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Bonnie Brown
Bonnie J. Brown, 70, of Aledo, died Saturday, Dec. 8, 2012, at her home. Services are 10 a.m. Tuesday at Messiah Lutheran Church in Aledo. Burial is in the Aledo Cemetery. Visitation is 5-8 p.m. Monday at Fippinger Funeral Home in Aledo, where memorials may be left to Messiah Lutheran Church or American Cancer Society. She was bornSept. 6, 1942, in Aledo, to Lyle and Frances Clauson Allen. She graduated from Aledo High School and married Dean Green in April 1961. She then married Richard Harwood in February 1974. He died in May 1993. She later married Walt Brown Aug. 31, 1996, in Aledo. Bonnie was employed as an administrative assistant at Royal Neighbors of America in Rock Island for 31 years, retiring in November 2000. She was a member of Messiah Lutheran Church, the Mercer County VFW Post 571 Auxiliary and Oakview Country Club. She enjoyed golfing, watching sports and was an avid Atlanta Braves fan. Survivors include her husband, Walt; one daughter, Sherri (Greg) Green Berg Williamson, of Hudson, Wis.; two stepchildren, Robert Brown, of Muscatine, Iowa, and Marcie (Mark) Kellogg, of Aledo; four grandchildren, Daniel, Jeffrey and Gregory Berg and Madison Fleishman; one sister, Marlene Hardy, of Peoria, Ariz.; and two nieces, Terry Betz and Leigh Ann Spriggs. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; and one nephew, Michael. Online condolences can be made at www.fippingerfuneralhome.com. 
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Today is Thursday, May 23, the 143rd day of 2013. There are 222 days left in the year.
1863 — 150 years ago: Messrs. J. and M. Rosenfield have moved their leather and hidestore to the building formerly occupied by Temple Bufords's store. They buy and sellhides, pelts, furs, wool, beeswax, lard, tallow, etc.
1888 -- 125 years ago: The Rock Island Lumber Company has recovered 5,000 of the8,000 logs that were carried away by the Mississippi River flood last week.
1913 -- 100 years ago: John J. Ullemeyer has been awarded the contract to furnish RockIsland fire and police department members with uniforms, at the city's expense.
1938 -- 75 years ago: Work on Aledo's new $38,000 swimming pool was started thismorning at South Park when ground for the pool was broken by Mayor John W. Murphy.
1963 -- 50 years ago: Students and teacher at Moline High School called today "MissLeona Day" day at the school in honor of the government teacher who retires at theend of the school term. Although she's been teaching for 43 years at the school, Miss Dayfound a new way of arriving at the school this morning. At 7:30 a.m., a police squad carpulled up in front of Miss Day's home and escorted her to school. A caravan of students' cars joined the procession along the way.
1988 -- 25 years ago: Barbecue cooking and riverfront antics are planned for Discover the
River Day Saturday in Leach Park, Bettendorf. A 5K run, wind surfing, a canoe race, hogcalling and more will round out the day under the Interstate 74 bridge.
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