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Delores Asquith
Services are 11 a.m. Tuesday at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home, 801 W. Edgington St., Reynolds, where visitation will be one hour prior to services. Interment will be at Reynolds Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society. Dolores was born on Jan. 9, 1916, in Burlington, Iowa. She married Harry J. Asquith on April 21, 1935, in Milan. He preceded her in death in 1991. In earlier years, Dolores worked at The Rock Island Argus, and later for McCabes Department Store, Rock Island. She then worked at the Rock Island Arsenal, from which she retired in 1978. Surviving are her daughter, Marvel J. Asquith, Davenport; and one grandson, William J. Asquith, Cheyenne, Wyo. Dolores was preceded in death by her husband; one daughter, Sandra E. Asquith; and one son, John S. Asquith. Online condolences may be left for the family at wheelanpressly.com. 
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Today is Monday, May 20, the 140th day of 2013. There are 225 days left in the year.
1863 -- 150 years ago: A petition is being circulated asking the city council to order awell bored in Market Square. It would be a great accommodation to the public.
1888 -- 125 years ago: At 1 p.m. on May 18 the Mississippi River flooded its banks atRock Island and destroyed the warehouse of the Rock Island Lumber Co. and damagedRock Island Arsenal power plant. Total loss is estimated at $100,000.
1913 -- 100 years ago: Residents of Sough Rock Island Township are circulating apetition favoring the annexation of that area to the City of Rock Island.
1938 -- 75 years ago: A group of state members of the National Grandmothers Clubmeeting in Rock Island are making plans to petition for the observance of a NationalGrandmothers Day.
1963 -- 50 years ago: Deere and Co. reported today that its U.S. and Canadian sales forthe first half of the 1963 fiscal year set an all time record of $323,716.628.
1988 -- 25 years ago: William G. Lawrence, first administrative director, has retired fromPECO Enterprises, Inc. Prior to his service at PECO, Mr. Lawrence was the civilianpersonnel officer at the Rock Island Arsenal.
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