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...
Daniel Mcdowell Dawkins
Apr 3, 2016
Daniel McDowell Dawkins, 65, of Keokuk passed away on Sunday evening April 3, 2016 in Keokuk, Iowa. He was born on December 30,1950, in St Charles, Mo. He is preceded in death by his parents, William and Marian Dawkins, of Keokuk. He was a 1969 graduate of Keokuk High School. Dan honorably served in the U.S. Army from 1969 to...
Steven Thomas Sheffler
Apr 2, 2016
Steven T. Sheffler, 54, died Saturday, April 2, 2016 at his home in Warsaw. He was born March 14, 1962 in Keokuk, the son of Frederick and Julia "Judy" Marlin Sheffler. In 1980, he was united in marriage to Pam Scheuermann. Together they raised three daughters. He graduated from Hamilton High School with the class of 1980. He received a...
Kenneth E. Woodley
Mar 27, 2016
Kenneth E. Woodley, Sr. 83, of Donnellson, IA died Sunday, March 27, 2016 at the Great River Hospice House in Burlington, IA. He was born October 5, 1932 in Robertson, IA the son of Glenn and Wilma Kiefer Woodley. On February 16, 1956 he was united in marriage to Virginia Hawes in Ft. Madison, IA. She preceded him in death...
Elmer "Al" Garcia
Mar 26, 2016
Elmer "Al" Garcia, 85, of Wayland, MO died Saturday, March 26, 2016 at Blessing Hospital in Quincy, IL. He was born February 7, 1931 in Oakley, CA the son of Adrian and Rose Garcia. On December 20, 1975 he was united in marriage to Sydney Harrison in Hamilton, IL. She survives. Other survivors include two daughters, Jeannine Rose Harrison of...
Richard "Doc" H. Georges, D.D.S.
Mar 24, 2016
Dr. Richard "Doc" H. Georges, 89, of Keokuk, formerly of Carthage, IL died Thursday, March 24, 2016 at the Memorial Hospital in Carthage, IL. He was born on March 18, 1927 in Chicago, IL the son of Herman and Gladys Leora Reiter Georges. He is survived by, two daughters, Patricia (Robert) Cloar of Simpsonville, KY, and Ann B. (Rob) Dunham...
Charles Dean Moore
Mar 9, 2016
Charles Dean Moore, 76 of Kahoka, MO died Wednesday, March 9, 2016 in Kahoka. He was born July 4, 1939 in Kahoka the son of Charles F. and Eugenia Roland Moore. He was united in marriage to Gladys Johns on July 4, 1991 in Kahoka. She survives. Other survivors include one sister, Katie Rankin of Kahoka and several nieces and...
Vickie Lynn Brookhart
Feb 27, 2016
Vickie Lynn Brookhart, 56, of Washington, IA died Saturday, February 27, 2016 at the Pearl Valley Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in Washington, IA. She was born November 2, 1959 the daughter of John and Beverly Rowe Bowden. On December 11, 1978 she married the love of her life, Lucas Brookhart. He survives. Other survivors include three children, Arion Brookhart of...
Tracy Lynn Wright
Feb 18, 2016
Tracy Lynn Wright, 53, a lifelong resident of Keokuk, IA died February 18, 2016 at her home in Keokuk. She was born March 7, 1962 in Keokuk, Iowa, the daughter of Don and Karen Wright and Richard and Verna Cook Malone. Tracy had a love for cats and made sure every stray cat in the neighborhood was fed. She loved...
Donna M. Elschlager
Feb 17, 2016
Donna M. Elschlager, 85, of Keokuk, IA died Wednesday, February 17, 2016 at Keokuk Area Hospital. She was born on October 22, 1930 in Keokuk, the daughter of Carl and Mabel Elston Weirather. On October 30, 1949, Donna was united in marriage to Calvin Elschlager in Kahoka, MO. He survives. She is also survived by one son, David (Tina) Elschlager...
Eunice Marie Petry
Feb 16, 2016
Eunice Marie Petry, 86, of Hamilton, IL died Tuesday, February 16, 2016 at Montebello Health Care Center in Hamilton. She was born on February 17, 1929 in Lee County, IA the daughter of Andrew and Mary Irelan Seiferheld. Eunice graduated from Keokuk Senior High. She married John Petry in 1947, and together they had four children. They divorced after 38...
Norman Rex Boehm
Feb 16, 2016
Norman Rex Boehm, 87, of Keokuk, IA, died Tuesday, February 16, 2016 at Lexington Square in Keokuk. He was born on February 3, 1929 in Keokuk, the son of Herman and Edith Link Boehm. He graduated from Keokuk Senior High with the Class of 1947. On August 6, 1950 Rex was united in marriage to Betty Sims. She preceded him...
