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Vera Vance
Services are 1:30 p.m. Monday at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home, 201 E. 4th Ave., Milan. Interment will be at the Aledo Cemetery. Visitation will be noon to 1:30 p.m. Monday at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to First Presbyterian Church, Milan. Vera Marie Spitznogle was born Feb. 9, 1913, in Joy, the daughter of Levi and Pearl E. Poland Spitznogle. She married Rex A. Vance on June 29, 1933 in Aledo. He preceded her in death on Feb. 21, 2012. Vera was a homemaker. She loved spending time with her family and friends. She was a member of First Presbyterian Church, Milan, and the "Cover Girls" sewing circle of the church. She enjoyed sewing, quilting and traveling. Surviving are her children (and spouses), Janet (Ronald) Gaylord, Rock Island, and James (Sonya) Vance, Phoenix, Ariz.; five grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren. Vera was preceded in death by her parents; husband and one brother at birth. Online condolences may be left for the family at wheelanpressly.com. 
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Today is Saturday, May 18, the 138th day of 2013. There are 227 days left in the year.
1863 -- 150 years ago: A large variety of children's wagons and gigs have arrived in thecity and are being sold at war prices.
1888 -- 125 years ago: All Rock Island retail houses, with the exception of a clothingstore and a jewelry store, have agreed to early closing hours during the summer months.The store will be closed at 8 p.m.
1913 -- 100 years ago: Baseball enthusiasts in Rock Island are attempting to raise$20,000 to keep the Island City Park open, despite the fact that the city has no franchise inorganized baseball this year.
1938 -- 75 years ago: The organization of a third rural young people's unit will beundertaken tomorrow night at the Milan Presbyterian Church, with Mrs. Mildred K.Wellman, home advisor, and Robert Smith, county farm adviser in charge.
1963 -- 50 years ago: Deere & Co. will begin a "big switch" on its telephone systemMonday morning. The extension numbers of all 1,600 telephones on the firm's EastMoline and Moline exchanges will be changed Monday morning.
1988 -- 25 years ago: East Moline's June Jamboree VI -- Nostalgia Days, will seemlike a '60s revival with the appearance of stars like Bobby Vee, Freddie Cannon, PeterNoone, Turtles, The Grass Roots and Lou Christie. This year's festival has beenexpanded to five days, June 22-26, at the Northeast Park complex.
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