June 20, 1930, John Costin burst upon the scene in a little hospital in Henry, IL on the banks of the Illinois River. John was born to Thirl Costin and Helen Irene Colwell during the great depression....

Alta Anne (Brown) Wisenburg, 82, of Neponset, passed away Friday, December 5, 2025, in the comfort of her home. Alta was born August 14, 1943, in Moline, Illinois, the daughter of Robert C. and Alta E...

William Eugene Stewart was catapulted into the heavens on December 6, 2025, while resting comfortably on his "brown cloud", surrounded by his son, his favorite daughter-in-law, and his brother, Bruce....

Dianne K. Dexter, 79, of Kewanee, passed away peacefully surrounded by family on Tuesday, November 25, 2025, at OSF St. Francis Medical Center, Peoria. Dianne was born October 1, 1946, in Kewanee, the...

Dwayne “Skip” Scovil, of Lake Havasu City, AZ, passed away peacefully at home on November 29, 2025, at the age of 81. Born on July 7, 1944, in Geneseo, IL. He was the father to Daughter, Robin Car...

Allen Andersen, 90, of Galva, died at 4:51 p. m. , Monday, November 17, 2025, at OSF St. Francis Medical Center in Peoria. He was born on August 26, 1935, the son of Norman E. and Daisy I. (Dunbar) A...

KEWANEE - Janet (Collister) Estes, 69, of Kewanee, passed away on November 18, 2025. She was born on July 22, 1956, to Norman and Barbara (Robinson) Collister. She married Paul Estes on November 22, ...

Henrietta Kolata (102) peacefully passed into God’s embrace on November 8, 2025, attended by her daughter at her home. She was born on Good Friday, March 30, 1923, the only child of Camiel and Julia...

Shirley J. Massey, 87, of Kewanee, passed away Saturday, November 8, 2025, at Allure of Geneseo. Shirley was born December 6, 1937, in Kewanee, the daughter of Ralph E. Hartshorn and Viriginia A. (Mor...

Richard A. Norton, 70, of Oregon, IL, formerly of Neponset, passed away at 7:37 a. m. Sunday, November 9, 2025, at OSF St. Anthony’s Medical Center in Rockford. He was born on August 30, 1955, in K...

REBECCA “BECKY” KING, 78, of Springfield, passed away on November 8, 2025. She was born on August 8, 1947, in Kewanee, Illinois to her parents Wayne and Eloise (Jacobs) Nordstrom. Becky married t...

KEWANEE- Elizabeth D. "Liz" Craddock, 86, of Kewanee, passed away peacefully at 9:00 p. m. , Friday, September 19, 2025, at Arcadia Care at Kewanee. She was born on October 29, 1938, in Canton, IL, t...

Rose Mary McGee, 86, of Kewanee, passed away Sunday, November 2, 2025, surrounded by the love of her family. Rose was born January 2, 1939, in Kewanee, the daughter of Michael S. and Victoria (Papiern...

Mark A. Yordy, 71, of Kewanee, passed away Thursday, October 9, 2025, at home surrounded by his family. Mark was born December 11, 1953, in Kewanee, the son of Harry and Ann (Bullock) Yordy. He attend...

Sandra K. Moraski, 79, of Kewanee, IL passed away on Saturday, October 11, 2025, at MercyOne Genesis East Medical Center. Cremation will be done with a Celebration of Life held at the Kewanee VFW Pos...

Sharon “Sherry” Kay (Nash) Stoner, 84, went to be with Jesus on October 11th, 2025, at Rosebud Healthcare in Forsyth, MT, where she had lived since 2017. She was born on January 27th, 1941, in Ke...

KEWANEE - Glen R. Godke, 93, of Kewanee, passed away peacefully at 6:00 p. m. , Friday, October 17, 2025, at Courtyard Estates of Kewanee, surrounded by his loving family. A funeral service will be h...

KEWANEE – Judy Lynn McCall, 71, of Kewanee, died at 9:56 a. m. , Friday, October 17, 2025, at her home surrounded by her family. She was born on January 7, 1954, in Geneseo, the daughter of Alphons...

Toulon – Harley Dean Rediger, 93, of Toulon passed away peacefully surrounded by his family on Wednesday, October 15, 2025, at 3:33 p. m. at The Villas at Kewanee. He was born July 1, 1932, in Marsh...

Suenjae K. Ostrowski, 65, of Kewanee, died at 3:29 p. m. , Monday, October 13, 2025, in the emergency room at OSF Saint Luke Medical Center. She was born August 18, 1960, in Kewanee, the daughter of ...

James Donald “Jim” Behnke, 70, of Washington, MO, died Thursday October 9, 2025, at Barnes Hospital in St. Louis after a courageous battle with Polycystic Kidney Disease. He was born July 26, 1955...

The families of Lupe’ Rodriguez Meloen and Jennie Rodriguez Richardson (sisters) will memorialize them together. Visitation will begin at 9:30 am, Saturday, October 18, 2025, at Golnick-Schueneman ...

t is with heavy hearts that we announce the unexpected passing of Michael Dean Shroyer on July 15, 2025. Michael was born October 30th, 1964, in Kewanee IL, to Howard Shroyer and Kathryn (Williams) S...

Kewanee – JoAnn (Oakes) Stroup, 92, of Kewanee, formerly of Wyoming, passed away at 12:41 p. m. Wednesday, October 8, 2025, at Arcadia Care of Kewanee. JoAnn was born on September 4, 1933, in Bradfo...

James Dudley Winefordner died on Monday, October 6, 2025, at his home. He was born on December 31, 1931, in Geneseo, Illinois, to Carl and Marjorie Brown Winefordner. He received his B. S. , M. S. , a...