Gerald Nicholas Schilz hit his final home run at Aurora Memorial Hospital of Burlington on June 21, 2012 surrounded by his loving family. He married Nancy Ann Robers on Sept. 29, 1956. He was a City of Burlington volunteer fireman from 1959 until 1977 when he became the city’s first […]

Vivian J. George, 86, Burlington, died at her home on June 22, 2012. She was born in Burlington on Oct. 9, 1925, to the late Joseph and Florence (Brainerd) Cook. She had spent her early life in Kansasville and was a graduate of St. Mary’s High School. She earned her […]

Eugene “Gene” F. Hopkins, 90, Union Grove, died June 12, 2012, at his residence. His family and friends may gather for visitation at the Union Grove Methodist Church on Saturday, June 30, from 1-2 p.m. A memorial service officiated by the Rev. Milagros Bermudez which will include Masonic prayers will […]

  Gloria D. Crowley, 77, of Lyons, died June 19, 2012, at Advocate BroMenn Regional Medical Center in Normal, Ill. She was born on April 3, 1935, in Chicago, to the late Julius and Ilda (Caccini) Desideri. She spent her early life in Chicago and was a graduate of Spalding […]

John Edward Walsh died June 19, 2012. He was born in Omaha, Neb. in 1931. He was a lifelong Nebraska football fan. After serving in the U.S. Air Force from 1950-1954, he then attended and graduated from the University of Nebraska-Omaha with a degree in chemistry. He worked for Wilson […]

Nancy E. Fish, 78, Burlington, died June 18, 2012, at Aurora Memorial Hospital of Burlington. She was born on Aug. 11, 1933, in Madison, to the late George and Esther (Taylor) Francisco. She spent her early life in Elkhorn and then Burlington, graduating from Burlington High School in 1951. On […]

Robert John Storm, 87, Waterford, died June 18, 2012. He was born May 11, 1925. He married Gertrude Hancock in 1944. She preceded him in death in 2001. He spent all of his life in the town of Norway where he was a farmer and a milk hauler; he started […]

Surrounded by his family, Philip C. Pockat, 72, died Friday, June 15, 2012, after sustaining injuries from a fall. He was born Nov. 1, 1939, in Marion, Wis., to the late Louis Pockat and Mildred (Schultz). He was a long time educator, driver’s education instructor, member of various choirs and […]

Donald F. Wagner, 94, a lifelong resident of Lyons, died June 14, 2012, at Waterford Senior Living. He was born Aug. 19, 1917, to the late Peter and Mary (Mueseler) Wagner. On Oct. 24, 1942, he married Hildegarde Kornhoff at St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church in Waterford. She preceded him […]

Barbara Allen McCumber, 65, died June 15, 2012, at Lakeland Nursing Home, Elkhorn, with her children by her side. She was born Oct. 10, 1946, in Burlington, to Kenneth and Delores (Finucane) Christensen. She was a lifetime resident and graduate of Burlington High School. On Feb. 28, 1966, she married […]