Farming

Nothing in Common (movie) – 1986, Tom Hanks, Jackie Gleason

Jan

Tom Hanks, Rockford news media’s Rod McDonald (an extra), Sela Ward

[film also included Jackie Gleason, Eve Marie Saint, Hector Elizondo, Barry Corbin, Bess Armstrong and more]

Director: Garry Marshall

City scenes filmed in Chicago.  Farm scenes filmed at Fox Valley Shires, Marengo, IL.

Source:  Rockford Register Star Go Section, 11/19/2010 and www.imdb.com

 

John A. Ahlstrom – from 1999 obituary

Jan

Pecatonica – John A. Ahlstrom, 53, of Pecatonica died at 1:45 a.m. Monday Oct. 4, 1999 after a long illness.  Born January 2, 1946, in Rockford, the son of Oscar and Eva Newell Ahlstrom.  Lived in Pecatonica the past 23 years, coming here from Cherry Valley.  Married Adrianne “Nan” Peterson in Rockford, Sept. 18, 1965.  Employed by Ingersoll Milling Machine Co., Rockford, as a senior project engineer for 13 years.  Formerly employed by Greenlee Brothers for 20 years. He was a part-time self-employed farmer for the past 13 years.

Veteran of the U.S. Army, as a sergeant in Vietnam from 2/7/1966 to 2/7/1969.  Member of the 11th Armored Cavalry “Blackhorse Trooper” Regiment, VFW Post 15014, American Legion Post 2910, Bloomington IL and the Winnebago County Farm Bureau.

Countryman Funeral Home, Rose Hill Cemetery.

Source: Rockford Register Star 10/6/1999

Walter C. Kruse – 2005, obituary

Jan

Source: Rockford Register Star May 16, 2005

Rockford’s Work Force – 85,900 – March 1962

Jan

Source: Combined Rockford Register Republic and Rockford Morning Star March 1962 “Century Plus 10” Special Edition