Tributes
Remembering those we’ve loved and lost September 1, 2025 - February 28, 2026
Tributes
Obituary & Remembrance Tribute Feature
During a family’s time of sorrow, we want to reflect on the lives of those who have recently passed. The Daily Chronicle and daily-chronicle.com offer a special feature appearing twice a year to commemorate and honor those we have lost.
Tributes
AMarcia Terwilliger Adams, 94 Davidson, NC
September 18, 1931December 19, 2025
Leonard Anderson, 88 Shabbona, IL
August 3, 1937September 2, 2025
Nelson Funeral Homes
Louise Ann (Adams) Anderson, 89 Genoa, IL
November 5, 1936December 12, 2025
Sandra Jean Andersen, 83 Garden Prairie, IL
September 5, 1942September 5, 2025
Olson Funeral & Cremation Services Ltd.
James ‘Jim’ William Anderson, 81 DeKalb, IL
February 15, 1944November 26, 2025
Lawrence Asselborn, 83 Hinckley, IL
July 30, 1942January 3, 2026
Barbara Axelsen, 81 DeKalb, IL
This edition provides a listing of those who have passed away in September, October, November, December 2025, January and February 2026.
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Zlata Balon, 81 Glen Ellyn, IL
April 5, 1944August 29, 2025
Anderson Funeral Home
Bruice Pierce Bickner, 82 Sycamore, IL
September 21, 1943October 21, 2025
Charles “Chuck” August Boehning, 74 Cortland, IL
July 24, 1951December 26, 2025
Edward R. “Ed” Bertels, 82 Eldridge, IA
September 3, 1943October 18, 2025
Benjamin Bianco, 33 Somonauk, IL
July 15, 1992February 16, 2026
Ottawa Funeral Home
Carroll D. Bottom, 89 Lisle, IL
October 22, 1935September 5, 2025
Mary Bradtmueller, 92 DeKalb, IL
April 16, 1933November 27, 2025
Rollie Lee Bray Jr., 84 Kingston, IL
December 9, 1940September 30, 2025
Charles “Chuck” L. Breese, 65 DeKalb, IL
January 28, 1960October 3, 2025
Terry Bridgmon, 47 Cloverdale, IN
July 16, 1978December 30, 2025
Matthew Louis Brown, 45 Sycamore, IL
April 12, 1980January 10, 2026
Theodore J. “Ted” Bruch, 85 Kirkland, IL
May 15, 1940October 6, 2025 Olson-Quiram Funeral Chapel
Florence Helen (Straw) Butler, 83 Malta, IL
August 14, 1942February 13, 2026
Toni M. (Mueller) Byford, 81 DeKalb, IL
March 28, 1944September 22, 2025
CDonald Vere Carr, 79 Saltillo, TX
October 18, 1946January 30, 2026
James Casey III, 78 DeKlab, IL
March 16, 1947October 18, 2025
Violet Challand, 106 DeKalb, IL
March 5, 1919February 14, 2026
Matthew David “Matt” Clark, 36 Hampshire, IL
September 7, 1989December 27, 2025
Sally Kay Coyle, 87 Dekalb, IL
July 23, 1938September 25, 2025
Anderson Funeral Home
Karla Creed, 67 Naples, FL
October 8, 1957September 6, 2025 Torman Funeral Home
Willard ‘Bill’ Clawson, 90 Sycamore, IL
December 23, 1935January 6, 2026
Olson-Quiram Funeral Chapels
Michael Paul Coffey, 61 Kingston, IL
March 23, 1964November 21, 2025
Charles Combs, 84 Carmel, IN October 8, 1940September 25, 2025
Virginia R. “Ginnie” Cook, 102 DeKalb, IL
October 23, 1922September 7, 2025
Susan Cooley, 76 Clare, IL
June 30, 1949February 4, 2026
ELinda Christine Eichhorst, 73 DeKalb, IL
March 24, 1952November 2, 2025
Judith ‘Judy’ J. Culver DeKalb, IL
John H. Engstrom, 88 Sycamore, IL
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Elaine Davies, 60 Downers Grove, IL
August 13, 1965November 23, 2025
Stephen Craig Davis, 59 Sycamore, IL
October 3, 1966December 15, 2025
Olson Quiram Funeral Chapels
Martha “Marti” Dlabal, 93 Sycamore, IL
March 13, 1932February 7, 2026
Dawn A. Ericksen, 73 DeKalb, IL
January 2, 1952December 4, 2025
Laura “Laurie” Erwin, 59 Sycamore, IL
October 26, 1965October 5, 2025
Jeffrey Dale Eudy, 62 Sycamore, IL
October 4, 1963January 3, 2026
Nancy L. Doty, 81 Northborough, MA
April 3, 1944January 7, 2026
Thomas Draus, 74 Dekalb, IL
April 25, 1951January 2, 2026 Anderson Funeral Home
FLanee Rae Faivre, 34 Lee, IL
May 14, 1991January 18, 2026 Anderson Funeral Home
Roy Thomas Fenstermaker Jr. Sycamore, IL
Dale Alvin Floyd, 81 Westmont, IL
August 5, 1944October 5, 2025
Mary Elizabeth ‘Beth’ Foose, 42 Sycamore, IL
April 29, 1983November 15, 2025
GHeather Irene Galbreath, 37 Lee, IL
December 28, 1988February 10, 2026
Nelson Funeral Home
William “Bill” Gee, 75 Lee, IL
November 21, 1949September 14, 2025
Torman Funeral Home
Christi Lynn (Gletty) Gibson, 68 Sandwich, IL
December 29, 1956December 6, 2025
James Richard Giles, 87 DeKalb, IL
October 26, 1937September 26, 2025
HLeah Jeanne Hallaron, 83 DeKalb, IL
November 20, 1941October 23, 2025
Marcia E Halverson, 84
DeKalb, IL
January 26, 1941October 11, 2025
Anderson Funeral Home
Charles Hamby, 82
DeKalb, IL
June 13, 1943December 27, 2025
Unger Horner Funeral Home
Thomas Michael Hapeman, 52 DeKalb, IL
November 8, 1972October 16, 2025
Helen Hawkins, 91 DeKalb, IL
November 9, 1934November 21, 2025
Anderson Funeral Home
Charles Clifford “Chuck” Holdridge, 84 Schaumburg, IL
November 24, 1940September 30, 2025
Larry Bruce Hayes, 77 Florence, AZ
January 14, 1948December 14, 2025
Timothy E. Holt, 75 DeKalb, IL
October 30, 1950November 29, 2025
Ronald “Ron” Heal, 77 DeKalb, IL
August 24, 1948October 11, 2025
Kristine L. Hudson, 69 Roscoe, IL
February 3, 1957February 7, 2026
Olson Quiram Funeral Chapels
JWilliam E. Hertzner, 57 DeKalb, IL
November 16, 1968January 31, 2026
Anderson Funeral Home
Archie Eugene Jensen, 92 Rochelle, IL
August 6, 1933February 9, 2026
Unger-Horner Funeral Home
William Donald Harbecke, 86 Sycamore, IL
August 15, 1939November 18, 2025
Beverly Hicks Greeneville, TN
Ona Lynn Johnson, 75 Dekalb, IL
December 22, 1949September 13, 2025
Anderson Funeral Home
Joan Elizabeth (Hill) Girmscheid Fishers, IN
Terry W. Harper, 76 Sycamore, IL
May 18, 1949October 12, 2025
Ruth Agnes Higgins, 96 Oregon, IL
July 20, 1929September 10, 2025
Robert Conrad Johnson, 91 DeKalb, IL
February 19, 1934February 12, 2026
Katherine L. (nee DeGroate) Gress, 100 Sycamore, IL
January 17, 1926February 14, 2026
Vincent Harshman, 72 Dixon, IL
July 30, 1953December 11, 2025
Ryan Charles “Vern” Hill, 52 Sycamore, IL
July 8, 1973September 11, 2025
William “Bill” Jones, 82 Anderson, SC
July 31, 1943December 20, 2025
KDonna C. Guehler, 98 Somonauk, IL
June 13, 1927January 8, 2026
Roger T. “Cooter” Hartman, 64 DeKalb, IL
August 18, 1961November 21, 2025
Wallace Lee Hjelmberg, 76 Cookeville, TN
May 5, 1949January 27, 2026
James “Jim” Robert Kallembach, Jr., 74 Sycamore, IL
March 3, 1951October 18, 2025
Kimberly Quinn Kauss, 58 Grand Rapids, MI
September 14, 1967October 28, 2025
Helen Madeline Kepner, 98 La Crosse, WI
September 28, 1927November 6, 2025
Donald E. Kieso, 89 Somonauk, IL
September 23, 1936February 25, 2026
Kevin W. Larson, 57 DeKalb, IL
April 24, 1968September 28, 2025
Michael A. Long, 72 Kirkland, IL
May 5, 1953October 18, 2025
Paul L. Larson, 80
DeKalb, IL
September 23, 1944August 29, 2025
Turner-Eighner Funeral Home
Kevin Klotz, 69 Rochelle, IL
January 11, 1956November 6, 2025
Gary Krahenbuhl, 82 DeKalb, IL
September 11, 1943February 16, 2026
Ivan “Hippit” Lawson, 94 DeKalb, IL
August 24, 1931September 19, 2025
Theodore ‘Ted’ Lee Lange, 86 Antioch, IL
July 26, 1939October 6, 2025
Richard John Long, 77 Sycamore, IL
June 26, 1948October 20, 2025
Olson-Quiram Funeral Chapels
Maureen Harrison Looney, 75 Sycamore, IL
March 11, 1950August 31, 2025
Pauline Mae Loux, 95 DeKalb, IL
March 20, 1930January 13, 2026
MJudy Ann Magnuson, 78 Hudson, IL
November 30, 1947January 28, 2026
James Robert Mandery, 86 Winfield, IL
June 1, 1939February 14, 2026
Calvin S. Martin, 83 Kaukauna, WI
January 13, 1942October 30, 2025
Shirley J. Kunkel, 78 Genoa, IL
December 12, 1946September 26, 2025
Donna Mae Dreska Lane, 97 Sycamore, IL
January 27, 1928October 16, 2025
Bonnie L. Langley, 76 DeKalb, IL
August 3, 1949October 5, 2025
Burton William Lee Sr., 95 Sycamore, IL
March 23, 1930November 13, 2025
Kathryn Lenschow, 87 Sycamore, IL
February 26, 2026
Billy Joe Lovett, 73 DeKalb, IL
March 21, 1952October 18, 2025
Ottis Wayne Martin, 84 Rollo, IL
April 20, 1941September 19, 2025 Torman Funeral Home
Wade Lowe, 70 Sycamore, IL
September 16, 1955February 6, 2026
Renee M. Mason, 85 Creston, IL
June 18, 1940October 2, 2025
Marvin Levinsky, 83 DeKalb, IL
September 10, 1942November 3, 2025
Constance Joann Wuori Ludlum, 85 Sauk City, WI
July 22, 1940August 28, 2025 Hooverson Funeral Homes, Sauk City, Wisconsin
Dr. Linda “Duckie” Liston, 75 DeKalb, IL
July 28, 1950October 13, 2025
Marjorie Roselle Lyons, 97 Mayfield Township, IL
September 20, 1928January 10, 2026
Donna Rae (Johnson) Mathey DeKalb, IL
Bengt “LaVerne” Mattson, 84
Leland, IL
June 25, 1941November 26, 2025 Turner-Eighner Funeral Home
Jack ‘Farley’ McFarland, 73 Cortland, IL
December 14, 1951October 29, 2025
Patricia McGee, 90 Rochelle, IL
June 28, 1935September 30, 2025
Beverage-Lyons Family Funeral Home
Mary Lou Mckenzie, 83 DeKalb, IL
November 1, 1942January 20, 2026
Anderson Funeral Home
Danial McRoberts, 51 Shabbona, IL
March 5, 1974February 10, 2026
Nash-Nelson Funeral Home
Thomas Lee Melton, 85 Shabbona, IL
December 5, 1939November 13, 2025
James R. Middleton, 77 DeKalb, IL
December 9, 1947August 31, 2025
Anderson Funeral Home
Robert Joseph “Bob” Mislevy, 74 Severna Park, MD
June 28, 1950May 22, 2025
Roger Montavon, 83 DeKalb, IL
September 25, 1942October 6, 2025
NJoan Ruth Newby DeKalb, IL
November 7, 2025
Sandra G. Newlun, 77 Grand Island, FL
August 10, 1948February 4, 2026
Judy Nissen, 77
Rock Falls, IL
December 7, 1947November 13, 2025
Carole A. Cothern Nunally, 86 Winterset, IA
March 29, 1939December 10, 2025
Olson Quiram Chapels-Sycamore
OJoanne S. Moody, 97 Dekalb, IL
January 16, 1928September 17, 2025
Anderson Funeral Home
PSandra M. Parrini, 91 Dekalb, IL
February 7, 1934December 25, 2025
Anderson Funeral Home
Bruce A. Pecka, 80 DeKalb, IL
September 30, 1945January 19, 2026
Joshua Nicholas Perry, 47 DeKalb, IL
May 25, 1978January 13, 2026
RJohn Rich, 97 Sycamore, IL
August 25, 1928January 19, 2026
Olson Funeral & Cremation Services-Quiram Sycamore Chapel
Betty Richardson, 86 Sycamore, IL
February 5, 1939December 8, 2025
Donna M. Petersen, 80 Sycamore, IL
November 21, 1944October 26, 2025
Mary Anne Marshall Roberts, 85 DeKalb, IL
July 2, 1940February 1, 2026
Peggy Ann O’Neil, 66 Sycamore, IL
November 1, 1959December 16, 2025
John A. Olson, 85 Maple Park, IL July 13, 1940January 19, 2026
Joan Pierce, 89 Creston, IL June 7, 1936October 28, 2025
Mildred R. Robertson, 105 DeKalb, IL
June 7, 1920November 1, 2025
Olson Quiram Funeral Chapels
Jeanne Lorraine Overlee, 101 Parker, CO
December 3, 1923July 26, 2025
Kim Donald Prentice, 73 Colorado Springs, CO
November 12, 1951October 1, 2025
Joshua Adam Rollins, 31 Austin, TX
July 5, 1994August 2, 2025
Elaine Claire Rosado, 94
Glen Carbon, IL
August 13, 1931January 11, 2026
Jane Downs Ovitz, 95 Alexandria, VA December 28, 1930December 29, 2025
Roger D. Primm DeKalb, IL
Allen Roush Sycamore, IL
John “Butch” C. Rutter, 86 DeKalb, IL
February 17, 1939November 14, 2025
SJulius W. ‘Rock’ Sandy, 91 Sycamore, IL
February 25, 1934February 2, 2026
Theodore R. Schaumburg, 75 Sycamore, IL
January 1, 1950September 15, 2025
Kathleen “Kathy” (Forster) Schimmoler, 84 Rockford, IL
January 3, 1942February 10, 2026 Fitzgerald Funeral Home & Crematory
Aaron George ‘AG’ Schryver, 55 Sycamore, IL
August 8, 1970January 15, 2026
Olson-Quiram Funeral Chapels
Dr. Lois Carolyn Scoggins Self, 79 Bellingham, WA
February 23, 1946August 26, 2025
Norbert E. Selent, 75 DeKalb, IL
September 23, 1949September 8, 2025
Linda Louise Seyller Elgin, IL
Patricia Sherman, 89 DeKalb, IL
May 5, 1936January 8, 2026
Mary G. Shrader, 94 Shabbona, IL
May 11, 1931January 28, 2026
Junior Andrew Sexton, 97 DeKalb, IL
April 17, 1928February 10, 2026
Timothy Dean Tewksbury, 76 Sycamore, IL
October 9, 2025
Doris Jeanne Sloniker, 91 Sycamore, IL
December 18, 1934January 12, 2026
Olson-Quiram Funeral Chapel
Dorothy Mae Smith, 93 Esmond, IL
April 24, 1932December 14, 2025
Frederic W. Todd Jr., 85 Waterman, IL
October 24, 1940December 8, 2025
Stanley Trail, 95 DeKalb, IL
March 19, 1930September 13, 2025 V
Dolores Sue Vierig, 75 Waxahachie, TX
December 24, 1949December 15, 2025
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Joanne Snyder, 94 Sycamore, IL
April 13, 1931December 23, 2025
Anderson Funeral Home
Patricia Sue Wallace, 55 DeKalb, IL April 9, 1970August 8, 2025
Beryl Dean Weber, 99 DeKalb, IL
February 27, 1926October 27, 2025
Shirley Ann (née Gassen) West, 77 Sycamore, IL
August 6, 1948October 7, 2025
Grace Marie (Wilson) Wojcik, 81 Sycamore, IL
May 20, 1944September 20, 2025
Billie Jean Woodyatt, 70 Genoa, IL February 5, 1955December 11, 2025
Diane Janet (Quirin) Strand, 81 DeKalb, IL
January 18, 1944December 28, 2025
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Jearlene Talbert, 86 DeKalb, IL
April 10, 1939October 14, 2025
Danny Warner, 87 Albert Lea, MN June 3, 1938September 30, 2025
Alice Warren DeKalb, IL
November 27, 2025
Patti Jo Watters, 79 Oregon, IL
October 16, 1946November 27, 2025 Farrell-HollandGale Funeral Home in Oregon, IL
Look for the next Tributes Section in the Daily Chronicle on September 12, 2026.
funeralhome Directory
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ANDERSON FUNERAL HOME
2011 S. 4th St., DeKalb, IL 60115
815-756-1022 andersonfuneralhomeltd.com
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BUTALA FUNERAL HOMES & CREMATORY
1405 DeKalb Ave., Sycamore, IL 60178
815-786-2165
132 W. Main St., Genoa, IL 60135 815-786-2165 butalafuneralhomes.com
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CONLEY FUNERAL HOME
116 W. Pierce St., Elburn, IL 60119 630-365-6414 conleycare.com
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RONAN-FINCH FUNERAL HOME
310 Oak St., DeKalb, IL 60115 815-758-3841 ronanmoorefinch.com H
HEALY CHAPEL
370 Division Dr., Sugar Grove, IL 60554 630-466-1330 healychapel.com L
LAIRD FUNERAL SERVICES
310 S. State St., Elgin, IL 60120 847-741-8800 lairdfamilyfuneralservices.com
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MCDONALD FUNERAL HOME
1002 12th Ave., Rock Falls, IL 31071 815-626-6311 mcdonaldfuneralhomes.com
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NASH NELSON MEMORIAL CHAPELS
141 Maple St., Hinckley, IL 60520 815-286-3247 nelsonfuneralhomes.com
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QUIRAM SYCAMORE CHAPEL
1245 Somonauk St., Sycamore, IL 815-895-6589 olsonfh.com/our-locations/quiram-sycamore-chapel
OTTAWA FUNERAL HOME
1111 LaSalle St., Ottawa, IL 61350 815-433-0300 ottawafuneralhome.com
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PRESTON-SCHILLING FUNERAL HOME, LTD.
213 Crawford Avenue, Dixon, IL 61021 815-288-4469 www.prestonschilling.com
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TORMAN FUNERAL HOME
510 Flagg St., Paw Paw, IL 61353 815-627-3811 tormanfuneralhome.com
TURNER-EIGHNER FUNERAL HOMES
3952 Turner Ave., Plano, IL 60545 630-552-3022 eighnerfuneralhomes.com
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UNGER-HORNER FUNERAL HOME
400 N. 6th St., Rochelle, IL 61068 815-562-4534 ungerhorner.com