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Susan O'Brien-Brockway
Visitation will be held on Friday, May 4, from 5 until 7 p.m. with the eulogy beginning at 6:45 p.m. at Schroder Mortuary, 701 1st Ave., Silvis. There will be a private family burial at a later date. Sue supported many organizations that were near and dear to her heart and she would appreciate any memorial contribution made to an organization near and dear to yours. Cremation arrangements were under the direction of Nelson-Berna Funeral Home & Crematory, with a visitation in Fayetteville on May 1. She was born May 28, 1958, in Moline, to Richard and Sandra Pittinton O'Brien. She was employed at Tyson Foods as a senior community relations manager, where she became a strong advocate for hunger relief. She supported many charitable organizations and through the years served on a number of non-profit boards. She is survived by Lillie the Wonder Dog; her daughter, Patricia Clark; sister, Shelly (Chris) Snyder; sister, Amy Suggs; stepfather, Larry (Gloria) Siegel; stepmother, Diane O'Brien; and several nieces, nephews and grandchildren. 
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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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