Obituaries

Marlene M. Mitchell, age 83, of Galesburg, Illinois,passed away at 5:20 PM on Wednesday,July 20,2016 at OSF St. Mary Medical Center in Galesburg,Illinois. She was born on April 3,1933 in Hammond,Indiana, the daughter of William Louis and Ramona Anna Guinn Scalf. Marlene was raised in Hammond,Indiana and attended school in Avon,Illinois where she attended High School. She also attended...

Eugene C. Behnke, age 82, of Monmouth, Ill., passed away at his residence on Thursday morning November 19, 2009. Gene was born March 28, 1927 in Kewanee, Ill. and is the son of Henry and Anna Milligan Behnke. He was raised in Kewanee where he attended local schools and graduated from Kewanee High School. He then attended Monmouth College,...

Leslie H. "Sport" Stubbs, age 95, formerly of Oquawka, Illinois; passed away at Noon at Trinity West in Rock Island, Illinois on May 22, 2008. "Sport" was born September 10, 1912 in Oquawka, Illinois and is the son of John Benjamin and Nancy Raines Stubbs. He attended the "Harmonty" rural school in Henderson County. Leslie was married on June...

Diana K. Stinemates, 71, of Monmouth, passed away at the OSF Hospice House in Peoria, Illinois on Monday July 27, 2015 at 12:45 am. She was born in Monmouth, Illinois, the daughter of Drexel W. and Ina Mae (Patterson) Moore. Diana was a graduate of Stephen Decatur High School in Decatur, Illinois. She also attended business college at the...

Randy W. Romine, age 64, of Monmouth, Illinois; passed away at his Monmouth residence on Saturday November 24, 2012 at 2:55 pm. Randy was born on February 23, 1948 in Galesburg, Illinois and is the son of Keith W. and Helen B. Sands Romine. Randy was raised and educated in Monmouth and attended Monmouth Schools and graduated from Monmouth...

Audrey White Weissinger, age 92, of Kirkwood, Illinois; passed away at OSF St. Francis Hospital in Peoria, Illinois on Tuesday January 21, 2014. Audrey was born on October 18, 1921 in Raritan, Illinois and is the daughter of Henry A. and Pearl McLean White. She was raised in Biggsville and attended it's public schools and high school. She then...

Larry R. Seitz, age 58 of Oquawka, Illinois passed away at his residence in Oquawka, Illinois on May 31, 2011 at 5:15 am. He was born on August 27, 1952 in Burlington, Ia., the son of Lawrence and Arlene Rudy Seitz. He was reared and educated in Henderson county, he graduated from Union High School in 1970. He then...

Nancy K. Bohn, age 65, of Monmouth, Illinois passed away at OSF St.Francis Medical Center in Peoria, IL on Saturday, September 3, 2016 at 8:30 pm. Nancy was born on November 4, 1950 in Monmouth, Illinois and is the daughter of Virgil E. and Rose A. Howell Shaub. Nancy attended Monmouth public schools and was an honor student and...

Merle W. Brown, age 89, of Monmouth, Illinois passed away peacefully at Monmouth Nursing Home on August 15, 2013 at 11:46 am. Merle was born in Mercer County near Aledo, Illinois on December 30, 1923. He was the youngest son of Oliver and Myra Park Brown. He grew up in Mercer County, played quarterback for the Aledo High School...

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...