Obituaries
Jack L. Smith
Nov 28, 2014
View Jack's Video Tribute Jack Lee Smith, 72, of Galesburg, died at 5:29 p.m. Friday, November 28, 2014 surrounded by his loving family at OSF St. Francis Medical Center, Peoria. Jack was born on October 7, 1942 in Anna, Faye A Brown and Charles Albert Smith and raised by his grandparents Frank and Holly Brown in Jonesboro. He married...
Nancy Day Kaufman
Nov 28, 2014
Nancy Ann Day Kaufman, 62, of Galesburg, IL, transitioned at 2:20 a.m. Friday, November 28, 2014, at Cottage Hospital, Galesburg, IL. Nancy was born on June 20, 1952 in Galesburg, the daughter of Dorothy (Mahoney) and Myrel Day, who preceded her in death. She had no siblings. She was raised and educated in Abingdon, IL, and graduated from Abingdon...
Robert Butch J. White
Nov 27, 2014
Robert J. “Butch” White, Jr., 62, of Gilson, died at 10:10 a.m. Thursday, November 27, 2014 in Maquon. Butch was born October 3, 1952 in Monmouth, the son of Robert Jennings and Virginia Louise Pierce White, Sr. He is survived by his father, Robert of Galesburg and a sister, Laurel Nielson of Apache Junction, AZ. He was preceded in...
Believe Mansosa Mpembele
Nov 27, 2014
Believe Mansosa Mpembele, two day old daughter of Delphin Mansosa Mpempele and Annette Kiayuka Nsimba, died at 6 p.m. Thursday, November 27, 2014 at OSF St. Mary Medical Center, Galesburg. Visitation will be 10 to 12 p.m. Tuesday, December 2, 2014 at Watson-Thomas Funeral Home and Crematory, Galesburg. Graveside services will follow at 12:15 p.m. at St. Joseph’s Cemetery,...
Patsy W. Cheshire
Nov 25, 2014
Patsy Wynell Cheshire, 81, of Galesburg, died at 1 a.m. Tuesday, November 25, 2014 at home. Patsy was born in Shreveport, LA on June 21, 1933 the daughter of William and Gladys Newell Garner. Patsy married William Leonard Cheshire, Jr. on April 28, 1951 in Panola County Texas. He preceded her in death on September 1, 1982. Patsy is...
Helen M. Rogers
Nov 19, 2014
Helen M. Rogers, age 80, passed away at 10:15 am on Wednesday, November 19, 2014 at the Oak Lane Nursing and Rehab Center in Stronghurst, Illinois. She was born on May 6, 1934 in Biggsville, Illinois, the daughter of Jame K. and Flossie Lena (Finch) Oaks. She attended schools in Biggsville and was a graduate of Biggsville High School....
Ronald H Coons
Nov 19, 2014
Ronald Howard Coons, age 75, passed away unexpectedly on November 19, 2014 at his home. He was born January 22, 1939 in Monmouth, the son of Rosetta (Goodwin) and Lee Coons. Ron, or "Ronnie" as many knew him, grew up on the family farm south of Roseville and attended Roseville schools, graduating from Roseville High School in 1956. Ron...
Hazel L. Vilardo
Nov 16, 2014
Hazel Leota Vilardo, 93, of Galesburg, died at 10:59 p.m. Friday, November 16, 2014 at home. Hazel was born February 26, 1921 near Dahinda, the daughter of Leonard J. and Mary Elizabeth West Folger. She married Walter L. Vilardo on February 7, 1946 in Corpus Christi Catholic Church, Galesburg. He preceded her in death. Hazel is survived by two...
Liane E. Shunick
Nov 14, 2014
Liane Enderlin Shunick, age 82, of Monmouth, Illinois, passed away at 11:35 am on Friday, November 14, 2014 in Brentwood, Missouri. She was born on December 2, 1931 in Galesburg, Illinois, the daughter of Lawrence and Verna (Noonan) Enderlin. Liane attended Ottumwa Heights College and received her BA from Western Illinois University in Macomb, Illinois. On July 23, 1955,...
Dorothy J. Manley
Nov 14, 2014
Dorothy J. Manley, age 88, formerly of Monmouth, Illinois, passed away at 8:34 am on Friday, November 14, 2014 at the South Georgia Medical Center in Valdosta, Georgia. She was born on June 11, 1926 near Keosauqua and Mt. Zion, Iowa the daughter of Roy and Evelyn (Brown) Kisling. Dorothy attended schools in the Keosauqua and Mt. Zion area,...
Mabel L. Osborne
Nov 13, 2014
Mabel L. Osborne, age 89, of Monmouth, Illinois; passed away at 7:02 am on Thursday, November 13, 2014 at the Monmouth Nursing Home in Monmouth, Illinois. Mabel was born on July 13, 1925 in Abingdon, Illinois and is the daughter of Lloyd and Pearl Taylor Curtis. She was raised in the area where she attended public schools and proudly...
Gwen E. Blake
Nov 9, 2014
Gwen E. Blake, 90, of Galesburg, died at 2:34 p.m. Sunday, November 9, 2014 at Seminary Manor, Galesburg. Gwen was born on September 8, 1924 in Galesburg, the daughter of Cecil and Louise Elliott Fishburn. She was raised by Lloyd and Louise LaGrow. She married John J. Blake on December 27, 1947 in Galesburg. Gwen is survived by her...
Emily Jaqlyn Rose Speer
Nov 8, 2014
Emily Jaqlyn Rose Speer, age 18, of Solsberry, Indiana, passed away on November 8, 2014. Emily was born on December 8, 1995 in Bloomington, Indiana, the daughter of Dan and Deb (Thorman) Speer. She graduated from Eastern Greene County High School, Bloomington, Indiana in the spring of 2014. Emily was an accomplished artist, played violin in the orchestra (where...
Robert Glenn Cheesman
Nov 7, 2014
View Rob's Video Tribute Robert G. “Robbie” Cheesman, 40, of Knoxville, died peacefully at 4:58 p.m. Friday, November 7, 2014 at OSF St. Mary Medical Center, surrounded by his family. Robbie was born on August 18, 1974 in Galesburg, the son of Ed and Patti Cavanaugh Cheesman. He married Dawn Sedam on June 25, 1994. Robbie is survived by...
Jimmie B. Bell
Nov 7, 2014
Jimmie B. Bell, 84, of Galesburg died at 9:40 p.m. Friday, November 8 at Heartland Health Care Center in Galesburg. He was born June 2, 1930 in Galesburg, the son of John “Jimmie” and Lorayne Bell and was baptized at Faith United Methodist. He graduated from Galesburg High School in 1948. He worked in the Engineering Department at Butler...
Shealynn Olivia Currie
Nov 6, 2014
Infant Shealynn Olivia Currie of Galesburg passed away at 10:50 a.m., Thursday November, 6 at Galesburg Cottage Hospital. She was born to parents Lucas Currie and Ashley McGee on August 12, 2014 in Galesburg. Even though Shealynn's time on Earth was short, she touched the hearts of all, and left a lasting memory. She is also survived by brothers,...
Rev. L. Richard Jurgensen
Nov 4, 2014
Richard L. Jurgensen, 90, died Tuesday, November 4, 2014. Today we said good-bye to the earthly remains of my Dad, the Rev. L. Richard Jurgensen. Technically he wasn’t my dad, he was my father-in-law, but for all practical purposes he was my dad. Even with the ravages of cancer, hearing loss, and probably Alzhiemers, until his last week on...
Kathleen S. Leary
Nov 3, 2014
Kathleen S. Leary, age 80, of Little York, Illinois; passed away at 10:17 am on Monday, November 3, 2014 at the Monmouth Nursing Home. Kathleen was born on July 29, 1934 in Viola, Illinois and is the daughter of Earl Clair and Sylvia Jane Anderson Thompson. She was raised in the Aledo area and attended it's schools and graduated...
James Thomas Joyner, Jr.
Nov 3, 2014
James Thomas Joyner, Jr. of Oquawka, died at 8:55 a.m. Monday, November 03, 2014 at Galesburg Cottage Hospital. Jim was born January 26, 1931 in Chicago, the son of James Thomas, Sr. and Margaret Henrietta Schubert. He entered the US Marine Corp on December 10, 1951. He was discharged on December 2, 1953. He then married Marilyn J. Grange...
Donald J. Bothwell
Nov 2, 2014
Donald J. Bothwell, age 58, of rural Keithsburg, Illinois; passed away at 1:30 am on Sunday, November 2, 2014 at OSF St.Francis Medical Center in Peoria, Illinois. Donald was born on April 15, 1956 in Galesburg, Illinois and is the son of Donald E. and Marianne Schuetz. He was raised in Galesburg, IL and in Oquawka where they moved...
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