Local obituaries for Derrick Funeral Home & Cremation Services

Joseph And Carol Pihl

Mar 8, 2025

Joseph and Carol Pihl of Crystal Lake, IL, tragically lost their lives in a car accident on March 8th, 2025. Their 3 dogs died along side of them. They were survived by only child Ryane Likar, her husband, David Likar, along with two grandchildren, Aaron & Evelyn. Joseph was born June 30,1946 to the late Ernie and Millie Pihl....

Thomas "Sam" Craig Samuelson

Mar 7, 2025

Thomas Craig Samuelson ‘Sam’, age 74 of Lake Geneva, Wisconsin passed away on March 7, 2025, following a lengthy battle with cancer. Tom was born on a snowy day, January 20, 1951, in Boone, Iowa. He was the son of the late Walter (Bud) and Helen (Jean) Samuelson of Boone County.

Tom grew up on an Iowa...

Susan Ann (Braford) Phillips

Mar 6, 2025

Susan Phillips (Braford) 1935 – 2025 Lake Geneva, Wisconsin

Susan Phillips, 89, passed away on March 6, 2025, in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. Born on August 15, 1935, in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Sue spent her early years in Wyoming, Michigan, and summers in Pentwater, Michigan, with her siblings.

Sue pursued a career in nursing, earning her...

Celia E. Moreno

Mar 6, 2025

Celia Escobedo Moreno, long-time resident of Lake Geneva, passed away with family at her side on March 6, 2025. Celia and her husband, Delfino, arrived in Lake Geneva in 1961 to work at the Otto Jacobs Company, where Delfino worked until his retirement. Their first son, Mario, was born followed by another son, Daniel, a year later. They were...

Randall Lee Odegaard

Mar 5, 2025

Full obituary is pending at this time.

Services are to be announced.

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Derrick Funeral Home is honored to be assisting the Odegaard Family.

Ernest Gary Gygax Jr.

Feb 28, 2025

Ernest Gary Gygax Jr., 65, of Lake Geneva, Wisconsin passed away surrounded by loved ones on February 28th, 2025.

Ernie was born on September 2, 1959, in Chicago, Illinois, to Mary Jo Powell and the late Ernest Gary Gygax Sr. When Ernie was a toddler, his family decided to move to Lake Geneva, WI, where he grew...

Judith Mae (Hogle) Vogt

Feb 17, 2025

Judith M. Vogt, 84, of the Lake Geneva area passed away on February 17, 2025, at Oak Park Place in Burlington, Wisconsin.

Judith was born on September 29, 1940, to the late John and Jeannette (Rasmussen) Hogle in Kenosha, Wisconsin.  Judith was a member of the graduating class of 1959 from Bradford High School.  Judith loved to...

Craig Marshall Schwenn

Feb 14, 2025

Craig M. Schwenn, 75, of the Lake Como area passed away on Friday February 14, 2025, at his home.

Craig was born in Oak Park, Illinois, on August 23, 1949, to the late John and Birgit (Just) Schwenn.  Craig was inducted into the United States Marine Corp on November 28, 1966.  September 20, 1969, in Altoona, Pennsylvania,...

Jeffery Vincent Parrish

Feb 14, 2025

Jeffery V. Parrish, age 78, passed away on February 14, 2025.  Jeff served his country in the United States Air Force from 1968-1970.  He served his community providing sound insurance planning services with a 40 year career and ownership of Parrish Insurance Planning in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin.  He had a big heart, a great sense of humor, was an...

Phyllis "Toots" Joy (Montgomery) Miller

Feb 12, 2025

Phyllis J. Miller, 92, of the Lake Geneva area passed away on February 12, 2025, at Village Glen.

Phyllis, or Toots as she was known to many,  was born on August 25, 1932, to the late Donald and Louise (Smith) Montgomery in Hebron, Illinois.

If you had to describe Phyllis with one word, that word...

Diana Pfaff

Feb 8, 2025

Diana Pfaff, 78, of the Elkhorn, Wisconsin area passed away on February 8th, 2025.

Diana Lynn Utter was born on August 31, 1946, to the late Clarence and Margaret (Steele) Utter.  Diana was a member of the graduating class of 1964 from Badger High School in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin.

Diana was an always on the...

Pete Thompson

Feb 6, 2025

Pete Thompson, 77, of the Lake Geneva area passed away at his home surrounded by his family on Thursday February 6, 2025.

Pete was born on April 25th, 1947, to the late Arthur and Marie Thompson.  On August 25th, 1966, Pete was inducted into the United States Marines where he would serve our great country for three...

Gregory James Bush

Feb 4, 2025

Gregory J. Bush, 81, of the Lake Geneva, Wisconsin area passed away at his home on February 4, 2025.

Gregory, or Greg as he was known to everyone, was born in Trevor, Wisconsin on September 17, 1943, to the late William and Jeanette (Haas) Bush.  Greg graduated from Wilmont High School in 1961. After high school Greg...

Frank Fink

Feb 1, 2025

Frank Fink, 93, of the Lake Geneva area passed away on February 1st, 2025, at Aurora Lakeland Medical Center.

Frank was born in Germany on March 28th, 1931.  He immigrated to America in the 1950’s and became a citizen on May 22, 1970.  Frank came over to America with the job offer of engraving headstones.  By the...

Joan Martha (Peterson) Emmer

Jan 29, 2025

October 1, 1938 - January 29, 2025 Joan was born October 1, 1938, in Carney, Michigan to Alfred and Anna (Lucke) Peterson. She passed away on Wednesday, January 29, 2025, in her home in Lake Geneva. She married the love of her life Richard Emmer on March 3, 1956, in Woodstock, Illinois.

Joan and Richard made their...

Carol (Corrado) Macdonald

Jan 25, 2025

Carol Macdonald, 77, a long-time resident of the Lake Geneva area, passed away on January 25, 2025, after a year-long battle with cancer.

Born on August 2, 1947, in Chicago, Illinois, to the late Ralph and Veronica (Knezic) Corrado, Carol was a proud 1965 graduate of Immaculata Catholic High School in Chicago. She was a devoted mother...

Cynthia Renee (Billing) Bouchez

Jan 23, 2025

Cynthia R. Bouchez, passed away at her home on January 23rd, 2025.

Cynthia was born on September 26th, 1950, to the late Elmer and Helena (Flemming) Billing.  Cynthia was a member of the graduating class of 1968 from Williams Bay High School in Williams Bay, Wisconsin.  Cynthia was united into marriage to Emile Bouchez at Chapel on...

Uwe Friedrich Wiechering

Jan 22, 2025

Uwe F. Wiechering, 85, of Lake Geneva and northern Wisconsin area passed from this life peacefully under hospice care at home on January 22, 2025.  He was surrounded by his loving family.

He was born Uwe Friedrich Wiechering on January 30th, 1939, in Berlin, Germany to the late Dr. Friedrich and Eva (Thiel) Wiechering. On January 18,...

Joyce Ann (Ward) Popera

Jan 22, 2025

Joyce A. Popera, 73, of the Lake Geneva area passed away on January 22, 2025, at Aurora Summit hospital.

Joyce was born on June 19th, 1951, to the late Wendell and Barbara (Yuth) Ward in Waukegan, Illinois.  In Lake Zurich, Illinois in 1981 Joyce was united into marriage to the late Thaddeus Popera II .  He proceeded...

James "Jim" Hubert Blincoe Sr.

Jan 20, 2025

Full obituary is pending at this time.

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