Obituaries

Dec 30, 2023

Tanya Lynn Bauer, 63, of Cape Coral, Florida, formerly of Carman, Illinois, passed away at 9:53 p.m. Saturday, December 30, 2023 at the Southeast Iowa Regional Medical Center in West Burlington, Iowa.

She was born August 20, 1960 in Quincy, Illinois, the daughter of John and Nola (Carper) Wardlow. Tanya was a graduate...

Dec 29, 2023

Rebecca Lee "Becky" Brown, 67, of West Burlington, Iowa, passed away at 7:30 p.m. Friday, December 29, 2023 at Southeast Iowa Regional Medical Center in West Burlington, Iowa.

She was born May 12, 1956 in Burlington, the daughter of Edward and Frances (Lee) Gerst Sr.  On November 6, 1976, she married Thomas LeRoy...

Dec 29, 2023

Norma L. McSparen, 89, of Lomax, Illinois, passed away at 5:00 p.m. Friday, December 29, 2023 at her son's home, near Lomax.

Norma was born March 11, 1934 in LaHarpe, Illinois, the daughter of Charles "John" and Amble (Dowell) Pence. On April 16, 1949 she married Joseph McSparen in Gladstone, Illinois. He preceded...

Dec 29, 2023

Howard Clinton Sutton, 86, of Lomax, Illinois, passed away at 7:00 p.m. Friday, December 29, 2023 at Southeast Iowa Regional Hospice House in West Burlington, Iowa.

Howard was born October 21, 1937 in Burlington, Iowa, the son of Guy Clinton and Fannie Jane (Freeland) Sutton. On December 29, 1956 he married Carolyn Hope...

Dec 18, 2023

Geraldine Tate Meeks, 91, of LaHarpe, Illinois, passed away at 11:05 a.m. Monday, December 18, 2023 at The Elms in Macomb, Illinois.

Geraldine was born March 7, 1932 in Dallas City, Illinois, the daughter of Grover Cleveland and Frances (Crosley) Hoskins. In 1953, she married Kenneth Tate. They later divorced. On August 12,...

Dec 17, 2023

Donald Lee Harris,87, a longtime resident of LaHarpe, Illinois, peacefully passed away Sunday, December 17, 2023 at 2:05 pm at The Elms in Macomb, Illinois.

Don was the third child of Leland Robert and Minnie Marie (Dulaney) Harris born March 10, 1936 in Terre Haute, Illinois.  He lived in the Terre Haute and...

Dec 15, 2023

Cary Lee Bowlyou, age 83, of Moline, Illinois, passed away at 10:12 p.m. Friday, December 15, 2023 at Unity Point Health Medical Center in Rock Island, Illinois.  He was born May 23, 1940 in Stronghurst, Illinois, the son of Charles Earl and Helen M. Eaves Bowlyou.  In May of 1975, he married Judith Shirley Hemm.  She survives.

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Dec 12, 2023

Rodney L. Starbuck, 73, of Blandinsville, Illinois passed away Tuesday, December 12, 2023 at the Jesse Brown VA Medical Center in Chicago, Illinois.

He was born October 23, 1950 in LaHarpe, Illinois, the son of Martin and Isabel Petty Starbuck. On September 2, 1972 he married Cynthia Jean Komer in Orion, Illinois. She preceded him in death...

Dec 11, 2023

Lillian Dorothy Lung, 98, of Colusa, Illinois, passed away Monday, December 11, 2023 at 6:44 PM at the Birkwood Village of Fort Madison, Iowa, with her family by her side.

She was born August 18, 1925 in Adrian, Illinois, daughter of Clarence and Essie (Beckett) Vass. She graduated from Carthage High School and...

Dec 7, 2023

Gary M. Campbell, 85, of Blandinsville, Illinois, passed away Thursday, December 7, 2023 at St. John's Hospital in Springfield, Illinois.

Gary was born November 21, 1938 in Keokuk, Iowa, the son of William Glenn and Mildred Ann (Scott) Campbell. On June 18, 1960, he married Donna K. Donaldson in Galesburg, Illinois.

Dec 1, 2023

Orlin Henry Olsen, age 88, of Raritan, Illinois, passed away to his heavenly home on Friday, December 1, 2023 at his home.  He was born December 8, 1934, in Elk Horn, Iowa, the son of Rev. Henry and Marion Mapes Olsen.

Orlin moved to Raritan in 1951 and graduated from Media-Wever High School in 1953.  He loved...

Nov 30, 2023

Donald Robert Manning Sr., 81, of Lomax, Illinois, passed away at 11:57 p.m. Thursday, November 30, 2023 at the Roseville Nursing & Rehabilitation in Roseville, Illinois.

Donald was born September 12, 1942 in Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, the son of Robert and Erma (Lee) Manning. In 1960, he married Ila Harris. They later divorced....

Nov 29, 2023

Sharon Kay Sutton, 83, of Dallas City, Illinois, passed away at 4:50 a.m. Wednesday, November 29, 2023 at the Oakview Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Burlington, Iowa.

Sharon was born July 26, 1940 in Dallas City, the daughter of Don and Joan (Curtis) Hancock. On August 15, 1959 she married Ron Sutton.

Nov 26, 2023

Fred Gardner III, 60, of LaHarpe, Illinois, passed away at 2:10 p.m. Sunday, November 26, 2023 at the Macomb Post Acute Care Center, Macomb, Illinois. Fred was born March 16, 1963 in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Fred and Diane (Sickles) Gardner. He grew up in the Chicago and Fox Lake, Illinois areas. He worked as a...

Nov 25, 2023

Lonnie Eugene Lewis of Dallas City, Illinois passed away Saturday, November 25, 2023 at his home.

He was born February 14, 1949 in Monmouth, Illinois, the son of Everette Eugene and Jane Cordelia Lewis. He only has one surviving child, Bobbie, but had lots of grandchildren whom he loved dearly.

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Nov 22, 2023

Larry Dean Clark, 81, of Dallas City, Illinois, passed away at 5:33 p.m. Wednesday, November 22, 2023 at his home.

Larry was born at home in Pontoosuc, Illinois, on October 20, 1942, the son Dale and Grace (McNaught) Clark.

Larry began working in the construction industry at 18 years...

Nov 19, 2023

Dorothy Eleanor Johnson was born April 14, 1930 in the family farmhouse near Dallas City, Illinois  and died in the same farmhouse November 19, 2023. She was one of 8 children born to Paul and Grace Markey. Her siblings Lester, Leon, Frank, John, Tony, and Mary preceded her in death, and her sister Katherine survives.  She loved...

Nov 16, 2023

Charles G. Bell, age 85, of Stronghurst, Illinois, passed away Thursday November 16, 2023 at Blessing Hospital in Quincy.  He was born April 13, 1938, in Stronghurst, the son of Paul Gilbert and Belva Madge Brewer Bell.  On June 10, 1960, he married Sally Rankin in Biggsville, Illinois.  She survives.

Charles was a graduate of Stronghurst High...

Nov 15, 2023

Eva Jean Enhorning, 78, of Ft. Madison, Iowa, formerly of Burlington, Iowa, passed away at 5:20 p.m. Wednesday, November 15, 2023 at her home.

Jean was born July 31, 1945 in LaHarpe, Illinois, the daughter of James Kern and Betty Jones. She was raised by her parents and step-father: John Rodruck. On August...

Nov 13, 2023

Randy Ray White, age 68 of Iowa City, Iowa, passed away at 8:00 p.m. Monday, November 13, 2023 at Windmill Manor Care Center in Coralville, Iowa.  He was born February 11, 1955 in Burlington, Iowa, the son of Lyman Rucker and Bertha Louise Haines White.

Randy was a 1973 graduate of Southern High School in Stronghurst, then...