Obituaries

Walter D. Shamblin, age 80, of Monmouth, Illinois; passed away at Galesburg Cottage Hospital in Galesburg, on April 30, 2013 at 11:36 pm. Walter was born on March 2, 1933 in Ponemah, Illinois and is the son of Clinton and Margaret Smith Shamblin. Walt was raised in Ponemah and the Kirkwood rural area and attended Kirkwood High School He...

Rick Sells, age 62, of Monmouth, Illinois; passed away at Monmouth Nursing Home on Wednesday October 5th, at 2:48 am. Rick was born on April 26, 1949 in Quincy, Illinois, and is the son of Fred Ira and Betty Eileen Dorsey Sells. Rick was raised in Monmouth where he attended Monmouth Schools and graduated from Monmouth High School with...

Lester Max Howe, age 87, of Monmouth, Illinois; passed away at OSF St. Mary's Medical Center in Galesburg, at 3:04 pm on January 11, 2012. Max was born October 27, 1924, to Albert L. and Gladys M. (Hook) Howe in Monmouth. He was raised and educated in Monmouth and is a graduate of the Monmouth High School class of...

Robert E. "Sam" Tracy, age 71, of Oquawka, Illinois, was found deceased at his residence on Tuesday, April 15, 2008. Sam was born January 22, 1937 near Stronghurst, Illinois, the son of Harold H. "Shorty" and Bessie Bradfield Tracy. Sam was reared in Henderson County and attended local Henderson County schools. Sam held various jobs throughout his life. He...

Donna J. Moore, age 87, of Alexis, Illinois passed away peacefully at 10:25 am on Saturday, February 6, 2016 at Seminary Manor Nursing home in Galesburg, Illinois where she had resided for three years. She was born July 8, 1928 in Aledo, IL, the daughter of Leonard and Myrtle Burgeson Hollembaek. Donna was raised and educated in Aledo, Illinois...

Katherine M. "Kate" Louck, age 91, of Monmouth, Illinois passed away at 10:25 am at the Monmouth Nursing Home in Monmouth, on May 26, 2014. Kate was born on June 30, 1922 in Oquawka, Illinois and is the daughter of Glenn and Hattie Brown Kimmitt. She was raised and educated in Oquawka where she attended local schools through high...

John A. Mullhatten, age 89, of Monmouth, Illinois; passed away at Monmouth Nursing Home on Sunday March 25, at 2:54 am. John was born on September 26, 1922 in Shelbina, Missouri and is the son of Lewis J. and Mable G. Wiegand Mullhatten. He was raised in Hancock County where he attended Huntsville rural school and graduated from the...

Cheryl D. Hunt, age 61, of Monmouth, Illinois passed away at Monmouth Nursing Home in Monmouth, IL on March 31, 2014 at 2:35 am. Cheryl was born on July 23, 1952 in Monmouth, and is the daughter of Lawrence H. and Gladys F.Mitchell Shinn. Cheryl was raised in Monmouth where she attended local schools and graduated from Monmouth High...

Harriet G. McMillon, age 81, of Rock Island, Illinois, passed away at 5:10 p.m. at Trinity West in Rock Island on Wednesday, December 5, 2007. Harriet was born on May 7, 1926 in Monmouth, Illinois, the daughter of Ralph and Harriet Cox Taylor. She was reared and educated in Monmouth, attending Monmouth Public Schools. She first married William Nickerson,...

Infant Jayden Wayne Hank of Oquawka, IL was born and passed away at the Galesburg Cottage Hospital in Galesburg on September 25, 2014. Jayden is the infant son of Jeremy and Ashley Miller Hank of Oquawka, IL. Surviving are his parents, Jeremy and Ashley Hank of Oquawka, maternal grandparents, Marcia Miller and Bruce Miller both of Oquawka, paternal grandparents,...

Jasper Icenogle, age 95, of Macomb, and formerly of Oquawka, IL; passed away at 6:45 pm on November 28th at the Elms Nursing Home in Macomb, IL. Jasper was born on July 9, 1915 on a farm near Joy, Illinois. He is the son of Grover Cleveland and Mary Jane Everhart Icenogle. Jasper was raised on a farm near...

Lois L. Tatman, age 96, of Monmouth, passed away at 4:00 am at the Roseville Country Manor in Roseville, on June 11, 2013. Lois was born on May 23, 1917 in Monmouth, and is the daughter of Theodore and Ruth E. Lee Mettler. Lois was raised in Monmouth where she attended local schools and married Charles Tatman on August...

Hugh Winbigler, 86, of rural Monmouth, passed Away at 3:25 am Sunday (Oct.24, 2010) at Abingdon Care Center, Abingdon, IL He was born on Sept. 2, 1924 in Monmouth, the son of Harry & Bertie (Bates) Winbigler. He was reared and educated in the Monmouth area and graduated from Monmouth High School with the class of 1942. He started...

Donald L."Donnie" Jern, age 54, of Oquawka, IL., passed away peacefully in his sleep at his Oquawka residence on Sunday, August 31, 2014. Donnie was born on May 25, 1960 in Monmouth, Illinois and is the son of Kenneth R. and Mary Beaucrem Jern. He was raised in Oquawka and attended Henderson County Schools and graduated from Union High...

Tom Sullivan, age 60, of Monmouth, Illinois; passed away at Methodist Medical Center in Peoria, Illinois on March 26, 2012 at 11:30 pm. Tom was born on January 28, 1952 in Galesburg, Illinois and is the son of Wayne P. and Marion E. Flohr Sullivan. Tom was raised in the Monmouth area and attended Warren School from which he...

Charles Henderson Cagle, 69, of Monmouth, died on Monday, June 27, at home. He was born April 9, 1942 in Centralia, Illinois to Otha Milton and Eleanor Othelia (Bennett) Cagle. He was raised in El Dorado, Arkansas. He earned a B.A., an M.A, and a Ph.D. in psychology from the University of Arkansas. He married Jane Jakoubek on April...

Anna Mae Graber, age 85, of Monmouth, Illinois, passed away at Galesburg Cottage Hospital at 12:45 pm on Wednesday, January 6. 2016. Anna Mae was born on April 6, 1930 near Memphis, MO in Scotland County. She is the daughter of Alma Lenora (Pinnell) and Edgar Orin McGee. She was raised and educated in many places, mainly Missouri and...

Eleanor L. Gilmore, age 92, of Monmouth, Illinois passed away at 4:30 pm at OSF St.Mary Medical Center in Galesburg, IL. on Friday, March 4, 2016 at 4:30 pm. She was born on April 17, 1923 in Sunbeam, Illinois and was reared and educated in the area schools where she attended Belmont Grade School and graduated from Little York...

Marian Florence Creighton, age 85, of Monmouth, Illinois died peacefully with her daughters by her side at OSF St. Mary's Medical Center in Galesburg, Il on Friday, November 22, 2013 at 3:35 p.m.. Marian was the daughter of Ingvald Bernard Horvei and Myrtle Peterson Horvei and was born on October 26, 1928 in Lake Mills, Iowa. Marian participated in...

Donald L. Allard, age 77, of Monmouth, Illinois; passed away at Galesburg Cottage Hospital on Saturday April 20, 2013 at 11:33 am. Donald was born on May 30, 1935 in York, Nebraska and is the son of Clemencia Erald Wright and Garrett David Allard. Don was raised in Springfield, Illinois and then came to Rock Island, IL. where he...