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Desotel, Gordon
Feb 2, 2009
Gordon D. DeSotel Mr. Gordon D. DeSotel, 79, of Dallas City, Illinois passed away Monday, February 2, 2009 at 5:10 A.M. at the Great River Hospice House in West Burlington, Iowa. He was born October 12, 1929 in Luana, Iowa, the son of Emil and Irene Lindroth DeSotel. On June 7, 1949 he married Darlene Fett in Monona, Iowa....
Harriet J Piles
Feb 2, 2009
Mrs. Harriet Jane Piles, 85, of Niota, Illinois passed away Monday, February 2, 2009 at 3:35 P.M. at the Fort Madison Community Hospital. She was born September 30, 1923 in LaHarpe, Illinois, the daughter of Emery and Ethel Link Lefler. On December 21, 1946 she married Raymond Piles. He preceded her in death in 1993. She was a graduate...
Virginia C Kaminski
Jan 21, 2009
Mrs. Virginia C. Kaminski, 90, of Dallas City, Illinois passed away Wednesday, January 21, 2009 at 7:35 PM at the Oak Lane Nursing & Rehab Center in Stronghurst, Illinois. She was born August, 10, 1918 in Dallas City, the daughter of Harold R. and Marjorie Knappenberger Gracey. On July 4, 1937 she married George Kaminski in Burlington, Iowa. He...
Robert W "Bob" Lowe
Jan 21, 2009
Robert W. "Bob" Lowe Mr. Robert W. Bob Lowe, 76, of Pontoosuc, Illinois passed away Wednesday, January 21, 2009 at 3:35 P.M. at the Fort Madison Community Hospital. He was born July 16, 1932 in Burlington Iowa, the son of Paul F. and Lillie Marsh Lowe. On November 5, 1960 he married Ardelle Gearman in Chicago, Illinois. Mr. Lowe...
Daniel C "Danny" Henson
Jan 21, 2009
Daniel C. "Danny" Henson Mr. Daniel C. Danny Henson, 56, of the Montebello Manor Nursing Home in Hamilton, Illinois, formerly of Niota, Illinois passed away Wednesday, January, 21, 2009 at 7:45 AM at the Keokuk Area Hospital. He was born March 21, 1952 in LaHarpe, Illinois the son of Donald and Joan Scanlan Henson. On December 13, 1975 he...
Mohr, Don
Jan 16, 2009
Don Mohr, age 87 of Quincy, Illinois, formerly of Dallas City, Illinois died at 8:00 P.M. Friday January 16, 2009 at his home. He was born August 21, 1921 in Burlington, Iowa, the son of William H. And Elizabeth Hansen Mohr. On August 3, 1947, he married Beulah Dunham in Dallas City. Mr. Mohr was a graduate of Dallas...
Kathryn R Foglesong
Jan 13, 2009
Mrs. Kathryn R. Foglesong, 88, of Dallas City, Illinois passed away Tuesday, January 13, 2009 at 2:10 P.M. at The Elms Nursing Home in Macomb, Illinois. She was born September 10, 1920 in Adrian, Illinois, the daughter of Enileme D. and Eleanor Smelser Zern. She was married to Jesse Foglesong. They later divorced. She worked at Sheaffer Pen Company...
Shirley A Holton
Jan 8, 2009
Shirley Ann Steffey-Holton
Shirley Ann Steffey-Holton, age 78 of Stronghurst, Illinois died at 7:15 a.m. Thursday January 8, 2009 in the Great River Hospice House in West Burlington, Iowa. She was born July 6, 1930 near Stronghurst, the daughter of Benjamin Otto and Ruth Adaline Davis Steffey. Shirley was married to Charles H. Smith from 1952 to...
John H Spears
Jan 7, 2009
John H. Spears, age 78 of rural Stronghurst, Illinois died at 4:50 a.m. Wednesday January 7, 2009 in the University Of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City. He was born May 28, 1930 in Barrington, Illinois, the son of William and Mabel Berghorn Spears. On July 24, 1955, he married Helen Wahl in Naperville, Illinois. John was a...
Milda L Shay
Jan 5, 2009
Milda Shay , age 90 of Burlington, Iowa, died at 12:47 p.m. Monday January 5, 2009 in the Great River Hospice House in West Burlington, Iowa. She was born February 4, 1918 in Vermont, Illinois, the daughter of Ralph W. and Lilly H. Lyebarger Higbee. On December 21, 1939 she was married to Kemper Williams. He preceded her in...
Newkirk, Howard
Dec 31, 2008
Howard N. Newkirk
Mr. Howard N. Newkirk, 83, of Dallas City, Illinois passed away Wednesday, December 31, 2008 at 12:02 PM at the Fort Madison Community Hospital. He was born December 25, 1925 in Campbellsburg, Indiana, the son of John and Olive Smith. On July 15, 1961 he married Betty L. Needham in Monmouth, Illinois. Mr. Newkirk,...
Cecil R Jr Burford
Dec 30, 2008
Cecil R. Burford Jr. Cecil Ray Burford Jr., age 82 of LaHarpe, Illinois died at 5:20 P.M. Tuesday December 30, 2008 in the Carthage Memorial Hospital. He was born July 19, 1926 near Burnside, Illinois, the son of Cecil Ray and Ruby Hickman Burford. He married Madelyn Stabler on June 10, 1944 in Carthage. She preceded him in death...
John L Whitaker
Dec 30, 2008
Mr. John L. Whitaker, 78, of LaHarpe, Illinois passed away Tuesday, December 30, 2008 at 6:02 PM at the McDonough District Hospital in Macomb, Illinois. He was born March 15, 1930 in Keokuk, Iowa, the son of Chester and Ruth King Whitaker. On February 18, 1951 he married Dorothy Shoup in Carthage, Illinois. Mr. Whitaker was a graduate of...
Minnie R Gatton
Dec 28, 2008
Mrs. Minnie R. Gatton, 94, of LaHarpe, Illinois passed away Sunday, December 28, 2008 at 6:55 AM at the LaHarpe-Davier Health Care Center. She was born November 27, 1914 near Lomax, Illinois, the daughter of John and Nellie (Longcor) Williams. On June 6, 1936 she married Herbert P. Wheatley. He died October 14, 1972. On November 22, 19 84...
Roger D Bousman
Dec 21, 2008
Mr. Roger D. Bousman, 61, of Lomax Illinois died Sunday, December 21, 2008 at 11:28 p.m. at his home. He was born August 9,1947 in Clinton, Iowa, the son of Clarence and Joyce Langfitt Bousman. In 1965 he married Carla Carpenter. He later married Kathleen Symmonds Schaefer in Burlington Iowa on December 29, 1989. He was a 1965 graduate...
Howell, W
Dec 15, 2008
Carle W. Howell
Mr. Carle W. Howell, 47, of Macomb, Illinois formerly of LaHarpe, Illinois died Monday, December 15, 2008 at his home. He was born December 17, 1960 in Macomb, Illinois, the son of Richard F. and Beulah M. Carle Howell. On September 12, 1987 he married Kazuko Kusama in LaHarpe. He was raised in LaHarpe...
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....
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