Obituaries

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...

Vicki L. Goddard, age 53, of Monmouth, passed away on November 8th at 11:40 pm at the scene of a single car accident near Galesburg. Vicki was born on December 16, 1956 in Muskegon, Michigan and is the daughter of Ronald and Shirley Houghtaling Harter. She was raised and educated in Muskegon until her junior year when they moved...

Mildred Imogene Starkey, 97, of Hendersonville, TN went to be with her Lord in the early morning hours of Friday, November 3, 2017. Imogene spent the first half of her amazing life in the Monmouth, IL area before moving with family to Middle Tennessee. She was an active member of the Good Shephard United Methodist Church, First United Methodist...

Marilyn Jo Sharp, age 77, of Des Moines, Iowa and formerly of Moline, Illinois; passed away at her Des Moines, IA residence on October 18. 2009 at 1:00 pm. She was born on February 14, 1932 in Monmouth, Illinois and is the daughter of Clyde "Jerry" and Velma Irene Frymire DeBok. Sharp was raised in Monmouth, Illinois where she...

Charlotte L. "Charlie" Marston, age 87, formerly of Monmouth, Illinois; passed away at the home of her son, Matthew in Decatur, IL after a long battle with Alzheimer's, on Friday, June 16, 2017 at noon. Charlotte was born on November 3, 1929 in Monmouth and is the daughter of Arthur and Elsie Kleinkopf Themanson. She was raised and educated...

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...

Chester L. Robbins, age 91, of Oquawka, Illinois; passed away at Blair House in Burlington, Iowa on October 27, 2010 at 4:40 pm. He was born August 26, 1919 in Gladstone, Illinois and is the son of Joseph H. and Nancy V. Watson Robbins. Chet was raised in Gladstone, Illinois and attended school in Biggsville, Illinois. Chester entered the...

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...

Nancy L. Furnald, age 50, of Oquawka, Illinois; passed away at her residence in Oquawka, on Friday March 12, 2010 at 3:25 am. Nancy was born July 31, 1960 in Orange, California and is the daughter of Richard L. and Joyce Thomas Kulp. Her early life was in Orange California until the age of 12 when they moved to...

Deborah G. Ferguson, age 49, of Monmouth, Illinois passed away at OSF St.Francis Medical Center in Peoria, IL on July 30, 2015 at 7:50 pm. Deborah was born on June 4, 1966 in Lexington, Kentucky and is the daughter of Raymond and Sue Shrout Ferguson. She was raised and educated in Lexington, Kentucky and it's local schools. Deborah received...

Gary L."Yogi" Oaks, age 65, of Oquawka, Illinois; passed away at 7:15 pm on May 24th, at OSF St.Francis Medical Center in Peoria, Illinois. Gary was born on February 3, 1946 in Burlington, Iowa and is the son of Clarence D. and Belva B. Bradfield Oaks. Gary was raised in Biggsville where he attended local schools and graduated from...

Lula Jean Jones, age 68, of Monmouth, Illinois passed away at 12:30 am at the Monmouth Nursing Home in Monmouth, Illinois on Thursday, October 1, 2015. Lula was born on December 30, 1946 in her family home in Greenbush, Illinois, the daughter of Alfred William and Delma Mae (Reimolds) Jones. Jean was raised in the Berwick area and attended...

Virginia E. Glenn Hull, age 89, of Biggsville, Illinois; passed away at the Morning Sun Care Center in Morning Sun, Iowa on October 31, 2011 at 7:46 pm. Virginia was born on April 19, 1922 in Mt.Union, Iowa and is the daughter of Lloyd and Susannah M.C.Diller Patterson. The family moved several times during her childhood and Virginia was...

Delores M. Gerst, age 86, of Roseville, Illinois and formerly of Gladstone, IL passed away at 9:58 am at OSF Holy Family Medical Center on July 5th, 2013. Delores was born May 21, 1927 in Burlington, Iowa and is the daughter of William M and Eva Jane Cable Stewart. She was raised in Burlington, where she attended public schools...

Glen H. Wallace, age 82, of Oquawka, Illinois; passed away at his Oquawka residence on Saturday Nov. 3rd. at 12:15 pm. Glen was born on June 12, 1930 in Fair Grove, Missouri and is the son of Elmer Haskell and Leta Opal McCurry Wallace. Glen was born and raised on the family farm near Fair Grove, where he attended...

Marjorie A. Stone, age 91, of Franklin Grove, Illinois and formerly of Monmouth, Illinois passed away at the Franklin Grove Nursing Home in Franklin Grove, IL on Sunday November 5, 2017 at 8:15 am. Marjorie was born on October 1, 1926 in Monmouth, and is the daughter of Harry Morton and Constance Gail Miller Hill. She was raised in...

Donald Sloan, age 89, of Kirkwood, Ill. passed away at OSF Holy Family Medical Center in Monmouth, Ill., on April 25, 2009 at 2:00 pm. Donald was born on June 20, 1919 in Detroit, Ill. and is the son of Alonzo and Marguerite Porter Sloan. Don was raised in Detroit and graduated from Pittsfield High School in 1937. Don...

Emetine E. Henderson, age 93, of Galesburg, Illinois; passed away at 9:52 am on Wednesday January 8th at the Knox County Nursing Home in Knoxville, Illinois. Emetine was born January 19, 1919 in Clarksville, Texas and is the daughter of Sally Hailey Chambers. Emetine was raised in Clarksville, Texas where she was educated in public schools and high school....

Jane E. Smith, 95, of Monmouth, died 10:02pm, Wednesday February 14th at Cranes View Lodge, Clermont, FL. She was born June 24, 1922 in Ottumwa, IA, the daughter of Seth Walter Morgan and Vera Celestia (Hovey) Morgan. She married Roger G. Smith of Monmouth (Gerlaw) on May 30, 1942 in St. Louis Mo. Surviving is her Son, Timothy (Sherry)...