Marilynn Irene Northway
Jun 11, 2013
Marilynn Irene Northway, 88 years, of Fort Madison, Iowa died at 8:40 pm Tuesday, June 11, 2013 at her home. She was born December 12, 1924 at Primrose, Iowa a daughter of Ralph and Clara (Bergthold) Sander. On August 22, 1947 she married Edgar Northway at Primrose, Iowa. Marilynn was a homemaker. She was a member of St. John's United...
Mary Ann Broadway
May 28, 2013
Mary Ann Broadway, 78 years, formerly of Fort Madison Iowa, died at home in Corrales, New Mexico on May 28, 2013. She was born on February 11, 1935 in Wilmington, Delaware. She married Luke Broadway on April 4, 1954. Mary Ann was a resident of Fort Madison from 1975 to 2000. She worked as a Teacher Aid at Richardson Elementary...
Willard E "Bill" Pickard
May 21, 2013
Willard E. (Bill) Pickard, 85 years, of Ft. Madison died Tuesday, May 21, 2013 at the University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa. He was born February 13, 1928 in Donnellson Iowa, a son of Hiram and Lula (Smith) Pickard. He married Anna Thomas on March 22, 1947 and had celebrated 66 years of marriage. He began his...
Barbara Ann Bentler
May 21, 2013
Barbara Ann Bentler, 74 years, of Mt. Hamill, Iowa died at 5:18 am Tuesday, May 21, 2013 at the Fort Madison Community Hospital, Fort Madison, Iowa. She was born March 11, 1939 at Fort Madison, Iowa, a daughter of Harry and Elizabeth (Mertens) Nichting. On November 23, 1967 she married Alfonse Bentler at St. John's Church, Houghton, Iowa. In 1957...
Michael Lance May
May 20, 2013
Michael Lance May, 61 years, of Fort Madison, Iowa died at 1:40 PM Monday, May 20, 2013 at his home. He was born February 16, 1952 at Sacramento, California, a son of Edward Eugene and Mary Catherine (Wilkerson) May. He married Carol Pohlpeter. Mike moved to Fort Madison in 1975. He worked as a correctional officer at the Iowa State...
David Glenn Neff
Apr 24, 2013
David Glenn Neff, 55 years, of Fort Madison, Iowa died at 8:01 pm Wednesday, April 24, 2013 at his home. He was born February 11, 1958 at Kirksville, Missouri, a son of Harvey Glenn and Mary (Peterson) Neff. On November 21, 1977, he married Kathy Campbell at Fort Madison, Iowa. David was a 1976 graduate of Fort Madison High School....
Phillip Nathaniel Johnson
Apr 14, 2013
Phillip Nathaniel Johnson, 87 years, of Wayland, Iowa and formerly of Keokuk and Fort Madison died Sunday April 14, 2013 at the Parkview Home in Wayland, Iowa. He was born March 28, 1926 at St. Louis, Missouri, a son of Reverend John F. Johnson and Gladys Mae (Tucker) Johnson. He had been a resident in the Fort Madison and Keokuk...
Raymond D. West
Apr 3, 2013
Raymond D. West, 86 years, born and raised in Fort Madison, Iowa "crossed-over" at 4:15 am April 3, 2013 at the Great River Hospice House, West Burlington, Iowa. He was born December 17, 1926 at Fort Madison, Iowa, a son of Forrest and Ida (Markle) West. On May 15, 1945, he married June Lee Strah at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. She...
Ruth Marie Grossman
Apr 1, 2013
Ruth Marie Grossman, 91 years, of Denmark, Iowa died at 7:15 pm Monday, April 1, 2013 at the West Point Care Center, West Point, Iowa. She was born July 23, 1921 at St Paul, Iowa, a daughter of Henry and Sadie (Menke) Spiekermeier. On June 1, 1944 at West Point, Iowa she married Floyd "Bud" Grossman. He preceded her in...
Raymond D. Thompson
Mar 1, 2013
Raymond D. "Swede" Thompson, 85 years, of Fort Madison, Iowa died 7:15 am Friday March 1, 2013 at the Fort Madison Community Hospital, Fort Madison, Iowa. He was born April 14, 1927 at Revere, Missouri, the son of George Ellsworth and Edna (Peckham) Thompson. On July 29, 1946, he married Mary E. Carter at Kahoka, Missouri. She preceded him in...
Faye Bergthold
Feb 19, 2013
Faye Bergthold, 93 years, of Fort Madison, Iowa died at 12:20 am Tuesday, February 19, 2013 at River Hills Village, Keokuk, Iowa. She was born February 27, 1919 at Donnellson, Iowa, a daughter of Edwin J. and Lena (Schlicher) Krebill. On July 6, 1947, she married Milton Bergthold at the Donnellson Mennonite Church, Donnellson, Iowa. Faye was a 1936 graduate...
Gena Mae Layer
Jan 28, 2013
Gena Mae Layer, 49 years, of Burlington, Iowa died at 5:30 pm Monday, January 28, 2013 at the Great River Hospice House, West Burlington, Iowa, after a long battle with breast and bone cancer. She was born January 25, 1964 at Burlington, Iowa, the daughter of Thomas and Virginia (Congdon) Layer. She was a lifelong resident of the area. She...
Gregory Edward Mueller
Jan 27, 2013
Gregory Edward Mueller, 87 years, of Fort Madison, Iowa died at 11:42 am Sunday January 27, 2013 at the West Point Care Center, West Point, Iowa. He was born May 24, 1925 in St. Paul, Iowa, a son of William H. and Margaret (Dingman) Mueller. On April 17, 1952, he married Marian Rita Denning in Houghton, Iowa. He moved to...
Wanda B. Mcdowell
Jan 25, 2013
Wanda B. McDowell, 86 years, of Wever, Iowa died at 1:15 am Friday January 25, 2013 at the Great River Hospice House, West Burlington, Iowa. She was born November 12, 1926, a daughter of Bryan and Bertha (Woodruff) Coleman. On October 14, 1944, she married Donald Emmett McDowell. Wanda was a graduate of Hillsboro High School. She lived in the...
Ryan Kenneth Joseph Brown
Jan 23, 2013
Ryan Kenneth Joseph Brown, 31 years, of Fort Madison, Iowa died Wednesday, January 23, 2013 at his home. He was born January 18, 1982 in Fort Madison, Iowa, a son of George Brown and Julie (Ilmberger) Brown. Ryan was a 2000 graduate of Fort Madison High School and was known by his friends as "P-nut." He was an avid Chicago...
Josephine Cantwell
Jan 23, 2013
Josephine T. "Jo" Cantwell, 86 years, of Wever, Iowa died 12:15 pm Wednesday, January 23, 2013 at the Blair House, Burlington, Iowa. Jo was born November 3, 1926 at Rolla, Missouri, a daughter of James and Alice (Collier) Tyler. On July 3, 1950, she married Laurence "Larry" Cantwell at Rolla, Missouri. She was a homemaker, and she was a dental...
Leroy John Bentler
Jan 20, 2013
LeRoy John Bentler, 87 years, of Houghton, Iowa died peacefully at 12:20 am Sunday, January 20, 2013 at the Henry County Health Center, Mt. Pleasant, Iowa surrounded by his family members. He was born August 11, 1925 in Houghton, Iowa, a son of William Joseph and Elizabeth (Foecke) Bentler. On November 4, 1946, he married Geraldine M. "Jerry" Rooney at...
Vanessa Marie Ives
Jan 20, 2013
Vanessa Marie Ives, 45 years, of St. Louis County, Mo. and formerly of Dallas City, Illinois, died on Sunday, January 20, 2013 at her home. She was born January 13, 1968, a daughter of Quinn and Nancy (Gilpin) Pence. She married Michael Ives and they had three sons. They later divorced. She graduated from Dallas City High School, Dallas City,...
Elliott Mathias Hemphill, Jr.
Jan 15, 2013
Elliott Mathias Hemphill, Jr. , infant son of Teresa Weldon and Elliott M. Hemphill, Sr. died Tuesday January 15, 2013 at the Fort Madison Community Hospital, Fort Madison, Iowa. He is survived by his parents, one sister, Helayna Hemphill, of Fort Madison; grandparents: Star Weldon, of Fort Madison; Charles Weldon and Vickie Nolte, of West Point, Iowa and Diana Garza,...
Helen Irene Goehl
Jan 13, 2013
Helen Irene Goehl, 75 years, of Montrose, Iowa died at 10:41 am Sunday, January 13, 2013 at the Great River Medical Center, West Burlington, Iowa. She was born July 27, 1937 at Springfield, Illinois a daughter of LeRoy and Bessie (Williams) Sparks. On November 5, 1955, she married William Robert Goehl at Quincy, Illinois. She moved to Montrose area in...
