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Farrel D "Hap" Nortrup

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

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

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

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

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...

Janet V Cox

Janet V Cox

Dec 15, 2011

Mrs. Janet V. Cox, 75, of LaHarpe, Illinois, passed away Thursday, December 15, 2011 at 5:33 AM in LaHarpe. She was born on November 30, 1936 in Quincy, Illinois, the daughter of Virgil E. and Hazel D. Booher Poulter. On September 1, 1956 she married Charles L. Cox in Dallas City, Illinois. Mrs. Cox worked at Klines Department Store...

Ruth N Dudley

Ruth N Dudley

Dec 2, 2011

Ruth N. Dudley, 86, of Blandinsville, Illinois passed away Friday, December 2, 2011 at 6:15 AM at the Wesley Village Health Care Center in Macomb, Illinois. She was born on May 11, 1925 in Peoria, Illinois, the daughter of William Earl and Mary Neptun Dudley. She lived in Denver Colorado for many years before moving to Blandinsville. She retired...

Merle "Bobbi" Lorton

Merle "Bobbi" Lorton

Dec 1, 2011

Merle A. "Bobbi" Lorton

Merle A. Bobbi Lorton, age 89 of Gladstone, Illinois, died at 5:30 a.m. Thursday December 1, 2011in the Oak Lane Nursing & Rehab Center in Stronghurst. She was born December 16, 1921 in Bardolph, Illinois the daughter of William and Mabel Browning Wagoner. On April 6, 1956 ,she married Arthur L. Lorton in...

Orval L Ryan

Orval L Ryan

Nov 30, 2011

Orval L. Ryan, age 98 of Stronghurst, Illinois died at 9:23 p.m. Wednesday November 30, 2011 in the Monmouth Nursing Home, Monmouth, Illinois. He was born July 27, 1913 in Waterloo, Iowa, the son of Patrick James and Rosa Belle Gray Ryan. On April 8, 1938, he married Helen Elizabeth Johnson in Burlington, Iowa. She preceded him in death...

Rosamond "Tot" Henry

Rosamond "Tot" Henry

Nov 25, 2011

Rosamond M. "Tot" Henry Rosamond M. Tot Henry, 75, of LaHarpe, Illinois passed away Friday, November 25, 2011 at 7:10 PM at the LaHarpe-Davier Health Care Center in LaHarpe. She was born on April 10, 1936 in Blandinsville, Illinois, the daughter of Glenn and Madlyn Mae Thomas Henry. She had lived most of her life in Blandinsville, residing in...

Forrest F Derry

Forrest F Derry

Nov 18, 2011

Mr. Forrest F. Derry, 93, of Colusa, Illinois passed away Friday, November 18, 2011 at 7:25 AM at the Memorial Hospital in Carthage, Illinois. He was born on May 3, 1918 near Vermont, Illinois, the son of Arda and Grace Ellis Derry. On June 15, 1947 he married Mardene Dorsett in Colusa. Mr. Derry was a graduate of the...

Lola I Dalton

Lola I Dalton

Nov 15, 2011

Lola I. Dalton, age 87 of Pekin, Illinois, died at 8:45 p.m. Tuesday November 15, 2011 at her home. She was born September 5, 1924 in Stronghurst, Illinois, the daughter of Perry A. and Nellie Mourning Stamp. On June 2, 1944, she married Howard Dalton in Stronghurst. He preceded her in death on March 15, 1985. Mrs. Dalton was a...

Jack K Myers

Jack K Myers

Nov 6, 2011

Mr. Jack K. Myers, 73, of West Burlington, Iowa passed away Sunday, November 6, 2011 at his home. He was born on November 16, 1937 in LaCrosse, Illinois, the son of Glenn Keith and Edith Cook Myers. On December 25, 1955 he married Beverly L. Carnes in LaHarpe. Mr. Myers attended LaHarpe schools and served in the US Army...

Billie M Berlet

Billie M Berlet

Nov 3, 2011

Mr. Billie M. Berlet, 85, of LaHarpe, Illinois passed away Thursday, November 3, 2011 at 9:45 PM at the LaHarpe Davier Health Care Center in LaHarpe. He was born on June 10, 1926 in LaHarpe, the son Wiley Henry and Hazel Mae Laybourn Berlett. On December 11, 1950 he married Barbara J. Sutton. Mr. Berlet grew up on a...

Roy S Drevland

Roy S Drevland

Nov 3, 2011

Roy S. Drevland, age 87 of Stronghurst, Illinois died at 10:40 P.M. Thursday November 3, 2011 in the Oak Lane Nursing & Rehab Center in Stronghurst. He was born September 24, 1924 in Angora, Minnesota, the son of Roy R. and Lucy Holbrook Drevland. On December 20, 1947, he married M. Elizabeth Browning in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Mr....

Schaefer, Marietta

Schaefer, Marietta

Nov 1, 2011

Mrs. Marietta Schaefer, 88, of Stronghurst, Illinois passed away at 6:24 AM Tuesday, November, 1, 2011 at the Oak Lane Nursing & Rehab in Stronghurst. She was born on August 2, 1923 in West Burlington, Iowa, the daughter of Leonard and Evelyn Enfield Kleinkopf. On June 17, 1944 she married Karl R. Schaefer in Gainesville, Texas. Mrs. Schaefer was...

James P Anderson

James P Anderson

Oct 31, 2011

James Philip Anderson Mr. James Philip Anderson, 77, of Dallas City, IL died at 4:50 PM Monday, October 31, 2011 at the Marigold Rehabilitation and Health Care Center in Galesburg, IL. He was born January 25, 1934 in Burlington, IA, the son of Philip Clayborn and Dorothy Louise (Hillman) Anderson. He first married Shirley Watts. They later divorced. On...

Pence, Gladys

Pence, Gladys

Oct 28, 2011

Gladys Graner Pence Mrs. Gladys Graner Pence, 93, of Stronghurst, Illinois formerly of Terre Haute, Illinois passed away Friday, October 28, 2011 at 10:43 AM at the Great River Hospice House in West Burlington, Iowa. She was born June 6, 1918 in Burlington, the daughter of Harry and Mable Coslett Graner. She was first married to William Francis Odell....

Roby J May

Roby J May

Oct 24, 2011

Mr. Roby Jack May, 91, of Dallas city, Illinois passed away at 10:47 PM Monday, October 24, 2011 at the Great River Medical Center in West Burlington, Iowa. He was born on August 5, 1920, in Humphreys, Missouri, the son of James Delbert and Geneva Hamilton May. On May 5, 1945 he married Mary Virginia Evans in Galt, Missouri....

Leslie E Smith

Leslie E Smith

Oct 23, 2011

Mr. Leslie E. Smith, 93, of Colusa, Illinois passed away at 3:55 PM Sunday, October 23, 2011 at the LaHarpe-Davier Health Care Center. He was born on December 26, 1917 in Ferris, Illinois, the son of Glenn and Belle Smelser Smith. On October 5, 1940 he married Frances Bailey in Keokuk, Iowa. She preceded him in death on November...

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