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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
Linda Lou Lamma
Nov 20, 2009
View Video Tribute Linda Lou Lamma, 60, of Warsaw, IL died Friday, November 20, 2009 at Blessing Hospital in Quincy, IL. She was born on January 12, 1949 in Keokuk, IA, the daughter of Fred and Gail Myers. On October 31, 1990 she was united in marriage to William Lamma in St. Francisville, MO. He survives. Other survivors include one...
Geneva E. Ridgway
Nov 15, 2009
Geneva Elizabeth "Gene" Agazzi Ridgway, 94, of Kahoka, MO died Sunday, November 15, 2009 at the Clark County Nursing Home, Kahoka, MO. She was born on April 21, 1915 in Numa, Iowa the daughter of Fred and Mary Canalle Agazzi. In 1934 she was united in marriage to Kasson B. "Kay" Ridgway in Joliet, IL. He preceded her in death....
William "Sonny" Harold Bryant
Nov 13, 2009
View Video Tribute William Harold "Sonny" Bryant, 75, of Argyle, IA, died peacefully in his sleep on Friday, November 13, 2009. He was born on May 13, 1934 in Keokuk, IA, the son of Alfred Harold and Blanche Virginia Hatfield Bryant. He had been employed at Keokuk Steel Castings for 25 years and retired in 1979. He also worked for...
Richard Worster
Nov 11, 2009
View Video Tribute Richard C. Worster, 78, of Keokuk, IA, died Wednesday, November 11, 2009 at the Keokuk Area Hospital in Keokuk, IA. He was born on April 14, 1931 in Keokuk, IA, the son of Raymond L. and Vera Currier Worster. On June 11, 1961, Richard was united in marriage to Judith Mahannah at St. Paul United Church of...
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