Obituaries

Aug 15, 2007

Gail L. Sutton

Gail L. Sutton, age 90 of Lomax, Illinois died at 4:58 A.M. Wednesday August 15, 2007 in the Oak Lane Nursing & Rehab Center in Stronghurst. He was born January 4, 1917 in Lomax, the son of Harry and Alice Wolfe Sutton. On November 5, 1938, he married Mildred "Topsy" Kemp in Kahoka, Missouri....

Aug 13, 2007

Robert D. "Bob" Andrew

Mr. Robert Dean Bob Andrew, 73, of Dallas City, Illinois, died at 12:59 P.M. Monday, August 13, 2007 at the Fort Madison Community Hospital. He was born July 2, 1934 in Ursa, Illinois, the son of Otto Gilbert and Hazel Poulter Andrew. He married Annetta Horan in 1960. Mr. Andrew was a 1952...

Aug 10, 2007

Barbara J. Smyser

Barbara Jean Smyser, age 79 of LaHarpe, Illinois died at 7:43 P.M. Friday August 10, 2007 in the LaHarpe-Davier Health Care Center. She was born September 25, 1927 in LaHarpe, the daughter of George E. and Bernice Waggoner Gillett. On March 21, 1947, she married Donald K. Smyser in LaHarpe. He preceded her in...

Aug 9, 2007

E. A. "Babe" Serangeli

Mr. E. A. Babe Serangeli, 85, of Dallas City, Illinois passed away Thursday, August 9, 2007 at 12:42 P.M. at his home.

He was born November 4, 1921 in Pekin, Illinois, the son of Ettore and Norma Bonjean Serangeli. On May 1, 1947 he married Ann Flynn in Dallas City. She...

Aug 9, 2007

Wilbur "Bill" Cobb

Wilbur E. Bill Cobb, age 83 of Stronghurst, Illinois died at 7:10 P.M. Thursday August 9, 2007 in the Oak Lane Nursing & Rehab Center in Stronghurst. He was born April 22, 1924 in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Ernest and Marjorie Laura Smith Cobb. Mr. Cobb was an Army Air Force veteran of...

Jul 31, 2007

Larry Gittings

, age 68, of Gladsotne, Illinois died at 9:15 A.M. Monday July 30, 2007 at his home. He was born June 6, 1939 in Lomax, Illinois, the son of Chester E. and Hazel Marie Pendry Gittings. On January 27, 1978, he married Jean Husband in Kahoka, Missouri.

Mr. Gittings was a graduate of...

Jul 26, 2007

Valerie "Val" L. Tutwiler, 52, of Dallas City, Illinois passed away Thursday July 26, 2007 at 3:20 A.M. at the University of Iowa Hospital in Iowa City. She was born October 19, 1954 in Newton, Illinois, the daughter of Ralph and Evelyn Fisher Ludington. On December 30, 1995, she married Ronald Tutwiler.

She was most recently employed...

Jul 21, 2007

Darryl "Buck" Williams

Mr. Darryl Buck Williams, 62, of Pontoosuc, Illinois passed away Saturday, July 21, 2007 at 2:30 P.M. at the Memorial Hospital in Carthage, Illinois. He was born November 27, 1944 on Lock Springs, Missouri, the son of Tom and Delores Bohnenkamp Williams. He was first married to Wanda Suzie Waterbury in May 1978. She...

Jul 20, 2007

Esther J. Brillhart

Mrs. Esther J. Brillhart, 90, of rural Burnside, Illinois passed away Friday, July20, 2007 at 10:05 P.M. at the Hancock County Nursing Home in Carthage, Illinois.

She was born January 31, 1917 near Burnside, the daughter of Herbert and Della Eddington Grove. She married Minor Hartwig in 1934. She later married Charles...

Jul 9, 2007

Lois L. McMillan

Mrs. Lois L. McMillan, 61, of rural Blandinsville, Illinois, formerly of Rushville, Illinois, passed away Monday, July 9, 2007 at 4:22 A.M. at the McDonough District Hospital in Macomb. She was born May 5, 1946 in Beardstown, Illinois, the daughter of William R. and Letha Kirkham Dupoy Sr. On March 26, 1963 she married...

Jul 2, 2007

Robert S. DeHaven

Mr. Robert S. DeHaven, 83, of Blandinsville, Illinois passed away Monday, July 2, 2007 at his home.

He was born April 24, 1924 in Burnside, IL., the son of Henry and Ella Salisbury DeHaven. On June 21, 1947 he married Christine Hasten in Dallas City, Illinois. She preceded him in death on...

Jun 30, 2007

Edwin H. Meyers

Mr. Edwin H. Meyers, 82, of Tennessee, Illinois, passed away Saturday, June 30 , 2007 at 9:30 A.M. at the McDonough District Hospital in Macomb, Illinois.

He was born October 20, 1924 in Fountain Green, Illinois, the son of Harold and Helen Blackledge Meyers. On May 6, 1944 he married Marjorie Holmes...

Jun 28, 2007

Velna L. Miller

Velna L. Miller age 80 of Dallas City, Illinois died at 8:40 P.M. Thursday June 28, 2007 at the Gilpin Home in Dallas City. She was born July 24, 1926 in Lomax, IL., the daughter of Lee and Ada Cartwright Porter. On March 26, 1956, she married Charles George Miller in Nauvoo, Illinois. He...

Jun 28, 2007

Charles William "Bill" Cox

Mr. Charles William Bill Cox, 79, of LaHarpe, Illinois passed away Thursday, June 28, 2007 at 6:40 P.M. at the LaHarpe-Davier Health Care Center in LaHarpe.

He was born December 1, 1927 in Lomax, Illinois, the son of Frank and Clara Eckhardt Cox. In 1940 he moved in with Cliff and...

Jun 26, 2007

Mr. J. Dale Wisslead, 79,of LaHarpe, Illinois passed away Tuesday, June 26, 2007 at his home.

He was born September 6, 1927 in Macomb, Illinois, the son of Levi and Virgie Crickett Wisslead. On April 5, 1952 he married Dorothy McPeak in Blandinsville, Illinois.

Mr. Wisslead served in the US Army from 1951 - 1953....

Jun 25, 2007

Alfred E. Jones

Mr. Alfred E. Jones, 78, of Dallas City, Illinois passed away Monday, June 25, 2007 at 3:35 P.M. at the University of Iowa Hospital in Iowa City.

He was born September 1, 1928 in Galesburg, Illinois, the son of Henry Pat and Elsie Mae Stone Jones. On January 20, 1951 he married...

Jun 24, 2007

Mr. David B. Uncle Davey Mohr, 73, of rural Dallas City, Illinois passed away Sunday, June 24, 2007 at 1:10 A.M. at the University of Iowa Hospital in Iowa City, Iowa.

He was born July 8, 1933 in Burlington, Iowa, the son of Lloyd B. and Ruth M. Jones Mohr. On June 23, 1974 he married Shirley...

Jun 15, 2007

Mary Jane Shoemate

Mrs. Mary Jane Shoemate, 86, of LaHarpe, Illinois passed away Friday, June 15, 2007 at 12:45 P.M. at Wesley Village Health Care in Macomb, Illinois.

She was born November 4, 1920 in Galesburg, Illinois, the daughter of George E. and Bernice Waggoner Gillett. She married Richard O. Ozzie Shoemate in 1939 in...

Jun 9, 2007

Ivan G. Jacobs, age 84 of Stronghurst, Illinois, died at 2:45 P.M. Saturday June 9, 2007 in the Roseville Country Manor in Roseville, Illinois. He was born June 20, 1922 in Stronghurst, the son of Martin and Jeanette McCartney Jacobs. On June 15, 1947, he married Kathleen Swanson. She preceded him in death on March 4, 1994.

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Jun 4, 2007

Arthur LeRoy "Roy" Painter

Mr. Arthur LeRoy Roy Painter, 93, of Terre Haute, Illinois died Monday, June 4, 2007 at 9:45 P.M. at the Oak Lane Nursing & Rehab in Stronghurst, Illinois.

He was born August 25, 1913 at the family farm near Terre Haute, the son of Charles Carroll and Mary Birdine (Bryan) Painter....