Obituaries
Brad Cooper
Jan 29, 2010
Funeral Services for Brad Cooper, 51 of Lebanon, IN, formerly of Aledo will be Tuesday at 7:00 PM at Speer Funeral Home, Aledo. Visitation is Tuesday evening, prior to services from 4 to 7 PM. Memorials may be made to the Brad Cooper Memorial Fund. Brad died on Friday, January 29, 2010 at the Witham Hospital, Lebanon, Indiana. Merle Bradley...
Kenneth L. McEwen
Jan 23, 2010
Kenneth L. McEwen, 82 of Aledo, died Saturday, January 23, 2010 at Aledo Rehab and Healthcare Center. Services will be Tuesday at 7 PM at Speer Funeral Home, with visitation prior to services from 4 to 7 PM. Private family burial will be in Aledo Cemetery. Memorials may be left to the United Methodist Church’s Music Fund or to Kenneth...
Mitchel Kinkaid
Jan 21, 2010
Mitchel Kinkaid, 78 of Aledo, died Thursday January 21, 2010 at Aledo Rehab & Healthcare Center. Memorial Services will be Tuesday at 11:00 AM at Speer Funeral Home. Services will be led by Wilbur Frieden, concluding with Military Honors conducted by the VFW Post #1571. Honorary Bearers are Jim Dellitt, Dave Higgins, Bill Frieden, Brice Shrock, Breck Bigham and Richard...
Alta I. Frieden
Dec 7, 2009
Alta I. Frieden, 60 of Eliza, died Monday, December 7, 2009 at the Mercer County Nursing Home. Funeral services will be Friday at 1:30 PM at Speer Funeral Home, Aledo. Burial will be in Drury Reynolds Cemetery. Visitation is Friday from 12:00 Noon until service time. Memorials may be made to the Alta Frieden Memorial Fund. Alta Ilene was born...
Lois Marie King
Nov 17, 2009
Lois M. King, 81 of Aledo, died Tuesday, November 17, 2009 at the Mercer County Hospital. Funeral services will be Saturday at 11:00 AM at Speer Funeral Home, Aledo. Burial will be in Hamlet Cemetery. Visitation is Friday from 4 to 8 PM at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to the Lois King Memorial Fund. Lois Marie was...
Jack F. Doherty
Nov 7, 2009
John (Jack) Franklin Doherty, 73 passed away Saturday November 7, 2009. Jack lived and thrived in Aledo Illinois over the past 47 years with his wife and family. Visitation will be held Tuesday, November 10 from 4-8 pm at Speer Funeral Home with a rosary recited at 8 PM. Funeral Services will be held the following afternoon November 11 at...
Daniel & Robin Huston
Sep 5, 2009
Inurnment services for Daniel & Robin Huston of Keithsburg will be Saturday, September 12, 2009 at 9:30 AM at Greenmound Cemetery, Keithsburg. A memorial has been established. Mercer County VFW Post #1571 will provide Military Honors for Danny. Speer Funeral Home, Aledo is assisting the family. Danny died on Saturday, September 5, 2009 at his home. Upon his death, Danny’s...
Jerome "Jerry" Joseph Heinrichs
Sep 1, 2009
Jerome "Jerry" Heinrichs, 49 of Aledo, died Tuesday, September 1, 2009 at Aledo Rehab & Healthcare Center after a courageous battle with Alzheimers Disease. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Saturday at 10:30 AM at St. Catherine's Catholic Church, Aledo. Burial will be in Aledo Cemetery. Visitation is Friday from 4 to 8 PM with a prayer...
Donna Mae M. Diehl
Sep 1, 2009
Donna Mae Diehl, 85 of Aledo, died Tuesday, September 1, 2009 at the Mercer County Nursing Home. Services are Friday at 12:00 Noon with visitation from 9:00 AM until time of service at Speer Funeral Home. Burial will be in Leech Cemetery, rural Buffalo Prairie, Illinois. Memorials may be made to the Donna Mae Diehl Memorial Fund. Donna Mae Marie...
Janene K. Pitman
Aug 21, 2009
Janene K. Pitman, 68 of Sherrard died Friday, August 21, 2009 at the Mercer County Hospital, Aledo. Services will be Tuesday at 10:00 AM at Speer Funeral Home, Aledo. Inurnment will be in Farlow Grove Cemetery, Matherville. Visitation will be Monday from 6 to 8 PM at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the...
Dorothy Lloyd
Aug 19, 2009
Funeral Services for Dorothy Lloyd, 80 of Illinois City will be Saturday at 10:00 AM at Speer Funeral Home, Aledo. Burial will be in Edgington Cemetery. Visitation is Friday from 3 to 8 PM at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Antioch Baptist Church or St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital. Dorothy died on Wednesday,...
Thomas H. Marple
Jul 21, 2009
Thomas H. Marple, 84 of Reynolds, died Tuesday, July 21, 2009, at the Mercer County Nursing Home, Aledo. Services will be Friday at 10:30 AM at Speer Funeral Home, Aledo. Burial will be in Reynolds Cemetery. Visitation is Thursday from 4 to 8 PM, with Masonic Services conducted at 8 PM by the Buffalo Prairie Masonic Lodge. Memorials may be...
Edwin Junior Relander
Jul 16, 2009
Funeral Services for Edwin Junior Relander, 81 of Aledo, are Monday at 10:00 AM at Speer Funeral Home, Aledo. Burial will be in Aledo Cemetery. Visitation is Sunday from 2 to 4 PM at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to the First Baptist Church or the Central Park Bandshell. Edwin died on Thursday, July 16, 2009 at the...
Marjorie L. Berglund
Jun 25, 2009
Marjorie L. Thompson Berglund, 85 of Aledo, died Thursday at the Mercer County Nursing Home. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Tuesday at 10:00 AM at St. Catherine’s Catholic Church. Burial will be in Aledo Cemetery. Visitation will be held on Monday from 4 to 8 PM at Speer Funeral Home with a Rosary recited at 7:30...
Gorden R. Harrison
Jun 18, 2009
Gorden R. Harrison, 58 of Viola, died Thursday, June 18, 2009 at Trinity Medical Center, Rock Island. Services will be Saturday at 10:00 AM at Speer Funeral Home, Aledo. Burial will be in Viola Cemetery. Visitation is Friday from 4 to 8 PM at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to the Gorden Harrison Memorial Fund. Gorden was born...
James A. Stroud
May 4, 2009
James Stroud, 86 of Aledo, died Monday, May 4, 2009 at the Mercer County Hospital. Services will be Thursday at 1:00 PM at the College Avenue Presbyterian Church, with visitation 2 hours prior to services. Burial will be in the Aledo Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the Shriners Children’s Hospital or the College Avenue Presbyterian Church. Speer Funeral Home...
Ruth E. Giffin
May 3, 2009
Ruth Cabeen Giffin, 93 of Aledo and Mercer County Historian, died peacefully Sunday, May 3, 2009 at the Mercer County Nursing Home. Funeral Services will be Friday at 1:30 PM at the Sunbeam United Presbyterian Church, rural Aledo. Burial will be in Candor Cemetery. Visitation is Thursday from 5 to 7 PM at Speer Funeral Home. Memorials may be made...
Christa M. Schroeder
Mar 30, 2009
Christa Schroeder, 57 of Sherrard, died peacefully March 30, 2009 at her sister’s home, surrounded by family and friends. A celebration of Christa’s life will be held in April. Memorials may be made to Trinity Pathway Hospice. Speer Funeral Home, Aledo is assisting the family. Christa Mary Jean was born January 30, 1952 in Davenport, Iowa to Chauncey Charles &...
Barbara C. McWhorter
Mar 10, 2009
On March 11, 2009 a journey that lasted for over three quarters of a century ended for Barbara McWhorter. Barbara’s last weeks were spent at the Clarissa C. Cook Hospice House enjoying life as she always had – entertaining family and friends every day, giving gifts to all who spent time caring for her. Many of her regular visitors had...
Rebecca L. McNall
Mar 5, 2009
Rebecca “Beckie” McNall, 52 of Alexis, died Thursday, March 5, 2009 at her home with her family at her side. A celebration of Beckie’s life will be held on Sunday at Moon River Supper Club, Andalusia, beginning at 4 PM. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be left to the National Humane Society. Speer Funeral Home, Aledo, is assisting the...