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Betty McSparin
A visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Sunday, April 29, at Esterdahl Mortuary & Crematory, 6601 38th Ave., Moline. There will be an Order of the Eastern Star service conducted by Chapter 258 at 7 p.m. Per her wishes, cremation rites have been accorded. Burial of ashes will be at 11 a.m. Monday, April 30, at National Cemetery, Arsenal Island. Memorials may be made to Hillcrest Home or to the Order of the Eastern Star. Betty was born on Dec. 24, 1929, in East Moline, the daughter of Arthur and Marie Powers Miller. She married Robert McSparin on April 20, 1951, in Moline. Betty worked in the Collections Department for Montgomery Elevator, which is now KONE. In 1992, she became the Grand Martha in Order of the Eastern Star in the state of Illinois. In the past, she was a Grand Lecturer for several chapters of OES. Betty was a member of the Moline Cribbage Club and was a big Chicago Cubs fan. She enjoyed needlepoint, knitting, crocheting, reading, playing cards and gambling at the boat. Survivors include her children, C.J. (Alfred) Osterhaus, Salt Lake City, Utah, Jacci Albrecht, Geneseo, Robert "Bobby" G. McSparin Jr., Coal Valley; five grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; and brother, Steven Krachum. Online condolences may be left for the family by visiting her obituary at www.esterdahl.com. 
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Today is Sunday, May 19, the 139th day of 2013. There are 226 days left in the year.
1863 -- 150 years ago: The Rt. Rev. Harry I. Witherspoon, D.D. Bishop of Illinois, willpreach in Trinity (Episcopal) Church, in this city this evening.
1888 -- 125 years ago: At 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon the Mississippi River flooded itsbanks at Rock Island, destroying the warehouse of the Rock Island Lumber companyand damaging the Lumber Company and arsenal power plant. Total loss isestimated at $100.000.
1913 -- 100 years ago: Residents of South Rock Island township are circulating a petitionfavoring the annexation of that area to the city of Rock Island.
1938 -- 75 years ago: Mrs. Thomas Ackles, of Rock Island, has been elected president ofthe Playcrafters for the next season. She succeeds Warren Leonard.
1963 -- 50 years ago: Some 8,000 people filed through the gates of Rock Island Arsenal on Saturday to view a display of a part of the nation's armed strength. The occasion was theannual observance of Armed Forces Day.
1988 -- 25 years ago: Willis Kuschmann, of Moline, who already has won his laurels as oneof the most artistic men in the Quad-Cities area, has a new hobby. He is deeply involvedin miniature railroading. At the age of 88, when many other seniors are dozing in theirchairs or sitting before the television, Mr. Kuschmann is planning and working on hiscollection.
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