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Sandra Finley
Jan 5, 2012
View Video Tribute Sandra Kay Finley, 66, of Ft. Madison, IA, died Thursday, January 5, 2012 at her home. She was born on July 13, 1945 in Keokuk, IA, the daughter of Edgar and Dolores Malloy Hatfield. Sandra was raised by her mother and her stepfather, John Speake. She first married Arnie Becerra and to this union was born three...
Bessie L. Schreck
Jan 5, 2012
View Video Tribute Bessie L. Schreck, 90, of Wayland, MO, died Thursday, January 5, 2012 at the Clark County Nursing Home in Kahoka, MO. She was born on July 1, 1921 in Clark County Missouri, the youngest child of Larry and Laura Agnes Hines Hayden. On August 4, 1940, Bessie was united in marriage to George H. Schreck in Kahoka,...
Linda L. Sisk
Jan 3, 2012
View Video Tribute Linda L. Sisk, 65, of Keokuk, IA died Tuesday, January 3, 2012 at the Keokuk Area Hospital in Keokuk, IA. She was born May 11, 1946 in Keokuk, IA the daughter of Kenneth R. Margaret A. Ellenberg Williams. On July 11, 1965 she was united in marriage to Gene Sisk in Keokuk, IA. He survives. Other survivors...
John H. Coovert, Sr.
Dec 28, 2011
John Henry Coovert, Sr. 76, went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, December 28, 2011, surrounded by his family. John was born on September 12, 1935 in Keokuk, IA, the son of David and Francis Londrie Coovert . He married JoAnn Meyers and together they had three children that he loved dearly, John H. Coovert, Jr., Mark Coovert...
Don Wright
Dec 28, 2011
View Video Tribute Don R. Wright, 81, of Keokuk, IA, died Wednesday, December 28, 2011 at his daughter's home in Cantril, IA. He was born on April 7, 1930 in Cedar Rapids, IA, the son of Charles D. and Grace M. Jointer Wright. On July 16, 1980, Don was united in marriage to Karen M. Thompson Skinner in St. Francisville,...
Bonnie J. Hayden
Dec 28, 2011
Bonnie J. Hayden, 70, of Keokuk, IA died Wednesday, December 28, 2011 at the Keokuk Area Hospital in Keokuk, IA. She was born on February 21, 1941 in Keokuk, IA the daughter of Charles and Mary Stow Deitrich. She was united in marriage to Melvin Hayden on December 30, 1963 in Kahoka, MO. He survives. Other survivors include one step...
Juvernia R. Morris
Dec 27, 2011
Juvernia R. Morris, 88 of Davenport, IA formerly of Keokuk, IA died Tuesday, December 27, 2011 at the Country Manor Residences in Davenport, IA. Juvernia was born October 29, 1923 in Rooks County, KS the daughter of Charles and Effie Brown Jones. She was first married to Glen Hurd in 1939 and they later divorced. On May 2, 1971 she...
Ruth E. Burgess
Dec 21, 2011
Ruth Eleanor Linn Burgess, 94, of Keokuk, IA died Wednesday, December 21, 2011 at her daughter's home in Keokuk. She was born on August 14, 1917 in Cantril, Iowa, the daughter of George and Elma White Linn. On December 31, 1948, Ruth was united in marriage to Glenn J. Burgess in Kahoka, MO. He preceded her in death on November...
Mary Stevens
Dec 21, 2011
View Video Tribute Mary Dorlene Riney Stevens, 80 of Centralia, MO formerly of Wayland, MO died Wednesday, December 21, 2011 at her daughter's home. She was born July 21, 1931 in Lewis County, MO the daughter of Russell Mathew and Cecelia Logsdon Riney. On April 12, 1952 she was united in marriage to Asa Orval "Brody" Stevens in Kahoka, Mo....
Wanda Elaine Martin
Dec 9, 2011
View Video Tribute Wanda Elaine Martin, 84, died Friday, December 9, 2011 at the Iowa Methodist Hospital in Des Moines, IA as the result of a car/pedestrian accident. She was born on February 7, 1927 in Hampton, IA, the daughter of Robert Martin and Gladys Opal Erickson Lekwa. Wanda graduated from High School in Dows, IA with the Class of...
Kathryn R. Harter
Dec 8, 2011
Kathryn Rachel Harter, 105, of Keokuk, IA, died Thursday, December 8, 2011 at Keokuk Area Hospital in Keokuk, IA. She was born on July 30, 1906 near Carthage, IL the daughter of Lewis and Emma Jane Dee Patterson. On March 19, 1924, Kathryn was united in marriage to Ray Harter at the old Court House in Keokuk. He preceded her...
Beryl L. Roberts
Dec 7, 2011
View Video Tribute Beryl Lamar Roberts, 91, of Keokuk, IA died Wednesday, December 7, 2011 at his home. He was born on September 27, 1920 in Keokuk, IA, the son of Harold Lamar and Nellie Marie Lovell Roberts. On October 12, 1940, Beryl was united in marriage to Alma Mae Brown. She preceded him in death on June 5, 2009....
Sidney Wayne Timmons
Dec 7, 2011
Sidney Wayne Timmons, 92, of Torrance, CA went home to be with the Lord on the morning of Wednesday, December 7, 2011. He was born and raised on his family's farm near Williamstown Missouri on October 24, 1919. The son of James Emery and Louretta Spurgeon Timmons. He was the youngest of five children. His siblings were Margaret May McClain,...
James Richard Finley
Nov 29, 2011
View Video Tribute James Richard Finley, 80 of Ft. Madison, IA formerly of Montrose, IA died Tuesday, November 29, 2011 at his home. He was born March 9, 1931 in Adel, IA the son of Vannie and Bessie Thomas Finley. On December 29, 1980 he was united in marriage to Sandra Hatfield Becerra in Las Vegas, NV. She survives. Other...
Windell L. Henson
Nov 25, 2011
Windell L. Henson, 78, of Keokuk, IA, died Friday, November 25, 2011 at Lexington Square in Keokuk, IA. He was born on November 9, 1933 in Matthews, MO, the son of James Wilburn and Hazel Pointer Henson. On June 23, 1967 Windell was united in marriage to Bettye "Susie" Dunn in Canton, MO. She survives. Other survivors include five sons,...
Alice Kathryn Mahoney
Nov 22, 2011
View Video Tribute Alice Kathryn Tallman Mahoney, 83 of Keokuk, IA died Tuesday, November 22, 2011 at the Keokuk Area Hospital in Keokuk, IA. She was born September 3, 1928 in rural Maywood, MO the daughter of David Wesley and Illa Mae Martin Tallman. She was united in marriage to Perry Brown, then Byron Keefe and later to Earl Mahoney....
George Shannan "Buzz" Busby
Nov 19, 2011
View Video Tributes George Shannan "Buzz" Busby, 94, of Kahoka, MO, died Saturday, November 19, 2011 at the Clark County Nursing Home in Kahoka. He was born on January 29, 1917 in Granger, MO, the son of Carlisle and Georgiana Shannan Busby. On July24, 1943 Shannan was united in marriage to Juanita Marie Nichols. She preceded him in death on...
Ruthann Hamelton
Nov 19, 2011
Ruthann Meadows Hamelton, 60, of Keokuk, IA, passed away Saturday, November 19, 2011 at her home surrounded by her family. She was born on May 10, 1951 in Omar, West Virginia, the daughter of Everett and Neva Hall Meadows. Ruthann worked at the Grand Lunch and Deluxe Cleaners in Keokuk, IA before starting her career as a caregiver. She worked...
Harold N. Thompson
Nov 13, 2011
Harold Neal Thompson, 86, of Keokuk, IA, died November 13, 2011 at the VA Medical Center in Des Moines, IA. He was born on June 30, 1925 to Seth and Alta Katherin Perkins Thompson, the youngest of twelve children. He married Murial Maxine Oliver on December 2, 1952 and they later divorced. On July 3, 1965, Harold married Mildred Jeanette...
Laverne Ingles
Nov 11, 2011
Laverne L. Ingles, 68, of Keokuk, IA died Friday, November 11, 2011 at Lexington Square in Keokuk, IA. He was born on April 13, 1943 in Independence, IA the son of Adron and Leola Hunt Ingles. Laverne spent most of his life in Woodward, IA moving to Keokuk in 2007. He is survived by one half –brother, Wilbur Young of...
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