Obituaries

Dec 4, 2020

Ralph L. Taylor, 96, of the Timberpoint Healthcare Center in Camp Point, died at 7:00 a.m. Friday, December 4, 2020, at the home. Born October 5, 1924, in Camp Point, Ralph was a son of Clarence and Ruby Wheeler Taylor. He married Erma L. Niekamp on August 20, 1955, in St. Paul United Church of Christ in Fowler, IL....

Dec 2, 2020

Harold Darrah Sherrick, 87, of Bowen, IL died at 9:06 pm Wednesday December 2, 2020 at Bradford Villa in Quincy, IL.

Harold was born April 23, 1933 at Blessing Hospital in Quincy, IL to Emil and Verna (Swan) Sherrick.

He attended the one room school house of Fairview for grade school and graduated in 1950...

Dec 2, 2020

Diane Madee Tenhouse, 64, of rural Coatsburg, Illinois, died unexpectedly on December 2, 2020 , at Blessing Hospital in Quincy, Illinois.

Diane was born on January 27, 1956 in Quincy, Illinois to Ronald S. and Marilyn (Trotter) Moore. She married Michael L. Tenhouse on June 24, 1978 at the United Methodist Church in Camp Point, Illinois. He...

Dec 1, 2020

Sharon K. O'Shea Neisen, 76, of Camp Point, died at 4:42 a.m. Tuesday, December 1, 2020, in her home.

Born April 12, 1944, in Louisiana, Missouri, Sharon was a daughter of Alonzo and Martha Lyter O'Shea. She married Norbert M. Neisen on July 20, 1963, at St. Boniface Catholic Church in Quincy. He preceded her in death...

Nov 28, 2020

David R. “Swise” Swisegood, 90, of Augusta, IL died at 7:28 am Saturday November 28, 2020 at his home in Augusta.

He was born on October 11, 1930 in Macomb, IL to Chester and Leola Twaddle Swisegood. He first married Kay Marshall on July 1, 1956 in Plymouth, IL. She preceded...

Nov 28, 2020

Carla Holmes Helmke. 66, of Quincy, IL died at 4:08 pm Saturday November 28, 2020 at her home.

She was born on October 18, 1954 in Carthage, IL to Rex J. and Barbara Stout Holmes.

Carla was a 1972 graduate of Southeastern High School in Augusta...

Nov 25, 2020

Allen Deshong, 46, of Bowen, IL died at 11:53 am Wednesday November 25, 2020 at his home in Bowen, IL.

He was born on December 16, 1973 in Quincy, IL to Orville “Dan” and Gladys Lockamy Deshong.

Allen attended Southeastern schools. He was...

Nov 24, 2020

Clarice Louise Akins, 95, of Camp Point, IL died at 1:36 am Tuesday November 24, 2020 in Missouri Baptist Medical Center in St. Louis, MO.

She was born on May 25, 1925 near Plymouth, IL to Homer Henry and Myrtle Ivy Marten. She married Glade Akins on September 5, 1953 in Plymouth, IL. He preceded her in...

Nov 23, 2020

Shirley J. Llewellyn, 83, of Clayton, died at 7:32 p.m. Monday, November 23, 2020, at Blessing Hospital in Quincy. Born June 21, 1937, in Beardstown, IL., Shirley was a daughter of Harold Wilbur and Margaret Ellen Hall Smith. She married Donald M. Llewellyn on May 3, 1958, in Ft. Knox, KY. He preceded her in death on July 14,...

Nov 17, 2020

Bryan Lierly, Jr., 82, passed away peacefully in the home of his daughter, Kris Jefferson, in Augusta, IL, on November 17, 2020, with his family by his side.  He was born on December 3, 1937 in Adams County, Illinois, to Bryan Lierly, Sr., and Carrie Mason. He married Gail Lord, June 6, 1959.

Bryan attended Mendon High...

Nov 17, 2020

Helen F. McElroy, 87, of Augusta, IL died Tuesday November 17, 2020 at the Elms in Macomb, IL.

She was born on September 21, 1933 in Houston Township in Adams County, IL to Alfred and Jessie Swan Junk. She married Oscar R. McElroy on September 28, 1952 in Rock...

Nov 16, 2020

Elda Gronewold, 97, of Golden, Illinois passed peacefully in her home on Monday, November 16, 2020. Elda was born on November 14, 1923, to the late Louis and Mary (Fredericks) Reuschel in rural Golden, Illinois. She was baptized into the Christian faith on December 16, 1923, and made her confession of faith/confirmed on April 12, 1939, under the direction...

Nov 15, 2020

John L. “Jack” O’Neal, 67, of Plymouth, IL died at 12:10 pm Sunday November 15, 2020 at OSF Saint Francis Medical Center in Peoria, IL.

He was born on December 21, 1952 in New Castle, PA to John C. and Kathleen Anderson O’Neal. He married Diane Janssen on June 29, 1975 in the Augusta Methodist Church. She...

Nov 14, 2020

Marilyn K. Heins, 78, of rural Columbus, died at 2:54 a.m. Saturday, November 14, 2020, at her home. Born July 4, 1942, in Vandalia, MO., Marilyn was the daughter of Roy and Oma Bea  Wilkinson Thompson. She married Glenn "Chub" Heins on April 24, 1974, in Seymour, IL. He survives. Marilyn was employed at Motorola and later worked at...

Nov 14, 2020

George Donald "Don" Berryman, 86, of Coatsburg, died at 3:56 a.m. Saturday, November 14, 2020, at Blessing Hospital in Quincy.

Born June 9, 1934, in LaBelle, MO., Don was a son of George and Pansy Jewel Burkhart Berryman. He married Sharon K. Hantelman on January 31, 1960, in Fenton, IA. She survives.

Don graduated from...

Nov 10, 2020

Letha Tucker, 70, of St. Vincent's Home in Quincy, formerly of Coatsburg, died at 5:00 p.m. Tuesday, November 10, 2020, at the home. Born April 2, 1950, in Quincy, Letha was the daughter of Orn and Alice M. Deming Mixer. She married Carroll Wayne Tucker on September 20, 1969, in Coatsburg. He survives. Letha had been employed in the...

Nov 7, 2020

Mrs. Mary Ellen Bangert, 96, of Cissna Park, IL., formerly of Galesburg and Camp Point, died Saturday (November 7, 2020) at her home.

Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon at 1:00 p.m. at the Lummis Hamilton Funeral Home in Camp Point.

Memorials may be made to the First Christian Church in Galesburg.

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Nov 5, 2020

Melba L. Grove, 95, of Augusta, IL passed peacefully at 8:15 am Thursday, November 5, 2020 in her home surrounded by family.

She was born on February 5, 1925 in Adair, IL to Floyd and Dessie Hensley Townes. Melba graduated from Cuba Community High School in 1943. After high school, Melba worked as a telephone operator in...

Oct 24, 2020

Dale H. Farlow, 90, of St. Vincent's Home in Quincy, died at 11:30 p.m. Saturday, October 24, 2020 at the home. Born September 13, 1930, in Quincy, Dale was a son of Robert Harold and Anna Mae Floetman  Farlow. He married Waneta Steinagel on November 30, 1950, at the Methodist Church in Columbus, IL. She survives. Mr. Farlow farmed...

Oct 23, 2020

Virginia Mae Kearby, 89, a resident of the Golden Good Shepherd Home in Golden, formerly of rural LaPrairie,  died at 3:53 a.m. Friday, October 23, 2020 at the home.

She was born on January 26, 1931 on the family farm near Huntsville to Troy and Lula Waner Bilderback.  She married Gerald Eugene (Gene) Kearby on February 4,...