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Corinne Greer
Visitation will be from 3 to 5 p.m. Sunday, May 6, at Hodgson Funeral Home, Rock Island. Funeral services will begin at 11 a.m. Monday at South Park Presbyterian Church, 1501 30th St., Rock Island. Entombment will follow at Rock Island Memorial Park Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the church or to St. Jude's Children's Hospital, Memphis, Tenn., www.stjude.org/donate. The former Corinne Chandler was born Sept. 1, 1913, in Mercer County, the daughter of the late George and Nellie Johnson Chandler. She married Richard Greer on Feb. 29, 1936, in Seaton. They resided in Aledo and Rock Island until their retirement in 1975, when they moved to Horseshoe Bend, Ark. Richard, corporate secretary of the former Dohrn Transfer Company, passed away on March 1, 1984, in Arkansas. Corinne moved back to Rock Island in October 1985. While in Arkansas, she was active in Faith Presbyterian Church, serving as elder, president of the Women's Association and other church committees. She was a member of the Christian Women's Group, the Illinois Club, the Lady Shriners, the local AARP chapter, the Horseshoe Benders Square Dance Club, the women's horseshoe pitching group and other social affairs. She was a former member of the D.A.R. and was a 50-year member of Sisters of Charity Eastern Star Chapter in Seaton. She was a member of South Park Presbyterian Church and their Circle of Grace group. In Rock Island, she did volunteer work for the Cancer Society and enjoyed china painting, crocheting, square dancing, bowling and hiking. Survivors include a daughter and son-in-law, Virginia and Roger McKee, Rock Island; seven grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; six great-great-grandchildren; three stepgrandchildren; and eight stepgreat-grandchildren; sisters and brother-in-law, Rosamond Merideth, Alpha, and Harriet and John Keilman, Sequim, Wash.; and many nephews, nieces, great-nephews, great-nieces and many friends. In addition to her husband, her parents, a daughter, Janice Marsh, and two grandchildren preceded Mrs. Greer in death. Corinne's family wishes to extend a special thank you to the staff at Fort Armstrong for their tender care over the years. Condolences may be left for the family at www.hodgsonfuneralhome.com. 
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Today is Thursday, May 23, the 143rd day of 2013. There are 222 days left in the year.
1863 — 150 years ago: Messrs. J. and M. Rosenfield have moved their leather and hidestore to the building formerly occupied by Temple Bufords's store. They buy and sellhides, pelts, furs, wool, beeswax, lard, tallow, etc.
1888 -- 125 years ago: The Rock Island Lumber Company has recovered 5,000 of the8,000 logs that were carried away by the Mississippi River flood last week.
1913 -- 100 years ago: John J. Ullemeyer has been awarded the contract to furnish RockIsland fire and police department members with uniforms, at the city's expense.
1938 -- 75 years ago: Work on Aledo's new $38,000 swimming pool was started thismorning at South Park when ground for the pool was broken by Mayor John W. Murphy.
1963 -- 50 years ago: Students and teacher at Moline High School called today "MissLeona Day" day at the school in honor of the government teacher who retires at theend of the school term. Although she's been teaching for 43 years at the school, Miss Dayfound a new way of arriving at the school this morning. At 7:30 a.m., a police squad carpulled up in front of Miss Day's home and escorted her to school. A caravan of students' cars joined the procession along the way.
1988 -- 25 years ago: Barbecue cooking and riverfront antics are planned for Discover the
River Day Saturday in Leach Park, Bettendorf. A 5K run, wind surfing, a canoe race, hogcalling and more will round out the day under the Interstate 74 bridge.
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