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...
Bernice Meyer
Jan 12, 2013
Bernice Meyer, 86 years old, of Donnellson, Iowa, died at 1:00 pm, Saturday January 12, 2013. She was born on January 26, 1926 in Charleston, Iowa, the daughter of William and Loretta Bentzinger. She married Arthur H. Meyer Jr. on July 29, 1951 in Donnellson, Iowa. He preceded her in death on May 13, 1981. She attended Donnellson High School,...
Dale Lee Jordan
Jan 1, 2013
Dale Lee Jordan, 70 years, of Fort Madison, Iowa died at 2:40 pm Tuesday, January 1, 2013 at the Great River Medical Center, West Burlington, Iowa. He was born September 13, 1942 at Keokuk, Iowa, a son of Walter Nelson and Lily F. (Silvers) Jordan. On January 3, 1965, he married Darlene Davis at Fort Madison, Iowa. She survives. Dale...
Dale H. Lane
Dec 29, 2012
Dale H. Lane, 78 years, of Argyle, Iowa died at 11:50 am Saturday, December 29, 2012 at the Donnellson Health Center, Donnellson, Iowa. He was born September 20, 1934 in Iowa, the son of Harold B. and Mildred Mae (Thomas) Lane. On February 7, 1994, he married Linda Basham. She survives. He lived most of his life in the area....
Marjorie Ann Ireland
Dec 29, 2012
Marjorie Ann Ireland, 85 years, of Fort Madison, Iowa died at 6:30 pm Saturday, December 29, 2012 at her home. She was born December 29, 1927, at New London, Iowa, a daughter of Henry Ralph and Gertrude Harriette (Plumly) Madden. On June 21, 1946, she married Robert Ivan Ireland at Kahoka, Missouri. He survives. She moved to the Fort Madison...
Opal Lee Prough Shumaker
Dec 26, 2012
Opal Prough Shumaker, 97, passed peacefully from this life surrounded by her loving family on Wednesday, December 26, 2012 at Klein Center in Burlington. She was born in Adair County, MO, and lived in that area her entire life, until her husband's death in January 2006 when she moved to Fort Madison, IA to be near her son. Born August...
Thomas Henry Boyles
Dec 5, 2012
Thomas Henry Boyles, 76 years, of Fort Madison, Iowa died at 7:52 pm Wednesday, December 5, 2012 at the Fort Madison Community Hospital, Fort Madison, Iowa. He was born July 6, 1936 at Illinois, a son of Bernard and Hazel (Johnson) Boyles. He was a life long resident of Fort Madison. He was a Fort Madison High School graduate. For...
Patrick Joseph Perry Sr.
Nov 27, 2012
Patrick Joseph Perry Sr., 75 years, of Fort Madison, Iowa died unexpectedly at 9:40 pm Tuesday, November 27, 2012 at the Fort Madison Community Hospital, Fort Madison, Iowa. He was born July 5, 1937 at Fort Madison, Iowa, a son of Gerald Melville and Florence Agnes (Cullen) Perry. On December 7, 1957, he married Evelyn Selby. They were married almost...
Brian A. Judy
Nov 26, 2012
Brian Allen Judy, 50 years, of Schaumburg, Illinois and formerly of West Point, Iowa died at 4:26 pm Monday, November 26, 2012 at the Good Samaritan Hospital, Downers Grove, Illinois. He was born December 23, 1961 at Fort Madison, Iowa, a son of James Lane and Janice Mary (Freesmeier) Judy. Brian was a 1980 graduate of Marquette High School and...
Glen Paul Heins
Nov 23, 2012
Glen P. Heins, 84 years, of Fort Madison, Iowa died at 5:55 am Friday, November 23, 2012 at the Fort Madison Health Center, Fort Madison, Iowa. He was born May 23, 1928 at Carrollton, Missouri, a son of Walter Glen and Dorris (Nowland) Heins. He first married Norma Penrod. They later divorced. On December 1, 1980, he married Jeanette C....
Harold Eugene Fraise
Nov 22, 2012
Harold Eugene Fraise, 62 years, of West Point, Iowa died Thursday, November 22, 2012 at this home in West Point, Iowa. He was born August 21, 1950 at Fort Madison, Iowa, a son of Albert and Mary (Found) Fraise. He first married Cheryl Frazier. They had two children, Travis and Amy. They divorced. He then married Jan Jones. They divorced....
Julie Faye Wright
Nov 20, 2012
Julie Wright, 53 years, of Fort Madison, Iowa died Tuesday, November 20, 2012 at her apartment. She was born August 23, 1959 at Brookfield, Missouri. Her parents were Kenneth L. and Faye L. (Persyn) Wright. Julie spent most of her life in the Fort Madison area. She worked as a nurse's aide. She is survived by one sister, Kenna (husband...
