Gerald Melvin Powelson
Jul 10, 2015
Gerald Melvin Powelson, 81 years, of Fort Madison, Iowa died at 5:07 am Friday, July 10, 2015 at the Fort Madison Community Hospital, Fort Madison, Iowa. He was born April 22, 1934 at Terre Haute, Illinois, a son of Melvin and Violet (Williams) Powelson. On January 18, 1953, he married Rita L. Luton at the Old Bedford Church, Blandinsville, Illinois....
Albert Louis Heitz Jr.
Jun 25, 2015
Albert Louis Heitz Jr., 66 years, of Fort Madison, Iowa died unexpectedly Thursday morning, June 25, 2015 at his home. He was born January 20, 1949 at Fort Madison, Iowa, a son of Albert Louis Sr. and Doris (Noll) Heitz. On August 14, 1971 at St. John's Catholic Church, Burlington, Iowa he married Linda Unzicker. She survives. Al was a...
Claude C. Turpin Sr.
Jun 25, 2015
Claude C. Turpin Sr., 90 years, of Fort Madison, Iowa died at 2:38 am Thursday, June 25, 2015 at the Fort Madison Community Hospital, Fort Madison, Iowa. He was born November 16, 1924 at Harriman, Tennessee, the son of John Harvey and Mary Maude (Graves) Turpin. On July 28, 1951 at Chicago, Illinois, he married Alice L. Sargent. Claude lived...
Donald Sallen
Jun 23, 2015
Donald William Sallen, 87, died June 23, 2015 at his home in Prescott, Arizona. He was born October 7, 1927 in Fort Madison, Iowa, a son of Henry and Thresa Sallen. On November 28, 1952 he married Sylvia Cogelja in Indiana. They were married 63 years. She died December 25, 2021.
Don was a veteran of the...
Bryon Dale Mcmillen
Jun 4, 2015
Bryon Dale "B-dog" McMillen, 57 years, of Fort Madison, Iowa died unexpectedly at 7:44 pm Thursday, June 4, 2015 at Genesis East Medical Center, Davenport, Iowa. He was born February 24, 1958 at Fort Madison, Iowa, a son of Dale Harvey and Jeana Melveen (Nicholson) McMillen. On July 30, 1993 at Fort Madison, Iowa, he married Lori Sanders. She survives....
Charlie Martin Morse
May 30, 2015
Charlie Martin Morse, 85 years, of Fort Madison, Iowa fell into the arms of God on Saturday, May 30, 2015 at the Great River Hospice House, West Burlington, Iowa. He was born in Kansas City, Missouri on October 11, 1929, the son of James Martin and Rose May (Stout) Morse. He served with pride as a Paratrooper in the 11th...
Bernard Clement Steffensmeier
May 24, 2015
Bernard Clement "Ben" Steffensmeier, 53 years, of St. Paul, Iowa died at 1:03 am Sunday, May 24, 2015 at The Madison, Fort Madison, Iowa. He was born April 7, 1962 at Fort Madison, Iowa, a son of Ernest F. "Ernie" and Clotilda "Tillie" (Kruse) Steffensmeier. On March 20, 1993 at West Point, Iowa he married Jennifer "Jenny" Haeger. She survives....
Helen E. Gregg Wilhelm
May 22, 2015
Helen E. Gregg Wilhelm, 96 years, of Fort Madison, Iowa died at 4:48 pm Friday, May 22, 2015 at The Kensington, Fort Madison, Iowa. She was born on April 27, 1919 in Granger, Missouri, a daughter of Albert and Maude (Moyer) Fairchild. On November 16, 1946, she married Glenn E. Gregg. He preceded her in death on July 19, 1967....
Linda Diane Grover
May 14, 2015
Linda Diane Grover, 66 years, of Portland, Tennessee, formerly of Burlington, Iowa died 12:00 am May 14, 2015 at Westmoreland Care Center, Westmoreland, Tennessee. Linda was born October 3, 1948 at Jefferson, Iowa, the daughter of James Philip Sr. and Ramona Mae (Cook) Lewiston. On June 16, 2003, she married Valdo Grover at Springfield, Tennessee. She was a 1966 graduate...
Nancy Lou Hyhouse
May 12, 2015
Nancy Lou Hyhouse, 80 years, of Fort Madison, Iowa died at 1:24 pm Tuesday, May 12, 2015 at The Madison, Fort Madison, Iowa. Nancy was born November 18, 1934 at Fort Madison, Iowa, a daughter of William and Mary (Kendall) Schumaker. On August 12, 1956, she married Edward Hyhouse at Fort Madison, Iowa. He preceded her in death. Nancy lived...
James William Barr
Apr 30, 2015
James W. Barr, 78 years, passed away Thursday morning, April 30, 2015 surrounded by his family, at his home in Ft. Madison, Iowa. Jim was born the day after Christmas, 1936 to Jack Alwin and Lila Leola (Horan) Barr in Grand Island, Nebraska. After moving to Ft. Madison he met the love of his life, Charlotte Zuber, their senior year...
Marjorie Lou Dickey
Apr 20, 2015
Marjorie Lou Dickey, 80 years, of Houston, Texas and formerly of Donnellson and Fort Madison, Iowa died at 9:40 am Monday, April 20, 2015 at the East Houston Regional Medical Center, Houston, Texas. She was born April 24, 1934 at Sullivan, Illinois, the daughter of Delbert Wade and Ruth Olga (Derring) Sullivan. On March 3, 1954, she married Matthew "Wendell"...
K. Michael Bowen
Apr 19, 2015
K. Michael "Mike" Bowen, 72 years, of Wever, Iowa died at 2:36 am Sunday, April 19, 2015 at this home. He was born April 3, 1943, a son of Kinzy Dale and Eva (Pruett) Bowen. On September 15, 1962, he married Nancy Werner at Fort Madison, Iowa. She survives. Mike lived in this area most all of his life. He...
Janice Sue James
Apr 2, 2015
Janice Sue James , 53 years, of Fort Madison, Iowa died at 8:45 pm Thursday, April 2, 2015 at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa. She was born October 16, 1961 in St. Louis, Missouri to Dallas Alton and Rebecca Sue (Goodman) Bishop. She was a 1980 graduate of Hamilton High School in Hamilton Ill. She...
Edith Pauline Varner
Mar 27, 2015
Edith Pauline Varner, 90 years, of Fort Madison went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Friday March 27, 2015 as her two daughters were by her side. She was born on January 28, 1925 on the family farm near Farmington, Iowa to Earl "Shorty" and Olive (Watts) Muntz. She is survived by her daughters Kathy Varner, of...
Rose May Briggs
Mar 22, 2015
Rose May Briggs, 94 years old, of Fort Madison, Iowa died 10:15 am Sunday, March 22, 2015, at Montrose Care Center, Montrose, Iowa. Rose was born May 23, 1920 at Clark County, Missouri, a daughter of George Weston and Eathel May (Gregory) Wells. She was raised by her grandparents, Eugene and Navey May Wells, on a farm by St. Francisville...
Brandon Luis Perez
Mar 22, 2015
Brandon Luis Perez, 23 years old, of Fort Madison, Iowa died Sunday morning, March 22, 2015 in an automobile accident near Red Oak, Iowa. He was born February 16, 1992 at Loveland, Colorado, the son of Stella Maria Perez and Scott Robert Satterlee. He was raised by his maternal grandparents, Merlin "Rusty" and Dollie Boyd. Brandon loved working with his...
Robert Ernest Pieper
Mar 22, 2015
Robert Ernest "Bob" Pieper, 86 years, of Pella, Iowa and formerly of Houghton, Iowa died early Sunday morning, March 22, 2015, with his bride at his bedside holding his hand, at The Cottages, Pella, Iowa. He was born March 17, 1929 in rural Lee County, Iowa, a son of Ernest A. and Elizabeth M. (Holtkamp) Pieper. On July 15, 1950,...
Nina Marie Vanwye
Mar 6, 2015
Nina Marie VanWye, 91 years, of Fort Madison, Iowa died at 10:19 am Friday, March 6, 2015 at the Kensington, Fort Madison, Iowa. She was born March 5, 1924 at Bucklin, Missouri, a daughter of Thomas and Nina (Sears) Fitzgerald. On August 3, 1946 she married Delbert Jackson VanWye at Marceline, Missouri. He preceded her in death. She worked several...
Charles A Howell Jr.
Feb 24, 2015
Charles Albert Howell Jr., 73 years, of Fort Madison, Iowa died at 3:07 pm Tuesday, February 24, 2015 at the Fort Madison Community Hospital, Fort Madison, Iowa. He was born November 17, 1941 at Carthage, Illinois a son of Charles Sr. and Letha M. (DeWitt) Howell. He first married Cozette Lay. They later divorced. On June 11, 1988, he married...
