Obituaries

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,...

Oct 15, 2012

LARRY L. BUTCH GRANNEMAN

Mr. Larry L. Butch Granneman, 56, of Dallas City, IL passed away Monday, October 15, 2012 at 8:45 AM at the Fort Madison Community Hospital. He was born December 11, 1955 in Ottumwa, IA, the son of Charles E. and Virginia Mae Cloyd Granneman. Butch was a graduate of the former Union High...

Oct 13, 2012

Ethel Anna Huss, 75, of Lomax, Illinois died at 9:00 a.m. Saturday October 13, 2012 at her home. She was born June 26, 1937 in Gulfport, Illinois, the daughter of Robert Ebert and Myrtle Eldora Terry Moyers. On November 3, 1956, she married her soul mate, Lyle Emerson Huss in Burlington, Iowa. He preceded her in death on September...

Oct 12, 2012

Max Dunblazier, 93, of Mount Pleasant, IA, formerly of Burlington and LaHarpe, IL passed away Friday, October 12, 2012 at 1:15 AM at Arbor Court Care Facility in Mount Pleasant. He was born June 12, 1919 in Table Grove, IL, the son of David and Lucy Ann Hale Dunblazier. On November 24, 1942 he married Marlise Butterfield.. Mr. Dunblazier...

Oct 12, 2012

LaVerne Glen Duesenberg, age 80 of Stronghurst, Illinois died at 12:10 p.m. Friday October 12, 2012 in the Oak Lane Nursing & Rehab Center in Stronghurst. He was born August 4, 1932 in Hibbing, Minnesota, the son of Gilbert and Bernice Melvin Duesenberg. He was married to Mary Maudie Stice. They later divorced. Mr. Duesenberg was a veteran of...

Sep 23, 2012

William E. Brown, 74 of rural Carman, Illinois died at 5:13 p.m. Sunday September 23, 2012 at his home. He was born September 21, 1938 in Lomax, Illinois, the son of George C. and Isabelle Vaughan Brown. On October 7, 1961, he married Dianne Fulkerson in Lomax. Mr. Brown was a graduate of Dallas City High School. He had...