All Obituaries

John Richard Hempen, 82, of Hamilton, passed away at 3:38 AM early Wednesday morning, November 25, 2020, at Memorial Hospital in Carthage. John was born October 6, 1938, in Keokuk, Iowa, the son of John and Irma (Wollbrink) Hempen. On May 11, 1958, he was united in marriage to Darlene Kammerer at the First Christian Church in Hamilton, Illinois. She survives. John had farmed and also worked at the Roquette factory until his retirement at fifty-seven years old. He had one...

John Richard Hempen, 82, of Hamilton, passed away at 3:38 AM early Wednesday morning, November 25, 2020, at Memorial Hospital in Carthage. John was born October 6, 1938, in Keokuk, Iowa, the son...

Kenneth "Duck" Whitaker Hamilton

Kenneth “Duck” Whitaker, 85, of Hamilton, passed away on Wednesday, November 25, 2020, at Great River Medical Center in Burlington, Iowa. Duck was born on May 17, 1935, in Parker, South Dakota, the son of Charles and Dorothy (McCorkell) Whitaker. He graduated from Hamilton High School in 1954 after contracting polio and taking a year off of school. He was united in marriage to his wife of fifty-three years Janet Biggs on May 19, 1957, in Hamilton, Illinois. She preceded...

Kenneth “Duck” Whitaker, 85, of Hamilton, passed away on Wednesday, November 25, 2020, at Great River Medical Center in Burlington, Iowa. Duck was born on May 17, 1935, in...

Don Housewright Carthage

Don E. Housewright, 86, of Carthage, IL passed away Monday, November 23, at Memorial Hospital in Carthage. He was born May 11, 1934, a son of Millard (M.O.) Housewright and Madge (Dunn) Housewright of Burnside, IL. He was baptized March 31, 1946. He attended grade school in Burnside and graduated from Colusa High School in 1952. On July 10, 1955 he married Phyllis Fooken of Basco, IL at Trinity Lutheran Church, Carthage, IL. She preceded him in death on December 12,...

Don E. Housewright, 86, of Carthage, IL passed away Monday, November 23, at Memorial Hospital in Carthage. He was born May 11, 1934, a son of Millard (M.O.) Housewright and Madge (Dunn)...

R. Huffman Hamilton

R. Ilene Huffman, 94, of Hamilton, passed away at 3:55 PM Sunday afternoon, November 22, 2020 at Memorial Hospital in Carthage. Ilene was born June 18, 1926, one of seven children to Sherman Rex and Leatha Jane (McVeigh) Greenslaugh. She worked almost forty years at Dadants. Ilene was a member of the Faith Assembly of God Church in Hamilton. She loved word search puzzles, spending time with her friends at the senior center, her children, grandchildren especially her...

R. Ilene Huffman, 94, of Hamilton, passed away at 3:55 PM Sunday afternoon, November 22, 2020 at Memorial Hospital in Carthage. Ilene was born June 18, 1926, one of seven children to Sherman Rex...

Kenneth Boyer Ferris

Kenneth M. Boyer, 85, formerly of Ferris, IL passed away Sunday afternoon, November 22, 2020 at Keokuk Area Hospital. He had previously been a resident at the Montebello HealthCare Center in Hamilton, IL. Kenneth was born October 19, 1935, the son of Vernon and Luella (Metternich) Boyer, near Ferris, Illinois. He attended school in Ferris and Carthage, graduating from Carthage High School in 1954. On July 11th of that year he was united in marriage to the late Betty (Sapp)...

Kenneth M. Boyer, 85, formerly of Ferris, IL passed away Sunday afternoon, November 22, 2020 at Keokuk Area Hospital. He had previously been a resident at the Montebello HealthCare Center in...

Walter Jones Hamilton

Walter H. Jones, 98, of Hamilton, passed away Saturday, November 21, 2020, at Blessing Hospital in Quincy. Walter was born July 19, 1922, in Parma, Missouri, the son of Walter H. and Jennie Vida (Cox) Jones. Walter served in WWII in the Army Air Force from 1942 until his Honorable Discharge in 1946. He was united in marriage to Harriett Minnie Mesecher in San Marcos, Texas on December 31, 1944. She preceded him in death in 1996. Walter was a mechanic and electrician...

Walter H. Jones, 98, of Hamilton, passed away Saturday, November 21, 2020, at Blessing Hospital in Quincy. Walter was born July 19, 1922, in Parma, Missouri, the son of Walter H. and Jennie Vida...

Larry Ellefritz Carthage

Larry Eugene Ellefritz, 76, of Carthage, passed away Saturday, November 21, 2020, at his home at Hickory Grove Apartments in Carthage. Larry was born November 6, 1944, the son of Kenneth and Virginia (Buss) Ellefritz in Carthage, Illinois. Larry lived in the Carthage area all his life, and worked at the Carthage Order Buyers for many years until its closing. In his youth, Larry enjoyed coon hunting with his father. Larry loved to watch old westerns on T.V. and was a member of Trinity...

Larry Eugene Ellefritz, 76, of Carthage, passed away Saturday, November 21, 2020, at his home at Hickory Grove Apartments in Carthage. Larry was born November 6, 1944, the son of Kenneth and...

Anthony Huffman Keokuk

Anthony Lee “Tony” Huffman, 70, of Keokuk, passed away at Thursday evening, November 19, 2020, at the Montrose Health Care Center after a long battle with lung cancer. Tony was born May 12, 1950, the son of George Walter Lee and Hazel Louise (Symmonds) Huffman in Keokuk, Iowa. He attended Hamilton High School graduating in 1969. High school friends called him “Blackie” because of his coal-black hair. He grew up in Possum Holler north of Hamilton...

Anthony Lee “Tony” Huffman, 70, of Keokuk, passed away at Thursday evening, November 19, 2020, at the Montrose Health Care Center after a long battle with lung cancer. Tony was born...

Robert Collinsworth Hamilton

Robert M. Collinsworth, 83, of Hamilton, passed away at 1:20 PM Thursday, November 19, 2020 at Keokuk Area Hospital. Funeral arrangements are pending at Printy Funeral Home in Hamilton.

Theodore Steward Burnside

Theodore F. “Pete” Steward, 96, of Burnside, passed away Wednesday morning, November 18, 2020, at St. Vincent’s Home in Quincy at 5:25 A.M. Pete was born May 16, 1924, the son of Joseph and Loreta (Hutchenson) Steward in Augusta, Illinois. He was united in marriage to Marie Underwood on March 14, 1949. She preceded him in death. Pete served in WWII in the U.S. Army in Naples, Rome, Southern France, Rhineland and Central Europe receiving a Silver Battle...

Theodore F. “Pete” Steward, 96, of Burnside, passed away Wednesday morning, November 18, 2020, at St. Vincent’s Home in Quincy at 5:25 A.M. Pete was born May 16, 1924, the son...