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Katherine Shaw
Services are 10 a.m. Wednesday in the Celebration of Life Chapel at Trimble Funeral and Cremation Center, Moline. Burial is in Greenview Memorial Gardens, East Moline. Visitation is 4 to 6 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. Memorials may me made to Visiting Nurse and Homemaker Association or Iowa Hospice. The former Katherine Geraldine Little was born Aug. 9, 1918, in Moline, daughter of William Thomas and Emma Nave Little. She graduated from Moline High School. She married Raymond K. Shaw on May 15, 1937, in Galesburg. He died Jan.15, 1996. She had been a data transcriber at the Rock Island Arsenal for five years, retiring in 1979. Kay was active in many community activities and had a leadership role in many organizations, including First Christian Church, Moline, Rock Island Woman's Club, PTA, King's Daughters, YWCA, AARP, Rock Island Convalescent Center Auxiliary and National Association of Retired Federal Employees. She enjoyed needlepoint. Kay is survived by four children and their spouses, Judith and Gerald McConoughey, of Portland, Ore., Barbara and Thomas Ostrowski, of Quincy, Ill., William and Abigail Shaw, of Bettendorf, and Dr. Richard and Michele Shaw, of Tucson, Ariz.; five grandchildren and their spouses, Dr. Laura and James Buscher, Robert and Angel McConoughey, David and Christine Ostrowski, Monika Ostrowski and Logan and Jamie Shaw; 13 great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild; and a sister-in-law, Jean Caton, of College Station, Texas. She was preceded in death by her husband and a brother, John Little. Kay's family invites friends to share stories and condolences and light a candle in her memory at www.TrimbleFuneralHomes.com. 
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Today is Wednesday, May 22, the 142nd day of 2013. There are 223 days left in the year.
1863 -- 150 years ago: Large quantities of ice from LaCrosse and Lake Pepin are beingshipped on ice boats, towed by steamers to St. Louis and points below.
1888 -- 125 years ago: With the Mississippi River at 18 feet above the low water stage,Rock Island is waging a valiant fight to keep the river from flooding the entire city.
1913 -- 100 years ago: Approval has been given by the city commission for paving 45thStreet between 7th and 11th Avenues.
1938 -- 75 years ago: Herndon Wright, of East Moline, has won the discus-throw title, by aheave of more than 140 feet, to set a new high school record at Champaign.
1963 -- 50 years ago: With the Selective Service Law recently extended by Congress forfour more years, Mrs. Hazel Doris reminded young men that they must register withinfive days after attaining their 18th birthday.
1988 -- 25 years ago: Over 500 Quad-Cities area retired volunteers were honoredrecently for their community services at a Retired Senior Volunteer Program luncheonat Palmer Auditorium in Davenport. Guest speaker, William Moffitt, director of productengineering of Deere & Co., spoke about leadership and stressed the importance ofcommunity volunteers.
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