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Ruth Stubbs
Mass of Christian Burial will be at 11:30 a.m. Thursday at St. Ambrose Catholic Church, Erie. Visitation will be from 9 to 11 a.m. Thursday at Gibson-Bode Funeral Home, Erie. Burial will be in the Erie Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the Erie Food Pantry or Kings Kloset. Ruth Marie was born July 12, 1931, in Atkinson, the daughter of Frank and Marie (Hulslander) Floming. She graduated from Geneseo High School in 1949. Ruth was married to Arland C. Stubbs on Aug. 18, 1951, in Prophetstown. She was a school bus driver for the Erie School District for 29 years. She also worked part of that time at the Prophets Riverview Good Samaritan Center in Prophetstown, all while raising her six children. Ruth was an active member of St. Ambrose Church in Erie, where she enjoyed serving as an Eucharistic minister. She belonged to the Erie Senior Citizens Club and always was charity-minded. Some of her hobbies were fishing from their cabin on the river, gardening, traveling and watching sports – especially the Bulls and Cubs, and most of all, she always loved to visit with family and friends. She is survived by her six children and spouses, Wilbur (Gloria) Stubbs, Erie, Vicki Hanske, Moline, Mary Beth (Ronald) Jinks, Deland, Robert Stubbs (Kristi Crisman), Cisco, Ronald Stubbs (Jeannine Taylor), Venice, Fla., and Richard (Wendy) Stubbs, Erie; brothers, Donald Floming, Erie, and Wilbur (Lois) Floming, Osco; 16 grandchildren; and 17 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Arland; grandchild, Cory Stubbs; son-in-law, Bill Hanske; and sister-in-law, Shirley Floming. Share a memory or condolence at www.gibsonbodefh.com. 
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Today is Sunday, May 26, the 146th day of 2013. There are 219 days left in the year.
1863 -- 150 years ago: The information called for in yesterday's Argus, in relation to thechild abandoned in Moline, by its mother two years ago, was furnished us last evening.The child was found by a Swede and has been kindly cared for.
1888 -- 125 years ago: The annual review and inspection of the Rock Island volunteerfire department took place today, and there will be a firemen's ball tonight.
1913 -- 100 years ago: Captain H.F. Young, former Mississippi river pilot, and T.W.Chapman left Rock Island today for Alaska to enter river service there.
1938 -- 75 years ago: Poppies were blooming today at the headquarters of the Rock Islandunit of the American Legion auxiliary at the Y.M.C.A. as the little red memorial flowers, which the people of Rock Island will wear in honor of veterans.
1963 -- 50 years ago: One hundred and fifty of the best show horses in Illinois and Iowaare expected to compete tomorrow for some $500 in trophies, ribbons and prize money inthe first major horse show of the season.
1988 -- 25 years ago: Moline Public Hospital presented blue ribbons to the winnersof a recent poster contest, held in conjunction with National Hospital Week. Utilizingthe theme of "You're Our Specialty," the following were grand prize winners: MindyBenson, Moline; Thao Dang, Moline; Gared Laux, Moline; John Murphy, Rock Island;Justin Pulford and Bennie Jo Starkey, Moline.
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