Leroy High School Illinois Alumni Obituaries

Sameul Sam M. Lawson of Rockford departed this earthly life December 29 2025. He was born November 12 1938 in Ecorse Michigan the son of Robert Sr. and Mary Lawson. Samuel lived in Rockford 17 years coming from Chicago IL. He was employed as a supervisor by Sears in Chicago IL many years before reti...

Nancy L. Wessel age 84 of Pittsfield IL passed away Tuesday January 6 2026 at Barry Healthcare and Senior Living in Barry IL. She was born July 20 1941 in Canton IL to Earnest and Hattie Barrett Henry. Nancy married Robert Leroy Pete Wessel December 14 1962 at the First Christian Church in Chandlerv...

   Alice Irene Impens, 97, of Moline, passed away Wednesday, January 7, 2026, surrounded by family at Clarissa C. Cook Hospice House, Bettendorf.   A Mass of Christian Burial will be at 9:30 am, on the 12th day of January, 2026, at Sacred Heart Church, Moline. Visitation will be ...

Lois Jane Smith Rust 97 of Jacksonville Illinois died Wednesday December 17 2025 at The Pointe in Jacksonville. She was born July 6 1928 to LeRoy Thomas and Hattie Belle Scott Smith in Jacksonville. Lois married Paul Oliver Rust on July 24 1949 at Central Christian Church in Jacksonville they were m...

Doris Ann Bostic 66 passed from this earthly life on Tuesday December 16 2025 at her home in Danville Illinois. Doris was born on July 191959 in Webb Mississippi as the first child of Leroy and Willie Robinson and was briefly united in marriage to Alfred Bostic in 1982. Doris graduated from Danville...

Amanda Louise Wright 44 of Springfield IL formerly of Table Grove IL passed away at 1240 pm on July 17 2020 at Memorial Medical Center in Springfield IL. She was born on August 23 1975 in Canton IL the daughter of Leroy and Joan Ritter Wright. Amanda is survived by her mother Joan Taylor of Table Gr...

MIke E. Shawgo age 64 of Astoria passed away at 1258 am on Sunday January 24 2016 at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago IL. He was born on July 6 1951 in Canton a son of Max and Thelma Loughary Shawgo. He married Marilyn Hammond on May 29 1990 in Astoria. She survives. Also surviving are f...

Mary E. Woods 92 of Macomb formerly of Ipava passed away at 450 am on Friday March 25 2016 at The Elms in Macomb. She was born on September 12 1923 in Blyton the daughter of Ora and Edith Simpson Barrick. She married Robert Woods on May 7 1949 in Ellisville IL. He preceded her in death on June 4 200...

Robert D. Adkins 92 0f Astoria IL passed away at 1208 am on Sunday January 11 2026 at The Elms in Macomb IL. He was born on May 22 1933 the son of Jody Carroll Adkins Sr. and Gladys Adkins Davis. Robert married Margie Mae Altig on March 26 1955 in Indiana. He later married Janet Hibbert on October 3...

Eris Betty Clayton was born at home to Helen Catherine and Herschel Edward Burgard on January 2 1926 in Schuyler Country. Her childhood was spent following her two older brothers at work and play and attending school. She boarded in Rushville in order to attend Rushville High School. During World Wa...

Violet L. Wickert 101 of Astoria IL passed away at 1032 pm Sunday August 1 2021 at The Elms in Macomb IL. She was born on January 13 1920 in the Woodland Township Fulton Co. IL the daughter of George and Clara Mae Stambaugh Klinedinst. Violet married Ronal G. Wickert on April 16 1939 in Rushville IL...

Esta Claribel Buswell 90 of Ipava IL passed away at 1156 am on Friday August 27 2021 at the Renaissance Care Center in Canton IL. She was born on February 12 1931 in Astoria IL the daughter of George and Clara Mae Stambaugh Klinedinst. She married Kenneth Buswell on November 5 1949 in Ipava. Kenneth...

Ramona C. Stracker 94 of Table Grove IL passed away 1207 am on Monday November 6 2023 at McDonough District Hospital in Macomb IL. She was born on Monday March 11 1929 in Table Grove the daughter of Charles Sr. and Gladys Fordyce Howard. Ramona first married Leroy Malott in Table Grove. She later ma...

Mr. Ozell Lane, Sr. was born on August 23, 1940, in Hahira, Georgia, to the late Onie James Lane and Edna Elizabeth Lane. He was a man of strength, kindness, and quiet wisdom whose life was firmly rooted in love for his family, deep respect for his community, and a tireless work ethic that inspired ...

Kelly H Barker died on December 16 2025 at Cleveland Clinic Martin North Hospital in Stuart Florida. He was born in Mississippi County Missouri to Lonnie Eugene Barker and Clora W. Hopgood Barker and was raised on the Barker Family Home Place in the area known as Barkers Ridge. The farm shaped his l...

Joseph B. Esposito, age 52, passed away on October 16, 2025. He is survived by his devoted parents, LeRoy “Sam” and Denise (nee Brady) Esposito, and by his siblings, Mary (Michael) Usterbowski and Jim (Meaghan) Esposito. Joe is also survived by many loving uncles, aunts, cousins, nieces, nephews, an...

Elizabeth Betty Ann Neumann 93 of Chesapeake Virginia passed away peacefully on Friday December 19 2025. Born September 27 1932 in Chicago Illinois Betty was the daughter of the late Walter Theodore Slicker and Agnes Josephine Slicker. Betty was preceded in death by her beloved husband of 65 years L...