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Dorothy Evelyn Yoe
Jun 29, 2014
Dorothy E. Yoe, 87, of Keokuk, IA, died Sunday, June 29, 2014 at Lexington Square in Keokuk, IA. She was born on July 24, 1926 in Edina, MO, the daughter of Russell and Mabel Elston Myers. On September 26, 1943, Dorothy was united in marriage to William F. Eaton. He preceded her in death on February 11, 1959. She married...
Garland "Gene" Eugene Cecil
Jun 29, 2014
Garland Eugene "Gene" Cecil, 59, died Sunday, June 29, 2014 at the Keokuk Area Hospital in Keokuk, IA. He was born on February 19, 1955 in Keokuk, IA, the son of Marvin Eugene and Noreta Mae Bourgeois Cecil. Gene graduated from Central Lee High School with the Class of 1973. He married Joan Casley on August 18, 1975 and they...
Velva Gloria Green
Jun 27, 2014
Velva Gloria Green, 76 of Keokuk died Friday at the Keokuk Area Hospital in Keokuk, IA. She was born on April 14, 1938 in Keokuk the daughter of Clinton and Annabelle Yates Stark. Velva was united in marriage to William Green in Des Moines, IA. They were married for over twenty years until his death in 1982. Velva graduated from...
Kris J. Taylor
Jun 27, 2014
Kris Jay Taylor, 51, of Keokuk died unexpectedly on Friday, June 27, 2014 at the University of Iowa Hospital in Iowa City, IA. He was born on December 25, 1962 in Keokuk, IA the son of Marge Bishop Linder. On July 21, 1990 Kris was united in marriage to Sheri Lynn Fenton in Keokuk, IA. She survives. He is also...
Florence G. Hennings
Jun 24, 2014
Florence G. Hennings, 90 of Ft. Madison, IA died Tuesday, June 24, 2014 at the Donnellson Health Care Center in Donnellson, IA. She was born May 21, 1924 in Keokuk the daughter of Calvin and Nina Haney Hennings. Florence had been employed at Northwestern Bell Company as an operator in Keokuk and Ft. Madison for thirty-nine years. She was a...
Dolly S. White
Jun 21, 2014
Dolly S. White, 73, of Keokuk, went to be with the Lord on Saturday, June 21, 2014. She was born on July 16, 1940 in Hannibal, MO, the daughter of John W. and Jeanette Ragar Sammons. On April 15, 1966, Dolly was united in marriage to Harold E. White in Wauconda, IL. He preceded her in death on January 19,...
Evelyn May Runge
Jun 18, 2014
Evelyn May (Swinderman) Runge, 86, of New Braunfels, TX, formerly of Wayland, MO, died Wednesday, June 18, 2014 at Regent Care Center in San Marcos, Texas. Evelyn was born in Donnellson, Iowa on December 21, 1927 to Frank L. and Vera V. Swinderman. Evelyn attended Donnellson High School in Donnellson, Iowa. She worked in a local factory until she met...
Brian Holmes
Jun 17, 2014
Brian Lee Holmes, 38, of Keokuk died Tuesday, June 17, 2014 at the Keokuk Area Hospital in Keokuk, IA. He was born on February 15, 1976 in Iowa City, IA the son of Ronald and Donna Pennington Holmes. Brian graduated from Keokuk High School with the Class of 1994. He attended Iowa Wesleyan College in Mt. Pleasant. He attended the...
Donna J. Wilson
Jun 17, 2014
Donna Jean Wilson, 80, of Keokuk, IA, died Tuesday, June 17, 2014 at River Hills Village in Keokuk, IA. Donna was born October 3, 1933 in Warsaw, IL the daughter of Lloyd and Velma Heule Hamrick. On January 6, 1950 she was united in marriage to Robert V. Wilson in Keokuk. He preceded her in death on February 10, 2009....
Richard Roller
Jun 15, 2014
Richard Roller, 72, of Kahoka formerly of St. Joseph, Missouri died Sunday, June 15 at the Blessing Hospital in Quincy, Illinois. He was born May 16, 1942 in Davenport, Iowa the son of Noble Lester and Vivian Jane Berrie Roller. He married Shirley Lorene Protsman and later divorced. He graduated from Revere High School with the Class of 1959. In...
Lori Conover Bollin
Jun 14, 2014
Lori Conover Bollin, 41 of Kahoka, died Saturday, June 14, 2014 at her mother's home in Kahoka. She was born November 8, 1972 in Keokuk, the daughter of Everett and Janet White Conover. On August 9, 2003 she was united in marriage to Derek Bollin in Keokuk. He survives. Other survivors include her mother; Janet Conover of Kahoka; two daughters;...
Ethel Lillard
Jun 13, 2014
Ethel L. Lillard, 90, of Kahoka, died Friday, June 13 at the Clark County Nursing Home in Kahoka. She was born July 3, 1923 in Kahoka, Missouri the daughter of Walter Daniel and Bertha Mae Hamner Heinze. On May 23, 1942 she was united in marriage to W. Leroy Lillard in Canton, MO. He preceded her in death on July...
James "Jim" Teeters
Jun 10, 2014
James Neill "Jim" Teeters, 68 of Dumas, MO died Tuesday, June 10 in Dumas, MO. He was born February 9, 1946 in Keokuk the son of George and Ann McPherson Teeters. Jim graduated from Keokuk Senior High with the Class of 1964. He had been employed by the Army Corp of Engineers at the Lock & Dam #19 in Keokuk...
Patricia Korschgen
Jun 6, 2014
Patricia Korschgen, 85 of Fairfield, IA formerly of Kahoka died Friday, June 06, 2014 at the Jefferson County Hospital in Fairfield, IA surrounded by her family. She was born March 19, 1929 in Chicago, IL the daughter of William and Margaret Classen O'Malley. She was first married to Everette Dean Trone. To this union four children were born. They later...
Kevin Smith
Jun 5, 2014
Kevin Ray Smith, 57, of Kahoka died Thursday, June 5, 2014 at his home in Kahoka. He was born September 24, 1956 in Edina, Missouri the son of Herbert Roechelle and Elizabeth Marsae Messer Smith. On June 27, 1998 he was united in marriage to Lora Arnold in Kahoka, Missouri. She survives. Other survivors include a daughter, Lisa Gregory and...
Iva Bradley
Jun 4, 2014
Iva E. Bradley, 85, of Kahoka formerly of Keokuk died Wednesday, June 04, 2014 at the Clark County Nursing Home in Kahoka. She was born July 8, 1928 in Keokuk, IA the daughter of John and Amelia Seabold Erb. She was united in marriage to Darrell Bradley in 1953. They later divorced. Iva graduated from Keokuk Senior high School with...
Mary Seabold
Jun 2, 2014
Mary E. Seabold, 85, of Keokuk, died Monday, June 2, 2014 at the Keokuk Area Hospital in Keokuk, IA. She was born on March 6, 1929 in Keokuk the daughter of Edwin Carl and Flora Belle Schaaf Loeffler. She graduated from Keokuk High School with the Class of 1948. On October 5, 1949, Mary was united in marriage to Kenneth...
Ralph Lorentzen
May 28, 2014
Ralph Lorentzen, 73, of Kahoka died Wednesday, May 28 at his home in Kahoka. He was born May 11, 1941 in Williamstown, MO, the son of Lorentz and Ester Forquer Lorentzen. In 1965 he was united in marriage to Sharon Haage in Kahoka, MO. She survives. Other survivors include two sons, Brian Lorentzen and his wife Miriam of Keokuk, Paul...
Raymond Paul Johns
May 18, 2014
Raymond Paul Johns, 59 of Keokuk died May 18, 2014 at the Lexington Square in Keokuk, IA. He was born December 25, 1954 in Sioux City, IA the son of Raymond Joseph and Blondina Bowman Johns. Paul graduated from West High School and from Western Iowa Tech College. He also took many different drafting classes. Paul had been employed at...
Patricia A. Ellenberg
May 16, 2014
Patricia Ellenberg, 81, of Warsaw, IL died Friday, May 16, 2014 at her home in Warsaw, IL. She was born December 2, 1932 in Chicago, IL the daughter of Joseph and Margaret Doncer Ruby. Patricia was first married to Robert Rhoades in November 1952. They later divorced. On October 1, 1994 she was united in marriage to Edward Ellenberg. He...
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