Obituaries

Mar 15, 2009

Betty LaVerna Rodeffer, age 75 of rural Stronghurst, Illinois, died at 12:47 a.m. Sunday March 15, 2009 in the Great River Medical Center in West Burlington, Iowa. She was born May 20, 1933 near Stronghurst, the daughter of Judd C. and Lois Rankin Wetterling. On August 30, 1952, she married James Rodeffer in Burlington, Iowa. Mrs Rodeffer was a...

Mar 12, 2009

Donna Mae Atwell Link, age 68 of Fort Madison, Iowa, formerly of Pontoosuc, IL, died at 12:20 a.m. Thursday March 12, 2009 in the Fort Madison Community Hospital. She was born May 27, 1940 in Pontoosuc, the daughter of Robert LaVon and Doris Kathryn DeHaven Atwell. Donna had worked as an assistant postmaster, waitress, cook, mail carrier, and most...

Mar 10, 2009

Mrs. A. LaVerne Parsons, 98, of the Montebello Healthcare Center in Hamilton, Illinois, formerly of Dallas City, passed away Tuesday, March 10, 2009 at 9:20 P.M. at the Healthcare Center. She was born October 2, 1910 in Webster, Illinois, the daughter of Chester and Ethel Conn Callihan. On September 25, 1937 she married Ross W. Parsons in Carthage, IL....

Mar 9, 2009

Jack Lee Parrish age 75 of LaHarpe, Illinois died at 7:48 a.m. Monday March 9, 2009 in the Carthage Memorial Hospital in Carthage, Illinois. He was born January 6, 1934 near Blandinsville, Illinois, the son of Virgil and Doris Hensley Parrish. On June 27, 1953, he married Nancy Lu Painter. Mr. Parrish was a graduate of LaHarpe High School....

Mar 8, 2009

Alicia Maria Hinojosa, age 8, of Lomax, Illinois passed away Sunday, March 8, 2009 at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City, Iowa. She was born November 2, 2000 in Peoria, Illinois, the daughter of Plutarco Pete and Christa S. Taylor Hinojosa Jr. She was a student in Amanda Twaddles class at the Carthage Primary School....

Mar 5, 2009

Gary M. Olson Mr. Gary M. Olson, 75, of Dallas City, Illinois passed away Thursday, March 5, 2009 7:05 A.M. at his home. He was born November 2, 1933 in Dallas City, the son of Frank and Rose Betron Olson. On August 16, 1953 he married Betty L. Klossing in Dallas City. Mr. Olson was a graduate of Dallas...

Mar 4, 2009

Lois Jeanettia Tate, age 84 of Lomax, Illinois passed away Wednesday March4, 2009 at Oak Lane Nursing & Rehab in Stronghurst, Illinois. She was born June 8, 1924 in Green County, Illinois, the daughter of Harry S. and Ethel L. McAdams Holford. On June 20, 1942, she married Romane J. Tate in St. Charles, Missouri. He preceded her in...

Mar 2, 2009

Harold E. Brown, age 74 of LaHarpe, Illinois died at 7:29 A.M. Monday March 2, 2009 at his home. He was born August 15, 1934 in LaHarpe, the son of Earnest and Ruth Smith Brown. On July 23, 1955, he married Irene Harding in Stronghurst, Illinois. Harold was a lifelong resident of LaHarpe. He had worked for eight years...

Mar 1, 2009

Mrs. Maxine M. Terry, age 91, a resident of the Hancock County Nursing Home in Carthage, Illinois, formerly of Dallas City, Illinois passed away Sunday, March 1, 2009 at 12:25 P.M. at the Memorial Hospital in Carthage. She was born November 25, 1917 near Dallas City, the daughter of J. Frank and Minnie Avise Paulus. On April 13, 1941...

Feb 25, 2009

Mr. Leonard L. Gilpin, 80, of Dallas City, Illinois passed away Wednesday, February 25, 2009 at 6:20 PM at his home. He was born February 24, 1929 in Keokuk, Iowa, the son of Oscar William and Gertrude Decker Gilpin. On August 28, 1950 he married Dorothy Maynard near Niota, Illinois. Early in life Mr. Gilpin worked for the Nauvoo...

Feb 21, 2009

Frances L. Schlereth, 96, of LaHarpe, IL passed away Saturday, February 21, 2009, after a final illness that began Thanksgiving Day 2008. She was born November 12, 1912, near Fountain Green, Illinois, to Squire and Mattie Lee Humes Foster, the last of six children, and lived most of her life in the Blandinsville-LaHarpe area, though spending nearly 20 years...

Feb 20, 2009

Mrs. Mary Belle Sharpe, 89, of LaHarpe, Illinois passed away Friday, February 20, 2009 at 4:50 A.M at the McDonough District Hospital in Macomb, Illinois. She was born April 1, 1919 in LaHarpe, the daughter of Harry and Josie Byers Bradshaw. On October 28, 1938 she married Jack Sharpe in Fort Madison, Iowa. He preceded her in death on...

Feb 19, 2009

Carlene Queisner, 83, of San Clemente, California, passed away Thursday, February 19, 2009, at 4:35 p.m. She was born in Colusa, Illinois on October 17, 1925, the daughter of Carl and Rubye Brown Queisner. She worked at the telephone company in Fort Madison, Iowa and also in Chicago, Illinois. Carlene moved to southern California in 1956 and worked in...

Feb 19, 2009

Mr. Robert Guy Williams, 97, of Dallas City, Illinois passed away Thursday, February 19, 2009 at 8:18 A.M. at the Gilpin Home in Dallas City. He was born April 6, 1911 in Pinola, Mississippi, the son of Robert Houston and Tina Lee Williams. On September 21, 1932 he married Velma J. Clover in Stronghurst, Illinois. She preceded him in...

Feb 17, 2009

Alvin Feddersen, age 82 of Stronghurst, Illinois, died at 11:04 P.M. Tuesday February 17, 2009 in OSF Holy Family Medical Center in Monmouth, Illinois. He was born July 21, 1926 in Clinton County, Iowa, the son of Jens and Emma Witt Feddersen. Alvin had lived with his niece Carol Olsen, and her husband James, for the last thirteen years...

Feb 12, 2009

Mr. Rex H. Carter, age 60, of Burnside, Illinois passed away Thursday, February 12, 2009 at 6:25 P.M. at his home. He was born January 18, 1949 in LaHarpe, Illinois, the son of Clifford and Margaret Mittermyer Carter. On August 4, 1987, he married Judyth Armstrong in Burlington, Iowa. Mr Carter was an army veteran of the Vietnam Conflict....

Feb 12, 2009

Bessie M. McConnell, 90, of Burlington, Iowa, formerly of Carthage and LaHarpe, Illinois passed away Thursday, February 12, 2009 at the Great River Medical Center in West Burlington, Iowa. She was born September 10, 1918 in Fountain Green, Illinois, the daughter of Henry and Ella Salisbury DeHaven. On October 2, 1952 she married James E. McConnell at the Old...

Feb 9, 2009

Clarence Fritz, age 97 of Pontoosuc, Illinois died at 4:20 a.m. Monday February 9, 2009 in the Fort Madison Community Hospital in Fort Madison, Iowa.

He was born October 11, 1911 in Culbertson, Nebraska, the son of Fred and Milda Wagner Fritz. On August 27, 1955, he married Rosetta (Jones) Settles in Big Bear Lake, California. She...

Feb 9, 2009

Alice Faye Wiley, age 71 of LaHarpe, Illinois, died at 4:14 a.m. Monday, February 9, 2009 in the Fort Madison Community Hospital in Fort Madison, Iowa. She was born October 25, 1937 in Burlington, IA, the daughter of Lester and Winifred (Anholt) Hartman. On September 30, 1956, she married Robert Wiley in Mediapolis, IA. Alice and her husband owned...

Feb 8, 2009

Catherine "Katy" Burk

Catherine Katy Burk, 94, of the Knox County Nursing Home in Edina, Missouri, formerly of Dallas City, Illinois died Sunday, February 8, 2009 at 8:35 AM at the nursing home. She was born January 12, 1915 in Knox County, MO., the daughter of Harve and Sylvia Runquist Arment. On October 29, 1939, she married...