Obituaries

Sep 27, 2022

Ruth Ann Schiedel, 59, of LaHarpe, Illinois, passed away Tuesday, September 27, 2022 at the OSF Saint Francis Medical Center in Peoria, Illinois.

Ruth Ann was born June 28, 1963 in Burlington, Iowa, the daughter of Bob and Sandra (Olson) Dowell. On December 10, 2011 she married Jeff Schiedel in LaHarpe.

Sep 24, 2022

Edward Luton, 92, of Blandinsville, Illinois, passed away Saturday, September 24 th , 2022, at peace in the comfort of his home. Ed was born at home slightly south of Sciota, Illinois, to Maurice and Ruth Woods Luton. Ed was the 3 rd of 7 children. He had many memories of farm life, the joys and sorrows...

Sep 22, 2022

Donna Kay (Reed) Horne, age 76, of Burlington, Iowa, passed away Thursday, September 22, 2022 at Southeast Iowa Regional Hospice House in West Burlington.

She was born October 9, 1945 in LaHarpe, Illinois, the daughter of Leslie and Geneva (Matthews) Reed. Donna was a graduate of Dallas City High School. She was employed...

Sep 19, 2022

Harold "Sonny" Bundy Jr., 72, of LaHarpe, Illinois passed away at 8:08 a.m. Monday, September 19, 2022 at the Roseville Rehabilitation & Health Care in Roseville, Illinois.

Sonny was born on November 2, 1949 in LaHarpe the son of Harold and Theresia (Voorjans) Bundy Sr.

Sonny was raised and...

Sep 16, 2022

James Franklin May Jr., 75, of Niota, Illinois, passed away at 3:25 a.m. Friday, September 16, 2022 at the Klein Center in West Burlington, Iowa. Jim was born August 12, 1947 in Bloomington, Illinois, the son of James F. and Frances (Hardest) May Sr. He married Diana Lyn Nixon. They later divorced. On March 21, 1992 he married Vicki Tanner...

Sep 14, 2022

Jean Kathryn Carnes, 91, of Terre Haute, Illinois, passed away at 7:45 a.m. Wednesday, September 14, 2022 at the Samaritan Hospital in Macon, Missouri.

She was born January 3, 1931, in Hannibal, Missouri, the daughter of Virgil and Edna Alice Hignight Byars. On September 25, 1949 she married Lewis Carnes, the love of her life,...

Sep 10, 2022

Tiffany Danielle (Mershon) Bangel, 38, of Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, formerly of LaHarpe, Illinois, passed away Saturday, September 10, 2022 at her home. Tiffany was born January 5, 1984 in Macomb, Illinois, the daughter of Mike and Brenda (DeJaynes) Mershon. On October 30, 2009 she married Bill Bangel in Jacksonville, North Carolina. Tiffany was a 2002 graduate of LaHarpe High School....

Sep 7, 2022

Betty Louise Johnson, 93, of LaHarpe, Illinois, passed away at 9:25 a.m. Wednesday, September 7, 2022 at her home.

Betty was born February 23, 1929 in Macomb, Illinois, the daughter of Clyde and Neva (Hancock) George. On March 7, 1948 she married Robert Eugene Johnson. He preceded her in death after 72 years...

Sep 6, 2022

Eric Dennis Brumbaugh, 48, of Joliet, Illinois passed away Tuesday, September 6, 2022 at his home. He was born November 13, 1973 in Galesburg, Illinois, the son of Dennis and Kathy Ferrill Brumbaugh. He was a 1991 graduate of the Dallas City, Illinois High School and received his bachelors degree in Geology from Western Illinois University in...

Sep 1, 2022

Phyllis Jeanne Nixon, 96, of rural Dallas City, Illinois, passed away at 10:16 a.m. Thursday, September 1, 2022 at her home.

Phyllis was born October 24, 1925 in Fort Madison, Iowa, the daughter of William Albert and Ruth (Fightmaster) Whittemore. She married her husband of 75 years, James Rae Nixon, in La Crosse,...

Aug 22, 2022

Maryann (Gardner) Streadwick, 87, of Birmingham, Illinois, passed away at 10:22 p.m. Monday, August 22, 2022 at her home.

Maryann was born July 13, 1935 in West Chicago, Illinois, the daughter of John and Estella Rosella (Wodecki) Gardner. In 1955 she married Charles C. Streadwick in West Chicago. He preceded her in death...

Aug 22, 2022

Brian William Jack, age 51, of Olmito, Texas, formerly of Stronghurst, Illinois, passed away Monday, August 22, 2022 at his home. He was born August 3, 1971 in Burlington, Iowa, the son of James and Angela Corzatt Jack.

Brian was a self employed mechanic in Texas for the past twenty years. He was a graduate of Southern...

Aug 14, 2022

David Smith Miller was born September 10, 1942 in La Harpe, Illinois to Harold W. "Biz" Miller and Helen Louise Smith Miller, and he passed away August 14, 2022 at Rushville, Illinois Nursing and Rehab Center from Cancer of the Kidney.

His first marriage was to Patricia Baujan and they were the parents of 3 sons:  Eric,...

Jul 26, 2022

Herbert E. Johnson, 91, of rural LaHarpe, Illinois, passed away Tuesday, July 26, 2022 at the Silver Maple Supportive Living in Carthage, Illinois.

Herb was born on September 11, 1930, the son of Walter and Hildur (Dillon) Johnson.

He farmed all of his life in Durham Township, except for...

Jul 22, 2022

Kirby Benjamin, 52, of rural Stronghurst, Illinois, passed away at 10:58 p.m. Friday, July 22, 2022 at the Memorial Hospital in Carthage, Illinois.

Kirby was born November 21, 1969 in Rushville, Illinois, the son of Danny and Jane (Sheets) Lieb. On April 2, 1993 he married Lorraine Worley in Oquawka, Illinois. She survives....

Jul 21, 2022

Jean Brown Chaney, age 60, of East Greenwich, RI, formerly of Raritan, IL, passed away July21, 2022

Survivors include two daughters: Ashley Podheiser and Sarah Chaney, her mother: Pat Brown of Raritan, two grandchildren: Duncan and Brighton Podheiser, two sisters: Ann Kettelkamp and Barbara Brown, and one brother: Philip Brown.  She was preceded in death by her...

Jul 20, 2022

Donna Marie (Bradford) Snyder, , of Dallas City, Illinois, passed away at 7:05 p.m. Wednesday, July 20, 2022 at her home.

Donna was born on December 25, 1956 in LaHarpe, Illinois, the daughter of Don Bradford and Sharon Burr.

Donna was a 1975 graduate of LaHarpe High School. Donna...

Jul 18, 2022

Lowell Richard "L.R." Melton, of Duncanville, Texas passed away July 18, 2022 at age of 82. Lowell was born in Milltown, Indiana on February 8th, 1940 to the late James Paul and Viola Melton. Mr. Melton owned and operated Melton's Automotive in Dallas City Illinois until 1980 when he relocated to Duncanville, Texas where he lived until...

Jul 11, 2022

Henry George Shipman, age 83, of Dallas City, Illinois, passed away Monday, July 11, 2022 at Countryview Care Center in Macomb, Illinois.

He was born October 7, 1938 in Webster, Illinois, the son of Cecil and Margie Klossing Shipman Sr. On November 18, 1962, he married Sonja Maynard in Pontoosuc, Illinois.

Jul 10, 2022

George L. Worley, 72, of Lomax, Illinois, passed away at 6:12 p.m. Sunday, July 10, 2022 at his home.

George was born on January 14, 1950 in LaHarpe, Illinois, the son of Albert Levi and Goldie Valentine (Hoskins) Worley.

George attended Dallas City High School. Following high school he...