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Sarah Hanson
Funeral services will be held at noon Saturday at Zion Lutheran Church, 18121 134th Ave. W, Taylor Ridge. Visitation will be an hour prior to service time at the church. Interment will be at Zion Lutheran Cemetery. Memorials may be made in care of the family. Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home, Milan, is assisting the family. Sarah was born March 27, 1921, in Centerville, Iowa, a daughter of William and Grace Stargel Wakefield. She married Floyd Mikles in Iowa in 1937. He preceded her in death. Sarah retired from Regal 8 Motel, Moline, in the early 80's, and prior to that she had worked as a cook for the Italian Village, Moline. Sarah was a member of the Zion Lutheran Church, Taylor Ridge, and enjoyed quilting, crocheting and word search puzzles. Survivors include her children, Fairy Mae Fontenoy, New Boston, Katherine Schuling, Wisconsin, Floyd Curtis Mikles, Waukegan, Ill., Charles Mikles, Wisconsin, and William Fredrick Mikles, Wisconsin; 15 grandchildren; 36 great-grandchildren; 28 great-great-grandchildren; special great-granddaughter, Heather Pepper Williamson, Milan; brothers, Clarence Wakefield, Davenport, and Everett Wakefield, Rock Island; and sister, Ruth Benz, Centerville, Iowa. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; daughter, Roberta Ann Mikles; three brothers; four sisters; and a grandson, Richard R. "Butch" Pepper. Online condolences may be left for the family at www.wheelanpressly.com 
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Today is Tuesday, June 18, the 169th day of 2013. There are 196 days left in the year.
1863 -- 150 years ago: Fanatics have grown wonderfully civil since the president snubbedthem by revoking Burnside's infamous attack upon the freedom of the press.
1888 -- 125 years ago: The Interstate baseball league has collapsed, leaving Davenport'sleading team without a league connection.
1913 -- 100 years ago: Passengers were stunned yesterday when lightning struck a LongView street car at 9th Ave. and 25th St.
1938 -- 75 years ago: X-ray examinations today traced the trouble with Dizzy Dean's$250,000 pitching arm to a pulled muscle back of his right shoulder blade.
1963 -- 50 years ago: Radio station WQAD in Moline is being considered by the NationalCivil Defense Office for selection as a "secured communication center" Mrs. Gault,executive deputy director of the Moline Civil Defense unit reported today.
1988 -- 25 years ago: "Marketplace 29 A.D." an unusual vacation Bible school programthat will allow children to live three days as people did during the Bible Times June 21-23. The three day program, is a joint project of Aldersgate and Bethel-Wesley UnitedMethodist churches.
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