AREA OBITUARIES

PAUL POLING Paul Edward Poling, 74, of Kahoka, passed away at 12:17 am on Sunday, September 27, 2020 at the Iowa City VA Medical Center in Iowa City, Iowa. He was born on September 5, 1946 in Philippi, West Virginia, the son of the late Herbert Marshall and Nada Pauline (Poling) Poling. Paul married Patricia…

Gail E. Hopkins, 66, of Kahoka, passed away at 11:16 am on Thursday, September 26, 2020 at his home. He was born on February 25, 1954 in LaHarpe, Illinois the son of the late George Earl and Loraine Margaret (Gunn) Hopkins.  Gail married Glenda Clark on July 23, 1984 and she preceded him in death…

JULIE SMELTSER Julie Smeltser, 93, of Wayland, passed away at 12:32 pm on Thursday, September 24, 2020 at Blessing Hospital in Quincy, Illinois.  She was born on May 4, 1927 in Keokuk, Iowa the daughter of the late Elmer and DeEtta (Martin) Pfeiferling. Julie married Donald Bert Smeltser on April 17, 1952 in Warsaw and…

GARY ALAN SWAINEY Gary Alan Swainey, 78, of Keokuk died Friday, September 25, 2020 at his home. He was born September 20, 1942 in Lucas County, IA the son of Howard and Lillian Bay Swainey.  Gary graduated from Chariton High School in Chariton, IA with the Class of 1961 and  graduated from Creston Community College…

Virginia Johnson Virginia Johnson, 91, of Memphis formerly of Kahoka died Sunday, September 13, 2020 at the Scotland County Memorial Hospital in Memphis, Missouri. She was born July 12, 1929 in Kahoka, Missouri the daughter of Leslie Roy and Stella Faye Weller Sawyer.   Virginia attended school at Clark County R-1 High School in Kahoka.…

DEANE W. MEINHARDT Deane W. Meinhardt, age 85, of Kahoka, MO, passed away on Friday, September 11, 2020 in the University of Iowa Hospital in Iowa City. Deane was born February 23, 1935 in Milton, IA, one of six children born to Otto George and Mary May Barton Meinhardt. He was united in marriage to…

FRANCES LORINDA GLORY SANDERS   Frances Lorinda Glory Sanders, 78, of Keokuk died Thursday, September 3, 2020 at the Blessing Hospital in Quincy, IL. She was born August 1, 1942 in Tahlequah, OK, the daughter of William (Cherokee tribe) and Agnes Morris (Choctaw tribe) Glory. She was the fourth child of six born to Bill and…

TERRY D. REULING Terry D. Reuling, 91, of Kahoka, Missouri, passed away peacefully on Thursday, September 3, 2020, at 8:48 p.m. at his home. He was born on February 21, 1929, in Pekin, Illinois, to Gregor and Hilda (Reutler) Reuling. He married June Parr on October 12, 1957 in Bartonville, Illinois. She survives. Also surviving…

I. CATHERN HUSTON Icy Cathern Huston, age 87, of Kahoka, MO, passed away on Wednesday, September 2, 2020 at the Scotland Co. Memorial Hospital in Memphis, MO. Cathern was born September 6, 1932 at Spickard, MO, a daughter of Claude G. and Nora Turner Dean. She was united in marriage to John W. Huston on…

MICHEAL PAUL AND KERI ANN CHIPMAN On August 25, 2020,  (40) and Keri Ann Chipman (37) of Cottrellville Township, MI went to be with the Lord resulting from a car accident in Cottrellville Township.  Mike and Keri started dating in 2003 and were married on August 24, 2007.  They valued their marriage above all, making…