Our annual Holiday Remembrance Service will be held at 2:00 PM Saturday December 7, 2019, at Prugh~Thielen Funeral Home, 3940 Division Street. This Holiday Remembrance Service is a special service we provide for all the families Prugh Funeral Service and Prugh~Thielen Funeral Home have served throughout the year. We welcome all family members. Each family will receive one free Guardian Angel glass ornament personalized with the name and dates of their loved one. This ornament can be...

Patrick C. Jackson, 65, of Burlington, died at 10:29 AM Thursday, November 14, 2019, at the Great River Hospice House in West Burlington. Born July 8, 1954, in Burlington, he was the son of Wayne Clark and Phyllis Mae Monroe Jackson. On May 16, 1992, he married Frances M. Miles in Burlington.  He was a 1972 graduate of Burlington High School. He then went on to obtain a BA in Political Science and BS in Law Enforcement, a Juris Doctorate of Law, Master Degree in Criminal Justice, and...

Karen Ann Roberts, 77, of West Burlington, died the evening of Thursday, November 7, 2019, at the University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics in Iowa City. Born November 6, 1942, in Detroit, MI, she was the daughter of Walter H. and Harriet Imogene Blattner Grimes. in 1959, she married Larry F. Roberts in Georgia, they later divorced.  Karen was a retired business manager for Jim Robertson Chevrolet in Kirksville, MO. She was the salutatorian of her 1960 graduating class from Wyaconda...

Dominic Shane Lincoln - Grimes, passed Monday, November 4, 2019, at the Great River Medical Center in West Burlington. He was the son of Shavoka Grimes and Shalynn Marie Lincoln.   We all could not wait for you to arrive and you were so loved. I planned on you being a basketball player, since you were going to be tall and a hunter with your grandpa and uncle and watch WWE with my other uncle. Survivors include his mother, Shalynn; father, Shavoka; maternal grandparents, Shane and Dawn...

Rita Jean Lewis, 56, of Burlington, was called home at 4:36 AM Sunday, November 3, 2019, at the Great River Medical Center in West Burlington. Born June 23, 1963, in Chicago, IL, she was the daughter of Jesse  and Barbara Jean Ferrell Lewis.  Mrs. Rita was a Dietary Specialist at Burlington Care Center for nine years. She was a graduate of Marshall Metropolitan High School.   Momma Rita was an amazing cook and could make anything. She loved to dance and go shopping....

Susan Marie Brockway, 67, of Burlington, passed away at 9:50 PM Sunday, October 20, 2019, at her home. Born January 24, 1952, in Iowa, she was the daughter of Robert Cliffton and Margaret Mary Geren. On May 8, 1971, she married Stephen Ray Brockway in Burlington.  Susan worked health care at St. Francis, Burlington Care Center, Kleins and Home Health Care before she retired. She graduated from Notre Dame in 1970.  Susan was a member of Divine Mercy Parish-SS. Mary and Patrick...

Ivan Rector, 95, passed away on November 9, 2019 at Great River Klein Center. He was born in Troy, Iowa the son of Elmer C. Rector and Bessie M. Brooks Rector. On August 5, 1946 he married F. Doreen Navin in Des Moines, Iowa. He was a veteran of the Army Air Force serving from 1942-1946 with service in the South Pacific. Mr. Rector was a longtime educator in the schools of Iowa for a period of 38 years. He held a B.A degree from Parsons College, a M.A degree from the University of Iowa and...

John William Weicher, 77, of Burlington, died at 5:15 AM Wednesday, November 6, 2019, at the Great River Klein Center in West Burlington. Born August 9, 1942, in Burlington, he was the son of Herman Herbert and Kathryn Mae Murphy Weicher. On November 16, 1963, he married Karen Kay Tansey in St. Paul's Catholic Church Burlington, IA. She passed on January 30, 2018. John began his career as a barber, which is how he met his wife Karen. He later worked for IAAP in Middletown, and was a...

Linda Lee Francis, 70, of Burlington, died at 9:07 PM Wednesday, October 30, 2019, at the Great River Medical Center in West Burlington. Born October 21, 1949, in Burlington, she was the daughter of Jesse and Gladys Patton Snakenberg. On February 6, 1973, she married Greg Francis; they later divorced. She was then reunited with the love of her life on April 1, 1997, Gary Kentch, whom she shared her life with.   She was a 1967 graduate of Burlington High School.  Linda...

Elder Sean Edwards, the son of Ellis Edwards Jr. and Valderene (nee Anderson) Edwards, was born November 15, 1972 in Harvey, Illinois. Elder Sean Edwards answered the call of his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on October 23, 2019, at the age of forty-six years, eleven months and eight days. Sean was educated in the Harvey, Illinois School District, attending Bryant Elementary, Brooks Middle School and Thornton Township High School. He graduated from Thornton Township High School in 1990,...