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Kenneth Charles Steen
Visitation: Sunday, July 10, 2005 6:00 PM until 8:00 PM Frank-Law-Jones Funeral Home Rt. 64 & East Street Mt. Carroll, IL 61053 Service: Monday, July 11, 2005 10:30 AM Frank-Law-Jones Funeral Home Rt. 64 & East Street Mt. Carroll, IL 61053	VIEW/SEND CONDOLENCES
Kenneth Charles Steen, age 80, formerly of Mt. Carroll, Illinois, died Wednesday, July 6, 2005, at St. Anthony Medical Center in Rockford, Illinois. Funeral Services will be held 10:30 a.m. Monday, July 11, 2005 at the Frank-Law-Jones Funeral Home, Mt. Carroll, Illinois. Pastor John Moe of Temple Baptist Church, Rockford, Illinois will officiate. Burial will take place at Oak Hill Cemetery in Mt. Carroll, Illinois with Military Rites by the Mt. Carroll American Legion Post. Friends may call from 6:00-8:00 p.m. Sunday, July 10, 2005 at the Frank-Law-Jones Funeral Home, Mt. Carroll. Memorials may be given to the family to be used for Juice for Jesus or the Temple Baptist Church building fund in Rockford, Illinois. Kenneth was born November 30, 1924 the son of Charles and Mae (Cook) Steen in Des Moines, Iowa. On December 28, 1946, Kenneth married Helen Randecker in rural Mt. Carroll. He attended Mt. Carroll schools and received his G.E.D. Kenneth was in the United States Navy during World War II, he served on the USS Thurston, an attack transport ship. Kenneth took part in the invasion of Normandy during the war. He attended Tennessee Temple University in Chattanooga, Tennessee, graduating in 1959. Kenneth dedicated his time to Rescue Mission Work all around the United States until 1975. Kenneth and Helen moved to Tallahasee, Florida where he worked for the Sherriff’s Department, retiring in 1986. In 2002 they moved to Rockford, Illinois. Kenneth enjoyed golfing, and had a great love for dogs. He was a member of Temple Baptist Church in Rockford, Illinois and the International Union of Gospell Missions in Kansas City, Kansas. He was a member of the Rockford American Legion Post #1207. Kenneth is survived by his wife, Helen; four sons, Alan Steen of Columbus, Ohio Steven Steen of Columbus, Ohio, Paul (Rita) Steen of Rockford, Illinois, and John (Tina) Steen of Sunbury, Ohio; two daughters, Janelle (Roger) Haas of Elizabeth, Illinois and Barbara (Bill) Mulford of Bolingbrook; twenty-two grandchildren and thirteen great grandchildren. Kenneth was preceded in death by his parents; one son, Charles Steen, a daughter in-law, Anne Steen; one brother, Harold Steen and a sister in infancy, Lillian Steen, and a step-father, Mark Nicklas.