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Joel Kamp

Joel Kamp

Dec 5, 2014

Joel Joseph Kamp, 70 years, of Fort Madison, Iowa died at 12:40 pm Friday, December 5, 2014 at Mercy Medical Center, Des Moines, Iowa. He was born May 1, 1944 at Fort Madison, Iowa a son of Jerome J. and Ora Virginia (Graft) Kamp. On August 29, 1980, he married Tracy Higgins at Fort Madison, Iowa. She survives. Joel was...

Ina Hayes

Ina Hayes

Oct 28, 2014

Ina Melva Hayes, 79 years, of Fort Madison, Iowa died at 10:50 am Tuesday, October 28, 2014 at the Fort Madison Community Hospital, Fort Madison, Iowa. She was born December 15, 1934 at New Boston, Iowa, a daughter of Frank Owen and Grace Charlotte (Hamilton) Tory. On December 20, 1952, she married Richard L. Hayes at Fort Madison, Iowa. He...

Helen Mary Hanapy

Helen Mary Hanapy

Oct 24, 2014

Helen Mary Hanaphy, 103 years, of Winston-Salem, North Carolina and formerly of Fort Madison, Iowa, died October 24, 2014 at Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Helen was born in Fort Madison, Iowa on April 7, 1911, a daughter of Ben and Mamie Winke. On October 3, 1938, she married Frank Patrick Hanaphy at Fort Madison, Iowa. Helen spent much of her life...

Vera Wright

Vera Wright

Oct 17, 2014

Vera Lee Wright, 91 years, of Fort Madison, Iowa, died at 5:55 pm Friday, October 17, 2014 at The Madison, Fort Madison, Iowa. She was born April 20, 1923 at Brookfield, Missouri, the youngest of 10 children of George Davis and Anna Elizabeth (Bivens) Ross. On March 9, 1941, she married Edward Clarence Wright at Brookfield, Missouri. He preceded her...

Melvin Allison

Melvin Allison

Oct 9, 2014

Melvin Junior Allison, 71 years, of Denmark, Iowa, died at 8:45 pm Thursday, Oct 9, 2014 at the Great River Hospice House, West Burlington, Iowa. He was born June 27, 1943 at Knox City, Missouri, a son of William and Lydia (Stice) Allison. On November 4, 1962, he married Marlyce Sears at Winfield, Iowa. Mel grew up in the Williamstown,...

Alice Robbins

Alice Robbins

Sep 27, 2014

Alice Dell Robbins, 83 years, of Fort Madison, Iowa, died at 6:55 am Saturday, September 27, 2014 at The Madison, Fort Madison, Iowa. She was born June 28, 1931 in Fort Madison, Iowa, a daughter of Horrell E and Alice Hazel (Wyrick) McIntosh. On March 5, 1949, she married Harold Leroy Robbins at Fort Madison, Iowa. He preceded her in...

Letha Irene St Clair

Letha Irene St Clair

Sep 24, 2014

Letha Irene St Clair, 92 years, of Fort Madison, Iowa died at 12:30 am Wednesday, September 24, 2014 at The Madison, Fort Madison, Iowa. She was born April 21, 1922 at Kirksville, Missouri, a daughter of Raymond A. and Rebecca M. (Bell) Kellison. On June 29, 1939, she married Russell L. St Clair at Macon, Missouri. She lived most of...

Roxane "Rocky" Calvert-Pihl

Roxane "Rocky" Calvert-Pihl

Sep 23, 2014

Roxane "Rocky" Calvert-Pihl, 52 years, of Donnellson, Iowa died Tuesday, September 23, 2014 at her home. She was born August 18, 1962 at Keokuk, Iowa, a daughter of Ronald R. and Virginia E. (Hocker) Calvert. She married Steve Pihl, they had three children: Naomi, Brandy, and Joshua. She lived most of her life in the area and was a 1980...

Rose Mayer

Rose Mayer

Sep 12, 2014

Rose Marie Mayer, 83 years, of Fort Madison, Iowa died at 6:44 am Friday, September 12, 2014 at the Fort Madison Community Hospital, Fort Madison, Iowa. Rose was born November 1, 1930 at Fort Madison, Iowa, a daughter of Frederick W. and Rose Mary (Penrod) Koehler. She first married Francis A. Coleman Jr. He preceded her in death. On November...

Donald Honadel

Donald Honadel

Sep 7, 2014

Donald Elmer Honadel, 83 yrs, of Montrose, Iowa died at 10:05 am Sunday September 7, 2014 at the Montrose Health Center, Montrose, Iowa. He was born January 2, 1931 at Fort Madison, Iowa, a son of John and Alinda (Lowenberg) Honadel. On July 17, 1955, he married Carol Smoot at Denmark, Iowa. He was a lifelong resident of the area....

Sallie Mansheim

Sallie Mansheim

Sep 6, 2014

Sallie Lee Evelyn Mansheim, 94 years, of Fort Madison died at 1:52 pm Saturday September 6, 2014 at the Kensington, Fort Madison, Iowa. She was born November 13, 1919 at Fort Madison, Iowa, a daughter of Roy Judd and Coralee (Dauma) Finley. On June 22, 1943, she married John Victor Mansheim at Fort Madison, Iowa. He preceded her in death...

Charles J. Rupert

Charles J. Rupert

Aug 15, 2014

Charles J. Rupert, 93, of Fort Madison passed away at 11:00 P.M. Friday August 15, 2014 at the Fort Madison Community Hospital. He was born November 21, 1920 in Quincy, Illinois to Charles J. and Celesta Mae (Dailing) Rupert Wendling. On June 29, 1947 he married Patricia Flo Latherow in Macomb, Illinois. She preceded him in death on October 6,...

Gretchen Hayes

Gretchen Hayes

Aug 2, 2014

Gretchen Lee Hayes, 34 years, of Savannah, Georgia, passed away Saturday, August 2, 2014 at the Memorial University Medical Center. She was born in Fort Madison, the daughter of Joseph F. Rupp and Rebecca J. Clay. Gretchen grew up in Fort Madison and was a 1998 graduate of Fort Madison Community High School. She attended college graduating early with a...

Robert L. Hinkle Sr.

Robert L. Hinkle Sr.

Jul 19, 2014

Robert L. Hinkle Sr., 88 years, of Fort Madison, Iowa died at 8:50 pm Saturday, July 19, 2014 at the Fort Madison Community Hospital, Fort Madison, Iowa. He was born March 1, 1926 near Trenton, Iowa, a son of Peter S. and Laura A. (Clawson) Hinkle. He married Marvoleene Bunker. They later divorced. He then married Alice Bell Brockett. She...

Merle Hasenclever

Merle Hasenclever

Jul 19, 2014

Merle Hasenclever, 95 years, of Denmark, Iowa died at 8:45 p.m. Saturday July, 19, 2014 at The Madison, Fort Madison, Iowa. Merle Hasenclever was born on May 17, 1919 to Francis and Mary (Grossman) Hasenclever near New London, Iowa. On October 8, 1944 he married Betsey Anne Timpe. He graduated from Denmark Academy High School and attended Iowa State University....

Pastor Arthur Eric Schleif

Pastor Arthur Eric Schleif

Jul 18, 2014

Pastor Arthur Eric Schleif, 88 years, of West Burlington, Iowa and formerly of Fort Madison died Friday, July 18, 2014 at the Parkview Medical Center, Pueblo, Colorado. He was born September 27, 1925 in Lawrence, Nebraska, a son of Emil L. and Mary (Schiermeyer) Schleif. On January 22, 1950 at Fort Madison, Iowa he married Vera Mae McPherson. She survives....

Helen "Pat" Lodwick

Helen "Pat" Lodwick

Jul 16, 2014

Helen "Pat" (nee Barbre) Lodwick died on July 16, 2014 at age 92. She was born on June 26, 1922 in Baltimore MD, the daughter of the late Clarence and Helen (nee Wescott) Barbre and the sister of the late Robert W. Barbre. She was preceded in death by her husband of 61 years, Seeley G. Lodwick. Pat is survived...

John (Jack) L. Burgess

John (Jack) L. Burgess

Jul 11, 2014

John (Jack) L. Burgess, 88 years, of Fort Madison, Iowa passed away at 7:45 p.m., Friday, July 11, 2014 at Fort Madison Community Hospital. John was born February 15, 1926 to John and Pearl (Schmidt) Burgess in Lenox Park, Burlington, Iowa. He was united in marriage to DeVota A. (Dodie) Burch on December 3, 1949 in Bloomfield, Iowa. He served...

Robert Owen Reilly

Robert Owen Reilly

Jun 15, 2014

Robert Owen Reilly, 81 years, of Fort Madison, Iowa died at 1:57 pm Sunday, June 15, 2014 at the Fort Madison Community Hospital, Fort Madison, Iowa. He was born May 20, 1933 at Chicago, Illinois, a son of Thomas and Sally (Norton) Reilly. On September 20, 1962, he married Dorothy Elaine Ulakey, at Chicago, Illinois. Robert first moved to the...

Samantha Brooke Chismark

Samantha Brooke Chismark

Jun 12, 2014

Samantha Brooke Chismark, 13 years, of Fort Madison, Iowa died at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa. She was born February 20, 2001 at Iowa City, Iowa, a daughter of John and Melissa (Nehring) Chismark. Samantha attended the Mt. Pleasant Christian School. She was working to become a youth minister and had already touch many lives....

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