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Dorothy Seys
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held 10 a.m. Monday, March 11, at St. Patrick's Catholic Church, Colona. Father Duane Jack will celebrate. Burial will be at St. Mary's Cemetery, East Moline. Visitation for Dorothy will be from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday at the Vandemore Funeral Home, Geneseo, where a prayer service will be held at 5 p.m. Memorials for Dorothy may be directed to the Dorothy Seys Memorial Fund. Dorothy was born on Nov. 30, 1917, in Lee County, Iowa, the daughter of James and Pearl Hughes Carroll. She was united in marriage to Joseph M. Seys on July 6, 1940, at St. Malachy's Catholic Church, Geneseo. He preceded her in death in 2007. She was a partner with her husband, Joe, on the family farm and lived there until her death. Dorothy also worked as a librarian at the Colona Twin Rivers Library. She was a lifelong member of St. Patrick's Catholic Church, Colona, and St. Martha's Altar and Rosary Society. She will be greatly missed by her entire family. Dorothy is survived by her children, Joann (Bill) Dickey, Orion, Sharon (Jim) Holke, Geneseo, John (Pat) Seys, Coal Valley, Jean (Mark) Sottos, Coal Valley, and Nancy (Roger) Carlson, Osco; 23 grandchildren; and 57 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband; parents; two sisters; two brothers and one great-granddaughter. The family would like to extend a special thanks to Dr. Eric Dipple and the staff at Genesis East Davenport for the care given to Dorothy. Share a message of sympathy with the family at vandemorefuneralhome.com. 
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Today is Saturday, May 25, the 145th day of 2013. There are 220 days left in the year.
1863 -- 150 years ago: The annual review of the fire department of this city took placeyesterday and made a fine showing with machines and hose carts in tip-top order.
1888 -- 125 years ago: Last night's prayer meeting at Central Presbyterian Church wascalled off due to water in the basement, residue of last week's flood.
1913 -- 100 years ago: The junior class of Rock Island High School will hold a riverexcursion on the steamer St. Paul next Tuesday.
1938 -- 75 years ago: The 75th Anniversary of the Rock Island Arsenal today finds thenation's largest ordinance manufacturing plant filling many important orders for the army.
1963 -- 50 years ago: Miss Patrice Daly, Rock Island, a senior at Rock Island HighSchool, won second place in the recent state public speaking contest held in Peoria underthe auspices of the Knights of Pythias.
1988 -- 25 years ago: Hampton's sesquicentennial committee and the Hampton HistoricalSociety have scheduled a full slate of activities, which will be held throughout the year, to celebrate the village's 150th birthday. The first celebration will be the Memorial Dayprogram at 10 a.m. May 30, at the Brettun and Black Store Museum on River Road. Therewill be a sesquicentennial display.
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