Eugenia M. Andrae Dryoel, 93, of East Moline, formerly of Orion, died Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013, at Hope Creek Care Center, East Moline. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 16, at Mary, Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church, 1402 10th St., Orion. Visitation will be from 9 to 11 a.m. prior to the service at the church. Burial will be at Western Township Cemetery. Memorials may be made to her family for a fund to be established. Eugenia was born on Aug. 15, 1919, in Milwaukee, Wis., the daughter of Felix and Apolonia Cichocki Dembinski. She married Harry Andrae on April 27, 1940, in Milwaukee. He preceded her in death in 1988. Later, she married Robert Dryoel on Sept. 11, 1999, in Orion. He preceded her in death on April 15, 2011. Eugenia was a member of Mary, Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church and the A/R Society. When her children were young she was a den mother. She was an avid bowler and enjoyed dancing, fishing, bingo and reading books. Survivors include her children, Daniel (Trish) Andrae, New Berlin, Wis., David (Eileen) Andrae, Urbana, Ill., and Dale (Mary Lou) Andrae, Coal Valley; 11 grandchildren; and 15 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents; husbands; grandson, Matthew Andrae; sisters, Jean Waszak and Irene Kodel; and brothers, Sigmund and Rufin. Online condolences may be left for her family by visiting her obituary at www.esterdahl.com.
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.