Obituaries

Robert Lee Lewis, age 83, of Mendota, Illinois, passed away at Unity Point Proctor Medical Center emergency room on Saturday, January 23, 2016 at 8:08 pm. Robert was born on October 12, 1932 in Gladstone, Illinois and is the son of Leroy W. and Harriett E. (Jaeger) Lewis. Robert attended G & O High School where he graduated with...

Daryl D. "Dary" Stacker, age 65, of Cameron, Illinois; passed away at his Cameron residence on Wednesday September 22nd at 11:35 pm. Daryl was born February 23, 1945 in Monmouth, Illinois and is the son of Russell J and Lois M Wood Stacker. Daryl was raised and educated in the Cameron/Galesburg area and graduated from Warren High School in...

Ralph F. Ault, age 95, entered heaven at 10:25 pm, July 18, 2013, at the Monmouth Nursing Home, where he a lived for the last 18 months. He was born on November 26, 1917 in Newberry, Indiana. After graduating from High School, Ralph saw an ad in the Prairie Farmer about work in Warren County, Illinois He came and...

Dorothy Kathryn Stubbs, 92, formerly of Oquawka , Ill. , died peacefully in her sleep at 7:55 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 9, at home at the Lighthouse at Silvis assisted-living facility in Silvis , Ill. Dorothy was born Feb. 28, 1918, in Oquawka, the daughter of John and Ethel (Thompson) Dillon. As a child, she lived in Muscatine , Iowa...

Robert D." Bob " Martin, age 86, passed away at 9:11 am at his Monmouth residence on Tuesday April 15, 2014. Robert was born on January 30, 1928 in Monmouth, Ill and is the son of Arthur L. and Euforsine Franzen Martin. Bob was reared and educated in Monmouth and was a member of the Monmouth High School Class...

Harold W. Pedigo, age 93, of Monmouth, Illinois; passed away at his home in Monmouth, on Tuesday afternoon March 24, 2009. Harold was born January 22, 1916 in Burlington, Iowa and is the son of George Elmer and Louesa O. Latham Pedigo. Harold was raised in Monmouth where he attended Monmouth Public Schools and Graduated from Monmouth High School....

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Helen Jean Martin, age 86, formerly of Monmouth, Illinois; passed away at The Forum at the Crossing Nursing Home in Indianapolis, IN on November 3, 2008. Jean was born on August 16, 1922 in Monmouth, Illinois and was the daughter of Leonard J. and Jennie Mae (Thieme) Killey. She was raised in Monmouth, where she attended local schools and...

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...

Ronald E. "Ron" Barnett, age 68, of Kirkwood, Illinois passed away at OSF St.Francis Medical Center in Peoria, IL at 8:01 PM on Monday, January 30, 2017. He was born on October 27, 1948 in Pleasant Plains, Illinois, the son of Thelbert O. and Fannie L. (Copley) Barnett. Ron attended schools in Kirkwood and graduated from Yorkwood High School...

Rae Ann Elliott, age 61, of Monmouth, passed away at 3:33 pm on June 17th at OSF St. Mary Medical Center in Galesburg, Illinois. Rae Ann was born on January 1, 1952 in Peoria, Illinois and is the daughter of Waymon Anderson and Mary Ann King Strickland. She was raised in Peoria and Elmwood Schools and attended the Elmwood...

Mary Lou Leath, age 81, of Galesburg, Illinois; passed away at 6:00 pm on the 28th of May at Heartland Health Care Center in Galesburg, Illinois. Mary Lou was born July 22, 1929 in Alexis, Illinois and is the daughter of Art and Frances Reem Alstedt. She was raised in Alexis where she attended school and graduated from Alexis...

Alan D. Smith, age 60, of Biggsville, Illinois, passed away at 12:30 AM on Tuesday, April 12, 216 at Roseville Nursing and Rehab in Roseville, Illinois. He was born on September 16, 1955 in Monmouth, IL, the son of James E. and Vallie H. (Ravenscraft) Smith. He was educated in the Biggsville area and attended Union High School. Alan...

Delores J. Wallace, age 84, of Oquawka, Illinois; passed away at OSF Holy Family Medical Center in Monmouth on June 27, 2011 at 9:36 pm. She was born on June 11, 1927 in Keokuk, Iowa and is the daughter of Oscar E. and Blanche B. McCready Eland. Delores was raised and educated in Keokuk and Burlington, and graduated from...

Elizabeth Ann Alumbaugh, an active and involved resident of the Monmouth, Illinois community for over 60 years, died peacefully Friday evening July 8 at Clark- Lindsey Renewal Therapy Center in Urbana, Illinois. She was 92 years old. Elizabeth Ann Lubben was born January 4, 1924, the daughter of Herman and Harriet (Zollver) Lubben in Stone Lake, Wisconsin. She is...

Marilyn G. Thornton entered into rest at 3:45 p.m. on Saturday, February 16, 2008, at her home in Monmouth, Ill. She was born Jan. 30, 1928, in Roseville, Ill. to the late Doren and Dorothy Ditch Hixson. She was the devoted wife of Lionel A. Thornton since June 4, 1949 until his recent death. She is survived by her...

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...