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Lois Giffin
Services are 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, May 8, at Fippinger Funeral Home, Aledo. Burial is at Aledo Cemetery. Visitation is from 10 a.m. until the time of service at the funeral home, where memorials may be left to the Sunbeam Presbyterian Church. Online condolences can be made at www.fippingerfuneralhome.com. Lois was born Nov. 25, 1928, in Elgin, Ill., a daughter of Roland and Hazel Watkins Mielkey. She graduated from Rock Island High School. She married John A. Giffin Jr. on Sept. 14, 1947, in Milan. He died Dec. 8, 1997. Lois was a homemaker, a member of the Sunbeam United Presbyterian Church and Mercer County VFW Post 1571 Auxiliary. Survivors include one daughter, Sandra (Stephen) Lingafelter, Aledo; one son, William Giffin, Spokane, Wash.; three grandsons, Matthew (Kristen) Lingafelter, Galesburg, Marcus (Shelly Imler) Lingafelter, Aledo, and Timothy Lingafelter, Chicago; four great-grandchildren, Ryan, Katee, Megan and Abby; and several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, John; and one brother. 
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Today is Monday, May 20, the 140th day of 2013. There are 225 days left in the year.
1863 -- 150 years ago: A petition is being circulated asking the city council to order awell bored in Market Square. It would be a great accommodation to the public.
1888 -- 125 years ago: At 1 p.m. on May 18 the Mississippi River flooded its banks atRock Island and destroyed the warehouse of the Rock Island Lumber Co. and damagedRock Island Arsenal power plant. Total loss is estimated at $100,000.
1913 -- 100 years ago: Residents of Sough Rock Island Township are circulating apetition favoring the annexation of that area to the City of Rock Island.
1938 -- 75 years ago: A group of state members of the National Grandmothers Clubmeeting in Rock Island are making plans to petition for the observance of a NationalGrandmothers Day.
1963 -- 50 years ago: Deere and Co. reported today that its U.S. and Canadian sales forthe first half of the 1963 fiscal year set an all time record of $323,716.628.
1988 -- 25 years ago: William G. Lawrence, first administrative director, has retired fromPECO Enterprises, Inc. Prior to his service at PECO, Mr. Lawrence was the civilianpersonnel officer at the Rock Island Arsenal.
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