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Joseph Mosher
A celebration of the Mass of Christian Burial will be held 10:30 a.m. Monday, Feb. 18, at St. Malachy's Catholic Church, Geneseo. The Rev. Michael Pakula will officiate. Burial will follow at Oakwood Cemetery, Geneseo. Visitation will be from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 17, at Vandemore Funeral Homes, Geneseo and conclude with a rosary and prayer service. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be left to St. Malachy's Catholic Church, Abilities Plus or Geneseo GIFT Foundation to support local charities. Joseph was born July 12, 1917, in rural Prophetstown, the son of John Henry and Mary Alice "Mae" Curran Mosher. He was united in marriage to Norma Evelyn Pitchford on July 25, 1953, in Sterling. Joe farmed in the Prophetstown and Geneseo areas. For several years, he owned and operated Mosher and Buysse IH dealership in Prophetstown and was a seed corn dealer. In 1969, Joe had the World Champion Shorthorn herd at the Chicago Stockyards Livestock World Expo. He loved farming and participated in many parades with his Belgian and Percheron draft horses. Joe was a Cubs baseball fan, a member of Henry County Farm Bureau and St. Malachy's Catholic Church and enjoyed spending time with his grandchildren. Surviving are four daughters, Dawn (David) Tubbs, Atkinson, Jane Dickison, Coupeville, Wash., Cynthia (Carl) Krafft, Chesterton, Ind., Rita Mosher, Island Lake, Ill.; one son, Paul (Teri) Mosher, Geneseo; eight grandchildren, Erin Knackstedt, Villa Park, Ill., Kate Blank, Monona, Wis., Craig Mosher, Davenport, Kristin Mosher, Okinawa, Japan, Stephanie Mosher, Busan, South Korea, Kira Dickison, Coupeville, Nicole Reppas, Coupeville, Kari Krafft, Indianapolis, Ind.; and one great-grandson, Kellan Knackstedt. Joe was preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Norma in April 2006; one brother, J. Raynor Mosher; one sister, Frances Castelein; and son-in-law, Dick Dickison. Share a message of sympathy with Joseph's family at www.vandemorefuneralhome.com. 
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Today is Tuesday, May 21, the 141st day of 2013. There are 224 days left in the year.
1863 -- 150 years ago: On Monday the 11th inst. on Center Ridge in Mercer County,some citizens got out their cannon to celebrate the taking of Richmond. The gun wasoverloaded and burst. No one was injured, but one 30-pound piece went though thesecond story of a house.
1888 -- 125 years ago: The old folks concert at the Harper Theater last night to benefit St.Luke's Cottage Hospital, attracted a large audience.
1913 -- 100 years ago: Unless depredation by vandals in Rock Island parks is halted,special policemen will be assigned to night duty to protect the flowers and other property.
1938 -- 75 years ago: Station WHBF has received a special citation from Washington forits participation in Air Mail Week, which was observed this week throughout the nation.
1963 -- 50 years ago: A 10-year high in employment in the Quad-City area was reachedat the end of the last quarter, according to an industrial employment barometer releasedtoday.
1988 -- 25 years ago: Pee Wee teams will be able to play baseball and softball as usualon Diamond Three at Dorrance Park this summer, but after that, the ball field is doomed.County crews have put the diamond back in shape after heavy trucks marred the playingfield earlier this spring. Illinois Department of Transportation crews drove onto it to makeborings for the relocation of the junction of Illinois 84 and the Port Byron-Hillsdale road.
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