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Maria "Mary" Eipert

Maria "Mary" Eipert

Jun 15, 2011

Maria "Mary" Eipert, a long time resident of West Point, Iowa died at 10:40 pm Wednesday, June 15, 2011 at Klein Center, Burlington, Iowa. She was 91 years old and had been in failing health for several years. Maria was born in Schömitz, Czechoslovakia in 1919 and was the daughter of Maria (Zawischka) Hajek and Johann Hajek. Her region had...

Walter Clements Barr

Walter Clements Barr

May 30, 2011

Walter Clements Barr, 69 years, of Fort Madison, Iowa died unexpectedly on Monday, May 30, 2011 at his home in Fort Madison, Iowa. He was born November 15, 1941 at Fort Madison, Iowa, a son of Jack and Lyla (Horan) Barr. In 1965 he married LaVena Crandall at Fort Madison, Iowa. They later divorced. Walt was a 1960 graduate of...

Barbara Dunlap Machen

Barbara Dunlap Machen

May 20, 2011

Barbara Dunlap Machen, 98 yrs., of Fort Madison, Iowa died at 11:20 am Friday May 20, 2011 at the Fort Madison Community Hospital, Fort Madison , Iowa. She was born June 1, 1912 in Jacksonville, Illinois, the daughter of Edward M. and Bess M. (Barr) Dunlap. On June 11, 1938, she married Clyde Richard Machen in Jacksonville, Illinois. He preceded...

Frances Geraldine "Gerry" Keober

Frances Geraldine "Gerry" Keober

Apr 19, 2011

Frances Geraldine "Gerry" Koeber, 85 years, of Fort Madison, Iowa died at 8:03 pm Tuesday, April 19, 2011 at the West Point Care Center, West Point, Iowa. She was born March 15, 1926 in Scotland County, Missouri the daughter of John Clifford and Ava (Parish) Wollam. On April 24, 1955, she married David Roger Koeber at Anson, Missouri. He preceded...

Lula Elizabeth Miller

Lula Elizabeth Miller

Apr 5, 2011

Lula Elizabeth Miller, 88, of Fort Madison, died April 5, 2011 surrounded by family and dear friends. She was born September 17, 1922 in Poplar Bluff, Missouri to Myrtle (Holman) and Jefferson Goings. Raised on a farm in Missouri, she lived in Illinois before moving to Fort Madison in 1959 to raise her three children. Since 1959 she has been...

Danny L. Horton

Danny L. Horton

Apr 1, 2011

Danny L. Horton, 59 years, of Fort Madison, Iowa died 11:57 pm Friday April 1, 2011 at the Fort Madison Community Hospital. He was born in Dallas, Texas on August 30, 1951 to Frank and Betty (Tabor) Horton. In 1974 he married Rita Washburn at Alexandria, Missouri. She preceded him in death on January 13, 1991. Danny was a Correctional...

Pauline Mary Pieper

Pauline Mary Pieper

Mar 29, 2011

Pauline Mary Pieper, 83 years, of Wever, Iowa died at 6:35 pm Tuesday, March 29, 2011 at the West Point Care Center, West Point, Iowa. Pauline was born March 31, 1927 in Houghton, Iowa a daughter of Fred and Vernoica (Menke) Bentler. On February 4, 1950 she married Henry Joseph Pieper in Houghton, Iowa. Pauline was a homemaker who also...

Richard Calvin Timmerman

Richard Calvin Timmerman

Mar 26, 2011

Richard Calvin Timmerman, 43 years, of Springfield, Ohio, formerly of Fort Madison, Iowa died March 26, 2011 at Springfield, Ohio. He was born April 29, 1967 at Burlington, Iowa, the son of George Richard and Syble Elaine Noon Timmerman. He spent most of his life in Fort Madison, Iowa until four years ago. He was a Fort Madison High School...

Lucille B. “Lu” Carson

Lucille B. “Lu” Carson

Mar 14, 2011

Lucille B. "Lu" Carson, 89 yrs, of Wever, Iowa, died 3:07 pm Monday March 14, 2011 at the Fort Madison Community Hospital, Fort Madison, Iowa. She was born July 25, 1921 at Memphis, Missouri, the daughter of Alfred and Alice Melvina (Davis) Blaine. On February 21, 1938, she married Austin "Kit" Carson at Keokuk, Iowa. He preceded her in death...

David Robert Smith

David Robert Smith

Mar 10, 2011

David Robert Smith, 57 years, of Fort Madison passed away at his home. He was born February 21, 1954 at Fort Madison, a son of Eugene F. and Darlene (Bishop) Smith. He married Sharon Long, they later divorced. He was a lifelong resident of Fort Madison. He is survived by one brother, Larry Smith, of Fort Madison, his former wife...

Jack Joseph Ahlen

Jack Joseph Ahlen

Mar 10, 2011

Jack Joseph Ahlen, 82 years, of Fort Madison, Iowa died at 11:05 am Thursday, March 10, 2011 at the Fort Madison Community Hospital, Fort Madison, Iowa. He was born May 3, 1928 at Fort Madison, Iowa, a son of John Henry and Nora Blanch (Malard) Ahlen. On October 28, 1978, he married Elizabeth Louise Evans at Mantua, Ohio. Jack was...

Louise Emaline Gray

Louise Emaline Gray

Mar 7, 2011

Louise Emaline Gray, 93 years, of Fort Madison, Iowa died at 4:30 pm Monday, March 7, 2011 at the Fort Madison Community Hospital, Fort Madison, Iowa. She was born February 21, 1918 at Mason City, Iowa, a daughter of Alfred L. and Arvilla (Abendroth) Benbow. On June 12, 1964, she married Harold E. Gray at Fort Madison, Iowa. He preceded...

Emil August Roewert

Emil August Roewert

Mar 3, 2011

Emil A. Roewert, 89 years, of Fort Madison, Iowa died at 6:00 pm Thursday, March 3, 2011 at the Montrose Health Center, Montrose, Iowa. He was born September 12, 1921 at Norfolk, Nebraska, a son of Alvin and Marie (Pittack) Roewert. On March 5, 1948, he married Joan Douglas at Los Angeles, California. He has been a Fort Madison resident...

Robert Josef Rempe

Robert Josef Rempe

Mar 1, 2011

Robert Josef Rempe, 56 yrs., of Fort Madison, Iowa died 1:41 pm Tuesday March 1, 2011 at the Fort Madison Community Hospital, Fort Madison, Iowa. He was born December 26, 1954 at Fort Madison, Iowa, the son of Harry Robert and Faye Bernadine (Ahlgren) Rempe. He was a lifelong resident of Fort Madison. He graduated from Aquinas High School. He...

Larry Louis Carter

Larry Louis Carter

Feb 18, 2011

Larry Louis Carter, 62 years, of Temple, Texas died February 18, 2011 at his home in Temple, Texas. He was born January 23, 1949 in Fort Madison, Iowa, a son of William R. and M. Lorraine (Kalina) Carter. He was a 1967 graduate of the Fort Madison High School. He spent the last 20 years in Temple, Texas. He worked...

Loudella “Lou” May Van Ausdall

Loudella “Lou” May Van Ausdall

Feb 18, 2011

Loudella "Lou" May Van Ausdall, 96 yrs., of Fort Madison, Iowa died at 7:45 am Friday, February 18, 2011 at the Montrose Health Center, Montrose, Iowa. She was born February 5, 1915 at home at Wayland, Missouri, a daughter of John and Lea Ruth (Lonis) Brammer. On December 10, 1947, she married Malcolm "Van" F. Van Ausdall at Kahoka, Missouri....

Spencer Joseph O'Ryan

Spencer Joseph O'Ryan

Feb 17, 2011

Spencer Joseph O'Ryan, 31 years, of Montrose, Iowa died at 1:42 a.m. Thursday, February 17, 2011 at Barnes Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri from injuries sustained in an automobile accident on January 7, 2011 near Keokuk, Iowa. He was born March 23, 1979 at Winchester, Virginia the son of Deborah (Meierotto) Todd. Spencer grew up in the Fort Madison area....

Pearl E. Clark

Pearl E. Clark

Jan 31, 2011

Pearl E. Clark, 95 years, of Lisbon, Iowa and formerly of Fort Madison, Iowa died at 6:05 a.m. Monday, January 31, 2011 at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa. Pearl was born April 26, 1915 at Burlington, Iowa a daughter of William T. and Pearl R. (Clark) Nutgrass. On November 3, 1934 she married Harold S...

Janice R. Foutz

Janice R. Foutz

Jan 28, 2011

Janice R. Foutz, 56 years, of Fort Madison, Iowa died at 2:46 pm Friday January 28, 2011 at the University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa. She was born July 27, 1954 at Waukegan, Illinois, a daughter of Ralph Earl and Mary (Stephens) Johnson. On July 6, 1973 at Keokuk, Iowa she married Ernest Foutz. They were married...

Michael J. "Skinny" Menke

Michael J. "Skinny" Menke

Jan 18, 2011

Michael J. Menke "Skinny", 49 years, of West Point, Iowa died at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, January 18, 2011 at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa. He was born December 15, 1961 at Fort Madison, Iowa a son of Leonard G. "Tator" and Wanda D. (Harris) Menke. He grew up in the Cedar Rapids area and was...

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