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Melody Carroll Favri
Per her requests, cremation has been accorded and a gathering for family and friends will be held on Sunday from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Vandemore Funeral Home, Geneseo. Graveside inurnment services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at the North Cemetery, Geneseo. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be left to the family. Melody was born on June 4, 1954, in Geneseo, the daughter of Earl and Virginia Heller Carroll. She was united in marriage to William Favri, and they later divorced. Melody loved collecting Boyd's Bears, tending to her plants and feeding the birds and squirrels. Survivors include her daughter, Amber (Jason Montgomery) Holton, Carthage, N.Y.; her son, Dustin (Stephanie) Favri, Cambridge; three grandchildren, Gwendolyn Remmers and Cody and Derek Holton; her twin brother, Neil "Butch" (Diane) Carroll, Colona; and a sister, Joyce (Roy Parker) Bauwens, Geneseo. She was preceded in death by her parents; and one brother, Ron Carroll. Share a message of sympathy with Melody's family at www.vandemorefuneralhome.com. 
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Today is Saturday, May 18, the 138th day of 2013. There are 227 days left in the year.
1863 -- 150 years ago: A large variety of children's wagons and gigs have arrived in thecity and are being sold at war prices.
1888 -- 125 years ago: All Rock Island retail houses, with the exception of a clothingstore and a jewelry store, have agreed to early closing hours during the summer months.The store will be closed at 8 p.m.
1913 -- 100 years ago: Baseball enthusiasts in Rock Island are attempting to raise$20,000 to keep the Island City Park open, despite the fact that the city has no franchise inorganized baseball this year.
1938 -- 75 years ago: The organization of a third rural young people's unit will beundertaken tomorrow night at the Milan Presbyterian Church, with Mrs. Mildred K.Wellman, home advisor, and Robert Smith, county farm adviser in charge.
1963 -- 50 years ago: Deere & Co. will begin a "big switch" on its telephone systemMonday morning. The extension numbers of all 1,600 telephones on the firm's EastMoline and Moline exchanges will be changed Monday morning.
1988 -- 25 years ago: East Moline's June Jamboree VI -- Nostalgia Days, will seemlike a '60s revival with the appearance of stars like Bobby Vee, Freddie Cannon, PeterNoone, Turtles, The Grass Roots and Lou Christie. This year's festival has beenexpanded to five days, June 22-26, at the Northeast Park complex.
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