Sources: Rockford Morning Star, February 23, 1913, Rockford Register Star, February 22, 1996, findagrave.com
African-Americans
Virgil Abloh Loses Private Battle With Cancer
Source: Jake Coyle, Associated Press, Rockford Register Star, Aug. 29, 2021.
Local Artist, Major Fashion Designer Virgil Abloh Dies At 41
Source: Thibault Camus/ AP File
Source: Rockford Register Star, USA Today Network, Nov. 29, 2021.
Veterans Who Have Passed–James A. Jackson
Source: Rockford Register Star, August 8,2021.
Callie W. Myers, began voting in 1920; lived to 110, most senior citizen in Winnebago County.
Source: Rockford Register Star, 1985 and 1990
Jumping Joe, Inc., 603 W. State St., (east facing, on Winnebago St.), artist Stuk One, 2021
Source: Rockford Register Star, May 21, 2021 and gorockford.com
Rafe Lape, aka Stuk One (Source: Rockford Register Star, Aug. 5, 2021)
Brandy’s Candies, 113 N. Rockton Ave.
Source: Facebook. Startedi n 2017.
Leontyne Price, October 20, 1985, Coronado Theatre
Sources: Color photo; Rockford Register Star, October 23, 1985
Veterans Who Have Passed–Odell Newton
Source: Rockford Register Star, Sept. 8, 2020.
Veterans Who Have Passed–Jaylen Foster
Source: Rockford Register Star, Aug. 27, 2020.