Obituaries

Apr 11, 2016

Barbara J Berlet Barbara Jean Berlet, 86, of LaHarpe, IL passed away at 6:55 p.m. Monday, April 11, 2016 at the LaHarpe-Davier Health Care Center, LaHarpe. She was born on September 18, 1929 in LaHarpe the daughter of Cecil W. and Viola R. Helmers Sutton. Barb married Bill Berlet in 1950. He preceded her in death on November 3, 2011....

Apr 6, 2016

Rebecca L. Rettig, 59, of Iowa City, IA passed away at 7:45 a.m. Wednesday, April 6, 2016 at the University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics, Iowa City. She was born on October 10, 1956 in Fort Madison, IA the daughter of William G. and Martha Bell Bice Rea. In July of 1977 she married Gary J. Rettig. They later divorced....

Apr 6, 2016

Sally Jo Luder, 59, of Dallas City, IL passed away at 11:21 a.m. Wednesday, April 6, 2016 at the Great River Medical Center, West Burlington, IA. She was born in Carthage, IL on May 13, 1956 the daughter of John H. and Delores E. Krow Shoemate. On November 3, 1979, she married Dorn J. Luder at St. Peter & Paul...

Mar 22, 2016

Lillian Martha Crabill, 93, of LaHarpe, IL passed away at 9:35 PM Tuesday, March 22, 2016 at the Great River Hospice House, West Burlington, IA. Lillian was born on July 18, 1922 in the Durham Township, the daughter of Henry Wilson and Frances Flossie Melvin Reed. On March 14, 1945 she married William Crabill. He preceded her in death...

Mar 22, 2016

Mary Ann Strausbaugh, 66, of LaHarpe, IL passed away at 6:01 PM Tuesday, March 22, 2016 at the Roseville Rehabilitation and Health Care, Roseville, IL where she had resided the past 3 years. She was born on February 2, 1950 in LaHarpe, the daughter of Carl W. and Mildred Sell Strausbaugh. Mary Ann was a graduate of the Carthage High...

Mar 19, 2016

William Emmett Claycomb, 88, died Saturday, March 19, in Taos, New Mexico. He was born May 6, 1927, to Wendell and Edith (Fowler) Claycomb of La Harpe, IL. Bill was the eldest of four siblings, along with Eugene, Linda, and Ray Leon. He went to school all his primary and secondary years in La Harpe. He met his beloved...

Mar 13, 2016

Mrs. Esther R. Ferguson, 88, of LaHarpe, IL went to be with the Lord at 4:13 PM Sunday, March 13, 2016 at the Blessing Hospital in Quincy, IL She was born on December 1, 1927 in Dixon, IL, the daughter of August and Anna Altpeter Suechting. On December 16, 1951 she married Raymond E. Ferguson in Basco, IL, he...

Mar 11, 2016

Lloyd Eugene "Gene" Breiner

Lloyd Eugene Gene Breiner, 69, of Lakeland, FL, formerly of LaHarpe, IL, passed away at 6:52 p.m. Friday, March 11, 2016 at the St. Johns Hospital in Springfield, IL. Gene was born on May 2, 1946 in LaHarpe the son of Loyd L. and Nancy Moore Breiner. Mr. Breiner attended Northwestern High School, Sciota, IL....

Mar 6, 2016

Ray Peter "Pete" Christofferson

, age 91 of Terre Haute, Illinois, passed away at 6:15 a.m. Sunday March 6, 2016 at Heartland Health Care Center in Macomb, Illinois. He was born January 2, 1925 in Grand Junction, Iowa, the son of Sherman and Birdie Gleason Christofferson. He married Justina Johnson on October 25, 1952. Pete was an...

Mar 5, 2016

Mary M. Jacob Dennis Mrs. Mary M. Jacob Dennis, 95, of West Burlington, IA passed away at 8:50 PM Saturday, March 5, 2016 at the Great River Klein Center in West Burlington. She was born on June 25, 1920 in Keokuk, IA, the daughter of Jesse R. And Ruby Dean Brooks. On August 4, 1946 she married Dean Jacob in...

Mar 2, 2016

Barbara J. Walters Logan

Mrs. Barbara J. Walters Logan 86, of Dallas City. IL passed away Wednesday, March 2, 2016 at the Sunnybrook Assited Living in Fort Madison, IA.

She was born on April 26, 1929 in Burlington, IA, the daughter of Fred F. And Dorothy L. Johnson Howe. On October 11, 1947 Barbara married George S....

Feb 29, 2016

Dorothy Elizabeth Dunham, 96, of Peoria, IL passed away Monday, February 29, 2016 at the home of her daughter, Carol Cadle, of Peoria. She was born on August 24, 1919 near Fountain Green, IL the daughter of Roy and Leta Bowen Eddington. On March 30, 1940 she married Richard Dunham in Jefferson City, MO. He preceded her in death...

Feb 25, 2016

Donna A. Wright, 85, of Carthage, IL passed away at 4:55 p.m. Thursday, February 25, 2016 at the LaHarpe-Davier Health Care Center. She was born on March 3, 1930 in LaHarpe, IL the daughter of Eddie and Stella Sears DeHaven. On February 16, 1950 Donna married Arnold C. Wright in Dallas City, IL. He preceded her in death on...

Feb 18, 2016

Karen Mosley Marsden, 73, of Dallas City, IL, lost her life to cancer at 4:24 a.m. February 18, 2016, at the Great River Hospice House, West Burlington, IA. Karen was born on October 12, 1942 in Hancock County, IL the daughter of Marion and Mary Esther Stewart Mosley. She married George Marsden in Dallas City, IL on November 15,...

Feb 17, 2016

Mr. Paul D. Reiter, 91, of LaHarpe, IL formerly of rural Blandinsville, IL passed away at 5:00 AM Wednesday, February 17, 2016 at the LaHarpe-Davier Health Care Center. He was born July 21, 1924 in Blandinsville, the son of Frank Paul and Ethel Blanche Alton Reiter. Paul was born on the family farm and lived there until moving to...

Feb 16, 2016

Duane Leon Covert, 87, of LaHarpe, IL, passed away on Tuesday, February 16, 2016 at the LaHarpe-Davier Health Care Center. Duane was born in Raritan, IL on November 21, 1928 to Cecil and Wanda Allen Covert. Duane married Willa Ann Byers on February 2, 1951 and they were married 65 years. He graduated from LaHarpe High School in 1946....

Feb 16, 2016

Mr. Sterling R. Adams, 91, of rural Blandinsville, IL passed away at 3:38 PM Tuesday, February 16, 2016 at the LaHarpe-Davier Health Care Center in LaHarpe. He was born November 11, 1924 in Henderson County, IL, the son of Willis and Reva Mustain Adams. On June 12, 1949 he married Joanne Wyatt. She preceded him in death on April...

Feb 14, 2016

J. Douglas Olson

Mr. J. Douglas Olson, 61, of Fort Madison, IA, formerly of Dallas City, IL passed away at 11:13 AM Sunday, February 14, 2016 at the Fort Madison Community Hospital. He was born on May 4, 1954 in Tucson, AZ the son of Gary M. And Betty Klossing Olson. Doug raised in Dallas City and was a...

Feb 14, 2016

Kerri Anne Mowen

, age 41 of San Diego, CA, passed away Sunday February 14, 2016 at her home. She was born May 19, 1974 in Burlington, Iowa, the daughter of Ronald and Renee Baxter Mowen. Kerri was a 1992 graduate of Porta High School in Petersburg, IL. In 1996, she received a degree in Biology from...

Feb 6, 2016

Maxine E. Clover, 99, of rural Dallas City, IL passed away at 4:35 a.m. Saturday, February 6, 2016 on the farmstead, near Disco, IL, where she was born and lived all but six years of her life. She was born on November 24, 1916. She was the daughter of Robert and Jenora Rice Ailes. On January 21, 1940 she married...