Obituaries

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Oliver L. Blick

Oliver L. Blick

Mar 16, 2021

Oliver L. Blick, 79 of Dallas City, IL passed away at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 16, 2021 at his home.

He was born January 15, 1942 in Cedar Rapids, IA, the son of Harold and Hazel Jenkins Blick. In 1992 he married Rebecca Taylor in Milwaukie, OR. Mr. Blick attended school in Cedar Rapids and was the...

Donald R. Vaughn

Donald R. Vaughn

Mar 13, 2021

Donald R. Vaughn, 89, of rural Lomax, Illinois, passed away at 1:00 p.m., Saturday, March 13, 2021, at his home. Don was born on October 9, 1931, in Terre Haute, Illinois, the son of Dean and Helen (Pence) Vaughn. On April 3, 1955, he married Norma Jeanne Clark at the Dallas City Christian Church in Dallas City,...

Earl F. Swain

Earl F. Swain

Mar 10, 2021

Earl F. Swain, 82, of rural LaHarpe, Illinois, loving husband, father, and grandfather, passed away at 10:00 p.m. Wednesday, March 10, 2021 at the UnityPoint - Memorial Hospital, Carthage, Illinois. Earl was born on August 29, 1938 in Pilot Grove Township, Hancock County, the son of Eldon and Blanche (Earls) Swain. On June 2, 1956 he married Mary Ann Markey...

Marilyn M. Torrance

Marilyn M. Torrance

Mar 8, 2021

Marilyn M. Torrance, 84, of Terre Haute, Illinois passed away at 12:37 p.m. Monday, March 8, 2021 at the Great River Medical Center in West Burlington, Iowa

She was born July 14, 1936 in LaHarpe, the daughter of Ward and Ruth Pettit Scott. On March 17, 1956 she married Ralph Torrance in Dallas City. Marilyn was a...

Lila Gittings

Lila Gittings

Mar 7, 2021

Lila C. Gittings, 78, of Dallas City, Illinois passed away at 1:54 p.m. Sunday, March 7, 2021 at her home.

She was born, a twin, in Lomax, Illinois on December 31, 1942, the daughter of Clyde and Verda (Scott) Gittings.

After high school she worked as an aide at...

Edwin A. Siens

Edwin A. Siens

Mar 6, 2021

Edwin Ameal Siens, age 81 of Carman, IL passed away Saturday, March 6, 2021 at Great River Hospice House, West Burlington, IA. Ed was born on September 1, 1939 at home near Carman, IL the son of Daniel A.I. and Mary L. Parkins Siens. On August 3, 1958 he married Sandra Fick in Burlington, IA.

Ed was...

Paul Schroeder

Paul Schroeder

Mar 3, 2021

Paul L. Schroeder, age 94, of Stronghurst, Illinois, passed away Wednesday March 3, 2021 at Oak Lane Nursing & Rehab in Stronghurst. He was born November 24, 1926 near Media, Illinois, the son of Melvin and Viola Mae Hendrickson Schroeder. On February 11, 1948, he married Barbara Klossing in Olena, Illinois. She preceded him in death on...

Joe Annegers

Joe Annegers

Mar 2, 2021

Andy Joe Annegers, age 62, of rural Gladstone, Illinois, passed away Tuesday, March 2, 2021 in a traffic accident in Lee County, Iowa.  He was born Nov. 10, 1958 in Burlington, Iowa, the son of Raymond and Marilon McCollum Annegers.  On December 15, 1978, he married Sharon Mills.  They later divorced.  On January 26, 2005, he married Linda Rider in...

Madaline C. Mcbeth

Madaline C. Mcbeth

Feb 24, 2021

Madaline C. McBeth, age 80, of Danville, Iowa, passed away Wednesday February 24, 2021 at New London Specialty Care Facility in New London, Iowa. She was born August 17, 1940 in Jeffersonville, Indiana, the daughter of Maurice and Daphne Collins Austin. She was married to Tom McBeth. They later divorced.

Madaline was a graduate of Southeastern Community...

Eldon E. Snyder

Eldon E. Snyder

Feb 22, 2021

Mr Eldon Edward Snyder, 74, of Wever, IA. passed away at 7:20 p.m. Monday, February 22, 2021 at the Great River Hospice House in West Burlington, Iowa.

He was born October 17, 1946 in LaHarpe, Illinois, the son of Eldon Emerson and Audrey Cludray Snyder. On May 9, 2003 he married Sandra Fullhart...

Andrew "Andy" James Harl

Andrew "Andy" James Harl

Feb 19, 2021

Andrew James "Andy" Harl, 50, of Colusa, Illinois, passed away peacefully Friday, February 19, 2021 at his home.

Andy was born on September 23, 1970 in Fort Madison, Iowa, the son of James R. and Karen (Dusenberry) Harl. On August 28, 1990 he married Vanessa Jairl in Keokuk, Iowa.

Andy was a 1988 graduate of...

Margaret "Maggie" Ann Jones

Margaret "Maggie" Ann Jones

Feb 7, 2021

Margaret "Maggie" Ann Jones, 81, of LaHarpe, Illinois, passed away at 4:45 p.m. Sunday, February 7, 2021 at the Great River Medical Center in West Burlington, Iowa.

Maggie was born on February 19, 1939 in LaHarpe the daughter of Clarence Arthur and Marybelle (Glisan) Rathbun Jr. Maggie's father died when she was only...

Patricia Lynch

Patricia Lynch

Feb 6, 2021

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Patricia Sylvia (Vass) Lynch died after a short illness in Lakewood, Colorado, on Saturday, February 6, 2021. She was 92 years old.

Patricia was born on October 5, 1928, in Burlington, Iowa. She was raised on a...

Thomas E. Page

Thomas E. Page

Feb 5, 2021

Thomas Eugene Page, 67, of Nauvoo, Illinois, passed away Friday, February 5, 2021 at his home.

Thomas was born on May 3, 1953 in Fort Madison, Iowa the son of Robert and Alice (Seigfried) Knisley.

Thomas was a graduate of the Nauvoo-Colusa High School. He worked for 25 years...

Dennis W. Brumbaugh

Dennis W. Brumbaugh

Feb 4, 2021

Dennis Wayne Brumbaugh, 68, of Dallas City, IL passed away Thursday, February 4th, 2021 at the Great River Hospice House in West Burlington, Iowa.

He was born April 6, 1952 to Robert and Anna Mae Brumbaugh in Belleville, IL. He graduated from Dallas City H.S. in 1970 and married his High School sweetheart, Kathy Ferrill. They celebrated...

Willa Ann Covert

Willa Ann Covert

Jan 28, 2021

Willa Ann Covert, 87, of rural LaHarpe, passed away on Thursday, January 28, 2021 at the Roseville Rehabilitation and Health Care in Roseville, IL. Willa was born in Dallas City, IL on January 14, 1934 to Hugh and Dulcie Byers. She graduated from Dallas City High School and from Western Illinois University with a degree in education....

Vieva Joyce Pence

Vieva Joyce Pence

Jan 27, 2021

Vieva Joyce Pence, 88, of rural Lomax, Illinois, passed away Wednesday, January 27, 2021 on the 25 th Anniversary of her son, Stanley's, death at the Oaklane Nursing & Rehab in Stronghurst, Illinois. Vieva was a 31 year survivor of Colon Cancer.

Vieva was born on December 21, 1932 in Media, Illinois, the...

Kristina E. Bishop (Russell)

Kristina E. Bishop (Russell)

Jan 24, 2021

Kristina Elizabeth Bishop (Russell), age 47 of Stronghurst, Illinois, passed away Sunday January 24, 2021 at her home. She was born October 1, 1973 in Folsom, California, the daughter of Bruce and Rita Diaz Bishop.

Kristina was a graduate of the Institute of Technology in Roseville, California. She was employed by Kmart in California for several years....

M. Evohn Sartorius

M. Evohn Sartorius

Jan 23, 2021

M. Evohn Sartorius, 92, of Colchester, Illinois passed away at 9:20 p.m. Saturday, January 23, 2021at The Elms in Macomb, Illinois.

She was born March 22, 1928 in Hancock County, the daughter of Lee and Margaret Icenogle Smock. She was first married to Loren Sartorius. They later divorced. She then married Winfred Vickeroy....

Robert Dillon

Robert Dillon

Jan 23, 2021

Robert Leon Dillon, 79, of Stronghurst, entered eternal rest on January 23rd at 6:30 p.m. at Oaklane Nursing and Rehab.

Born on February 23, 1941 in Monmouth,Illinois, Bob was the youngest son of John and Laura Johnson Dillon. He grew up outside of Stronghurst on his family's dairy farm, where he and his two brothers worked, yet...

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