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Floyd 'Speed' Foreman
Services will be held at Missio Dei Community Church, 19310 Jesse Lane, Riverside, CA 92508 at noon on Tuesday, Dec. 4. Viewing will be from 10 a.m. to noon prior to the service. Interment service will be conducted at the Riverside National Cemetery at 1:30 p.m. He was born Oct. 8, 1915, in Kankakee, Ill., to Louis and Lydia Foreman. Floyd was one of four boys. At a young age, during the Depression, he left home to sing and strum his way across the country. Later he returned to Illinois where he performed at many Midwestern state fairs, high schools and other venues. On Sept. 25, 1937, he married June E. Johnson. He continued to entertain on radio and early television for the next 25 years with western groups including "Pals of the Prairie," "Oklahoma Outlaws," and finishing his western style musical career at WHBF, Rock Island, with the "Buddies of the Airlanes — Pat, Speed, and Curly" in 1955. He continued to sing and strum for the next 55 years. He served in the Army Air Corp during World War II and was honorably discharged. The Foremans moved to Riverside in 1986. They were members of Grace Baptist Church, now Missio Dei Community Church. He loved his Lord. Floyd is survived by his loving wife, June; sons, Donald and Randy; seven grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild, all of the Riverside area. 
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Today is Thursday, May 23, the 143rd day of 2013. There are 222 days left in the year.
1863 — 150 years ago: Messrs. J. and M. Rosenfield have moved their leather and hidestore to the building formerly occupied by Temple Bufords's store. They buy and sellhides, pelts, furs, wool, beeswax, lard, tallow, etc.
1888 -- 125 years ago: The Rock Island Lumber Company has recovered 5,000 of the8,000 logs that were carried away by the Mississippi River flood last week.
1913 -- 100 years ago: John J. Ullemeyer has been awarded the contract to furnish RockIsland fire and police department members with uniforms, at the city's expense.
1938 -- 75 years ago: Work on Aledo's new $38,000 swimming pool was started thismorning at South Park when ground for the pool was broken by Mayor John W. Murphy.
1963 -- 50 years ago: Students and teacher at Moline High School called today "MissLeona Day" day at the school in honor of the government teacher who retires at theend of the school term. Although she's been teaching for 43 years at the school, Miss Dayfound a new way of arriving at the school this morning. At 7:30 a.m., a police squad carpulled up in front of Miss Day's home and escorted her to school. A caravan of students' cars joined the procession along the way.
1988 -- 25 years ago: Barbecue cooking and riverfront antics are planned for Discover the
River Day Saturday in Leach Park, Bettendorf. A 5K run, wind surfing, a canoe race, hogcalling and more will round out the day under the Interstate 74 bridge.
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