Harley Shoger, 88, Was a Farmer in the Oswego, Aurora Area his Entire Life

Harley Shoger, 88, of Oswego, Illinois and previously a resident at the Countryside Village of Yorkville retirement apartments died Tuesday, March 12, 2013 at the Countryside Care Centre in Aurora, Illinois.

He was born March 18, 1924 in Oswego, Illinois to the late Harley and Alice nee Updike Shoger. Mr Shoger was engaged in farming his entire life in Aurora, Oswego and Na-Au-Say Township, Illinois areas.

Mr. Shoger was a member of the Yorkville Baptist Church and the Kendall County Farm Bureau. 

Survivors include one sister Phylis Makholm of Stevens Point, Wisconsin and by several nieces and nephews. Mr. Shoger was preceeded in death by his parents, two sisters, Gretchen Shoger and Ruth (Norman) Zurbrigg, Lucille (Franklin) Dugan and her brothers LaVerne (Jean) Shoger, Glenn (Marian) Shoger and Virgil (Joy) Shoger and by his brother-in-law Mark Makholm. 

Visitation will be held on Monday, March 18, 2013 from 10:00 a.m. until the funeral service at 11:00 a.m. at Dunn Family Funeral Home With Crematory, 1801 S. Douglas Rd., Oswego, IL. Burial will take place at the Lincoln Memorial Park in Aurora, Illinois. 

Memorials may be directed to the American Red Cross of Greater Chicago, % The Rauner Center, 2200 W. Harrison St., Chicago, IL 60543. For additional information: 630/554-3888.

The obituary was provided by the Dunn Family Funeral Home with Crematory