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Betty Hicks
Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Schroder Mortuary in Silvis with visitation one hour prior to service time. Burial will be at Greenview Memorial Gardens in East Moline. Memorials may be made to Illini Restorative Care Center, Silvis. Betty was born on Dec. 30, 1920, in Newton, Iowa, the daughter of Frank and Ida Goforth. She married Alphonse Hicks on June 7, 1969, in Holstein, Mo. He preceded her in death on Aug. 31, 2000. She was a lifetime member of VFW Woman's Auxiliary No. 8890 and the IRC Red Hot Club in Silvis. She enjoyed auctions, antiques, flea markets, watching QVC and collecting angels. Survivors include her daughter, Peggy Neely, Geneseo, Mary Ann Wood, Whitmore Lake, Mich., Laura J. Otterness, Milan; sons, Frank Otterness, Newton, and William "Bill" Otterness, Moline; 11 grandchildren; 21 great-grandchildren; and four great-great-grandchildren. Betty was preceded in death by her parents; husband; three sisters; and two brothers. Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.schrodermortuary.com. 
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Today is Tuesday, June 18, the 169th day of 2013. There are 196 days left in the year.
1863 -- 150 years ago: Fanatics have grown wonderfully civil since the president snubbedthem by revoking Burnside's infamous attack upon the freedom of the press.
1888 -- 125 years ago: The Interstate baseball league has collapsed, leaving Davenport'sleading team without a league connection.
1913 -- 100 years ago: Passengers were stunned yesterday when lightning struck a LongView street car at 9th Ave. and 25th St.
1938 -- 75 years ago: X-ray examinations today traced the trouble with Dizzy Dean's$250,000 pitching arm to a pulled muscle back of his right shoulder blade.
1963 -- 50 years ago: Radio station WQAD in Moline is being considered by the NationalCivil Defense Office for selection as a "secured communication center" Mrs. Gault,executive deputy director of the Moline Civil Defense unit reported today.
1988 -- 25 years ago: "Marketplace 29 A.D." an unusual vacation Bible school programthat will allow children to live three days as people did during the Bible Times June 21-23. The three day program, is a joint project of Aldersgate and Bethel-Wesley UnitedMethodist churches.
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