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Lois J. Evermon

Lois J. Evermon

Apr 27, 2017

Lois Jean Curtis Evermon, 66 of Wyaconda, MO went home to Heaven to be with Jesus on Thursday, April 27, 2017. Lois was born March 26, 1951 in Keokuk, IA the daughter of Uhl Otto and Martha Elizabeth Baskett Curtis. On July 13, 1991 she was united in marriage to Vernon Evermon in St. Francisville, MO. He survives. Other survivors...

Becky Sue Sale

Becky Sue Sale

Apr 25, 2017

Becky Sue Sale, 56 of Keokuk died Tuesday, April 25, 2017 at her home in Keokuk. She was born January 24, 1961 the daughter of Jack and Thelma Alloween Wade. She was united in marriage to James Sale on October 3, 1987 in Burlington, Iowa. He preceded her in death on August 7, 2016. Becky graduated from Ft. Madison High...

Ronald O. Summers

Ronald O. Summers

Apr 23, 2017

Ronald O. Summers, 75 of Keokuk, died Sunday, April 23, 2017. He was born February 6, 1942 in Keokuk the son of Ray Alonzo and Alice Devine Summers. On June 24, 2000 he was united in marriage to Linda Lierly Squier. She survives. Others survivors include two sons, Cary Summers of Carthage, IL and Randy Summers (Susan) of Daytona, FL,...

Alberta "Bert" Brammer

Alberta "Bert" Brammer

Apr 22, 2017

Alberta "Bert" May Brammer, 85, of Burlington, formerly of Keokuk, died Saturday, April 22, 2017 at the Great River Medical Center in West Burlington, IA. She was born on November 25, 1931 in Revere, MO, the daughter of Elvin and Anna Goldie Steeples Hackard. She married Richard Hendricks in 1950 and he preceded her in death in 1974. She married...

Betty L. Fox

Betty L. Fox

Apr 14, 2017

Betty L. Fox, 83 of Concordia, Missouri, formerly of Revere died Friday, April 14, 2017 at the Lutheran Good Shepherd Nursing Home in Concordia, Missouri. She was born May 2, 1933 in Peaksville, Missouri the daughter of Everett and Essie Evermon. On April 27, 1952 she was united in marriage to Sidney Ervin Fox in Kahoka, Missouri. He preceded her...

Mildred Maxine Mcveigh

Mildred Maxine Mcveigh

Apr 13, 2017

Mildred Maxine McVeigh, 94 of Montrose, IA was peacefully called home to Glory Land on Thursday, April 13, 2017 at the Montrose Health Center in Montrose, IA. She was born February 23, 1923 in Montrose, IA the daughter of Frank and Emma Jaques Davis. On August 31, 1941 she was united in marriage to James McVeigh. He preceded her in...

Lola J. Brown

Lola J. Brown

Apr 10, 2017

Lola J. Brown, 85 of Montrose, IA, died Monday, April 10, 2017 at the Ft. Madison Community Hospital in Ft. Madison, IA. She was born on August 26, 1931 in Fairbault, MN, the daughter of William and Joy Shepard Wulf. She graduated from Keokuk High School with the Class of 1949. On November 26, 1950, Lola was united in marriage...

Danny Leroy Mccartney

Danny Leroy Mccartney

Apr 6, 2017

Danny Leroy "Dan" McCartney, 68 of Keokuk, died Thursday, April 6, 2017 in Athens, TN. He was born October 20, 1948 in Queen City, MO the son of Ray Howard and Evalee Victoria Henderson McCartney. On December 24, 1999 he was united in marriage to Kathy Kutzner in Argyle, IA. She survives. Other survivors include two brothers, James "Jim" McCartney...

John G. Phillips

John G. Phillips

Apr 2, 2017

John G. Phillips, 74, of Hamilton, IL, died Sunday, April 2, 2017 at the Keokuk Area Hospital. He was born on April 4, 1942 in Chicago, IL, the son of George and Lee Posche Phillips. He graduated from Main Township High School in Chicago with the Class of 1960. He continued his education at Northern Illinois University and graduated in...

Alfred Leroy Ransdell

Alfred Leroy Ransdell

Mar 29, 2017

Alfred Leroy Ransdell, 82, of Keokuk, IA, died Wednesday, March 29, 2017 at the VA Medical Center in Iowa City, IA. He was born on November 26, 1934 in Eolia, MO, the son of Marvin and Florence Graham Ransdell. He married Toni Orth in 1955 in Keokuk and they later divorced. Alfred was a veteran of the United States Army....

Sala Ann Marlin

Sala Ann Marlin

Mar 26, 2017

Sala Ann "Sam" Marlin, 70, of Keokuk died Sunday, March 26, 2017, at the Great River Hospice House in West Burlington, IA. She was born on November 16, 1946, in Keokuk the daughter of Carl Otis and Ina "Sally" Pearl Eilers Marvin. On February 27, 1965, she was united in marriage to William Charles Marlin, Sr. in Keokuk, IA. She...

Robert E. Logsdon

Robert E. Logsdon

Mar 25, 2017

Robert E. Logsdon, 63, of Boonville, died March 25, 2017 at the University of Missouri Hospital and Clinics in Columbia. He was born March 1, 1954 in Keokuk, IA, the first born son of Robert B. and Kathryn Moore Logsdon. He was raised in the St. Patrick Catholic Church. He graduated from the Wyaconda R-1 School with the Class of...

Rhonda Kay Wheatley

Rhonda Kay Wheatley

Mar 23, 2017

Rhonda Kay Wheatley, 56 of Keokuk died Thursday, March 23, 2017 at her home. She was born March 28, 1960 in Omaha, NE the daughter of John and Barbara Ellison Stephens. She was united in marriage to Donald Wheatley on September 10, 1984 in Keokuk. She is survived by her husband, Don of Keokuk, three sons, Justin Wheatley (Amy) of...

Clyde "Gene" Eugene Alvis

Clyde "Gene" Eugene Alvis

Mar 22, 2017

Clyde Eugene "Gene" Alvis, 81 of Keokuk died Wednesday, March 22, 2017 at the VA Medical Center in Iowa City, IA. He was born March 18, 1936 in rural Montrose, IA, the son of Raymond and Mabel Leona Carlson Alvis. He was first united in marriage to Christine Luis "Liz" Heidecker on July 11, 1961 in Gunzenhausen, Germany. She preceded...

John Raymond Kay, Jr.

John Raymond Kay, Jr.

Mar 16, 2017

John Raymond Kay, Jr. 77 of Keokuk died Friday, March 17, 2017, at his home. He was born July 9, 1939, in Keokuk the son of John Raymond, Sr. and Katherine Kelly Kay. John graduated from Keokuk High School. He had been employed by Pinkerton Security in North Carolina until his retirement in 2015. John enjoyed collecting old model cars....

Virginia "Penny" Stebbings

Virginia "Penny" Stebbings

Mar 13, 2017

Virginia "Penny" Stebbings, 97 of Woodbury, MN, formerly of Keokuk, IA, passed away on March 13, 2017 . A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m., Friday at the Vigen Memorial Home in Keokuk. The family will meet with friends from 10:30 – 11 am Friday at the funeral home. Burial will be in the Keokuk National Cemetery.

Walter Ray Stephens, Jr.

Walter Ray Stephens, Jr.

Mar 12, 2017

Walter Ray Stephens, Jr. of Keokuk, died Sunday, March 12, 2017 at the Keokuk Area Hospital. He was 94 years old. He was born October 17, 1922 in Cleveland, Ohio, the son of Walter Ray Sr. and Irene Graves Stephens. On October 13, 1944, he was united in marriage to Lenore Palmer in Cleveland, Ohio. She preceded him in death...

Jack Lee Scott

Jack Lee Scott

Mar 8, 2017

Jack Lee Scott, 79 of Keokuk died Wednesday, March 8, 2017 at Blessing Hospital in Quincy, IL. He was born November 8, 1937 in Covington, KY the son of Garnett Kirkpatrick and Leslie Willard Scott. Jack was a veteran of the United States Navy. He served his country for over nineteen years, retiring in 1974 with the rank of Communications...

Rowena Lee Meier

Rowena Lee Meier

Mar 6, 2017

Rowena Lee Meier, 84 of Keokuk died Monday, March 6, 2017 at Lexington Square in Keokuk. She was born February 4, 1933 in Kahoka, Missouri the daughter of Herman and Ella Cameron Meier. She graduated from Kahoka High School with the Class of 1950. For forty seven and a half years she was employed with St. Joseph Hospital and the...

Lynn Carole Frazier

Lynn Carole Frazier

Mar 5, 2017

Carole 'Lynn' Frazier, 81, of Keokuk, IA, died Sunday, March 5, 2017, of heart failure at the Keokuk Area Hospital in Keokuk, IA. She was born in Keokuk October 25, 1935, the daughter of John and Vera Langley Rankin. In 1953 she married Ron Greer, and had her one son, Daniel Rankin Greer, in 1955. On June 1, 1968, she...

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