Barbara Cledon
1931 - 2016 (84 years)-
Name Barbara Cledon Birth 19 Oct 1931 Freeport, Stephenson, IL 
Gender Female Death 6 Oct 2016 Rockford, Winnebago, IL - Barbara C. Drollinger 84, of Rockford, IL died Thursday, Oct. 6, 2016. Our much loved mother and grandmother was born Oct. 19, 1931 in Freeport, IL; daughter of James "Jimmy" and Agnes (Newcomer) Cledon. Barbara grew up in Dixon, IL where her mother was a nurse and her father a confectioner who owned Cledon's Fine Candies, a Dixon landmark for half a century. She attended Dixon High School and Sarah Lawrence College and studied abroad in Paris. She married Dale D. Drollinger August 10, 1957. Barbara was an accomplished pianist who enjoyed classical music and opera and was an original member of the local chapter of Chicago Lyric Opera. She was an avid reader and bibliophile with an impressive collection of Thomas Jefferson biographies. She was known for her gracious hospitality and superb cookery. She enjoyed lively conversation, fine arts, interior design and haute couture, and delighted in driving high performance automobiles. She was an artistic person and a lover of all things beautiful, especially the varying patterns of color and shadow created by sunlight through trees and leaves. She was a pet parent and grandparent to a series of beloved Yorkshire Terriers. Always a morning person, she loved greeting a new day to the chattering of wrens and singing cardinals. A lifelong Anglican Episcopalian and lover of the liturgy, Barbara is predeceased by brothers, James and John; husband, Dale; and daughter, Sarah. Survived by daughter, Cynthia H. Drollinger of Rockford and three grandchildren, Samantha Slack, Alexander, and Clare Green of Tucson, AZ.
Memorial Mass will be celebrated at at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2016, at St. Luke's Episcopal Church, 221 W. Third Street in Dixon, IL. Private burial immediately following. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Classical WNIU, Northern Public Radio.
Published in Rockford Register Star on Oct. 12, 2016
Person ID I13872 Drollinger Genealogy Last Modified 5 Apr 2021
Family PVT Dale Dean Drollinger, b. 24 Dec 1926, Wadsworth, Medina, OH d. 31 Jan 1991, Tucson, Pima, AZ (Age 64 years) Marriage 10 Aug 1957 Dixon, Lee, IL Children 1. Cynthia Hope Drollinger 2. Sarah Dale Drollinger, b. 29 Feb 1964, Rockford, Winnebago, IL d. 27 Jan 2011, Tucson, Pima, AZ (Age 46 years)Family ID F4545 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 14 Mar 2016
- Barbara C. Drollinger 84, of Rockford, IL died Thursday, Oct. 6, 2016. Our much loved mother and grandmother was born Oct. 19, 1931 in Freeport, IL; daughter of James "Jimmy" and Agnes (Newcomer) Cledon. Barbara grew up in Dixon, IL where her mother was a nurse and her father a confectioner who owned Cledon's Fine Candies, a Dixon landmark for half a century. She attended Dixon High School and Sarah Lawrence College and studied abroad in Paris. She married Dale D. Drollinger August 10, 1957. Barbara was an accomplished pianist who enjoyed classical music and opera and was an original member of the local chapter of Chicago Lyric Opera. She was an avid reader and bibliophile with an impressive collection of Thomas Jefferson biographies. She was known for her gracious hospitality and superb cookery. She enjoyed lively conversation, fine arts, interior design and haute couture, and delighted in driving high performance automobiles. She was an artistic person and a lover of all things beautiful, especially the varying patterns of color and shadow created by sunlight through trees and leaves. She was a pet parent and grandparent to a series of beloved Yorkshire Terriers. Always a morning person, she loved greeting a new day to the chattering of wrens and singing cardinals. A lifelong Anglican Episcopalian and lover of the liturgy, Barbara is predeceased by brothers, James and John; husband, Dale; and daughter, Sarah. Survived by daughter, Cynthia H. Drollinger of Rockford and three grandchildren, Samantha Slack, Alexander, and Clare Green of Tucson, AZ.
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Marriage - 10 Aug 1957 - Dixon, Lee, IL 
Death - 6 Oct 2016 - Rockford, Winnebago, IL = Link to Google Earth
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Notes - DALE D DROLLINGER
5348 WINDING CREEK DR
ROCKFORD, IL (815) 282-7147
BARBARA C DROLLINGER Born 1931
5348 WINDING CREEK DR
ROCKFORD, IL (815) 282-7147
- DALE D DROLLINGER