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Martha VanTieghem
Funeral services are 11 a.m. Friday at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church, Silvis. Private family entombment will be held at St. Mary's Mausoleum, East Moline, at a later date. As per Martha's request, there will be no visitation. Her family will have a rosary on Thursday evening at Van Hoe Funeral Home, East Moline. Memorials may be made to Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church, where she was a member, to Multiple Sclerosis Association or to St. Jude's. Martha L. DeVos was born Jan. 3, 1915, in East Moline, the daughter of Alois and Anna DeDoncker DeVos. She married Julius VanTieghem on April 17, 1935, in East Moline. He passed away on Sept. 5, 1993. Martha was a homemaker and an excellent cook. She loved caring for her family and her home. She loved to play euchre with her family and friends and usually won. She also enjoyed working crossword and cryptogram puzzles. Martha was a member of the Ladies Club at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church. Survivors include her son, Denny (Nancy) VanTieghem, Silvis; daughter-in-law, Marilyn VanTieghem, Moline; granddaughters, Shari (Jim) Armstrong, Omaha, Neb., Lisa Clark, Moline, Sheli (Matt) Williams, East Moline, Amy (Randy) Johnson, North Liberty, Iowa, and Stefanie (Mike) Armstrong, Omaha, Neb.; great-granddaughters, Alexa, Jayme, Kayla and Matison; great-grandsons, Dillon, Hayden, Brandon, Noah, Isaac and Jacob; her sister, Jeanette Nagle, El Cajon, Calif.; and numerous nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; sister, Mary; brothers, Fred and John; sons, David and Duane; and daughter, Denise. The family would like to thank the staff of Illini Sheltered Care and Illini Hospital for their excellent care. Online condolences may be left for the family at www.vanhoe.com. 
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Today is Sunday, May 19, the 139th day of 2013. There are 226 days left in the year.
1863 -- 150 years ago: The Rt. Rev. Harry I. Witherspoon, D.D. Bishop of Illinois, willpreach in Trinity (Episcopal) Church, in this city this evening.
1888 -- 125 years ago: At 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon the Mississippi River flooded itsbanks at Rock Island, destroying the warehouse of the Rock Island Lumber companyand damaging the Lumber Company and arsenal power plant. Total loss isestimated at $100.000.
1913 -- 100 years ago: Residents of South Rock Island township are circulating a petitionfavoring the annexation of that area to the city of Rock Island.
1938 -- 75 years ago: Mrs. Thomas Ackles, of Rock Island, has been elected president ofthe Playcrafters for the next season. She succeeds Warren Leonard.
1963 -- 50 years ago: Some 8,000 people filed through the gates of Rock Island Arsenal on Saturday to view a display of a part of the nation's armed strength. The occasion was theannual observance of Armed Forces Day.
1988 -- 25 years ago: Willis Kuschmann, of Moline, who already has won his laurels as oneof the most artistic men in the Quad-Cities area, has a new hobby. He is deeply involvedin miniature railroading. At the age of 88, when many other seniors are dozing in theirchairs or sitting before the television, Mr. Kuschmann is planning and working on hiscollection.
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