Ray A Young
Sep 9, 2017
Ray Arnold Young passed away at his home in Nauvoo, Illinois on September 9, 2017. He was born in Newdale, Idaho on March 16, 1930 to Ernest Lorenzo and Edythe Watts Young. Ray moved to Twin Falls, Idaho with his family when he was in middle school. He attended Twin Falls High School. When he was 14 he met Mary...
Robert William Kramer Jr
Aug 31, 2017
Robert William Kramer Jr, 76 years old, of Fort Madison, Iowa died at 5:18 am Thursday, August 31, 2017 at his home. He was born July 28, 1941 in Clinton, Iowa a son of Robert and Elizabeth (Martin) Jacobs. He was adopted and raised by Robert William Kramer Sr. On March 29, 1958, he married Zella Bearbower. Bob attended Clinton...
Sister Mary Dingman
Aug 26, 2017
Sister Mary Dingman, 97 years, of St. Paul, Iowa died at 1:15 am Saturday August 26, 2017 at her home. She was born November 26, 1919 in St. Paul, Iowa, a daughter of Theodore and Angela (Witte) Dingman. She entered the School Sisters of St. Francis in 1945. She earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Alverno College and a...
Donald Asa Charbonneau
Aug 22, 2017
Donald Asa Charbonneau, 80 years, of Denmark, Iowa died 7:06 am Tuesday, August 22, 2017 at the Donnellson Health Center, Donnellson, Iowa. He was born June 15, 1937 near Oakville, Iowa, a son of Asa and Martha (Bowers) Charbonneau. He was a heavy equipment operator. He was a veteran of the United States Navy. He is survived by three daughters:...
Alan Jake Little
Aug 16, 2017
Alan Jake Little, 24 years, of Fort Madison, Iowa died Wednesday morning, August 16, 2017 in Fort Madison. Jake was born March 31, 1993 in Burlington, Iowa, a son of Alan Chet Little and Lorlinda Williams. He attended Fort Madison High School. He is survived by his father, Chet Little of Fort Madison; his mother, Lorlinda Williams of Jacksonville, Florida;...
Charles S. Harris
Aug 2, 2017
Charles S. Harris, 89 years of Fort Madison passed away Wednesday August 2, 2017 at the Linn Manor Care Center, Marion, Iowa. He was born July 11, 1928 in New Florence, Missouri, a son of Vollie and Rosa (Wilkerson) Harris. On November 6, 1971, he married Grace Beecham in Fort Madison. Charles was a veteran of the U.S. Army and...
Fred Harold Doty
Jul 25, 2017
Fred Harold Doty, 96 years, of Fort Madison, Iowa died at 5:15 pm Tuesday, July 25, 2017 at his home. He was born October 23, 1920 in Iowa, a son of Warren and Sophie (Winkler) Doty. He first married Patricia Kathryn Decker. She preceded him in death. They had one son, Michael (Vickie) Doty, of Fort Madison, two grandchildren, Shone...
Ramona Mae Lewiston
Jul 13, 2017
Ramona Mae Lewiston, 88 years, of Montrose, Iowa died at 6:30 am Thursday, July 13, 2017 at the Fort Madison Community Hospital, Fort Madison. She was born on March 25, 1929 in Clio, Iowa, daughter of Theodore M. and Mamie Emily (Beaman) Cook. She married James Philip "Phil" Lewiston Sr. on March 12, 1948 in Perry, Iowa. He preceded her...
Devota "Dodie" A. Burgess
Jul 8, 2017
DeVota "Dodie" A. Burgess, 87 years, formerly of Fort Madison, Iowa, passed away Saturday, July 8, 2017 at Highland Ridge Care Center in Williamsburg, Iowa. Dodie was born August 30, 1929 to Melvin and Clara Burch in Herring, South Dakota. She was united in marriage to John L. Burgess on December 3, 1949 in Bloomfield, Iowa. She was a very...
Leonard Joseph "Joe" Frantz Jr
Jul 7, 2017
Leonard Joseph "Joe" Frantz Jr, 94 years, of Fort Madison, Iowa died at 9:00 am Friday, July 7, 2017 at the Fort Madison Community Hospital in Fort Madison. He was born December 23, 1922 in Aurora, Illinois, a son of Leonard Joseph Sr. and Florence Edith (Wright) Frantz. His family moved to Fort Madison in 1929, and he was a...
Basil Lee Colyer
Jul 5, 2017
Basil Lee Colyer, 84 years, formerly of Fort Madison and Burlington, Iowa died Wednesday, July 5, 2017 at Parkview Manor, Wellman, Iowa. He was a veteran of the United States Army. He worked as a carpenter and brick layer for 40 years. Per his wishes, his body has been cremated. No formal services are planned. Private burial will be at...
Dixieanna Henderson
Jul 3, 2017
Dixieanna Henderson, 85 years, of Fort Madison, Iowa died at 10:35 am Monday, July 3, 2017 at the Klein Center, West Burlington, Iowa. She was born November 15, 1931 at Keokuk, Iowa, a daughter of William and Cleota Ann (Leafers) Martindale. She married Paul Henderson Sr., they later divorced. She was a bartender for almost 25 years. She then worked...
Kenneth Ross Reed
Jul 2, 2017
Kenneth Ross Reed, 51 years, of Fort Madison, Iowa died at 3:00 pm Sunday, July 2, 2017 at The Madison, in Fort Madison. He was born October 6, 1965 in Missouri, a son of Roscoe and Anna (Welch) Reed. He loved his daughters. He is survived by his two daughters, Ashley and Hannah; three brothers: Jimmy (Sandy) Counts, of Bonaparte,...
Karen Lee Wilson
Jun 28, 2017
Karen Lee Wilson, 78 years, of Fort Madison, Iowa died at 8:44 pm Wednesday, June 28, 2017 at the Great River Medical Center, West Burlington, Iowa. She was born March 1, 1939 at Iowa City, Iowa, a daughter of Floyd and Hazel (Smith) Ballard. On May 19, 1957, she married Gerald A. Wilson Sr at the First Baptist Church in...
Kristine A M Snook
May 31, 2017
Kristine A M Snook, 60 years, of West Point, Iowa died Wednesday morning, May 31, 2017 at the Fort Madison Community Hospital, Fort Madison, Iowa. She was born November 4, 1956, in Davenport, Iowa, a daughter of Warren and Dorothy (Bernard) Strohbein. On August 12, 1978, she married Michael "Mike" Dale Snook. Kristine earned her nursing degree in 1999 from...
Hoyt Floyd Grossman
May 29, 2017
Hoyt Floyd Grossman, 33 years, of Fort Madison, Iowa died in an automobile accident Monday afternoon, May 29, 2017 near Sawyer, Iowa. He was born April 20, 1984 in Burlington, Iowa, a son of Randy Floyd and Tamara Ann (Painter) Grossman. On August 11, 2012, he married Theresa Thuleen. Hoyt was a 2002 graduate of Fort Madison High School. He...
Robert Leo Yeager Jr.
May 28, 2017
Robert "Bob" Leo Yeager Jr., 57 years, of West Point, Iowa died Sunday, May 28, 2017 in Tijuana, Mexico. He was born November 22, 1959 in Fort Madison, Iowa, a son of Robert Sr. and Irene Mae (Siegfried) Yeager. On November 4, 1989, he married Susan Elaine Rehm. He was a 1978 graduate of Fort Madison High School. He worked...
Betty Lou Boeding
May 4, 2017
Betty Lou Boeding, 89 years, of West Point, Iowa died at 11:59 pm Thursday, May 4, 2017 at the West Point Care Center, West Point. She was born September 19, 1927 at Carthage, Illinois, a daughter of James S. and Laura C. (Schmidt) Willard. On January 17, 1948, she married Arthur G. "Archie" Boeding at Fort Madison, Iowa. Betty was...
Laurence "Larry" Wade Cantwell
May 4, 2017
Laurence "Larry" Wade Cantwell, 90 years, of West Burlington, Iowa and formerly of Wever, Iowa died at 3:10 pm Thursday, May 4, 2017 at the Great River Hospice House, West Burlington. Larry was born December 5, 1926 in Bucklin, Missouri, a son of James "Wade" and Beryl Dean (Kathan) Cantwell. On July 3, 1950, he married Josephine "Jo" Tyler at...
John R. Conlee
May 1, 2017
John Raymond Conlee, 69 years, of Fort Madison, Iowa died at 1:30 pm Monday, May 1, 2017 at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa. He was born in rural Lee County, Iowa on February 27, 1948, a son of Charles P. and Irene E. (Starr) Conlee. John graduated from Fort Madison High School in 1967 and...
