Obituaries

Beulah L. Bolender, age 72, of Monmouth, Illinois; passed away at Cottage Hospital on Wednesday June 2, at 1:48 pm. She was born on March 11, 1938 in Monmouth, and is the daughter of Charles R and Lula V. Phipps Bickell. Beulah was raised and educated in Kirkwood and graduated from Kirkwood High School. She married Robert Dean Bolender...

Mary Jane DeLuna, age 64, of Monmouth, passed away July 7th at 10:05 am at her Monmouth residence. She was born January 6, 1948 in Biggsville, Illinois and is the daughter of Alva M. and Delores M. Hendrickson Manes. Mary Jane was raised in Biggsville, Illiniois where she attended local schools and Union High School. She was previously married...

Dean E. Ricketts, age 86, of Oquawka, Illinois; passed away at University Hospitals in Iowa City, Iowa on Friday December 21, 2012 at 11:02 pm. Dean was born on July 26, 1926 in Burlington, Iowa and is the son of Leslie P. and Gladys E. Camp Ricketts. Dean was raised and educated in Henderson County where he attended school...

Dale Ernest " Ernie" Blunt, age 78, of Knoxville, Illinois; passed away at the Knox County Nursing Home in Knoxville, on July 10, 2010 at 4:03 am. He was born December 3, 1931 in Greenbush, Illinois and is the son of Elton R and Eva Vandaveer Blunt. Ernie was raised in the Greenbush area and attended local schools and...

Ralph C. Mesick, age 77, of Monmouth, Illinois; passed away at the Roseville Nursing and Rehab Center in Roseville, IL on Sunday, September 14, 2014. Ralph was born on April 23, 1937 in Macomb, Illinois and is the son of Charles C. and Bessie V. Cline Mesick. He was raised in Macomb where he attended local schools and the...

Barbara A. Newton Kidder, age 77, of Oquawka, Illinois passed away at University Hospitals in Iowa City, Iowa on April 29, 2014 at 4:42 PM. She was born on July 11, 1936 in Matherville,Illinois the daughter of Charles Raymond Bedford and June Lee Cooper.She was raised in Matherville and attended the schools there. At the age of twelve Barbara...

Anna Norine Keithley, 92, passed away with her family by her side on Monday, August 21, 2017, at Liberty Village Manor Court, Freeport, IL. Anne was the eldest of five children born November 16, 1924 in Monmouth and the daughter of James and Nora (Feehan) Craig. She married Joseph Keithley February 7, 1948 at Immaculate Conception. Anne was preceded...

On May 3, 2014, Violet H. Bigger passed away peacefully in her home in Gladstone, Illinois. On behalf of my family, I would like to express our gratitude to those of you that have already paid your condolences. We know that she has touched the lives of many people, and my family and I can not express how much...

Dorothy M. Bennett, age 94, of Monmouth, Illinois passed away at Monmouth Nursing Home in Monmouth, Illinois on Wednesday December 25, 2013 at 10:20 am. Dorothy was born on August 8, 1919 in Mt.Sterling, Illinois and is the daughter of Maine "Pete" and Edna Brown Perry. She was raised in Mt. Sterling where she attended local schools. She was...

Mary J. Becker, age 96, of Little York, Illinois passed away at the Monmouth Nursing Home in Monmouth, Illinois on January 14, 2014 at 1:45 p.m. She was born on March 24, 1917 in Monmouth,Illinois and is the daughter of John G. and Ida Elda Hull Goranson. She was raised in Monmouth where she attended local schools and graduated...

George Grant Mackey, Sr. age 70, of Aledo, Illinois; passed away at OSF St.Francis Hospital in Peoria, Illinois on January 21, 2014 at 1:30 pm. George was born on October 19, 1943 in Cameron, Illinois and is the son of Grant and Ruth Poulson Mackey. He was raised in Dahinda, Illinois and schooled and graduated from Williamsfield High School...

Ellen R. Hanna of Monmouth, Illinois; passed away at 7:23 am at Monmouth Nursing Home on January 1, 2011. Ellen was born October 13, 1911 in the Rhinehart family farm home in Hale Township of Warren County. She is the daughter of Charles and Bessie Walker Rhinehart. She graduated from Kirkwood High School and Monmouth College receiving a Bachelors...

Walter Blue, age 86, of Monmouth, IL. passed away at his residence in Monmouth on Wednesday September 5, at 7:44 pm. Walter was born on September 25, 1925 in Brooksville, Mississippi and is the son of Reverend V.D. and Laura Belle Clayton Blue. His early life in Mississippi, Walter came to Monmouth at the age of fourteen and resided...

Donald L. Bundy, age 75, of Gladstone, Illinois, finished the race at 2:15 am on Monday, August 17, 2015 at the Great River Hospice House in West Burlington, Iowa. He was born on July 27, 1940 in Henderson County the son of Charles and Bertha (Tracy) Bundy. He grew up in the Gladstone area and attended schools there. Don...

Rolland E. "Ron" Yocum, age 70, of Monmouth, Illinois passed away at St.Francis Medical Center in Greenwood, IN on January 10, 2013. Ron was born on December 22, 1942 in Peoria, Illinois and is the son of Charles L. and Minnie M. (Nelson) Yocum. Ron graduated from Woodland High School in Streator, Illinois with the class of 1960. After...

Edward O. Brill, age 87, of Oquawka, Illinois; passed away at Oak Lane Nursing and Rehab in Stronghurst, IL on January 11, 2011 at 12:05 am. He was born on July 18, 1923 in Stronghurst, IL the son of Lloyd H. and Nellie Shaw Brill. He was reared in Stronghurst, LaHarpe, Blandinsville, and Biggsville, IL. Edward served in the...

F. Everett Johnson, age 92, of Biggsville, IL. passed away at the Great River Hospice House on Saturday, November 1, 2014 at 12:20 pm. Everett was born on March 20, 1922 in rural Biggsville, IL of Henderson County, and is the son of Floyd Everett and Helen Leona South Johnson. Everett attended the "Kirby" rural school in Henderson County....

Randy R. Atkins, age 63, of Monmouth, Illinois passed away at his Monmouth residence on Friday, March 18, 2016 at 9:48 pm. Randy was born on September 2, 1952 in Burlington, Iowa and is the son of William and Elizabeth A. Atkins. He was raised in Monmouth, where he attended Willits, Central, and Monmouth High School from which he...

Katherine L. Lindberg, age 93, of Galesburg, Illinois; passed away at Seminary Manor in Galesburg, on April 3rd at 9:15 pm. Additional Obituary information is pending. Services:A funeral service will be at Turnbull Funeral Home in Monmouth, Illinois on Monday April 9th at 1:00 pm. Interment will be in the Warren County Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation with her family...

David L. Palmer, age73, of Cameron,Illinois; passed away at 9:05 am at the Marigold Nursing Home in Galesburg,Illinois on November 18,2013. David was born on August 3,1940 in Galesburg and is the son of Lewis E. and Audrey Shumaker Palmer. He was raised in Galesburg and graduated from Galesburg High School, class of 1958. He attended Carl Sandburg College...