Meleese "Mel" Young
May 16, 2014
Meleese "Mel" Young, 94, of Kahoka, MO died Friday, May 16, 2014 at her home in Kahoka. She was born October 2, 1919 in Luray, MO the daughter of James and Ollie Mathies Bishop. She was united in marriage to Floyd P. Young on January 23, 1934 in Kahoka. He preceded her in death on August 7, 1995. Floyd and...
Jerry Steele
May 15, 2014
Jerry Steele, 69, of Keokuk, IA, died Thursday, May 16, 2014 at the Keokuk Area Hospital in Keokuk, IA. He was born October 19, 1944 in Forrest Glave, TX the son of Frank Rushing and Bessie Christine Robertson Steele. He was married to Rita Johnson. She survives. Other survivors include two sons, Jerry O'Neil Steel and Paul Steele both of...
William "Bill" F. Kisor
May 13, 2014
William F. "Bill" Kisor, 81 of Keokuk died Tuesday, May 13, 2014 at his son's home in Keokuk. He was born July 13, 1932 in Ralls County, MO the son of Melvin and Mary Fletcher Kisor. Bill was united in marriage to Jeanne Bostwick in 1950 in Keokuk. She survives. Other survivors include one daughter, Mary Rosencrans and her husband...
Earnest "Mel" Vornkahl
May 11, 2014
Earnest (Mel) Vornkahl, 81 of Burlington, IA died Sunday, May 11, 2014 at the Great River Hospice House in West Burlington, IA. Mel was born July 13, 1932 in Clark County, MO the son of Elmer E. and Bertie Clifton Vornkahl. He was united in marriage to Ruth Ethelyn (Losey) Vornkahl on April 27, 1952. He graduated from Revere High...
David Tweedy
May 9, 2014
David Tweedy, 86 of Montrose, IA died, Friday, May 09, 2014 at the Mercy Hospital in Iowa City, IA. He was born September 2, 1927 in Keokuk the youngest son of Hugh Earl and Ve Starr Tweedy. He was united in marriage to Elsie Senf on August 7, 1948 in Keokuk, IA. She survives. Other survivors include four sons, Rodney...
Charles "Chuck" Gardner
May 8, 2014
Charles "Chuck" Gardner, 59 of Keokuk, died Thursday, May 8, 2014 at his home. He was born on August 28, 1954 in Keokuk the son of Carl W. and Wilma Jean Lipper Gardner. Chuck was graduated from Keokuk High School with the Class of 1972. He started working at Hill Printing when he was fourteen years old. He had been...
Ruth Vigen
May 7, 2014
Ruth Vigen, 98, of Jefferson, IA, formerly of St. Olaf, IA died, Wednesday, May 7, 2014 at the Greene County Medical Center in Jefferson, IA. She was born on May 3, 1916 in Finley, North Dakota the daughter of Severt and Ellen Olson Jacobson. Ruth was confirmed and became a member of the Ostervold Evangelical Lutheran Church in ND on...
Arlo Gene Parker
May 7, 2014
Arlo Gene Parker, 79 of Liberty, IL died Wednesday, May 7, 2014 at the Maple Lawn Nursing Home in Palmyra, MO. He was born on January 6, 1935 in Ft. Madison, IA the son of Lyle and Leona Repplinger Parker. After graduating from high school, Gene furthered his education at Monmouth College where he received his Bachelor's Degree. He then...
Gertrude Egley
May 7, 2014
Gertrude Magdalena Egley, 96, of Keokuk, IA, died Wednesday, May 07, 2014 at the University of Iowa Hospital in Iowa City, IA. She was born on March 16, 1918 in Wayland, MO, the daughter of Lewis and Magdalena Maurer Egley. She was a graduate of the Wayland, MO High School. Gertrude had been employed at State Central Bank in Keokuk...
Delores Jean Mcneill
May 6, 2014
Delores Jean McNeill, 85 of Hamilton, IL died on Tuesday, May 6, 2014 at River Hills Village in Keokuk. She was born on April 7, 1929, in Keokuk, the fourth of five children born to Everett and Sarah Wadden Sale. She was united in marriage to John J. McNeill on November 27, 1947 in Keokuk. He preceded her in death....
Brian Adams
May 5, 2014
Brian Wesley Adams, 34, passed away Monday, May 5, 2014, in Orlando, Fla. Brian was born June 20, 1979, in Keokuk. He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy, serving in the Iraq War as an electronic tech on nuclear submarines for eight years. Officer Adams worked for the past four years as a correctional officer for Coleman Federal Correctional...
John Haas, Jr.
May 2, 2014
John Haas, Jr., 84, longtime resident of Keokuk and businessman died Friday, May 2, 2014 at his home in Keokuk, IA. According to his wishes he was cremated and there will be no services. In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to the family and mailed to Vigen Memorial Home 1328 Concert Keokuk, IA 52632. Vigen Memorial Home in...
Bernice J. Gabel
May 2, 2014
Bernice J. Gabel, 87 of Keokuk died Friday, May 2, 2014 at the Keokuk Area Hospital in Keokuk, IA. She was born October 2, 1926 in Keokuk the daughter of Warren and Daisey Frakes Jobe. Bernice was first married to Ed Pfeiferling. They divorced. She then married Gerry Young until he was killed in an automobile accident. On November 1,...
Toni "Chickie" J. Ransdell
Apr 24, 2014
Toni J. Ransdell Chickie , 77, of Danville, IA died Thursday, April 24, 2014 at the Great River Hospice House in West Burlington, IA. Toni was born March 10, 1937 in Keokuk, IA the daughter of John Tommy and Hilda Carr Orth. She had been employed at Sheller Globe in Keokuk, the Burlington Golf Course in Burlington, IA and the...
Mickey Rachelle Williams
Apr 22, 2014
Mickey Rachelle Williams, 34, of Keokuk, IA died Tuesday, April 22, 2014 at the Keokuk Area Hospital in Keokuk, IA. She was born on September 12, 1979 in Iowa City, IA the daughter of James Danny and Christina Williams Wrieden. On July 6, 2001 Mickey was united in marriage to Robert Edward Williams in Keokuk. He survives. Mickey was a...
Deborah "Debbie" Ann Vaughan
Apr 18, 2014
Deborah Debbie Ann Vaughan, 63, of Keokuk, died Friday, April 18, 2014 at the Keokuk Area Hospital in Keokuk, IA. She was born on March 7, 1951 at the St. Joseph Hospital in Keokuk, the daughter of John and Marian Reed Scott. On August 9, 1969, Debbie was united in marriage to Arthur Vaughan, Jr. in Keokuk. He survives. Other...
Lois Marie Rausch
Apr 17, 2014
Lois Marie Rausch, 68 of Keokuk died Thursday, April 17, 2014 at her home. She was born April 22, 1945 in Tripoli, IA the daughter of Arno and Malinda Hartman Ladage. On August 15, 1964 she was united in marriage to Joe Rausch in Tripoli, IA. He preceded her in death on February 9, 2008. Lois was a graduate of...
Edna M. Buckallew
Apr 16, 2014
Edna Miriam Buckallew, 83, of Kahoka, MO died Wednesday, April 16, 2014 at the Clark County Nursing Home in Kahoka, MO. She was born September 3, 1930 in Clark County, Missouri the daughter of Harry and Eva Walker Brammer. She was united in marriage to Walter Glen Buckallew on August 29, 1958 in Clark County, Missouri. For 55 years they...
Michael David Taylor
Apr 15, 2014
Michael David Taylor, 65 of Keokuk died unexpectedly Tuesday, April 15, 2014 at the Pike County Memorial Hospital in Louisiana, MO. He was born November 7, 1948 in Nixa, MO the son of Grace Sifferman. On October 1, 1976 he was united in marriage to Sherry Gierke in Millbury, OH. She survives. Other survivors include two brothers, Jack Taylor and...
Helen Marsh
Apr 15, 2014
Helen Marsh, 95 of Phoenix, AZ formerly of Keokuk died Tuesday, April 15, 2014 at the St. Joseph Hospital in Phoenix, AZ. Â Â Â Â She was born December 26, 1918 in Mount Carmel, PA the daughter of a coal miner Stanley and Josephine Koka Slavenska. She was united in marriage on February 12, 1941 in Canton, MO to Chester Marsh. He preceded...
