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Charles Norris
Visitation will be from 2 to 4 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 25, at Hodgson Funeral Home,Rock Island. Funeral services will begin at 10 a.m. on Monday at the funeral home. Interment will follow at GreenviewMemorialGardens,East Moline. Memorials may be made to the American Heart Association. Chuck was born March 6, 1925, onBigIsland,Milan,to Charles and Bertha Norris. At 18 years old, Chuck joined the Navy Amphibious Force and served on L.S.T. 358 Landing Ship. This was a sister ship to the L.S.T. 325 that was docked atMolinein 2008. Chuck served on 358 through three invasions during World War II and was authorized to wear three European Theater battle stars and service medals. In later years, he enjoyed keeping in touch with his captain. After the war, Chuck married Dolores "Dee" Bartell on Sept. 6, 1947. Early on, he farmed inMercerCounty. Chuck had been a precision grinder, and served as a union committeeman at the formerFarmallPlant inRock Island. After leaving Farmall, Chuck worked as a real estate broker inIllinoisandIowa, owning and operating Chuck Norris Realty inCoalValleyfor 20 years. Chuck was an avid horseshoe pitcher, and was instrumental in getting the Moline Triangle Horseshoe Club started atRiversideParkinMoline. Over the years Chuck won many awards, along with first place in his division at the World Horseshoe Tournament in Columbus,Ohio,in 1992. In 2007, he was inducted into the Illinois Horseshoe Pitchers' Hall of Fame. Chuck also loved to travel, hunt and fish. He and Dolores enjoyed the cabin he built on LeisureLakeinMaquoketa,Iowa,for many years. He was a past member and president of the Moline and Reynolds Horseshoe Clubs, and a member of the Horseshoe Pitchers Association, the LST Association and the East Moline American Legion. Chuck was a devoted husband, father, grandfather and friend. He will be lovingly missed. Chuck is survived by his wife of 65 years, Dolores; daughters and sons-in-law, Sheryl and Alan Wright and Pamela and Barry Deditch; grandchildren, Stacey Edgcomb, Michael Wright, Joel Wright, Serena Moore, Crystal Bessmer, Jeremy Fox; 13 great-grandchildren; and a cousin, Helen Heber; and numerous nieces and nephews. His parents, brothers, James, Raymond, and Arthur Norris, a sister, Myrtle Norris, and a granddaughter, Dawn Michele Wright, preceded him in death. Condolences may be left for the family atwww.hodgsonfuneralhome.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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