History and Genealogy of Keokuk County Iowa
Obituaries of Keokuk, Iowa Rev. R. W. Gortner Rev. R. W. Gortner, pastor of the Methodist Church at Keota, died a few days since after an illness of six days. He leaves a wife and one child. [Sioux City Journal (27 Aug. 1874) transcribed by FoFG MZ] Hensley Child A child of Martin Hensley, of Sigourney, has died from the effects of a grain of corn which passed into his lungs. [Daily Iowa State Register (30 June 1869) transcribed by FoFG MZ] General Daniel F. Miller General Daniel F. Miller of Keokuk, Iowa, a contemporary of Clay, Houston and Chase in Congress, died in Omaha, Neb. [The Langston City Herald, Langston City, Oklahoma Territory, Published December 21, 1895] Transcribed by Dale Donlon Torrey, Benoni & Torrey, Mrs. Rosamond Died at Thornburg, Keokuk Co., Iowa, of smallpox, March 23d, Benoni Torrey, 63 years, 10 months, 14 days. Also, at the same place, and of the same disease, March 24, Rosamond, wife of Benoni Torrey, exact age unknown. [Henry Republican, Henry, IL, Published March 30, 1882] Contributed by Nancy Piper Sedlacek, Phyllis G. Age 91 of Wyoming Died, Thursday, February 8, 2007. Phyllis was born October 12, 1915 in Keokuk Co., IA, the daughter of Frank Oliver and Mary Alice (Hotchkiss) Greenlee. She was preceded in death by son Lee Ostrom, husbands Carl Ostrom and George Sedlacek, three brothers, and two sisters. Phyllis is survived by daughter, Christine (Ken) Stannard of Colorado; sister Mrs. Evelyn Pellow of Michigan; step-daughter Kathryn (Glenn) Grubbs; daughter-in-law Denise Ostrom, two step-granddaughters, Kim (Nathan) Harvey and Megan (Josh) Peschman, and three great-grandchildren, many nieces, nephews, and friends, all of Minnesota. A Celebration of her life will be held at 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, February 20, 2007 at Elim Lutheran Church, 20971 Olinda Trail North, Scandia. The family will greet friends one half hour prior to the service at the church. Interment at Forest Lawn Cemetery. Mattson Funeral Home. & Cremation Service. -- [St. Paul Pioneer Press (MN) - February 18, 2007, contributed by A. Newell.] Joseph Wightman Joseph Wightman, aged 86 years, an old soldier of 1812, and one of the oldest settlers and Masons in Keokuk county, died at his residence in Richland, March 25th, 1869. Gleaned from the News. [Daily Iowa State Register (18 Apr. 1869) transcribed by FoFG MZ] Copyright © Genealogy Trails All data on this website is Copyright by Genealogy Trails with full rights reserved for original submitters.