Obituaries

James O. Burr, age 88, of Oquawka, Illinois, passed away at his residence at 6:30 am on Tuesday, March 25, 2008. James was born on February 16, 1920, in Stronghurst, Illinois, the son of Herbert Clinton and Blanche Priscilla Renner Burr. He was reared and educated in the Stronghurst and the Gladstone Grade School, and attended the Gladstone High...

Rita L. McCutcheon, age 49, of Monmouth, Illinois; passed away at Kindred Hosptial in Sycamore, Illinois on Saturday February 18, 2012. Rita was born on January 19, 1963 in Monmouth, Illinois and is the daughter of Riley Crawford and Kathryn McCutcheon. She was raised in Monmouth where she attended local schools and graduated from Monmouth High School with the...

Carolyn S. Poulson, age 61, of Monmouth; passed away at her Monmouth residence on Tuesday October 8, 2013 at 7:55 am. Carolyn was born on July 7, 1952 in Monmouth and is the daughter of Donald and Ethel Lundeen Sickles. She was raised and educated in Monmouth where she attended Monmouth Schools and Monmouth High school. She was first...

Katherine L. Tate, age 87, of Monmouth, Illinois passed away at OSF Holy Family Medical Center in Monmouth, IL on Monday, July 3, 2017 at 2:00 am. Katherine was born on July 4, 1929 in Monmouth and is the daughter of Alfred Levi and Katherine Martha Hayden White. She was raised in Monmouth where she attended local schools and...

Ervin F. Torrance, age 59, of Gladstone, Illinois; passed away at 7:00 pm at the Pekin Medical Center in Pekin, Illinois on October 15, 2013. Ervin was born on March 24, 1954 in LaHarpe, Illinois and is the son of John Franklin "Frank" and Helen J. Russell Torrance. He was raised in Gladstone, Illinois where he attended local schools...

Kenneth H. "Whitey" "Shorty" Wilson, age 77, of Monmouth, Illinois; passed away at OSF St. Francis Medical Center in Peoria, Illinois on Thursday, February 18, 2016 at 1:43 am. Kenneth was born on October 28, 1938 in Monmouth, Illinois and is the son of Charles S. and Vera G. Kilpatrick Wilson. He was raised in Monmouth where he attended...

Nancy I. Bundy, age 72, of Monmouth, Illinois, passed away at 2:07 am in the OSF Holy Family Medical Center Emergency room on Sunday, June 7th, 2015. She was born on March 8, 1943 in Monmouth, Illinois and is the daughter of Theodore and June (Swan) Lundeen. Nancy was raised and educated in Monmouth where she attended local schools...

B. Eileen Keating, age 86, of Norwood and Monmouth, passed away at 5:45 pm at the Rosewood Care Center in Galesburg Friday March 9th, 2012. Eileen was born on September 21, 1925 in Roseville, IL and is the daughter of Herman and Beulah Poland Bruch. She was raised in Roseville and attended local schools through high school. She was...

Jack H. Horner, age 73, of Monmouth, Illinois; passed away at OSF St.Francis Hospital in Peoria, Illinois on Monday February 24, 2014 at 1:30 pm. Jack was born on December 13, 1940 in Pinkneyville, Illinois and is the son of George V. "Bud" and Onnalee M. Hawes Horner. He was raised and educated in Monmouth, Illinois and attended Monmouth...

Jessie May Blevins went to join her beloved husband Dick Blevins on 11-25-14. Jessie May Lavender Blevins was born on June 16, 1908 in Monmouth, IL to Alfred and Della (Nees) Lavender. Jessie grew up on the plains of Wyoming going to a one-room schoolhouse on horseback or horse-drawn wagon. Only five years before she was born the Wright...

Lewis "Scotty" Peoples, age 60, of Monmouth, Illinois; passed away at the Monmouth Nursing Home on Monday October 13, 2014 at 9:35 am. Scotty was born on December 23, 1953 in Monmouth and is the son of Charles L. and Marie A. Wallace Peoples. Lewis was raised and educated in Monmouth where he attended public schools and Monmouth High...

Betty J. Franklin, age 62, of Sandwich, Illinois and formerly of Monmouth; passed away at Valley West Community Hospital in Sandwich, on February 21, 2009. Betty was born on June 9, 1946 in Monmouth, Illinois. She is the daughter of William O. and Theresa O. Stevens Hayes and was raised in Monmouth where she attended local schools and graduated...

Doris L. Sebastian, age 87, of Gladstone, Illinois; passed away at Oak Lane Nursing and Rehab Center in Stronghurst, Illinois on Sunday, May 8, 2016 at 9:52 pm. She was born on August 14, 1928 in Olena, Illinois, the daughter of Marvin and Flossie (Mapes) Booton. She was reared and educated in the Country Schools of Olena and graduated...

Michael J. " Noodles" Newberry, age 58, of Monmouth, Illinois, passed away at his residence at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, August 26, 2008. Mike was born on October 21, 1949, in Lyons, Kansas, the son of Lester and Helen Stemp Newberry. He was raised in Monmouth and graduated from Monmouth High School in the class of '67. He attended...

Mary E. Steele, age 82, of Monmouth, Illinois, passed away at Seminary Manor in Galesburg, Illinois on Tuesday October 22, 2013 at 3:30 pm. Mary was born on February 9, 1931 in Keithsburg,IL. and is the daughter of Edward and Elizabeth G. Haney Olson . Mary was raised in Keithsburg where she attended school and graduated from Keithsburg High...

Robert L. "Bob" Crouser, age 75, of Cincinnati, Ohio; passed away at Covenant Village in Cincinnati on Monday, September 11, 2017 at 5:10 am. Bob was born on May 15, 1942 in St.Louis, Missouri and is the son of Henry and Claira Brock Crouser. He attended local schools in St. Louis and graduated from High School. He entered and...

Ethel J. Adams, age 90, of Monmouth, Illinois; went peacefully to her heavenly reward with her family at her side, after a brief stay at Cottage Hospital on Friday April 10, 2015. She was the first born daughter of Jess and Ester Kimmitt Scott. She attended Monmouth Schools. In 1939 she married Charles A. Howard in Palmyra, Missouri. In...

Eva M. Hoskins, age 89, of Henderson County, passed away at the Burlington Care Center in Burlington, Iowa on Saturday, August 16, 2014 at 5:45 am. Eva was born on August 29, 1924 in Lock Ridge, Iowa and is the daughter of Zach and Maude Nichols Hathaway. She was raised and educated in Henderson County. Eva married John Hoskins...

E. Dean Klossing, age 80, of Biggsville, Illinois; passed away at Great River Hospice House in West Burlington, Iowa on Thursday December 20, 2012 at 11:04 am. Dean was born on March 16, 1932 in LaHarpe, Illinois and is the son of Elmer and Dorothy Lund Klossing. He was raised in Gladstone where he attended local schools and graduated...

Eleanor M. "Grandma" Bailey, age 88, of Gladstone, Illinois passed away at the Great River Hospice House in West Burlington, Iowa on Sunday July 5, 2015 at 11:25 am. She was born on June 17, 1927 in Tiskilwa, Illinois and is the daughter of Ernest Theodore and Marian Alberta Gingery Borg. She was raised in Tiskilwa and at the...