Obituaries
Jeanette M. Costello
Apr 24, 2017
Jeanette M. Costello, 96, of Galesburg, died at 1:50 AM Monday, April 24, 2017 in the Heritage Park Care Center, Carbondale, CO. Jeanette was born on May 23, 1920 in West Point, Iowa, the daughter of Herman Edward and Mary Adelaide Holtkamp Boeding. She married Paul Michael Costello on April 25, 1945 in West Point. He preceded her in...
Joyce E. Hagemann
Apr 23, 2017
Joyce E. Hagemann, age 89, of Monmouth, Illinois; passed away at 4:00 pm on Sunday, April 23, 2017 at OSF St. Mary Medical Center in Galesburg, Illinois. Joyce was born on March 5, 1928 in Burlington, Iowa and is the daughter of Oscar F. and Johanna J. Kupfer Wiele. Joyce was raised in Burlington where she attended local schools...
Mary Irene Miller
Apr 22, 2017
Mary Irene Miller, age 87, of Monmouth, Illinois, passed away at 8:55 A.M. on Saturday, April 22, 2017 at Monmouth Nursing Home in Monmouth. She was born on April 23, 1929 in Mt. View, Arkansas, the daughter of Zed and Mary Gertha (Branscum) Looney. Mary attended rural school in the Mt. View area. On May 7, 1979, she married...
Stella Mae Whitacre
Apr 22, 2017
Stella Mae Whitacre, 88, of Oquawka, passed away peacefully on Saturday, April 22, 2017, 3:55 AM at Henderson County Retirement Home, Stronghurst, Illinois. Stella was born on April 17, 1929 in Avon, Illinois. She was the daughter of Charles and Twyla (Shafer) Serven. She married the love of her life Willard E. Whitacre on July 6, 1946, in Newport...
Elsie L. Mccarron
Apr 21, 2017
Elsie L. McCarron, 96, of Peoria, formerly of Galesburg died at 10:34 p.m. Friday, April 21, 2017 at OSF St. Francis Medical Center, Peoria. Elsie was born November 5, 1920 in Quebec, Canada. She was the daughter of Thomas and Ida Cote McCarron. She married Charles McCarron on September 10, 1960 in Quebec, Canada. He preceded her in death...
Pauline 'Boots' Winbigler
Apr 20, 2017
Pauline "Boots" (Lantz) Winbigler, 90, of Monmouth, Illinois, passed away on April 20, 2017 at Heartland Health Care Center. She was born September 27, 1926 in Maquon, Illinois, the 5th of eight children of Earl and Mazie (Black) Lantz. At an early age she received her nickname, Boots, from her older sister, Dorothy, having named her after a comic...
Lois Pogue
Apr 19, 2017
Lois Rose Ann Pogue, 93, of Galesburg, died at 10:06 p.m. Wednesday, April 19, 2017 at Seminary Manor, Galesburg. Lois was born June 25, 1923 in the family home in Rio, IL the daughter of Harley E. and Rose V. Conrad Nelson. She married Robert M. Pogue on October 25, 1947 in Galesburg. He preceded her in death on...
Marion 'Brownie' Brown, Jr.
Apr 17, 2017
Marion "Brownie" Brown, Jr. age 83, of Mediapolis, Iowa, passed away at 7:08 P.M. on Monday, April 17, 2017 at the Great River Hospice House in West Burlington, Iowa. He was born on March 8, 1934 in Gulfport, Illinois, the son of Marion C. and Cora F. (Eaton) Brown. He attended school in Gladstone. On February 14, 1982, Marion...
James D. Harris
Apr 17, 2017
James Dale Harris, 72, of Galesburg, died at 10:47 a.m. Monday, April 17, 2017 at home. Jim was born June 7, 1944 in Galesburg, the son of David E. and Alice Rice Harris. He married Bonnie Lee Ball on January 25, 1970 in Davenport, IA. She survives of Galesburg. He is also survived by one son, James B. Harris...
Marilyn F. Kneen
Apr 16, 2017
Marilyn F. Kneen, age 85, of Monmouth, Illinois, passed away at 3:50 P.M. on Sunday, April 16, 2017 at the Monmouth Nursing Home in Monmouth, Illinois. She was born on May 22, 1931 in Roseville, Illinois, the daughter of Chester and Mary (Icenogle) Ross. Marilyn attended school in Roseville. On March 20, 1954, she married Howard E. Kneen in...
Josephine "Jo" Hobbs
Apr 13, 2017
Josephine C. "Jo" Hobbs, 91, of Colorado Springs, CO, formerly of Galesburg, died at 4:43 p.m. Thursday, April 13, 2017 at Brookdale Skyline, Colorado Springs, CO. Visitation will be 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Thursday, April 27, 2017 at Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church, Galesburg with the rosary being prayed at 10:30 a.m. The funeral mass will follow at...
Dorothy L. Woodall
Apr 12, 2017
Dorothy Parker Woodall ("Dot") passed away peacefully in her sleep on April 12, 2017 at Courtyard Estates in Monmouth, Illinois. Dot was 91. Dot was born in Yakima, Washington on February 9, 1926. Several years after the death of her father, Dot, her sister Beatrice and their widowed mother Faye Parker moved to Webster City, Iowa, a move that...
Evelyn M. Cochran
Apr 10, 2017
Evelyn M. Cochran, age 81, of Oquawka, Illinois, passed away at 7:55 P.M. on Monday, April 10, 2017 at Oak Lane Nursing and Rehab in Stronghurst, Illinois. She was born on February 25, 1936 in Oquawka, Illinois, the daughter of George J. and Anna "Gertrude" (Ortery) Cochran. She was educated in the area and graduated from G & O...
Susan Mcgregor
Apr 9, 2017
Susan McGregor, 61, of Galesburg, died at 3:58 p.m. Sunday, April 9, 2017 in the Care Center of Abingdon. Memorial services will be 10:30 a.m. Friday, April 21, 2017 at Watson-Thomas Funeral Home and Crematory. Her cremated remains will be scattered at a later date in the scatter garden at East Linwood Cemetery, Galesburg.
Edward M. Champ
Apr 7, 2017
Edward M. Champ, age 68, of Monmouth, Illinois, passed away at 12:45 P.M. on Friday, April 7, 2017 at the Monmouth Nursing Home in Monmouth, Illinois. Ed was born on March 30, 1949 in Canton, Illinois, the son of Clarence and Nettie (Hamilton) Champ. He attended schools in Canton, Illinois, and graduated from Canton High School. On April 22,...
Sally B. Campbell-Kern
Apr 7, 2017
Sally B. Campbell-Kern, 76, of Galesburg, died at 10:52 a.m. Friday, April 7, 2017 at Heartland Health Care, Galesburg. Sally was born May 26, 1940 in Galesburg, the daughter of Glenn H. and Pauline B. Riggs Campbell. She married James Enloe. She later married Donald E. Kern on July 14, 1990 in Galesburg. He survives of Galesburg as well...
Bessie E. Devlin
Apr 6, 2017
Bessie E. Devlin, 81, of Galesburg, died at 1:25 a.m. Thursday, April 6, 2017 at Rosewood Care Center, Galesburg. Bessie was born on August 26, 1935 in Knoxville, the daughter of Fred C. and Isal L. Counter Hartnell. She married Lee R.S. Devlin on August 26, 1961 in Galesburg. He preceded her in death on July 7, 1999. Bessie...
Carolyn S. Anderson
Apr 5, 2017
Leonard L. and Carolyn S. Anderson, both of Oquawka, Illinois, passed away at 7:51 P.M. on Wednesday, April 5, 2017 in Galesburg, Illinois as a result of an automobile accident. Leonard was born on February 1, 1946 in Gladstone, Illinois, the son of Richard O. and Esther M. (Larson) Anderson. Carolyn was born on August 12, 1950 in Burlington,...
Leonard L. Anderson
Apr 5, 2017
Leonard L. and Carolyn S. Anderson, both of Oquawka, Illinois, passed away at 7:51 P.M. on Wednesday, April 5, 2017 in Galesburg, Illinois as a result of an automobile accident. Leonard was born on February 1, 1946 in Gladstone, Illinois, the son of Richard O. and Esther M. (Larson) Anderson. Carolyn was born on August 12, 1950 in Burlington,...
Raymond H. Dowd
Mar 28, 2017
Raymond H. Dowd, 63, of Galesburg, died at 11:28 p.m. Tuesday, March 28, 2017 in Galesburg. Ray was born on August 29, 1953 in Galesburg, the son of William and Bernice S. Cofield Dowd, Jr. Ray is survived by two sons, Terrance T. Dowd of Las Crucas, NM and William H. Dowd of Key West, FL; one brother, Ed...
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