Obituaries

Sep 28, 2008

Mrs. Fern E. Todd, 83, of Lomax, Illinois passed away Sunday, September 28, 2008 at 8:45 A.M. at the Memorial Hospital in Carthage, Illinois. She was born October 13, 1924 in Terre Haute, Illinois, the daughter of Jess and Edna Wright Tate. In 1947 she married Chuck Todd. He died May 13, 1984. Mrs. Todd lived most of her...

Sep 24, 2008

Mr. Franklin G. Rubert, 80, of Chicago, Illinois passed away Wednesday, September 24, 2008 at his home. He was born in LaHarpe, Illinois, the son of Ralph and Ferne Dowell Rubert. Mr. Rubert was a graduate of the LaHarpe High School, class of 1946, and served in the military during the Korean War. He was a truck driver for...

Sep 21, 2008

Darrell Wayne Jones

Darrell Wayne Jones, age 52 of rural Stronghurst, Illinois died at 5:15 P.M. Sunday September 21, 2008 at his home. He was born September 23, 1955 in LaHarpe, Illinois, the son of John G. and Vivian May Waterman Jones. On July 19, 1997, he married Junille Long in Morning Sun, Iowa. She preceded him...

Sep 19, 2008

Daisy E. Bundy

Mrs. Daisy E. Bundy, 71, of Lomax, Illinois passed away Friday, September 19, 2008 at 12:20 AM at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City, Iowa. She was born April 12, 1937 in Dallas City, the daughter of Floyd and Elizabeth Nichols Maynard. On January 16, 1954 she married Amos Frosty...

Sep 16, 2008

Mrs. Carolyn Marie Atkins, 101, of LaHarpe, Illinois died at 7:15 AM Tuesday, September 16, 2008 at the LaHarpe-Davier Health Care Center.

She was born February 1, 1907 in Stronghurst, Illinois, the daughter of John and Bertha Apt Fordyce. On July 6, 1934, she married E. Laurence Atkins in Kahoka, Missouri. He died in May 1970.

Sep 14, 2008

Marion Richard Cooley, 89 of Stronghurst, Illinois died at 11:15 P.M. Sunday September 14, 2008 in the Oak Lane Nursing & Rehab Center in Stronghurst. He was born May 11, 1919 in Eliza, Illinois, the son of Jesse and Ivy Driver Cooley. On February 21, 1976, he married Betty Abernathy.

Mr. Cooley was a U.S. Army veteran...

Sep 11, 2008

Norma Jane Ford

Norma Jane Ford, age 73 of Carman, Illinois died at 12:47 P.M. Thursday September 11, 2008 in the Great River Medical Center in West Burlington, Iowa. She was born November 27, 1934 near Mount Sterling, Illinois, the daughter of Toby A. and Nina Stuller Phillips. On July 29, 1951, she married Earl L. Buster...

Sep 10, 2008

Anna V. Riney, age 86 of Stronghurst, Illinois died at 4:50 A.M. Wednesday September 10, 2008 in the Oak Lane Nursing & Rehab Center in Stronghurst. She was born February 23, 1922 in Mediapolis, Iowa, the daughter of Cleve and Amy Watson Pugh. On July 3, 1943, she married James L. Riney in St. Patrick, Missouri. He preceded her...

Sep 10, 2008

Mr. Loren Gene Stephenson, 49, of Pontoosuc, Illinois passed away at 8:45 AM Wednesday, September 10, 2008 at his home. He was born October 5, 1958 in Colorado Springs, CO, the son of Virgil W. and Lovie B. Sanders Stephenson. On November 29, 1986 he married Dawn Fiday in Colorado Springs. Gene was raised in Colorado Springs where he...

Sep 9, 2008

Mr. L. Martin Calvert, 90, of Macomb, Illinois, formerly of Blandinsville, passed away Tuesday, September 9, 2008 at 9:00 P.M. at the McDonough District Hospital, Macomb. He was born March 8, 1918 in Macomb, the son of Clyde L. and Bessie Martin Calvert. On March 5, 1939 he married Pauline Ogren in Kahoka, Missouri. She preceded him in death...

Aug 31, 2008

Pamela J. Wilcox, 62, of Dallas City, Illinois passed away Sunday, August 31, 2008 at 6:55 P.M. at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City. She was born January 4, 1946 in Burlington, Iowa the daughter of Carmen and Betty Norris Fry. On February 3, 1995 she married Robert Wilcox in Carthage, Illinois. She was a...

Aug 24, 2008

Jay F. Anderson, age 73 of Carman, Illinois died at 11:35 A.M. Sunday August 24, 2008 in the Great River Medical Center in West Burlington, Iowa. He was born December 6, 1934 near Carman, the son of Raymond E. and Mildred Tompkins Anderson. On August 31, 1963, he married Dorothy Dooley in Carman.

Mr. Anderson was a...

Aug 18, 2008

Brian James Hetrick, age 29 of Stronghurst, Illinois died at 5:24 P.M. Monday August 18, 2008 in the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City, Iowa. He was born September 25, 1978 in Burlington, the son of James and Joyce Kuntz Hetrick. On March 11, 2006, he married Julie Russell in Carman, Illinois.

Brian was...

Aug 13, 2008

Mr. Jerry W. Duffy, 64, of Dallas City, Illinois passed away Wednesday, August, 13, 2008 at 3:38 P.M. at the Blessing Hospital in Quincy, Illinois. He was born December 1, 1943 in Peoria, Illinois the son of Maynard and Alma Jean Zern Duffy. On July 31, 1965 he married Mary R. Kuntz in Burlington, Iowa. Mr. Duffy worked at...

Aug 2, 2008

Charles Robert Olson

Charles Robert Olson, age 73 of Macomb, Illinois died at 11:28 P.M. Saturday August 2, 2008 in the Heartland Health Care Center in Macomb. He was born June 21, 1935 the son of Glen and Leola Gaumer Olson. On February 15, 1958, he married Betty Rodeffer in Carthage, Illinois. They later divorced.

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Aug 1, 2008

PEORIA HEIGHTS Beulah V. "Tootie" Jacob, 96, of Peoria Heights, died on Friday, August 1, 2008 at her residence. Born May 13, 1912 in Batavia, Iowa, a daughter of Caswell Dee and Ethel Little Dalton, she married Lewis Neil Jacob on February 25, 1934 in Macomb, Illinois. He preceded her in death on September 11, 2002 in Peoria Heights....

Aug 1, 2008

Elsie Louise Hartman

Elsie Louise Hartman, age 79 of Stronghurst died at 10:30 A.M. Friday August 1, 2008 at her home. She was born April 12, 1929 in Hancock County, Illinois, the daughter of Merlin and Mary Markey Foresman. On January 18, 1949, she married Paul Hartman in St. Augustine, IL. He preceded her in death on...

Jul 27, 2008

Mr. Jerry L. Collins, 60, of Burlington, Iowa died Sunday, July 27, 2008 while fishing at the Iowa Army Ammunition Plant. He was born July 16, 1948 in LaHarpe, Illinois, the son of Owen and Louise Dunn Collins. He graduated from LaHarpe High School and served in the US Army during the Vietnam War. For the past seven years...

Jul 26, 2008

Arnold Joseph Siens

Arnold Joseph Siens, age 81 of Burlington, Iowa, died at 10:20 p.m. Saturday July 26, 2008 in the Great River Medical Center Hospice House in West Burlington, Iowa. He was born November 19, 1926 in rural Carman, Illinois, the son of Daniel and Mary Parkins Siens. On October 18, 1947, he married Margie N....

Jul 24, 2008

Robert J.White

, age 87 of rural Carman, Illinois died at 5:00 A.M. Thursday July 24, 2008 at his home. He was born January 4, 1921 near Lomax, Illinois, the son of Elmer Eugene and Mable E. Rucker White. On March 17, 1948, he married Annabell Rankin in Kirkwood, Illinois.

Mr. White was a 1938...