Obituaries

Nov 16, 2017

Gwen R. Morrison, age 79 of Gladstone, Illinois, passed away at 5:32 p.m. Thursday, November 16, 2017 at OSF Medical Center in Peoria. She was born August 13, 1938 in Jackson, Wyoming, the daughter of Walter and Madolyn Darrah Steingraber. On August 23, 1985, she married Tom Morrison in Moran, Wyoming. Mrs. Morrison lived most of her childhood in the...

Nov 11, 2017

Jeanette Ann DeHaven, age 67 of Pontoosuc, Illinois passed away at 3:30 a.m. Saturday November 11, 2017 at her home. She was born October 11, 1950 in Milan, Missouri, the daughter of Frederick and Lillie Garrett Lumsden. On July 12, 1974, she married Michael DeHaven in Palmyra, Missouri. Mrs. DeHaven lived most of her adult life in this area, moving...

Nov 11, 2017

Homer "Leon" Ikerd, 93, of Dallas City, IL passed away at 4:10 PM Saturday, November 11, 2017 at his home.

Mr. Ikerd was born August 8, 1924 near Carthage, IL the son of Homer F. and Leoma R. Barth Ikerd. On December 21, 1946 he married Frildo Mae Chewning in Fort Madison, IA. She preceded him in...

Oct 30, 2017

Alice Pendleton, 91 of Stronghurst, Illinois died Monday October 30, 2017 at Blair House in Burlington, Iowa. She was born April 24, 1926 near Stronghurst, the daughter of Herbert and Edna Wunderlich Annegers. On July 10, 1945, she married Lyman Pendleton in Monmouth, Illinois. He preceded her in death on June 4, 1979. Mrs. Pendleton was a 1944 graduate...

Oct 27, 2017

Sandra Joan (Todd) Jarvis Thomas passed peacefully on Friday, October 27, 2017 at the Cave City Nursing Home. Sandra was born on January 23, 1941 at her family's home in Fort Madison, Iowa. She was the oldest of six children born to Roy Christopher and Cora Evelyn (Knight) Todd. On October 25, 1959, she married Kenneth Dean Jarvis in Monmouth,...

Oct 21, 2017

Barbara A. Carothers Prescott, 74, of Burlington died at 3:27 p.m. Saturday, October 21, 2017 at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics. Born Oct. 14, 1943 in Fort Madison, she was the daughter of Robert Carothers and Roeene Butler Carothers Miller. She married Henry Prescott on January 14, 1963 in Dallas City, Illinois. He preceded her in death on...

Oct 17, 2017

On October 17, 2017, Michael L. " Mike" Marsden, 68, a lifelong resident of Dallas City, Illinois, and beloved husband, father, grandfather and friend passed away at his residence at 4:12 p.m.

Mike was born in Tucson, AZ on November 7, 1948, the son of Paul and Thelma (Burrell) Marsden. Mike married Judy (Woods) Marsden, his wife...

Oct 15, 2017

Dorothy G. Clampitt, 95, of Dallas City, IL passed away at 10:35 AM Sunday, October 15, 2017, at the Fort Madison Community Hospital.

Dorothy was born on May 23, 1922 in Bowen, IL the daughter of Linus and Daisy Hartman Stambach. She married Alex Paul Clampitt in San Bernardino, CA. He preceded her in death.

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Oct 14, 2017

Larry Ross Dowell, age 83 of Stronghurst, Illinois, died at 6:10 A.M. Saturday, October 14, 2017 at Oak Lane Nursing & Rehab in Stronghurst. He was born June 11, 1934 in Burlington, Iowa, the son of Oscar and Martha Ross Dowell. Following his mother's death in 1938, he was raised by his grandparents, Harry and Helen Ross. On September...

Oct 8, 2017

Rex A. Mynatt, age 87, of rural Carman, Illinois, passed away October 8, 2017 at his home. He was born September 25, 1930 in El Dorado, Kansas, the son of Rex and Esther Lachmann Mynatt. On November 18, 1956, he married Dorothy D. Hill in Stronghurst, Illinois. She preceded him in death on March 24, 2008. Mr. Mynatt was an...

Oct 8, 2017

Mr. Howard L. Bross, 88, of, Phoenix AZ, formerly of Colusa, IL passed away quietly at the Adriel Care Home in Surprise Arizona on Sunday, October 8, 2017

Howard was born on June 11, 1929, the son of Floyd and Florence Fry Bross.

Howard was a 1947 graduate of the Colusa High School. He then...

Sep 25, 2017

Herbert Leonard Isaacson, 93, of Stronghurst, IL, formerly of Raritan, IL, passed away at 1:12 AM Monday, September 25, 2017 at Oak Lane Nursing and Rehab Center in Stronghurst. Born October 20, 1923 in Raritan, He was the son of Albert and Josephine Williamson Isaacson. Herbert was a lifelong farmer east of Raritan, Illinois. He attended Piper Grade School and...

Sep 21, 2017

Zenith V. Parrish Haddix Thompson, 96, of LaHarpe, IL passed away at 1:20 PM Thursday, September 21, 2017 at the Wesley Village in Macomb, IL.

Born on March 19, 1921, in Rutledge, MO, Zenith was the daughter of Harry and Veda Arehart Parrish. On April 12, 1943 she married Melvin Haddix, Sr. in Tacoma, WA where he...

Sep 19, 2017

Mrs. Martha E. "Martie"(Runnells) Troute, 65, of Golden, IL passed away at 12:21am Tuesday, September 19, 2017 at Blessing Hospital in Quincy, IL.

She was born December 13, 1951 in Ottumwa, IA, the daughter of Ralph Jacob and Martha Ruth Steen Runnells. On January 18, 2013 she married Thomas L. Troute in Liberty, IL.

Martie...

Sep 17, 2017

LESTER V. MARKEY Mr. Lester V. Markey, 93, of Dallas City, IL passed away Sunday, September 17, 2017 at the Hickory Grove Assisted Living in Carthage, IL. He was born May 15, 1924 near Dallas City, the son of Paul Noland and Grace Loretta Byers Markey. On June 11, 1946 he married Frances I. Nixon in Carthage, IL. Mr. Markey...

Sep 13, 2017

Mrs. Barbara Gayle Zudyk, 69, of Nauvoo, IL, passed away Wednesday, September 13, 2017 at the University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics, Iowa City, IA.

She was born on May 6, 1948 in Chicago, IL the daughter of August and Isabell Sliwa Yos. On October 13, 1972 she married Theodore Victor Zudyk, he survives.

Barbara...

Sep 10, 2017

G. Donald Kreps, 94, passed away peacefully at 5:00 AM Sunday, September 10, 2017 at the LaHarpe-Davier Health Care Center, LaHarpe, IL.

Donald was born on September 8, 1923 in rural Blandinsville, IL to George Leslie and Lois Irene White Kreps. He graduated from Blandinsville High School in 1941. Mr. Kreps served in the U.S. Army during...

Sep 6, 2017

Reva E. Peterson, 98, of Stronghurst, IL passed away at 10:45 AM Wednesday, September 6, 2017 at the Oak Wood Estates in Stronghurst.

Reva was born on November 29, 1918 in rural Henderson County to Elmer E. And Mabel E. Rucker White. On April 6, 1938 she married Ralph L. Peterson in Burlington, IA. He preceded her...

Sep 3, 2017

Mrs. Genevieve I. "Genny" Petty, 89, of Macomb, IL, formerly of LaHarpe, IL passed away at 9:30 AM Sunday, September 3, 2017 at the Wesley Village in Macomb.

She was born March 30, 1928 in Barry, IL, the daughter of Chester and Vila Booth Sparrow. On November 6, 1948, she married...

Sep 2, 2017

Shane David Good, 46, of Lomax, IL passed away Saturday, September 2, 2017 at the Great River Medical Center in West Burlington, IA.

Born on November 27, 1970, in Burlington, IA, Shane was the son of Ronald and Elaine Smith Good.

Shane had worked as a truck driver for Raiders Pre Cast Concrete, IPC and...