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05/22/2013, 6:24 pm
Crawford, Bryce III, 70, LeClaire; Weerts, Davenport. Holland, Dale A., 70, rural Prophetstown; Vandemore, Atkinson. Killion, Eleanora, 95, formerly of ...
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05/22/2013, 6:24 pm
Coussens, Rose M., 76, formerly of Moline; 11 a.m., Sacred Heart Catholic, Moline. Ketelsen, Gerald Dale, 69, Pleasant Valley; 10 ...
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05/22/2013, 6:24 pm Memorial services for Louis "Ted" Shepherd Jr., 69, of Davenport, are 11 a.m. Saturday at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, Davenport, with ... More >>
05/22/2013, 6:24 pm
Bryce Crawford III, 70, of LeClaire, died Wednesday, May 22, 2013, at Riverview Manor, Pleasant Valley. Arrangements pending at Weerts ...
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05/22/2013, 6:24 pm Charles H. Brown, 78, of Davenport, died Tuesday, May 21, 2013, at Genesis East, Davenport. Memorial services are 1 p.m. ... More >>
05/22/2013, 6:24 pm
Carole L. Rush, 70, of Aledo, died on Tuesday, May 21, 2013, at Specialty Hospital, Davenport. Arrangements are pending at ...
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05/22/2013, 6:24 pm Torrey John Petrovich, 37, of Galesburg, formerly of Alpha, died on Tuesday, May 21, 2013, at Cottage Hospital in Galesburg. ... More >>
05/22/2013, 6:24 pm
Leonard C. Nelson, 69, of Cambridge, passed away on Wednesday, May 22, 2013, at Veteran's Administration Hospital, Iowa City. Funeral ...
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05/22/2013, 6:24 pm
Eleanora Killion, 95, formerly of Orion, died on Wednesday, May 22, 2013, at Knox County Nursing Home, Knoxville, Ill. Arrangements ...
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05/22/2013, 6:24 pm
Dale A. Holland, 70, of rural Prophetstown, passed away on Wednesday, May 22, 2013, at Hammond-Henry Hospital, Geneseo. Arrangements are ...
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05/22/2013, 6:24 pm Helen V. Gorham, 86, of Muscatine, died on Tuesday, May 21, 2013, at Lutheran Homes. Funeral Mass will be held ... More >> 
05/22/2013, 6:24 pm Geraldine Pfeiff, 96, of Peoria, Ariz., died on May 20, 2013, after rallying on her last day to enjoy three ... More >> 
05/22/2013, 6:24 pm Dorothy Pearson Reeter, 89, died on April 25, 2013, in Lakewood, Colo. There was no service. There was cremation. She ... More >>
05/21/2013, 7:05 pm
Ehlers, Mary Jo, 86, Davenport; 10:30 a.m., Our Lady of Victory, Davenport. Goeden, John A., 84, East Moline; 11 a.m., ...
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05/21/2013, 7:05 pm
Brown, Charles H., 78, Davenport; Weerts, Davenport. Davis, Jess W. Jr., 74, Lebanon, Mo., formerly of East Moline. Gorham, Helen ...
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05/21/2013, 6:57 pm
Beatrice A. Pamperin, 85, of Davenport, passed away Monday, May 20, 2013, at Ridgecrest, Davenport. Arrangements pending at Runge Mortuary, ...
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05/21/2013, 6:57 pm Paul N. Lensmeyer, 62, of LeClaire, passed away Monday, May 20, 2013, at the University of Iowa Hospitals, Iowa City. ... More >> 
05/21/2013, 6:57 pm Mariellen Jane "Aunt M" Kiel Copley, 94, Louisville, Ky., formerly Davenport, died Nov. 8, 2012, at Baptist East Palliative Care, ... More >> 
05/21/2013, 6:57 pm Gerald Dale Ketelsen, 69, of Pleasant Valley, died May 20, 2013, at his home. Services are 10 a.m. Thursday at ... More >>
05/21/2013, 6:57 pm
Helen V. Gorham, 86, of Muscatine, died Tuesday, May 21, 2013, at Lutheran Homes, Muscatine. Services are pending at Ralph ...
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05/21/2013, 6:57 pm
Charles H. Brown, 78, Davenport, passed away Tuesday, May 21, 2013, at Genesis Medical Center, East Rusholme Street, Davenport. Arrangements ...
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05/21/2013, 6:57 pm Memorial services celebrating the life of Ralph A. Smith, 76, of Geneseo, will be held 10:30 a.m. Saturday, May 25, ... More >>
05/21/2013, 6:57 pm
Torrey John Petrovich, 37, a resident of St. Mary's Square in Galesburg, died Tuesday, May 21, 2013, at Cottage Hospital, ...
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05/21/2013, 6:57 pm Anne M. Petersen, 77, of Morrison, died May 18, 2013, at Barnes Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, Mo. Services are 10:30 ... More >> 
05/21/2013, 6:57 pm Funeral services for Gary Mayhew, 74, of Aledo, will be 11 a.m. Saturday at Speer Funeral Home, Aledo. Buffalo Prairie ... More >> 
05/21/2013, 6:57 pm Madonna M. Kircher, 71, of Keithsburg, passed away on Monday, May 20, 2013, at her home in Keithsburg. Funeral services ... More >>
05/21/2013, 6:57 pm
Marjorie S. Hutt, 87, of Aledo, passed away Monday, May 20, 2013, at Aledo Rehab and Health Care Center. Services ...
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05/21/2013, 6:57 pm
Funeral services for John A. Goeden, 84, of East Moline, will be at 11 a.m. today at Van Hoe Funeral ...
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05/21/2013, 6:57 pm Jess W. Davis Jr., 74, of Lebanon, Mo., formerly of East Moline, died on May 17, 2013, at The Maples ... More >> 
05/21/2013, 6:57 pm Alvera L. "Vera" Potratz, 76, of Rock Island, passed away Monday, May 20, 2013, at Rosewood Care Center, Moline. A ... More >>
05/21/2013, 6:57 pm
Dr. William F. Holmberg, 81, of Rock Island, also a resident of Bonita Springs, Fla., passed on Jan. 6, 2013, ...
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05/21/2013, 6:57 pm John Conrad Hernstrom, of Moline, passed away peacefully at Trinity Rock Island on May 21, 2013. He was 85. Funeral ... More >> 
05/21/2013, 6:57 pm Emil P. Benda, 85, of Moline, died Saturday, May 18, 2013, at Hope Creek Care Center, East Moline. Per his ... More >>
05/20/2013, 6:55 pm
Dove, Deborah K., 54, Moline; Wheelan-Pressly, Rock Island. Fair, Donald D., 72, Savanna, Ill.; Bosma-Renkes, Morrison. Hatchett, Dr. Amy B., ...
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05/20/2013, 6:55 pm
Bergstrand, Vernon Paul, 94, Moline; 11 a.m., Homewood Evangelical Free, Moline. Daniel, Ethel, 84, Moline, formerly Davenport; 10:30 a.m., Cunnick-Collins, ...
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05/20/2013, 6:54 pm Allan Thovson, 65, of Davenport, died May 19, 2013. Visitation is 3 to 5 Wednesday at Runge, Davenport, with a ... More >>
05/20/2013, 6:54 pm
Marjorie A. Slattery, 88, of Davenport, passed away on Sunday, May 19, 2013, at her home. Arrangements are pending at ...
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05/20/2013, 6:54 pm
Paul Nicholas Lensmeyer, 62, of LeClaire, passed away on Monday, May 20, 2013, at University of Iowa Hospitals, Iowa City. ...
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05/20/2013, 6:54 pm Services for Stacy R. Kwak, 44, of Bettendorf, are 11 a.m. Thursday at St. John Vianney Catholic, Bettendorf. Burial and ... More >>
05/20/2013, 6:54 pm
Gerald Dale Ketelsen, 69, of Pleasant Valley, died on Monday, May 20, 2013, at his home. Funeral arrangements are pending ...
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05/20/2013, 6:54 pm Jeffrey S. Sulouff, 59, of Reynolds, passed away on Saturday, May 18, 2013, at Unity Point Trinity Medical Center, Rock ... More >>
05/20/2013, 6:54 pm
Edna Fern Swartzentruber Schrock, 87, of Tampico, died Monday, May 20, 2013, at her home. Services are 10 a.m. Thursday ...
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05/20/2013, 6:54 pm
Gary Mayhew, 74, of Aledo, died on Sunday, May 19, 2013, at Trinity Rock Island. Services will be at 11 ...
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05/20/2013, 6:54 pm Juanita Mae Kutzman, 83, of Geneseo passed away on Saturday, May 18, 2013, at her home. A funeral service celebrating ... More >> 
05/20/2013, 6:54 pm Donald D. Fair, 72, of Savanna, Ill., died Friday, May 17, 2013, at University Hospitals, Iowa City. Services are 11 ... More >> 
05/20/2013, 6:54 pm Duane M. Moline, 84, of East Moline, died on Friday, May 17, 2013, at his residence. Funeral services will be ... More >>
05/20/2013, 6:54 pm
Alvera L. Potratz, 76, of Rock Island, died on Monday, May 20, 2013, at Rosewood Care Center, Moline. Arrangements are ...
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05/20/2013, 6:54 pm Jay C. Kiser, 91, of Rock Island, passed away on Wednesday, May 15, 2013, at Trinity Rock Island. Funeral services ... More >>
05/20/2013, 6:54 pm
Dr. Amy B. Hatchett, formerly of Rock Island, died on Monday, May 13, 2013, in Honolulu, Hawaii. Arrangements are pending ...
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05/20/2013, 6:54 pm Beatrice Ybarra, 79, of Moline, passed away peacefully surrounded by her family and friends on Saturday, May 18, 2013, at ... More >> 
05/20/2013, 6:54 pm Richard D. Marie, 76, of Moline, passed away on Friday, May 17, 2013, at his residence. A Mass of Christian ... More >> 
05/20/2013, 6:54 pm Richard L. Kirchhoff, 82, of Moline, died on Sunday, May 19, 2013, at Hope Creek Care Center, East Moline. Per ... More >> 
05/20/2013, 6:54 pm Deborah K. Dove, 54, of Moline, died on Sunday, May 19, 2013, at Trinity Rock Island. A memorial service will ... More >>
05/19/2013, 8:48 pm
Monday, May 20 David, Madlyn, 94, Kewanee; 1 p.m., Schueneman-Tumbleson, Kewanee. Gravert, Dr. Cindy S., 57, Davenport; 10:30 a.m., ...
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05/19/2013, 8:48 pm
Benda, Emil P., 85, Moline; Esterdahl, Moline. Buck, Shirley J., 81, Blue Grass, Iowa; Cunnick-Collins, Davenport. Ehlers, Mary Jo, 86, ...
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05/19/2013, 8:48 pm
Allan S. Thovson, 65, of Davenport, passed away at his home on Sunday, May 19, 2013. Arrangements are pending at ...
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05/19/2013, 8:48 pm
Stacy R. Kwak, 44, of Bettendorf, died Saturday, May 18, 2013, atTrinity at Terrace Park, Bettendorf. Arrangements are pending at ...
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05/19/2013, 8:48 pm Jerry Fusselman, 50, of Bettendorf, died Saturday, May 18, 2013, at home. Visitation is 3 to 6 p.m. Wednesday at ... More >> 
05/19/2013, 8:48 pm Services for Mary Jo Ehlers, 86, Davenport, are 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Our Lady of Victory, Davenport. Burial is in ... More >>
05/19/2013, 8:48 pm
Shirley J. Buck, 81, of Blue Grass, Iowa, died Sunday, May 19, 2013, at Genesis Medical Center, West Campus, Davenport. ...
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05/19/2013, 8:48 pm
Jeffrey S. Sulouff, 59, of Reynolds, died Saturday, May 18, 2013, at UnityPoint Trinity Rock Island. Arrangements are pending at ...
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05/19/2013, 8:48 pm
Juanita Mae Kutzman, 83, of Geneseo, passed away Saturday, May 18, 2013, at her home. Visitation will be from 4-7 ...
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05/19/2013, 8:48 pm Shirley Eiler, 76, of Monmouth, Ill., died Tuesday, May 14, 2013, at Legacy Estates, Monmouth. Services are 1 p.m. Tuesday ... More >> 
05/19/2013, 8:48 pm Danial Michael Baird, 47, of Fort Wayne, Ind., formerly of Rock Island, passed away on Tuesday, May 14, 2013, at ... More >>
05/19/2013, 8:48 pm
Beatrice Ybarra, 79, of Moline, passed away Saturday, May 18, 2013, at Heritage Woods of Moline. Funeral services will be ...
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05/19/2013, 8:48 pm
Richard L. Kirchhoff, 82, of Moline, died Sunday, May 19, 2013, at Hope Creek Care Center, East Moline. Arrangements are ...
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05/19/2013, 8:48 pm Rose M. Coussens, 76, formerly of Moline, passed away Thursday, May 16, 2013, in Jacksonville, Fla. A Mass of Christian ... More >>
05/19/2013, 8:48 pm
Emil P. Benda, 85, of Moline, died Saturday, May 18, 2013, at Hope Creek Care Center, East Moline. Arrangements are ...
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05/19/2013, 8:48 pm Gene "Buddy" Otto, 51, of Milan, passed away Saturday, May 18, 2013, after a courageous battle with cancer at UnityPoint ... More >> |
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Today is Thursday, May 23, the 143rd day of 2013. There are 222 days left in the year.
1863 — 150 years ago: Messrs. J. and M. Rosenfield have moved their leather and hidestore to the building formerly occupied by Temple Bufords's store. They buy and sellhides, pelts, furs, wool, beeswax, lard, tallow, etc.
1888 -- 125 years ago: The Rock Island Lumber Company has recovered 5,000 of the8,000 logs that were carried away by the Mississippi River flood last week.
1913 -- 100 years ago: John J. Ullemeyer has been awarded the contract to furnish RockIsland fire and police department members with uniforms, at the city's expense.
1938 -- 75 years ago: Work on Aledo's new $38,000 swimming pool was started thismorning at South Park when ground for the pool was broken by Mayor John W. Murphy.
1963 -- 50 years ago: Students and teacher at Moline High School called today "MissLeona Day" day at the school in honor of the government teacher who retires at theend of the school term. Although she's been teaching for 43 years at the school, Miss Dayfound a new way of arriving at the school this morning. At 7:30 a.m., a police squad carpulled up in front of Miss Day's home and escorted her to school. A caravan of students' cars joined the procession along the way.
1988 -- 25 years ago: Barbecue cooking and riverfront antics are planned for Discover the
River Day Saturday in Leach Park, Bettendorf. A 5K run, wind surfing, a canoe race, hogcalling and more will round out the day under the Interstate 74 bridge.
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