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Douglas Kelley
Services are 2 p.m. Tuesday in the Celebration of Life Chapel at Trimble Funeral and Cremation Center, Moline. Burial is at Rose Lawn Memorial Estate, Moline. Visitation is one hour before the services. Memorials may be made to the Quad Cities Diabetes Association. Douglas Gordon Kelley was born Aug. 28, 1936, in Manchester, Iowa, the son of Junior "J.G." and Mildred Fowler Kelley. He married Shirley Palmer on Jan. 17, 1959, in Moline. He was employed as a systems analyst at MidAmerican Energy Company for several years, retiring in 1995. He loved old cars and had lovingly restored his 1957 Studebaker Golden Hawk. He was a Chicago Bulls and Illini basketball fan and enjoyed spending time with his grandchildren. Doug is survived by his wife, Shirley; a daughter and son-in-law, Lori and David Sweet, Moline; three grandchildren, Emily Sweet, Jake Fitzwater and Heather Watkins; a sister, Carol Phillips, Moline; and brothers, Allan Kelley, Rock Island, and Kurtis Kelley, Silvis. He was preceded in death by his parents; and a daughter, Terri Watkins. Doug's family invites friends to share stories and condolences and light a candle in his memory at www.TrimbleFuneralHomes.com. 
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Today is Tuesday, May 21, the 141st day of 2013. There are 224 days left in the year.
1863 -- 150 years ago: On Monday the 11th inst. on Center Ridge in Mercer County,some citizens got out their cannon to celebrate the taking of Richmond. The gun wasoverloaded and burst. No one was injured, but one 30-pound piece went though thesecond story of a house.
1888 -- 125 years ago: The old folks concert at the Harper Theater last night to benefit St.Luke's Cottage Hospital, attracted a large audience.
1913 -- 100 years ago: Unless depredation by vandals in Rock Island parks is halted,special policemen will be assigned to night duty to protect the flowers and other property.
1938 -- 75 years ago: Station WHBF has received a special citation from Washington forits participation in Air Mail Week, which was observed this week throughout the nation.
1963 -- 50 years ago: A 10-year high in employment in the Quad-City area was reachedat the end of the last quarter, according to an industrial employment barometer releasedtoday.
1988 -- 25 years ago: Pee Wee teams will be able to play baseball and softball as usualon Diamond Three at Dorrance Park this summer, but after that, the ball field is doomed.County crews have put the diamond back in shape after heavy trucks marred the playingfield earlier this spring. Illinois Department of Transportation crews drove onto it to makeborings for the relocation of the junction of Illinois 84 and the Port Byron-Hillsdale road.
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