Kendall Lee Furniss
Jul 7, 2024
Kendall Lee Furniss, 87, of Media, Illinois, passed away at 9:23 a.m. Sunday, July 7, 2024, at his home. He was born August 16, 1936, in Prairie City, Illinois, the son of Robert and Julia Irene VanVelsor Baker. On July 13, 1958, he married Shirley May Avery in Stronghurst, Illinois.
Kendall was a lab technician for the...
Patty Jo Clark
Jul 1, 2024
Patty Jo Clark, 73, of Dallas City, Illinois went to be with the Lord on Monday, July 1, 2024 at the Southeast Iowa Regional Hospice House in West Burlington, Iowa.
She was born on September 4, 1950, the daughter of Alvin and Regina (Luehlfing) McKoon. On April 7, 1990 she married Nicky Clark...
Joanne C. Cramberg
Jun 26, 2024
Joanne Claudine (Bell) Cramberg, 93, of Dallas City, IL passed in her home on Wednesday, June 26, 2024. She was born on September 19, 1930, to Claude and Erma Bell in Powellton, IL. Joanne attended school in Colusa, IL and was a 1948 graduate of Colusa High School. Following her graduation, she started her 50 year career...
Steven L. Shipman
Jun 24, 2024
Steven Lee Shipman, 57, of Basco, Illinois, passed away at 9:10 a.m. Monday, June 24, 2024 at Blessing Hospital in Quincy, Illinois.
Steve was born August 19, 1966 in LaHarpe, Illinois, the son of Henry and Sonja (Maynard) Shipman. On August 8, 2008 he married Mary Manley in Plymouth, Illinois. She survives.
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Chester "Gene" E. Bowman
Jun 22, 2024
Chester Eugene "Gene" Bowman, 80, of Carman, Illinois, passed away at 11:58 p.m. Saturday, June 22, 2024 at the Roseville Nursing & Rehab Center in Roseville, Illinois.
Gene was born August 14, 1943 in Carman the son of Chester A. and Stella Marie (Stimpson) Bowman. On June 21, 1966 he married Cathy Staub...
Paul Scanlan
Jun 21, 2024
Paul Wayne Scanlan, 71, of Niota, Illinois, passed away at 11:45 p.m. Friday, June 21, 2024 at the University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics in Iowa City.
Paul was born March 24, 1953 in LaHarpe, Illinois, the son of William and Opal (Smith) Scanlan Jr.
Paul was a 1972...
Donald "Red" Driskell
Jun 17, 2024
Donald Roger "Red" Driskell, 86, of Blandinsville, Illinois, passed away at 7:10 p.m. Monday, June 17, 2024 at The LaMoine Assisted Living in Macomb, Illinois.
Red was born November 12, 1937 in Macomb the son of Wendell and Helen (Brown) Driskell. On April 15, 1960 he married Wanda Lee Woodside in Blandinsville. She...
Judy Oliver
Jun 15, 2024
Judith Ann "Judy" Oliver, 82, of LaHarpe, Illinois, passed away at 1:05 a.m. Saturday, June 15, 2024 at St. John's Hospital in Springfield, Illinois.
Judy was born March 10, 1942 in LaHarpe the daughter of Charles and Maxine (Bice) Ferguson. She married Richard Oliver in 1959. They later divorced.
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Rhoda B. Molter
Jun 15, 2024
Rhoda B. Molter, 85, of Dallas City, Illinois passed away at 4:06 a.m. Saturday, June 15, 2024 at her home.
Rhoda was born September 8, 1938 in Bradford, Illinois, the daughter of Paul and Thelma (Burrell) Marsden. On July 24, 1966 she married Michael Molter at the First Christian Church in Dallas City....
Arthur Michael Utzinger
Jun 14, 2024
Arthur M. "Art" Utzinger, age 93, of rural Oquawka, Illinois, passed away at 1:40 p.m. Friday June 14, 2024 at his home. He was born March 23, 1931 in Canton, Illinois, the son of Ralph and Lucy Mulhatten Utzinger. On June 24, 1977, he married Jean Hagerty in Galseburg, Illinois.
Art was a graduate of Media High...
Charles Layton Thompson
Jun 9, 2024
Charles Layton Thompson, age 80, of rural Oquawka, Illinois, passed away at 6:19 a.m. Sunday, June 9, 2024 at his home. He was born July 3, 1943 in LaHarpe, Illinois, the son of Dale and Verna Woods Thompson. On October 22, 1962, he married Dorothy Gaylord. They later divorced.
Charles had been employed at Pikes Peak Greenhouse,...
Alice L. Pence
Jun 5, 2024
Alice Louise Pence, 84, of LaHarpe, Illinois, passed away at 9:15 p.m. Wednesday, June 5, 2024 at Courtyard Estates in Bushnell, Illinois.
Alice was born June 12, 1939 in Lomax, Illinois, the daughter of Fred B. and Dewey (Pitts) Cox. On September 15, 1957 she married David L. Pence in Lomax. He preceded...
Paul M. Corzatt
Jun 5, 2024
Paul M. Corzatt, 96, of rural Dallas City, Illinois, passed away at 11:15 a.m. Wednesday, June 5, 2024 at The Elms in Macomb, Illinois.
Paul was born August 28, 1927, in Raritan, Illinois, the son of A. Buell and Cordelia (Lofftus) Corzatt. On August 1, 1948 he married Barbara Blythe at the Durham...
Tyren D. Swank
Jun 4, 2024
Tyren D. Swank, age 26, of Burlington, Iowa, passed away at 6:42 p.m. Tuesday, June 4, 2024 at University Of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City. He was born November 24, 1997 in Galesburg, Illinois, the son of Danny Swank and Tasha Schramm.
Tyren was a 2016 graduate of West Burlington High School. He had been...
William Wilson
Jun 1, 2024
William Leroy Wilson, age 88, of Stronghurst, Illinois passed away Saturday, June 1, 2024 at his home. He was born August 2, 1935 in Indianapolis, Indiana, the son of Roy and Minnie Gertrude (Cooper) Wilson.
During high school in Amo, Indiana, Bill participated in basketball and cross country running, and wrote and published the weekly sports column...
Anna Cassone
May 27, 2024
Anna Maria Cassone, 87, of Dallas City, Illinois, passed away at 6:45 p.m. Monday, May 27, 2024 at her son's home in Lake Saint Louis, Missouri.
Anna was born April 9, 1937 in Campo Calabro, Calibria, Italy, the daughter of Luigi and Maria (Delfino) Cassone. She married Roger H. Sutton. They later divorced....
Memorial Day Tribute 2024
May 27, 2024
A video has been generated below to honor the local veterans who passed away within the last year.
Elsie Magin
May 22, 2024
Elsie Magin, 103, of LaHarpe, Illinois, passed away at 10:28 p.m. Wednesday, May 22, 2024 at her home.
Elsie was born November 11, 1920 in LaHarpe the daughter of Earl and Elva (Allen) Shutwell. On March 30, 1940 she married Howard Allen Magin in Keokuk, Iowa. He preceded her in death September 12,...
Shirley A. Bricker
May 22, 2024
Shirley Ann (Nudd) Bricker passed away at home on May 22, 2024, at the age of 91. Born to Kenneth and Anna Nudd in LaHarpe, IL on September 27, 1932, she was a beacon of light and warmth in every community in which she resided. In 1951, she married her beloved Donald Bricker, beginning a shared life...
Sam Dejaynes
May 21, 2024
Sammy Kaye DeJaynes, age 64, of rural Carman, Illinois, passed away at 3:16 p.m. Tuesday, May 21, 2024 at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City, Iowa. He was born June 11, 1959 in Macomb, Illinois, the son of Charles and Leota Twidwell DeJaynes. On March 5, 1999, he married Lisa Johnson in Burlington, Iowa. Sam was...
