Obituaries

Aug 12, 2009

Roy Thorell, age 80 of Stronghurst, Illinois, died at 3:20 p.m. Wednesday August 12, 2009 in the Oak Lane Nursing & Rehab Center in Stronghurst. He was born April 26, 1929 in LaHarpe, Illinois, the son of Vernon and Lura Lovitt Thorell. Mr. Thorell was a graduate of Terre Haute, Illinois High School and attended Western Illinois University in...

Aug 10, 2009

Kathryn E. Beals

Kathryn Elizabeth (Thomas) Beals, 102, of Sullivan (mother of the late Dean Beals, of LaHarpe) passed away 6:40 p.m. Monday August 10, 2009 at Mason Point, Sullivan Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Friday August 14, 2009 at McMullin-Young Funeral Home, Sullivan. Visitation will be held from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Thursday at the...

Aug 4, 2009

DEAN DUTCH PATTERSON

Mr. Dean Dutch Patterson, 83, of LaHarpe, Illinois passed away Tuesday, August 4,2009 at his home. He was born July 30, 1926 on the Patterson farm near LaCrosse, Illinois, the son of Earl and Mona McCleary Patterson. On June 2, 1960 he married Dolly I. Doyle in Denver, Colorado. Mr. Patterson served in the...

Aug 2, 2009

Kenneth Marsden Mead, age 98 of Port Richey, Florida, died at 5:50 a.m. Sunday August 2, 2009 at his home. He was born August 9, 1910 in Gladstone, Illinois, the son of Clyde and Virgie Marsden Mead. He married Adaline Ruth Saben. She preceded him in death. In 1966, he married Teophile Tillie Bereika. She survives. Mr. Mead was...

Aug 1, 2009

Charles Eugene Vancil

Charles Eugene Chuck Vancil, age 85 of Lomax, Illinois died at 12:05 a.m. Saturday August 1, 2009 at his home. He was born September 28, 1923 in Augusta, Illinois, the son of Arbry and Grace Blansett Vancil. On June 8, 1968, he married Sandra Jeanne Gaibel. Mr. Vancil was an Army Veteran of World...

Jul 30, 2009

James R. Johnson, age 81 of Dallas City, Illinois died a 11:19 a.m. Thursday July 30, 2009 in the Great River Hospice House in West Burlington, Iowa. He was born March 16, 1928 near Roseville, Illinois, the son of Walter and Hildur Dillon Johnson. On February 7, 1953 he married Dorothy Markey in Carthage, Illinois. Mr. Johnson was a...

Jul 30, 2009

Mr. Jack Merle Senf, 77, of Dallas City, Illinois passed away Thursday, July30, 2009 at 5:02 A.M. at the Great River Hospice House in West Burlington, Iowa after a long battle with cancer. He was born January 21, 1932 in Fort Madison, Iowa, the son of Oscar and Delilah Stewart Senf. On June 18, 1954 he married Betty Lou...

Jul 20, 2009

Julianne "Julie" Good Julianne Julie Good, 66, of Dallas City, Illinois passed away Monday, July 20, 2009 at 7:45 P.M. at the Memorial Hospital in Carthage, Illinois. She was born May 13, 1943 in Macomb, Illinois, the daughter of Russell E. and Susan J. Hermetet Good. She was a 1961 graduate of Western High School in Macomband later graduated...

Jul 18, 2009

Ethel F. Kraft Mrs. Ethel F. Kraft, 96, of LaHarpe, Illinois passed away Saturday, July 18, 2009 at 9:30 A.M. at her daughters home near LaHarpe, where she had resided the past 10 years. She was born September 20, 1912 near Walnut Grove, Illinois, the daughter of William and Nora Taylor Hobby. On September 20, 1930 she married Glenn...

Jul 16, 2009

Stephen L. Riney, age 61 of Hamilton, Illinois died at 4:40 p.m. Thursday July 16, 2009 in the Montebello Manor Nursing Center in Hamilton. He was born July 18, 1947 in Keokuk, Iowa, the son of James L. and Anna V. Pugh Riney.Stephen was a graduate of Keokuk High School. He had been employed at Vista Bakery in West Burlington...

Jul 12, 2009

Addie Jo Mapes, 23 month old daughter of Murphy and Kelly Mapes of LaHarpe, Illinois passed away Sunday, July 12, 2009 at 7:50 P.M. at the Fort Madison Community Hospital, Fort Madison, Iowa. She was born July 13, 2007 in Carthage, Illinois She is survived by her parents, two brothers, Zach and Hayden, three sisters, Saedi, Emma and Kaedi...

Jul 4, 2009

Mrs. Beatrice B. Covert, 92, of LaHarpe, Illinois passed away Saturday, July 4, 2009 at 9:10 A.M. at the LaHarpe-Davier Health Care Center. She was born August 12, 1916 in Augusta, Illinois, the daughter of Roy and Clara Koontz Wooldridge. On August 9, 1937 she married Gaylord A. Covert in Lacaster, Missouri. He preceded her in death in January...

Jul 2, 2009

Henry B. "Hank" Snyder Mr. Henry B. Hank Snyder, 71, of LaHarpe, Illinois passed away Thursday, July 2, 2009 at 2:07 AM at the St. Francis Medical Center in Peoria, Illinois. He was born July 2, 1938 in Cornwall, New York, the son of Millard and Helen Byers Snyder. On September 10, 1966 he married Gloria Messineo in North...

Jun 26, 2009

Mr. Donald E. Rings, 69, of rural Dallas City, Illinois passed away Friday, June 26, 2009, of natural causes, while farming near Colusa, Illinois. He was born Mach 3, 1940 near Fountain Green, Illinois, the son of Fred and Marjorie Lambert Rings. On April 1, 1961 he married Beverly E. Schuster in Carthage, Illinois. Mr. Rings moved from Fountain...

Jun 26, 2009

Michael Leon Martin

Michael Leon Martin, 62 of Edelstein died Friday, June 26 at OSF St. Francis Medical Center in Peoria.

He was born April 16, 1947 in Galesburg, IL the son of Thornton L. and Dorothy A. (Simonson) Martin. He married Orpha Kaye Brown on June 7, 1980 in Colchester, IL. She survives.

Jun 16, 2009

Mary Jo Melvin, age 73 of Stronghurst, Illinois died at 2:48 p.m. Tuesday June 16, 2009 in the Oak Lane Nursing & Rehab Center in Stronghurst. She was born October 9, 1935 in Olympia, Washington, the daughter of Harry and Mabel May Murphy Fain. On October 12, 1953, she married James Allen Melvin in Olympia. He preceded her in...

Jun 12, 2009

Richard Harrison Brandon 84, of Springfield , Illinois formerly of Dallas City, Illinois passed away at 9:15 PM Friday, June 12, 2009 at the home of his daughter, Jane Olson, in Springfield . Richard was the son of Valesco E. and Geraldine (Siegfried) Brandon. Born in Adrian , Illinois on January 7, 1925. On November 9, 1945 he married...

Jun 9, 2009

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H. Lee Carlson, age 94 of Stronghurst, Illinois died at 8:15 A.M. Tuesday June 9, 2009 in the Oak Lane Nursing & Rehab Center in Stronghurst. He was born May 15, 1915 near Stronghurst, the son of Herman and Alma Lekander Carlson. On August 12, 1951, he married Peggy Mae Kelsey in Stronghurst. She preceded him...

Jun 6, 2009

Mrs. Esther V. Gustafson, 94, of Lomax, Illinois, formerly of Burlington, Iowa passed away Saturday, June 6, 2009 at 1:15 P.M. at the Prairie Ridge Care and Rehabilitation in Mediapolis, Iowa. She was born January 11, 1915 in Burlington, the daughter of Oscar and Mary Bittner Magnuson. On February 29, 1936 she married Ivar Gustafson in Burlington. He preceded...

May 27, 2009

Megan Renee Shutwell, age 26 of Galesburg, Illinois died at 9:35 a.m. Wednesday May 27, 2009 at her home. She was born April 22, 1983 in Burlington, Iowa, the daughter of Jerry and Peggy McPeak Shutwell. Megan was a 2001 graduate of the former Union High School in Biggsville where she was a member of the National Honor Society,...