Obituaries

WC "Bud" Adair, age 99, of Kirkwood, Illinois passed away at OSF St. Mary Medical Center in Galesburg, IL on Wednesday, March 22, 2017. "Bud" was born on February 3, 1918 in Burlington, Iowa and is the son of William and Mabel Young Adair. He was raised and educated in Monmouth and in Stronghurst 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...

Helen M. Bersted, age 87, of Monmouth, Illinois; passed away at Galesburg Cottage Hospital in Galesburg, Illinois on June 1, 2011 at 6:30 pm. She was born May 20, 1924 in rural Swan Township of Warren County and is the daughter of Ira W and Naomi Cochran Huston. Her grade school years were at Parker rural school in Point...

Robert R. "Robbie" Vice, age 20, of Oquawka, Illinois; passed away on September 14th, at 12:30 am at Galesburg Cottage Hospital. "Robbie" was born on April 6, 1988 and is the son of Danise Moore-Lenz and Tim Vice of Oquawka, Illinois. Robbie has been afflicted with Cerebral Palsey all his life. He is survived by his Mother Danise Lenz...

Zachary Austin Carrier, 22 of Bradenton, Florida, lost his battle with Cystic Fibrosis on August 22nd, 2014. He was born December 8th, 1991 in Kankakee, IL. and is the son of Kendall Carrier and Christy Welch Sincavage. He was raised and educated in the Pittsfield, IL area and graduated from Braden River High School in 2010. He currently is...

Robert A. "Robbie" Boyd, age 26, of Galesburg, Illinois; passed away at a rural Warren County residence on August 19, 2010 after Noon on August 19, 2010. "Robbie" was born September 17, 1983 in Galesburg, Illinois and is the son of Robert A and Cindy Millard Boyd. Robbie was raised in the rural Kirkwood area and attended school at...

Hans Martin "Marty" Hackspacher, age 60, of Monmouth, Illinois; passed away at 1:05 pm on Sunday January 2nd at his residence. Martin was born on September 6, 1950 in Nurtingen Germany and is the son of Martin and Margaret Stephan Hackspacher. He was raised and educated in Monmouth where he attended school and graduated from Monmouth High School. Marty...

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...

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...

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...

V. Marcella " Marcia" Kesinger, age 90, of Monmouth, Illinois; passed away at Monmouth Nursing Home in Monmouth, Illinois; at 3:30 am on Thursday February 20th, 2014. Marcella was born on November 26, 1923 in Salem, Missouri and is the daughter of Virgil F. and Vivian Maberry Shores. Marcia was raised and educated in the Ozark area of Missouri...

Leslie H. "Sport" Stubbs, age 95, formerly of Oquawka, Illinois; passed away at Noon at Trinity West in Rock Island, Illinois on May 22, 2008. "Sport" was born September 10, 1912 in Oquawka, Illinois and is the son of John Benjamin and Nancy Raines Stubbs. He attended the "Harmonty" rural school in Henderson County. Leslie was married on June...

Ernest Young, age 51, of Roseville, Illinois; passed away at 3:04 am on March 24th, at Galesburg Cottage Hospital in Galesburg, Illinois. He was born April 3, 1958 in Monmouth, Illinois and is the son of Meredith and Gloria Birdsell Young. Ernest was raised in the rural Cameron area and attended local schools. He received his G.E.D. in 1996....

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...

Ruth E. Nuckles, age 86, of Monmouth, Illinois; passed away at OSF Holy Family Medical Center on Saturday, November 15, 2014 at 6:25 pm. She was born on December 18, 1927 in Monmouth and is the daughter of Fred and Mamie Brasche. She was raised in Monmouth, where she attended Monmouth Schools and Monmouth High School. She was married...

Ethel E. Meyer, age 94, of Rozetta, passed away at OSF Holy Family Medical Center in Monmouth, on May 29, 2013. Ethel was born May 17, 1919 in Mendon, Illinois, the daughter of William Thomas and Elizabeth Catherine (Swunk) Cantrell. She was educated in Mendon schools and graduated from Mendon High School in 1937. She married Van William Meyer...

Lauren E.Still, age 85, of Cameron, IL; passed away at 1:55 am at Rosewood Care Center in Galesburg, IL on October 29, 2015. Lauren was born on January 7, 1930 in Clinton, Iowa and is the son of Leland and Ethel Rodgers Still. Lauren moved to Galesburg as a boy where he was reared and educated in the Galesburg...

Donald E. Robeson, age 80, of Monmouth, Illinois died in his rural Monmouth residence, where he has lived most of his life, on Sunday April 14, 2013 at 2:35 pm. Don was born on June 8, 1932 in Davenport, Iowa and is the son of J. Edgar and Edna Glass Robeson. He was raised in Monmouth where he attended...

David Myers "Bud" Eiker, age 78, of Cameron, Illinois; passed away at the Aledo Health Care Center in Aledo, on Saturday, March 8, 2014 at 11:28 pm. David was born on February 20, 1936 in Knoxville, Illinois and is the son of Daniel M. and Erma VanPelt Eiker. He was reared and educated in Knoxville and was a 1953...

Lois L. Tatman, age 96, of Monmouth, passed away at 4:00 am at the Roseville Country Manor in Roseville, on June 11, 2013. Lois was born on May 23, 1917 in Monmouth, and is the daughter of Theodore and Ruth E. Lee Mettler. Lois was raised in Monmouth where she attended local schools and married Charles Tatman on August...