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JoAnn Jennings
Services are 10 a.m. Friday at First Presbyterian Church, Milan. Interment will be at Preemption Cemetery. Visitation will be 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home, 201 E. 4th Ave., Milan. Memorials may be made to the Deacons of First Presbyterian Church, Milan, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, or to a fund to be established for her great-grandchildren's education. JoAnn Marie Hendrix was born March 7, 1931, in Moline, a daughter of Delbert E. and Verna E. Wright Hendrix. She graduated in 1949 from Ava High School in Ava, Mo. She married Stanley E. Jennings on June 26, 1949, in Rock Island. He preceded her in death on Nov. 20, 1995. In addition to being a homemaker, JoAnn was employed at the Eagle Foods warehouse in Milan for over 15 years. She retired in 1978. She was a member of First Presbyterian Church, Milan, where in earlier years she taught Sunday school and Bible school. She was a member of the Ruth-Naomi Circle of the church and the Milan Lookout Mariners. She also volunteered with the reading program at Coyne Center Grade School and was a 4-H leader. JoAnn enjoyed crocheting, knitting, traveling and visiting the casinos. Survivors include her daughters, Tarrilee Shannon, Coyne Center/Milan, and Paula Jo Tate, and her husband, Ron, Galesburg; grandchildren, Benjamin Shannon and Rebekah (Kenny) Stevenson; great-grandchildren, Richard J. Shannon, Kamryn Stevenson, a special baby in June, and Breanna Thomas; and many nieces, nephews and other relatives. JoAnn was preceded in death by her parents; husband; one sister, Mary L. Swisher; three brothers, Robert, Kenneth and Jackie Lee Hendrix; and sons-in-law, Johnny C. White and Richard "Dick" Shannon. Online condolences may be left for the family at wheelanpressly.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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