Obituaries

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....

Fred Dixon of Oquawka, Illinois left the stage on Tuesday March 5, 2013. His life was like a great book, or a song that you can't get out of your head. It began in Burlington, Iowa on November 11, 1937. He was the firstborn child of Roy and Lily Dixon. Legend has it that he was born with a...

Les Oaks, 67, of Rozetta, IL passed away peacefully from cancer, with family by his bedside, on July 27, 2012. He was born on March 19, 1945 and was the son of Muriel (Magee) and the late Earl Oaks, Sr. Les was raised and educated in the Biggsville area. He married Bonnie Fassett in 1963. They had two children,...

Velma J. Burgus, age 84, of Monmouth, Illinois; passed away at OSF Holy Family Medical Center in Monmouth, on March 23rd at 6:12 am. "Burgie" was born on December 17, 1924 in Burlington, Iowa and is the daughter of Harry A. and Agnes M. Heffner Burgus. " Burgie " attended schools in Burlington, Iowa and graduated from Burlington, Iowa....

Birdella "Della" Boughton, age 96, of Biggsville and Oquawka, passed away at Oak Lane Nursing and Rehab in Stronghurst, on June 14, 2010 at 7:30 pm. "Della" was born on August 13, 1913 in Taylorsburg, Missouri and was the daughter of Horace and Cora Metcalf. She was raised in Taylorsburg and attended the area schools. She was married to...

Janet Ann Foust, 82, passed away peacefully on January 9th.2024 at 12:14 am in Henderson, Nevada. Born on September 18th, 1941 in Chicago Illinois, she is the daughter of  Lenel and Rita(Kane) Michelin. Janet graduated from St. Mary’s Academy in 1960. Janet married Gary Richard Foust on March 23, 1963 at American Martyrs Church in Manhattan Beach, California. Together...