Obituaries
Obituaries
James E Patton
Dec 9, 2008
James Edward Patton
James Edward Patton, age 56 of Warsaw, Illinois, died at 2:29 P.M. Tuesday December 9, 2008 in the Carthage Memorial Hospital in Carthage, Illinois. He was born July 17, 1952 in Warren County, Illinois and was adopted by Robert and Hermena Jones Patton. On November 27, 1982, he married Sally May Vass in Colusa,...
Valera M Zern
Dec 6, 2008
Valera M. Zern, 83, of rural Niota, Illinois died Saturday, December 6, 2008 following an automobile accident near Colusa, Illinois. She was born November 2, 1925 near Colusa, the daughter of Vane and Edna Kidson Zern. She graduated in 1942 from the Colusa High School. She worked at the Farm Bureau office in Carthage, the Harmony Mutual Insurance and...
Alvin L Wall
Dec 2, 2008
Mr. Alvin Leon Wall, 64, of Macomb, Illinois passed away Tuesday, December 2, 2008 at 11:05 PM at McDonough District Hospital in Macomb. He was born April 3, 1944 in Macomb, the son of Alvin Macy and Sadie Belle Hoover Wall. He first married Janet Marie Sutton. They later divorced. On May 14, 2001 he married Robyn Lynn Lindsay....
Keith "Skeeter" Hubbard
Nov 30, 2008
O. Keith "Skeeter" Hubbard
Mr. O. Keith Skeeter Hubbard, 83, of Carthage, Illinois passed away Sunday, November 30, 2008 at 4:15 A.M. at the Memorial Hospital in Carthage. He was born November 26, 1925 near Burnside, Illinois, the son of Andrew and Hazel Lane Hubbard. On June 19, 1946 he married Rosena Pence in Dallas City, Illinois....
Mark W Stevens
Nov 30, 2008
Mark William Stevens
Mark William Stevens, age 54 of Dallas City, Illinois, died at 8:30 A.M. Sunday November 30, 2008 at his home. He was born January 19, 1954 in Fort Madison, Iowa, the son of Donald and Martha Thompson Stevens. On December 26, 1994, he married Sheri M. Mona Roberts in Las Vegas, Nevada. Mark was...
Linda Sue Marshall
Nov 27, 2008
Linda Sue Marshall, 60, of Nauvoo, Illinois passed away Thursday, November 27, 2008 at 9:49 AM at the Fort Madison Community Hospital. She was born January 17, 1948 in San Antonio, Texas, the daughter of William C. and Grace Lair Watts. On December 17, 1966, she married James L. Marshall in Fort Madison, Iowa. Mrs Marshall had worked as...
Rodney R Burt
Nov 24, 2008
Mr. Rodney R. Burt, 47, of LaHarpe, Illinois passed away Monday, November 24, 2008 at his home. He was born June 28, 1961 in LaHarpe, the son of Ronald and Donna Melvin Burt. He was a 1979 graduate of LaHarpe High School and served in the U.S. Air Force from 1980 - 1992. He worked for ADM Grain in...
Ellen E Kern
Nov 20, 2008
Ellen Elizabeth (Gittings) Kern, 95, LaHarpe, IL, (formerly of Three Rivers, MI and Burlington IA), died Thursday, November 20, 2008, at the LaHarpe Davier Health Care Center. Ellen was born May 9, 1913 in Richmond, Arkansas, the daughter of Clyde & Clara (Vaughan) Gittings. On October 28, 1933 she married Harry Negley Kern in Chicago, IL. All her life...
Ronald C Smith
Nov 19, 2008
Mr. Ronald C. Smith, 61, of Webster, Illinois passed away Wednesday, November 19, 2008 at 8:20 A.M. at the Blessing Hospital in Quincy, Illinois.. He was born July 31, 1947 in LaHarpe, Illinois, the son of Clyde Junior and Betty Hasten Smith. On July 31, 1966 he married Joy H. Casley in Webster. Earlier in life he worked for...
C Alice Lanphere
Nov 15, 2008
Mrs. C. Alice Lanphere, 92, of Farmington Hills, Michigan, formerly of LaHarpe, Illinois passed away Saturday, November 15, 2008 at 7:00 A.M. at the Grand Court Assisted Living in Farmington Hills. She was born December 18, 1915 in Hamilton, Illinois, the daughter of Floyd and Pearl Law Ebert. On June 16, 1933 she married Alvin Weber in LaHarpe. She...
Alma L Shipman
Nov 11, 2008
Alma L. Shipman, 97, of Webster, Illinois passed away Tuesday, November 11, 2008 at 8:35 A.M. at the Memorial Hospital in Carthage, Illinois. She was born December 28, 1910 near Colchester, Illinois, the daughter of Luther and Rosa Knoedler Martin. On June 30, 1930 she married Fred Shipman in LaHarpe, Illinois. He preceded her in death on February 27,...
Leland W Bennett
Nov 10, 2008
Mr. Leland W. Bennett, 79, of Valrico, Florida, formerly of Terre Haute, Illinois passed away Monday, November 10, 2008 at 2:10 P.M. at the James A. Haley VA Hospital in Tampa, Florida. He was born May 31, 1929 in Carthage, Illinois the son of Charles Lorenzo and Ada Susan Jones Bennett. On October 6, 1951 he married Lois Palmer...
K Wayne Hicks
Nov 3, 2008
K. Wayne Hicks, age 75 of Stronghurst, Illinois died at 1:15 P.M. Monday November 3, 2008 at his home. He was born July 25, 1933 in Burlington, Iowa, the son of Keith and Eula Charter Hicks. On October 2, 1951, He married Leah Link in Burlington.
Mr. Hicks attended Stronghurst Grade School and was Salutatorian of the...
Glenn E Ballinger
Nov 2, 2008
Mr. Glenn E. Ballinger, 75, of Nauvoo, Illinois passed away Sunday, November 2, 2008 at his home. He was born September 30, 1933 near Niota, Illinois, the son of Keith and Nellie Price Ballinger. On December 19, 1953 he married Thelma Thomas in Niota. She preceded him in death. He married Juanita Gittings Stein on May 18, 1996 in...
Judy Melvin-Dowell
Oct 30, 2008
Judy Ann Melvin-Dowell
Judy Ann Melvin-Dowell, age 68 of rural Stronghurst, IL died at 3:18 P.M. Thursday October 30, 2008 at her home. She was born July 2, 1940 in Burlington, Iowa, the daughter of Milton and Helen Bowen Stevenson. On December 13, 1958, she married Roger Melvin in Stronghurst. He preceded her in death on January...
Cindy L Kienol
Oct 30, 2008
Mrs. Cindy L. Kienol, 57, of LaHarpe, Illinois passed away Thursday, October 30, 2008 at her home. She was born March 12, 1951 in LaHarpe, the daughter of Neal and Merle Rathbun Patterson. She was a 1969 graduate of LaHarpe High School and in 1992 earned a degree as a Medical - Clinical Office Assistant from Mid State College....
A June Ault
Oct 20, 2008
Mrs. A. June Ault, 81, of Fort Madison, Iowa, formerly of Dallas City, Illinois, died Monday, October 20, 2008 at her home. She was born June 14, 1927 in Princeville, Illinois, the daughter of Charles T. and Pearle E. Jones Walliker. On November 14, 1946 she married Clarence Dick Ault in Princeville. He preceded her in death on April...
Haven D Vaughn
Oct 7, 2008
Mr. Haven D. Vaughn, 86, of rural Lomax, Illinois passed away Tuesday, October 7, 2008 at his home. He was born February 7, 1922 near Lomax, the son of Paul Dean and Helen Pence Vaughn. On August 2, 1942 he married Betty Myers in Dallas City, Illinois. Mr. Vaughn graduated from the Dallas City High School in 1940. He...
Clyde R Gittings
Sep 30, 2008
Clyde Roosevelt Gittings, age 91 of rural Dallas City, Illinois died at 9:58 P.M. Tuesday September 30, 2008 at his home. He was born May 17, 1917 near Lomax, Illinois, the son of Clyde and Clara Vaughn Gittings. On September 30, 1939, he married Verda Mae Scott in Monticello, Missouri.
Mr. Gittings attended schools in Terre Haute,...
Barbara A Lebeck
Sep 29, 2008
Barbara A. Lebeck, 73, of West Burlington, Iowa, passed away Monday, September 29, 2008 at 9:25 A.M. at the Burlington Care Center. She was born August 17, 1935 in Marietta, Illinois, the daughter of Demming and Beulah Smith Moon. On December 22, 1953 she married Albert Lebeck in Henderson County, IL. He preceded her in death on October 17,...
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