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Helen Polk
Private burial services were held at Oak Lawn Memorial Gardens, Galesburg. A Celebration of Life service will be held at Salem Lutheran Church, Peoria, at 10:30 a.m. Jan. 18. Memorial contributions may be made to Salem Lutheran Church, Peoria, or to any charity of choice. She was born Dec. 2, 1927, in Alpha, to Clint and Florence Rutledge Cole. She married Daryl Johnson in 1947, and later married Willard Polk in 1975. Surviving are three sons, Steven and Delores Johnson, Issaquah, Wash., Richard and Rhonda Johnson, Helotes, Texas, Bradley and Lynda Johnson, Mesa, Ariz.; and stepson, Bill and Linda Polk, Chillicothe, Ill. Also surviving are grandchildren; great-grandchildren; sisters, Alice Wallin, Alpha, and Martha Plunkett, Peoria; and several nieces and nephews. 
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Today is Sunday, May 26, the 146th day of 2013. There are 219 days left in the year.
1863 -- 150 years ago: The information called for in yesterday's Argus, in relation to thechild abandoned in Moline, by its mother two years ago, was furnished us last evening.The child was found by a Swede and has been kindly cared for.
1888 -- 125 years ago: The annual review and inspection of the Rock Island volunteerfire department took place today, and there will be a firemen's ball tonight.
1913 -- 100 years ago: Captain H.F. Young, former Mississippi river pilot, and T.W.Chapman left Rock Island today for Alaska to enter river service there.
1938 -- 75 years ago: Poppies were blooming today at the headquarters of the Rock Islandunit of the American Legion auxiliary at the Y.M.C.A. as the little red memorial flowers, which the people of Rock Island will wear in honor of veterans.
1963 -- 50 years ago: One hundred and fifty of the best show horses in Illinois and Iowaare expected to compete tomorrow for some $500 in trophies, ribbons and prize money inthe first major horse show of the season.
1988 -- 25 years ago: Moline Public Hospital presented blue ribbons to the winnersof a recent poster contest, held in conjunction with National Hospital Week. Utilizingthe theme of "You're Our Specialty," the following were grand prize winners: MindyBenson, Moline; Thao Dang, Moline; Gared Laux, Moline; John Murphy, Rock Island;Justin Pulford and Bennie Jo Starkey, Moline.
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