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Isabell Sumner
A visitation will be held on Sunday, July 29, from 6 to 8 p.m. at Schroder Mortuary, Colona, with a service at 7:30 p.m. by the Order of Eastern Star Chapter No. 626. A graveside service will be held on Monday, July 30, at 11 a.m. at Greenview Memorial Gardens in East Moline with Pastor Sam Henderson of the Green Rock Free Will Baptist Church presiding. In lieu of flowers, her family would appreciate memorial contributions to the American Lung Association, 55 W. Wacker Drive, Suite No. 800, Chicago, IL 60601. Born on Oct. 9, 1928, in Hot Springs, Bath County, Va., she was a daughter of the late George Raymond and Virgie Elizabeth Pritt Thomas. Mrs. Sumner had worked for the former Bata Shoe Company and as a waitress for the former Regal Restaurant in Bel Air, Md. In 1967, Mrs. Sumner moved to the Quad-Cities area of Illinois, where she was active in community affairs, operated the Little League concession stand, led Cub Scout Pack No. 147 and taught Sunday school at Green Rock Southern Baptist Church in Green Rock. Mrs. Sumner was a member of the Order of Eastern Star Chapter No. 626 in Silvis. She and her husband returned to Maryland in 1999, where she was a homemaker, enjoying crocheting and bird watching. In addition to her husband, she is survived by four children, Nancy Hood, and her husband, Ralph, Milan, Robert H. Sumner, and his wife, Linda, Street, June Mundis, and her husband, Donald, Conowingo, Md., Everett Sumner Jr., and his wife, Ida, Street; three grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; two stepgrandchildren; and three stepgreat-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by a son, William Sumner, in 1981 and a grandson, James M. Vaughn, on July 15, 1997. Online condolences may be made at www.schrodermortuary.com. 
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Today is Saturday, May 25, the 145th day of 2013. There are 220 days left in the year.
1863 -- 150 years ago: The annual review of the fire department of this city took placeyesterday and made a fine showing with machines and hose carts in tip-top order.
1888 -- 125 years ago: Last night's prayer meeting at Central Presbyterian Church wascalled off due to water in the basement, residue of last week's flood.
1913 -- 100 years ago: The junior class of Rock Island High School will hold a riverexcursion on the steamer St. Paul next Tuesday.
1938 -- 75 years ago: The 75th Anniversary of the Rock Island Arsenal today finds thenation's largest ordinance manufacturing plant filling many important orders for the army.
1963 -- 50 years ago: Miss Patrice Daly, Rock Island, a senior at Rock Island HighSchool, won second place in the recent state public speaking contest held in Peoria underthe auspices of the Knights of Pythias.
1988 -- 25 years ago: Hampton's sesquicentennial committee and the Hampton HistoricalSociety have scheduled a full slate of activities, which will be held throughout the year, to celebrate the village's 150th birthday. The first celebration will be the Memorial Dayprogram at 10 a.m. May 30, at the Brettun and Black Store Museum on River Road. Therewill be a sesquicentennial display.
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