Obituaries

Aug 22, 2016

Thomas A. Biggieri, Jr.

Mr. Thomas Anthony Biggieri, Jr., 76, of Dallas City, IL passed away at 6:50 AM Monday, August 22, 2016 at the Memorial Hospital in Carthage, IL. Thomas was born on December 12, 1939 in Waltham, MA, the son of Thomas Anthony, Sr. and Florence Brown Biggieri. He Married Mary Ellen Murphy. She survives. Thomas served...

Aug 20, 2016

Dr. Kenneth O. Nimrick, age 70 of Stronghurst passed away at 3:15 p.m. Saturday August 20, 2016 at Cottage Hospital in Galesburg, Illinois. He was born August 23, 1945 in Rock Island, Illinois the son of Orville Luther and Mary Allen Nimrick. On August 17, 1968, he married Sara Anne Allison in Stronghurst. Ken served in the United States Army...

Aug 15, 2016

Charles Duane Harden

Charles Duane Harden, age 79 of Stronghurst, Illinois passed away at 4:52 p.m. Monday August 15, 2016 at Great River Medical Center in West Burlington, Iowa. He was born November 7, 1936 in Raritan Township, Henderson County, Illinois, the son of Robert Joseph and Martha Eithel Haines Harden. On September 16, 1956, he married...

Aug 12, 2016

Angela Ruth (Beach) Kershner, 52, of Dallas City, IL died Friday, August 12, 2016 near Great Falls, MT following a motorcycle accident. She was born December 19, 1963 in Greenfield, TN, the daughter of Robert Terry and Ruth Kinney Teesdale. On September 15, 1984 she married Richard L. Beach. They later divorced. On April 14, 2015 she married Bradley...

Aug 12, 2016

Bradley Shayne Kershner, 57, of Dallas City, IL died Friday, August 12, 2016 near Great Falls, MT following a motorcycle accident. He was born November 29, 1958 in Fort Madison, IA, the son of Paul and Gloria McMahon Kershner. He first married Mary L. Sokolik. On April 14, 2015, he married Angela Ruth Beach in Carthage, IL. He was...

Aug 11, 2016

Martha Mae Quesenberry

Mrs. Martha Mae Quesenberry, 83, of Niota, IL passed away at 10:02 PM Thursday, August 11, 2016 at the Great River Medical Center in West Burlington, IA. Martha was born on April 11, 1933 the daughter of Ralph and Helen Pfeiff Peel. On September 29, 1951 she married Clinton N. Quesenberry, Sr. in LaHarpe, IL. He...

Aug 6, 2016

Edwin E. "Butch" Link Mr. Edwin E. Butch Link, 77, of Prairie City, IL passed away at 5:45 PM Saturday, August 6, 2016 at his home. He was born February 12, 1939 in LaHarpe, Illinois, the son of Eldon Bugs and Hazel Brewer Link. On September 3, 1960 he married Madeline C. Garrett in Carthage, Illinois. Mr. Link was a...

Aug 6, 2016

Eldon "Dewayne Poulter

Eldon Dewayne Poulter, 76, of Dallas City, IL passed away at 5:45 a.m. Saturday, August 6, 2016 at his home.

He was born near Ursa, IL on August 20, 1939 the son of Virgil and Hazel Booher Poulter. He married Sandra K. Sutton in Lomax, IL, January 25, 1958, they later divorced. He married...

Aug 3, 2016

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Aug 3, 2016

Mary Margaret Day, age 85 of Blandinsville, Illinois, passed away at 2:34 a.m. Wednesday August 3, 2016 at Oakwood Estates in Stronghurst. She was born December 22, 1930 near St. Patrick, Missouri, the daughter of Ervin Michael and Rosetta Fryer Brennan. On June 20, 1951, she married Merle Day at St. Patricks Catholic Church near Raritan, Illinois. He preceded her...

Aug 1, 2016

William G. "Bill" Ferrill

William Gerald Bill Ferrill, 65, of Dallas City, IL, passed away Monday, August 1, 2016, at his home. Bill was born on April 6, 1951 in LaHarpe, IL the son of Bobby and Connie Logan Ferrill. On February 5, 1975 he married Rhonda Campbell in Kingston, IA. They later divorced. He began his work career...

Aug 1, 2016

Thomas James Edmonds

Thomas James Edmonds, 70, of rural Lomax, Illinois died August 1 at 11:35 p.m. at Oak Lane Nursing & Rehab in Stronghurst, Illinois. He was born May 1, 1946 in Monmouth, Illinois the only child of Frank J. and Mildred Clidean Simpson Edmonds He married Lucy Heater June 15, 1985. They later divorced. Thomas...

Jul 26, 2016

Mr. Charles Alexander McConnell, 93, of Blandinsville, IL passed away at 7:09 PM Tuesday, July 26, 2016 at the Bickford Cottage in Macomb, IL. Charles was born on May 24, 1923 in LaHarpe, IL, the son of Alexander Walker and Cly Blandin Mustain McConnell. On October 2, 1949 he married Natalie Ann Hardisty in Blandinsville. She preceded him in death...

Jul 24, 2016

Kent LeRoy Brown, 89, of Peoria, Illinois, passed away Friday, December 17, 2010 at Heartland Health Care in Peoria.

Barbara Ellen Brown, 92, of Peoria, Illinois, passed away Sunday, July 24, 2016 at the OSF Richard L. Owens Hospice House.

Kent was born February 21, 1921 in Farmington, Iowa,...

Jul 19, 2016

Mr. Harry L. Mutter, 89, of Shelbina, MO, formerly of Fort Madison, IA and Dallas City, IL passed away at 7:40 AM Tuesday, July 19, 2016 at the Hannibal Regional Hospital, Hannibal, MO. He was born April 16, 1927 in Dallas City. He was raised in Dallas City by his grandparents, Willard and Dora Mae Mutter. On May 29, 1948...

Jul 15, 2016

Mr. Boyd R. Heil, Sr., 89, of LaHarpe, IL passed away at 12:20 PM Thursday, July 14, 2016 at the OSF Saint Francis Medical Center in Peoria, IL. He was born on January 3, 1927 in rural Mount Pleasant, IA, the son of Elmer and Johanna Heil. In 1946 Boyd married Grace Price, they later divorced. On January 10, 1964...

Jul 14, 2016

Judith L. "Judy" Housewright

Mrs. Judy L. Housewright, 75, of Cape Coral, FL, formerly of LaHarpe, IL, passed away on July 14, 2016 at the Gulf Coast Medical Center in Fort Myers, FL. Judy was born on July 10, 1941 in LaHarpe; the daughter of John and Leona Ebert Quivey. On July 12, 1959 she married Richard Housewright in...

Jul 11, 2016

H. Pat Clanton H. "Pat" Clanton, 61, of Dallas City, IL, passed away at 3:00 P.M. Monday, July 11, 2016 at the OSF St. Francis Medical Center in Peoria Illinois. "Pat", as he was known to friends and family, was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, January 3, 1955 the son of Warren and Erma Ludlum Clanton. Pat along with his family...

Jul 9, 2016

Steven L. Cole, 64, of Stronghurst passed away on Saturday, July 9th, 2016. Steve was born on October 5th, 1951. He was the son of Robert and Louise (Link) Cole. He was raised in Abingdon, IL and graduated from Abingdon High School in 1969. After high school, Steve attended Illinois Wesleyan College. He then moved to Media where Steve...

Jul 9, 2016

Mr. Cecil Mark Hilton, 89, of LaHarpe, IL passed away at 1:20 p.m. Saturday, July 2, 2016 at the Memorial Medical Center, Springfield, IL. He was born in Macomb, IL on October 30, 1926, the son of James and Bessie Smock Hilton. On April 15, 1954 he married Maxine Settles in Macomb, she survives. Cecil attended country schools and graduated...