Obituaries

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...

Dr. Phil Painter, age 73, of Monmouth; passed away at 3:18 pm on Sunday March 20th at OSF St. Mary Medical Center in Galesburg. He was born on October 4, 1937 in Monmouth, Illinois and is the son of Buddy and Anna Louise Holmberg Higgins. Phil was raised and attended school in Monmouth, and graduated from Monmouth High School....

Billy Lee Mettler, 81 of Rocky Mount Mo. formerly of Monmouth, died March 29;2009 at Osage Beach Health Care Center in Osage Beach, Mo. He was born June 19,1927 in Monmouth,Ill. the son of Theodore and Ruth Lee Mettler. He married Betty Lou Shawler Nov. 19, 1949 in Monmouth. She preceded him in death on July 16, 1995. Billy...

Kenneth R. "Kenny" Jern, age 84, of Oquawka, Illinois; passed away at Heartland Health Care Center in Galesburg, Illinois on Thursday November 27, 2014 at 6:15 pm. Kenny was born on February 11, 1930 in Oquawka, Illinois and is the son of Oliver and Iva G. Boughton Jern. Kenny was raised in Oquawka, and attended local schools and graduated...

David C. Cook, age 71, of Monmouth, passed away at 12:06 pm on August 27, at OSF St.Francis Medical Center in Peoria, IL. David was born May 10, 1939 in Seaton, Illinois and is the son of Willard and Winifred Brown Cook. He was raised and educated in Alexis and Keithsburg and graduated from Keithsburg High School. He entered...

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...

Wendell A. Faudree, age 87, of Kirkwood, Illinois, passed away at his home in Kirkwood, IL. on Friday evening at 8:30 pm. Wendell was born on December 13, 1925 in Macon, Missouri and is the son of Christopher T. and Florence E. Wykoff Faudree. Wendell was raised in Hannibal, Missouri and attended public schools and graduated from Hannibal High...

Elaine Speck, age 78, of Monmouth, Illinois; passed away at OSF St.Mary's Medical Center in Galesburg, at 6:00 am on Sunday May 23rd, 2010. Elaine was born on January 19th 1932 in Ft. Madison, Iowa and is the daughter of Hiram F. and Hazel P. Carlson Newton. She was raised in Niota, Illinois where she first attended "Frame" rural...

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...

Verna I. Rawhouser, age 92, of Biggsville, Illinois; passed away at Oak Lane Nursing and Rehab in Stronghurst, IL on June 30, 2011. Verna was born March 15, 1919 in Gladstone Township of Henderson County, IL and is the daughter of Clarence O. and Gertrude M Carpenter Dowell. She was raised and educated in Henderson County where she attended...

Dwight E. Bird, age 69, of Monmouth; passed away at 3:56 pm at his Lake Warren residence on Sunday Dec.17, 2012. Dwight was born on June 12, 1934 in the rural Monmouth area and is the son of Orus Thomas and Beulah Edell Nelson Bird. Dwight was raised in Galesburg where he attended public schools and graduated from Galesburg...

Howard R. Parsons, Sr. of Oquawka, Illinois; passed away at the Parkview Manor, in Wellman, Iowa on June 9, 2013 at 1:40 am. Howard was born on June 20, 1934 in Oquawka, Illinois and is the son of Glenn Roy and Natrona Alsona Morris Parsons. Howard was raised in Oquawka where he attended local schools. After school Howard enlisted...

Harold E. Dinwiddie, age 67, of Monmouth, IL; passed away at the Roseville Nursing and Rehab Center in Roseville, on Saturday November 8, 2014 at 5:47 pm. Harold was born on July 2, 1947 in the county of Shelby near Shelbina, Missouri. Harold is the son of Russell D. and Beulah Pauline Todd Dinwiddie. He was raised in the...

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...

Anona Mae Widener, age 76, of Stronghurst, IL and formerly of Monmouth, passed away at Great River Medical Center in Burlington, Iowa on May 28, 2011 at 11:27 pm. She was born on October 7, 1934 in Lomax, Ill. and is the daughter of Ernest K. and Helen Louise Sherman Pence. She was reared and educated in Henderson County,...

Richard E. Buckert, age 37, of Galesburg, Illinois; passed away on December 18th at his Galesburg residence. He was born July 5, 1973 in Monmouth, Illinois and is the son of Raymond Dale and Nancy Kay Shaub Buckert. He was raised in Monmouth, and attended Monmouth Schools graduating from Monmouth High School in 1991. He first married Angie Melvin...

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...