Obituaries

Obituaries

Sally Day

Sally Day

Mar 6, 2022

Sally L. Day, age 73, of Burlington, Iowa, passed away at 2:15 P.M. Sunday, March 6, 2022 at Southeast Iowa Regional Hospice House in West Burlington. She was born April 24, 1948, in Aurora, Illinois, the daughter of John and Hannah Taylor McNeil. On December 22, 1965, she married William McGowen in Wheaton, Illinois. They later divorced....

Marjorie Goodwin

Marjorie Goodwin

Mar 2, 2022

Marjorie Ann Goodwin, age 83, of Burlington, Iowa, passed away at 4:50 a.m. Wednesday, March 2, 2022 at Oak Lane Nursing & Rehab in Stronghurst, Illinois. She was born May 20, 1938, in Monmouth, Illinois, the daughter of Ray and Mary Phyllis Hayes Smith. She was married to Lanny Ford in 1956. She lost him to cancer in 1988....

Peggy Rockhold

Peggy Rockhold

Feb 27, 2022

Peggy Ann Rockhold, age 78, of Lomax, Illinois, passed away Sunday, February 27, 2022 at her home. She was born September 15, 1943 in Fort Madison, Iowa, the daughter of Floyd "Tuffy" and Elizabeth Nichols Maynard. On May 7, 1983, she married Henry "Doc" Rockhold in Dallas City, Illinois.

Peggy had been employed...

Jason Leon Winters

Jason Leon Winters

Feb 19, 2022

Jason Leon Winters, age 47, of Dallas City, Illinois, passed away at 12:29 a.m. Saturday February 19, 2022 at Southeast Iowa Regional Medical Center in Fort Madison, Iowa. He was born February 5, 1975 in Galesburg, Illinois, the son of Paul Michael and Debra Sue Zang Winters.

Jason was a 1993 graduate of West Burlington (Iowa) High...

Shawn M. Cortelyou

Shawn M. Cortelyou

Feb 16, 2022

Shawn Michael Cortelyou of La Porte, Indiana, died peacefully, but unexpectedly at his home on Wednesday, February 16, 2022, at the age of 50. Shawn was born on February 1, 1972 to Larry and Terri (Pirog) Cortelyou in Peoria, IL. He was an only child. Shawn spent his formative years in LaHarpe, IL, in a close-knit farming...

Charles Anthony Martin

Charles Anthony Martin

Feb 16, 2022

Charles Anthony Martin, age 68, of Livingston, Texas, passed away Wednesday, February 16, 2022 at Valley Baptist Hospital in Harlingen, Texas. He was born May 17, 1953 in Rockford, Illinois, the son of Charles Otis and Lena Baldridge Martin. On September 1, 1988, he married Mary Jane Morris in Hannibal, Missouri. He was previously married to Debbie Royce. Charles...

Anna Mary Jones

Anna Mary Jones

Feb 11, 2022

Anna Mary Jones, 91, of Webster, Illinois, passed away at 5:00 p.m. Friday, February 11, 2022 at the Keosauqua Health Care Center in Keosauqua, Iowa.

She was born August 26, 1930 in Webster, the daughter of James O. and Mary (Reynolds) Yetter. On July 24, 1949 she married Richard L. Jones at the...

Dixie Lee Schroeder

Dixie Lee Schroeder

Feb 9, 2022

Dixie Lee Schroeder, 84, of Fort Madison, Iowa, passed away Wednesday, February 9, 2022 at her home.

Dixie was born on August 17, 1937 in Dallas City, Illinois, the daughter of Burnell and Ruby (McClain) Chewning. On December 17, 1954 she married Gary E. Schroeder in Dallas City. He preceded her in death...

Jerry D. Smith

Jerry D. Smith

Feb 9, 2022

Jerry Dwayne Smith, 70, of Stronghurst, Illinois, passed away at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, February 9, 2022 at his home. He was born on March 11, 1951 in Beardstown, Illinois, the son of Dempsey Dwayne and Marlene (Siegfried) Smith.

Jerry worked for the former Davison Motor Sales in Stronghurst for several years. He had also cooked for local...

Ted W. Rodeffer

Ted W. Rodeffer

Feb 2, 2022

Ted William Rodeffer, 58, of rural LaHarpe, Illinois, passed away unexpectedly at 8:18 a.m. Wednesday, February 2, 2022 at the University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics, Iowa City. Ted was born July 4, 1963 in LaHarpe the son of Dickey Ray and Deloris Irene (Kaler) Rodeffer. On February 22, 1991 he married Angela Grisham in Blandinsville, Illinois....

Gregory L. Rea

Gregory L. Rea

Jan 31, 2022

Gregory Lee Rea, 61, of Fort Madison, Iowa, passed away 5:22 p.m. Monday, January 31, 2022 at the University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics, Iowa City.

Greg was born September 4, 1960 in Fort Madison the son of Donald and Rayma (Canfield) Rea.

Mr. Rea enjoyed hunting, trapping and...

Dennis P. Gardner

Dennis P. Gardner

Jan 30, 2022

Dennis P. Gardner, 76, of LaHarpe, Illinois, passed away at 10:05 a.m. Sunday, January 30, 2022 at the Memorial Hospital in Carthage, Illinois.

Dennis was born April 15, 1945 in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Fred and Anne (Pacini) Gardner Sr.

Dennis was a graduate of Orr Academy High School in Chicago. Following high school...

Rusty Duffy

Rusty Duffy

Jan 28, 2022

Rusty Duffy, 55, of Dallas City, Illinois, passed away at 11:00 p.m. Friday, January 28, 2022, after a short battle with cancer, at the University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics, Iowa City.

Rusty was born February 23, 1966 in Fort Madison, Iowa, the son of Jerry W. and Mary R. (Kuntz) Duffy.

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Jeanette Louise Lafayette

Jeanette Louise Lafayette

Jan 27, 2022

On Thursday, January 27, 2022, Jeanette Louise LaFayette, a loving mother of four, passed away at the age of 86. She was born September 19, 1935 and was the youngest of three daughters to Paul and Hazel Strand. She was raised on the family farm, attending Old Bedford Country School before graduating from Stronghurst High School.

On...

Amanda L. Mehaffy

Amanda L. Mehaffy

Jan 25, 2022

Amanda Lynn Mehaffy, 40, of Blandinsville, Illinois passed away at 5:00 p.m. Tuesday, January 25, 2022 at her home.

She was born August 27, 1981 in Macomb, Illinois, the daughter of Larry Brown and Teresa Cox. On September 2, 2017 she married Brian Mehaffy in Burlington, Iowa.

Amanda was a 1999 graduate of LaHarpe High...

Cheryl Mcchesney

Cheryl Mcchesney

Jan 25, 2022

Cheryl Marie McChesney, beloved wife and mother, formerly of Hugo, Minnesota, and Gladstone, Illinois, died unexpectedly on January 25, 2022 at the age of 70 at her home in Venice, Florida. Cheryl was born on March 17, 1951 in Burlington, Iowa to Charles Edward and Edith Marie McChesney. The oldest of the four McChesney children, Cheryl spent her childhood...

Kathryn "Kay" Perry

Kathryn "Kay" Perry

Jan 25, 2022

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Kathryn Margaret "Kay" Perry, 85, of Dallas City, Illinois, passed away at 5:30 a.m. Tuesday, January 25, 2022 at the Memorial Hospital in Carthage, Illinois.

Kay was born September 16, 1936 in Keokuk, Iowa, the daughter of...

Fred J. Ewing

Fred J. Ewing

Jan 23, 2022

Fred J. Ewing, 63, of Dallas City, Illinois, passed away at 7:22 a.m. Sunday, January 23, 2022 at his home.

Fred was born September 13, 1958 in Keokuk, Iowa, the son of Robert Lyle and Lenna Marle (Bennett) Ewing.

Fred grew up the Carthage, Illinois area and graduate from...

Juanita M. (Bundy) Oaks

Juanita M. (Bundy) Oaks

Jan 16, 2022

Juanita May (Bundy) Oaks, 78, of LaHarpe, Illinois, passed away at 12:49 p.m. Sunday, January 16, 2022 at the Memorial Hospital in Carthage, Illinois.

Juanita was born on November 24, 1943 in LaHarpe the daughter of Julian and Bonnie (Belville) Bundy. On November 9, 1998 she married Charles Wayne Oaks. He preceded her...

L. Lucille Luton

L. Lucille Luton

Jan 14, 2022

Lois Lucille "Shorty" Luton, 88, of Blandinsville, Illinois passed away January 14, 2022 at the Southeast Iowa Regional Medical Center, Burlington Iowa.

Lucille or fondly called Shorty by all that knew her, was born on Nov 3, 1933 near Fountain Green Illinois. She was the fourth of fourteen children to Lloyd and Nancy...

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