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Malinda Sue Mclain
Dec 14, 2024
Malinda Sue McLain, age 55 of Smithshire, Illinois, passed away at 3:15 a.m. Saturday, December 14, 2024 at Allure of Lake Story in Galesburg, Illinois. She was born August 24, 1969 in Monmouth, Illinois, the daughter of Jack and Ruth Cassiday McLain. After her father passed away, she was raised by her mom and dad, Ruth and Albert Watson....
Debra L. Newman
Dec 12, 2024
Debra Lynn Newman, 61, of Dallas City, Illinois, passed away at 7:12 p.m. Thursday, December 12, 2024 at Blessing Hospital in Quincy, Illinois.
Debbie was born October 24, 1963 in Ft. Madison, Iowa, the daughter of Robert C. Porter and Kathleen A. (Barnes) Johnson. On June 26, 2008 she married Charles D. "Charlie"...
Billy C. Hoover
Dec 11, 2024
Billy C. Hoover, 62, of Stronghurst, Illinois, passed away at 9:40 a.m. Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at the Southeast Iowa Regional Medical Center in West Burlington, Iowa. He was born January 14, 1962 in Iowa City, Iowa, the son of Charles Theodore and Dorothy Ann Funk Hoover. On June 11, 1982, he married Melinda Kay Thomason in Burlington.
...Lucille Little
Dec 10, 2024
Lucille Little, 94, of Macomb, Illinois, formerly of LaHarpe, Illinois passed away at 4:00 p.m. Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at the Blessing Hospital in Quincy, Illinois.
She was born September 11, 1930 in Pontoosuc, Illinois, the daughter of Ross and Dorothy James Johnson. On July 23, 1950 she married Lldon Little in LaHarpe....
Ruth Duncan
Dec 7, 2024
Ruth Ferguson Duncan, age 103, of Stronghurst, Illinois passed away Saturday, December 7, 2024 at Oak Lane Nursing & Rehab in Stronghurst. She was born August 26, 1921 in Bowling Green, Kentucky, the daughter of Walter and Lena Hood Ferguson. On December 12, 1938, she married Kenneth Marshall Duncan in Edina,,Missouri.
Ruth lived most of her adult...
Angela Renee Rankin
Dec 6, 2024
Angela Renee Rankin, age 26, of Raritan, Illinois, passed away at 6:04 p.m. Friday, December 6, 2024 at her home. She was born November 17. 1998 in Burlington, Iowa, the daughter of Michael and Nancy Willson Rankin.
Angie was a 2017 graduate of West Central High School in Biggsville, Illinois. She loved crafts,...
Richard A. Smith
Dec 6, 2024
Richard A. Smith, 89, of LaHarpe, Illinois, passed away at 6:26 p.m. Friday, December 6, 2024 at The Elms in Macomb, Illinois.
Richard was born July 30, 1935 in LaHarpe the son of Gail and Geneva (Thurman) Smith.
He graduated from LaHarpe High School in the class of 1955....
Sherri Lant
Nov 28, 2024
Sherri Louise Root Lant, age 60, of Stronghurst, Illinois, passed away Thursday, November 28, 2024 at Southeast Iowa Regional Medical Center in West Burlington, Iowa. She was born June 18, 1964 in Monmouth, Illinois, the daughter of Mary Short and LaVern Root.
Sherri was a 1982 graduate of Union High School in Biggsville,...
Mable Magner
Nov 27, 2024
E. Mable Magner, age 91, of Media, Illinois, passed away Wednesday, November 27, 2024 at Southeast Iowa Regional Hospice House in West Burlington, Iowa. She was born April 5, 1933 in Missouri, the daughter of Finas and Cecile Britt Davis. On August 25, 1951, She married Kenneth C. Magner at the Old Bedford Christian Church, near Blandinsville, Illinois. He...
Roger L. Saben
Nov 26, 2024
Roger L. Saben, 58, of Nauvoo, Illinois, formerly of Dallas City, Illinois, passed away at 5:50 p.m. Tuesday, November 26, 2024 at his home.
Roger was born June 7, 1966 in Rock Island, Illinois, the son of Donald and Madelyn (Scott) Saben. He was raised in Pontoosuc, Illinois, and was a 1984 graduate...
Gilberta R. Griffith
Nov 24, 2024
Gilberta Rose Griffith, age 84, of Burlington, Iowa, passed away Sunday, November 24, 2024 at Addington Place of Burlington, Iowa. She was born February 6, 1940 in Dodgeville, Iowa, the daughter of Gilbert and Dorothy Perdue Walker. She married David L. Morris on October 18, 1958. They later divorced. On April 6, 2002, she married Richard Griffith at The...
Guy F. Eaves
Nov 23, 2024
Guy F. Eaves, 91, of Fountain Green, Illinois, passed away at 10:55 p.m. Saturday, November 23, 2024 at his home.
He was born September 29, 1933 in Dallas City, Illinois, the son of Roy and Florence (Peeler) Eaves. On May 4, 1956 he married Donna Adams in Fort Madison, Iowa. She preceded him...
Gladys Eppley
Nov 18, 2024
Gladys Lucille Eppley, 103, of LaHarpe, Illinois passed away at 4:43 a.m. Monday, November 18, 2024 at the Oak Lane Nursing & Rehab in Stronghurst, Illinois.
Gladys was born July 2, 1921 in Durham, Illinois, the daughter of Arthur Leslie and Mary Ann (Reed) Shinn. She was raised by her step-mother, Bertha Shinn,...
Melody Kay Hensley
Nov 18, 2024
Melody Kay (Ingles) Hensley, 70, of LaHarpe, Illinois passed away Monday, November 18, 2024 at her home.
She was born June 18, 1954 in LaHarpe the daughter of Clarence and Helen (Cratsenberg) Ingles, who preceded her in death. On August 14, 1977 she married Roger Hensley in LaHarpe. He also preceded her in...
Sandra Shipman
Nov 13, 2024
Sandra Sue (nee Allen) Shipman, 86, of Dallas City, Illinois, passed away at 5:36 a.m. Wednesday, November 13, 2024 at Maple Grove Memory Care in Carthage, Illinois.
Sandra was born January 5, 1938, the daughter of Roy L. and Avery L. (Akers) Allen. She grew up on her parents' farm near St. Mary,...
Shelly R. Glendening
Nov 12, 2024
Shelly R. Glendening, 68, of Dallas City, Illinois, passed away at 7:39 p.m. Tuesday, November 12, 2024 at the University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics in Iowa City, Iowa.
Shelly was born October 14, 1956 in Fontana, California. In 1975 she married Friend Glendening.
Shelly worked various jobs throughout...
William "Bill" Roberts
Nov 11, 2024
William D. "Bill" Roberts, age 89, of Stronghurst, Illinois, passed away at 1:35 a.m. Monday, November 11, 2024 at Oak Lane Nursing & Rehab in Stronghurst. He was born November 14, 1934 in Higbee, Missouri, the son of Harold and Emma South Roberts. On December 6, 1959, he married Jeanette L. Rogers in Miami, Oklahoma.
Mr. Roberts...
Linda L. Metcalf
Nov 9, 2024
Linda L. Metcalf, 74, of Blandinsville, Illinois, passed away at 11:26 p.m. Saturday, November 9, 2024 at her home.
Linda was born October 2, 1950 in Decatur, Illinois, the daughter of Everett and Reatha (Johnston) Jackson. On August 4, 1989 she married David Metcalf in Burlington, Iowa. He survives.
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Jana Kay Finley
Oct 28, 2024
Jana Kay Finley, 54, of LaHarpe, Illinois, passed away at 7:00 a.m. Monday, October 28, 2024 at her home.
Jana was born May 4, 1970 in Macomb, Illinois, the daughter of John W. and Betty Lee (Kurtz) Shallenberger. On February 20, 1998 she married Brad R. Finley. They later divorced.
Sheldon "Cotton" Pence
Oct 28, 2024
Sheldon R. "Cotton" Pence, 80, of Dallas City, Illinois passed away at 3:44 a.m. Monday, October 28, 2024 at Blessing Hospital in Quincy, Illinois.
Cotton was born March 13, 1944 in Lomax, Illinois, the son of Earnest "Woody" and Helen (Sherman) Pence. Earlier in life, he married Sherrie Logan. They later divorced. On...
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