Obituaries
John W. Blick
Nov 21, 2020
John W. Blick, 91 of Aledo, died Saturday, November 21, 2020 at Genesis Medical Center, Aledo. Private family services will be held at a later date. Memorials may be made to the Easter Seals of Central Illinois or the Churches of Mercer County Food Pantry. John Wendell was born on May 4, 1929 to Edwin & Lillian (Enstrom) Blick in...
John William "Bill" Kelly
Nov 18, 2020
Private family services for John William “Bill” Kelly, 85 of Aledo, will be held on Saturday at 1:00 PM. The services will be livestreamed at the Speer Funeral Home Facebook page. Viewing will be held on Friday at Speer Funeral Home from 12 to 5 PM. The family will not be present, and masks will be required. Memorials may be...
Eldon E. Boswell
Nov 13, 2020
Eldon Boswell, 87 of Aledo, Illinois, formerly of Nevada, Iowa passed away peacefully at his home surrounded by his family on November 13, 2020 after a short and courageous battle with pancreatic cancer.
Eldon was born July 31, 1933 to John Alfred & Iva Belle (Rhodes) Boswell in a farmhouse in northern Missouri near Davis City, Iowa. He graduated from...
D. James Runyon
Nov 4, 2020
DUE TO AN ILLNESS IN THE FAMILY, THE MEMORIAL SERVICES WILL NOT BE MONDAY. THEY ARE POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
James Runyon, 92 of Aledo, died Wednesday, November 4, 2020 at Brookstone of Aledo. Private family services will be held at the Aledo United Methodist Church. Services will be live streamed on both the Church and Speer Funeral...
Sharon Relander
Oct 29, 2020
Sharon Relander, 73 of Aledo, died Thursday, October 29, 2020 at Mercer Manor, Aledo. Private family services will be held with burial in Aledo Cemetery at a later date. Speer Funeral Home, Aledo is assisting the family and condolences may be left at speerfuneralhome.com. To honor Sharon’s memory, memorials may be left for the Messiah Lutheran Church or the Mercer...
John D. Line
Oct 28, 2020
Funeral Services for John D. Line, 89 of Seaton, Illinois will be Monday at 10:00 AM at the Center Presbyterian Church, Seaton. The services will be livestreamed at the Speer Funeral Home Facebook page.. Burial will be in the Alexis Cemetery. In consideration of concerns regarding Covid-19, social distancing and wearing of masks will be observed during services and visitation....
Richard A. Whitehall
Oct 14, 2020
Richard A. Whitehall, 86 of Aledo, formerly of Keithsburg, died Wednesday, October 14, 2020 at Brookstone of Aledo. Private family services will be held, with burial in Greenmound Cemetery at a later date. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the First Christian Church of Keithsburg, where he was a member. Speer Funeral Home, Aledo is assisting the...
Nancy Jane Livingston
Oct 11, 2020
Nancy Livingston, 89 of Aledo, died Sunday, October 11, 2020 at Mercer Manor, Aledo. Memorial Services for Nancy will be held on Saturday, October 17th at 10:00 A.M. at College Avenue Presbyterian Church. In consideration of concerns regarding Covid-19, social distancing and wearing of masks will be observed during services. There will be no visitation and private family burial will...
Paul H. DeShane
Sep 25, 2020
Paul H. DeShane, 84 of Viola, passed away September 25, 2020 at Aledo Rehab and Healthcare Center, Aledo, Illinois. Visitation is Wednesday from 4 to 7 PM at Speer Funeral Home, Aledo. There will be no formal services. Burial will be at a later date in New Boston Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the family. In consideration of concerns...
Jacquelyn "Jackie" S. Stropes
Sep 23, 2020
Jacquelyn “Jackie” S. Stropes, 72 of Aledo, died Wednesday September 23, 2020 at Clarissa C. Cook Hospice House, Bettendorf, Iowa. Private family services will be held. Memorials may be made to the family or to St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital. Speer Funeral Home, Aledo is assisting the family, and condolences may be left at speerfuneralhome.com.
Jackie was born on June 21,...
Betty J. Allan
Sep 9, 2020
Betty J. Allan nee Coe was born on August 31, 1931, at the Jacksonville, IL, State Hospital, where her parents, Alfred B. Coe and Mary E. Coe nee Wilson, met and worked. Betty peacefully passed away on Wednesday, September 9, 2020 at 7:12pm surrounded by her daughters at Brookstone in Aledo, IL. She loved spending time on her family’s tenant...
Jerry Phillip Hartman, Sr.
Sep 2, 2020
Jerry P. Hartman, Sr., 81 of New Boston, died Wednesday, September 2, 2020 at Select Specialty Hospital, Davenport. Private family services will be held at this time, with a public memorial at a later date. Speer Funeral Home, Aledo, is assisting the family. In lieu of flowers, memorials can be made to the New Boston Fire Department.
Jerry Phillip Hartman...
Paul C. Lee
Aug 30, 2020
Private family services for Paul C. Lee, 95 of Aledo, will be held at St. Catherine’s Catholic Church, Aledo. Private burial will be in Aledo Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to St. Catherine’s Catholic Church or to the Quad Cities Autism Center, Moline. Paul died on Sunday, August 30, 2020 at Brookstone Senior Living, Aledo.
Paul...
Richard M Anderson
Aug 26, 2020
Richard M. Anderson (Dick) was born September 14, 1945 in Muscatine, Iowa, to Dan and Leona (Marple) Anderson. He lived in Millersburg, IL, with siblings Linda, Jerry, Bill, and Tim. He would talk about attending grade school in a one-room schoolhouse with six classmates- half the class were Andersons.
The family moved to Aledo, Illinois and Dick graduated from Aledo...
Shawn Daniel Paul
Aug 2, 2020
Graveside services for Shawn Daniel Paul, 47 of Bismarck, ND, formerly of Galesburg, IL will be Saturday, August 22, 2020 at 10:00 AM at Memorial Park Cemetery, Galesburg, IL. The family will continue celebrating his life with a time of fellowship following the services at his father’s home. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be left for the family. Speer...
Everett E Sims
Jul 31, 2020
Everett E. Sims, 90, of New Windsor, passed away peacefully at Brookstone of Aledo on July 31, 2020. He was born April 2, 1930 in Seaton, IL to Frazier and Lucy (Ensor) Sims. Everett attended the one-room Walnut Grove grade school and graduated from Seaton High School. He attended Western Illinois University in Macomb and Bradley University in Peoria.
He...
Clarence "Clance" Lee Reason
Jul 28, 2020
Clarence “Clance” Lee Reason, 85 of Keithsburg, died July 28, 2020 at Hospice House, Burlington, Iowa. Visitation will be on Sunday from 2 to 4 PM at the Keithsburg First Christian Church, with social distancing practices observed. Immediately following visitation, private family services will be held. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the First Christian Church or...
William A Wright
Jul 27, 2020
Private family services will be held for William A Wright, 80 of Seaton. Bill died on Monday, July 27, 2020 at Genesis Medical Center, Aledo. Burial will be in Candor Cemetery, rural Seaton. Memorials may be made to St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital and sent to Speer Funeral Home, Aledo, who is assisting the family.
Bill was born on April 23,...
Russell Fremont Anderson, Jr
Jul 8, 2020
Russell Fremont Anderson, Jr, 69 of rural Muscatine, died Wednesday, July 8, 2020 at his brothers’ home in Sherrard. Russ or Monte as his family called him, asked for cremation to be accorded upon death and to have a private family celebration of his life. Speer Funeral Home, Aledo is assisting the family.
Russ was born on February 5, 1951...
Earl F. Etheridge
Jun 28, 2020
Services with Military Honors for Earl F. Etheridge, 88 of Aledo, will be held at 3:00 PM on Sunday, July 5, 2020 at Speer Funeral Home, Aledo. To maintain social distancing, services will be held outside. A drive through visitation will be held from 1 to 3 PM at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to the Aledo Masonic...
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