Lula Mae Frank Day, 80, of Moline, formerly of Buda, Ill., died 1:23 p.m. Thursday, June 7, 2012, at Trinity Moline.
Services are 10 a.m. Monday, June 11, at Grant-Johnson Funeral Home, Princeton, Ill., with the Rev. James E. Allemeier officiating. Burial is at Hopeland Cemetery, Buda. Visitation is 5-7 p.m. Sunday, June 10, at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to the family of Lula Mae Frank Day or the donor's choice.
She was born May 6, 1932, in Milo Township, Bradford, Ill., to George William and Alice Elmore Ratliff. She married Charles Henry Frank on Sept. 4, 1949, in Buda. He died May 15, 1983. She then married Edwin L. Day on Nov. 1, 2003, in Buda.
She was a homemaker and employed at Harper Wyman, Princeton. She was a member of Sheffield United Methodist Church and attended All Saints Episcopal Church, Moline.
Surviving are her husband, Edwin L. Day, Moline; daughter, Linda (Thomas) Van Vooren, Sheffield; three sons, Stephen (Marilyn) Frank, Bourbonnais, Ill., Bruce Frank, Buda, Russell Frank, Manlius, Ill.; two stepsons, Mark (Rhonda) Day, Bettendorf, Scott M. (Cathy) Day, West Des Moines, Iowa; 16 grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; three sisters, Elmarene Thompson, Dixon, Ill., Wauneta Lang, Galva, Shirley Bornsheuer, Princeton; brother, Robert (Carol) Ratliff, Princeton.
She was preceded in death by her parents; three brothers, George, Harold and Ronald Ratliff.
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.