Obituaries
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Shirley J Pence
Feb 20, 2012
Mrs. Shirley Jean (Miller) Pence, age 84, of Dallas City, Illinois passed away Monday, February 20, 2012 at 2:30 A.M. at the Oak Lane Nursing and Rehab Center in Stronghurst, Illinois. She was born April 8, 1927 in Fort Madison, Iowa, the daughter of Riley and Alma Gilmore Miller. On October 26, 1947 she married Dick Randall Pence in...
Clair E Palmer
Feb 17, 2012
Clair Eugene Palmer
, 64 of Stronghurst died at 1:15 p.m. Friday February 17, 2012 at his home. He was born October 7, 1947 in Letts, Iowa, the son of Edward and Margaret Evans Palmer. On January 14, 1968, he married Norma Jeanne McGraw in Cairo, Iowa. Mr. Palmer had worked at Klein Manufacturing in Burlington, Iowa...
Glenn M "Mike" Arnold
Feb 15, 2012
Glenn M. "Mike" Arnold
Glenn M. Mike Arnold, age 66 of Lomax, IL died at 8:00 p.m. Wednesday February 15, 2012 at his home. He was born July 11, 1945 in Lincoln, IL., the son of Hobart and Eileen List Arnold. Mike was a graduate of Petersburg High School and attended Southern Illinois University in Carbondale for...
Leslie A Roberts
Feb 10, 2012
Leslie Anne Roberts
Leslie Anne Roberts age 54 of Lomax, Illinois died at 1:35 a.m. Friday February 10, 2012 in the University Of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City, IA. She was born August 4, 1957 in Fort Madison, Iowa, the daughter of Austin M. and Marietta L. Horn Francis. On September 18, 1976, she married...
Helen V Vickers
Jan 29, 2012
Helen V. Vickers, age 82 of Media, Illinois died at 10:15 a.m. Sunday January 29, 2012 in the Rosewood Care Center in Galesburg. She was born July 6, 1929 in Burlington, Iowa, the daughter of Guy and Mary Dilsaver Stickler. On January 15, 1950, she married James Vickers in Burlington. He preceded her in death on October 14, 1992....
Freda A Neff
Jan 29, 2012
Freda A. Neff, 84, of Toluca, Illinois, formerly of Lomax, Illinois passed away Sunday, January 29, 2012 at 10:40 PM at the Asta Care Center in Toluca. She was born on May 23, 1927, in London, England. On January 2, 1949 she married Walter Neff in Stronghurst, Illinois He preceded her in death on August 2, 1997. She was...
Betty D Welch
Jan 24, 2012
Mrs. Betty D. Welch, 77, of Blandinsville, Illinois passed away Tuesday, January 24, 2012 at 5:15 AM at the LaHarpe-Davier Health Care Center in LaHarpe. She was born October 21, 1934 in Galesburg, Illinois, the daughter of Howard and Margaret McCullough Wyman. On January 9, 1971 she married Richard Welch in Kewanee, Illinois. He preceded her in death on...
Mary E Kellogg
Jan 24, 2012
Mary Eilene Kellogg Mary Eilene Kellogg, 90, of LaHarpe, Illinois passed away Tuesday, January 24, 2012 at 12:15 AM at the LaHarpe-Davier Health Care Faclity. She was born February 27, 1921 in Fountain Green, Illinois, the daughter of Harry and Millie Wright Cartwright. On September 1, 1968 she married Rev. Forrest D. Kellogg in Disco, Illinois. He preceded her...
V Darlene Purdy
Jan 23, 2012
Mrs. V. Darlene Purdy, 89, of Macomb, Illinois, formerly of LaHarpe, Illinois passed away Monday, January 23, 2012 at 6:30 AM at the Heartland Health Care Center in Macomb. She was born October 4, 1922 in LaHarpe, the daughter of Thomas and Cora Bennett Harding. On March 8, 1941 she married L. Murrell Purdy in Keokuk, Iowa. He preceded...
Betty J Quigley
Jan 22, 2012
Betty Jane Quigley
, age 78 of Oquawka, Illinois died at 4:30 p.m. Sunday January 22, 2012 in the Great River Hospice House in West Burlington, Iowa. She was born January 18, 1934 in Middle Grove, Illinois, the daughter of Bradley and Paula Miller Gregory. Betty had worked as a Clerk in the Henderson County Courthouse for...
John E Moore
Jan 20, 2012
John Edward Moore
, age 82 of rural Blandinsville, Illinois died at 3:42 p.m. Friday January 20, 2012 in the Heartland Health Care Center in Macomb, Illinois. He was born May 22, 1929 near Raritan, Illinois, the son of Harvey and Bertha Rosen Moore. Mr. Moore was a graduate of Media-Wever High School in Media, Illinois, then...
Lawrence V Johnson
Jan 19, 2012
Mr. Lawrence V. Johnson, 77 of Terre Haute, Illinois passed away at 5:00 A.M. Thursday, January 19, 2012 at the Burlington Care Center, Burlington, Iowa. He was born May 7, 1934 in Fellsburg, Kansas, the son of Lawrence C. and Lorinda I. Cole Johnson. On August 25, 1966 he married Rose M. Farrare in Morris, Illinois. Mr. Johnson served...
Sydney E Hosford
Jan 4, 2012
Sydney E. Hosford Sydney Conwell Vaughn Hosford, 88, of Dallas City, Illinois passed away Wednesday, January 4, 2012 at 7:15 AM at the Klein Center in Burlington, Iowa. She was born July 14, 1923 in Fort Madison, Iowa, the daughter of Harry and Jessie Wilcox Conwell. On August 22, 1948 she married Hubert Vaughn. He died April 28, 1963....
Eleanor Jean Menke
Dec 31, 2011
Eleanor Jean Menke, age 80 of Carman, Illinois died at 8:36 p.m. Saturday December 31, 2011 in the Great River Medical Center in West Burlington, Iowa. She was born August 24, 1931 in Gladstone, Illinois, the daughter of Charles and Clara Oberly Bailey. On April 3, 1960, she married Earl R. Menke in Gladstone. Mrs. Menke had worked at...
Betty Lenora Reed
Dec 30, 2011
Betty L. Reed , 79, of Galesburg, Illinois passed away Friday, December 30, 2011 at 8:46 P.M. At the OSF St. Mary Medical Center in Galesburg, Illinois. She was born on January 21, 1932 near Warsaw, Illinois, the daughter of Gilbert Cornelius and Lyla Bethena Cox Shipe. On October 12, 1951 she married Keith Reed. They later divorced. Betty...
Farrel D "Hap" Nortrup
Dec 27, 2011
Farrel D. "Hap" Nortrup
Farrel D. Hap Nortrup , age 91 of Stronghurst, Illinois, died at 12:58 p.m. Tuesday December 27, 2011 in the Oak Lane Nursing & Rehab Center in Stronghurst. He was born May 21, 1920 in Meredosia, Illinois, the son of John and Faye McAllister Nortrup. On August 7, 1940, he married Margaret Ellen...
Clarence D Shults
Dec 25, 2011
Mr. Clarence Daniel Shults, age 80, of Burnside, IL passed away Sunday, December 25, 2011 at 3:05 am at his home. He was born on September 23, 1931 in Leoma, Tennessee, the son of Melvin Daniel and Wealthy Caldonia (Fox) Shults. On May 1, 1982 he married Diana Evelyn Pettit. Mr. Shults worked for Brown Shoe Factory, Caterpillar in...
Eleanor Ann Hodges
Dec 23, 2011
Mrs. Eleanor Ann Hodges, 83, of St. Charles, Missouri passed away Friday, December 23, 2011 in St. Charles. She was born June 7, 1928. On August 12, 1950 she married Max Hodges in LaHarpe, Illinois. He preceded her in death on June 21, 1998. Eleanor accomplished her Masters Degree of Arts in Teaching in 1980. She was a librarian...
Frances "Peggy" Carnes
Dec 23, 2011
Frances M. "Peggy" Carnes
Frances M. Peggy Carnes age 84 of Carman, Illinois died at 3:15 p.m. Friday December 23, 2011 at her home. She was born April 24, 1927, the daughter of Clinton and Blanche Charder Burrell. On July 9, 1944, she married Roy Carnes in Kahoka, Missouri. Peggy had worked at Sheaffer Pen Company in...
Donald L Corry
Dec 23, 2011
Donald Lee Corry, 90, formerly of LaHarpe, passed away at 5:00 p.m., December 23, 2011, at Wesley Village in Macomb. He was born December 22, 1921, in Flora, Illinois, the son of Walter Francis and Mary (Jones) Corry. He married Ruth Tommye Cox on August 10, 1944, in Williamsburg, Virginia.
Mr. Corry was a graduate of Flora...
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