Obituaries

Jan 17, 2013

James W. "Jim" Brokaw

BROKAW, JAMES JIM WILLARD, 81, passed away in Houston, Texas, Thursday, January 17, 2013. He is survived by his wife of 62 years, Cora Marie Welch Brokaw; sisters Lois Brokaw Campbell and Lillian Brokaw Bray; brothers Jack Brokaw and John Brokaw; son Richard Brokaw (Kathy); daughter Joline Brokaw Walton (Jim); grandchildren Joie Brokaw...

Jan 16, 2013

Fleta I. Wright Mrs. Fleta I. Wright, 92, of Carthage, IL formerly of Dallas City, IL passed away at 9:50AM Wednesday, January 16, 2013 at the Keokuk Area Hospital. Fleta was born April 2, 1920 in Dallas City the daughter of Art and Alpha Bassett Riter. In 1938 she married Cliford Barber. They later divorced. In 1943 she married...

Jan 11, 2013

Mr. James Franklin Yetter, 92, of Macomb, IL formerly of LaHarpe, IL passed away Friday, January 11, 2013 at Bickford Cottage in Macomb. Jim was born February 29, 1920 in Webster, IL, the son of James Otis and Mary Reynolds Yetter. On May 7, 1955 he married Georgia Lee Stewart in Pekin, IL. Mr. Yetter attended grade school in...

Jan 4, 2013

Mrs. Vernalee B. Winters, 88, of Blandinsville, IL formerly of LaHarpe, IL passed away at 11:02 P.M. Friday, January 4, 2013 at her daughter, Kathys home. Vernalee was born September 3, 1924 near Blandinsville the daughter of Mervin Payne and Minnie Hardisty Henry. On August 31, 1945 she married M. Allen Winters in Macomb. He died June 29, 1981....

Dec 31, 2012

Mr. D. LaVon Ellis, 80, of Dallas City, IL passed away Monday, December 31, 2012 at 5:10 PM at his home. He was born June 9, 1932 near Raritan, IL, the son of Loyd and Hallie Creola Melbourn Ellis. On March 31, 1955 he married June E. Zern in Carthage, IL. Mr. Ellis was a 1950 graduate of the...

Dec 29, 2012

Mrs. Nancy Lu Parrish, 77, of LaHarpe, IL passed away Saturday, December 29, 2012 at 2:15 PM at the OSF St. Francis Medical Center in Peoria, IL. She was born November 9, 1935 in LaHarpe, the daughter of George F. and Leah Jane Warner Painter. On June 27, 1953, she married Jack L. Parrish in Terre Haute, IL. He...

Dec 28, 2012

Laura Louise Louden Ball, 62, passed away after a brief illness on Friday December 28, 2012 in San Diego, CA., closely attended by her three daughters. She was born June 23, 1950 in LaHarpe, IL., the daughter of Robert and Joyce Stevenson Louden. She was raised on the family farm near Terre Haute and attended Terre Haute Grade School...

Dec 28, 2012

Doris Eileen West

, age 88 of Stronghurst, Illinois, formerly of Biggsville, Illinois, died at 12:05 a.m. Friday December 28, 2012 in the Oak Lane Nursing & Rehab Center in Stronghurst. She was born March 15, 1924 in Lomax, Illinois, the daughter of Charles and Georgia Marsden Bowlyow. On November 25, 1945, she married Raymond West in...

Dec 26, 2012

Mr. Russell Kent Poulter, 71, of Blandinsville, IL passed away at 6:28AM Wednesday, December 26, 2012 at his home. He was born near Quincy, IL on January 13, 1941 the son of Virgil and Hazel Booher Poulter. On January 11, 1964 he married Rose Ellen Foglesong in Dallas City, IL. Russell served in the U.S. Army. He and his...

Dec 20, 2012

Ronald Eugene Hobby. 59 of rural Media, Illinois died at 7:50 p.m. Thursday December 20, 2012 at his home. He was born April 21, 1953 in LaHarpe, Illinois, the son of Eugene and Elma Owsley Hobby. On February 26, 2000, he married Rhonda Williamson in London Mills, Illinois. Ron was a general foreman at Maytag in Galesburg, Illinois for...

Dec 19, 2012

William H. Lionberger William Howard (Bill) Lionberger, 84, of Colusa, Illinois, passed away at 6:22 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2012 at the Great River Medical Center, West Burlington, Iowa. He was born on Feb.23, 1928, in Fort Madison, Iowa, the son of Frank and Leola Little Lionberger. A 1946 graduate of Colusa High School, he had farmed all his...

Dec 13, 2012

Floyd James Ballinger Sr. Mr. Floyd James Ballinger Sr., 79, of Niota, IL passed away at 6:40PM Thursday, December 13, 2012 at Parkview Manor in Wellman, IA. He was born September 23, 1933 in Pontoosuc, IL the son of Clay and Ruth Foresman Ballinger. On June 14, 1953 he married Betty Lou Hoskins in Cheyenne, Wyoming. She preceded him...

Dec 8, 2012

Agnes Schroeder, 95 of Burlington, Iowa, died at 1:05 p.m. Saturday December 8, 2012 in the Blair House Nursing & Rehab in Burlington. She was born October 20, 1917 in Stronghurst, Illinois, the daughter of Ralph Hall and Marie Agnes Morrow Staley. On April 4, 1942, she married Melvin Eugene Schroeder in Macomb, Illinois. He preceded her in death...

Dec 4, 2012

Mr. Gregory Allan Webster, 62, of Lomax, IL passed away Tuesday, December 4, 2012 at 3:17 PM at his home. He was born October 5, 1950 in Burlington, IA, the son of Kenneth Murray and Mary Jean Scott Webster. On September 27, 1970, he married Claudia Faye Smiddy at the Lomax Christian Church. She survives along with 3 sons,...

Nov 29, 2012

Beatrice Pauline "Bea" Pence

Beatrice Pauline Bea Pence, 82 of Lomax, Illinois died at 9:05 p.m. Thursday November 29, 2012 in the Oak Lane Nursing & Rehab Center in Stronghurst. She was born May 22, 1930, in Monmouth, Illinois, the daughter of Harold and Inez Neidy Roloff. On January 19, 1947, she married George Blackman in Monmouth....

Nov 21, 2012

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Nov 16, 2012

Wynona C. Anderson, 71 of Stronghurst, Illinois died at 9:56 p.m. Friday November 16, 2012 in rural Stronghurst, Illinois. She was born April 7, 1941 in Bushnell, Illinois, the daughter of Oscar and Roxie Gittings Evans. On February 18, 1962, she married Guy H. Anderson in Carman, Illinois. He preceded her in death on April 19, 1995. Wynona was...

Nov 12, 2012

Gregory D. McDowell, 55, of LaHarpe, IL passed away at 6:45PM Monday, November 12, 2012 at the Great River Hospice House in Burlington, IA. Greg was born on August 8, 1957 in Quincy, IL the son of Charles William and Marjorie Lucille Martin McDowell. Greg was a 1975 graduate of LaHarpe High School. He worked as a supervisor at...

Nov 9, 2012

Kevin L. Ash, 52, of Jacksonville, IL, formerly of Dallas City passed away at 6:00AM Friday, November 9, 2012 in Dallas City, IL. He was born May 28, 1960 in Monmouth, IL, the son of Stanley E. and Beverly Ferris Ash. Kevin lived most of his life in Jacksonville, IL, where he was a 1980 graduate of Illinois School...

Oct 31, 2012

Mrs. Maxine L. Bell, 90, of Mendon, IL formerly of Colusa, IL passed away Wednesday, October 31, 2012 at 5:34 AM in the North Adams County Home in Mendon. She was born February 18, 1922 in Dallas City, IL, the daughter of Thomas and Annie Ormand Stover Chewning. On June 5, 1943 she married Wayne E. Bell in Kahoka,...