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Kathryn McKenna McKinney
Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 5, at St. Ambrose Church, Erie. Visitation will be from 4 to 6 p.m. today at Gibson-Bode Funeral Home, Erie. Private interment will be at Calvary Cemetery, Sterling, Ill. Memorials may be made to the Alzheimer's Association. Kathryn was born Dec. 26, 1918, in Chicago, to Marie and Dominic DeMarsailles. She was adopted from St. Vincent's Foundling Home in Chicago by Thomas and Mary Riordon, of Rock Falls, on Sept. 18, 1919. She graduated from the Catholic Community High School, Sterling, in 1937. She married Martin T. McKenna in 1937. He preceded her in death in 1961. She later married Mahlon L. McKinney in 1966. He preceded her in death in 1991. Kathryn loved to sew and was a member of the War Mothers of Veterans. She also enjoyed making quilts and clothing for her family. Kathryn is survived by her son and daughter-in-law, Joe and Gloria McKenna, Erie; nine grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husbands; two sons, Clare and Tom McKenna; two daughters, Mary McKenna and Annette Frye; and a grandchild. Share a memory or condolence at www.gibsonbodefh.com. 
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Today is Saturday, May 25, the 145th day of 2013. There are 220 days left in the year.
1863 -- 150 years ago: The annual review of the fire department of this city took placeyesterday and made a fine showing with machines and hose carts in tip-top order.
1888 -- 125 years ago: Last night's prayer meeting at Central Presbyterian Church wascalled off due to water in the basement, residue of last week's flood.
1913 -- 100 years ago: The junior class of Rock Island High School will hold a riverexcursion on the steamer St. Paul next Tuesday.
1938 -- 75 years ago: The 75th Anniversary of the Rock Island Arsenal today finds thenation's largest ordinance manufacturing plant filling many important orders for the army.
1963 -- 50 years ago: Miss Patrice Daly, Rock Island, a senior at Rock Island HighSchool, won second place in the recent state public speaking contest held in Peoria underthe auspices of the Knights of Pythias.
1988 -- 25 years ago: Hampton's sesquicentennial committee and the Hampton HistoricalSociety have scheduled a full slate of activities, which will be held throughout the year, to celebrate the village's 150th birthday. The first celebration will be the Memorial Dayprogram at 10 a.m. May 30, at the Brettun and Black Store Museum on River Road. Therewill be a sesquicentennial display.
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