Headstones
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 | Harry & Catherine Mills MILLS
Harry
June 7, 1919
Sept. 25, 2000
Catherine
Dec. 1, 1920
Mar. 18, 2005 | Cedar Bluff Cemetery | |
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11 Feb 2025 |
 | Marilyn Pugh and Infant Son Marilyn Moss Pugh
And Son
Mar. 19, 1927 - In Loving Memory - May 28, 1957 | Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens | |
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10 Feb 2025 |
 | Earl Pugh Earl E. Pugh
1895 - 1959
Father | Cedar Bluff Cemetery | |
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9 Feb 2025 |
 | Esther Pugh Esther W. Pugh
1894 - 1943
Mother | Cedar Bluff Cemetery | |
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8 Feb 2025 |
 | John Pugh John R.
1859 - 1936 | Oakland Cemetery | |
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8 Feb 2025 |
 | Willard Jecks Willard T.
Jecks
SGT
US Army Air Corps
World War II
Oct 1 1918
Jul 26 1995 | Rock Island National Cemetery | |
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8 Feb 2025 |
 | Ruby Jecks Ruby
Louise
Feb 3 1928
Sep 25 2015
Loving Wife
A Life
Of Service | Rock Island National Cemetery | |
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8 Feb 2025 |
 | Lamoyne Hobbs Lamoyne Hobbs
December 22, 1910
January 8, 1962 | Union Cemetery | |
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2 Feb 2025 |
 | Ellis & Dora Jecks JECKS
Ellis Preston
Sept. 29, 1888
Oct. 4, 1970
Dora Grantham
Sept. 4, 1888
Mar. 27, 1973 | Union Cemetery | |
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2 Feb 2025 |
 | 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 | |
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2 Feb 2025 |
Census
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 | 1950 US Census Harlem Township, Illinois |
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12 Feb 2025 |
 | 1940 US Census Harlem Township, Illinois |
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9 Feb 2025 |
 | 1930 US Census Harlem Township, Illlinois |
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9 Feb 2025 |
 | 1920 US Census Rockford, Illinois |
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9 Feb 2025 |
 | 1930 US Census Wyocena Township, Wisconsin |
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8 Feb 2025 |
 | 1920 US Census Wyocena Township, Wisconsin |
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8 Feb 2025 |
 | 1950 US Census Huntington Park, California |
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8 Feb 2025 |
 | 1940 US Census Woodstock, Illinois |
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8 Feb 2025 |
 | 1930 US Census Loves Park, Illinois |
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8 Feb 2025 |
 | 1910 US Census Woodstock, Illinois |
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8 Feb 2025 |
Obituary & Death Notice
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 | 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 |
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10 Feb 2025 |
 | 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 |
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9 Feb 2025 |
 | 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 |
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 | 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 |
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 | 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 |
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 | 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 |
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8 Feb 2025 |
 | 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 |
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 | 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 |
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8 Feb 2025 |
 | 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 |
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 | 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. |
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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 |
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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 |
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