James Rae Nixon
Nov 5, 2019
Mr. James Rae Nixon, 93, of rural Dallas City, Illinois passed away at 2:20 a.m. Tuesday, November 5, 2019 at his home.
Rae was born January 14, 1926 near Dallas City. He was the son of Edward and Rilla Haines Nixon. Rae married his wife of 75 years, Phyllis Whittemore, in La Crosse, Wisconsin. She survives. He was...
Sonja Marie Gebhardt
Nov 5, 2019
Sonja Marie Gebhardt, 48, of Gladstone, Illinois passed away at 11:50 a.m. Tuesday, November 5, 2019 at OSF Saint Francis Medical Center, Peoria, Illinois.
Sonja was born on March 30, 1971 in Stuttgart, Germany the daughter of Ed and Barbara Peters Koenig. On December 4, 1995 she married Tony Gebhardt in Fond du Lac, Winsonsin.
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John W. Shallenberger
Oct 31, 2019
John William Shallenberger, 80, of LaHarpe, Illinois passed away at 7:35 p.m. Thursday, October 31, 2019 at his home.
John was born on July 29, 1939 in Gladstone, Illinois the son of Wayne and Gladys Miller Shallenberger. On February 8, 1958 he married Betty Lee Kurtz in LaHarpe. Betty preceded him in death on July 7, 2002....
Donald C. Siegrist
Oct 30, 2019
Mr. Donald C. Siegrist, 84, of rural Niota, Illinois died Wednesday, October 30, 2019 at his home.
He was born April 20, 1935 in rural Hancock County, Illinois, the son of Albert Carl and Mildred Elizabeth Logan Siegrist. On June 30, 1957 he married Celia Mattox. They later divorced.
Following graduation from the Dallas City...
Lee Avery
Oct 30, 2019
Lee E. Avery, 91, of Media, Illinois, passed away Wednesday October 30, 2019 in a traffic accident, near Stronghurst, Illinois. He was born September 14, 1928, near Raritan, Illinois, the son of Joe and Nellie Wolford Avery. On December 4, 1948, he married Frances "Lottie" Rettig in Thermopolis, Wyoming. She preceded him in death on May 5, 2005.
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Grace M Bond
Oct 23, 2019
Grace M. Bond, 93, of Macomb, Illinois, formerly of Sciota, Illinois, passed away at 10:55 p.m. Wednesday October 23, 2019 at Wesley Village in Macomb. She was born December 24, 1925 in Sciota, Illinois, the daughter of Ervin and Josie Guy Torrance. On August 25, 1943, she married Jesse Walton Bond at the Coldbrook Christian Church. He preceded her...
Merle Coffey
Oct 19, 2019
Merle Dennis Coffey Sr., 85, of rural Carman, Illinois passed away peacefully at 3:18 a.m. Saturday, October 19, 2019, surrounded by his family. He was born December 19, 1933 in Middletown, Illinois, the son of James and Ida Noon Coffey. On January 18, 1958 he married the love of his life, Doris Hill, in Peoria, Illinois. Mr. Coffey lived...
Duncan Blake Stevens
Oct 15, 2019
Duncan Blake Stevens was born sleeping on Tuesday, October 15, 2019 at Prentice Women's Hospital in Chicago, IL. He weighed 1 lb. 7 oz. and was 14 inches long. He was loved by many and will be remembered by all.
Duncan is survived by his mother, Autumn Stevens of Dallas City, IL; grandparents, David & Cheri Stevens...
Helen Torrance
Oct 11, 2019
Helen Jane Torrance, 87, of Gladstone, Illinois, passed away at 5:34 a.m. Friday October 11, 2019 at the Klein Center in West Burlington, Iowa. She was born August 18, 1932 in Colusa, Illinois, the daughter of Frank and Myrtle Briscoe Russell. On March 21, 1953, she married John Franklin "Frank" Torrance. He preceded her in death on August 6,...
Cheryl Owings
Sep 22, 2019
Cheryl Owings, 95, of Carthage, Illinois passed away Sunday, September 22, 2019 at the UnityPoint Memorial Hospital in Carthage.
She was born on July 4, 1924 near LaHarpe, Illinois, the daughter of Victor and Inez Browning Riley. On March 17, 1945 she married Dale N. Owings at the Colusa United Methodist Church. He preceded her in death...
Eleanor Shutwell
Sep 17, 2019
Mrs. Eleanor Shutwell, 92, of LaHarpe, Illinois passed away Tuesday, September 17, 2019 at the Oak Lane Nursing & Rehab in Stronghurst, Illinois.
She was born on December 13, 1926 in LaHarpe the daughter of Estes and Anna Berkshire Thompson. On August 9, 1946 she married Dale Shutwell at the Union Church in LaHarpe. He survives.
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Mildred E. Lewis
Sep 13, 2019
Mildred E. (Shipman) Lewis, 88, of Round Lake, IL, formerly of the Fountain Green/Webster, IL communities, passed away peacefully in her sleep Friday, Sept. 13, 2019 after a long bout with Alzheimer's.
She was born January 26, 1931 in Fountain Green, IL the daughter of Margie M. And Cecil A. Shipman, Sr., the eldest of seven children....
Jeremy Hoover
Sep 10, 2019
Jeremy Allen Hoover, age 37 of Stronghurst, Illinois, passed away at 10:16 a.m. Tuesday September 10, 2019 at Great River Medical Center in West Burlington, Iowa. He was born June 29, 1982 in Burlington, Iowa, the son of Billy Charles and Melinda Kay Thomason Hoover.
Jeremy had worked for several years at REC Recycling in Stronghurst. He...
Linda L. Hughes
Sep 1, 2019
Linda Lou Hughes, 72, of LaHarpe, IL died at 6:05pm Sunday, September 1, 2019 at her home.
She was born July 14, 1947 in LaHarpe, the daughter of Carl and Irene Chapman McKinnon. On July 27, 1965 she married Roger Hughes in LaHarpe.
Linda worked as an aide for 22 years at the LaHarpe School...
Georgia Lavonne Cox
Aug 30, 2019
Georgia L. Cox, 85, of LaHarpe, Illinois passed away Friday, August 30, 2019 at the LaHarpe-Davier Health Care Center in LaHarpe.
She was born May 19, 1934 in Kahoka, Missouri the daughter of Raymond and Dolly Ward Sheffler. On August 12, 1952 she married Merrill Robert Link. He died October 19, 1975. She married Bennett "Benny" Cox...
Paula Clark
Aug 24, 2019
Paula Kay Clark, age 63, of Stronghurst, Illinois, passed away Saturday August 24, 2019 at Oak Lane Nursing & Rehab Center in Stronghurst. She was born February 16, 1956 in Milan, Missouri, the daughter of Leonard and Frances Gardner Bunch. On July 1, 1977, she married Robert Clark in Kahoka, Missouri.
Paula was a graduate of Milan...
Donald Brent
Aug 18, 2019
Donald Ray "Butch" Brent, age 75, of Stronghurst, IL, passed away peacefully with his family on Sunday, August 18th, 2019. He was born in Burlington, IA, at the Burlington Hospital on January 4th, 1944. Don was the son of Forrest Donald Brent and Anna Mary Louise Bielser. He married Beverly JoAnne Morris on July 11th, 1964, at the Methodist...
Trudy Gall
Jul 29, 2019
Trudy Jean Gall, 65, Milton, Wisconsin, former long-time resident of Biggsville, Illinois, passed away peacefully and surrounded by family on Monday, July 29th at Mercy Hospital in Janesville.
The daughter of Leo and Virginia (McCann) Archdale, was born in Peoria, Illinois on September 2, 1953. Trudy attended school in Washington, Illinois where she met the love of...
Mary R. Duffy
Jul 25, 2019
Mary R. Duffy, 74, of Dallas City, IL died at 9:40am Thursday, July 25, 2019 at The Madison in Fort Madison, IA. She was born October 14, 1944 in Burlington, Iowa, the daughter of Lauerence and Beulah Kirby Kuntz. On July 31, 1965, she married Jerry W. Duffy in Burlington, IA. He preceded her in death on August 13, 2008....
Cynthia A. Sutton
Jul 24, 2019
Cynthia Sutton, 68, of Natchitoches, LA passed away peacefully July 24, 2019 at the Oak Lane Nursing & Rehab Center in Stronghurst, IL.
Ms. Gittings married James Sutton on June 2, 1969 in Richmond, VA. The couple later divorced. They are the parents of two daughters.
Ms Gittings graduated from Dallas City High School in...
