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Debra Irene Dean Clark

Debra Irene Dean Clark

Jan 24, 2010

Debra Irene Dean Clark, 46, of Ft. Madison, IA, formerly of Keokuk, IA died Sunday January 24, 2010 at the Keokuk Area Hospital in Keokuk, IA. She was born on January 18, 1964 in Keokuk, IA, the daughter of Jack and Lois Shafer Dean. She married Gary Clark. He survives. Other survivors include three brothers, Mark Dean and his wife...

Wayne N. Bourgeois

Wayne N. Bourgeois

Jan 22, 2010

View Video Tribute Wayne N. Bourgeois, 78, of Kahoka, MO, died January 22, 2010 at the Clark County Nursing Home in Kahoka, MO. He was born July 18, 1931 in Canton, Missouri, the son of Guy and Lelia Priebe Bourgeois. On May 19, 1951 in Kahoka he was united in marriage to Oneida Mae Walker. She survives. Other survivors include...

Dorothy M. Saunders

Dorothy M. Saunders

Jan 20, 2010

Dorothy M. Saunders, 85, of Keokuk, IA, died Wednesday, January 20, 2010 at Lexington Square in Keokuk, IA. She was born on January 2, 1925 in Conneaut, OH, the daughter of Michael and Josephine Vendetti Caruso. On November 5, 1950, Dorothy was united in marriage to Gene Saunders in Marceline, MO. He preceded her in death on January 26, 1997....

Loretta M. Murphy

Loretta M. Murphy

Jan 18, 2010

Loretta Murphy, 90, of Kahoka, MO, died Monday, January 18, 2010 at the Clark County Nursing Home in Kahoka, MO. She was born July 19, 1919 in Alexandria, Missouri, the daughter of James W. and Edith Montgomery Jones. On December 19, 1936 she was united in marriage to Arthur "Bud" Murphy. He preceded her in death on October 31, 1987....

Martha Mae Brown

Martha Mae Brown

Jan 15, 2010

Martha Mae Brown, 86, of Keokuk, IA, died Friday, January 15, 2010 at the Keokuk Area Hospital in Keokuk, IA. She was born on April 4, 1923 in Donnellson, IA, the daughter of LeRoy and Dorothy Jackson Kay. On June 16, 1941, Martha was united in marriage to Steven "Joner" Brown, Jr. in Kahoka, MO. He preceded her in death...

April D. Winkler

April D. Winkler

Jan 12, 2010

April D. Winkler, 31, of Warsaw, IL, died January 12, 2010 at the Blessing Hospital in Quincy, IL. She was born February 23, 1978 in Keokuk, IA, the daughter of Frank and Candy Valentine Winkler. April went to the Ferris Grade School and graduated from Carthage High School with the Class of 1999. She attended Carl Sandburg College and the...

Bill Ray Rule

Bill Ray Rule

Jan 7, 2010

Bill Ray Rule 58, of Keokuk, IA, died Thursday, January 7, 2010 at the Keokuk Area Hospital in Keokuk. He was born on September 30, 1951 in Keokuk, IA, the son of William "Herc" and Roberta M. Schuster Rule. On April 5, 1991, Bill was united in marriage to Jeanne Sturm in Keokuk, IA. She survives. Other survivors include two...

Richard Albert Schwab

Richard Albert Schwab

Jan 7, 2010

Richard Albert Schwab, 73, of Donnellson, IA, died Thursday, January 7, 2010 at his home. He was born on August 6, 1936 the son of Albert and Ernestine Mahaffey Schwab. On May 19, 1968 he was united in marriage to Carol B. Holloway. She survives. Other survivors include one daughter, Megan Cecil of Donnellson, IA, three granddaughters, twins Katelyn and...

Ethel Mae Thoeny

Ethel Mae Thoeny

Jan 5, 2010

View Video Tribute Ethel Mae Thoeny, 99, of Keokuk, IA, died Tuesday, January 5, 2010 at the Keokuk Area Hospital in Keokuk, IA. She was born February 3, 1910 in Keokuk, IA the daughter of Arthur and Mary Jane Smith Ainsworth. On March 26, 1927 Ethel was united in marriage to Frank J. Thoeny in Keokuk. He preceded her in...

Danny T. Kay

Danny T. Kay

Jan 2, 2010

Danny T. Kay, 53, of Keokuk, IA, died Saturday, January 2, 2010 at the Keokuk Area Hospital in Keokuk, IA. He was born on February 28, 1956 in Keokuk, the son of Henry Junior and Donna Wyrick Kay. On July 12, 1979, he was united in marriage to Rossella "Rossi" Bennett in Keokuk, IA. She survives. Other survivors include one...

James Robert Mcveigh

James Robert Mcveigh

Jan 2, 2010

James Robert McVeigh, 87, of Montrose, IA, died Saturday, January 2, 2010 at his home. He was born on June 10, 1922 in Hamilton, IL the son of Leo and Helen Greenslaugh McVeigh. On August 31, 1941, Jim was united in marriage to Mildred Davis at the Methodist Church parsonage in Montrose, IA. She survives. Other survivors include three daughters,...

Lee Allan Marsh

Lee Allan Marsh

Dec 28, 2009

Lee Allan Marsh, 85, of Indianola, IA formerly of Keokuk went to be with his Lord Monday, December 28, 2009 in Des Moines, IA. Lee was born on March 8, 1924 in Galesburg, IL the son of Audie Lee and Meda Lucille Urban Marsh. He was raised in the Spencer, IA area moving to Keokuk, IA in 1940. He served...

Beulah Jeann Albro

Beulah Jeann Albro

Dec 16, 2009

Beulah Jeann Albro, 79, of Hamilton, IL, died Wednesday, December 16, 2009 at Montebello HealthCare Center in Hamilton, IL. She was born on December 31, 1929 in Keokuk, IA, the daughter of Thomas and Katherine Malher Simpson. She married Richard Albro in 1958 in California and he preceded her in death. Beulah had been employed at the Lee County Home...

Cordonna Parrish

Cordonna Parrish

Dec 15, 2009

Cordonna Marie Parrish, 88, of Kahoka, MO, died Tuesday, December 15, 2009 at the Clark County Nursing Home in Kahoka. She was born on December 20, 1920 in rural Clark County, MO, the daughter of Carl and Mary Howell McCarty. On October 12, 1940, Cordonna was united in marriage to Carson F. Parrish. He preceded her in death on January...

Anna Louise Apple

Anna Louise Apple

Dec 13, 2009

Anna Louise Apple, 88, of Billings, Montana, formerly of Keokuk, Iowa, died Sunday December 13, 2009, at Valley Health Care Center in Billings, MT, after a long struggle with declining health. She was born on February 10, 1921, in Clark County, Missouri, the daughter of Ernest Franklin and Anna Ethel Overhulser Turtle. Anna married Lloyd D. Apple on February 15,...

Karla Jo Danley

Karla Jo Danley

Dec 8, 2009

On Tuesday, December 8, 2009, this world lost an amazing woman, mother, grandmother, sister, aunt, and friend: Karla Jo Danley. She was 62 years old. Originally from Keokuk, Karla had called Las Cruces, NM home for over ten years. Though Karla's life was cut far too short, it cannot possibly be summed up in only a few sentences. But the...

Dorothy Pero Brown

Dorothy Pero Brown

Dec 5, 2009

Dorothy Dyke Pero Brown, 85, of Seymour, MO, formerly of Kahoka, MO, died Saturday, December 5, 2009 at the Glenwood Healthcare in Seymour, MO. She was born April 5, 1924 in Enfield, New Hampshire, the daughter of Allen A and Minnie Parker Dyke. She was united in marriage to Loren M Pero on April 21, 1946. He preceded her in...

Flora Kleiss

Flora Kleiss

Dec 3, 2009

Flora Kleiss, 76, of Ft. Madison, IA, formerly of Keokuk, IA, died Thursday, December 3, 2009 at the Ft. Madison Community Hospital. She was born July 28, 1933, the daughter of Geter and Bertha Berry Willis in Shiloh, Arkansas. On August 13, 1950, she was united in marriage to Ralph R. Kleiss in Deer, Arkansas. He preceded her in death...

Robert Edwin Ashworth

Robert Edwin Ashworth

Nov 22, 2009

View Video Tribute Robert Edwin Ashworth, 80, of Keokuk, IA, died Sunday, November 22, 2009 at his son's home in Keokuk. He was born on January 29, 1929 in Glendale, CA, the son of John Edward and Lucille E. McCabe Ashworth. He married Hilda Irene Junk and she preceded him in death in 1965. He then married Daisy Finton and...

Arthur Edward Wittich

Arthur Edward Wittich

Nov 21, 2009

Arthur Edward Wittich, 77, of Keokuk, IA, died Saturday, November 21, 2009 at the Keokuk Area Hospital in Keokuk, IA. He was born on February 3, 1932 in Keokuk, IA, the son of John L. and Hazel F. Dodge Wittich. He graduated from Keokuk High School with the Class of 1952. Arthur was a veteran of the United States Army...

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