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Harry Mills
Harry Mills
 
  12 Feb 2025
Gregory Callans
Gregory Callans
 
  3 Feb 2025
Lucinda Wright
Lucinda Wright
March 17, 1903 
  1 Feb 2025
Justus Family
Justus Family
L-R Standing & Seated:
Leroy & Lucinda (Justus) Wright, George & Huldah (Byrum) Justus, Sidney & Melinda (Smith) Justus - March 17, 1903 
  1 Feb 2025
LeRoy Wright
LeRoy Wright
March 17, 1903 
  1 Feb 2025
Borden Campbell
Borden Campbell
 
  1 Feb 2025
Wesley Hyland
Wesley Hyland
 
  28 Jan 2025
George McKay
George McKay
 
  19 Jan 2025
J. Roy Gibson
J. Roy Gibson
 
  19 Jan 2025
Eleanor Gibson
Eleanor Gibson
 
  19 Jan 2025

Headstones

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Harry & Catherine Mills
Harry & Catherine Mills
MILLS

Harry
June 7, 1919
Sept. 25, 2000

Catherine
Dec. 1, 1920
Mar. 18, 2005 
Cedar Bluff Cemetery     11 Feb 2025
Marilyn Pugh and Infant Son
Marilyn Pugh and Infant Son
Marilyn Moss Pugh
And Son
Mar. 19, 1927 - In Loving Memory - May 28, 1957 
Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens     10 Feb 2025
Earl Pugh
Earl Pugh
Earl E. Pugh
1895 - 1959
Father 
Cedar Bluff Cemetery     9 Feb 2025
Esther Pugh
Esther Pugh
Esther W. Pugh
1894 - 1943
Mother 
Cedar Bluff Cemetery     8 Feb 2025
John Pugh
John Pugh
John R.
1859 - 1936 
Oakland Cemetery     8 Feb 2025
Willard Jecks
Willard Jecks
Willard T.
Jecks
SGT
US Army Air Corps
World War II
Oct 1 1918
Jul 26 1995 
Rock Island National Cemetery     8 Feb 2025
Ruby Jecks
Ruby Jecks
Ruby
Louise
Feb 3 1928
Sep 25 2015
Loving Wife
A Life
Of Service 
Rock Island National Cemetery     8 Feb 2025
Lamoyne Hobbs
Lamoyne Hobbs
Lamoyne Hobbs
December 22, 1910
January 8, 1962 
Union Cemetery     2 Feb 2025
Ellis & Dora Jecks
Ellis & Dora Jecks
JECKS

Ellis Preston
Sept. 29, 1888
Oct. 4, 1970

Dora Grantham
Sept. 4, 1888
Mar. 27, 1973 
Union Cemetery     2 Feb 2025
Thomas & Estella Jecks
Thomas & Estella Jecks
Thomas P. Jecks
Dec. 25, 1857 - Oct. 10, 1953

Estella M. Wright
Wife Of
Thomas P. Jecks
May 15, 1864 - Feb. 1, 1907

JECKS 
Oakland Cemetery     2 Feb 2025


Obituary & Death Notice

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Catherine Mills
Catherine Mills
Catherine Mills
Catherine A. Mills, 84, Machesney Park, Ill., died at 8:01 p.m. Friday, March 18, 2005 in Rockford Memorial Hospital.
She was born December 1, 1920, in Rockford, the daughter of Earl E. and Esther Dinse Pugh. She married Harry L. Mills in Rockford in 1946. Catherine lived in Machesney Park until moving to Boscobel in 1967. She returned to Machesney Park in turned 2000.
She was a founding member of Evans United Methodist Church, a member of the Harlem Alumni Association and former President of Women's Society of Mt. Zion Methodist Church where she also served as secretary of the Cemetery Association. She loved to quilt and do needlework donating many items to the VA Hospital in Tomah and other charities.
She is survived by a daughter, Sue (Roger) Yurs, Rockford; grandchildren, Tammy Yurs, Belvidere, Todd (Andrea) Yurs, Neoga, Brian (Ivelisse Atiles) Mills, Grayslake, Kevin Mills, Kelly (Patti) Mills, all of Machesney Park, Kristen (Jamal) Rashid, Coon Rapids, Minn., and Cindy Swenson, Minneapolis; nine great-grandchildren; daughters-in-law, Arlys Mills, Machesney Park, Cheri Hastings, Minneapolis; a sister, Agnes Milsap, Eugene, Ore.; and special cousin, Dorothy Nulle, Woodstock.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband Harry, in 1999; and sons, Earl and Arthur Mills.
Funeral services were held Wednesday, March 23 at Evans United Methodist Church. Rev. John Wesley Lee officiated with burial in Cedar Bluff Cemetery. Delehanty Funeral Home, Loves Park, Ill. was in Dedar Bluff Cemetery. Memorieals may be made to the church.
--The Boscobel Dial, Boscobel, Wisconsin, March 24, 2005 Page 3 
  10 Feb 2025
Pugh Infant
Pugh Infant
Pugh Infant
Funeral services for John Walter Pugh, 19-month-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Pugh, 154 Vincent avenue, who died Thursday in Rockford hospital, where he had been a patient 36 days, will be held at 2 p. m. Saturday at the Fred C. Olson mortuary, 1001 2nd avenue. The Rev. R. J. Hansen, Rockford Lighthouse chapel pastor, will officiate, and burial will be in Wildwood Burial park. Friends may call at the mortuary from 7 to 8 o'clock tonight.
He was born July 17, 1943. Surviving, besides the parents, are a brother and sister, Earl and Ruby, twins; three step-sisters, Agnes and Catherine Pugh and Ruth Harrington; three step-brothers, Charles, Fred and Kenneth Harrington, all of Rockford; the maternal grand-parents, Mrs. Jake Wood and Roy Yeager, Freeport, and the paternal grandmother, Mrs. Bertha Pugh, Rockford.
--The Rockford Morning Star, Rockford, Illinois, February 23, 1945 
  9 Feb 2025
Earl Pugh
Earl Pugh
EARL PUGH
FREEPORT - Earl Pugh, 64, a resident of the New York hotel died Tuesday afternoon in St. Francis hospital.
Mr. Pugh was born in McHenry county, the son of John and Bertha Pugh.
Surviving are two daughters; a son: and two sisters.
Graveside services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday in Cedar Bluff cemetery, Rockford. The Rev. George Groh. pastor of Evans Memorial Methodist church North Park will officiate. Arrangements were completed in the Walker mortuary. Freeport, where friends may call from 6 to 9 o'clock Wednesday night.
----The Rockford Morning Star, Rockford, Illinois, March 4, 1959 
  9 Feb 2025
Mrs. Esther Pugh
Mrs. Esther Pugh
Mrs. Esther Pugh
Funeral services for Mrs. Esther W. Pugh, 49, R. R. No. 2, Rogers avenue, Loves Park, who died Friday night at St. Anthony hospital, will be held at 1 p. m. Monday at the Fred C. Olson mortuary, 1001 2nd avenue. The Rev. Russell Lambert, pastor of Centennial Methodist church, will officiate and burial will be in Cedar Bluff cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home from 3 to 4 p. m. today.
Mrs. Pugh was born Sept. 23, 1894, in Green county, Wisconsin, and had resided in Rockford for 20 years.
Surviving are her husband, Earl; two daughters, Catherine and Agnes,
both at home; her mother. Mrs. Henry Dines of Hartland, Ill.; a sister, Mrs. Dorothea Gates of Woodstock, and two brothers, Frank
and George Since, both of Hartland.
--The Rockford Morning Star, Rockford, Illinois, December 5, 1943 
  8 Feb 2025
John R. Pugh
John R. Pugh
JOHN R. PUGH
John R. Pugh, son of Reese and Winnie Pugh, was born at Racine, Wis., July 1, 1859. He moved with his parents to a farm near Huntley, Ill., and in 1867, his parents bought the farm south of Woodstock, where he grew to manhood.
He was married to Miss Bertha Wright of Woodstock Feb. 8, 1893, and this union was blessed with three children, one son, Earl of. Rockford; Ethel (Mrs. Robt. Zimmerman) of Topeka, Kans., and Helen (Mrs. Lyle Yeakel) of Rockford, and five grandchildren.
He lived in and near Woodstock for several years, later moving to Wyocena, Wis. He passed away Monday, July 13, 1936, at Madison, Wis. He is survived by his 3 children, 5 grand children and four brothers, Henry E., Frank, George, and Edwin all of Woodstock.
Funeral services were held Thursday, July 16, afternoon with Rev. A. A. Bauman officiating and he was laid to rest in the family plot in Oakland cemetery..
--The Daily Sentinel, Woodstock, Illinois, July 25, 1936 Page 4 
  8 Feb 2025
Barbara Jeanne Jecks
Barbara Jeanne Jecks
BARBARA JEANNE JECKS, 48, North Atmore Circle, Deltona, died Friday, March 1. Mrs. Jecks was a project manager at Deltona Lanes. Born in Mount Vernon, N.Y., she moved to Central Florida in 1992. She was Presbyterian. Survivors: husband, Fred; son, Timothy R., Deltona; daughter, Lisa M., Deltona; brothers, Ken Wolf, Jeff Wolf, both of New York City; sisters, Virginia Bradley, Simsbury, Conn., Patricia Cheresky, Newark, N.J., Alice Wolf, New York City. Baldauff Family Funeral Home, Orange City.
--The Orlando Sentinel, Orlando, Florida, March 2, 2002 Page B6 
  8 Feb 2025
Ruby Jecks
Ruby Jecks
Ruby Jecks
Ruby Louise Jecks, 87, of Rock Island, passed away Friday, Sept. 25, 2015, at Unity-Point Health-Trinity Rock Island.
Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Friday, Oct. 2, at Hodgson Funeral Home, Rock Island. Visitation will be 9 to 11 a.m. Friday prior to the service and 4 to 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 1, at Hodgson Funeral Home. Burial will be at Rock Island National Cemetery, Arsenal Island. Memorials may be made to the Church of Peace, Friendship Manor or Augustana College.
She was born Feb. 3, 1928, in Rock Island, the daughter of Charles and Julia Van Zandbergen. She was a 1945 graduate of Rock Island High School. She was a cum laude graduate of Augustana College in 1949. She taught school from 1964 to 1966 in Rock Island. She retired from the Rock Island Arsenal Procurement offices in 1980 after 14 years of service.
Ruby was a member of Church of Peace, United Church of Christ, where she has been an active member of the choir since 1943. Since January 1996, she has been a member of CASI's Golden Toners.
Her hobbies included traveling, needlework and singing. She also enjoyed volunteering. Ruby volunteered for many years as a driver for the Cancer Society. Since 1999, she volunteered at Friendship Manor, where she resided.
Her 15 minutes of fame came in September 1958, when she was the Illinois winner of the CBS Televisit Contest. She spent a full week learning about how daytime television was made. She got the opportunity to write an article for The Rock Island Argus, which made the front page.
Those left to honor her memory include her sons, Frederick, Florida, Robert (Marchele), East Moline; four grandchildren and six great-grandchildren; brother, Gene VanZandbergen; and sister, Virginia Sulser.
She was preceded in death by her loving husband, Willard; brother, George VanZandbergen; sister, Patricia Carver; sister-in-law, Barbara; and great-granddaughter, Laura Jecks.
--The Dispatch, Moline, Illinois, September 29, 2015 Page 5 
  8 Feb 2025
Willard Jecks
Willard Jecks
Willard Jecks
Services for Willard Jecks, 76, 2206 46th St., Rock Island, are 10:30 a.m. Monday at Knox-Larson Funeral Home, Rock Island. Burial is in National Cemetery, Arsenal Island, with military rites conducted.
Visitation is 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday, with masonic services at 7:30. Memorials may be made to Heart Fund or Church of Peace United Church of Christ Centennial Fund.
Mr. Jecks died Wednesday, July 26, 1995, at Trinity Medical Center, East Campus, Moline.
Mr. Jecks was born Oct. 1, 1918, in Wauconda, Ill., the son of Ellis Preston and Dora Isabel Grantham Jecks. He married Ruby Louise VanZandbergen June 11, 1949, in Rock Island.
He attended Bradley University, Peoria.
He was employed as inspection foreman at Eagle Signal Corp., formerly of Moline, until 1966. Later, he worked as a quality assurance specialist at the Rock Island Arsenal, for 14 years.
He was a 32nd degree Mason and a member of Moline Consistory and Rock Island Lodge 658. He was also active in local camping clubs.
He was a World War II Army veteran.
He enjoyed traveling, woodworking and mall walking.
Survivors include the widow; sons and daughters-in-law, Fred and Barbara Jecks, Deltona, Fla., and Robert and Marcy Jecks, East Moline; and grandchildren, Daniel, Kelly, Timothy and Lisa.
--The Dispatch, Moline, Illinois, July 28, 1995 Page 5 
  8 Feb 2025
Earl Hobbs
Earl Hobbs
Earl Richard Hobbs passed away peacefully after a brief illness on December 18, 2019. He was born in Cary, Illinois October 15, 1939 to Chester Hobbs and LaMoyne Jecks, younger sibling to sister Dorothy. After recovering from polio, Earl went on to graduate from Cary Grove High School and participated in Civil Air Patrol where he met the woman he described just last week as the love of his life, the woman who would become his wife, Pat Fedak. They married in September of 1958 and had three children. Earl started his career as a butcher at the Jewel T Company and then transitioned to a long career at Flying Tiger Line (later acquired by Fed Ex). His career took him to Southeast Asia and he moved the family to Los Angeles for a time. Earlier in his life, Earl earned his private pilot's license. He was always a car and car racing enthusiast, never meeting a car he didn't like, with the possible exception of any Ford. Earl and a friend started the Z2 chapter of the Gold Wing Road Riders Association and led the chapter for many years, focusing in particular on safe riding. He was a little league coach, a cigarette smoker who quit for a long time and then started smoking cigars and drinking moonshine, a guy with all the answers and a formidable temper, a Cubs fan, a bowler (two 300 games), a golfer ( a hole in one}, a poker player, a guitar player, an artist, a husband, a dad, a son, a brother, and always a friend, especially to those who needed his help. Earl is survived by his wife of 61 years, Pat, their daughter, Cindi (Scott) Redman of Chicago, and sons Jeff (Xin) Hobbs of Belvidere, IL and Richard (Tracy) Hobbs of Bailey, CO. Earl is also survived by grandchildren Brandon, Tyler, Nate, Corey, Shanna, Lauren, Will, Julie, Kendra, and Ceci and great-grandchildren Xander, Walter, Logan, Amelia, Madison, Tessa, Prudence, and Rosa. A memorial will be held at the Hilldale Golf Club on Saturday, January 11, 2020 from 1:00 to 4:00 pm. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital at stjude.org.
--Daily Herald, Chicago, Illinois, December 22, 2019 
  4 Feb 2025
Gregory Callans
Gregory Callans
Gregory Allen Callans, age 66, of Elgin, IL, passed away on May 3, 2023. He was born October 28, 1956 in Elgin, IL to his loving parents, Gene and Dorothy (née Hobbs) Callans.
Gregory graduated from Elgin High School, Class of 1974; and went on to earn his Power Diesel Generator Mechanic certificate from Wyoming Tech in 1975. He joined the United States Army in 1975, serving his country for three years before being honorably discharged in 1978.
Gregory and his wife, Deborah, were married for 44 years, and raised three children together.
Gregory was stubborn, except when it came to his wife. He was very determined, a true fighter. He enjoyed classic cars, camping, bowling, and coaching Little League. A favorite memory is when he and his family made up a game many years ago that they call Hillbilly Bocce Ball. It involves beer cans, a telephone pole, and “the special chair,” and has become a beloved annual tradition.
Gregory was preceded in death by his father, Gene Callans. He is survived by his wife, Deborah Callans; children, Matthew (Lisa) Callans, Stephen Callans, and Antoinette (Eddie) Oros; mother, Dorothy (Ron) Kussman; brother, John (Cathy) Callans; grandchildren, Ethan Schau, Naomi Bonilla, Madison Callans, and Francesca Oros; aunt, Patricia Hobbs; cousins, Cindi (Scott) Rodman, Jeff (Xin Tu) Hobbs, and Richard (Tracy) Hobbs; and many nieces and nephews.
A memorial will be held from 1:30pm until funeral service with military honors at 2:00pm, Thursday, May 11, 2023 at Symonds-Madison Funeral Home, 305 Park Street, Elgin, IL 60120. Michael Murschel will be officiating.
Interment will be private.
Final arrangements entrusted to Symonds-Madison Funeral Home.  
  3 Feb 2025

Individuals

 ID   Last Name, Given Name(s)   Born/Christened   Location   Last Modified 
I7805 
Mills, Arthur Allen 
b. 10 Sep 1945  Illinois, USA  12 Feb 2025
I7802 
Mills, Harry Lewis 
b. 7 Jun 1919  Marble Rock, Iowa, USA  12 Feb 2025
I7804 
Mills, Earl 
   10 Feb 2025
I7803 
Mills, Sue 
   10 Feb 2025
I7787 
Pugh, Catherine Alice 
b. 1 Dec 1920  Rockford, Illinois, USA  10 Feb 2025
I7801 
Pugh, Arnold 
b. 28 May 1957   10 Feb 2025
I7780 
Pugh, Earl Edwin 
b. 1 Feb 1895  McHenry County, Illinois, USA  10 Feb 2025
I7798 
Castle, Charles Edward 
b. 27 Jul 1951  Freeport, Illinois, USA  9 Feb 2025
I7800 
Pugh, John Walter 
b. 17 Jul 1943  Rockford, Illinois, USA  9 Feb 2025
I7799 
Castle, David Lee 
b. 10 Dec 1949  Freeport, Illinois, USA  9 Feb 2025

Families
          
 ID   Father ID   Father's Name   Mother ID   Mother's Name   Married   Last Modified 
 F17533 
 I7802  Harry Lewis Mills  I7787  Catherine Alice Pugh  1 Feb 1946  12 Feb 2025
 F17530 
 I7780  Earl Edwin Pugh  I7786  Marilyn Moss    10 Feb 2025
 F17532 
 I7794  Charles Edward Castle  I7785  Ruby A. Yeager  1949  9 Feb 2025
 F17529 
 I7780  Earl Edwin Pugh  I7785  Ruby A. Yeager  4 Mar 1943  9 Feb 2025
 F17531 
 I7789  Fred Harrington  I7785  Ruby A. Yeager  Sep 1928  9 Feb 2025
 F17528 
 I7780  Earl Edwin Pugh  I7784  Esther W. Dinse  1919  9 Feb 2025
 F17527 
 I7783  Torgany E. Anderson  I7720  Helen Lydia Pugh    8 Feb 2025
 F17526 
 I7782  Lyle Yeakel  I7720  Helen Lydia Pugh    8 Feb 2025
 F17525 
 I7781  Robert Zimmerman  I7719  Ethel Winnifred Pugh    8 Feb 2025
 F17495 
 I7716  John R. Pugh  I7712  Bertha Melinda Wright  8 Feb 1893  8 Feb 2025