Obituaries
Obituaries
Clarence F "John" Lair
May 15, 2012
Clarence F. "John" Lair Mr. Clarence F. John Lair, 84, of Lomax, Illinois passed away Tuesday, May 15, 2012 at 1:51 AM at the Fort Madison Community Hospital. He was born November 5, 1927 in Decorra, IL, the son of David B. and Clara E. Tracy Lair. In November of 1952 he married Mary Jeanet Sandrock. She died October...
Roy E Dejaynes
May 6, 2012
Mr. Roy E. DeJaynes, 80, of Macomb, IL, formerly of Blandinsville, IL passed away Sunday, May 6, 2012 at 11:10 AM at the Elms Nursing Home in Macomb, IL. He was born September 19, 1931 in Bowen, IL, the son of Russell and Dorothy Crossland DeJaynes. On June 14, 1950 he married Rosalin Joan Martin in Plymouth, IL. Mr....
Ruth E Lauver
May 6, 2012
Ruth Evelyn Lauver, 90 of Galesburg, Illinois died at 3:15 p.m. Sunday May6, 2012 in the Marigold Rehabilitation Center in Galesburg. She was born May 27, 1921 near Raritan, Illinois, the daughter of Reggie F. and Addie Gearhart Cook. On August 31, 1940, she married James W. Lauver in Raritan. He preceded her in death on December 30, 2007....
August Lee Bergmeier
May 6, 2012
August Lee Bergmeier Mr. August Lee Bergmeier, 87, of Macomb, IL, formerly of Dallas City, IL went to be with the Lord ,peacefully, with his family by his side at 3:35 PM Sunday, May 6, 2012 at the McDonough District Hospital in Macomb. He was born on August 31, 1924 in Nauvoo, IL the son of William and Bessie...
Vona B Worley
May 2, 2012
Vona B. Worley, age 84 of Lomax, Illinois died at 10:40 a.m. Wednesday May 2, 2012 in the Oak Lane Nursing & Rehab Center in Stronghurst. She was born June 11, 1927 in Monette, Arkansas, the daughter of Henry and Molly Dodd Sipes. On December 20, 1943, she married Lawrence Worley in Costa Mesa, California. He preceded her in...
Martin F Lebeck
Apr 29, 2012
Mr. Martin F. Lebeck, 75, of LaHarpe, IL passed away Sunday, April 29, 2012 at 2:55 PM at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City. He was born February 3, 1937 in Henderson County, IL, the son of Eugene Victor and Gertrude Ethel Veff Lebeck. Mr. Lebeck graduated from Terre Haute, IL High School in 1955....
Helen M Bowlyou
Apr 28, 2012
With great love and respect, the family of Helen M. Bowlyou, 91, acknowledges her passing on April 28, 2012 at Oak Lane Nursing & Rehab Center. She was born September 4, 1920 in Dallas City, IL, the eldest child of Roy and Florence Peeler Eaves. On October 24, 1939, she married Charles Earl Bowlyou in Kahoka, MO. She and...
Rowena L Thompson
Apr 24, 2012
Rowena Luder Thompson Mrs. Rowena Luder Thompson, 92, of Dallas City, IL passed away at 7:00 AM Tuesday, April 24, 2012 at the Hillside Living home in Dallas City. She was born May 19, 1919 in LaHarpe, IL, the daughter of Ross and Ruth Grate Blackhurst. On June 25, 1950 she married James Dorn Luder in Mexico, MO. He...
Laura A Russell
Apr 22, 2012
Laura Ann Russell
Laura Ann Russell age 84 of rural Gladstone, Illinois died at 9:11 p.m. Sunday April 22, 2012 in the Great River Medical Center in West Burlington, Iowa. She was born January 23, 1928 in Burlington, Iowa, the daughter of Carl Albert and Pauline Francis Svozal Krasuski. In 1946, she married Jack Franklin Dougherty. They...
Thompson, Louise
Apr 19, 2012
Mrs. Louise Thompson, 77, of Blandinsville, IL passed away at 4:00 AM Thursday, April 19, 2012 at the LaHarpe-Davier Health Care Center in LaHarpe. She was born on February 21, 1935 in Fountain Green, IL, the daughter of Lloyd and Nancy Breiner. She married C. Robert Brewer on September 8, 1951. He preceded her in death on July 5,...
Mary M Wisslead
Apr 14, 2012
Mrs. Mary Martha Wisslead, 76, of Stronghurst, IL, formerly of Raritan, IL passed away Saturday, April 14, 2012 at 9:30 PM at the Oak Lane Nursing & Rehab Center in Stronghurst. She was born January 17, 1936 in Burlington, IA, the daughter of Charles and Edith Sutton Lawler. On September 4, 1954 she married Gary Lee Wisslead in Raritan....
Phyllis Darlene Welborn
Apr 13, 2012
Mrs. Phyllis Darlene Welborn, 85, of Dallas City, Illinois passed away Friday, April 13, 2012 at 2:25 PM at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City, Iowa. She was born September 6, 1926 in Lomax, Illinois, the daughter of Clifford and Helen Logan Thompson. On December 31, 1954 she married Carl H. Welborn in Macomb, Illinois....
Roy W Tubbs
Apr 8, 2012
Mr. Roy W. Tubbs, 65, of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina passed away Sunday, April 8, 2012 at his home. He was born August 17, 1946 in Fort Madison, the son of William H. and Lyla Louise Albers Tubbs. Roy graduated from Fort Madison High School in 1964 and then attended the Electrical Institute in Kansas City, MO for 2...
Rebecca E Bechtel
Apr 8, 2012
Rebecca E. "Becky" Bechtel
Rebecca E. Becky Bechtel, age 53 of Stronghurst, Illinois died at 8:45 p.m. Sunday April 8, 2012 in the University Of Iowa Hospital And Clinics in Iowa City. She was born January 23,1959, the daughter of Robert and Betty Carnes Carmean. On June 30, 1979, she married Gary Bechtel in Stronghurst. They later...
Thomas, Rachel
Mar 29, 2012
Rachel Thomas, age 59 of rural Lomax, Illinois died at 1:58 a.m. Thursday March 29, 2012 at her home, surrounded by her family, after a courageous battle with brain cancer. She was born March 23, 1953 in Vermont, Illinois the daughter of Adron and Florence Vogler Akers. On October 22, 1971 she married Dale K. Thomas in Plymouth, Illinois....
Dennis W Ferrill
Mar 26, 2012
Dennis W. Ferrill, 60, of Dallas City, Illinois passed away Monday, March 26, 2012 at 1:00 AM at his home. He was born December 14, 1951 in LaHarpe, Illinois, the son of Berny W. and Shirley Arnold Ferrill. On December 31, 1971 he married Debra Lynn McVey in Dallas City. Dennis was a 1970 graduate of the Dallas City...
Helen L Mondorf
Mar 26, 2012
Mrs. Helen L. Mondorf, 73, of LaHarpe, IL passed away Monday, March 26, 2012 at 6:18 PM at the McDonough District Hospital in Macomb, IL. She was born May 7, 1938 in LaHarpe, the daughter of Floyd and Hazel Shepherd Allen. On June 13, 1968 she married Harold J. Bud Mondorf in Galesburg, IL. He preceded her in death...
Janet E Sherman
Mar 16, 2012
Janet Elaine Sherman
Janet Elaine Sherman, 65 of Stronghurst, Illinois died at 4:35 p.m. Friday March 16, 2012 at her home. She was born September 11, 1946 in LaHarpe, Illinois, the daughter of Victor and Elsie Kemp Spiker. On September 4, 1964, she married Roger Lee Sherman in Biggsville, IL. He preceded her in death on May...
Marilyn A Thie
Mar 12, 2012
Mrs. Marilyn Anne (Rinker) Thie, 80, of LaHarpe, IL died Monday March 12, 2012 in LaHarpe. She was born July 29, 1931 in Colorado Springs, CO, the daughter of Carl and Dorothy Harrison Rinker. On January 10, 1952, she married Howard F. Thie in Colorado Springs. He preceded her in death on December 22, 2010. She received her education...
Melinda A Downey
Mar 12, 2012
Melinda Ann Downey
Melinda Ann Downey, 67 of Dallas City, Illinois died at 2:59 p.m. Monday March 12, 2012 in the Fort Madison Community Hospital in Fort Madison, Iowa. She was born November 1, 1944 in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada, the daughter of Frederick Edwin and Rita Meyers Vanderlip. She was married to Robert Downey in Hamilton,...
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