John Wayne Graff, 73 of Montrose, IA passed away Monday, April 1, 2024 at the Southeast Iowa Regional Hospice House in West Burlington, IA after battling a long illness. He was born January 14, 1951 in White Township Indiana County, PA the son of John F. and Doris Jean Wingard Graff. John graduated from Lenape Technical High School in Ford City, PA with the class of 1968. He attended DeVry […]
Martin "LeRoy" Johnson, 94, of Montrose, IA, died Monday, April 1, 2024, at Southeast Iowa Regional Hospice in Burlington, IA. LeRoy was born August 29, 1929 near Summitville, IA, the son of Martin Peter and Julia Evelyn Hoffman Johnson. He married G. Patricia Symmonds on December 13, 1953 in Keokuk, IA. She preceded him in death in 2015. He is survived by five daughters and three sons, Lois Thompson of […]
Linda Sue Mullen, 72, of Keokuk passed away on Saturday, March 30, 2024, at River Hills Village in Keokuk. She was born on August 11, 1951 in Peoria, Illinois the daughter of James and Jean Budzinski Carlton. Linda graduated from Limestone Community High School in Bartonville, Illinois with the class of 1967 and later earned her associates degree from Southeastern Community College. Linda continued her education at Iowa Wesleyan College, […]
David Riley Powell, 83, of Hamilton, Illinois, passed away on March 29, 2024, at his residence in Hamilton. He was born on May 27, 1940, in Los Angeles, California, the son of Rex Winston and Erma Eloise Riley Powell. David graduated from Keokuk High School with the class of 1958. Continuing his education, he attended Keokuk Community College before furthering his studies at the University of Iowa and Carthage College. […]
Lillian Marie Mott, 99, of Hamilton, passed away at the Montrose Healthcare Center at 11:38 AM Sunday, March 24, 2024 Lillian was born April 29, 1924, in Morning Sun, Iowa, the daughter of Rodman and Helen (Delzell) Baird. She graduated from Mediapolis High School and then went on to receive her Beauticians License from the Burlington Beauty Academy. On January 4, 1944, she was united in marriage to Robert A. […]
Chester Leon White, 86, of Carthage, passed away at Maple Grove Red in Carthage at 1:08 AM Friday morning, March 22, 2024. Chet was born near Bentley, Illinois on August 28, 1937, to Baird and Helen (Hardy) White. He graduated Carthage High School where he was active in FFA showing dairy cattle and track. He was district champion winning the 1 mile event in 4:58. After high school, he served […]
Marilyn A. “Molly” (Price) Rees died Friday, March 22, 2024, in the home of her grandson Ryan Williams in Springfield, Illinois. Marilyn was born August 8, 1940, to Samuel and Evelyn (Martin) Price in Quincy, Illinois. She was united in marriage on May 31, 1958, with Richard L. “Dick” Rees. Marilyn worked at Motorola in Quincy before the family moved to Edina, Missouri, where she helped Dick run a farm […]
arilyn Dinkel Fry, 88, of Montrose, IA died Tuesday, February 27, 2024 at her home. She was born July 20, 1935 in Rochester, NY, daughter of Howard Wilhelm and Margaret Veronica Callinan Dinkel. She was a college graduate of Trinity College in Washington D.C. obtaining her Bachelor of Science degree in Political Science. Marilyn was united in married to William Earl Fry in Rochester, NY in February of 1968. He […]
Mark Stuecker passed away at the Iowa Veterans Home on Saturday, March 16th at the age of 78. We are confident that even as he took his last and final breath, he was fiercely questioning whether his repeated attempts at teaching his daughters how to change a water filter had been sufficient. Not even Lewy body dementia and Parkinson’s disease could rob Mark of his quest to impart important life […]
