Obituaries
Cindy Lu Rhea, age 68, of Quincy, died Monday, June 2, 2025, at 2:50 am in Blessing Hospital. Cindy was born June 29, 1956, in Quincy, Illinois, the daughter of Harold and Shirley E. Poore Meyer. She married Dick “Bigfoot” Rhea on August 30, 1975, in Trinity United Church of Christ in Quincy. He survives.…
Read Full Article Floyd L. “Pat” Smith, age 86, of Camp Point, passed away on Friday, May 30, 2025 at 8:29 p.m. in Blessing Hospital. Pat was born on March 17, 1939 in Quincy, a son of Ethel Dyer Smith. On June 3, 1989, he married Evelyn Peters in Palmyra, MO. She survives. Pat dedicated 45 years of…
Read Full Article Delores J. Paley of 823 S. 36th Street, Quincy, Illinois, formerly of Lake Forest, Illinois, died peacefully at home on May 30, 2025. She was born March 19,1926 in Flanagan, Illinois, the daughter of Almon and Vera Bertsche. She married Arthur J. Paley on November 1, 1947. He preceded her in death on May 12,…
Read Full Article William E. “Bill” Ashmore, age 77, of Quincy, died on Friday, May 30, 2025 at 3:38 a.m. in his home. Bill was born on February 11, 1948 in Riverside, New Jersey, the son of Emerson Melvin and Margret A. Penn Ashmore. He married Marie A. DeSutter on November 26, 1976 in Palmyra, NJ. She survives.…
Read Full Article Wilfred T. Altgilbers, age 92 of 1516 Chestnut, died on Tuesday, May 27, 2025 in Blessing Hospital. He was born on October 9, 1932 in Quincy, the son of Frank & Josephine (Mast) Altgilbers. Wilfred married Kathleen Celeste ‘Katie” Kahs on June 11, 1955. She preceded him in death on March 25, 2020 during the…
Read Full Article Nancy B. Garner, 94, of Quincy, passed away at 10:35 pm Tuesday, May 27, 2025, at Blessing Hospital, surrounded by her family and entered the gates of heaven. She left us with tears in our eyes and a broken heart, but we rest easy knowing that she met her family and our dad. Nancy was…
Read Full Article C. Ruth Disselhorst, known to her friends and family as Ruth, 107 years of age, of Quincy, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Thursday, May 29, 2025. She was born August 6, 1917, in Adams County, Illinois, to the late Oscar and Ada (Graff) Oitker. She graduated from Quincy High School in…
Read Full Article Florence “Flo” Ann Schraer age 49 of Quincy Illinois formally of Camp point Illinois went to be with her Lord and Savior on Thursday, May 22, 2025 at 7:15 PM at Barry nursing home where she had been residing surrounded by her family. Flo was born October 10, 1975 the daughter of Wayne and Kathleen…
Read Full Article Marjorie Idell McMullen (née Ward), a lifelong resident of Quincy, Ill., passed away peacefully on May 26, 2025, in Frederick, Md., at the age of 102. She was born in Pike County, Ill., on October 23, 1922, and attended Gilgal Grade School before graduating from Pleasant Hill High School. She married William I. McMullen on…
Read Full Article Regina M. Blickhan, age 95, of Quincy, died on Monday, May 26, 2025 at 3:15 am in Blessing Hospital. Regina was born November 28, 1929 in Quincy, Illinois, the daughter of Albert J. and Catherine J. Schulte Wavering. She married Donald E. Blickhan on September 1, 1962 in St. Francis Solanus Catholic Church. He preceded…
Read Full Article Marjorie E. Hoebing, age 97, of Port Orange Florida, died on Sunday, May 18, 2025 at 9:20 pm at Wickshire Senior Living, Port Orange, Florida. Marjorie was born July 14, 1927 in Quincy, IL the daughter of Albert and Ella Taylor Hillebrenner. She met Bob Hoebing at he Maid Rite during high school. On April…
Read Full Article Lewis Daniel Avoletta, age 38, of Quincy, Illinois, beloved son of Richard and Karen Avoletta, died on May 15, 2025 in Chicago, Illinois. Lewis was born on March 20, 1987, in Breese, Illinois, a son of Richard and Karen (Siddell) Avoletta. He was a 2005 graduate of Quincy High School. Lewis attended Southern Illinois University…
Read Full Article Lisetta B. White, age 96, of Quincy, died on Friday, May 23, 2025 at 10:00 am in Blessing Hospital. She was born on October 14, 1928, in Detroit, Michigan, a daughter of Jesse and Irene Bennett. She married James E. “Jim” White on August 20, 1950 in the Dunlap Presbyterian Church, in Dunlap, Illinois. He…
Read Full Article James Lee “Jim” Hawkins, age 81, of Quincy, passed away on Monday, May 19, 2025, at 2:15 pm in Blessing Hospital. Jim was born August 9, 1943, in Quincy, Illinois, the son of Vernon and Virginia Clapper Hawkins. He was united in marriage to Linda Maples Gramke on January 1, 1986, in First Christian Church…
Read Full Article Gerald Deming, 65, of Camp Point, IL, died at 4:19 p.m. on Friday, May 16, 2025, at St. Louis University Hospital in St. Louis, MO. Born May 9, 1960, in Quincy, IL, Gerald was the son of Kenneth and Lucille Tournear Deming. He married Sheila Kay Rumsey on October 23, 2007, in Las Vegas, NV.…
Read Full Article Peter James “Jim” Burns, beloved father, grandfather, brother, and devoted educator, passed away peacefully on May 17, 2025, at the age of 86. Born on March 1, 1939, to Dorothy and Peter Burns, Jim was raised in a tight-knit, scrappy neighborhood on Chicago’s South Side, surrounded by Irish immigrant families. From an early age, he…
Read Full Article Sally B. McChristy, age 101, of Quincy, died on Tuesday, May 13, 2025 at 7:30 p.m. in Sunset Home. Sally was born on January 10, 1924 in Lewistown, MO, the daughter of Horner and Grace Garrett Haines. On September 15, 1944 she married Alvin “Ted” McChristy in Kirksville, MO. He preceded her in death on…
Read Full Article Fumiko “Miko” Stuckey, age 92, of Quincy, entered her heavenly home with the blessed Father, his son Jesus, and the Holy Spirit on May 17, 2025 at 10:05 a.m. at Good Samaritan Home. She was born November 15, 1932 in Tokyo, Japan, daughter of Tatsuyoshi and Mieko Hashimoto. She married George Stuckey on February 16,…
Read Full Article Barbara J. “Barb” Reinhart, 91, of Quincy, died on Friday, May 16, 2025 in the Emergency Room at Blessing Hospital. She was born on July 26, 1933 in Quincy, IL the daughter of Ralph and Mary (McIntyre) Henke. During childhood, Barb lived in Texas for several years during World War II. She was a graduate…
Read Full Article Jacqueline “Jackie” A. Mann, age 87, of Quincy, died on Wednesday, May 14, 2025 at 5:22 p.m. in Blessing Hospital. Jackie was born July 29, 1937 in Charleston, West Virginia, the daughter of Jack A. and Mae L. Zogg Millard. She married Gene L. R. Mann on August 19, 1960 in Lima, Ohio. He preceded…
Read Full Article Luberta Frances Henehan, age 79, of Chesterfield, MO, died on Wednesday, April 23, 2025 in St. Louis, MO. Luberta was born on January 27, 1946 in Kansas City, MO, a daughter of Stephen and Luberta Hart Connor. Luberta was a 1964 graduate of St. Theresa’s Academy. Luberta was a leading realtor in the St. Louis,…
Read Full Article Amelia “Amy” Eyler Zornes Rhinberger was born on March 3, 1968 at St. Mary’s Hospital in Quincy to her mother, Teresa “Terry” Eyler. Amy passed away on November 15, 2024, surrounded by her family. Amy married Tony Rhinberger on February 13, 2016. They made their home with her many visions on the Mississippi River. They…
Read Full Article Bill Joe Crabill, age 89, of Quincy, died on Tuesday, May 13, 2025, at 7:25 pm in his home. He was born on March 20, 1936, in Taylor, Missouri, a son of Cecil and Amber Mantlo Crabill. He married Maxine E. Conrad on August 13, 1955, in Hannibal, Missouri. She preceded him in death on…
Read Full Article John W. Juette, age 80, of Quincy, went to be with his Lord and Savior on Wednesday, May 14, 2025 at 4:02 a.m. in his home. John was born on July 29, 1944 in Quincy, the son of Russell and Evelyn Spilker Juette. On March 25, 1978 he married Sharon Keim in St. Louis, MO.…
Read Full Article Dusty Allen Lish 59, of Hannibal, MO went to be with our Lord on May 9, 2025 after a brief illness at Hannibal Regional Hospital. He was the beloved son of Floyd M Lish and Jane V McSparren born in Quincy, IL. He was a graduate of Mendon High School, before joining the US Navy…
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