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Shirley Anne Winterlin
Jun 30, 2016
Shirley Anne Winterlin, 79, of Keokuk, IA, died Thursday, June 30, 2016 at her home. She was born on October 27, 1936 in Forest Grove, OR, the daughter of William and Reatha Wiswill Allen. She graduated from Forest Grove High School with the Class of 1954. On September 17, 1963, Shirley was united in marriage to George Charles Winterlin, Jr....
Leroy C. Howren
Jun 27, 2016
Leroy C. Howren, 73, of Cedar Rapids, IA, formerly of Keokuk, IA, died Monday afternoon, June 27, 2016, at his home in Cedar Rapids. He was born on May 6, 1943, in Keokuk, the son of Ursel and Rosie Cale Howren. He married Jodie Chezem. They later divorced. He later married Marcia Bowles. They divorced. Survivors include four sons, Tyler...
Cynthia Jean Schmid
Jun 26, 2016
Cynthia Jean "Cindy" Schmid, 61 of Keokuk died Sunday, June 26, 2016 at the Keokuk Area Hospital. She was born March 11, 1955 in Illinois, the daughter of Paul and Jean Phillips Schmid. She graduated from Keokuk High School with the Class of 1973. Cindy started working at the Plaza Cinema in Keokuk when she was sixteen years old. She...
Jeanne Jackson
Jun 11, 2016
Jeanne Jackson, 82 of Navoo, IL passed peacefully at her home on Saturday, June 11th, 2016 surrounded by the presence of her children. Jeanne was born September 20th, 1933 in Cedar Rapids, IA. She was the daughter of Leonard Clyde and Olive Flossie Krapf Altmaier. Jeanne was united in marriage to her high school sweetheart, Kenneth Jackson, on August 10,...
Virginia May Lematty
Jun 7, 2016
Virginia May LeMatty of Montrose, IA died Tuesday, June 7, 2016 at her home. She was born on September 1, 1930 in Charleston, IA the daughter of Virgil and Alice Maria Frueh Derr. On September 8, 1945 Virginia was united in marriage to Harry LeMatty in Montrose, IA. He preceded her in death on May 11, 1997. Virginia was a...
Danny Bill Stott
Jun 5, 2016
Danny Bill Stott, 66, of Revere, MO died Sunday at his home in Revere. He was born February 9, 1950 in Keokuk Iowa the son of Lloyd and Evelyn Flaudia Orton Stott. Danny graduated from Clark County R-1 High School and then graduated from Linn Tech Community College. He was employed with the Garnet Factory in Memphis and Shellor Globe...
William "Bill" Joseph Kirchner
Jun 2, 2016
Graveside services for William Joseph "Bill" Kirchner, 77, West Plains, Missouri, will be held at 10:00 a.m., Monday, September 12, 2016 at the St. Patrick Cemetery in St. Patrick, Missouri with Msgr. David D. Cox officiating. Mr. Kirchner passed away at 2:50 p.m., Thursday, June 2, 2016 at his home. He was born September 14, 1938, at St. Patrick, Missouri,...
Eunice V Acker
Jun 1, 2016
Eunice V. Acker, 89, of Quincy, IL, formerly of Keokuk, IA, died Wednesday, June 1, 2016 at Blessing Hospital in Quincy. She was born on April 17, 1927 in Keokuk, the daughter of Elmer and Ethel Long Varner. She married Elmer E. Harrison on August 30, 1946 and he preceded her in death in 1965. On May 10, 1968, Eunice...
Carson E. Hibbert
May 28, 2016
Carson Edwin Hibbert, 79, of Keokuk, IA died Saturday, May 28, 2016 at the Timberpoint Healthcare Center in Camp Point, IL. He was born on November 7, 1936 in Quincy, IL, the son of John Chester and Loretta M. Morton Hibbert. He had been a resident of Keokuk for the past twelve years. He studied Accounting and Business Law in...
Cheryl Lynn Lamma
May 26, 2016
Cheryl Lynn Lamma, 40, of Keokuk, IA died on Thursday, May 26, 2016 at the Blessing Hospital in Quincy, IL as the result of an auto accident. Cheryl was born on December 29, 1975 in San Antonio, TX the daughter of Charles and Phyllis Fairfield Gould. She was united in marriage to Jimmy Lamma on March 28, 1994 in Keokuk,...
Betty Sheffler
May 20, 2016
Betty Sheffler, 89, of Kahoka, MO died Friday, May 20, 2016 at the Keokuk Area Hospital. She was born on October 27, 1926 in Keokuk, IA the daughter of Dewey and Edda Mae Sells Kerns. She graduated from Keokuk High School with the Class of 1945. Betty married Harold Sheffler in 1947 and he preceded her in death in 1991....
Charles Edward Collins
May 20, 2016
Charles Edward Collins, 89, of Keokuk, IA, died Friday, May 20, 2016 at the Keokuk Area Hospital. He was born on September 5, 1926 in Keokuk, the son of Charles E. and Clara Flick Collins. He graduated from Keokuk High School with the Class of 1944 and then attended Coe College in Cedar Rapids, IA. Charles was a veteran of...
Dixie Howell
May 16, 2016
Dixie Howell, 65 of Keokuk died Monday, May 16, 2016 at the Keokuk Area Hospital in Keokuk. She was born October 5, 1950 in Keokuk the daughter of Felix L. and Mary Canada Howell. Dixie graduated from Keokuk High School with the Class of 1969. Later in life Dixie furthered her education by attending Southeastern Community College where she received...
Debra Joan Neill
May 9, 2016
Debra Joan Neill, 58, of Keokuk, IA passed away Monday, May 9, 2016 at her home, following a hard fought battle with cancer. She was born on August 1, 1957 in Carthage, IL the daughter of Robert Leslie and Joyce Louise Martin Kreps. Debra graduated from the Southeastern High School in Augusta, IL with the Class of 1975. She attended...
Linda Louise Custer
May 6, 2016
Linda Louise Custer, 74, of Ft. Madison, IA, died Friday, May 6, 2016 at her home. She was born on June 23, 1941 in Ft. Madison, IA, the daughter of Paul Eugene and Mildred Privia Slater. On October 3, 1959, Linda was united in marriage to Delbert C. Custer in Montrose, IA. He survives. She is also survived by three...
Gary Lee Berry, Sr.
Apr 21, 2016
Gary Lee Berry, 68, of Kahoka died Thursday, April 21, 2016 at the LaBelle Manor Care Center in LaBelle, MO. He was born August 27, 1947 the son of Elmer Lee and Elizebeth Thompsaphine Blakely Berry in Fairfield, IA. Gary was an over the road truck driver and drove many miles. Before he retired in 2007 he owned Hickory Hollow...
Mildred Lucille Huett
Apr 15, 2016
Mildred Lucille Huett, 102, of Keokuk, IA, passed away Friday, April 15, 2016 at River Hills Village in Keokuk. She was born on August 2, 1913 in LaPlata, MO the daughter of Charles Ellsworth and Tessie May Buck. Her family moved to Ft. Madison, IA when she was eight years old so her father could work for the Santa Fe...
Barbara Ellen Massey
Apr 8, 2016
Barbara Ellen Massey, 78 of Warsaw, IL died Friday, April 8, 2016 at the Montebello HealthCare Center. She was born April 1, 1938 in Hamilton, IL the daughter of Merle and Ada Evermon Glines. On December 24, 1956 she was united in marriage to Raymond Massey in Keokuk. He survives. Other survivors include three sons, Michael Massey of Warsaw, IL,...
Stephen E. Crowell
Apr 7, 2016
Stephen E. Crowell, 65, of Kahoka died Thursday, April 7, 2016 at the Blessing Hospital in Quincy, IL. He was born April 6, 1951 in Keokuk, Iowa the son of Edward Lawrence and Betty LaVerna Waller Crowell. On August 26, 1967 he was united in marriage to Patricia Louise Denning in Kahoka, Missouri. Steve was employed with Climax in Ft....
Ferne A. Eppers
Apr 4, 2016
Ferne Eppers, 97, of Keokuk, IA passed away April 4, 2016 in Keokuk. Ferne was born on May 1, 1918, the second of three daughters born to Lester and Mary (Rhum) Biddenstadt of Keokuk, Iowa. Ferne graduated from Keokuk High School in 1936, and married Rhea Flambeau Jr. in 1940. To this marriage four children were born. Linda, Roger, Larry...
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