All Obituaries

Georgeann “Georgie” Starman, 93, of Quincy, passed away at 8:05 PM, Saturday, January 8, 2022 at The Arbors Memory Care Unit in Quincy. She was born on January 27, 1928, in Quincy, the daughter of  George and Amanda (Bangert) Dedert.  Georgeann married Leaton R. Starman June 25, 1949, at Salem Lutheran Church in Quincy. He preceded her in death on June 6, 2019. She was actively involved at Columbus Road Baptist Church, the Salvation Army, women’s prison...

Phillip H. Schmiedeskamp, 73, of Quincy, formerly of Mendon, passed away at 5:04 PM, Friday, December 17, 2021, at the Good Samaritan Home in Quincy. He was born on November 4, 1948, in Quincy, the son of Donald L. and Arlene F. (Hendricks) Schmiedeskamp.  He married Barbie VaLeu on March 3, 1979, in Mendon. Surviving are his mother Arlene Schmiedeskamp of Quincy, three children Kari (Corey) Luckhaupt of Fowler, Kraig (Kelsey) Schmiedeskamp of Camp Point and Kesi (Brock) Brackensick...

Robert W. Carstens, 87, of Clayton, passed away at 10:05 AM, Saturday, December 11, 2021, at his home. He was born on March 13, 1934, in Clayton Township, Adams County, the son of Fred and Miriam (Aden) Carstens.  He attended a rural school in Clayton Township and later graduated from Golden High School in 1952. He married his high school sweetheart, Esther Schlueter, February 20, 1955 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Golden.  They celebrated their 65th Anniversary in...

Arthur Joseph “Art” Mayfield, 75, of Loraine, passed away at 6:00 AM, Friday, December 10, 2021, at Blessing Hospital in Quincy. He was born on March 10, 1946, in Mt. Sterling, the son of Frank and Martha (Kruse) Mayfield.  He married Patricia Newenham on August 18, 1972, in Mt. Sterling and she survives. Also surviving are four siblings David (Dorothy) Mayfield of Ursa, Judy Walton of Paloma, Karen (Boyd) Bowen of Clayton, and John (Mae) Mayfield of Houston, Texas,...

David Crow, 85, of Ursa, passed away at 12:25 PM, Friday, December 3, 2021, at Adams Pointe Senior Living in Quincy. He was born June 12, 1936, in his childhood home in Warsaw, IL to the late Otho Clarence and Meta M. (Weigand) Crow. He married Ruby Lucking on August 14, 1965, in St. Paul United Church of Christ in Fowler. She preceded him in death on May 25, 2014. David was a 1954 graduate of Unity High School and a member of FFA. He served in the Army Reserves for 6 1/2 years and...

  Roger C. Gordley, 89, of Quincy, formerly of Mendon, passed away at 3:08 p.m., Saturday, November 27, 2021, at Blessing Hospital in Quincy. He was born on December 5, 1931, on the family farm in Brown County, Illinois, the son of Elton and Laura (Cox) Gordley.  He married Anna Marie Dusenberry on January 3, 1954, in Newark, Missouri and she preceded him in death on August 17, 2021. Surviving are four children, Lois (Gene) Hendrickson of Lima, Illinois, Phil (Zora) Gordley of...

Phyllis A. Graham, 87, of Quincy, formerly of Ursa, passed away at 5:35 AM, Friday, November 26, 2021, at Adams Pointe Senior Living in Quincy. She was born at home in Ursa, on August 5, 1934, the daughter of O. Lee and Helen (Woodruff) Graham. Surviving are two sisters-in-law Dolores Graham of Ursa and Mary Graham of Fort Worth, Texas, nephews and nieces Bill (Susan) Graham, Jr., Daniel (Kimberly) Graham, Lee Graham, Dean Graham, Kristine (Charles) Graham-Pritt and Kimberly Graham, and...

Marjorie J. Dieterle, 82, of Golden, passed away at 7:46 PM, Friday, November 19, 2021, at the Golden Good Shepherd Home in Golden. She was born on October 18, 1939, in Galesburg, the daughter of Otho and Anna (Goertz) Riggins. She married William “Bill” Dieterle on September 4, 1960, at the Methodist Church in Golden and he survives. Also surviving are three daughters Cindy (Donnie) Boyer of Quincy, Sherry Dieterle of Golden and Lisa (Aaron) Newell of Camp Point, four...

     Robert Thomas “Bob” McCleary, 80, of Mendon, passed away peacefully at 10:50 AM, Sunday, November 14, 2021, at his home.      He was born on March 4, 1941, in Quincy, the son of Harry and Colleta (Wiewel) McCleary.  Bob went to a one room school house, then went to Liberty Elementary.  He graduated from Liberty High School in 1959 and went to work at Motorola in the shipping department right out of high school. One of his first...

Daniel “Otis” Cannell, 47, of Mendon, Illinois, passed away after a yearlong struggle with cancer at 2:00 a.m. on Tuesday, November 9, 2021 at Blessing Hospital in Quincy.  He was born February 9, 1974 in Quincy, Illinois.  He was a son of Brent Cannell and JoAnn (Leerhoff) Cannell.       Surviving are his paternal grandmother, Vivian Cannell of Mendon, maternal grandmother, Hildegarde Leerhoff of Quincy, father, Brent Cannell and his wife...