Ronald Beelman
Aug 21, 2022
Ronald L. Beelman, (affectionately called Ronnie Lynn "Firecracker" Beelman by his family) age 64, Fort Madison, Iowa passed away Sunday, August 21, 2022 surrounded by his family at the Southeast Iowa Regional Hospice House, West Burlington, Iowa after a brief battle with cancer. He was born July 4, 1958, son of Carl B. and Lois M. (Wilson) Beelman.
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Shane Mathew Carrell
Aug 19, 2022
Friends are invited to witness the burial of Shane's cremated remains at 1:30 pm Monday, May 8, 2023 at Oakland Cemetery, Fort Madison.
Shane Mathew Carrell, 24 years, of Fort Madison, Iowa died unexpectedly Friday August 19, 2022 at the Southeast Iowa Regional Medical Center, Fort Madison. He was born April 6, 1998 at Iowa City, Iowa,...
Ronald Gansy
Aug 18, 2022
Ronald Steve Gansy, 85, Donnellson, Iowa died August 18, 2022 at the Southeast Iowa Regional Hospice House, West Burlington, Iowa. He was born April 6, 1937 at Fort Madison, Iowa, a son of Steve and Maxine Hazel (Finley) Gansy. On June 22, 1958, he married Marilyn Kay Sulzberger, they had four children: Deb, Karen, Brian, and Brent. She preceded...
Gina Blindt
Aug 8, 2022
Gina Louise Blindt, 61, Fort Madison, Iowa died at 5:30 pm Monday, August 8, 2022 at the Southeast Iowa Regional Hospice House, West Burlington, Iowa. She was born March 25, 1961, a daughter of Arthur and Ellen (Carroll) Pilon. On June 30, 1984, she married Anthony Joseph Blindt.
For years, Gina worked as an LPN at the...
Michael Roach
Aug 6, 2022
Michael Rae Roach, 70, Fort Madison, Iowa died Saturday, August 6, 2022 at the Southeast Iowa Regional Medical Center, West Burlington, Iowa. He was born August 20, 1951 in Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, a son of Donald David and Grace Marie (Boeddecker) Roach. He married Sharon Kay Bartlett, together they had two children, Kristi and Dan. They divorced. On March...
William "Bill" Boeding
Jul 26, 2022
William "Bill" Bernard Boeding, age 66, of Burlington, Iowa died at 6:00 pm Tuesday July 26, 2022 at his home surrounded by his family. He was born January 13, 1956 in Fort Madison, Iowa, a son of Harold and Ruth (Schroeder) Boeding. On October 20, 1979, he married Janet Holtkamp in Fort Madison, Iowa.
After 37 years,...
Suzanne Dowell
Jul 18, 2022
Suzanne Judith Goodwin Dunn Dowell was born February 4, 1946, in Manchester, Connecticut to James Goodwin and Jeanette Prell Goodwin. When Sue was an infant, she and her mother moved to Chicago to be closer to her grandmother. Sue lived there through her high school graduation from Dwight David Eisenhower High School in 1964 being raised by her mother...
Sarah Butz
Jun 30, 2022
Sarah Alice Butz, 62, of Fort Madison, Iowa died at 10:45 am Thursday, June 30, 2022 at her home. She was born August 13, 1959 in Biloxi, Mississippi, a daughter of Glen Edwin and Christina (Brewer) Derickson. On June 30,1984, she married Ralph Alan Butz at the Old First Orange Baptist Church, Orange, Texas.
Sarah graduated from...
Randy Huett
Jun 15, 2022
Randy Lynn Huett, 66, Fort Madison, Iowa died at 10:53 am Wednesday, June 15, 2022 at the Southeast Iowa Regional Medical Center, Fort Madison, Iowa. He was born December 20, 1955, a son of Robert L Sr. and Betty Jean (Baldwin) Huett. On September 2, 1993, he married Teresa Druppel at Las Vegas, Nevada.
Randy was a...
Sallie Williams
Jun 8, 2022
Sallie Jo Williams, 62, of Fort Madison, Iowa and formerly of Mobile, Alabama died Wednesday, June 8, 2022 at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa. She was born May 16, 1960, a daughter of James Henry and Mary Jo (Lassiter) Wooten. She married Eddie Williams. He preceded her in death.
Sallie was always...
Marvin Gingrich
Jun 5, 2022
Marvin John Gingrich, 82, of Denmark, Iowa died at 8:05 am Sunday, June 5, 2022 at his home. He was born February 24, 1940, in Lee County, Iowa, a son of Frank J. and Lucille (Staff) Gingrich. On June 26, 1960, he married Kay Raid at Denmark, Iowa.
He attended Sawyer Grade School through the 8th grade...
Joan Nichting
Jun 4, 2022
Joan M. Nichting, 90, of Pilot Grove, IA died June 4, 2022. She was born April 29, 1932 near Houghton, IA to Bernard J. and Cecilia Pieper Holtkamp. She was united in marriage to Sylvan J. Nichting on October 14, 1952 at St. John's Catholic Church in Houghton, IA. They lived in their home in Pilot Grove, IA for...
Gary Sanders
May 16, 2022
Gary J. Sanders, 77, West Point, Iowa died Monday, May 16, 2022. He was born November 14, 1944, at Sacred Heart Hospital in Fort Madison, Iowa, the son of Paul John and Rosina Elizabeth (Bentler) Sanders. On November 22, 1969, he married Victoria Elizabeth Fedler at St. Mary of the Assumption Catholic Church in West Point.
Gary...
Charlotte Barr
May 12, 2022
Charlotte Ann Barr, 85 years, died Thursday, May 12, 2022 in West Des Moines, Iowa. Charlotte was born November 18, 1936 at Rock Island, Illinois, the daughter of Alexander A. Zuber and Victoria L. (Hrdyna) Zuber. Her family moved to Muscatine and later to Fort Madison. She met the love of her life, James W. Barr, their senior year...
Melinda Spurgeon
May 8, 2022
Melinda Ann Spurgeon, 34 years, of Fort Madison, Iowa Sunday, May 8, 2022. She was born September 26, 1987, a daughter of Kevin and Karen (Vradenburg) Spurgeon. Melinda enjoyed writing poems and spending time with her family, but most important to her was her daughter, Leilani.
She is survived by four children: Leilani Raine Bowden of Fort...
Kathleen Blint
May 6, 2022
Kathleen Mary Blint, 76 years, of Lincoln, Nebraska died at 12:55 a.m. Friday, May 6, 2022. She was born on September 3, 1945, to Henrietta and Ralph (Pomberg) Blint at Sacred Heart Hospital in Fort Madison, Iowa. She earned a degree in Social Sciences from Marycrest College in 1967, Davenport, Iowa. She went on to become an English Language...
Matthew Myetich
May 3, 2022
Matthew P. Myetich, 64 years of Fort Madison, Iowa and formerly of San Francisco, California died Tuesday, May 3, 2022 at his home. He was born September 12, 1957 in San Francisco, California, a son of Fred and Frances (Slepnikoff) Myetich. He married Charles "Chuck" McDonough, they were together for 33 years. In California, Matt worked as a production...
Larry Ballard
Apr 26, 2022
Larry Ray Ballard, 69 years, of Fort Madison, Iowa died at 1:50 am Tuesday, April 26, 2022 at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa. He was born January 10, 1953 to Floyd Wayne and Hazel Edna (Smith) Ballard. On July 27, 1974 he married Jan Jespersen in Maryland.
Larry was a 1971 graduate...
Jody Dean Oppenheimer
Apr 23, 2022
Thank you for your understanding. The new greeting and funeral mass dates are listed below :
His family will greet friends from 4:30 to 6:00 pm Friday, May 20, 2022 at the Barr Memorial Chapel. Fort Madison, Iowa. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 am Saturday, May 21, 2022 at the Holy Family...
Margery Durbin
Apr 10, 2022
Margery May Durbin went to be with her Lord Sunday April 10, 2022. Margery died at her home in Augusta, Iowa. She was born December 12, 1923 in Hillsboro, Iowa, the daughter of Olin and Clara (Hoyer) Howes. On July 10, 1944 she married Donald Wayne Durbin in Brooklyn, New York. They had four sons: Terry (Carol) of Bella...
