Remembering Loved Ones in Our Online Memorial

Marjorie Irene Taylor, age 84, of Knoxville, Illinois died at 8:40 A.M. on Friday, May 10, 2019 at the Knox County Nursing Home in Knoxville, Illinois. She was born on January 26, 1935 near Uniontown, Knox County, the daughter of Lawrence and Ruby (Bybee) Taylor. Marjorie graduated from Yates City High School in 1953. She…

Eloise Staggs, age 93, of Galesburg, Illinois, formerly of Yates City, Illinois, died at 5:15 A.M. on Thursday, May 9, 2019 at the Hawthorne Inn of Galesburg. She was born on February 20, 1926 in Abingdon, Illinois, the daughter of Harvey “Trigg” and Ruth Celia (Fordyce) Thompson. She attended and graduated from Galesburg High School.…

Sharon Kaye Woods, 72, of Galesburg, died at 2:14 p.m. Wednesday, May 8, 2019 at OSF St. Francis Medical Center, Peoria. Sharon was born December 3, 1946 in Galesburg, the daughter of Floyd M. and Helen (Richey) Randolph, Sr.   Sharon graduated from Galesburg High School in 1965 and then graduated from Brown’s Business College. Sharon…

Paula K. Bailey, age 87, of Gladstone, Illinois passed away at 5:03 PM on Wednesday, May 8, 2019 at Great River Hospice House in Burlington, Iowa. She was born on June 19, 1921 in Gladstone, Illinois, the daughter of Paul Melvin and Dorothy Alice (Kessinger) Rhoades. She attended school in the Gladstone Community and graduated…

Jacqueline “Jackie” Marie McGinnis Shoemaker, of Lincoln, formerly of Monmouth IL, passed away peacefully, Wednesday, May 8, 2019, at Vonderleith Retirement Center, with her family by her side. She was born January 1, 1928, in Monmouth, to Harold McGinnis and Mary Belle Canan McGinnis Kissinger. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband and…

Darrell Lanning, 61, of Galesburg, died at 12 p.m. Thursday, May 2, 2019 at Aperion Care, Galesburg. Cremation rites will be accorded.  No services will be held.  Burial of cremated remains will be in East Linwood Cemetery, Galesburg.  Arrangements have been entrusted to Watson Thomas Funeral Home and Crematory, Galesburg.

Samuel Max Lant, 86, of Biggsville, Illinois, passed away Wednesday, May 8, 2019 at Oakwood Estates in Stronghurst, Illinois.  He was born May 20, 1932 in Media, Illinois, the son of Samuel G. and Elsie E. Ahlers Lant.  In 1972, He married Darlene Coombs.  She preceded him in death on May 25, 2009. Max served…

Vincent Irvin “Vince” Poe, 93, of Galesburg, died at 8:10 a.m. Saturday, May 4, 2019 at Knox County Nursing Home, Knoxville, IL. Vince was born December 11, 1925 in Des Moines County, Iowa, the son of Elmer and Bessie Pearl (Teter) Poe. He married Shirley June Little on June 6, 1948 in Galesburg, she survives.…

Donna Catherine Scott, 83, of East Galesburg, died at 11:34 p.m. Saturday, May 4, 2019 at in Hospice Care @ Knox County Nursing Home, Knoxville, IL. Donna was born June 7, 1935 in Keokuk, IA the daughter of Eugene Russell “Jack” and Emma Ruth (Monks) Connor. She married Donald C. Sapp in 1955 in Koekuk,…

Joyce Ann (Dixon) Adair, 75, of Kirkwood, IL, passed away at 7:57 p.m., Monday, May 6, 2019, at the Knox County Nursing Home, Knoxville, IL.  She was born on April 25, 1944 in Monmouth, IL, the daughter of Gillette B. and Marjorie (Noble) Dixon, the youngest of six siblings.  She was raised and educated in…

Betty R. Alecock, age 95, formerly of the Rozetta Community, passed away at Friendship Manor Silver Cross in Rock Island, Illinois on Tuesday, May 7, 2019 at 12:20 am. Betty was born on August 17, 1923 in Monmouth, Illinois and is the daughter of Charles and Rachel Kinkaid Zielke. She was raised in the Fall…

Roxanne McIntyre, 61, of the Bluffdale Community, rural Gladstone, Illinois passed away Monday, May 6, 2019 at her home. She was born on July 31, 1957 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina the daughter of Gary and Beverly Gilbert Scanlan. On June 25, 1977 she married Dean McIntyre II in Monmouth, Illinois. They later divorced. Roxanne…