Margo Nesbitt, 87, of Minneola, Kan., died Saturday, Dec. 29, 2012, at the Minneola Long Term Care Unit. Funeral services are 11 a.m. today at the Minnis Mortuary Chapel in Minneola. Graveside services are 10 a.m. Friday, Jan. 4, at the Norwood Cemetery in rural Alexis. Memorials may be left to the Minneola Longer Term Care Unit and Fippinger Funeral Home in Aledo is in charge of local arrangements. She was born Aug. 2, 1925, in Galveston, Texas, to Lawrence and Anne DeBerry Jekel. She married William J. Nesbitt. He died in 1985. Margo was a homemaker and a member of the Catholic church. She is survived by a daughter, Margo Rakes, Goddard, Kan.; one son, William J. (Betsy) Nesbitt, Gunnison, Colo.; five grandchildren, Billy Nesbitt, Sheridan, Colo., Matt Nesbitt, Durango, Colo, Catherine Nesbitt, Aurora, Colo., Jeremy (Courtney) Rakes, Frontenac, Kan., Megan (Ryan) Leaming, Wichita, Kan.; and two great-grandchildren, Cooper and Bailey Rakes. Her parents, husband and a sister, Anne, preceded her in death.
Today is Saturday, May 18, the 138th day of 2013. There are 227 days left in the year. 1863 -- 150 years ago: A large variety of children's wagons and gigs have arrived in thecity and are being sold at war prices. 1888 -- 125 years ago: All Rock Island retail houses, with the exception of a clothingstore and a jewelry store, have agreed to early closing hours during the summer months.The store will be closed at 8 p.m. 1913 -- 100 years ago: Baseball enthusiasts in Rock Island are attempting to raise$20,000 to keep the Island City Park open, despite the fact that the city has no franchise inorganized baseball this year. 1938 -- 75 years ago: The organization of a third rural young people's unit will beundertaken tomorrow night at the Milan Presbyterian Church, with Mrs. Mildred K.Wellman, home advisor, and Robert Smith, county farm adviser in charge. 1963 -- 50 years ago: Deere & Co. will begin a "big switch" on its telephone systemMonday morning. The extension numbers of all 1,600 telephones on the firm's EastMoline and Moline exchanges will be changed Monday morning. 1988 -- 25 years ago: East Moline's June Jamboree VI -- Nostalgia Days, will seemlike a '60s revival with the appearance of stars like Bobby Vee, Freddie Cannon, PeterNoone, Turtles, The Grass Roots and Lou Christie. This year's festival has beenexpanded to five days, June 22-26, at the Northeast Park complex.