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...

Robert "Swede" D. Turnquist, age 85, of Monmouth, passed away at OSF St.Mary Medical Center in Galesburg, on August 28, 2011 at 12:30 pm. Swede was born on September 30, 1925 in the rural area of Lenox Township in Warren County and is the son of John and Mary Polen Turnquist. He was raised on the farm and attended...

Janice L. Vander Hyden, age 60, of Monmouth, Illinois; passed away at the Roseville Nursing and Rehab Center in Roseville, on Saturday, February 13, 2016 at 12:15 pm. A full obituary will be posted shortly. A gathering of her family and friends is planned on Friday, February 19, 2016 at Turnbull Funeral Home in Monmouth where her family will...

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...

Earl E. Way, age 90, of Monmouth, IL; passed away at Monmouth Nursing Home in Monmouth, Illinois on July 5th, at 4:25 am. Earl was born on January 1, 1923 in DeLong, Illinois and is the son of Ernest Earl and Minnie VanFleet Way. He was raised in Wataga, Illinois where he attended public schools and Knoxville High 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...

Robert L. Reimolds, age 81, of Monmouth, Illinois passed away at OSF St. Francis Medical Center in Peoria, Illinois on Saturday, December 12, 2015 at 6:37 am. Robert was born on September 29, 1934 in Laura, Illinois and is the son of Everett G. and Lula M. (Roberts) Reimolds. He was reared in Cameron, Illinois where he attended the...

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...

David W. Levine, age 80, formerly of Monmouth, IL passed away at The Quarters nursing facility in Des Peres, Missouri on Sunday, July 19, 2015 at 2:25 am. David was born on May 25, 1935 in Monmouth, Illinois and is the son of Herbert E. and Pearl Walters Levine. He received his education in Monmouth and graduated from Monmouth...

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...

Audrey M. Irons, age 101, of Monmouth, IL; passed away at Legacy Estates in Monmouth, Illinois on January 21, 2014 at 10:05 am. Audrey was born on August 17, 1912 in Monmouth and is the daughter of Carl A and Florence M. Edoff Themanson. She was raised in Monmouth where she attended school and graduated High School with the...

Terry L. Ross, age 58, of Monmouth, Illinois; passed away earlier this week in Mindon, Iowa. Terry was born August 7, 1953 in Monmouth, and is the son of Okey L. and Billie A Hess Ross. Terry was raised in Monmouth and attended Monmouth schools and High School. He received his G.E.D. Terry has been employed as a driver...

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...

Juanita R. Matigian, age 78, of Oquawka, Illinois; passed away at Great River Medical Center in West Burlington, on February 4, 2012 at 1:46 pm. She was born April 8, 1933 in Varna, Illinois and is the daughter of G.Wesley and Lilly E. Palm Lorance. She was raised in Varna where she attended local schools and high school. She...

Dorothy Lou Beal, 86, of Monmouth passed away March 21 at the Lighthouse in Silvis, Illinois. Dorothy Lou "Dottie" was born June 5th, 1927 in Southern Illinois. She was the daughter of Dee and Bertha Ellen Small. Dottie was raised in Marion, Illinois where she graduated from high school and then attended and graduated from the University of Illinois...

Reverend John F. Grimes, age 84, of Monmouth, Illinois passed away at 12:25 pm at his residence in Monmouth, on Wednesday November 23, 2011. John was born on March 11, 1927 in Pittsfield, Illinois the eldest of seven children born to John W. and Rachel Miller Grimes. Reverend Grimes was raised in Pittsfield and graduated from Pittsfield High School....