Obituaries
Verna Annabella (Doole) Jones
Jan 31, 2022
Verna Annabella Jones, age 89, of Monmouth, Illinois; passed away at 7:39 am on Monday January 31, 2022 at OSF St. Mary Medical Center in Galesburg, Illinois. Annabella was born on February 24, 1932 in Macomb, Illinois and is the daughter of John Lewis and Katherine Doole Jones. She was raised and educated in Roseville, Illinois and was never...
Linda K. (Jones) Queen
Jan 31, 2022
Linda K. Queen, age 79, of Macomb, Illinois; passed away at 4:00 am on January 31, 2022 at OSF St. Mary Medical Center in Galesburg, Illinois. Linda was born on February 2, 1943 in Cameron, Illinois and is the daughter of Clifford A. and Mary L. Reimolds Jones. She was raised in Cameron where she attended school. She married...
Janet A. Heller
Jan 30, 2022
Janet Ann Heller, 80, of Galesburg, passed away peacefully at 3:04 am on Sunday, January 30, 2022 at OSF St. Mary Medical Center with her son Greg by her side. Janet was born October 12, 1941 in Galesburg, the daughter of Earl E. Haines and Margaret D. (Pennebaker) Haines. Janet graduated from Galesburg Senior High School in 1959, and...
Jane M. (Pierce) Cook
Jan 28, 2022
Jane M. Cook, age 82, of Monmouth, passed away at 6:40 am on Friday January 28, 2022 at the home of her daughter Pam, rural Warren County, Illlinois. Jane was born on August 3, 1939 in Avon, Illinois and is the daughter of John and Maxine Brown Pierce. She was raised in Monmouth where she attended local schools and...
Rita (Rhodes) (Rhodes) Kage
Jan 28, 2022
Rita (Rhodes) Kage, age 84, of Oquawka, Illinois, passed away at 9:38 pm on January 28, 2022 at Klein Center in Burlington, Iowa. Rita was born on March 2, 1937 in Mt. Clemens, Michigan and is the daughter of Phyllis Latourneau Rhodes and Daniel Rhodes. She was raised in Mt.Clemens, Macomb County, Michigan where she attended local schools. She...
Jefferson " Jeff " Deford
Jan 27, 2022
Jefferson J. DeFord, age 67, of Monmouth, Illinois; passed away at 4:46 pm on Thursday January 27, 2022 at the Veteran's Administration Hospital in Iowa City, Iowa. Jeff was born on January 28, 1954 in Monmouth, Illinois and is the son of Robert Donald and Lois Pearl Senders DeFord. Jefferson attended local schools and Monmouth High School from which...
Walter T. Jones
Jan 25, 2022
Walter Thomas Jones, age 88, of Galesburg, died at 12:39 A.M. on Tuesday, January 25, 2022 at Seminary Manor in Galesburg. On March 20, 1933, Walter was born in Glendale, California. He would go on to work for over 30 years as an aircraft design engineer for the major American aerospace manufacturing corporation and defense contractor, McDonnell Douglas, until...
James N. "Jim" Jackson
Jan 24, 2022
James (Jim) Norman Jackson, 83, of Galesburg, Illinois, died on January 24, 2022, at OSF St. Mary Medical Center in Galesburg. Jim was born July 10, 1938, in Goderich, Ontario, Canada, the son of Dr. Norman and Annabelle (McArthur) Jackson, both of whom preceded him in death. He married Teresa (Terry) Haptonstahl in Chicago on December 9, 1961. Jim...
Ralph J. Beasley
Jan 23, 2022
Ralph Junior Beasley, 79, of Galesburg, died peacefully at 1:25 p.m. Sunday, January 23, 2022 at his home with his loving wife by his side. Ralph was born February 25, 1942 in Kickapoo, IL the son of Ralph and Margaret (Johnson) Beasley. He graduated from Galesburg High School in 1959. Ralph joined the US Army where he was trained...
Larry M Livingston
Jan 23, 2022
Larry M. Livingston, age 77, of Monmouth, Illinois passed away at 12:04 pm on Sunday January 23, 2022 at OSF St. Mary Medical Center in Galesburg, Illinois. Larry was born on January 12, 1945 in Monmouth and is the son of John A. and Rosalie Hathaway Livingston. Larry married Nancy Lee Hull on June 4, 1966 in Monmouth, Illinois...
Margaret E. (Allen) Johnson
Jan 23, 2022
Margaret E. Johnson, age 73, of Gladstone, Illinois passed away at 9:45 am on Sunday January 23, 2022 at her Gladstone residence. Margaret was born on January 19, 1949 in Burlington, Iowa and is the daughter of Mont and Rhoda Pendry Allen. Margaret was raised in Gladstone where she attended local schools and graduated from Union High School in...
Roger D. Wheelhouse
Jan 22, 2022
Roger D. Wheelhouse, 72, of East Galesburg, died on Saturday, January 22, 2022 at OSF St. Francis Medical Center, Peoria. He was born May 31, 1949 in a barn near Raritan, IL, the son of Richard Paul and Ruth Ann (Lashbrook) Wheelhouse. Roger graduated from Galva High School in 1968. He worked as a pharmacy technician at Cottage Home...
Graciela "Grace" R. Cruz
Jan 21, 2022
Graciela “Grace” R. Cruz, 74, of Galesburg, passed away on Friday, January 21, 2022 at OSF St. Mary Medical Center, Galesburg. Grace was born August 20, 1947 in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico, the daughter of Cruz Rendon-Ayala and Maria de los Angeles Santoyo-Juarez. She married Sergio Cruz in Laredo, Texas on January 15, 1968 and they eventually settled in...
Ralph D. Nalley, Sr.
Jan 20, 2022
Ralph D. Nalley, SR., 67, of Galesburg, died at 3:42 a.m. Thursday, January 20, 2022 at OSF St. Mary Medical Center, Galesburg. Ralph was born October 12, 1954 in Hardinsburg, KY the son of Franklin D. and Faye (Babb) Nalley. He married Virginia L. “Jenny” McKenzie on June 13, 1986 in Galesburg. Ralph is survived by his wife of...
Dale I. Cochran
Jan 20, 2022
Dale I. Cochran, age 80, of Oquawka, Illinois; passed away at Oak Lane Nursing and Rehab. on Thursday January 20, 2022 at 1:40 pm. Dale was born on February 25, 1941 in Oquawka, Illinois and is the son of George and Anna G. Ortery Cochran. He was raised in Oquawka and has been an Oquawka resident his entire life,...
Jane O. (Williams) Hills
Jan 20, 2022
Jane O. Hills, age 100, of Stronghurst, Illinois. passed away at 10:39 pm on January 20, 2022 at Southeastern Regional Hospital in West Burlington, Iowa. Jane was born on May 4, 1921 in Peoria, Illinois and is the daughter of Raymond Lewis and Oretta Pearl O'hara Williams. She was raised in East Peoria, Illinois where she attended local schools...
Dawn M. (Johnson) Hetrick
Jan 20, 2022
Dawn M. Hetrick, age 49, of Oquawka, Illinois passed away at 7:12 pm on January 20, 2022 at University Hospitals in Iowa City, Iowa. Dawn was born on April 4, 1972 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa and is the daughter of Duane and Rosemary Kauten Johnson. She was raised in Cedar Rapids where she attended local schools and graduated from...
Mary L. Vallero
Jan 19, 2022
Mary L. Vallero, age 91, of Galesburg, died at 5:40 a.m. on Wednesday, January 19, 2022 at Courtyard Estates of Knoxville. She was born on October 10, 1930 in Galesburg, the daughter of John F. and Ruth E. (Thorne) Leahy. She was reared and educated in the Knox County area, graduating from Corpus Christi High School with the class...
Kenneth C. Russell
Jan 19, 2022
Kenneth “Ken” Russell, Illinois Fisheries Biologist, loving husband, father, grandfather and great grandfather passed away at his home January 19, 2022. He leaves behind his wife, three children, five grandchildren and one great granddaughter. Kenneth Cloyde Russell was born in Ossining, New York on July 17, 1939 to Cloyde Harlan Russell and Ruth Hazelton Cole. He is blessed with...
Wilma I. Sloan
Jan 16, 2022
Wilma I. Sloan, age 96, of Kirkwood, Illinois; passed away at 4:29 am on Sunday January 16, 2022 at Oak Lane Nursing and Rehab in Stronghurst, Illinois. Wilma was born on March 29, 1925 in the country at home near Nebo, Illinois and is the daughter of Henry Elisha and Daisy I. Zumwalt Guthrie. Wilma was raised in Nebo...
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