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Gregory Alan Summers

Gregory Alan Summers

Oct 20, 2008

Gregory Alan Summers, 48, of Keokuk, IA died Monday, October 20, 2008 at his home. He was born January 10, 1960 in Keokuk, Iowa, the oldest son of Ernest Edward Jr. and Josephine Rosemary Humphrey Summers. He was united in marriage to Charlotte Kleen in Texas and to this union a daughter, Lacey J. Renee Summers, was born. He later...

Berniece Cleo Davis

Berniece Cleo Davis

Oct 19, 2008

View Timeless Tributes Video Berniece Cleo Davis, 88, of Keokuk, IA died Sunday, October 19, 2008 at the University of Iowa Hospital in Iowa City, IA. She was born on October 19, 1920, the daughter of Otto and Bertha Wagner Rettig. On December 28, 1941, Cleo was united in marriage to Lowell Wesley Davis in Sikeston, MO. He survives. Other...

Nova Joan Daggs

Nova Joan Daggs

Oct 19, 2008

View Timeless Tributes Video Nova Joan Daggs, 71, of Montrose, IA, died Sunday, October 19, 2008 at the Altrue Health System in Grand Forks, ND. She was born on June 22, 1937 in Lee County IA, the daughter of Archie Rowe and Frances Morse. On August 15, 1959, Nova was united in marriage to Samuel Daggs in Keokuk, IA. He...

Amanda Elizabeth Kellum

Amanda Elizabeth Kellum

Oct 12, 2008

View Timeless Tributes Video Amanda Elizabeth Kellum, 20, of Keokuk, IA died Sunday, October 12, 2008 at the Keokuk Area Hospital in Keokuk, IA. She was born on August 9, 1988 in Phoenix, AZ the daughter of Keith and Sandy Sikes Heberer. On August 23, 2004 Amanda was united in marriage to Kenneth Kellum. He survives. Other survivors include a...

Chester Carlson

Chester Carlson

Oct 10, 2008

View Timeless Tributes Video Chester R. Carlson, 85, of Keokuk, IA, died Friday, October 10, 2008 at the Keokuk Area Hospital in Keokuk, IA. He was born on February 27, 1923 in Keokuk, IA the son of Albert and Louise Johnson Carlson. On July 21, 1946 Chester was united in marriage to Mary Phillips in Powdertown, IA. She survives. Other...

Wesley M. Singh

Wesley M. Singh

Oct 3, 2008

Wesley M. Singh, 71, of Cedar Rapids, IA, formerly of Keokuk, IA died Friday, October 3, 2008 at the Dennis and Donna Oldorf Hospice House of Mercy in Hiawatha, IA. She was born on February 24, 1937 in Raleigh, WV the daughter of Wesley and Henrietta Elizabeth Williams Haywood. She married Darshan Singh in California. As a young woman, Wesley...

Brent Laubersheimer

Brent Laubersheimer

Oct 2, 2008

Robert Brent Laubersheimer, 32, of Keokuk, IA, died Thursday, October 2, 2008 at the Keokuk Area Hospital in Keokuk, IA. He was born on October 20, 1975 in Keokuk, IA, the son of Robert K. and Shirlee Peevler Laubersheimer. He graduated from Keokuk High School with the Class of 1994. He had been employed at various jobs through Taske Force,...

Clifford W. Mckee

Clifford W. Mckee

Oct 1, 2008

Clifford William McKee, 87, of Keokuk, Iowa died Wednesday, October, 1, 2008 at Lexington Square in Keokuk. He was born January 23, 1921 in Birmingham, Iowa, the son of Grant and Lillie Greenfield McKee. On February 15, 1943 he married Lelah Hining in Amarillo, Texas. She preceded him in death on September 19, 1991. In 1992 he was married to...

John Frank Hornberger

John Frank Hornberger

Sep 30, 2008

John Frank Hornberger, 63, of Wayland, MO died Tuesday, September 30, 2008 at his home. He was born on March 28, 1945 in Camden, NJ the son of Russell and Doris Lennox Hornberger. John was a veteran of the United States Navy and proudly served his country from 1962 to 1965. He is survived by one daughter, Donna Maultz and...

Katherine Elizabeth Svejda

Katherine Elizabeth Svejda

Sep 28, 2008

Katherine "Kay" Elizabeth Cochran Svejda, 89, of Keokuk, IA, died Sunday, September 28 at the Keokuk Area Hospital in Keokuk, IA. She was born on March 7, 1919 in Wythe Township, Hancock County, IL, the daughter of Ernest Hanson and Mildred Miriam McKinney Cochran. On February 14, 1948, Katherine was united in marriage to George Francis Svejda at her parent's...

Helen L. Roberts

Helen L. Roberts

Sep 22, 2008

Helen L. Roberts, 78, of Kahoka, MO, died Monday, September 22, 2008 at the Keokuk Area Hospital in Keokuk, IA. She was born July 17, 1930 in Keokuk, IA, the daughter of Oscar and Lillian Branson Brown. Her home was at Argyle, IA until 1943 when her family moved to Luray, MO. She was baptized in the St. John's Episcopal...

Carrie M. Gates

Carrie M. Gates

Sep 22, 2008

View Video Tribute Carrie M. Gates, 87, of Keokuk, Iowa, died Monday, September 22, 2008 at the River Hills Village in Keokuk, IA. She was born November 16, 1920 in San Antonio, Texas, the daughter of Waldermere and Carrie Melinda Peterson Testman. On August 22, 1942 she was united in marriage to Dallas Gates in Kahoka Missouri. He preceded her...

Josephine Rosemary Dunn

Josephine Rosemary Dunn

Sep 19, 2008

View Video Tribute Josephine Rosemary Dunn, 68, of Keokuk, IA, died Friday, September 19, 2008 at her home. She was born on December 22, 1939 in Keokuk, IA, the daughter of Frederick Jess and Mary Elaine Mullen Humphrey. She married Ernest Edward Summers, Jr. on May 22, 1959 in Kahoka, MO. To this union four children were born. He preceded...

Jerry Tom Guel

Jerry Tom Guel

Sep 16, 2008

Jerry Tom Guel, 86, of Keokuk, IA died Tuesday, September 16, 2008 at the Keokuk Area Hospital, Keokuk, IA Jerry was born on April 30, 1922 in Duluth, MN the son of John Leroy Knott and Pearl Holmes. He was a veteran of the United States Navy and proudly served his country during WW II. Jerry moved to Keokuk from...

William J. Logsdon

William J. Logsdon

Sep 13, 2008

William "Pete" J. Logsdon, 75, of Kahoka, MO, died Saturday, September 13, 2008 at the Keokuk Area Hospital in Keokuk, Iowa. He was born May 15, 1933, in St. Patrick, Missouri, the son of Julius B. and Ruth Llewellyn Logsdon. Pete was a member of the Shrine of St. Patrick Catholic Church and was also a fourth degree knight in...

Allan Harshbarger

Allan Harshbarger

Sep 10, 2008

View Video Tribute Allan L. Harshbarger, 75, of Keokuk, IA, formerly of Galesburg, IL and Louisville, KY, died at 10:15 p.m. on Wednesday, September 10, 2008 at the Keokuk Area Hospital in Keokuk, IA. He was born on October 1, 1932 in Galesburg, IL, the son of Frank Allan and Irma Arline Manley Harshbarger. Allan graduated from Galesburg Senior High...

Brian T. Oberman

Brian T. Oberman

Sep 5, 2008

Brian Timothy Oberman, 30, of Kahoka, MO, died Friday, September 5, 2008 in Lawrence, Kansas. He was born on May 15, 1978 in Quincy, IL, the son of Terry and Jean O'Brien Oberman. Brian graduated from Clark County High School with the Class of 1996. He had been employed as a dispatcher for the Clark County Sheriff's Office. He was...

Vera L. Mcgirl

Vera L. Mcgirl

Aug 22, 2008

Vera L. McGirl, 77, of Eldon, MO, formerly of Kahoka, MO died Friday, August 22, 2008 at the Good Shepherd Nursing Home in Versailles, MO. She was born June 20, 1931 in Luray, MO, the daughter of Leslie R. and Stella Faye Weller Sawyer. On January 18, 1958, Vera was united in marriage to John McGirl in the St. Paul...

Dixie Fleming Atterberg Eck

Dixie Fleming Atterberg Eck

Aug 17, 2008

Dixie Fleming Atterberg Eck, 82, of Keokuk, IA, died Sunday, August 17, 2008 at Keokuk Area Hospital in Keokuk, IA after a long illness. She was born on July 1, 1926 in Cedar Rapids, IA, the daughter of Merle and Florence Klingel Fleming. She married Harold Atterberg on August 11, 1945. She later married John Eck on December 24, 1971....

Edith May Denmire

Edith May Denmire

Aug 16, 2008

Edith May Denmire, 105, of Keokuk, IA died Saturday, August 16, 2008 at River Hills Village in Keokuk. She was born on January 7, 1903 in Amesbury, MA the daughter of Charles Arthur and Edith May Hoyt Peabody. On February 8, 1947, Edith was united in marriage to Lawrence J. Denmire. He preceded her in death on April 9, 1985....

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