Obituaries

Melvin  "Dutch" Gretencord

Melvin "Dutch" Gretencord

Apr 15, 2015

Melvin "Dutch" Gretencord, 83, of Ottawa, Illinois, passed away Wednesday, April 15, 2015 at Ottawa Pavilion. In honoring Dutch's wishes his services will be private and he will be buried in Ottawa Avenue Cemetery. Ottawa Funeral Home and Crematory has been entrusted with his services. Dutch was born April 18, 1931 in Ottawa, Illinois to Alfred Sr. and Bessie...

Bradley Kobiella

Bradley Kobiella

Apr 14, 2015

Bradley Kobiella, 78, of Ottawa passed away Tuesday, April 14, 2015 at his home. Funeral Ceremony will be held at 10:00 am Saturday, April 25, 2015 at Ottawa Funeral Home with Rev. Augustin Kassa officiating. Visitation will be 4:00 to 7:00 pm Friday, April 24, 2015 at Ottawa Funeral Home. He will be buried in St. Columba Cemetery. Brad...

Melanie Ruger

Melanie Ruger

Apr 14, 2015

Melanie Ruger, 54, of Marseilles, Illinois passed away Tuesday, April 14, 2015 at OSF St. Francis Hospital. Cremation rites were entrusted to Ottawa Funeral Home. Burial will be at a later date . Melanie was born June 5, 1960 in York, Pennsylvania to Lawrence and Nancy (Mundis) Cooper. She married Lorran Ruger on July 3, 2006 in Ottawa. He...

Joseph Scerini

Joseph Scerini

Apr 12, 2015

Joseph M. Scerini, 75, of Ottawa passed away Sunday, April 12, 2015 at OSF Elizabeth Medical Center. Funeral Ceremony will be held at 12:00 noon Monday, April 20, 2015 at Ottawa Funeral Home with Pastor Paul Bladen officiating. Visitation will be 10:00 to 12:00, two hours prior to his funeral, Monday at Ottawa Funeral Home. He will be buried...

Wayne Aicher

Wayne Aicher

Apr 10, 2015

Wayne Robert Aicher, 79, of Ottawa, IL passed away peacefully on April 10, at Ottawa Pavilion surrounded by his wife and family. A memorial service will be held at 10:00 am Wednesday, April 15, 2015 at Ottawa Funeral Home with Pastor David Davies officiating. Visitation will be 4:00 - 7:00 pm Tuesday, April 14, 2015 at Ottawa Funeral Home....

Russell Verona

Russell Verona

Apr 2, 2015

Russell Verona, 79, of Ottawa passed away Thursday, April 2, 2015 at his home. Mass of Christian Burial will be held Tuesday, April 7, 2015 at 11:30 am at St. Columba Church with Rev. Corey Kreingel officiating. Visitation will be 10:00 to 11:00 am, one hour prior to services, Tuesday at Ottawa Funeral Home. Burial will be in St....

Guy  "Brad" Reynolds

Guy "Brad" Reynolds

Apr 1, 2015

Guy "Brad" Reynolds, 84, of Ottawa was called from this earth by the grace of God and entered his joyful eternity in Heaven on Wednesday, April 1, 2015. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:00 am Saturday, April 11, 2015 at St. Patrick's Church with Father Tony Fevlo and Rev. Augustin Kassa officiating. Visitation will be one...

Dorothy Boisso

Dorothy Boisso

Mar 31, 2015

Dorothy K. Boisso, 88, of Ottawa passed away Tuesday, March 31, 2015 at her home. Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:00 a.m. Saturday, April 11, 2015 at St. Columba Church with Rev. Corey Kreingel officiating. Visitation will be at Ottawa Funeral Home from 4:00 to 8:00 pm Friday, April 10, with prayers at 3:45. She will be buried...

Helen Meseroll

Helen Meseroll

Mar 30, 2015

Helen Margaret (Wallace) Meseroll, 94, peacefully passed away on Monday 30 March 2015, at The Elms of Cranbury, where she resided since September 2014. Helen was born on 31 October 1920 in Seneca, IL the daughter of Margaret L. Kelly, LaSalle, IL and Herman John Wallace, Paducah, KY. She was preceded in death by her husband Vincent Francis Meseroll,...

Mary  Jo Hill

Mary Jo Hill

Mar 27, 2015

Mary Jo Hill, 84, of Marseilles passed away Friday, March 27, 2015 at OSF St. Elizabeth Medical Center. Mass of Christian Burial will be 1:00 pm Wednesday, April 1, 2015 at St. Columba Church with Rev. David Kipfer officiating. Visitation will be 4:00 to 7:00 pm Tuesday, March 31, 2015 with prayers at 3:45 at Ottawa Funeral Home. She...

Janice Dewalt

Janice Dewalt

Mar 27, 2015

Janice R. DeWalt, 83, of Ottawa passed away Friday, March 27, 2015 at Cabin Livin'. Funeral Ceremony will be held at 2:30 pm Monday, March 30, 2015 at Ottawa Funeral Home with Rev. Terry Ann Dumyahn officiating. Visitation will be 12:30 pm to 2:30 pm Monday prior to services at Ottawa Funeral Home. Burial will be in Oakwood Memorial...

Gary Sampson

Gary Sampson

Mar 26, 2015

Gary L Sampson, of Kalispell, Montana, formerly of Ottawa, passed away Thursday, March 26, 2015 after a long battle with kidney disease. A memorial gathering will be held at 11:00 am Saturday, April 18, 2015 at Christ Community Church, 807 LaSalle Street (above Jeremiah Joe Coffee) in Ottawa, with Pastor Don Maxon officiating. He was born June 3, 1953,...

John  R. Lazar

John R. Lazar

Mar 25, 2015

John R. Lazar, 71, of Ottawa passed away Wednesday, March 25, 2015 at his home. Funeral Ceremony will be held at 1:00 pm Monday, March 30, 2015 at Ottawa Funeral Home with Rev. David Kipfer officiating. Visitation will be 11:00 am to 1:00 pm two hours prior to services on Monday at Ottawa Funeral Home. Burial will be in...

Eugene Anderson

Eugene Anderson

Mar 24, 2015

Eugene R. Anderson, 70, of El Paso, Illinois passed away Tuesday, March 24, 2015 at El Pasco Healthcare. Graveside memorial services will be held at 1:00 pm, Saturday, March 28, 2015 at St. Columba Cemetery with Rev. David Kipfer officiating. Eugene was born July 29, 1944 in Ottawa, Illinois to Floyd and Marion (Wasik) Anderson. Eugene was a Handy...

John Padilla

John Padilla

Mar 24, 2015

John "JP" Padilla, 62, of Ottawa passed away Tuesday, March 24, 2015 at OSF St. Elizabeth Medical Center. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 am Saturday, March 28, 2015 at Ottawa Funeral Home with Rev. David Kipfer officiating. Visitation will be 9:00 am to 10:00 am Saturday prior to services at Ottawa Funeral Home. Burial will be in...

William  "Ross" Fosbender  Jr.

William "Ross" Fosbender Jr.

Mar 23, 2015

William "Ross" Fosbender, Jr., 75, of Ottawa, Illinois, passed away on March 23, 2015, at Ottawa Pavilion after extended illness. The family will have a memorial service at a later date. Ottawa Funeral Home has been entrusted with his cremation. Ross was born February 22, 1940, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to William Fosbender, Sr., and Linnea (Johnson) Fosbender. Ross was...

Marjorie Henneke

Marjorie Henneke

Mar 22, 2015

Marjorie E. Henneke, 91, of Ottawa, Illinois passed away Sunday, March 22, 2015 at LaSalle County Nursing Home. Funeral Ceremony will be held at 11:00 am Wednesday, April 1, 2015 at Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church with Pastor David E. Daniel officiating. Visitation will be 10:00 am to 11:00 am prior to services on Wednesday at Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church....

Joan Landis

Joan Landis

Mar 17, 2015

Joan (Wood) Landis passed away Tuesday evening, March 17, 2015 in Ottawa, Illinois at the Ottawa Pavilion. A memorial service is planned for Monday, March 23, 2015 at the Living Hope Church in Waterloo, NY. Joan was born on December 17, 1940 in Seneca Falls, New York. Although technically a New Yorker, she was a Florida girl at heart...

Ronald Grieves

Ronald Grieves

Mar 17, 2015

Ronald Grieves, 64, of Ottawa, Illinois passed away Tuesday, March 17, 2015 at his home. Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:00 AM Friday, March 20, 2015 at St. Francis of Assisi with Rev. Augustin Kassa officiating. Visitation will be from 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM Thursday, March 19, 20145 at the Ottawa Funeral Home with prayers at 3:45...

Betty  Jane Doherty

Betty Jane Doherty

Mar 13, 2015

Betty Jane Doherty, 85, of Ottawa passed away Friday, March 13, 2015 at Ottawa Pavilion. Funeral Ceremony will be held at 12:00 noon Thursday, March 19, 2015 at Ottawa Funeral Home. Visitation will be 10:00 - 12:00 pm, two hours prior to services, on Thursday at Ottawa Funeral Home. She will be buried in Peru City Cemetery. Betty was...