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Vivian Schaver
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday, Jan. 28, at the Erie United Methodist Church. Burial will follow at Kingsbury Cemetery, Erie. Visitation will be from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday at Gibson-Bode Funeral Home, Erie. Memorials may be made to the Erie United Methodist Church or Hammond-Henry Long Term Care, Geneseo. Vivian was born on Jan. 11, 1928, in Newton Township, Ill., the daughter of Milo C. and Amy E. Robinson Miller. She graduated from Erie High School and the Northern Illinois Teachers College, DeKalb. On April 4, 1974, she married Millard Schaver in Prophetstown. Vivian taught in Morrison and then Erie, retiring in 1989. She was a member of the Erie United Methodist Church and the Retired Teachers Association. Vivian loved the farm life, raising a variety of animals on her farm. She enjoyed her Saturday routine of delivering eggs to her customers and the fellowship she shared with them. Her nieces and nephews were a special part of her life. Survivors include her brother, James Miller, Erie; sister, Jane Laingen, Geneseo; stepdaughter, Connie (Jon) Graham, Geneseo; stepgrandchildren, Marcy (Ray) Graham, Camilla Kay (David) Skinner; seven nieces and nephews, Doug Miller, Kim Miller, Darcy Heist, Mark Laingen, Greg Laingen, Mike Laingen and Scott Miller; 14 great-nieces and -nephews; and a great-great-niece. She was preceded in death by her husband, Millard in 2001; brother, William Clyde Miller; and an infant sister, Ruth. Share a memory or condolence at www.gibsonbodefh.com. 
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Today is Thursday, May 23, the 143rd day of 2013. There are 222 days left in the year.
1863 — 150 years ago: Messrs. J. and M. Rosenfield have moved their leather and hidestore to the building formerly occupied by Temple Bufords's store. They buy and sellhides, pelts, furs, wool, beeswax, lard, tallow, etc.
1888 -- 125 years ago: The Rock Island Lumber Company has recovered 5,000 of the8,000 logs that were carried away by the Mississippi River flood last week.
1913 -- 100 years ago: John J. Ullemeyer has been awarded the contract to furnish RockIsland fire and police department members with uniforms, at the city's expense.
1938 -- 75 years ago: Work on Aledo's new $38,000 swimming pool was started thismorning at South Park when ground for the pool was broken by Mayor John W. Murphy.
1963 -- 50 years ago: Students and teacher at Moline High School called today "MissLeona Day" day at the school in honor of the government teacher who retires at theend of the school term. Although she's been teaching for 43 years at the school, Miss Dayfound a new way of arriving at the school this morning. At 7:30 a.m., a police squad carpulled up in front of Miss Day's home and escorted her to school. A caravan of students' cars joined the procession along the way.
1988 -- 25 years ago: Barbecue cooking and riverfront antics are planned for Discover the
River Day Saturday in Leach Park, Bettendorf. A 5K run, wind surfing, a canoe race, hogcalling and more will round out the day under the Interstate 74 bridge.
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