Obituaries

Gerald R. "Jerry" Underhill

Gerald R. "Jerry" Underhill

Apr 14, 2010

OTTAWA - Gerald R. "Jerry" Underhill, age 68, of Ottawa, passed away at 5:15 p.m. Wednesday, April 14, 2010 at the Ottawa Pavilion. Visitation will be from Noon till 2:00 p.m. Saturday at the Shrine of Rest Chapel at Oakwood Memorial Park. Services will follow at 2:00 p.m. at the chapel with Monsignor R. J. Boyle officiating. Cremation rites...

Virginia Alonzo

Virginia Alonzo

Apr 10, 2010

OTTAWA -- Virginia Alonzo, 79, of Ottawa, passed away at 4:05 p.m. Saturday, April 10, 2010 at Ottawa Regional Hospital and Healthcare Center. Funeral services will be at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, April 14th at Gladfelter Funeral Home with Monty Harris of the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses officiating. Burial of the cremains will be in Oakwood Memorial Park at...

Lavonne Maynard

Lavonne Maynard

Mar 29, 2010

OTTAWA - LaVonne Maynard, age 82, of Ottawa, passed away at 8:50 p.m. Monday, March 29, 2010 at Ottawa Regional Hospital and Healthcare Center. Funeral services honoring her life will be held at Noon on Thursday, April 1, 2010 at Gladfelter Funeral Home with Sherry Stevenson officiating. Interment will follow in DeBolt Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 10...

Roy D. Wagner

Roy D. Wagner

Mar 27, 2010

OTTAWA - Roy D. "Ratchet" Wagner, age 75, of Ottawa, passed away at 2:41 a.m.. Saturday, March 27, 2010 at the LaSalle County Nursing Home. Funeral services will be held 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, March 30, 2010 at Gladfelter Funeral Home with Rev. Duane Kaufman officiating. Interment will follow in Oakwood Memorial Park. Visitation will be from 4 to 8...

Phyllis A. Davidson

Phyllis A. Davidson

Mar 25, 2010

OTTAWA - Phyllis A. Davidson, age 89, of Ottawa, passed away Thursday afternoon at the LaSalle County Nursing Home. Funeral services honoring her life will be held 10:00 a.m. Monday at Gladfelter Funeral Home with Rev. Duane Kaufman officiating. Entombment will follow in the Shrine of Rest at Oakwood Memorial Park. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m....

Sherry D. Anderson

Sherry D. Anderson

Mar 19, 2010

OTTAWA - Sherry D. Anderson, 61, of Ottawa died Friday, March 19th at Rush - Copley Medical Center in Aurora. Services will be private. Gladfelter Funeral Home is assisting the family with arrangements. Sherry was born July 12, 1948 in Ottawa, a daughter of Raymond and Phyllis (Reynolds) Caffee. She married Dean Anderson March 16, 1968 in Ottawa. She...

Reverend Leo H. Gildner

Reverend Leo H. Gildner

Mar 13, 2010

OTTAWA - Reverend Leo H. Gildner, age 82, Pastor Emeritus of St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in Ottawa, died Saturday, March 13th at Ottawa Pavilion. A Concelebrated Mass of Christian Burial will be 11:00 a.m. Thursday at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church with The Most Reverend Daniel R. Jenky, C.S.C., Bishop of the Diocese of Peoria, as...

George E. Chiavario

George E. Chiavario

Feb 27, 2010

LELAND - George E. Chiavario, 89, of Leland passed away Saturday, February 27, 2010, at his home. Funeral services honoring his life will be Tuesday, March 2nd, at 1:00 p.m. at Gladfelter Funeral Home in Ottawa with Bruce Shaw, Randy Satterfield, and Ruth Taplin officiating. Interment will follow at Leland Cemetery with military rites accorded. Visitation will be from...

Patricia A. Riebe

Patricia A. Riebe

Feb 26, 2010

OTTAWA - Patricia A. Riebe, 79, of Ottawa passed away Friday, February 26, 2010 at her home surrounded by her family. Funeral services honoring her life will be Friday, March 5, 2010 at 10:00 a.m. at Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church, Ottawa, with Reverend Nathan Kramer officiating. Interment will follow at Oakwood Memorial Park. Visitation will be held from 3:00...

Marion L. Rabatine

Marion L. Rabatine

Feb 11, 2010

OTTAWA - Marion L. Rabatine, age 70, of Ottawa, passed away at 7:32 p.m. Thursday, February 11, 2010 at Provena St. Joseph's Medical Center, Joliet. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Monday at Gladfelter Funeral Home with Pastor Polly Klimson officiating. Interment will follow in Oakwood Memorial Park. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Sunday...

Elizabeth "Liz" A. Sparks

Elizabeth "Liz" A. Sparks

Feb 7, 2010

LEBANON, IN - Elizabeth A. "Liz" Sparks, age 54, of Lebanon, Indiana, formerly of Ottawa, passed away at 4:30 a.m. Sunday February 7, 2010 at Lebanon, Indiana. Funeral services will be held at noon on Friday at Bethel Lutheran Brethren Church with Pastor Tim Johnson officiating. Interment will be in Oakwood Memorial Park. Visitation will be from 10 a.m....

Marian E. Yarger

Marian E. Yarger

Jan 30, 2010

OTTAWA - Marian E. Yarger, 92, passed away Saturday, January 30, 2010 at her residence. Private graveside services will be held 10:a.m. Tuesday, February 2, 2010 at Oakwood Memorial Park. Visitation will be held Monday, February 1, 2010 from 4 - 7 p.m. at Gladfelter Funeral Home. Mrs. Yarger was born June 25, 1917 at Ottawa, Illinois, a daughter...

Rodney L. Smith

Rodney L. Smith

Jan 28, 2010

SHERIDAN - Rodney L. Smith, age 42, of Sheridan, passed away at 6:42 a.m. Thursday, January 28, 2010 at his residence. Funeral services will be held 3:30 p.m. Saturday at the Harding Grade School with Bruce Shaw and Randy Satterfield officiating. Interment will follow in Evergreen Cemetery at Morris. There will be a luncheon from Noon to 2:00 p.m....

Frank Rodney George, Sr.

Frank Rodney George, Sr.

Jan 26, 2010

OTTAWA - Frank Rodney "Rod" George, Sr., age 86, of Ottawa, passed away at 7:35 a.m. Tuesday, January 26, 2010 at St. Margaret's Hospital in Spring Valley. Funeral services will be held 1:00 p.m. Saturday at Gladfelter Funeral Home with Reverend Peter Brick officiating. Interment will follow in Oakwood Memorial Park with military honors. Visitation will be from 4...

Nancy J. Debernardi

Nancy J. Debernardi

Jan 20, 2010

OTTAWA - Nancy J. DeBernardi, age 61, of Ottawa, passed away at 12:55 p.m. Wednesday, January 20, 2010 at the Ottawa Pavilion. Private family services will be held Saturday at Gladfelter Funeral Home with Rev. Douglas A. Williams officiating. Interment will follow in Ottawa Avenue Cemetery. There will be no visitation. Nancy Jean DeBernardi was born October 4, 1948...

Ralph Walter Olmstead

Ralph Walter Olmstead

Jan 9, 2010

OTTAWA - Ralph W. Olmstead, age 80, died peacefully on Saturday, January 9, 2010, with his family by his side following a courageous battle with Parkinson disease. He was born November 27, 1929, in Ottawa, IL, to the late Chester Smith and Grace Lucille (Hayward) Olmstead. He attended Harding Grade School and graduated from Ottawa High School in 1947....

Donald H. Wilkens

Donald H. Wilkens

Jan 7, 2010

OTTAWA - Dr. Donald H. Wilkens, age 78, of Ottawa, passed away at 10:11 p.m. Thursday, January 7, 2010 at OSF Saint Francis Medical Center, Peoria. Funeral services will be held 7:00 p.m. Monday at Gladfelter Funeral Home with Pastor Gordon Carls and Pastor Chris Schoon officiating. Entombment will be in Acacia Park Cemetery, Chicago. Visitation will be from...

Doris Lawyer

Doris Lawyer

Jan 3, 2010

OTTAWA - Doris Lawyer, age 87, of Ottawa, passed away at 1:05 a.m. Sunday, January 3, 2010 at Pleasant View. Visitation will be at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday at the Shrine of Rest Mausoleum at Oakwood Memorial Park with Committal Services at Noon. A Memorial Service will be 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at Pleasant View with Rev. Dustin L. Anderson officiating....

Owen S. Murray

Owen S. Murray

Dec 16, 2009

Owen S Murray, 77, of Ottawa passed away on Dec 16th at Pleasant View. He was born in Streator on August 27, 1932 to Sprague and Margaret (Larson) Murray. Owen served in the U.S. Air Force from 1951 - 1956. He was a former member of the Ottawa Jaycees and helped to raise funds for the Ottawa Rescue Squad...

Anthony "Tony" Almeda

Anthony "Tony" Almeda

Dec 9, 2009

Anthony "Tony" Almeda, age 69, of Villa Park, formerly of Ottawa, passed away at 9:30 p.m. Wednesday, December 9, 2009 at the Dupage Convalescent Center in Wheaton. Memorial services in his honor will be held at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, December 16, 2009 at the Ottawa Moose Lodge. Private family services were held in Villa Park. Inurnment will be in...