Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Congdon in Zion, Illinois


Walter Johnson

Walter Johnson

June 25, 2009

Walter C. Johnson Jr., 52, of Zion, died on Thursday, June 25, 2009 at Vista Medical Center East in Waukegan. He was born October 8, 1956 in Jeffersonville, Indiana and has lived in Zion all of his life. Survivors include his wife of 32 years, Karen; children, Christine (John) Wertman of Lindenhurst, Illinois, Walter C. (Melanie) Johnson III of Kenosha,...

Barbara Dodd

Barbara Dodd

June 25, 2009

Barbara Ann Dodd of Beach Park died on Thursday, June 25, 2009 at her home following a long illness. Barbara was born March 28, 1933 in Phelps, Wisconsin to the late Leonard and Irene (nee Salo) Mackay. She moved to this area in 1946 and married Bobby Gene Dodd on September 8, 1951. She had worked at the Zion Candy...

Glenda Van Cleave

Glenda Van Cleave

June 20, 2009

Visitation will be held Wednesday, June 24, 2009 from 9:00 until 11:00 a.m. at the Congdon Funeral Home. A Funeral Service will follow at 11:00 a.m. at the Funeral Home.

Donald Collins

Donald Collins

June 20, 2009

Donald G. Collins Jr., 57, of Beach Park, Illinois, died suddenly on Saturday, June 20, 2009 at home. Don was born December 25, 1951 in Waukegan. After graduating from Our Lady of Humility School in Beach Park and Carmel High School in Mundelein, he went on to Quincy College in Quincy, Illinois where he was going for degrees in Psychology...

Kimberly Dodd

Kimberly Dodd

June 16, 2009

Kimberly Dodd, 47, of Beach Park, Illinois, died on Tuesday, June 16, 2009 at Kenosha United Hospital in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Kimberly was born August 28, 1961 in Chicago, was raised in Fox Lake, Illinois and moved to Waukegan in 1985. She loved her daughters, was an avid sprint car fan and she enjoyed living on the lake in Fox Lake....

Elizabeth Chamberin

Elizabeth Chamberin

June 15, 2009

Elizabeth Ann "Betty" Chamberlin, (nee Newenham) 85, of Geneva, Illinois, died June 15, 2009 at Povena Geneva Care Center in Geneva. Elizabeth graduated in 1940 from Waukegan Township High School where she was a member of the National Honor Society. She also attended Lake Forest College. After World War II she and her husband Bert, served First United Methodist Churches...

Mary Simmons

Mary Simmons

June 14, 2009

Mary R. Simmons, (formerly Shipley) 81, of Zion and Waukegan, died on Sunday, June 14, 2009, at the Pavilion of Waukegan Nursing Home. Mary was born March 28, 1928, in Tremont, MS, and worked as a Licensed Practical Nurse for 18 years at the former Crown Manor Nursing Home in Zion. Before that, she was employed as a private duty...

May Loquidis

May Loquidis

June 14, 2009

May J. Loquidis, 82, of Zion, IL, died on Sunday, June 14, 2009, at Helia Healthcare in Zion. May was born January 28, 1927, in Kenosha, WI, to the late Henry and Lillian Leivick. She was a member and past President of the American Legion Auxiliary for over 50 years, and past President of the 10th District. May catered local...

Dino Ingoglia

Dino Ingoglia

June 13, 2009

Dino Joseph Ingoglia, 49, of Zion, IL, passed away and is at peace from a long battle with cancer on Saturday, June 13, 2009, at Midwestern Regional Medical Center in Zion. Dino was born September 21, 1959, in Waukegan, IL, and worked as a millwright for Local # 1693 for 30 years. He was a member of Our Lady of...

Howard Enlow

Howard Enlow

June 9, 2009

Howard W. Enlow, 77, of Wadsworth, IL, passed away on Tuesday, June 9, 2009, at Evanston Hospital after a lengthy illness. Howard was born February 21, 1932, in Zion. He was a resident of Wadsworth for the past 38 years. Howard retired from employment at Ft. Sheridan in 1979. He was a veteran of the United States Air Force. Survivors...

Tim Abelgore

Tim Abelgore

June 8, 2009

Tim Abelgore, 61, of Zion, IL, passed away suddenly on Monday, June 8, 2009, at his home after complications after surgery. Tim was born January 27, 1948, in Streator, IL. Tim loved people, loved to talk and was truly one of the most gentle, kind and loving men you could ever meet. Nothing made Tim prouder than going to car...

Sally DeTienne

Sally DeTienne

June 8, 2009

Sally Su DeTienne, nee Cook, 73, of Zion, IL, loving wife of Lloyd DeTienne, passed away on Monday, June 8, 2009, at Vista Medical Center East in Waukegan. Sally was born February 29, 1936, "A Leap Year Baby", in Zion, IL. She was formerly employed with Hamming, Hamming, and Dugan of Gurnee, IL. Sally was a member of Trinity Christian...

Joanne Brubaker

Joanne Brubaker

June 7, 2009

Joanne Elaine Brubaker, 82, of Kenosha, WI, and formerly of Zion, IL, died on Sunday, June 7, 2009. Joanne was born October 27, 1926, in Cassoday, KS, and married Jay Omar Miller Brubaker on January 20, 1951, in Kasbeer, IL. She served as Pre-School Director, at the Circle Center for Child Development at Christ Community Church in Zion for 18...

Wanda Point

Wanda Point

May 31, 2009

Wanda Alice Point Wanda Alice Point, 83, of Zion , formerly of Round Lake Beach, died on Sunday, May 31, 2009, at Rolling Hills Manor in Zion. Wanda was born April 28,1926, in Waukegan. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother. Survivors include her husband, of 58 years, Norman L. Point of Zion; daughters, Sylvia "Jeannie" (fiancé Kevin...

Linda Anhock

Linda Anhock

May 20, 2009

Linda Lorraine Anhock ,48, of Pleasant Prairie, WI, passed away on Wednesday, May 20, 2009, surrounded by her family at Four Seasons Summer House in Kenosha. Linda was born April 9, 1961, in Eau Claire, WI, to the late David and LaDine (nee LeBarron) Dukowitz. She was raised in Winthrop Harbor, IL, and was a 1979 graduate of Zion-Benton Township...

Faith Barrera

Faith Barrera

May 18, 2009

Faith Ellen Barrera, 52, of Waukegan, IL, left this world to be with the Lord on Monday, May 18, 2009 at Vista Medical Center East in Waukegan, surrounded by her loving family. Faith was born October 6, 1956 in Chicago and has lived in Lake County most of her life. She was baptized at New Hope Christian Fellowship Church in...

Bill Johnson

Bill Johnson

May 17, 2009

Bill J. Johnson, 70, of Winthrop Harbor, Illinois, died suddenly on Sunday, May 17, 2009 at Vista Medical Center East in Waukegan, Illinois. Bill was born August 24, 1938 in Golden, Mississippi and has lived in Winthrop Harbor most of his life. He attended First Baptist Church of Winthrop Harbor and was a member of Salem Baptist Church in Golden,...

Larry Strean

Larry Strean

May 16, 2009

Larry William Strean, 62, of Beach Park, Illinois, died on Saturday, May 16, 2009 at Vista Medical East in Waukegan. Larry was born December 14, 1946 in Waukegan and has lived in this area most of his life except for 10 years in Hartland, Wisconsin from 1975 to 1985. Larry worked for the Railroad as an Electrician with Milwaukee Road,...

Esther Eberhardt

Esther Eberhardt

May 11, 2009

Esther Eberhardt, 92, of Beach Park, IL, died on Monday, May 11, 2009 at home. Esther was born August 16, 1916 in Columbus, NE. She served in the United States Army during World War II, was stationed in California, and following her honorable discharge in 1945 she moved to Waukegan where she met and married her husband, the late George...

Sandy Farmen

Sandy Farmen

May 10, 2009

Sandy Farmen (nee Smith), 58, of Waukegan, Illinois died on Sunday, May10, 2009, at Terrace Nursing Home, Waukegan. Sandy was born July 25, 1950, in Griffith, IN, and was a 1968 graduate of Waukegan High School. She had been employed as an Administrative Assistant at Lake Park Center in Waukegan for 21 years. Sandy was a lifetime Waukegan resident who...