Obituaries

Mar 25, 2011

Stephen A. Doran, age 60 of Carman, Illinois died at 6:44 a.m. Friday March 25, 2011 in the University Of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City. He was born July 25, 1950 in Burlington, Iowa the son of Robert K. and Jean E. Milligan Doran. Stephen served in the United States Army during the Vietnam War. He had...

Mar 14, 2011

Robert E.Lung , 82, of Colusa, Illinois passed away Monday, March 14, 2011 at his home. He was born July 2, 1928 near Dallas City, IL, the son of Victor and Garnet (Anderson) Lung. On September 15, 1949, he married Lillian D. Vass in Colusa, IL. He graduated from Colusa High School in 1947. Over his life time he...

Mar 14, 2011

Murray Dean Mershon, 41, of LaHarpe, Illinois passed away Monday, March 14, 2011 at 7:25 P.M. at the OSF St. Francis Medical Center in Peoria, IL. He was born January 29, 1970, in Macomb, IL, the son of Larry and Deanna Petty Mershon. On June 21, 2003 he married Monica Jean Buckert at Argyle State Park near Colchester, IL....

Mar 8, 2011

Mrs. G. Marcine Rhea, 78, of Niota, Illinois passed away Tuesday, March 8, 2011 at 1:35 A.M. at the Kindred Hospital in St. Petersburg, FL. She was born on March 7, 1933 in Keokuk, Iowa, the daughter of Lawrence J. and Thelma Hancock Denmire. On October 3, 1951 she married Jamie W. Rhea in Dallas City, Illinois. Marcine was...

Mar 8, 2011

Jeffrey Craig Doornbos

Jeffrey Craig Doornbos, of New Berlin, Wisconsin, passed away at West Allis Memorial Hospital on Tues., March 8, 2011 at the age of 40 years. He was born on Monday, March 30, 1970 in Arlington Heights, IL to Robert and Judy Doornbos. Jeff was a 1989 graduate of Tremper High School and graduated from...

Mar 2, 2011

Dean Carl Bielser

Dean Carl Bielser, age 70 of Gladstone, Illinois died at 6:40 p.m. Friday July 22, 2011 at his home. He was born April 6, 1941 in Gladstone, the son of Earl R. and Frances P. Krow Bielser. On June 26, 1965, he married Judy Smith. Mr. Bielser had worked at Benner Tea/Aldi Company for...

Mar 1, 2011

Mrs. E. Joan Hinman, 81, of Niota, Illinois passed away Tuesday, March 1, 2011 at 4:52 P.M. at the Great River Medical Center in West Burlington, Iowa. She was born on September 12, 1929 in Fort Madison, Iowa the daughter of Widney and Gladys Little Zern. On September 4, 1948 she married Donald Hinman in Dallas City. He preceded...

Feb 23, 2011

Evelyn M. Morris, age 86 of Dallas City, Illinois died at 3:40 a.m. Wednesday February 23, 2011 in the Fort Madison Community Hospital, Fort Madison, Iowa. She was born October 22, 1924 in Chicago, IL, the daughter of Paul Wallace and Anna May Pascoe Phillips. She was married to Milford Ellis Morris. He preceded her in death in 1984....

Feb 22, 2011

Ardis LaVerne Lovell, age 85 of LaHarpe, Illinois died at 2:45 a.m. Tuesday February 22, 2011 at his home. He was born July 10, 1925 near Blandinsville, IL., the son of Charlie and Lena Moore Lovell. On May 29, 1947, he married Arline Owsley in Atchison, Kansas. Ardis was a 1942 graduate of LaHarpe High School and a 1947...

Feb 19, 2011

Mrs. M. Claire Rodeffer, 103, of LaHarpe, Illinois passed away Saturday, February 19, 2011 at 11:40 A.M. at her son, Joe Rodeffers home in Abingdon, Illinois, where she had resided for the past four and a half years. She was born on October 27, 1907 in Dallas City, IL, the daughter of Walter M. and Ethel Clark Avise. On...

Feb 15, 2011

Helen V. Newberry, 100, of Dallas City, Illinois passed away Tuesday, February 15, 2011 at 12:50 A.M. at the Gilpin Home in Dallas City. She was born on October 31, 1910 in Williamstown, Missouri, the daughter of Tom and Mary Baker Doran. On January 5, 1929 she married J.C. Newberry in Ewing, Missouri. He preceded her in death on...

Feb 7, 2011

Frank Ernest Cox

, age 80 of Dallas City, Illinois died at 12:30 p.m. Monday February 7, 2011 at his home. He was born November 11, 1930 in Rock Falls, Illinois, the son of Ernest and Agnes Robinson Cox. Mr. Cox was an army veteran of the Korean War. He had lived in Dallas City for several...

Feb 6, 2011

E Wayne Meek, DC, 90, formerly of Stronghurst IL and Burlington IA went home to be with the Lord February 6th 2011 in Columbus OH. Preceded in death by his wife of 61 years, Barbara and two brothers, he is survived by daughter Margo (Bob) Zerman of Columbus OH, grandson Zach Zerman of Cincinnati OH and son Gary Meek...

Feb 2, 2011

Mr. Donald L. Powelson, 72, of LaHarpe, Illinois passed away Wednesday, February 2, 2011 at 3:16 P.M. at the Memorial Hospital in Carthage, Illinois. He was born on July 18, 1938 in LaHarpe, the son of Roy and Anna Williams Powelson. On March 1, 1958 he married Frances Joan Hoskins in Biggsville, Illinois. Mr. Powelson was a retired diesel...

Feb 2, 2011

Mrs. Bernice G. Gracey, 93, of Colusa, Illinois passed away Wednesday, February 2, 2011 at 6:30 A.M. at the Memorial Hospital in Carthage, Illinois. She was born on December 29, 1917 in Mount Hamill, Iowa, the daughter of Ernest and Nina Hane. On June 25, 1950 she married Kenneth W. Gracey in Garnet, Kansas. He preceded her in death...

Jan 26, 2011

Mr. James M. Parrish, 54, of LaHarpe, Illinois passed away Wednesday, January 26, 2011 at 1:55 P.M. at the OSF St. Francis Medical Center in Peoria, Illinois. He was born on June 12, 1956 in LaHarpe, the son of Jack and Nancy Painter Parrish. On August 3, 1980, he married Diana Magee in LaHarpe. Mr. Parrish was a 1974...

Jan 25, 2011

Grace E Watts Mrs. , 85, of Dallas City, Illinois passed away Tuesday, January 25, 2011 at 6:38 P.M. at the Fort Madison Community Hospital. She was born in Decorra, Illinois, the daughter of Dave B. and Clara E. Tracy Lair. On February 13, 1943 she married William C. Watts at Jefferson Base in St. Louis, Missouri. He preceded...

Jan 16, 2011

Mr. Wayne E. Anders, 71, of Mediapolis, Iowa, formerly of Burlington, Iowa passed away Sunday, January 16, 2011 at 7:35 P.M. at the Prairie Ridge Care and Rehab in Mediapolis. He was born on July 27, 1939, the son of William Andrew and Josephine McCurdy Anders. Mr. Anders worked for Klein Mfg. for many years. He had resided at...

Jan 15, 2011

Mrs. Lucille Smith, 85, of Colusa, Illinois passed away Saturday, January 15, 2011 at 1:20 A.M. at the LaHarpe-Davier Health Care Center. She was born on July 25, 1925 in LaHarpe, Illinois, the daughter of Russell and Era Smith Rodeffer. On June 19, 1943 she married Oliver Dutch Smith in Kahoka, Missouri. He preceded her in death on August...

Jan 14, 2011

Harold William Nolen

, age 98 of Stronghurst, Illinois died at 2:35 A.M. Friday January 14, 2011 in the Oak Lane Nursing & Rehab Center in Stronghurst. He was born November 11, 1912 near Stronghurst, the son of Algert and Esther Hartquist Nolen. On May 31, 1935, he married Lois Livermore in Crown Point, Indiana. She preceded...