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
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
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
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...
Keith Clippert
Oct 17, 2014
Keith "Monk" Clippert, 86 of Keokuk died Friday, October 17, 2014 at the Montrose Health Center in Montrose. He was born October 8, 1928 in Keokuk the son of Alfred and Evelyn Hutchins Clippert. On December 29, 1954 he was united in marriage to Darlene Krumm in Keokuk. She survives. Other survivors include a son; Kent (June) Clippert of Keokuk,...
Braxton Timothy Charles Bell
Oct 16, 2014
God called his precious little angel, Braxton Timothy Charles Bell, home on Thursday, October 16, 2014. He was born August 5, 2014 at the Blessing Hospital in Quincy, IL the son of Ryan Neal and Lindy Marie Rader Bell. During his short two months here on earth he touched many lives and was loved deeply by family and friends. Braxton...
Blanche Marjorie Roberts
Oct 15, 2014
Blanche M. Roberts, 90, of Keokuk died Wednesday, October 15, 2014 at Lexington Square in Keokuk. She was born March 24, 1924 in Warroad, MN, the daughter of Fritz Merchant and Grace Steeples Locke (Lemon). On March 15, 1941, Blanche was united in marriage to Boyd C. Roberts in Kahoka, MO. He preceded her in death in June 1995. She...
Leonard Sturgeon
Oct 10, 2014
Leonard A. Sturgeon, 86, of Keokuk, IA, died Friday, October 10, 2014 at the Keokuk Area Hospital. He was born on October 5, 1928 in Ft. Madison, IA. Leonard was a veteran of the United States Navy and the United States Air Force and served during WW II and the Korean War. According to his wishes there will be no...
Elmer E. Egley
Oct 9, 2014
Elmer E. Egley, 97, of Keokuk, IA, died Thursday, October 9, 2014 at Lexington Square in Keokuk. He was born on December 23, 1916 in Wayland, MO, the son of Lewis and Mary Maurer Egley. On July 11, 1942 Elmer was united in marriage to Nellie Baker. She preceded him in death on June 2, 1998. Elmer graduated from High...
Mary Jinkens
Oct 8, 2014
Mary L. Jinkens, 83 of Wayland, MO died Wednesday, October 8, 2014 at the Blessing Hospital in Quincy, IL. She was born December 31, 1930 in Kalaski, Iowa, the daughter of Arthur and Alma Schantz Roberts. On August 27, 1949 she was united in marriage to James Jinkens in Kahoka. He preceded her in death on April 4, 2002. She...
Margeret Dresser
Oct 5, 2014
Margeret B. Dresser, 93 of Keokuk, passed away Sunday, October 5, 2014 at the Ft. Madison Community Hospital in Ft. Madison, IA. She was born June 30, 1921 in Gregory Landing, MO, the daughter of Harry and Ruth Blair Ort. She was united in marriage to Howard Raymond Dresser on June 29, 1941 in Ft. Madison. He preceded her in...
Jo Ann Stewart
Oct 5, 2014
Jo Ann Stewart, 74 of Keokuk died Sunday, October 5, 2014 at the Keokuk Area Hospital in Keokuk, IA. She was born October 28, 1939 in Moscow, TN the daughter of Duke and Lorena Wade Teague. On October 11, 1958 she was united in marriage to William Stewart in Moscow, TN. He survives. Other survivors include two sons, William Michael...
Dale Steffensmeier
Oct 3, 2014
Dale Stephen Steffensmeier, 78, of Keokuk, died Friday, October 3, 2014 at his home. He was born on January 10, 1936 in West point, IA, the oldest of 16 children, to Maurice and Regina Moeller Steffensmeier. On July 29, 1994, Dale was united in marriage to Norma Vermeesch Murphy in Ft. Madison, IA. She survives. Other survivors include two sons,...
Karen Goetz
Sep 27, 2014
Karen Sue Goetz, 51, of Keokuk, died Saturday, September 27, 2014 at her home. She was born on June 27, 1963 in Carthage, IL, the daughter of Floyd D. and Janice K. Smith Bolton. On April 8, 2000, Karen was united in marriage to Joseph A. Goetz at the First Lutheran Church in Keokuk. He survives. She is also survived...
Lowell Davis, Sr.
Sep 26, 2014
Lowell Wesley Davis, Sr., 94, of Keokuk, died Friday, September 26, 2014 at Fort Madison Community Hospital, Fort Madison, Iowa after having spent an enjoyable day with many family and friends. Lowell was born on Labor Day, September 2, 1920 in Hamilton, Illinois, the third child of William E. and Elva Mae (Hathaway) Davis. On December 28, 1941, he was...
Freda Marie Burchett
Sep 20, 2014
Freda Marie Burchett, 70, of Keokuk, IA, died Saturday, September 20, 2014 at her home. She was born on November 2, 1943 at the St. Joseph Hospital in Keokuk, IA, the daughter of Delbert and Esther Evelyn Brewer Arnold. On June 4, 1960, Freda was united in marriage to Charles Ernest Burchett, Jr. in Keokuk and they shared fifty-four wonderful...
Morgan Rae Westermeyer
Sep 18, 2014
Morgan Rae Westermeyer, 18, of Montrose, IA died Thursday, September 18, 2014 at Blessing Hospital in Quincy, IL. as the result of a car accident. She was born April 29, 1996 in Burlington, IA the daughter of David and Stefanie Stinson Westermeyer. Morgan graduated from Central Lee High School in Donnellson, IA with the Class of 2014. She had been...
Helen I. Gustavson
Sep 18, 2014
"Loving Wife, Mother & Grandmother" Helen I. Gustavson, 89, of Keokuk, died Thursday morning September 18, 2014 at the Blessing Hospital in Quincy, IL. She was born on May 3, 1925 in Springfield, IL the daughter of Harry and Juanita Hardin George. On May 12, 1946 Helen was united in marriage to Gordon R. Gustavson in Athens, IL. He preceded...
Greg Arnold Blair
Sep 2, 2014
Greg Arnold Blair, 53 of Keokuk died Tuesday, September 2, 2014 at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City, IA. He was born April 20, 1961 in Kansas City, MO the son of Jack and Anna Marie Ripperger Blair. Greg attended the Culinary Program at Indian Hills Community College in Ottumwa, IA. He had been employed as...
Scott L. Stewart
Aug 27, 2014
Scott L. Stewart, 53, of Williamstown, MO died August 27, 2014 at his home in Williamstown. He was born November 25, 1960 the son of L.E. "Duke" and Rae Illene Carlin Stewart in Keokuk, IA. Scott enjoyed logging, hunting, fishing and carving wooden signs. He is survived by his son Matthew Stewart of Williamstown, two sisters, JoAnn Worrell and Debbi...
