Obituaries

Delores M. Manes, age 79, of Oquawka, Illinois; passed away at 6:50 am on Sunday January 16th, at the Monmouth Nursing Home. Delores was born on February 1, 1931 in the rural Biggsville area and is the daughter of Lloyd and Maude Peterson Hendrickson. She was raised and educated in the Media schools and attended Media High School. She...

Mary F. Lefort, age 76, of Monmouth, Illinois; passed away at OSF Holy Family Medical Center in Monmouth on Saturday morning. She was born on September 13, 1933 and is the daughter of Paul H. and Ella M. Hopkins Sympson. She was raised and educated in Monmouth where she attended local schools and Monmouth High School. She married Alford...

Weona M. Erickson, age 80, of Monmouth, Illinois, passed away at the Monmouth Nursing Home in Monmouth, on Wednesday July 9, 2008 at 7:30 pm. Weona was born on November 4, 1927 in Terre Haute, Illinois and is the daughter of Arval T. and Susie M. Elston Shoemate. She was raised in Terre Haute and attended the local schools...

Thomas F. "T" Webb, age 83, of Monmouth, Illinois; passed away at OSF Holy Family Medical Center on September 12th at 10:50 am. "T" was born May 3, 1925 in Monmouth, Illinois and was the son of Thomas and Jessie Mae Barnett Webb. He was raised in Monmouth, attending Monmouth Schools and graduated from Monmouth High School. On March...

Raymond "Clyde" Seitz, age 85, of Oquawka, Illinois passed away at Genesis East Campus in Davenport, Iowa on Tuesday, July 14, 2015 at 4:15 pm. Clyde was born on September 3, 1929 in Carman, Illinois and he is the son of Jake and Florence Mason Seitz. He was raised in Biggsville, Illinois where he attended the local schools and...

Parker L. Steis, age 86, of Monmouth, Illinois; passed away at Heartland Health Care Center in Galesburg, on May 2, 2011 at 12:22 pm. Parker was born on February 3, 1925 in Effingham, Illinois and is the son of Leonard A. and Maurece Parker Steis. He was raised in Effingham, where he attended local schools and graduated High School....

Samuel H. Johnson, II, age 58, of Monmouth, Illinois; passed away at 12:30 am at OSF Holy Family Medical Center ER on February 6, 2013. "Sammy" was born on August 10, 1954 in Galesburg, Illinois and is the son of Samuel H. and Inez Stewart Johnson. He was raised in Galesburg, where he attended public schools and later attained...

Julia M. Hull, age 87, of Monmouth, Illinois passed away at Galesburg's Seminary Manor Nursing Home on Friday July 22, 2016 at 9:25 am. Julia was born on July 5, 1929 in Monmouth, Illinois and is the daughter of Raymond A and Gladys A Gaul Walker. She was raised in Galesburg, Illinois where she attended Galesburg Schools. She was...

Roger D. Brewer, age 54, of Monmouth; passed away at 4:00 am at Monmouth Nursing Home on July 22, 2010 at 4:00 am. He was born on October 14, 1955 in Mountain View, Arkansas and is the son of Lonnie and Mary I Looney Brewer. He was raised in Monmouth where he attended local schools and graduated with the...

Nile B. Olson, age 77, of Oquawka, Illinois; passed away at Genesis Medical Center East in Davenport, IA. Nile was born February 28, 1935 in Oquawka, Illinois and is the son of Ralph and " Ma " Flora Peterson Olson. Nile was raised in Oquawka, where he attended local schools and graduated from G & O High School. He...

Tammi Renee Hottle entered this world November 7, 1959, born to Doris and Larry Dye in Monmouth, IL. She was soon joined by her only sister, Vicki Lantz, and commenced a childhood filled with Mississippi mud, wild animals turned pets, periods of hardship and happiness, and always surrounded by country music and family love. Tammi graduated from Monmouth High...

Alice E. Pearson, age 96, of Biggsville, Illinois; passed away at Heartland Health Care Center in Galesburg, IL. on June 29, 2011 at 7:35 pm She was born on August 10, 1914 in Monmouth, Illinois and is the daughter of John Arthur and Ethel Gertrude Garrett Pogue. She was raised in the Media area and attended local schools and...

Richard A. Martin, age 49, of rural Little York, Illinois; passed away at 2:00 am Saturday Feb7th as a result of a traffic accident. Richard was born on January 24, 1960 in Monmouth, and is the son of Francis "Polly" and Irene M. Bennett Martin. Richard was raised in Monmouth where he attended local schools and graduated from Monmouth...

Frances J. Elliott, 88, of Monmouth, IL passed away with her family at her side at 12:14 p.m. Friday December 18, 2015 on her birthday at the Monmouth Nursing Home. Frances was born on December 18, 1927 in Hale Township in rural Monmouth, IL. She was the daughter of E.T. and Kate (Gavin) Gillen. She was raised on the...

Andrew Y. Butler, age 53, of Monmouth, Illinois; passed away at OSF St.Mary Medical Center in Galesburg, Illinois on July 9, 2011 at 1:50 pm. "Andy" was born on May 21, 1958 in Mahopac, New York. He was raised in Carmel, New York until coming to Monmouth where he received his education in the Monmouth Schools and Monmouth High...

Raus C. Cooper, age 73, of Henderson County and Burlington, Iowa; passed away at the Oak Lane Nursing and Rehab Center in Stronghurst, IL on May 25th, 2009. Raus was born on August 14, 1935 in Oquawka, Illinois; and is the son of Cecil and Gertrude Lynn Cooper. He was raised in Oquawka where he attended grade school and...

Rozanna "Rose" Linze, age 67, of Monmouth, Illinois passed away at Unity Point Methodist Medical Center in Peoria, Illinois on May 11, 2017 at 3:22 am. Rose was employed at Maytag Corporation in Galesburg as a forklift driver until it's closing. She had previously worked at Monmouth Hospital. Rose very much enjoyed gardening and taking care of her fishpond....

Marion C. "Parker" Parker, age 83, of Monmouth, Illinois passed away at 7:43 a.m. at the Monmouth Nursing Home on December 12, 2012. Marion was born on February 28, 1929 in Monmouth, Illinois, and is the son of Almiron T. and Nora E. Martin Parker. Parker was raised in Monmouth where he attended local schools and graduated from Monmouth...

Michelle D. Chamberlain, age 56, of Monmouth, Illinois; passed away at 4:55 am at St.Francis Medical Center in Peoria, Illinois. Michelle was born on July 11, 1954 in Monmouth, Illinois and is the daughter of William and Melba Wells Widener. She was raised in Monmouth and attended the local schools and graduated from Monmouth High School in 1972. She...

Rollie G. Siegfried, age 70, of Oquawka, Illinois; passed away at 6:45am at Methodist Medical Center on May 29, 2013. Rollie was born December 17, 1942 and is the son of Clyde A and Rosella E. Price Siegfried. He was raised in Pontoosuc. Illinois where he attended public schools. He was married to Beverly S. Worley on August 26,...