Records

Happy birthday to Jonathon Ruiz, Virginia Trobaugh, Bob Chapinski, and Kaden Wendt, all today.

The police report does not include every crime in a community.

ROCK FALLS – Andy Ray Repass, 57, of Rock Falls, died Saturday, June 27, 2009, at the University of Wisconsin Hospital, Madison, Wis.

ROCKFORD – Dean Allen Gors, 42, of Rockford, formerly of Sterling, died Monday, June 29, 2009, at his home. He was an ordained minister and youth pastor at Faith Tabernacle Church, Rockford.

Andy Repass

ROCK FALLS – Debra L. Bushaw, 58, of Rock Falls, died Tuesday, June 30, 2009, at her home.

OREGON – Ethel M. Rhodes, 97, of Oregon, formerly of Dixon, died Sunday, June 28, 2009, at Oregon Healthcare Center. She was employed by Palmyra Mutual Insurance Co., as a secretary before retiring.

ROCKFORD – Patrick F. DuBois, 33, of Rockford died Friday, June 26, 2009, at Rockford Memorial Hospital. He was employed by NCO, Rockford.

MONROE, Wis. – Robert Graham, 55, of Monroe, Wis., formerly of Sterling, died Sunday, June 28, 2009, in Monroe, Wis. He was employed by the Monroe Times newspaper.

MADISON, Wis. – Betty L. Schrock, 71, of Dixon, died Sunday, June 28, 2009, at University of Wisconsin Hospital, Madison, Wis., after an extended illness. She was employed by BorgWarner, Dixon, for 29 years, retiring in 2002.

AMBOY  – Linda J. Spinelli, 62, of Amboy, died Tuesday, June 30, 2009, at KSB Hospital. She was  employed by Woodhaven Lakes, Sublette, as a dispatcher for 9 years.

Happy birthday to Christopher Morris, 9, Hilary Osborn, 18, Mary Amesquita, and Ken Diehl, all today.

The police report does not include every crime in a community.

In a June 24 story about tuition at Illinois universities:

Debra Bushaw

CHANA – Aaron W. McGrath, 19, of Chana, recently of Morrison, died Sunday, June 28, 2009, from injuries sustained in an auto accident. He was employed by Nestle-Purina, Clinton, Iowa.

STERLING – Joyce A. Fortney, age 76, of Sterling, died Sunday, June 28, 2009, at her home.

DIXON – Kenneth F. Mall, 92, of Dixon, formerly of Ashton, died Sunday, June 28, 2009, at KSB Hospital.

PRINCETON – Dorothy M. Klies, 85, of Princeton, formerly of Sterling, died at 1 a.m. Sunday, June 28, 2009, at Perry Memorial Hospital, Princeton.

ROCK FALLS – Gregory J. Warren, 56, of Rock Falls, died Sunday, June 28, 2009, at CGH Medical Center.

OREGON – Ethel M. Rhodes, 97, of Oregon, formerly of Dixon, died Sunday, June 28, 2009 at Oregon Healthcare Center. She was employed by Palmyra Mutual Insurance Co., as a secretary before retiring.

ROCKFORD – Margaret “Ruth” Snap, 77, of Rockford, died Friday, June 26, 2009, at Provena St. Anne Center, Rockford.

Happy birthday to Jill Pfeiffer, Roger Edson, June Calligan, 94, Shawn Near, David Morris, Charles Kuehl, Kala Clevenger, and Sharon Miller, all today.

Amboy Police

Debra Bushaw

WESTLAKE, Ohio – Hazel B. Massey, 96, of Rae Ann Suburban Nursing Home, Westlake, Ohio, died Friday, June 26, 2009, at the nursing home. She and her husband farmed in the Dixon, Lee Center, and Franklin Grove areas, retiring in 1979. In addition, Hazel taught school for 37 years in Dundee, Dixon, and Rochelle.

ROCK FALLS – Cynthia L. Shuman, 52, of Rock Falls, died Saturday, June 27, 2009, at CGH Medical Center.

ROCK FALLS – Crystal J. Graham, 77, of Rock Falls, died suddenly Friday, June 26, 2009, at Genesis East, Davenport, Iowa.

Dixon Police

Happy birthday to Nancy Bibby, Bud Kurth, Nadia Near, 2, Brianna Bolhous, Mark Styczynski, Brenda Williams, and Dolly Miller, all today.

Tammy Brasen

Two articles in this week’s papers used an outdated name when referring to the southern-Ogle County subdivision where flooding occurred. The correct name is the Lost Lakes Subdivision. Also, an article in Thursday’s Telegraph incorrectly described part of the flood’s damage: A bridge on the subdivision’s east side was disconnected from its adjoining sides because of eroded land; the bridge did not collapse.

POLICE & FIRE

DIXON – A 25-year-old Amboy man was arrested early Friday and charged with breaking into an Amboy home and sexually assaulting a 24-year-old woman.

BIRTHDAYS

STERLING – Anne R. Ortega, 84, of Sterling, died Thursday, June 25, 2009, at CGH Medical Center.

SARASOTA, Fla. – Memorial service for Richard “Dick” Havener, who died Monday, Sept. 1, 2008, and Barbara “Barb” (Compton), who died Tuesday, March 24, 2009, both of Sarasota, Fla., and formerly of Sterling, will be at 1 p.m. July 4 at Penrose Friends Cemetery, Freeport Road, Sterling. A luncheon will follow the service at the home of Mary and Bill Grant, 343 Rockside Drive, Dixon. Local arrangements were completed by McDonald Funeral Homes.

ROCK FALLS – Dora R. Goff, 87, of Rock Falls, died Thursday, June 25, 2009, at Coventry Living Center, Sterling. She was employed by General Electric Co., Morrison, retiring after 30 years.

ROCK FALLS – Russ Lovell, of Rock Falls, died Friday, June 26, 2009, at OSF St. Anthony Medical Center, Rockford, as a result of a cardiac arrest suffered on June 7.

POWHATAN, Ark. – Ernest Leon Vinson, 78, of Powhatan, Ark., died Wednesday, June 17, 2009, at Jonesboro, Ark., after a short illness. He was employed by Northwestern Steel and Wire Co., Sterling, before retiring.

LOGANDALE, Nev. – Ann Weidel, 94, while surrounded by loving family, went home to be with Jesus on Tuesday, June 23, 2009, at Mesa View Regional Hospital, Mesquite, Nev.

Noah Eugene Lester

STERLING – George J. DePuy, 71, of Sterling, died Wednesday, June 24, 2009, at his home.

ROCK FALLS – Glenda J. Ebenezer, 69, of Rock Falls, died Wednesday, June 24, 2009, at CGH Medical Center.

ROCK FALLS – Helen L. “Sal” Tarbill, 73, of Rock Falls, died Thursday, June 25, 2009, at her home. She and her husband owned and operated the Sterling Fish Market.

DIXON – Music was Betty Waldschlager’s lifelong pursuit, whether singing with area music stars or singing “O, Holy Night” at Christmas church services – and she couldn’t read a note of it.

Happy birthday to Carolyn Meurer, Brad Kruse, Janyce Reglin, Alex Gates, Curt Fair, Susan Welch, and Donna Dodson, all today.

Dixon Police

Helen Tarbill