Dr. Robert M. Pogue, 68, of Stronghurst, Illinois died at 3:51 a.m. Tuesday April 9, 2013 in OSF Saint Francis Medical Center in Peoria, Illinois. He was born March 14, 1945 in Breckenridge, Minnesota, the son of E.M. Mac and Lillian Stone Pogue. He married Ruth Hermsmeier. They later divorced. He later married Jerilyn Strand. They divorced. On December 12, 1981, he married Teri Jo Hames in Waltham, Illinois.

Dr. Pogue graduated from Media-Wever High School in Media, Illinois. He later graduated from the University of Illinois in Champaign, and its School Of Medicine. He was board certified in internal medicine and family practice.

From 1973 until 1981, he practiced emergency room medicine in the Rockford, Illinois area. He then moved to Stronghurst, Illinois and established his family practice. He served as Stronghursts only physician for the past thirty two years.

He was Medical Director of the LaHarpe-Davier Health Care Center, in LaHarpe, Oak Lane Nursing & Rehab Center in Stronghurst, and the Henderson County Health Department and Hospice Program. He was a member of the Stronghurst Lions Club, Stronghurst Booster Club, and St. Patricks Catholic Church of Raritan, Illinois.

Survivors include his wife, Teri, two daughters- Jessica Pogue of Austin, TX., Annie Pogue of Aurora, IL., three sons-Dr. Lucas (Colleen) Pogue of Bloomington, IL., Silas (Sarah) Pogue of Sullivan, Illinois, Adam Pogue of Wisconsin, four granddaughters- Clara, Julia, Lucia, and Isabella Pogue, one sister- Nancy Pogue of Peoria, IL., and one brother- Dr. Charles (Toni) Pogue of East Moline, IL. He was preceded in death by his parents, and one sister in infancy- Jane Anne Pogue.

The Mass of Resurrection will be held at 10:00 a.m. Saturday April 13, 2013 in the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Monmouth, Illinois, with Monsignor Thomas Mack as Celebrant. A Rosary will be recited at 5:00 p.m. Friday, followed by visitation until 9:00 p.m. at the West Central Middle School Gymnasium at 215 West South Street in Stronghurst, Illinois. Interment will be in the St. Patricks Catholic Cemetery near Raritan. A funeral luncheon will follow the interment at the Knights Of Columbus Hall in Monmouth. Memorials have been established for Oak Lane Nursing & Rehab Center in Stronghurst, LaHarpe-Davier Health Care Center in LaHarpe and the Stronghurst Food Pantry. Banks & Beals Funeral Home of Stronghurst is in charge of arrangements.