Source: Photos by Patrick Yarbrough, during Rockford Public Library’s second Scan Day, February 25, 2023.
Fraternal Order
Veterans Who Have Passed–Michael D. Brechtel
Rockford Register Star, June 3, 2022.
Veterans Who Have Passed–Garry N. Forde
Source: Rockford Register Star, Feb. 13, 2022.
The Columbia Theater, 1007 (formerly 1007-1009) S. Main Street., built by Joseph Sarno; also Blackhawk Elks Club Lodge and Texas Lounge
Sources: Rockford Republic, November 6, 1920, Sanborn map, v.1, 1928, photo by Jean Lythgoe September 3, 2021
Rockford Elks’ Club, 210 W. Jefferson Street, opened 1912. Architect: Chicagoan Lawrence E. Buck. Note green tiles.
Sources: Google Image captured May 2019, Rockford Republic, January 24, 1912.
Veterans Who Have Passed–William Larson
Source: Rockford Register Star, Sept. 19, 2020.
Veterans Who Have Passed–John Burpee Whitehead
Source: Rockford Register Star, Sept. 19, 2020.
Veterans Who Have Passed–Steven Lyskawka
Source: Rockford Register Star, Sept. 13, 2020.
Veterans Who Have Passed–William E. Smith
Source: Rockford Register Star, Sept. 12, 2020.
Veterans Who Have Passed–Duane Nolley
Source: Rockford Register Star, Oct. 10, 2019.