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Mary Joan DeTaeye
Funeral services are 10 a.m. Thursday at Van Hoe Funeral Home, East Moline. Burial is in National Cemetery, Arsenal Island. Visitation is 4 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society. Mary Joan Sprout was born Oct. 1, 1926, in Monmouth, daughter of John Edward "Jack" and Mildred McChesney Nash Sprout. She graduated from UTHS, class of 1944. She married William "Bill" DeTaeye on July 22, 1961, in Hampton. Bill preceded her in death on Jan. 31, 2003. Joan had worked for 18 years at Strombeck-Becker Manufacturing Co. and retired after 24 1/2 years as an administrative secretary from Deere & Co. Mrs. DeTaeye enjoyed antiquing, reading and playing bridge. She belonged to several bridge marathons. Survivors include her daughter and son-in-law, Tracey and Mike Minteer, East Moline, sister-in-law and brother-in-law, Theresa and Leslie Schotka, East Moline; and her nieces and nephews. In addition to her her husband, she was preceded in death by her sister, Elizabeth "Betty" Guyer. Online condolences may be left for the family at www.vanhoe.com. 
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Today is Tuesday, May 21, the 141st day of 2013. There are 224 days left in the year.
1863 -- 150 years ago: On Monday the 11th inst. on Center Ridge in Mercer County,some citizens got out their cannon to celebrate the taking of Richmond. The gun wasoverloaded and burst. No one was injured, but one 30-pound piece went though thesecond story of a house.
1888 -- 125 years ago: The old folks concert at the Harper Theater last night to benefit St.Luke's Cottage Hospital, attracted a large audience.
1913 -- 100 years ago: Unless depredation by vandals in Rock Island parks is halted,special policemen will be assigned to night duty to protect the flowers and other property.
1938 -- 75 years ago: Station WHBF has received a special citation from Washington forits participation in Air Mail Week, which was observed this week throughout the nation.
1963 -- 50 years ago: A 10-year high in employment in the Quad-City area was reachedat the end of the last quarter, according to an industrial employment barometer releasedtoday.
1988 -- 25 years ago: Pee Wee teams will be able to play baseball and softball as usualon Diamond Three at Dorrance Park this summer, but after that, the ball field is doomed.County crews have put the diamond back in shape after heavy trucks marred the playingfield earlier this spring. Illinois Department of Transportation crews drove onto it to makeborings for the relocation of the junction of Illinois 84 and the Port Byron-Hillsdale road.
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