waukegan, Illinois, died on Thursday, November 26, 2009 at Rolling Hills Manor Nursing Home in Zion. Andrew was born July 31, 1924 in Waukegan and has lived in Waukegan all of his life. He was a member of St. Anastasia Catholic Church, the Knights of Columbus Council 731 of Waukegan, and he retired...
Donald Gaines
November 24, 2009
Donald L. Gaines Donald L. Gaines, 63, of Waukegan, died on Tuesday, November 24, at the V.A. Medical Center in North Chicago. Donald was born January 23, 1946, in Lancaster, Kentucky, and married Carol Patton on May 14, 1967, in North Vernon, Indiana. He was retired from the United States Navy and worked as an instructor for San Diego City...
Earl Jarnagin
November 23, 2009
Earl Jarnagin, 77, of Zion, Illinois, died on Monday, November 23, 2009 at Vista Medical Center East in Waukegan, Illinois. Earl was born September 15, 1932 in Lohrville, Iowa and came to Zion in 1949. He was a member of Our Savior's Lutheran Church of Zion. Earl owned and operated Midwest Heating & Cooling Services in Waukegan, and later in...
Patricia Gibson Palmer
November 23, 2009
Patricia Gibson Palmer, 75, of San Benito, TX, formerly of Round Lake and Zion, IL, died on Monday, November 23, 2009 in San Benito. She was born April 18, 1934 in Monmouth, IL and came to Lake County at an early age. Her life revolved around her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Survivors include her children, Connie Smith of San Benito,...
Dawn Anderson
November 22, 2009
Dawn R. Anderson 53, of Zion, IL passed away on November 22, 2009. Dawn was born in Kenosha, WI in 1956. She was a lifelong resident of Zion. Dawn graduated in 1974 from Zion-Benton Township High School. She married Dale Anderson in 1975 at Christian Catholic Church in Zion, Dawn was an extremely creative artist and taught pre-school at the...
Francis Hanson
November 22, 2009
Francis Oskar Hanson, 93, of Pleasant Prairie, WI, passed away on Sunday, November 22, 2009, in Kenosha, WI. Francis was born March 12, 1916, in Necedah, WI, to the late Olga and Martin Hanson. He was a farmer who served in combat in World War II in the Pacific Theater with the United States Army. Francis married Gertrude Sparks on...
James McKnight
November 17, 2009
James O. McKnight Sr., 83, of Kenosha, WI and formerly of Zion, IL, died on Tuesday, November 17, 2009 at his home in Kenosha. He was born July 28, 1926 in Liberty, MS and moved to Lake County after serving with the United States Army in Germany during World War II. He was a member of Winthrop Harbor United Methodist...
Gloria Plummer
November 16, 2009
Gloria Ruth Plummer Surrounded by family, Gloria Ruth (nee Schott) Plummer died on Monday, November 16, 2009 from congestive heart failure in Lindenhurst, IL at the age of 87 years old. At the time of her death, she resided at Victory Lakes in Lindenhurst, IL. She was born on February 25, 1922 in Zion, Illinois to Rose and Fred Schott....
Mary Falk
November 15, 2009
Mary Gerline Falk, 73, of Pleasant Prairie, Wis., formerly of Red Bay, Ala., and Frostproof, Fla., went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, Nov. 15, 2009, at the Lake View Specialty Hospital, Waterford, Wis. Mary was born June 2, 1936, in Rienzi, Miss., and married David Falk on May 8, 1954, in Fulton, Miss. She was formerly employed...
Raymond Haggerty
November 6, 2009
Raymond Haggerty, 87, of Zion, Illinois, died on Friday, November 6, 2009 at V. A. Hospital in North Chicago, Illinois. Raymond was born December 3, 1921 in Chicago, Illinois. He lived a good life and served his country well. Survivors include 2 nephews, and 2 nieces. He was preceded in death by his mother and father, and brother and sisters....
Norma Naden
November 5, 2009
Norma Naden, 93, of Zion, IL, died on Thursday, November 5, 2009, at Sheridan Health Care Center, Zion. Norma was born December 24, 1915, in Stanchfield, Minnesota, and was a graduate of Waukegan Twp. High School. She grew up in Waukegan and moved to Zion with her late husband, Jay. Norma is survived by two children, Susan (Phil) Cunliffe-Owen and...
Richard Baker
November 5, 2009
Richard Lester "Dick" Baker, 80, of Winthrop Harbor, died on Thursday, November 5 , 2009, at Vista Medical Center East in Waukegan. Dick was born June 7, 1929, in Waukegan and was a member of Christ Community Church, Zion. He married Nancy Hughes on April 18, 1953, in Waukegan. Dick retired from the former Parkway Restaurant in Waukegan after 35...
Lynn Machnik Crocco
November 3, 2009
Lynn A. Machnik Crocco (nee Reinhard), 67, of Winthrop Harbor, IL, died on Tuesday, November 3, 2009 at home. Lynn was born March 18, 1942 in Chicago, was raised in Deerfield, IL, lived in Florida for 30 years and moved to Winthrop Harbor 12 years ago. She was a member of the Winthrop Harbor Planning and Zoning Committee and the...
Brent Falkinham
October 30, 2009
Brent Kenneth Falkinham, age 1 month, of Beach Park died on Friday, October 30, 2009, in his parent's arms, surrounded by his extended family at Comer Children's Hospital at the University of Chicago. Brent was born September 24, 2009, in Evanston, IL., and fought courageously to live. Survivors include his father and mother, Jason and Rebecca Falkinham of Beach Park;...
Ruth Hallgren
October 29, 2009
Ruth Hallgren, 84, of Zion, Illinois, died on Thursday, October 29, 2009 at Sheridan Health Care Center in Zion. Ruth was born December 4, 1924 in Waukegan and lived in Zion most of her life where she was a longtime member of Memorial United Methodist Church. She and her husband, the late Albert Hallgren Sr., were married on October 31,...
Edward Meyers
October 28, 2009
Edward "Ed" J. Meyers, 60, of Winthrop Harbor, IL, died on Wednesday, October 28, 2009, at home, surrounded by his family. Ed was born May 29, 1949, in Chicago, and was a 1967 graduate of Proviso West Township High School and a 1971 graduate of Northern Illinois University. He then went on to obtain his Masters Degree from Roosevelt University...
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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.
