History of Axline Pharmacy, Monmouth, Illinois - serving Monmouth, Roseville, and West Central Illinois

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The History of Axline Pharmacy

   Axline Pharmacy was founded in 1927 by Mr. William Axline, Sr. A 1921 graduate of Monmouth College, he first taught and coached at Princeville. Seeking a career change, Mr. Axline enrolled in Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, graduating the same year he began Axline Pharmacy.

   He began his business in Roseville, Illinois, in partnership with Mr. Henry Bradshaw, a Monmouth businessman whose establishment at 55 Public Square (Spriggs & Bradshaw), featured paints and photography supplies.

   Mr. William Axline Sr. owned and operated the drug store in Roseville until his retirement in 1970.

Through the Years
at Axline Pharmacy

In 1960 Mr. Axline formed a partnership with his son, Mr. William Axline, Jr. and Mr. Robert Crawford. They operated the business at 55 Public Square until 1967, when the new pharmacy was built at 220 North Main Street in Monmouth. It operated as Axline Crawford Pharmacy until 1977 when Mr. Crawford left the business. Mr. William Axline, Sr. and Mr. William Axline, Jr. operated the business together until the death of Mr. Axline Sr. in 1986. From that time to 2007, Axline Pharmacy was owned and operated by Mr. William Axline, Jr.
	Son of the founder of Axline's Pharmacy, and Mrs. Jessie Spicer Axline, *Mr.* William Axline, Jr. was born in Monmouth and raised and educated in Roseville, IL public schools, Monmouth College and the University of Iowa College of Pharmacy. He graduated from Iowa in 1958 and practiced pharmacy in Macomb and the United States Air Force before returning to Roseville and Monmouth. Mr. Axline's wife, Sandy, retired from teaching and assisted in the pharmacy as a licensed Pharmacy Technician until 2007 when her husband sold the pharmacy.
Mr. William Axline, Jr.
In 2002, the pharmacy installed their 4th computer processing system, a satellite data transmission of insurance billings and automated tablet counters along with optical scanners to optimize accuracy and efficiency. The prescription area was doubled in size due to the increase of prescriptions being filled. Then, in 2004, Mr. William Axline, Jr. merged with Mr. Jim Vugteveen, owner and operator of Zimmer's Apothecary.
	Mr. *Jim Vugteveen* was born in Northeastern Iowa in 1938, to parents of Dutch and Belgian descent. Received K through 12 education in the Rock Valley Iowa schools and graduated from the Pharmacy school at the University of Iowa in 1960. Licensed in Iowa, Florida and Illinois, *Mr.* Vugteveen worked in Macomb and Astoria Illinois from 1960 to 1968. *He married to wife Betty 1966.* *He moved to Monmouth and shared half interest in Zimmers Drug with* Mr. *Ed Kelly for 10 years, becoming sole owner in 1977, renaming it Zimmers Apothecary. He merged with Mr.* *Bill Axline in 2004.*
Mr. Jim Vugteveen
The pharmacy employs 28 people, 12 of whom have been employed by Mr. Axline for over 12 years, and is open 64 hours per week. In addition to Mrs. Sandy Axline helping her husband three of the employees have served Axline customers for more than 20 years.... Linda Taylor, Judy Slater and Roger Cummings. Two others, including Mark Shallenberger and Shirley Caldwell, have been employed by the pharmacy for more than 10 years.
	Axline Pharmacy is committed to the communities it serves, and in involved with its customers in many ways. In addition to many other activities, Axline has been a Lions League Sponsor for over 50 Years
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