RUTH E. (SANDMAN) NOLAN - age 89, of Hanover died Thursday, November 8, 2007, at the Elizabeth Nursing Home, Elizabeth. A Funeral Mass was held at 10:30 a.m. Monday, November 12, 2007 at the St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church, Hanover, with Father Everett Hiller as Celebrant. Interment was in Evergreen Cemetery, Hanover. A visitation was held 5-8 p.m. with a Rosary Service at 7:30 p.m. November 11, 2007 at the Law-Jones Funeral Home in Hanover. Ruth was born February 18, 1918, the daughter of Reynold and Loretta (Geisenhoner) Sandman, in Dubuque, Iowa. She was a graduate of Hanover High School, Class of 1935 and went on to graduate from Clarke College, Dubuque in 1939. Ruth married Warren Nolan. She worked as a Budget Analyst at the Savanna Army Depot for twenty-nine years, retiring in 1989. Ruth was a member of St. John Evangelist Catholic Church in Hanover. Ruth very much loved and enjoyed her family, especially the grandchildren. She enjoyed playing cards, gardening and exploring for new restaurant locations. Ruth will be dearly missed by a daughter, Loretta (Bruce) Armstead of Warrenton, Missouri; three sons, Michael (Diane) Nolan of Lincoln, Nebraska, Reynold Nolan of Hanover and Dan Nolan of Hanover; seventeen grandchildren, thirty-five great grandchildren and a great-great grandson. Her parents, and two sons, Patrick and William, precede Ruth in death.
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WILLIAM NORTH - Funeral services for William North, 69 year old retired farmer, who died at his home in Woodbine, Wednesday, were held on Saturday. His death followed an illness of about five weeks. There was a brief prayer service at the Charles Vanderheyden funeral home in Stockton at 12:15 o'clock and at the Evangelical Church in Woodbine at 1 o'clock. The pastor of the local church, Rev. W.G. LeConte, officiated. Burial was made in the Woodbine Cemetery. Mr. North was born near Massbach in Derinda Township on January 6, 1871 and always resided in this part of Jo Daviess County. On Aug 18, 1898 he was united in marriage to Carrie Boehm. Beside his widow he leaves one son, Wallace North of Freeport, and two daughters Mrs. Leona Heidenreich of Woodbine and Mrs. Lillian Wurster of Stockton. There are also six grandchildren.
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