Obituaries

Nov 13, 2018

Robert Eugene Tasker, 73, of East Galesburg, died at 7:55 p.m. Tuesday, November 13, 2018 at Seminary Manor, Galesburg. Bob was born July 3, 1945 in Galesburg, the son of James G. and Pauline F. (Swanson) Tasker. He married Karen Kay Metelka on June 24, 1972 at First Lutheran Church in Galesburg. She survives of East Galesburg. Bob is...

Nov 12, 2018

Merle D. McCabe, age 79, of Gladstone, Illinois, passed away at 8:01 P.M. on Monday, November 12, 2018 at Heartland Health Care Center in Galesburg, Illinois. He was born on December 10, 1938 in Gladstone, Illinois, the son of Howard and Myrtle (Tee) McCabe. Merle attended school in Gladstone. Merle married Bobbi Jo Smith and she is surviving. He...

Nov 12, 2018

Edith C. Johnson of Galesburg passed away at 9:47 a.m. Monday, Nov. 12, 2018 at Rosewood Care Center.  She was born January 12, 1930 in rural Monmouth, Illinois the daughter of Wiley and Maude Simmons Neal. Edith had also lived in Monmouth, Illinois and Grimes, Iowa and had lived with her niece, Jean (Gary) Theobald in Galesburg for five...

Nov 11, 2018

Shirley Ann (Howard) Armstrong, 86, formerly of Monmouth, passed away peacefully at OSF St. Mary Medical Center in Galesburg, IL on November 11, 2018. She was born August 28, 1932, in New Boston, Illinois, the daughter of Ezra and Pearl (James) Howard. She married James S. Armstrong on November 16, 1957 in Monmouth and he preceded her in death...

Nov 11, 2018

Sarah E. Links, 70, of St. Augustine, passed away peacefully and surrounded by her family, on Sunday, November 11, 2018, 6:20 PM, at OSF Richard Owens Hospice House, Peoria.  Sarah was born on January 24, 1948 in Galesburg. She was the daughter of Edward and Catherine (O’Connor) Kennedy. She married Victor N. Links on June 26, 1970 in Rock...

Nov 11, 2018

Anna Marie Nichols, 94, of Knoxville, Passed away at 7:25 a.m. Sunday, November 11, 2018 at Knox County Nursing Home. She was born August 3, 1924 at home in Fedora, SD to Simon and Elizabeth Hughes, eighth of nine children. Ann graduated from St. Agatha’s Catholic School in Howard, SD in 1943. She met her husband Lewis, at the...

Nov 8, 2018

Betty Jane Morrison, 89, of Galesburg, died at 10:27 p.m. Thursday, November 8, 2018 at Knox County Nursing Home, Knoxville. Betty was born May 11, 1929 in Delong, the daughter of William D. and Elizabeth (VanFleet) Young. She married Jack Eugene Morrison on May 15, 1946 in Galesburg. Jack preceded her in death after almost 67 years of marriage...

Nov 7, 2018

Ada M. Alecock, age 98, of Biggsville, Illinois passed away at 2:00 pm on Wednesday, November 7, 2018 at the Burlington Care Center in Burlington, Iowa. She was born on July 25, 1920 in Rozetta, Illinois and is the daughter of Harry E. and Florence l. Goff Alecock. Ada was raised in the Rozetta community and attended Liberty rural...

Nov 7, 2018

Mary Gladys Caldwell, age 89, of Monmouth, Illinois; passed away at 11:20 P.M. on Wednesday, November 7, 2018 at Monmouth Nursing Home in Monmouth, Illinois. Mary Gladys, known as "Gladys", was born in Alexis, Illinois, the daughter of Frank E. and Daisy May (Olin) Caldwell. Gladys was reared and educated in and around Alexis, Illinois, graduated from Alexis High...

Nov 6, 2018

David E. Brill, Sr, age 66, of Oquawka, Illinois; passed away at 4:45 A.M. on Tuesday, November 6, 2018 at Great River Medical Center in Burlington, Iowa. He was born on June 21, 1952 in Monmouth, Illinois, the son of Edward Oscar and Delores Florence (Colley) Brill. David attended schools in Monmouth, Biggsville, and Oquawka, graduating from Union High...

Nov 5, 2018

Nov 4, 2018

Yvonne M. Martin, 84 of Galesburg, died on Sunday, November 4, 2018, 12:33 AM, at the Knox County Nursing Home, Knoxville.  Vonnie was born on September4, 1934, in Fort Madison, Iowa. She was the daughter of Paul and Dorothy (Frowney) Niggemeyer. Vonnie married Robert L. Martin on August 21, 1954. They celebrated 60 years of marriage. He preceded her...

Nov 3, 2018

Ronald A. Pinson, age 79, of Monmouth, Illinois; passed away at 9:54 am on Saturday November 3, 2018 at OSF St.Francis Medical Center in Peoria, Illinois. Ronald was born on July 18, 1939 in Monmouth, and is the son of Byron and Eunice Waller Pinson. Ron was raised in Monmouth where he attended Harding School and Central, then graduated...

Nov 3, 2018

William Glen “Billy” Bean, 62, of Park Forest, IL, died at 2:06 p.m. November 3, 2018 in Park Forest. Billy was born January 21, 1956 in Galesburg. Billy is survived by his two brothers, Dale Bean of Galesburg and Bobby Bean of Joliet; one sister, Gladys Pruitt of Peoria; and his beloved aunt, Joyce Bean of Galesburg. Billy was...

Nov 2, 2018

Kelly Lynn Johnson, 35, of Monmouth, died at 2:45 a.m. Friday, November 2, 2018 at the home of her father Bruce in East Galesburg. Kelly was born October 31, 1983 the daughter of Bruce DeWayne and Deborah (Allen) Johnson. Kelly is survived by one daughter, Emma Racke East Galesburg; her father and step mother, Bruce (Sue) Johnson of East...

Oct 31, 2018

Faye Louise Christian Perry, age 95, of King's Daughters and Sons Retirement Home, Burlington, formerly of Oquawka, Illinois, passed away at 4:50 A.M. on Tuesday, October 31, 2018 at the Great River Hospice House in West Burlington, Iowa. She was born on may 24, 1923 in Oquawka, Illinois, the daughter of Charles Henry and Daisy Alice (Olson) Ruberg. Faye...

Oct 30, 2018

Shirley J. Noel, age 76, of Monmouth, Illinois; passed away at 10:35 pm at her Monmouth residence on October 30, 2018. Shirley was born on November 6, 1941 in Kirkwood, Illinois and she is the daughter of Herman and Lucille Hawk Vestal. Shirley was raised in the rural Kirkwood are where she attended the Ellison rural school and the...

Oct 29, 2018

Ellen A. Rockhold, 96, formerly of Oquawka, Illinois, passed away on Monday, October 29, 2018 at Hope Creek, East Moline, Illinois. Ellen will have a private burial in the Oquawka Cemetery. There will be no visitation. Ellen was born September 20, 1922 in Okmulgee, Oklahoma, the daughter of Lon Simpson and Fay (Anderson) Simpson. She married Raymond Rockhold in...

Oct 29, 2018

Pansy Hope Polson, 97, Knox County Nursing Home, died Monday, October 29, 2018 at 10:27 p.m. She was born January 24, 1921 in Olney, Illinois to Turis Workman and Laura (Allen) Workman. She married Walter E. Polson on February 15, 1943 in Canton, MO. He preceded her in death on July 25, 1988. She was also preceded in death...

Oct 29, 2018

Bernice Anastasia Neeley, 91, of Galesburg, died at 6:51 p.m. Monday, October 29, 2018 at Seminary Manor, Galesburg. Bernice was born June 3, 1927, in Galesburg, the daughter of Peter and Antonina (Melé) Calderone. Bernice married Warren Blake Neeley on December 8, 1962, in Galesburg. He preceded her in death on September 25, 2012. Bernice is survived by one...