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Alfred Winegard
Memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday, Dec. 7, at the Ralph J. Wittich-Riley-Freers Funeral Home, Muscatine. Pastor Paul Brooks will officiate. Private burial will take place in Illinois City Cemetery, Illinois City. Memorials may be made to the Alzheimer's Foundation, American Heart Association or American Diabetes.Online condolences may be left at www.wittichfuneralhome.com. Alfred was born on Dec. 18, 1925, in Rock Island County, the second child of Daniel and Bertha Mueller Winegard. He graduated from Reynolds High School, Class of 1943. He was drafted into the U.S. Army in May 1944. He served two years in the European Theater during World War II with the 363rd Medical Battalion as an ambulance driver, the 255th Infantry as an ammunitions handler and the 38th HQ Battery as a clerk typist, before being honorably discharged in June 1946. On April 15, 1955, he married Lucille Johnson in Iowa City. She preceded him in death on May 17, 1994. He later married Kathryn Nyenhuis Bieri on May 9, 1998, in Muscatine. Alfred was self-employed in farming and operated a trucking firm, retiring in 1998. He was a member of the Providence Baptist Church. Those left to honor his memory include in wife, Kay, Muscatine; his children, Janina Hawley and husband, Chris, and Chad Winegard and wife, Diane, all of Muscatine, Stacey Simmons and husband, Byron, of Illinois City, and Cort Winegard and wife, Colleen, of Keota, Iowa; 10 grandchildren, Lance Hawley, Nic Hawley and wife, Abbie, Matt Winegard and wife, Amanda, Chelsea Winegard, Mikaela, Eli and Zoe Simmons, and Katie, Dan and Beth Winegard; one great-grandson, Rex Hawley; one brother, Robert Winegard and wife, Patty, of Illinois City; a sister-in-law, Marilyn Winegard, Greenville, Mich. He also is survived by eight stepchildren; eight stepgreat-grandchildren; and two stepgreat-great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents; his first wife; one brother, Wilbur Winegard; and two sisters, Blanche Templemire and Martha Morehead. 
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Today is Friday, May 24, the 144th day of 2013. There are 221 days left in the year.
1863 -- 150 years ago: A military escort will be at the square at 9 a.m. tomorrow forthe funeral of Lieut. Joseph Eaton. The county judge is absent in Chicago, which willaccount for his not being in the procession.
1888 -- 125 years ago: Rock Island's City Council last night appropriated $95,000 forexpenses for the 1888 and 1889 fiscal year.
1913 -- 100 years ago: Mrs. F.W. Reimers last night was re-elected president of the RockIsland Musical Club at a meeting in the New Harper Hotel.
1938 -- 75 years ago: Seven members of Boy Scout Troop 21 got their Eagle badges lastnight. They were Ralph Hurt, Robert Nelson, Howard Schersten, Cecil Nelson, RobertFryxell, Clarence Stone and Rollin Hurt.
1963 -- 50 years ago: Mayor Morris Muhleman has resorted to a form letter in an effort toanswer objections to the wheel tax increase. "It was my hope that I could, in some way,restore the faith of the citizens in our city. In order to do this I knew I must face the factthat I would become very unpopular."All they are trying to do is protect the citizensproperty and build their town.
1988 -- 25 years ago: RICCA, the Rock Island County Council on Addictions, inconjunction with the Quad City Downs, will hold its annual "Night at the Races" June 2.The benefit "Night at the Races" will raise funds locally to assist in maintaining the twohalfway houses, New Hope Lodge (for women) and Beacon House (for men).
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