Obituaries

Cecil Carter Brett, age 90, of Monmouth, Illinois, passed away at his residence in Galesburg, Illinois on Friday, March 21, 2008 at 5:15 pm. Cecil was born on November 4, 1917 in Alberta, Canada, the son of Richard Henry and Margaret May Carter Brett. He served with the Intelligence Corps of the British Army in India, Burma, Malaya and...

Robert W. "Bob" Sprout, age 92, of Fairview Center; passed away at the Roseville Rehab Center in Roseville, Illinois on April 10, 2014 at 3:00 am. Bob was born on November 13, 1921 in Monmouth, Illinois and is the son of W. I. and Evelyn K. Hull Sprout. He was reared and educated in rural Warren County where he...

Martha A. Cox, age 88, of Monmouth, Illinois; passed away at Rosewood Care Center in Galesburg, IL. on August 20, 2010 at 9:30 am. Martha was born October 12, 1921 in Monmouth, Illinois and is the daughter of William Oscar and Elizabeth Barnes Thompson. She was raised in Monmouth and attended the area schools and graduated from Monmouth High...

Lawrence A. " Larry " Keener, age 72, of Kirkwood, Illinois; passed away at 3:30 am at his Kirkwood residence on May 30, 2014. He was born on January 5, 1942 in Henderson County, Illinois near Stronghurst, IL. and is the son of Orville W. and Mabel White Keener. He was raised and educated in Kirkwood where he graduated...

Theodore E. "Ted" Tinkham, age 81, of Cameron, Illinois; passed away at 6:33 pm at Galesburg Cottage Hospital on Monday February 27, 2012. Ted was born on November 10, 1930 near Cameron, Illinois. the son of Lester & Amy Hoyer Tinkham. Ted was raised in Cameron and attended Stringtown rural grade school, Galesburg Senior High School graduating in 1948,...

Martin R. Lovdahl, age 82, of Oquawka, Illinois; passed away at 3:50 am on Sunday January 31st at the Monmouth Nursing Home. Martin was born on November 7, 1927 at Ormonde, Illinois and is the son of Chalmer A. and Rachel R. Monticue Lovdahl. He was raised in the rural Monmouth area and attended the rural schools, graduating from...

Stan E. Olson, age 61, of Monmouth, Illinois; passed away at 5:00 am Sunday February 7th at his residence. Stan was born on June 29, 1948 in Monmouth and was the son of Leonard and Mildred Wayland Olson. Stan was raised in the Monmouth area and attended local schools and graduated from Warren High School in 1966. Stan married...

Kathleen M. Miller, age 54, of Monmouth, Illinois; passed away at Cottage Hospital in Galesburg, Illinois on February 19, 2011 at 5:20 am. Kathy was born on April 25, 1956 in Glenwood Springs, CO and is the daughter of Henry F. and Joan M. Smith Harper. She was raised and educated in Junction City, Kansas where she attended local...

Rudy A. Hunt, Jr. age 43, of Monmouth, Illinois; passed away on October 8th, at 12:05 pm as the result of a Pedestrian Train Incident. Rudy was born on January 23, 1965 in Monmouth and is the son of Rudy A. and Shirley Darlene Mettler Hunt, Sr. Rudy was raised and educated in Monmouth, where he attained his G.E.D....

Margot Ladwig, age 96, of Monmouth IL, passed away at age 96 at the Monmouth Nursing Home in Monmouth on Friday January 3, 2014 at 5:25 pm. Margot was born on September 17, 1917 in Essen, Germany and is the daughter of Robert and Bertha Ruhr Ladwig. She was raised and educated there through High School. Later she refused...

Mary Elizabeth White Roehrs went home to be with her Heavenly Father at 2:45 A.M. on Wednesday, May 18th, 2016. Mary was born to Alfred Levi White and Katherine Martha (Hayden) White, one of four children, on December 3, 1926. She attended Grier School east of Monmouth for eight years, having the same teacher, Miss Edith Gillespie, for the...

David L. Whiteside, age 58, of Monmouth, Illinois; passed away at his residence earlier this year and most recently identified as the deceased. David was born January 27, 1949 in LaHarpe, Illinois and is the son of William and Bessie Lehr Whiteside. He was reared and educated in Roseville, and attended school there and in Monmouth. David graduated from...

Louise S. Lanphere, age 95, formerly of Monmouth, Illinois; passed away at the United Presbyterian Home, in Washington, Iowa on Tuesday October 21, 2008 at 10:00 pm. Louise was born on October 31, 1912 in Monmouth, Illinois and is the daughter of Russell C. and Helen Trowbridge Smith. She was raised in Monmouth where she attended local schools through...

Phyllis Theresa Minneman, age 90, went to her heavenly Father at 9:40 pm on Thursday, October 17, 2013 at Heartland Manor Care Center in Paxton, Illinois. She was born on August 1, 1923 in Rock Island, Illinois, the daughter of William Edgar and Mabel Harriet (Jacobsen) Fowler. She attended Law School in Monmouth and graduated from Monmouth High School...

Cecil Carter Brett, age 90, of Monmouth, Illinois; passed away at his residence in Galesburg, Illinois on Friday March 21, 2008 at 5:15 pm. Cecil was born on November 4, 1917 in Alberta, Canada, the son of Richard Henry and Margaret May Carter Brett. He served with the Intelligence Corps of the British Army in India, Burna, Malaya and...

William J. Leary, age 82, of Monmouth, Illinois passed away at 3:10 am at the Marigold Nursing Home in Galesburg, Illinois on Thursday, September 17, 2015. Bill was born on January 23, 1933 in Monmouth, Illinois, the son of James and Loretta (Lee) Leary. He was raised and educated in Monmouth and graduated from Monmouth High School with the...

Danny J. "Doby" Mettler, age 53, of Monmouth, Illinois; passed away at 11:38 on Saturday evening at OSF Holy Family Medical Center in Monmouth. Dobie was born on July 25, 1959 in Monmouth, and is the son of Joe and Helen Yaeger Mettler. Danny was raised in Monmouth where he attended locals schools and Monmouth High School. "Doby" married...

Michael D. "Red" Hays, age 61, of Oquawka, Illinois; passed away at Great River Medical Center in West Burlington, Iowa on Saturday, May 30th at 12:04 pm. Michael was born on December 4, 1953 in Burlington, Iowa and is the son of Leslie and Carol Kay (Fryrear) Hays. Red was reared and educated in Oquawka where he attended school...

Viola Anne Seitz, age 77, of Oquawka, Illinois died at Oak Lane Nursing and Rehab in Stronghurst on Sunday January 11, 2009 at 3:00 p.m. She was born on September 3, 1931 to Hubert N. and Voila [Beaman] Simons in Winner, South Dakota. She was educated in Mt. Pleasant and Burlington, Iowa and graduated from G&O High School, Henderson...

Robert Mark Stauffer, age 48 of rural Little York,Illinois passed away on October 5,2013 in Monmouth, Illinois. Robert was born on December 9, 1964 in Moline,Illinois and is the son of Robert Lee and Frances Irene Jaeger Stauffer. He was raised and educated in Kirkwood and attended Yorkwood High School. He served for a time in the National Guard....