Obituaries
Helen T. Rankin
Apr 19, 2015
Helen Theresa Rankin, 79, of Galesburg, formerly of Alexis, died at 9:14 a.m. Sunday, April 19, 2015 at OSF St. Mary Medical Center, Galesburg. Helen was born April 10, 1936 in West Burlington, IA the daughter of Alvin P. and Emily French Levins. Helen married Elmer Dean Rankin on December 8, 1956 in West Burlington, IA. Helen is survived...
Mary B. Mccool
Apr 17, 2015
Mary B. McCool, age 88, of Galesburg, Illinois passed away at 4:00 pm on April 17, 2015 at the Rosewood Care Center in Galesburg, Illinois. Mary was born on May 27, 1926 in Monmouth, Illinois and is the daughter of Nealy and Christina Wilhelmina Anderson Stevens. She was raised and educated in Monmouth where she attended local schools and...
Mabel Nadine Hood
Apr 16, 2015
Mabel Nadine Hood, 82, of Galesburg, died at 1:45 a.m. Thursday, April 16, 2015 at Seminary Manor, Galesburg. Mabel was born July 10, 1932 in Chillicothe, MO, the daughter of Oliver Vernon and Helen Eunice Kasper Hutchinson. She married Bruce W. Cutcher on November 8, 1952. She later married Marion D. “Bud” Hood on March 16, 1963 in Galesburg. ...
Lilly A. Ross
Apr 15, 2015
Lilly A. Ross, age 67, of Monmouth, Illinois, passed away at 8:32 pm on Wednesday, April 15, 2015 at her residence. She was born on December 29, 1947 in Monmouth, Illinois the daughter of Bessie LaVern Starky. She was reared and educated in Monmouth, attending Harding, Central Jr. High School, and Monmouth High School, graduating in the Class of...
June M. Elliott
Apr 15, 2015
June Marie Elliott, age 62, of Monmouth, Illinois, passed away at 2:03 am on Wednesday, April 15, 2015 at her residence. She was born on July 8, 1952 in Burlington, Iowa, the daughter of Gordon Dwight and Lois June (Eaton) Nichols. June was reared and educated in Alexis, Illinois. On September 21, 1991, she married James Douglas Elliott and...
Judy Lavere Taylor
Apr 15, 2015
Judy Lavere Taylor, 75, of Galesburg, died at 8:57 p.m. Wednesday, April 15, 2015 at Marigold Health Care and Rehab, Galesburg. Judy was born August 2, 1939 in Monmouth, the daughter of Joseph Owen and Zola Florence Long Woods. She married Thomas William Smith on July 6, 1957. She later married Charles Taylor in 1977. He preceded her in...
Delores V. Hunt
Apr 12, 2015
Delores V. Hunt, 80, of Rio, Illinois passed away April 12, 2015 at Seminary Manor in Galesburg, Illinois surrounded by her family. She was born September 8, 1934 in Washington, Iowa to Samuel and Crystal Johnson Arnold. She married Orville E. Hunt July 3, 1955 in Burlington, Iowa. He preceded her in death in 1982. She worked for Howard...
Werner O. Buser-Boyd
Apr 7, 2015
View Werner's Tribute Video Werner O. Buser-Boyd of rural Galesburg departed this Earth at 11:51 a.m., Tuesday, April 7, 2015 at Marigold Health Care and Rehab, Galesburg, IL, under hospice care. Werner was born on January 28, 1931, in Birsfelden, Switzerland to Walter and Adeline (Stofer) Buser. Werner and his wife, Sharon, have made Galesburg their home since 1982....
Martha E. Maguire Roest
Apr 6, 2015
Martha Maguire Roest, 87, of Galesburg, died at 5:49 a.m. on Monday, April 6, 2015 in the company of family and friends at Hawthorne Inn. She was born on December 17, 1927 in Pittsburg, PA to Michael T. and Eva Belliveau Maguire. Martha was raised in Baltimore, Maryland. Martha graduated from Mount St. Agnes High School and completed nurses...
Bert Joseph Hill
Apr 5, 2015
Bert Joseph Hill, 55, of Galesburg, died at 9:57 p.m. Sunday, April 5, 2015 at home. Bert was born January 6, 1960 in Kewanee, the son of Bert Junior and Sandra Kay (VanDamme) Hill. Bert graduated from Kewanee High School and DeVry University in 1988. Bert worked for Norris Office Equipment in Monmouth then for Office Specialists for over...
James E. "Jim" Bielser, Sr.
Apr 1, 2015
James E. Bielser, Sr., age 66 of Oquawka, Illinois, passed away at 1:06 pm on Wednesday, April 1, 2015 at the Veterans Hospital in Iowa City, Iowa. He was born on July 24, 1948 in Monmouth, IL. the son of Willie Edward and Vivian Maxine (Boughton) Bielser. Jim attended schools in Gladstone and Henderson County graduating from Union High...
John H. Shimmin
Mar 31, 2015
John H. Shimmin, age 92, of Monmouth, IL., passed away at 6:47 am on Tuesday, March 31, 2015 at the Roseville Nursing and Rehab Center in Roseville, IL. He was born on June 19, 1922 in Lenox Township of Warren County and is the son of John Robert and Lessie Lena (Weegar) Shimmin. He attended the Brannan Rural Elementary...
Zachary Dean "Roo" Bundy
Mar 31, 2015
Zachary Dean "Roo" Bundy, age 18, of Oquawka, Illinois, passed away at 7:30 am on Tuesday, March 31, 2015 at his residence in Oquawka. He was born on February 18, 1997 and is the son of Ricky D. and Tammy (Murphy) Bundy. Zach was currently a senior at West Central High School and was a member of the F.F.A....
M. Louise Nelson
Mar 30, 2015
M. Louise Nelson, age 91, formerly of Kirkwood, Illinois, died at 1:45 pm on Monday, March 30, 2015 at the Roseville Nursing and Rehab Center in Roseville, Illinois. She was born on February 8, 1924 in Kirkwood, Illinois and is the daughter of Mannie and Lillian L. Erlandson Rask. She was raised in Oneida, Illinois where she attended school...
Betty J. Kraft
Mar 23, 2015
Betty J. Kraft, age 90, formerly of Peoria, Illinois passed away on Monday, March 23, 2015 in Normal, Illinois. Cremation is being accorded and no services are currently planned. Interment will be at a later date. Turnbull Funeral Home in Monmouth is in charge of arrangements.
Phyllis J. Hultgren
Mar 20, 2015
Phyllis J. Hultgren, age 80, of Oquawka, Illinois, died at 12:30 pm on Friday, March 20, 2015 at The Great River Hospice House in West Burlington, Iowa. She was born on August 5, 1934 in Burlington, Iowa and is the daughter of Mary Dixon. Phyllis was raised in Carman, Illinois in Henderson County and attended and graduated from Monmouth...
Mark Thomas Mendez
Mar 20, 2015
Mark Thomas Mendez, 49, of Dallas, TX, died Friday, March 20, 2015 at Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX. Mark was born October 14, 1965 in Galesburg, the son of Carlos F. and Lisa Belen (nee Martinez) Mendez. Mark is survived by 1 brother, Carlos “Squeeky”, and wife Miram Mendez of Weston Florida; 4 sisters, Christine “Tina”, and husband...
Donald C. Bogguess
Mar 20, 2015
Donald C. Bogguess, 81, of Ophiem, IL, died at 8:57 p.m. Friday, March 20, 2015 at OSF St. Mary Medical Center, Galesburg. Per his wishes, cremation rites will be accorded and private family services are planned. Cremation arrangements have been entrusted to Watson-Thomas Funeral Home and Crematory.
Philip S. Tiehen, Sr.
Mar 20, 2015
Philip Stanley Tiehen, Sr., 86, of Galesburg, died at 9:02p.m. Friday, March 20, 2015 at home. Phil was born June 15, 1928 in Salina, NE the son Ambrose Alexander and Catherine (nee Schofield) Tiehen. He married Rosemary Welch October 23, 1954 in Kansas City, MO. Phil is survived by his wife of 60 years Rosie of Galesburg; four sons,...
Laverne A. Rowley
Mar 19, 2015
LaVerne A. Rowley, age 96, formerly of Galesburg, Illinois passed away at 9:45 am on Thursday, March 19, 2015 at the Roseville Rehab Center in Roseville, Illinois. LaVerne was born May 25, 1918 in Larchland, Illinois and is the daughter of Ernest and Anna Swanson Nelson. She was raised and attended local rural schools in Larchland and graduated from...
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