Irene Mae Yeager
Apr 20, 2017
Irene Mae Yeager, 91 years, Wever, Iowa died at 12:47 pm Thursday, April 20, 2017 at the West Point Care Center, West Point, Iowa. She was born November 19, 1925 at Niota, Illinois, a daughter of Roy D and Grace (Charles) Siegfried. On May 10, 1958 at Carthage, Illinois, she married Robert L. Yeager Sr. He preceded her in death...
Kevin Lee Houston
Apr 16, 2017
Kevin Lee Houston, 61 years, of Des Moines and formerly of Denmark, Iowa died Sunday, April 16, 2017 at his home. He was born March 23, 1956 in Fort Madison, Iowa, a son of Harold and Elizabeth "Betty" Eckmeier Houston. He was a graduate of Fort Madison High School and Worsham College of Mortuary Science. He was a licensed funeral...
Norma Jean Bethenod
Apr 12, 2017
Norma Jean Bethenod, 87, passed away on April 12, 2017 in Victorville, California. Norma was born September 17, 1929 in Fort Madison and graduated from Fort Madison High School in 1947. She attended what was then Iowa State Teacher's College in Cedar Falls, Iowa (now the University of Northern Iowa), from 1947-1950. She then worked in accounting at Wright's Chrysler-Desoto-Dodge-Plymouth...
John "Jack" L. Holvoet
Mar 22, 2017
John "Jack" L. Holvoet, 93 years, of Fort Madison, Iowa died at 1:05 am Wednesday, March 22, 2017 at the Fort Madison Community Hospital, Fort Madison. He was born October 13, 1923 at Fort Madison, a son of Martin and Leonie (Sabbe) Holvoet. Jack was a lover and admirer of horses all of his life, especially the American Saddlebred. He...
Clotilda "Tillie" Steffensmeier
Mar 1, 2017
Clotilda "Tillie" Steffensmeier, 89 years, of Houghton, Iowa died Wednesday morning March 1, 2017 at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa. Tillie was born July 17, 1927 near St. Paul, Iowa, a daughter of Edward and Ida (Holtkamp) Kruse. On November 11, 1950, she married Ernest "Ernie" F. Steffensmeier at St. Paul, Iowa. He preceded her...
Sheri Kathleen Talbott
Feb 28, 2017
Sheri Kathleen Talbott, 59 years, of Fort Madison passed away Tuesday February 28, 2017 at the Great River Hospice House, West Burlington, Iowa. She was born November 19, 1957 in Burlington, Iowa, a daughter of Leonard James and Donna Jean (Kissinger) Talbott. She worked for 25 years at the Burlington Medical Center/Great River Medical Center, West Burlington, Iowa. She was...
Joann Gunn
Jan 31, 2017
Joann Gunn, 82 years, of Fort Madison, Iowa died Tuesday, January 31, 2017 in Belton, Texas. She was born April 29, 1934 in Fort Madison, Iowa, the daughter of Willard "Bus" and Lucinda Phillips. On June 16, 1957, she married Dr. Ronald Charles Gunn in Fort Madison. They had two children, Scott and Sherri. After Joann raised her children she...
Ted Ray Knapp
Jan 6, 2017
Ted Ray Knapp, 83 years, of West Des Moines, Iowa, formerly of Fort Madison, Iowa died at 1:46 am Friday January 6, 2017 at the Iowa Methodist Hospital, Des Moines, Iowa. Ted was born March 31, 1933 in Centerville, Iowa a son of Arthur Roscoe and Cecil Mary (Maxwell) Knapp. He married Bette Wetteland on June 20, 1953. She preceded...
Isla Lachmann
Jan 6, 2017
Isla Lachmann, 93 years, of Fort Madison, Iowa passed away at 3:32 pm Friday, January 6, 2017 at The Kensington, Fort Madison. She was born September 6, 1923, in Fort Madison, a daughter of Benjamin Franklin and Emma (Heiser) Engeman. On April 19, 1952 she married Leland C. Lachmann at Fort Madison. He preceded her in death on March 27,...
Hope Armorelle Hellige
Dec 29, 2016
Hope Armorelle Hellige, 96 yrs, of Fort Madison, Iowa died at 5:10 a.m. Thursday, December 29, 2016 at the Montrose Health Center, Montrose, Iowa. She was born August 5, 1920 at Fort Madison, Iowa, a daughter of James Clarence and Letha (Hendricks) McCreedy. On August 26, 1938, she married Paul Hellige. He preceded her in death. She is 1938 graduate...
Odessa "Toye" Mason Lovingier
Dec 26, 2016
Odessa "Toye" Mason Lovingier, 79 years, of Fort Madison, Iowa died at 12:42 am on Monday, December 26, 2016 at her daughter's home in Bowling Green, Kentucky. She was born April 11, 1937 in Newark, New Jersey, a daughter of Charles and Marie (Johnson) Jones. When she was young, her family moved to Gary, Indiana where she grew up. She...
Roy P Victory
Dec 25, 2016
Roy P. Victory, 68 years, of Fort Madison, Iowa died Sunday, December 25, 2016 at his home. He was born January 17, 1948 in St. Louis, Missouri, a son of Paul Junior and Joyce I. (Vanover) Victory. He first married JoAnn Peppenhorst. They had two children, Robert and Annemarie. She preceded him in death. He married Francis Spiker. They later...
Monica Mae Moore
Dec 25, 2016
Monica Mae Moore, 62 years, of Fort Madison and formerly of Salem, Iowa, died at 4:31 pm on December 25, 2016 at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa listening to her favorite music, by Willie Nelson, with her children by her side. She was born March 27, 1954 in Germany, a biological daughter of James Carlisle...
Carol Elaine Walljasper
Dec 15, 2016
Carol Elaine Walljasper, 77 years, of Fort Madison, Iowa died Thursday morning, December 15, 2016 at Des Moines, Iowa. She was born March 5, 1939 at Fort Madison, Iowa, a daughter of Charles and Pearl (Duckworth) Bindewald. On May 30, 1959, she married Thomas A. Walljasper at St. Mary's Church, Fort Madison, Iowa. He preceded her in death on December...
Maxine E. Coleman
Nov 29, 2016
Maxine E. Coleman, 91 years, of Burlington, Iowa died at 6:30 am Tuesday, November 29, 2016 at her home. She was born November 13, 1925, in Galesburg, Illinois a daughter of Edward and Elvera (Herslow) Alliman. On December 6, 1942, she married Karl L. Coleman in West Point, Iowa. He preceded her in death. Maxine attended school in Wayland and...
Velma Mahan Feightner
Nov 15, 2016
Velma A. Feightner, 96, of Sarasota FL and formerly of Fort Madison, IA passed away on Tuesday, November 15, 2016 in Florida. She was born on July 8, 1920 to Leo H. and Lena Menke Watznauer in Dodge City, Kansas. At a very early age her family relocated to Ft. Madison IA. She married Oscar Paul Mahan, who preceded her...
Almeda J. Mansheim
Nov 2, 2016
Almeda Jane Mansheim, 88 years, of Fort Madison, Iowa died at 12:30 a.m. Wednesday, November 2, 2016 at the Montrose Health Center, Montrose, Iowa. She was born December 28, 1927 at Shilder, Oklahoma, a daughter of William Nelson and Mary Ann (Donaldson) Parrott. She married Nathan Bennett. He preceded her in death. She later married Robert Mansheim. He also preceded...
Lawrence H. Decker
Nov 1, 2016
Lawrence H. Decker, 85 years, of Fort Madison, Iowa died Tuesday, November 1, 2016 at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa. He was born October 16, 1931 in Fort Madison, Iowa a son of Lawrence J. and Sophia (Brown) Decker. On July 13, 1956, he married Delores Mae Gulick in Burlington, Iowa. Larry lived in the...
Philip J. Thomas
Nov 1, 2016
Philip Joseph Thomas, 84 years, of Fort Madison, Iowa died at 8:00 pm Tuesday, November 1, 2016 at the Iowa City VA Medical Center, Iowa City, Iowa. He was born January 24, 1932 in Fort Madison, a son of Ellsworth and Elizabeth (Worland) Thomas. Many people referred to him as "Dode" because when he was born his older brother, Dan,...
Sylvan Joseph Nichting
Oct 22, 2016
Sylvan Joseph Nichting, retired President and CEO of J.J. Nichting Co., Inc., a lifelong resident of Pilot Grove, Iowa passed away Saturday, October 22, 2016 at age 90. He was born September 19, 1926 to Joseph J. and Virgilia Nichting. On October 14, 1952 he was united in marriage to Joan M. Holtkamp at St. John's Catholic Church in Houghton,...
