Neuqua Valley High School Illinois Alumni Obituaries

Michael Jerome Gunn age 66 passed away peacefully leaving behind a legacy of kindness joy and meaningful relationships with all who knew him. Michael was born on February 1 1959 in Alabama to the late Freddie Gunn and Margaret Gunn. As the eldest of his siblings he naturally took on a guiding and ca...

Mrs. Debra Lee Burk HarrisonFederman age 70 of Dupont Indiana entered this life on June 10 1955 in Chicago Illinois. She was the loving daughter of the late Joseph Daniel and Eleanor Marie Paulson Burk. She was a graduate of River Valley High School in Three Oaks Michigan. She married Brian Jay Fede...

Elizabeth Ann Phipps Mercer passed away at North River Health Campus on October 29 2024 in Evansville IN. She was born in St. Joseph Missouri on June 27 1942 daughter of the late Berwyn R. Phipps Sr. and Elizabeth Nance Ozenberger Phipps. She is survived by her children Ara Beth NelsonMercer Theron ...

Carl L. Tony Allen 57 a resident of West Pittston passed into eternal life unexpectedly on Thursday morning February 05 2026 at Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center Plains Township. Born on June 12 1968 in Chicago Heights Illinois Tony was a 1987 graduate of the former Rich East Central High Scho...

Norma Jean Marshall of Palm Desert CA passed away at her home on April 12 2018 at 308 p.m. She was born on April 10 1929 in Clayton Il the daughter of Wallace and Edna Marsh Power. She married Lee Marshall of Ipava in 1953 and he survives. Also surviving are her brother Glen Power of Ft. Pierce FL...

Esther L. Baxter 96 formerly of Kankakee Illinois passed away on Sunday July 19 2020 at Merkle Knipprath Nursing Home in Clifton Illinois. She was born on August 1 1923 in Browning Illinois the daughter of Howard and Inez Robertson Bader. She married Donald B. Baxter on June 27 1948 at the Bader C...

Son of Kenneth and Eva Holman Larry was born on November 4 1946 in Keokuk Iowa. He was a 1963 graduate of Scotland County R1 High School a 1968 graduate of Northeast Missouri State College with a B.S. in Education and a 1972 graduate of Central Missouri State University with an M.S. in Education. He...

James Frank Vogrinc age 78 passed away on February 7 2026 after a short and courageous battle with cancer. He was born on December 18 1947 in LaSalle Illinois to Frank and Marjorie Grobelny Vogrinc. Jim grew up in Rockford IL graduating from Boylan High School. Later he attended Rock Valley College ...

Christine R. Chris Dysinger 56 of St. Thomas PA passed away December 25 2025. She was born December 20 1969 in Anchorage Alaska the daughter of Regis John and Janet Orbash Suppok. Chris attended school in Eagle River Alaska until her senior year. She graduated from JD Darnell High School in 1987 in ...

Mary Frances Ogilvie Cassidy 96 died on Sunday morning August 10 2025 at the Elms in Macomb IL. She was born on January 3 1929 in Beardstown Illinois a daughter of C.R. and Frances Birnbaum Ogilvie. She married William Cassidy on June 8 1947 in Beardstown. He preceded her in death on January 2 2009....

Charles Chuck William Krusey age 74 of Parkersburg Iowa was born the son of Roland William and Clara Alvina Kampman Krusey on June 26 1951 in Freeport Illinois. In 1969 Chuck graduated from Foreston High School and went on to attend Rockford Junior College. He also attended one year at Northwestern ...

Anthony Tony W. Barbary of Rockford Illinois departed this earthly life on January 3 2026. He was born to Dorothy Barbary and Robert Peoples Sr. He graduated from Auburn High School in 1980 and later attended Rock Valley College.Anthony possessed a true entrepreneurial spirit and founded several suc...

WALNUT Ellen Annette DeWaele age 88 passed away peacefully on December 26 2025 surrounded by the love of her family. She was born on October 7 1937 to Andrew and Minnie Carlson. Ellen attended the one room school house currently located in Normandy Illinois before moving to Princeton and attending ...

Vernon Harold Tippett 84 of Quincy Illinois formerly of Memphis Missouri passed away Wednesday October 8 2025 at the High Point Residence in Quincy Illinois. Vernon was born on April 25 1941 in Ottumwa Iowa the son of Harold William and Helen Maurine Hicks Tippett. In 1957 he was an Eagle Scout and ...

Mary Elizabeth Bannen Du Bois age 90 of Smyrna TN passed away peacefully just shy of January 23 2026 surrounded by her four children after a long and hardfought battle with Dementia and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis IPF. Born December 6 1935 in Rockford Illinois Mary was the daughter of the late How...

Sister Grace Ann Rabideau entered eternal life on February 8 2026 at St. Patricks Residence Naperville Illinois. She was 98 years old and a member of the Sisters of St. Francis of Mary Immaculate for 77 years. Born in Bayfield Wisconsin Sister Grace Ann Rabideau was the daughter of the late Charlott...

Leroy R. Postel 95 of Martinsville passed away on Thursday February 5 2026 at Grand Valley Health Rehabilitation. He was a dad extraordinaire genealogist casino aficionado woodworker golfer grandpa and beloved community volunteer. He will be deeply missed. Leroy was born April 18 1930 in Chicago Il...

Gary D. Smith 67 of Staunton IL passed away on Monday February 2 2026 at St. Johns Hospital in Springfield IL. He was born February 22 1958 in Staunton IL the son of the late Delmar Clark Smith Ida Lena Mary Mehlberg Smith Hutchins Edward Alvin Hutchins. Gary attended Staunton schools graduated f...

Emily was born on the family farm in Washington NC now known as 1838 Carolina AveRt.17 to William Johnston Francis and Ethel Lee Witherington Francis in November of 1935. She attended John Small School and Washington High School graduating in 1954. She excelled at reading bowling tennis basketball p...