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Rollin Heaton Jr.
Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 10, at the Bosma-Gibson Funeral Home, 320 Lafayette St., Prophetstown. The Rev. Greg Olson, pastor of First Lutheran Church, Prophetstown, will officiate. Visitation is 4 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 9, at the funeral home. Interment will be at Riverside Cemetery, Prophetstown. Memorials may be made to Hospice and Prophetstown High School. He was born Jan. 8, 1930, in Galva, to Rollin A. and Mabel Nelson Heaton. He was educated in the Kewanee grade schools and graduated from Kewanee High School. He graduated from Western Illinois University, Macomb, with his bachelor's degree and graduated from Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, with his master's degree in secondary education. He married Barbara L. Krumtinger July 11, 1953, in Kewanee. She died Dec. 17, 2007. He was a veteran of the Korean War in the United States Air Force. Rollin taught business in the Prophetstown/Lyndon high schools. He was also the golf and basketball coach. He also worked at Climco in Morrison. Rollin was a member of the Morrison Country Club and Prophet Hills Country Club. He holds the record at the Prophet Hills Country Club for the most Club Championships. Rollin holds the NAIA record for 36 hole score in golf. Survivors include hisfive daughters, Jane Casanova, Moline, Pat (Jim) Friedrichs, Sterling, Susan (Neil) Dewey, Geneseo, Paula (Rory) Fotzler, Lancaster, Wis., Amy (Bill) Jones, Prophetstown; one son, Leo (Kim) Heaton, Prophetstown; 14 grandchildren; three stepgrandchildren; five great-grandchildren; one stepgreat-grandchild; two sisters, Mrs. Janet Morris, Prophetstown, Sandra (Pete) Reiff, Kewanee; one brother, Jack (Kay) Heaton, Kewanee; many nieces and nephews; special friend, Marion Collins, Morrison. He was preceded in death by his wife; daughter-in-law, Susan Heaton; brother-in-law, Jim Morris; sister-in-law, Kathy Heaton. To send online condolences, go to www.bosmagibson.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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