Donald J. Giesing age 71, formerly of Briarwood Court and Maple Terrace in Quincy, died on Sunday, December 7, 2014 in Timber Point Health Care Center, Camp Point, IL. Don was born November 30, 1943 in Quincy, a son of Robert A. and Leona C. (Benoff) Giesing. Don had been active in the Boy Scouts and he had won several medals participating in the…

Millie G. Schwartz age 85, of 2626 Cedar St. died on Sunday, December 7, 2014 in Blessing Hospital. She was born March 30, 1929 in Quincy, a daughter of Clement and Emma (Niehaus) Greving. Millie married Ralph O. Schwartz on June 18, 1955 in Quincy’s St. Francis Solanus Catholic Church and he survives. Millie was primarily a homemaker, and had worked years ago at…

Rev. Philibert Hoebing,O.F.M., age 91, of Sunset Home, and Holy Cross Friary, died on Friday, December 5, 2014 in Sunset Home. He was born on July 2, 1923 in Melrose Twp. Adams County, IL to Mary (Wand) and Frank Hoebing . He entered the Franciscan Order on August 19, 1942, and was ordained a Franciscan priest on June 25, 1950. He was then assigned…

Scott Alan Crenshaw, age 47, of Bismarck, ND and Palmyra, MO, died on Tuesday, December 2, 2014 at 3:00 a.m. in Bismarck. He was born on July 16, 1967 in Quincy, a son of Denton Nall & Betty (Gallaher) McCoy. He married Terri (Holt) Risley and together they had two children. Scott graduated from Canton High School. He served in the U.S. Army National…

Frank Joseph Sakulenzki, age 60, of Quincy, died Monday, December 1, 2014 in his home. He was born on December 2, 1953 in Aurora, IL, a son of Josef & Theresia (Rottinger) Sakulenzki. He married Barbara J. Neeley on November 24, 1973, and she survives. Frank was raised in the Chicago area. He played saxophone in the Almenrausch Trio Polka Band with his father…

James Lee “Jim” Ballinger, age 75, of 606 Cedar, died on Saturday, November 29, 2014 in his home. He was born on June 21, 1939 in Quincy, IL a son of Marion and Mary (Darnell) Ballinger. Jim married Alice Tournear on January 30, 1966 in Rock Island, IL. She survives. Jim was a member of the Bethel Assembly of God Church. He attended Quincy…

Robert “Bob” Hilgenbrinck died peacefully on November 29th at 8:25 PM in St. Joseph’s Hospital in Bloomington, IL at the age of 84. He was surrounded by his family and the multitudes of the angels and saints in Christ. Bob was born on January 6th 1930 in Quincy, IL to Herman and Marie Maas Hilgenbrinck. He was a student at Fairview grade school in…

Fr. Thomas Shaughnessy, O.F.M., age 81, of St. Francis Solanus Friary, Quincy, IL, died on Sat., Nov. 29, 2014, at 4:42 pm in Blessing Hospital. He was born on Aug. 3, 1933, in St. Louis, MO. His parents were Thomas Shaughnessy and Margaret nee Moore, both of whom preceded him in death. In 1947 he entered St. Joseph Seminary, Westmont, IL, to study for…

Larry J. “Fogo” Hiland, age 66, of 514 West Turtle Lake Road, died on November 29, 2014 in Westmont, IL. He was born on March 11, 1948 in Quincy, the son of Earl ‘Jack’ Hiland and Betty Hiland Gille. He married Ginny Brown in 1968. Mr. Hiland was a Union Laborer. Fogo loved to duck hunt and to fish. He also liked to go…

Barbara Joan Kelch, age 80, of Bowling Green, MO, formerly of Quincy, died on Friday, November 28, 2014 at 2:15 PM in the Pike Memorial Hospital in Louisiana, Missouri. She was born on January 27, 1934 in Quincy, the daughter of Albert C. & Patti Lee (Brown) Kroeger. Barbara first married Donald Woodruff. He preceded her in death. She then later married Lloyd Wayne…