Deaths, Dec. 4, 2012


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Posted Online: Dec. 03, 2012, 5:19 pm
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Beaudry, Mary Ann, 79, formerly of Rock Island; Wheelan-Presly, Rock Island.
Dura, Marcella, 83, Kewanee; Schueneman-Tumbleson, Kewanee.
Farr, Donna M., 69, Moline; Esterdahl, Moline.
Luckey, Robert L., 55, of Calvin, Okla.; Whinery-Savage, Elk City, Okla.
Pauley, Mary Lou, 85, Milan; Wheelan-Pressly, Milan.
Scoville, Mary Anna, 92, Rock Island, formerly of Kewanee; Rux, Kewanee.
Snyder, Elmer "Whitey," 89, Davenport; Runge, Davenport.
Van Unnik, Louise Josephine, 91, Knoxville, Ill., formerly of Kewanee; Schueneman-Tumbleson, Kewanee.
Villegas, Augustin Victoria, 57, Moline; DeRoo, Moline.
Wakeland, Patricia M., 78, Bettendorf; Halligan-McCabe-DeVries, Davenport.
Winegard, Alfred Daniel, 86, Muscatine; Ralph J. Wittich-Riley-Freers, Muscatine.
Wolf, Barbara J., Kewanee; Schueneman-Tumbleson, Kewanee.



















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