Funeral Homes in Galesburg, IL

Facts about the city

• Some of the notable people born here have been: Aaron Fike (race car driver), Jim Sundberg (baseball player), A. J. Fike (race car driver), Todd Hamilton (golfer), Chris Verene (photographer), and Lynne Kelly (writer and sign language interpreter).

Galesburg is a city in Knox County, Illinois, in the United States. This city is forty-five miles northwest of Peoria. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 32,195. It is the county seat of Knox County.Galesburg is home to Knox College, a private four-year liberal arts college, and Carl Sandburg College, a two-year community college.Galesburg City Township is an active township that is coterminous with the city.Galesburg is the principal city of the Galesburg Micropolitan Statistical Area, which includes all of Knox and Warren counties.

Galesburg Obituaries

It was reported by San Diego Union-Tribune on January 4th, 2019 that Kay Celeste O'Connell died in Oceanside, California.  O'Connell was 74 years old and was born in Galesburg, IL.  Send flowers to express your sorrow and honor Kay Celeste's life.

It was revealed on December 30th, 2018 that Sara Michl (Allensworth) died in Boulder, Colorado.  Ms. Michl was 78 years old and was born in Galesburg, IL.  Send flowers to share your condolences and honor Sara's life.

It was revealed by Des Moines Register on December 9th, 2018 that Janice L Onstot (Eland) passed on in Granger, Iowa.  Ms. Onstot was 79 years old and was born in Galesburg, IL.  Send flowers to express your sympathy and honor Janice L's life.

It was disclosed by San Diego Union-Tribune on December 2nd, 2018 that Sallie Erna Ray (Wilbur) perished in Imperia Beach, California.  Ms. Ray was 88 years old and was born in Galesburg, IL.  Send flowers to share your condolences and honor Sallie Erna's life.

It was revealed by Chicago Tribune on November 29th, 2018 that Nancy J Johnston (Youngren) passed away in Galesburg, Illinois.  Ms. Johnston was 80 years old.  Send flowers to express your sorrow and honor Nancy J's life.

It was reported on October 17th, 2018 that Gloria M Bigelow perished in Clearwater, Florida.  Bigelow was 96 years old and was born in Galesburg, IL.  Send flowers to express your sorrow and honor Gloria M's life.

It was disclosed by Peoria Journal Star on October 11th, 2018 that Mary Kathleen "Katie" Grady passed away in Galesburg, Illinois.  Grady was 86 years old and was born in Davenport, IA.  Send flowers to share your condolences and honor Mary Kathleen "Katie"'s life.

It was revealed on September 20th, 2018 that Jane B Rutenberg (Bondi) passed away in Belleair Shore, Florida.  Ms. Rutenberg was 70 years old and was born in Galesburg, IL.  Send flowers to express your sorrow and honor Jane B's life.

It was reported by Peoria Journal Star on September 18th, 2018 that Patsy Anne Baysingar (Bastian) passed on in Galesburg, Illinois.  Ms. Baysingar was 82 years old.  Send flowers to share your condolences and honor Patsy Anne's life.

It was disclosed by Peoria Journal Star on September 13th, 2018 that Phyllis Eloise Lybarger (Owen) perished in Galesburg, Illinois.  Ms. Lybarger was 93 years old.  Send flowers to share your condolences and honor Phyllis Eloise's life.

History

Carl Sandburg's boyhood home is now operated by the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency as the Carl Sandburg State Historic Site. A committee from New York purchased 17 acres (69,000 m²) in Knox County in 1835, and the first 25 settlers arrived in 1836. (Indeed, it was not until the 1990s that Amtrak finally closed the old Santa Fe depot and consolidated all passenger operations at the site of the former Burlington Northern depot.) A series of mergers eventually united both tracks under the ownership of BNSF Railway, carrying an average of seven trains per hour between them. As of the closing of the Maytag Corporation plant in fall of 2004, BNSF is once again the largest private employer in Galesburg. They built temporary cabins in Log City near current Lake Storey, just north of Galesburg, having decided that no log cabins were to be built inside the town limits.