Obituaries

Gary K. Romine, age 59, passed away after battling Spinal Muscular Atrophy for 30 years, on Saturday, November 8, 2008, at OSF Holy Family Medical Center in Monmouth at 12:53 p.m. Gary was born on May 2, 1949, in Monmouth, the son of Keith Wilbur and Helen Sands Romine. Gary was raised in Monmouth, graduating from Monmouth High School...

Teddy Abernathy, Jr. age 78, of Monmouth, Illinois; passed away at Heartland Health Care Center in Galesburg, Illinois on Thursday October 28th, at 3:40 am. Teddy was born on February 24, 1932 in Prairie City, Illinois and is the son of Theordore and Ona Miller Abernathy. He was raised in Bushnell, Illinois and attended school at Walnut Grove. Ted...

Sandra K. White, age 62, of Oquawka, Illinois passed away at 10:50 pm at OSF Holy Family Medical Center in Monmouth on June 29, 2011. She was born on October 21, 1948 in Monmouth, and is the daughter of S Floyd and June E. Dillon Larkins. Sandra was raised educated in Galesburg until her teen years when they moved...

Andrea D. Dutton, age 71, of Monmouth, Illinois passed away at OSF St. Mary Medical Center in Galesburg, IL on Friday, November 13, 2015 at 6:00 am. She was born on August 29, 1944 in Worcester, MA and is the daughter of Hugo and Mamie (Brooks) Aho. Andrea lived and attended school in Worcester until the age of 13....

Beulah H. Patterson, age 93, of Monmouth, Illinois; passed away at 1:45 pm on Wednesday March 26th, at her Monmouth residence. Beulah was born on November 5, 1914 in Table Grove, Illinois and is the daughter of Ralph L. and Vada Strode Brown. Beulah was raised in Table Grove where she attended rural schools and High School. She then...

Doris V. Henrichs, age 91, of Monmouth, Illinois; passed away at 2:30 pm on December 27th, at her home in Monmouth, Illinois. Doris was born on May 18, 1920 in Hancock County in rural Colusa, Illinois and is the daughter of Victor Newton and Inez Lucille Browning Riley. She was raised in the rural schools of Hancock county and...

Mark J. Buster, age 44, of Monmouth passed away at his Monmouth, Illinois residence on Friday November 1, 2013 at 6:30 am. Mark was born on February 26, 1969 Fayetteville, North Carolina and is the son of Mark and Carol Darnell Buster. He was raised here where he attended local schools and graduated from Warren High School with the...

Ruth E. Hompland Olson passed away peacefully at her home in Monmouth on Friday, August 7, 2015 at 5:29 am. She was tireless in spirit, and lived her life with faith, courage, dignity, and a sense of humor. Ruth Evangeline Hompland was born August 10, 1920, in Kuling, China. Her parents, Anna and Reverend Lars Hompland, were American missionaries,...

Irma Louise Hinshaw, age 88, of Oquawka, Illinois passed away at the Oak Wood Estates in Stronghurst, Illinois on Saturday, November 15, 2014 at 2:20 am. She was born in Mora, Minnesota on March 8, 1926, the daughter of Albert and Lillie May (Jordon) Mitchell. Irma was reared and educated in Macomb, Illinois and was a graduate of Macomb...

Kathleen M. Bennett, age 70, of Monmouth, Illinois; passed away on October 7,2014 at 4:45 am at Galesburg Cottage Hospital in Galesburg, Illinois. She was born on May 16, 1944 in Chicago, IL and is the daughter of Arthur F. and Dolores V.Stritzel Hughes. She was raised and educated in both Monmouth and McHenry, Illinois where she attended Immaculate...

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...

Nadine K. Mowen, age 54, of Stronghurst, Illinois; passed away at OSF St. Francis Medical Center in Peoria, on March 18th at 9:10 am. She was born August 26, 1956 in LaHarpe, Illinois and is the daughter of Robert E. and Pauline B. Johnson Talbott. She was raised in LaHarpe where she attended public schools and graduated from the...

Shirley S. Darnell, age 57, of Oquawka, Ill.; passed away at Cottage Hospital in Galesburg, Ill., on December 17, 2007 at 3:32 am. Shirley was born on November 21, 1950 in Monmouth, Ill. and is the daughter of Chester R. and Lois Bridges McCoy. Shirley was reared and educated in Gladstone, Ill. where she attended and graduated from Gladstone...

K. Lucille "Dolly" Lefort, age 86, of Monmouth, Illinois passed away at 12:35 pm at Monmouth Nursing Home on Sunday May 11, 2014. " Dolly " was born on January 29, 1928 in Monmouth and is the daughter of "T.W." Terrance Wm. and Frances Burns Gavin. She was reared and educated in Warren County where she attended " Farmer's...

William J. "Pop" Trimble, Sr. age 84, of Keithsburg, Illinois passed away at his residence at 8:32 am on Thursday, April 14, 2016. Bill was born on December 8, 1931 in Philadelphia, PA, the son of Joseph A. and Kathleen Trimble. He was educated in the Philadelphia area where he graduated from Flourtown High School with the Class of...

Helen C. Richey, age 92, of Monmouth, Illinois; passed away at 8:30 pm on January 30th, at the Monmouth Nursing Home. Helen was born March 25, 1919 in Gerlaw, Illinois and is the daughter of Andrew and Laura M. Neilsen Bertelsen. She was raised in the Little York and Gerlaw areas and attended rural schools. She attended Little York...

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...

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...

Robert Paul Carner, age 60, of Caledonia, Illinois and formerly of Monmouth, Illinois; passed away suddenly at Beloit Memorial Hospital in Beloit, Wisconsin on Saturday, June 25, 2016 at 10:26 AM. Paul was born June 11, 1956 in Monmouth, Illinois, and is the son of James and Eunice (Green) Carner. He graduated from Union High School 1974, and Western...

Elizabeth "Liz" Reimolds, age 82, of Monmouth; passed away at 6:35 pm on July 21st, at the home of her son in Monmouth, Illinois. She was born on November 19, 1927 in Mammoth Cave, KY, the daughter of "Bud" and Carrie Holton Davis. She was raised in Monmouth and attended Monmouth schools. She married Elmer L.Reimolds on June 10,...