Rose E. Seefeld, 70, of Joy, died on Friday, Feb. 22, 2013, at Genesis Senior Living Center in Aledo. Services are at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 26, at Fippinger Funeral Home in Aledo. Burial is at Peniel Cemetery. Visitation is from 4 to 7 p.m. Monday at Fippinger's, where memorials may be left to the Joy United Methodist Church or the American Cancer Society. Online condolences can be made at www.fippingerfuneralhome.com. Rose was born on Dec. 14, 1942, in Millersburg Township, Ill., to Ernest and Pearl Adams Sheese. She attended Joy schools and married Charles Seefeld on Oct. 10, 1959, in Muscatine, Iowa. Rose was a homemaker, cake decorator and provided housecleaning services on occasion. She was a member of Joy United Methodist Church. She enjoyed sewing, bowling, playing cards with her neighborhood card club and especially enjoyed spending time with her family and grandchildren. Survivors include her husband, Charles; one daughter, Amy (Cory) Fullerton, Oquawka, Ill.; two sons, Dale Seefeld, Overland Park, Kan., Evan (Melissa) Seefeld, Joy; five grandchildren, Jacob, Jared, Mason, Andrea, Andrew; five sisters, Ernestine (George) King and Martha (Aubrey) King, both of New Boston, Wanda (Hap) McCleary, Aledo, Bernice (Darrel) Efnor, Bradford, Ill., Diana (Denny) Fullerton, Keithsburg; several nieces and nephews. Her parents; one sister, Caroline; and one brother, Carter, preceded her in death.
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.