Obituaries

Roger C. Siens, age 78, of Oquawka, Illinois; passed away at 9:45 pm on April 12th, at the Mercer County Nursing Home in Aledo, Illinois. Roger was born on November 7th, 1933 in Hopper, Illinois and is the son of John Clark and Ora Hulet Siens Roger was raised in Henderson County where he attended local rural schools. He...

Doris Green Vancil, age 94, of Oquawka, Illinois; passed away at 7:27 pm at the Great River Hospice House in West Burlington, on February 3, 2012. Doris was born August 12, 1917 in Oquawka, Illinois and is the daughter of George Glenn and Blanche Maude Ives Green. Doris was raised in Oquawka where she attended local schools and high...

Marilyn J. Evans, age 72, of Oquawka, Illinois; passed away at her Oquawka residence at 4:41 am on Wednesday November 18, 2015. She was born on March 29, 1943 in Chicago, Illinois and is the daughter of Harry W. and Doris M. Nyquist LaDue. She was raised in Chicago and attended local schools. She attended and graduated from Waller...

Donald W. Bowling, age 52, of Galesburg, Illinois; passed away at OSF St. Francis Medical Center in Peoria, Illinois on August 23, 2013 at 6:55 am. Donald was born on November 28, 1960 in Galesburg, Illinois the son of Donald P. and Kathryn L. Bundren Bowling. He received his education in the Monmouth schools graduating from Monmouth High School...

George T. Wheeler, age 69, of Macomb, Illinois, formerly of Kirkwood; passed away at McDonough District Hospital in Macomb, IL. on June 19, 2013 at 7:05 pm. George was born on August 22, 1944 in Monmouth, Illinois and is the son of George L. and Naomi N. Harrison Wheeler. He was raised in Kirkwood, Illinois where he attended local...

Mary R. Schweitzer, age 64, of Oquawka, Illinois passed away at the Great River Hospice House in West Burlington, Iowa on Saturday, April 2, 2016 at 1:51 pm. Mary was born May 21, 1951 in Chicago, Illinois, the daughter of John S. and Margaret M. (Kroupa) Vandeleur. She attended school in Woodridge, Illinois and attended Downers Grove South High...

Janice A. " Hanner " Short, age 66, of Monmouth, Illinois; passed away at the Emergency Room at OSF Holy Family Medical Center on Wednesday December 11, 2013 at 1:34 am. Janice was born on January 15, 1947 in Cave City, Kentucky and is the daughter of John Milton and Ruby Felicia Coats Short. She began school in Cave...

Lisa Ann Warden, age 44, of Monmouth, Illinois; passed away at OSF St.Francis Medical Center in Peoria, Illinois Wednesday, December 25, 2013 at 2:50 am. Lisa was born on July 15, 1969 in Monmouth and is the daughter of Pablo and Mary Louise Dutton Taylor. Lisa was raised in Monmouth where she attended public schools. She was a graduate...

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...

Charles D. "Charlie" McLaughlin, age 67 ,of Monmouth passed away at 6:35 p.m. at the Prairie City Rehabilitation Center in Prairie City, Illinois. Charlie was born October 16th, 1945 in Monmouth, the son of Carl N. and Mary O. Hood McLaughlin. He was raised in Monmouth, and attended Law School and Warren School. Charlie married Christine Ann Crooks on...

Jean Dickens, age 81, of Oquawka, Illinois; passed away at 10:11 pm at the Mercer County Hospital in Aledo, Illinois on August 26, 2011. She was born on June 12, 1930 to Clifford J. and Edna M. Hays Smith. Jean was raised on the farm in rural Mercer County and was educated in the rural schools and graduated from...

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,...