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Ronald Eugene Mccane, Sr.
Dec 12, 2006
Ronald Eugene McCane, Sr, 60, of Keokuk, IA died Tuesday, December 12, 2006 at the Keokuk Area Hospital in Keokuk, IA. He was born May 16, 1946 in Ft. Madison, IA the son of Daniel and Maddie Crowson McCane. He was united in marriage to Doris McClinton in October of 1979 in Keokuk, IA. She survives. Other survivors include one...
Dorothy E. Lang
Dec 8, 2006
Dorothy E. Lang, 82, of Keokuk, IA, died Friday, December 8, 2006 at River Hills Village in Keokuk, IA. She was born September 27, 1924 in Keokuk, IA the daughter of Raymond F. and Ruby M. Jobe Williams. She first married Danny Thompson and he preceded her in death in 1956. She then married James Warrington in 1961 and he...
Olin Franklin Foglesong
Dec 1, 2006
Olin Franklin Foglesong, 67, of Taylor, MO, died Friday, December 1, 2006 at the Blessing Hospital in Quincy, IL. He was born May 8, 1939 in Granger, MO, the son of Ray Ernest and Ada Loretta Anderson Foglesong. On December 22, 1969 he was united in marriage to Dorothy M. Wells. She survives. Other survivors include his son Gary Foglesong...
Betty Taylor
Nov 25, 2006
Betty J. (Brown) Taylor, 77, of Monterey Park, California passed away quietly after a long illness Saturday morning, November 25, 2006 at Rancho Mesa Care Center in Alta Loma California. Betty was born February 22, 1929 in Argyle IA, the daughter of Oscar and Lillian Brown. Upon her marriage to Frank Taylor Jr., they moved to California. Betty raised her...
John Pezley
Nov 22, 2006
John Pezley, 85, of rural Montrose, IA died Wednesday, November 22, 2006 at the Keokuk Area Hospital in Keokuk, IA. He was born March 24, 1921, the son of Harrison and Kathryn Swinderman Pezley. He was united in marriage to Virginia Belle Tweedy in Montrose, Iowa on October 19, 1940. She survives. Other survivors include four sons, Roger Pezley and...
Charles Harold Edmondson
Nov 22, 2006
Charles Harold Edmondson, 69, of Macon, MO formerly of Kahoka, MO died Wednesday, November 22, 2006 at Macon County Health Care Center in Macon, Missouri. He was born March 15, 1937 in Wayland, Missouri the son of Roy and Clara Wussler Edmondson. On August 8, 1960 he was united in marriage to Ruth Lorentzen in Keokuk, Iowa. She survives. Other...
Ruth Helen Bowen
Nov 21, 2006
Ruth Helen Lowe Bowen, 83, of Warsaw, IL died Tuesday, November 21, 2006 at her home in Warsaw, IL. She was born January 13, 1923 in Cincinnati, Iowa the daughter of James and Chloe Funnell Lowe. In 1941 she married Francis Corwin Bowen. He preceded her in death. Ruth had been employed with the Warsaw Community District 316 as an...
Sara L. Vanausdall
Nov 21, 2006
Sara Lillian VanAusdall, 96, of Montrose, IA died Tuesday, November 21, 2006 at the Ft. Madison Community Hospital, Ft. Madison, IA. She was born December 18, 1909 in Keokuk, IA the daughter of John and Emily Josephine Pearson Peterson. She married Marion Everett VanAusdall on March 24, 1931 in Montrose, IA. He preceded her in death on April 7, 1998....
Clara Geneva Harker
Nov 17, 2006
Clara Geneva Harker, 90, of Warsaw, IL, died Friday, November 17, 2006 at her home. She was born on February 8, 1916 in Coalfield, IA, the daughter of John Benjamin and Grace Medley Gragg. On April 30, 1931, Clara was united in marriage to William Dean Harker in Kahoka, MO. He preceded her in death on November 21, 1991. Clara...
Charles O. Frazier
Nov 15, 2006
Charles O. Frazier, 82, of Keokuk, IA, died Wednesday, November 15, 2006 at his home. He was born on August 25, 1924 in Keokuk, IA, the son of Charles O. and Minnie Bear Frazier. On June 1, 1968, Charles was united in marriage to Lynn Rankin in Keokuk, IA. She survives. He is also survived by one son, Daniel R....
Robert Lee Dye, Sr.
Nov 7, 2006
View Video Tribute Robert Lee Dye, Sr., 82 of Keokuk, IA, died Tuesday, November 7, 2006 at his home. He was born on January 27, 1924 in Etna, MO, the son of DeLoss and Mable Mohr Dye. He married Josephine Dresden in 1947. Robert was a veteran of the United States Army and proudly served his country during WW II...
Rosalie Erma Curfman Rakey
Nov 2, 2006
Rosalie Erma Curfman Rakey, 62, of Keokuk, IA, died Thursday, November 2, 2006 at the Keokuk Area Hospital. She was born on October 19, 1944 in Medill, MO, the daughter of James Henry and Rosalie M. McVeigh Hobb. She first married John Kay. She then married Clarence Curfman and he preceded her in death. On April 28, 2000 Rosalie was...
Harold William Sams
Oct 29, 2006
Harold William Sams, 85, of Argyle, IA, died Sunday, October 29, 2006 at the River Hills Village in Keokuk, IA. He was born on January 2, 1921 near Danville, IA, the son of Willie and Annabell Korell Sams. On January 22, 1944, Harold was united in marriage to Amy Brown at the Mt. Union Methodist Church in Mt. Union, IA....
Thomas R. Williamson
Oct 27, 2006
Thomas R. "Old Man Tom" Williamson, 67, of Keokuk, IA, died Friday, October 27, 2006 at his home. He was born on August 1, 1939 in Honey Creek, IA, the son of Otto and Pearl Coyle Williamson. He was the owner and operator of Williamson Tree Service in Keokuk, IA. He is survived by two sisters, one brother and several...
Margaret Varner
Oct 25, 2006
View Video Tribute Margaret Varner, 83, of Keokuk, IA died Wednesday, October 25, 2006 at Lexington Square in Keokuk, IA. She was born on October 29, 1922 in Kahoka, MO, the daughter of Delbert and Eliza Bell Rittenhouse. She first married Howard Mortimer. She then married David Washburne. They both preceded her in death. She then married John Varner. She...
Kenneth Carl Egley
Oct 25, 2006
Kenneth Carl Egley, 71, of Kahoka, MO died Wednesday, October 25, 2006 at his home. He was born October 12, 1935 in Rock Island, IL the son of George Lewis and Mary Alice Ross Egley. Kenneth was united in marriage to Mary Elizabeth Hobb on August 1970 in Quincy, IL. She survives. He is also survived by one sister Janet...
Neva Adamson
Oct 22, 2006
Neva Adamson, 91, of Kahoka, MO, died Sunday, October 22, 2006 at the Keokuk Area Hospital in Keokuk, Iowa. She was born June 18, 1915 in Luray, Missouri, the daughter of Foster Carl and Mary Irene Howell McCarty. On May 1, 1937, she was united in marriage to James F. Adamson in Wyaconda, Missouri. He preceded her in death on...
Marjorie Katherine Canon
Oct 22, 2006
Marjorie Katherine Canon, 84, of Keokuk, IA died Sunday, October 22, 2006 at her home. She was born on July 7, 1922 in Frankfort, IL, the daughter of Oscar and Grace Raycroft Storey. On December 30, 1949, Marjorie was united in marriage to James Wilson Canon in Elgin, IL. He preceded her in death on November 5, 2003. She graduated...
Owen E. Christensen
Oct 18, 2006
Owen E. Christensen, 89, of Montrose, IA, died Wednesday, October 18, 2006 at his home. He was born November 14, 1916 in Montrose, IA, the son of Egner and Carrie Sprott Christensen. On March 1, 1941 he was united in marriage to Mary Katherine "Kay" Houghton. She preceded him in death on January 15, 2003. Survivors include two daughters, Barbara...
Gladys Opal Welch
Oct 11, 2006
View Video Tribute Gladys Opal Welch, 102, of Norwalk, IA, formerly of Keokuk, IA, died Wednesday, October 11, 2006 at the Lutheran Hospital in Des Moines, IA. Gladys was born on July 2, 1904, near Luray, MO, the daughter of William Purl and Iva Gertrude Watson Newberry. She moved with her parents to Wyaconda, MO when she was four years...
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