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Fern Houk
Services will be 2 p.m. Friday at Schroder Mortuary, Silvis. Visitation will be one hour before the service on Friday. Burial will be at Moline Memorial Park Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the family. She was born Aug. 12, 1935, in La Harpe, Ill., to Helen Settles. She married Charles Houk in 1953. He died May 2, 2001. Fern was a CNA. Survivors include her children, Pam Fare, Wisconsin, Charles A. (Tish) Houk, East Moline, Robert Houk, Carbon Cliff, Dan Houk, Silvis, and Chris (Emilie) Houk, Silvis; 16 grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; sisters, Mary Pierce, Colleen (Ed) Stokes, Jody Settles and Shelia (Ken) Ostofi; brothers, Sonny (Debra) Settles and Richard Goings; several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband; parents; grandson, James Allen; and a brother-in-law, Larry Pierce. Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.schrodermortuary.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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