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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
Paula Howard
Jan 17, 2011
It is with great sadness the family of Paula Howard announces her death on Monday, January 17, at 2:00 am. Paula was a long time resident of Ft. Madison. She owned and operated Paula's Portrait Studio in the 1960's. After selling the studio in 1975, she began painting with the oil paints she previously used for painting her black and...
Alathea Mae Arnold
Jan 15, 2011
Alathea Mae Arnold, 95 years, of Fort Madison, Iowa died at 1:57 a.m. Saturday, January 15, 2011 at the Fort Madison Community Hospital, Fort Madison, Iowa. She was born September 24, 1915 at Kahoka, Missouri, a daughter of Jess and Naomi (Briggs) Tollman. On Februay 11, 1933, she married Fred B. Arnold at Carthage, Illinois. He preceded her in death...
Cecilia Agnes Menke
Jan 12, 2011
Cecilia Agnes Menke, 91 yrs., of West Point, Iowa died at 2:05 pm Wednesday, January 12, 2011 at the Great River Hospice House, West Burlington, Iowa. She was born December 13, 1919 at West Point, Iowa, a daughter of Theodore and Theresa (Pieper) Fedler. She graduated from St. Mary's High School in 1938. On January 2, 1941, she married Lawrence...
M. Margaret Leach
Jan 11, 2011
M. Margaret Leach, of Fort Madison, Iowa died at 9:32 pm Tuesday, January 11, 2011 at the West Point Care Center, West Point, Iowa. She was born in Gorin, Missouri, a daughter of Audrey and Hallie (Davis) Miller. On July 5, 1940, she married Glen E. Leach. He preceded her in death. She was a manager of the J.C. Penney's...
John Hoadley Standefer
Jan 6, 2011
John Hoadley Standefer Sr., 73 years, of Fort Madison, Iowa died at 9:25 pm Thursday, January 6, 2011 at the Fort Madison Community Hospital, Fort Madison, Iowa. He was born May 25, 1937 at Marshalltown, Iowa, a son of Joe M. and Lorene (Hoadley) Standefer. On August 31, 1963, he married Mary Higgins at Des Moines, Iowa. John was a...
Thomas E. Frantz
Dec 27, 2010
Thomas E. Frantz, 81 years, a lifelong resident of Fort Madison, Iowa died unexpectedly at 8:15 am Monday, December 27, 2010 at the home of his daughter in Bellevue, Iowa. He was born November 14, 1929 at Aurora, Illinois, son of Leonard Joseph Sr. and Florence Edith (Wright) Frantz. On August 11, 1973 he married Georgina (Kamp) Roberts at the...
John Edward Knox Sr.
Dec 24, 2010
John E. Knox Sr., 70 years, of Fort Madison, Iowa died at 6:55 pm Friday, December 24, 2010 at Mercy Hospital, Iowa City, Iowa. He was born August 3, 1940 at Delta, Iowa, a son of Carl N. and Mary (Fear) Knox. Due to the death of his mother, when he was only three years old, he was raised by...
Debra Sue Burke
Dec 23, 2010
Debra Sue Burke, 55 years, of Fort Madison, Iowa, died unexpectedly at 9:45 pm Thursday, December 23, 2010 at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa. She was born November 18, 1955 at Fort Madison, Iowa, a daughter of Bernard Barnes and Marian (Gee) Auge Barnes. Deb was a lifelong resident of Fort Madison. She was a...
John Keith Fleming
Dec 21, 2010
John Keith Fleming, 27 yrs, of Fort Madison, Iowa died Tuesday, December 21, 2010 from injuries sustained in a pedestrian accident, on Hwy 61, north of Keokuk, Iowa. He was born April 1, 1983 at Wheeling, West Virginia, a son of John Kevin and Diana Lynn (Thomas) Fleming. He grew up in West Virginia, then moved to Belton, Missouri and...
