Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Congdon in Zion, Illinois
Alice Crouthers
November 21, 2007
Alice F. Crouthers, 99, of Beach Park and formerly of Waukegan, died on Wednesday, November 21, 2007 at Terrace Nursing Home in Waukegan. Alice was born March 7, 1908 in Hot Springs, Arkansas. During World War II she served as a Nurses Aide at Great Lakes Hospital and she worked for years at Green Mill Cleaners in Waukegan. In the...
Marta Ehemann
November 20, 2007
Marta E. Ehemann, 71, of Kenosha, Wisconsin, died on Tuesday, November 20, 2007 at Aurora Medical Center in Kenosha. Marta was born March 3, 1936 in Guatemala City, Guatemala. She came to Chicago at the age of ten, moving to Lake Villa, Illinois in 1974, retired to Las Vegas, Nevada and has lived in Kenosha for the past two years....
Joseph Sabo
November 19, 2007
Joseph F. Sabo, 92, of Zion, died on Monday, November 19, 2007, at Arbor View Nursing Home in Zion. Joseph was born October 14, 1915, in Chicago, IL, and was a decorated United States Army Veteran of World War II, serving in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater. He was retired from Fansteel Corporation in North Chicago. He was a member of Our...
Mabel Clark
November 17, 2007
Mabel M. Clark, 92, of Zion, died on Saturday, November 17, 2007 at Arbor View Nursing Home in Zion. Mabel was born May 8, 1915 to Samuel and Mary Hess in Dahlgren, Illinois. She worked at Warwick Electronics in Zion for eleven years. She was survived by two sons Kenneth (Eva) Gillespie of Zion and Lloyd Gillespie of San Antonio,...
Hannah Bills
November 15, 2007
Hannah Bills, 98, of Zion, passed away on Thursday, November 15, 2007. She was born in Waukegan on November 4, 1909 to Charles and Hilda Gustafson. Hannah spent many years as a bookkeeper for car dealerships including Wetzel & Turner Chevrolet, Sorensen Chevrolet and Dan Miller Ford to name a few. Until her health started failing her 7 years ago,...
Rebecca Reiman
November 15, 2007
Rebecca "Becky" Reiman,44, of Pleasant Prairie, died on Thursday, November 15, 2007, at Kenosha Hospital. Becky was born March 31, 1963, in Chicago, and was currently a student at Columbia College of Missouri (Waukegan). She married Frank Reiman on August 22, 1987, in Niles, IL, and was employed by Pharmedium Company in Lake Forest, IL. Becky was a loving wife,...
Dwayne Crowell
November 14, 2007
Dwayne M. Crowell, 48, of Winthrop Harbor, went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, November 14, 2007, at Condell Medical Center following a brief illness. Dwayne was born December 18, 1958 in Fort Riley, Kansas and has lived in Zion the past 41 years. He was a member of Life Church of Gurnee. For the past eight years,...
Betty Drapalik
November 14, 2007
Betty R. Drapalik, 75, of Waukegan died on Wednesday, November 14, 2007, at the Holy Family Medical Center in Des Plaines, IL. Betty was born on July 4, 1932 in Cicero, IL and graduated from Morton High School. She married Joseph Drapalik on October 30, 1951 in High Point, North Carolina. She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church...
Mary Bey
November 13, 2007
Mary Edna Bey was born on January 29, 1924 in Louisville, Kentucky to the union of Jessie and Mattie Vaughn. Mary departed this life on Tuesday, November 13, 2007. Mary accepted Christ at an early age. She always possessed a motherly wisdom and helped others that were in need. Mary was united in holy matrimony to James Bey Jr. in...
Mercedes Hemersbach
November 12, 2007
Mercedes I. Hemersbach, 58, of Gurnee, died on Monday, November 12, 2007, at home. Mercedes was born April 18, 1949, in Waukegan, and was a 1967 graduate of Waukegan Township High School. She married Ronald Hemersbach on February 24, 1973, in Waukegan, and was a member of Our Lady of Humility Church in Beach Park. Mercedes retired from Ameritech after...
Robert Will JR
November 10, 2007
Robert P. Will Jr., 69, a prominent Lake County Attorney of Waukegan, died on Saturday, November 10, 2007 at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago following a brief illness. He was born April 6, 1938 in Waukegan. Bob served with the United States Army Reserve. He began his practice of Law in 1962, opened his first Law office in 1963 and...
Patricia Larson
November 8, 2007
Patricia A. Larson, 59, of Winthrop Harbor, died on Thursday, November 8, 2007 at Vista Medical Center East. Patricia was born August 22, 1948 in Waukegan and has lived in Winthrop Harbor all her life. Survivors include her daughter, Sara Larson of Winthrop Harbor; her grandson, Tyler Larson-Slay; two sisters Barbara (Al) Alexander of Winthrop Harbor and Cathy Simpson of...
Syble Frederick
November 5, 2007
Syble Faye Frederick, 79, of Beach Park, Illinois, died on Monday, November 5, 2007 at Victory Lakes Continuing Care Center in Lindenhurst, Illinois. She was born March 26, 1928 in Tremont, Mississippi. She was in her twenties when she moved to the Zion area to work at the Zion Candy Factory. Later she was employed as a waitress for Fossland's...
Doug Freeman
November 4, 2007
Doug Freeman, 60, of Zion, died on Sunday, November 4, 2007, at home and surrounded by his family. He was born July 31, 1947 in Waukegan and has lived in Zion all of his life. He was an active member of North Point Community Christian Church of Winthrop Harbor where he led many Bible studies and small groups. Doug always...
Aimee Twadell
November 4, 2007
Aimee Lacombe Twadell,85, of Gurnee, IL, died on Sunday, November 4, 2007, at home. Aimee was born February 27, 1922, in New York, N.Y. She was an accomplished tennis player in her youth and her name was mentioned often in newspaper sports pages on Long Island where she grew up. Aimee was retired from the Lake County Treasurer's Office in...
Bengt Nygren
October 31, 2007
Bengt "Ben" Nygren,71, of Beach Park, IL, died on Wednesday, October 31, 2007, at Lake Forest Hospital in Lake Forest. Ben was born April 4, 1936, in Malmo, Sweden, and married Sandra Musson on February 21, 1981, in Las Vegas, Nevada. He was employed as an Executive Chef at many fine restaurants in Chicago and the surrounding area. Ben was...
Rick Sell
October 31, 2007
Rick Sell, 50, of Zion, IL, formerly of Buffalo Grove, IL, died on Wednesday, October 31, 2007, at Vista Medical Center East in Waukegan. Rick was born August 13, 1957, in Evanston, IL, and was a graduate of Buffalo Grove High School. He married Anita Watts on December 16, 2006, in Zion. Rick was a ten year employee of Lake...
Gregory Tyra
October 24, 2007
Greg L. Tyra Greg L. Tyra, 43, of Winthrop Harbor, died on Wednesday, October 24, 2007. Greg was born December 10, 1963, in Waukegan, Il, and lived in Winthrop Harbor all of his life. He was a graduate of Zion-Benton Township High School and a member of the First Baptist Church of Winthrop Harbor. Greg worked as a truck mechanic...
Joe Swartz
October 24, 2007
Joe L. Swartz Joe L. Swartz, 76, of Beach Park, died on Wednesday, October 24, 2007 at Vista Medical Center East in Waukegan. Joe was born December 23, 1930 in Chicago. He was a graduate of Zion-Benton Township High School and attended University of Missouri for two years. A Veteran, Joe served with the United States Army, stationed in Korea,...
Claude McDermott
October 23, 2007
Claude D. McDermott Sr. Claude D. McDermott Sr., 89, of Zion, formerly of Libertyville, died on Wednesday, October 23, 2007 at Vista Medical Center East in Waukegan. Claude was born November 23, 1917 in Chicago. He served as Vice President for Olympic Commisary Company, headquartered in Chicago, and lived in various locations across the United States due to traveling for...
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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.
