Death list for Saturday, Dec. 8, 2012


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Posted Online: Dec. 07, 2012, 5:46 pm
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Frits, Marguerite, 85, Owatonna, Minn., formerly of Port Byron.
Gittings, Bonita, 67, Eldridge; Chambers, Eldridge.
Gless, Richard E. II, 42, Bettendorf; Runge, Davenport.
Huycke, Mary, 93, Morrison; Bosma-Renkes, Morrison.
Kelley, Douglas G., 76, Moline; Trimble, Moline.
Nance, Willie "Cut," 67, Rock Island; Orr's, Rock Island.
Stahle, Kathleen P., 72, Davenport; Halligan-McCabe-DeVries, Davenport.
Williams, Phyllis A., 77, Moline; Van Hoe, East Moline.



















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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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