Joseph W. “Big Joe” Klitz, age 58, of Quincy, died on Saturday, December 10, 2016 at 11:15 PM in Blessing Hospital. He was born on October 14, 1958 in Quincy the son of Wilbert and Elenore (Bohne) Klitz. Joe was a graduate of Quincy Senior High School. He was of the Catholic Faith. Big Joe had a great love for all of his nieces…

Prudence “Prudy” E. McKinney, age 70, of Quincy, died on December 8, 2016 in Blessing Hospital. Prudy, also affectionately known as “Birdie” was born on December 14, 1945 in Quincy, a daughter of Herbert and Sylvia (Gardner) Meyer. She married Thomas G. McKinney on January 24, 1976 in Lewistown, MO and he survives. Prudy was the secretary for the Engineering Department of the City…

Vivian L. Duffy, age 99, of the Sycamore Healthcare Center, died on Wednesday, December 7, 2016 in the Center. She was born on July 9, 1917 in Quincy the daughter of Henry and Elizabeth (Geers) Wewers. She married Francis Duffy on June 10, 1950. He preceded her in death on July 8, 1983. Vivian was employed by Quincy University in Brenner Library, retiring in…

Jackson Walter Dodd, infant child of Kaitlyn Nicole Dodd and Austin Levi Bruening, died on Wednesday, December 7, 2016 in Blessing Hospital. In addition to his parents, Jackson is also survived by: Maternal Grandmother Kay Dodd; Paternal Grandmother Megan East; Maternal Great-grandparents Walter Dodd and Leta Dodd and Paternal Great grandparents Randall Bruening and his wife Emma and Julie Hadler; Uncle: Timothy Monetti and…

Betty Wienhoff, nee Betty Jane Smalley, of Quincy, passed away Tuesday (December 6) at the Adams Pointe Assisted Living Facility. Her death was due to congestive heart failure. Betty was born and raised in Muscatine, Iowa. Being an extremely shy girl, her mother enrolled her in elocution lessons and the YMCA. At the Y, she took to the water and eventually became a strong…

James “Jim” Milo Winston age 86, of Quincy died on Sunday, December 4, 2016 at 8:10 a.m. in his home. Jim was born on July 5, 1930 in Quincy, a son of James A. and Iris G. (Riley) Winston. He married Jeanette L. Wismann on July 4, 1953 in St. Francis Solanus Catholic Church. They had met while attending dances at the C.Y.O. and…

Granville Clay, age 94, of Quincy, IL died on Sunday, December 4, 2016 in his home. Granville was born October 9, 1922, in LaBelle, MO, a son of George and Janie Smith Clay. He married Carletha Mae Garr on May 15, 1943. She died June 5, 1965. Together they had three children. He married Frances Nixon-Bassett on January 21, 1967. They had no children…

Jason Albert Ohnemus, age 38, of Rockford, IL, formerly of Fowler, IL, died on Saturday, December 3, 2016 at his home in Rockford. He was born on October 13, 1978, a son of James L. and Ann L. (Niewohner) Ohnemus. Jason graduated from Liberty High School in 1996 and from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2000 with a degree in Electrical Engineering.…

Kenneth James Heinze, 81, of Quincy, Illinois, died at 6:45 a.m. on Saturday, December 3, 2016 in Quincy. He was born on July 12, 1935 in Quincy, a son of Alfred J. and Edith M. (Kohl) Heinze. He married Martha A. Maas on Nov. 30, 1957. She died on April 10, 2010. He married Bessie C. (Spratt) Gibson on Nov. 7, 2011. She survives…

Robert V. “Bob” Ludwig age 82, of Quincy died on Saturday, December 3, 2016 at 10;00 a.m. in Good Samaritan Home. Bob was born on September 9, 1934 in Quincy, a son of Virgil Julius and Jean Alice Roselyn (Smith) Ludwig. On February 13, 1954 Bob married Carol Pauline Raidt in the former St. Mary Catholic Church in Quincy and she survives. Bob began…