Category Archives: Obituaries

Mr. Hearn was born October 31st, 1930 to Guy B. and Ethel May Hearn in Paducah, Kentucky. He married Madge P. Korff on June 26th, 1955 in Evansville, Indiana. He served in the Army as a paratrooper wi...

Joan Adams, 92, of Ottawa, formerly of Wilmington, IL, passed away Tuesday, September 3, 2024 at Pleasant View Lutheran Home. Following Joan's wishes, no services will be held. Cremation rites have be...

Joseph Lubshina, 73, of Ottawa, passed away suddenly at home on Sunday, September 1, 2024. Joe was born to Eveline and Joseph Lubshina. He married Sandra (Cook) Lubshina on January 18, 1990, and becam...

Roger Gary Stortz, 78, of Elmwood, IL, passed away Friday, August 30, 2024, at Carle Methodist Medical Center in Peoria. Visitation will be on Thursday, September 5, from 4:00 pm until 6:00 pm at Otta...

Gerald (Jerry) Joseph Briel, 90, of Ottawa passed away peacefully Friday evening, August 16, 2024 at Illinois Veteran's Home of LaSalle surrounded by his loving family. Jerry was born October 12, 1933...

William Russell Serby, 64, of Ottawa, passed away suddenly on Friday, August 23, 2024. A memorial service will be held at 6 p.m. on Thursday, August 29, 2024 at the Mueller Funeral Home in Ottawa with...

Doris "June" (Peterson) Freebairn, 98, of Utica, passed away on Thursday, August 22, 2024 at the Pavilion of Ottawa. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Thursday, August 29, 2024 at Waltham Pr...

Martha (Thorson) Jacobs, 66, of Seatonville, passed away on Friday, August 23, 2024 at the OSF Saint Francis Medical Center in Peoria following a courageous and tenacious battle with cancer. Funeral s...

Seferina M. Jarigese, 91, of Ottawa, died Thursday, August 22nd, at Lightways Hospice and Serious Illness Care Center of Joliet. The visitation will be held at Ottawa Funeral Home on Tuesday, August, ...

Lyle W. Hathorn, 97, of Ottawa, passed away on Tuesday, August 20, 2024 at the Illinois Veterans Home in LaSalle. Visitation will be from 9 to 11 a.m. on Monday, August 26, 2024 at Fox River Lutheran ...