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Marguerite 'Peg' Weaver Etzel
A private family memorial service will be held in the spring. Burial will be at Rock River View Cemetery in Moline. Memorials are preferred to the Multiple Sclerosis Organization of America, Red Wing Hospice and Talking Books. Funeral arrangements are by Mahn Family Funeral Home, Bodelson-Mahn Chapel in Red Wing. She was born April 3, 1917, in Moline, daughter of Frank John and Esther Louise Wallentine Kessel. She grew up and attended her school in Moline. She attended business school and left to begin working at Royal Neighbors. She married Ellis Emory Weaver on May 20, 1937. Ellis was stationed in Washington, D.C., in the Navy during World War II, and she began working with the Navy Research Lab for an officer. Later in life, she worked for Barnett's Fireplace in Moline. Ellis died Feb. 14, 1981. Peg married Samuel Etzel on Nov. 29, 1985. Sam died on May 10, 1995. Peg moved up to Red Wing about eight years ago, where she resided at the Downtown Plaza for seven years, and she spent the last year of her life at Deercrest. Peg was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church in Moline, Eastern Star, First Lutheran Church in Red Wing, and King's Daughters for 64 years. In her spare time, she enjoyed traveling extensively, visiting all 50 states, plus England, Ireland, Greece and Russia. She also was an avid reader, enjoyed Talking Books in later life and she loved spending time with her great-grandchildren. She and her longtime grade-school friend, Marge Brooks, enjoyed going to Drum and Bugel Corp competitions and Elder Hostels together. Peg was a special lady who lived by her faith and always put her family and friends first. She is survived by her children, Jane (Jon) Oakleaf, Moline, John (Karen) Weaver, Red Wing, and Dale (Shirley) Weaver, Libertyville, Ill.; two stepchildren, Gerald (Sandy) Etzel and Linda (Harold) Wolf; four grandsons, Brian, Brad, Colin and Corey; four stepgrandchildren, Michael and Brian Wolf, Summer Volk and Greg Etzel; five great-grandchildren, Ethan, Erik, Ariana, Marley and Mya; and six stepgreat-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by both of her husbands and parents. Online condolences may be sent to the family at mahnfamilyfuneralhome.com. 
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Today is Sunday, May 19, the 139th day of 2013. There are 226 days left in the year.
1863 -- 150 years ago: The Rt. Rev. Harry I. Witherspoon, D.D. Bishop of Illinois, willpreach in Trinity (Episcopal) Church, in this city this evening.
1888 -- 125 years ago: At 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon the Mississippi River flooded itsbanks at Rock Island, destroying the warehouse of the Rock Island Lumber companyand damaging the Lumber Company and arsenal power plant. Total loss isestimated at $100.000.
1913 -- 100 years ago: Residents of South Rock Island township are circulating a petitionfavoring the annexation of that area to the city of Rock Island.
1938 -- 75 years ago: Mrs. Thomas Ackles, of Rock Island, has been elected president ofthe Playcrafters for the next season. She succeeds Warren Leonard.
1963 -- 50 years ago: Some 8,000 people filed through the gates of Rock Island Arsenal on Saturday to view a display of a part of the nation's armed strength. The occasion was theannual observance of Armed Forces Day.
1988 -- 25 years ago: Willis Kuschmann, of Moline, who already has won his laurels as oneof the most artistic men in the Quad-Cities area, has a new hobby. He is deeply involvedin miniature railroading. At the age of 88, when many other seniors are dozing in theirchairs or sitting before the television, Mr. Kuschmann is planning and working on hiscollection.
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