Lyle S. Iverson, 88, of Rock Island, died on Sunday, Nov. 11, 2012, as a result of a motor vehicle accident near Garnavillo, Iowa. Services for Mr. Iverson will be at 11:30 a.m. Saturday at the Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home, 201 E. 4th Ave., Milan. Visitation will be Friday from 4 to 8 p.m. at the funeral home. Burial will be at the Greenview Memorial Gardens, East Moline, where military honors will be conducted by the Moline American Legion Post 246. Memorials may be made to Riverbend Food Bank or to the American Red Cross. Lyle was born on March 29, 1924, in Decorah, Iowa, a son of Selmer and Bertha Wieland Iverson. He married Nellie Johnson on July 13, 1946, in Rock Island. She preceded him in death on Feb. 9, 2002. Lyle worked as a crane operator for Alcoa for 36 years, retiring in 1985. He enjoyed trout fishing, the outdoors and traveling. Lyle was a World War II Navy veteran. Survivors include, his children, Carol Chandler, Milan, Connie Keto, Milan, Kathie Nitz, Milan, Jon (Gerry) Iverson, Rock Island, and Karl Iverson, Milan; 11 grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild; a brother, Donald Iverson, Clio, Mich. Lyle was preceded in death by his parents; wife, Nellie; sisters, Helen, Florence and Lois; sons-in-law, Sam Chandler and Doug Nitz. Online condolences may be left for the family at www.wheelanpressly.com.
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.