Deaths, May 4, 2012


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Posted Online: May 03, 2012, 5:30 pm
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Brandenburg, Grace, 83, Tempe, Ariz., formerly of Tampico; Garland, Tampico.

Buikema, Nancy, 55, Fulton; Bosma-Renkes, Fulton.

Hesseltine, D. Mark, 46, Moline; Wendt, Moline.

Lage, Mary E. Gauley, 88, Davenport; Runge, Davenport.

Tomlinson, Larene I., 82, Geneseo; Vandemore, Geneseo.

Troester, Spencer A. Sr., 79, Geneseo; Vandemore, Geneseo.

Young, Berneice, 85, East Moline; Sullivan-Ellis, East Moline.






















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