Obituaries

Alvin Meints

Sep 27, 2009

GOLDEN, Ill. -- Alvin J. Meints, 95, a lifelong resident of Golden, died at 11:43 a.m. Sunday (Sept. 27, 2009) in the Golden Good Shepherd Home in Golden. Alvin was born on Sept. 7, 1914, approximately three miles east of Golden, to Juergen Meints and Barbara Schoene Meints. He married Arlene Aden on Feb. 12, 1939, in the Bowen Lutheran...

Eilert Buss

Jul 22, 2009

CLAYTON, Ill. -- Eilert F. Buss, 76, of Clayton died at 7:10 p.m. Wednesday (July 22, 2009) in his family home. Eilert was born on May 15, 1933, at home in Clayton to John and Rosetta Hartman Buss. He married Lois Ideus on Nov. 17, 1957, in Trinity Lutheran Church in Golden. He attended Sulphur Springs School in Clayton Township...

Beverly Taylor

Jul 10, 2009

GOLDEN, Ill. -- Beverly Lorraine Taylor, 74, of Golden, went home to be with her Lord and Savior at 7:23 a.m. Friday (July 10, 2009) in Blessing Hospital in Quincy. Beverly was born on June 15, 1935, in Chicago. She was the daughter of James and Emma (Chesney) Lawton. She married Norman Taylor on April 28, 1956, in Chicago. Beverly...

Lois Flesner

Jul 6, 2009

GOLDEN, Ill. -- Lois E. Flesner, 74, of Golden, died at 10:20 a.m. Monday (July 6, 2009) in the Golden Good Shepherd Home in Golden. Lois was born Sept. 10, 1934, a daughter of Nicholas and Tena Hippen Busboom. She was married to Kenneth Flesner in Trinity Lutheran Church in Golden on Aug. 22, 1954. Lois was baptized, confirmed and...

Shirley Rieman

Jun 16, 2009

COLUMBUS, Ill. -- Shirley Mae Rieman, 67, of Columbus, formerly of Golden, died at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday (June 16, 2009) in Blessing Hospital in Quincy. Shirley was born on Feb. 12, 1942, in Golden to John and Erna Bruns. She married Robert Lee Rieman on May 5, 1973. Shirley enjoyed camping, going to wineries, playing gin rummy and especially her...

Cecil Lewis Adair

Nov 10, 2002

Cecil Lewis Adair, 68, of Nauvoo, Illinois, passed away Saturday, November 5, 2022, at 2:05 PM at his home.  Arrangements are pending at Triplett Funeral Homes of Mendon.

Dorothy Pryor

Sep 30, 1925

Jean Pryor's life was a journey well lived.

She was born Sept. 30, 1925, in Kinderhook. She attended high school in Barry where she met and married William Russell "Spark" Pryor. The couple spent most of their 70 year marriage in Illinois but also enjoyed winters in St. Petersburg, Fla.

Jean and Spark were lifelong members...

Norma Rowland

Jan 24, 1923

Norma Rowland, 94, of Rushville, passed away at 6:40 AM, Tuesday, June 13, 2017, at her home.

Services will be announced by the Wood Funeral Home in Rushville.