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Mary Helen Ringstrom

Mary Helen Ringstrom

Dec 12, 2014

Mary Helen Ringstrom, 83 of Montrose died Friday, December 12, 2014 at the Montrose Health Care Center in Montrose, IA. She was born April 12, 1931 in Revere, Missouri the daughter of Garland and Nettie Wilkins LeMaster. On September 11, 1948 she was united in marriage to Robert L. Gambrel. They later divorced. On June 15, 1962 she married John...

Maxine E. Kellum

Maxine E. Kellum

Dec 12, 2014

Maxine Esther Kellum, 79 of Keokuk, died Friday, December 12, 2014 at her home. She was born March 12, 1935 in Salem, IA the daughter of John M. and Wilma J. Holcomb Kreiss. On September 29, 1951 she was united in marriage to Delbert Kellum in Rock Island, IL. He preceded her in death. Maxine had been employed as a...

Jody Carol Fellows

Jody Carol Fellows

Dec 10, 2014

Jody Carol Fellows, 64 of Montrose, IA, died Wednesday, December 10, 2014 at her home. She was born on December 23, 1949 in Seattle, WA , the daughter of Orville and Helen Haroldson Macy. Her father was a construction worker and the family lived in Anchorage, Alaska and Honolulu Hawaii for a while. She graduated from Mountlake Terrace High School...

Dirk Richard Fellows

Dirk Richard Fellows

Dec 10, 2014

Dirk Richard Fellows, 58 of Montrose, IA, died Wednesday, December 10, 2014 at his home. He was born on April 26, 1956 in Keokuk, IA the son of Richard and Marline McCallister Fellows. He married Jody Macy. He had been employed as an ironworker for the Iron Workers Union Local 577. He is survived by his mother, Marline Gabbert of...

Dennis Wayne Leggett

Dennis Wayne Leggett

Dec 9, 2014

Dennis Wayne Leggett, 60 of Wayland, MO died Tuesday, December 9, 2014 at his home. He was born January 14, 1954 in Keokuk, IA the son of Wayne and Norma Glassford Leggett. He was united in marriage to Karla Lorentzen and to this union two children were born. They divorced. He was later united in marriage to Lesa Job. They...

Lola B. Nye

Lola B. Nye

Dec 4, 2014

Lola B. Nye, 86, of Kahoka, MO, died Thursday, December 4, 2014 at the Hannibal Regional Hospital in Hannibal, MO. She was born on January 5, 1928 in Revere, MO, the daughter of Russell and Alice Shaler Howell. On June 5, 1946, Lola was united in marriage to James D. Nye in Kahoka, MO. He preceded her in death on...

Thomas S. Dodge

Thomas S. Dodge

Dec 2, 2014

Thomas S. Dodge, 77, of Keokuk, IA, died Tuesday, December 2, 2014 at his home. He was born June 24, 1937 in Burlington, IA, the son of Raymond and Vieva Dodge. Tom was united in marriage to Jane Ensminger in February of 1967. She survives. Other survivors include one son, Chris Dodge and his wife Joy of Iowa City, IA,...

Nathan Lee Keppel

Nathan Lee Keppel

Nov 30, 2014

Nathan Lee Keppel, 23, of Keokuk died Sunday, November 30, 2014 at his home. He was born May 27, 1991 in Ft. Madison, IA the son of Albert Keppel IV and Lena Hauff. Nathan graduated from Keokuk High School with the Class of 2010. In recent years he had been employed at Siemens and Pinnacle. Nathan loved the outdoors and...

Grace Marie Long

Grace Marie Long

Nov 25, 2014

Grace Marie Long, 91, of Keokuk, died Tuesday November 25, 2014 at the Montrose Health Center, Montrose, IA. Grace was born on November 20, 1923 in Searsboro, IA, the daughter of Orville and Marie Martin Gilbert. On May 13, 1944 Grace was united in marriage to John "Jack" Carl Long in Tucson, AZ. He preceded her in death on August...

Clarence "June" Junior Coovert

Clarence "June" Junior Coovert

Nov 23, 2014

Clarence Junior "June" Coovert, 90, of Keokuk died Sunday, November 23, 2014 at the River Hills Village in Keokuk. He was born April 1, 1924 in Keokuk the son of Virgil and Vada Kemper Coovert. On May 15, 1948 he was united in marriage to Barbara Gilpin in Keokuk. She survives. Other survivors include, two sons, David Coovert and his...

Virginia L. Winn

Virginia L. Winn

Nov 22, 2014

Virginia L. Winn, 78, of Keokuk, IA, died Saturday, November 22, 2014 at Great River Hospice House in West Burlington, IA. She was born on March 22, 1936 in Scotland County, Missouri, the daughter of Andrew and Mable Jeffrey Fogle. On June 5, 1951, Virginia was united in marriage to Junior Dee "Ernest" Winn in Scotland County, MO. He preceded...

Wilma Goldsberry

Wilma Goldsberry

Nov 21, 2014

Wilma Lee Goldsberry, 88, of Keokuk, died Friday, November 21, 2014 at the Keokuk Area Hospital. She was born on October 7, 1926 in Clark County, Missouri, the daughter of Harry and Maude Harness Dochterman. On July 24, 1950, Wilma was united in marriage to Earl Frank Goldsberry in Palmyra, MO. He preceded her in death on April 25, 1998....

Frank Kunde

Frank Kunde

Nov 19, 2014

Frank Aruthur Kunde, 89, of Keokuk, died Wednesday, November 19, 2014 at his home. He was born on August 3, 1925 in Clinton, Iowa the son of Frank E. and Marjorie Nielsen Kunde. He graduated from Clinton High School with the Class of 1943. Frank was a veteran of the United States Navy and proudly served his country during WW...

Danny Leffler

Danny Leffler

Nov 19, 2014

Danny Wayne "Dan" Leffler, 61, of Keokuk, IA died Wednesday, November 19, 2014 at his home surrounded by his family. He was born on September 24, 1953 in Keokuk, IA, the son of Bennie Wayne and Mary Jane Gilliland Leffler. Dan graduated from Keokuk Senior High School with the Class of 1974. After twenty-six years of loving companionship, Dan was...

John "J.R." Richard Wheeler

John "J.R." Richard Wheeler

Nov 4, 2014

John Richard Wheeler, 67, of Montrose, IA died Tuesday, November 4, 2014 at his home. He was born June 12, 1947 in Waverley, AR the son of John Henry and Donna Lee Wheeler. John graduated from Carthage Missouri High School. John was a veteran of the United States Navy and proudly served his country from 1967- 1970. He was united...

James "Harper" Pike

James "Harper" Pike

Nov 2, 2014

James Harper Pike, 77, of Keokuk, IA died Sunday, November 2, 2014 at the West Ridge Care Center, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. He left earth peacefully in his sleep. He was born on January 16, 1937 in Quincy, IL, the son of James G. and Dorothy Harper Pike. On August 23, 1958, Harper was united in marriage to Judy Bettisworth in...

Pamela Louise Foster

Pamela Louise Foster

Nov 1, 2014

Pamela Louise Foster, 49 of Ft. Madison, IA died Saturday November 1, 2014 at her home. She was born January 8, 1965 in Keokuk the daughter of Lewallen and Beverly Craig Foster. Pamela graduated from Keokuk High School with the Class of 1983 and later attended Carl Sandberg College in Carthage, IL and received her CNA certificate. Pamela had been...

Rosemary & Bobby Durham

Rosemary & Bobby Durham

Nov 1, 2014

Rosemary Durham, 88, originally of Fort Madison, died Saturday, November 1, 2014, at Montrose Care Center, Montrose, IA. She was born November 21, 1925, in Argyle, IA, the daughter of William Burke and Vivian Linhart Burke. She married Clifford Johnson in 1947. They divorced. On August 17, 1968, she married Bobby Durham in Carthage, IL. He preceded her in death...

Edith Evangeline Tweedy

Edith Evangeline Tweedy

Oct 29, 2014

Edith Elliott Tweedy, 95, died at her rural Montrose home Wednesday morning, Oct. 29, 2014. Edith Evangeline was born at home Nov. 8, 1918, in Van Buren County, Iowa to Cora (Gaston) and Leonard Elliott. She was the middle of three sisters who grew up in Donnellson during the Great Depression. She was a 1936 graduate of Donnellson High School....

Harold E. Weirather

Harold E. Weirather

Oct 18, 2014

Harold E. Weirather, 92, of Keokuk died Saturday, October 18, 2014 at the Montrose Health Center, Montrose, IA. He was born January 12, 1922 in Keokuk the son of Frank and Anne Watznauer Weirather. On August 8, 1946 he was united in marriage to Phyllis Swan. She preceded him in death on November 8, 2011. He was a member of...

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