LaVerne “Vern” Riddle, 81, was born Jan. 26, 1943, in Keokuk, to parents James Warren and Leona Sophia (Morris) Riddle.

Jean Smith Nelson, 100, of Peoria, Ill., formerly of Nauvoo, died on March 4, 2024, at her home in Lutheran Hillside Village.

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Rebecca“Becky” Ann Brown, 72, of Fort Madison, passed away at 5:40 p.m. on Monday, March 4, 2024 at her home.

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Randy Joe Stott, 68 of Keokuk passed away Monday, Feb. 5, 2024 at Southeast Iowa Regional Medical Center in Fort Madison.

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Maria Luisa Polit Lopez, beloved mother, grandmother, friend and pillar of her family, passed away peacefully in Sun City, Fla. at the age of 91 on Jan. 26, 2024.

The visitation and memorial service for George Arthur Samples will be Saturday, Feb. 3, at Flint Hills Church of the Nazarene, 2007 Agency St., Burlington. The visitation will be from 1-2 p.m.…

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Stewart L. Kinney, 81, retired long time Fire Chief for the city of Mount Pleasant, died Thursday, Dec. 28, 2023 at his residence.

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Leon J. Ott, 84, of Fort Madison, passed away at 6:15 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 28, 2023 at the West Point Care Center. He was born on Feb. 12, 1939 in St. Michael, Minn. to Joseph J. and Helen M…

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Mary Lee Welsh, 83, of Montrose, died Monday, Dec. 25, 2023 at her home.

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Dennis Wayne Nelson, 64, of Keokuk, died unexpectedly Wednesday, Dec. 27, 2023 at Mercy Hospital in Des Moines.

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Nettie Sorensen, 91, of Wapello, passed away Thursday, Dec. 28, 2023 at Arbor Court Nursing Home in Mount Pleasant.

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Dorothy E. Holtkamp, 94, of Salem, passed away at 9:15 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 28, 2023, at River Hills Village in Keokuk.

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Leona Christine Scudder, 60 of Keokuk, passed away Wednesday, Dec. 27, 2023 at Southeast Iowa Regional Medical Center in Fort Madison.

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Dorothy E. Holtkamp, 94, of Salem, passed away at 9:15 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 28, 2023, at River Hills Village in Keokuk. Arrangements are pending at Schmitz Funeral Home in West Point.

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Craig Russell Junkins, 82 of Montrose, died Sunday, Dec. 24, 2023 at his home.

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Ronald W. Hunold, 87, of Warsaw, passed away at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 26, 2023, at his home.

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Doris Evelyn Adkins, 92, of Keokuk, went home to be with the Lord, Dec. 25, 2023 at home.

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Thomas G. Azinger, 94, of Moro, Ill., formerly of Keokuk, Iowa, passed away on Sunday, Dec. 24, 2023, at 2:48 am, at Meridian Village in Glen Carbon.

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Dennis Lee Hodges, 75, of Keokuk, died Sunday, Dec. 24, 2023 at Southeast Iowa Regional Medical Center in Fort Madison.

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Daniel Mendez, age 60, passed away Sunday, Dec. 24, 2023, at his home.

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Dennis Allen Lippincott, age 84, of Harlingen Texas, and Churchill Mont., passed away peacefully on Friday, Dec. 22, 2023, at his home with his loving wife by his side.

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Brad Whisenand, 45, of Fort Madison, passed away on Friday, Dec. 22, 2023 at 5:58 p.m. at his home.

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Jesse John Dorman, 89, of Fort Madison, passed away at 12:32 a.m. on Friday, Dec. 22, 2023 at Southeast Iowa Regional Medical Center in Fort Madison.

David Lee Steward, 75, of Burlington died Sunday, Dec. 17, 2023, at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City.

Virginia B. Chesnut, 94, of Burlington, died Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023, at Oakview Nursing and Rehab Center in Burlington.

Gary E. Bartlett, age 82 of Murfreesboro, Tennessee, died Tuesday Dec. 5, 2023.

James A. “Jimbo” Settles, 77, of Fort Madison passed away at 5:40 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023, at the Clark County Nursing Home in Kahoka, Mo.

Lawrence Wesley Matteson, 93, of Davenport passed away on Oct. 18, 2023, at Ridgecrest Village.

The Keokuk branch of the American Association of University Women and Main Street Keokuk will feature four women entrepreneurs who own and operate downtown Keokuk businesses in an upcoming for…

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Michele Dearing Young, 60, of Fort Madison, Iowa died at 10:14 am Friday, Sept. 8, 2023 at the Southeast Iowa Regional Hospice House, West Burlington.

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Robert “Pat” Azinger of Coldspring, Texas, passed away on Sept. 19, 2023 at his home.

Percy “Marty” Martin Alfred Leroy Mortimer, 74, of Montrose passed away on Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023, at Select Specialty Hospital in Davenport.

Desmond Lee Kulp Jr., 87, of Fort Madison died Saturday, Aug. 26, 2023, at the Birkwood Village of Fort Madison.

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Hoyt Emery Holland passed away unexpectedly from complications from pneumonia on Aug. 6, 2023, at his home in Blue Eye, Mo., at the age of 72.

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Karen Marie Real, 80 of Keokuk, died Friday, Aug. 4, 2023 at Southeast Iowa Regional Hospice House in West Burlington.

Funeral services and Mass of Christian Burial for Monsignor John M. Hyland, 81, former Vicar General and a retired priest of the Diocese of Davenport, will be 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, July 26, at…

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Craig Charles Coppage, 53, of Claremore, Okla., passed away on May 25, 2023, surrounded by his family.

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Jerry Ralph Jinkens, 64, of Keokuk, died Monday, June 12, 2023 at his home.

Doris Dalrymple Landes, 87, of Burlington died Saturday, June 3, 2023, at Southeast Iowa Regional Medical Center.

Robert “Richard” Blint, 79, of Oskaloosa died Wednesday, May 24, 2023, at Mercy Hospital in Iowa City.

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Robert Gary Farris, 83, of Burlington, died Thursday, May 11, 2023 at the Southeast Iowa Regional Medical Center, West Burlington.

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Edward Kiedaisch, age 76, passed away at home on Tuesday May 2, 2023.

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Please join us as we remember and celebrate the life of our beloved Joan Marjorie (Stonehouse) Elmore. We will be holding a family service at Burge Cemetery, located at 52645 Oasis Ave. and 25…

American history is replete with paradigm-shifting, landscape-altering, game-changing moments. Brown v. Board of Education is one of them. Little of what we knew or understood before May 17, 1…

It takes me about 10 minutes longer to read a magazine than it used to. Books, too. And newspapers with a lot of sections? I age just trying to get through one.

Ma and Pa Crumbly got 10 to 15 years for the death of four high school students, plus wounding six others, and possibly a seventh. Their shooter son got life.Will those sentences also include …

A few days ago a couple of friends and I were enjoying breakfast at Micky D’s Supper Club. We were covering several main topics such as the weather, sports, motorcycles and how wonderful our w…

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