obi Heading obi RSS
06/19/2013, 7:13 pm Ackerland, Michael D., 47, Davenport; Halligan-McCabe-DeVries, Davenport. Ashcraft, Betty Jeane, 89, Eldridge; Runge, Davenport. Burden, James V., 93, Rock ...
More >>

06/19/2013, 7:13 pm Greer, Alice Jean, 70, Ames, Iowa; 11:30 a.m., Memorial Lutheran, Ames. Harris, Polly Jenkins; 10 a.m., Asbury United Methodist, ...
More >>

06/19/2013, 7:13 pm Michael Tobin Stevens, 61, of Fullerton, Calif., died Tuesday, June 18, 2013, at his daughter's home in Bettendorf. Services are ...
More >>

06/19/2013, 7:13 pm Dorothy "Dottie" Fouse, 56, of Davenport, died Saturday, June 15, 2013, at home. Services are 11 a.m. Monday at Mount ...
More >>

06/19/2013, 7:13 pm Michael D. Dowell, 63, of Davenport, died Wednesday, June 19, 2013, at ManorCare, Davenport. Arrangements are pending at McGinnis-Chambers Funeral ...
More >>

06/19/2013, 7:13 pm Betty Jeane Ashcraft, 89, of Eldridge, died Tuesday, June 18, 2013, at Genesis East, Davenport. Services are 10 a.m. Friday ...
More >>

06/19/2013, 7:13 pm Michael D. Ackerland, 47, of Davenport, died Saturday, June 15, 2013, in Davenport. Arrangements are pending at Halligan-McCabe-DeVries Funeral Home, ...
More >>

06/19/2013, 7:13 pm Raymond R. Schwigen, 78, of Galesburg, died at 9:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 18, 2013, at Seminary Manor in Galesburg. Funeral ...
More >>

06/19/2013, 7:13 pm Nancy Geerts, 73, of Mercy Living Center North, Clinton, Iowa, formerly of Fulton, died Wednesday, June 19, 2013, at the ...
More >>

06/19/2013, 7:13 pm Mayda C. Kouskie, 95, of Silvis, passed away June 18, 2013, at Illini Restorative Care Center in Silvis. Funeral services ...
More >>

06/19/2013, 7:13 pm Roland D. Griffin, 90, of Silvis, passed away June 18, 2013, at Genesis Medical Center, Illini Campus, Silvis. Funeral services ...
More >>

06/19/2013, 7:13 pm Eleanor Lewis, 89, of East Moline, died Wednesday, June 19, 2013, in her home. Funeral arrangements are pending at Trimble ...
More >>

06/19/2013, 7:13 pm Judy "Ma Cooney" Cooney, 67, of East Moline, passed away on Wednesday, June 19, 2013, at Riverwood Care, East Moline. ...
More >>

06/19/2013, 7:13 pm William H. "Bill" Barr, 66, of East Moline, passed away Monday, June 17, 2013, at UnityPoint Health-Trinity Rock Island because ...
More >>

06/19/2013, 7:13 pm Nathan A. James, 72, of Rock Island, died Tuesday, June 18, 2013, at UnityPoint Health-Trinity Rock Island. Arrangements are pending ...
More >>

06/19/2013, 7:13 pm James V. Burden, 93, of Rock Island, died Tuesday, June 18, 2013, at UnityPoint Health-Trinity Rock Island. Visitation will be ...
More >>

06/19/2013, 7:13 pm Frank S. Cottrell Jr., 70, of Moline, died Tuesday, June 18, 2013, at UnityPoint Health-Trinity Rock Island following a long ...
More >>

06/19/2013, 7:13 pm Lola M. Mossman, 87, a resident of Hope Creek Care Center, East Moline, formerly of Milan, entered her home in ...
More >>

06/18/2013, 10:48 pm Irene I. York, 93, of Davenport, died on Monday, June 17, 2013, at her home. Services are at 10 a.m. ...
More >>

06/18/2013, 10:48 pm M. Jean Wilson, 88, of Bettendorf, passed away on Tuesday, June 18, 2013, at UnityPoint Health -- Trinity Bettendorf. A ...
More >>

06/18/2013, 10:48 pm Raquel D. Humphrey, 27, of Davenport, died on Saturday, June 15, 2013, at University Hospitals, Iowa City. Services are at ...
More >>

06/18/2013, 10:48 pm Dean Brian Dahlin, 55, of LeClaire, died on Sunday, June 16, 2013. Memorial services are at 6 p.m. on Friday ...
More >>

06/18/2013, 10:48 pm Katherine C. Cone, 89, of Davenport, passed away on Tuesday, June 18, 2013, at Senior Star at Elmore Place, Davenport. ...
More >>

06/18/2013, 10:48 pm Marvin Clemons, 87, of Bettendorf, died on Tuesday, June 18, 2013, at Genesis East, Davenport. Graveside services are at noon ...
More >>

06/18/2013, 10:48 pm Gary S. Trodick, 65, of Arvada, Colo., died on Wednesday, June 12, 2013, at Collier Hospice Center, Wheat Ridge, Colo. ...
More >>

06/18/2013, 10:48 pm Kristin Kelly Kellums, 64, of Edgington, passed away on Monday, June 17, 2013, at her home. Funeral services are at ...
More >>

06/18/2013, 10:48 pm Mayda C. Kouskie, 95, of Silvis, passed away on Tuesday, June 18, 2013, at Illini Restorative Care Center, Silvis. Funeral ...
More >>

06/18/2013, 10:48 pm Roland D. Griffin, 90, of Silvis, died on Tuesday, June 18, 2013. Services are at noon on Friday at Schroder ...
More >>

06/18/2013, 10:48 pm Graveside services for Martin F. McMahon, 74, of East Moline, will be at 9 a.m. on Thursday at the Rock ...
More >>

06/18/2013, 10:48 pm Alice Jean Greer, 70, passed away on June 17, 2013, in Ames, Iowa. Funeral services will be at 11:30 a.m. ...
More >>

06/18/2013, 10:48 pm Funeral services for Betty J. Darnell, 74, of East Moline, will be at 1 p.m. on Friday at Van Hoe ...
More >>

06/18/2013, 10:48 pm William H. "Bill" Barr, 66, of East Moline, passed away on Monday, June 17, 2013, at UnityPoint Health -- Trinity ...
More >>

06/18/2013, 10:48 pm James "Jim" Weigand died on June 17, 2013, at the Meadowood Retirement Community in Bloomington, Ind. He was 85 years ...
More >>

06/18/2013, 10:48 pm Marie Ann Ryckeghem, 93, of Rock Island, passed away on Monday, June 17, 2013, at Trinity Rock Island. A graveside ...
More >>

06/18/2013, 10:48 pm Harry L. Robinson, born in Falls City, Neb., in 1939, passed away on June 17, 2013, after a seven-year battle ...
More >>

06/18/2013, 10:48 pm Ralph G. Hunt Jr., 60, of Rock Island, died on Sunday, June 16, 2013, at his home. Those wishing to ...
More >>

06/18/2013, 10:48 pm Fred Mendoza, 83, of Hammond, Ind., formerly of Dolton, passed away on June 15, 2013. He was the cherished husband ...
More >>

06/18/2013, 10:48 pm Frank S. Cottrell, 70, of Moline, died on Tuesday, June 18, 2013, in UnityPoint Health -- Trinity Rock Island. Funeral ...
More >>

06/18/2013, 5:51 pm Barr, William H. "Bill," 66, East Moline; Rafferty, Moline. Clemons, Marvin, 87, Bettendorf; McGinnis-Chambers, Bettendorf. Cone, Katherine C., 89, Davenport; ...
More >>

06/18/2013, 5:51 pm Dykema, Robert, 80, Fulton; 10:30 a.m., Bosma-Renkes, Fulton. Johnson, Marcella G., 80, Mount Carroll; 10:30 a.m., Saints John and Catherine ...
More >>

06/17/2013, 6:57 pm Dahlin, Dean Brian, 55, LeClaire; Weerts, Davenport. Darnell, Betty J., 74, East Moline; Van Hoe, East Moline. Elston, Carroll ...
More >>

06/17/2013, 6:57 pm Bird, Mark, 52, Davenport; 10 a.m., Runge, Davenport. Chancellor, Arthur P., 90, Dade City, Fla., formerly Port Byron; 1 p.m., ...
More >>

06/17/2013, 6:57 pm Irene I. York, 93, of Davenport, died Monday, June 17, 2013, at her home. Arrangements are pending at Halligan-McCabe-DeVries Funeral ...
More >>

06/17/2013, 6:57 pm Douglas Richard Whalen Sr., 45, of Davenport, died Friday, June 14, 2013, at University of Iowa Hospitals, Iowa City. Services ...
More >>

06/17/2013, 6:57 pm Jay Pribble, 42, of Davenport, died Sunday, June 16, 2013, at his residence. Services are 11 a.m. Thursday at Halligan-McCabe-DeVries, ...
More >>

06/17/2013, 6:57 pm Raymond E. Ludin, 77, of Bettendorf, died Sunday, June 16, 2013, at his home. Services are 11 a.m. today at ...
More >>

06/18/2013, 12:13 pm Raquel D. Humphrey, 27, of Davenport, died Saturday, June 15, 2013, at University of Iowa Hospitals, Iowa City. Visitation is ...
More >>

06/17/2013, 6:57 pm Dorothy "Dottie" Fouse, 56, of Davenport, died Saturday, June 15, 2013, at her home. Services are pending at Weerts Funeral ...
More >>

06/17/2013, 6:57 pm Dean Brian Dahlin, 55, of LeClaire, died Sunday, June 16, 2013, at his home. Services are pending at Weerts Funeral ...
More >>

06/17/2013, 6:57 pm Lowell D. Smith, 82, of Weiner, Ark., formerly of Orion, died on Saturday, June 15, 2013, at Harris Hospital, Newport, ...
More >>

06/18/2013, 10:42 pm Marcia Eileen Reiling Ferguson, 71, of Raleigh, N.C., died Friday, June 14, 2013, after a long illness. A memorial service ...
More >>

06/17/2013, 6:57 pm Robert E. Parrish, "Junker Bob," 70, of Cordova, passed away Sunday, June 16, 2013, at Genesis, Illini, Silvis. Graveside services ...
More >>

06/17/2013, 6:57 pm Jean Miller, 86, of Joy, died Sunday, June 16, 2013, at Genesis Senior Living, Aledo. Visitation is Wednesday, June 19, ...
More >>

06/17/2013, 6:57 pm Kristin Kellums, 64, of Taylor Ridge, died Monday, June 17, 2013, at her home. Arrangements are pending at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral ...
More >>

06/17/2013, 6:57 pm Marcella G. Johnson, 80, of Mount Carroll, Ill., died Sunday, June 16, 2013, at her home. Memorial Mass is 10:30 ...
More >>

06/17/2013, 6:57 pm Steven J. "Bone" Haverback, 60, of Annawan, passed away Monday, June 17, 2013, at his home after a four-year battle ...
More >>

06/17/2013, 6:57 pm Carroll G. Elston, 79, of Galesburg Terrace, passed away at 9:47 a.m. on Friday, June 14, 2013, at OSF St. ...
More >>

06/17/2013, 6:57 pm Dorothy L. Birkhead joined her eternal family on Saturday, June 15, 2013. Funeral arrangements are on Saturday, June 22, with ...
More >>

06/17/2013, 6:57 pm Karen A. Schropp, 68, East Moline, died Saturday, June 15, 2013, at Genesis Medical Center, Illini Campus, Silvis. Funeral services ...
More >>

06/17/2013, 6:57 pm Martin McMahon, 74, of East Moline, died Monday, June 17, 2013, at his home. Arrangements are pending at Van Hoe ...
More >>

06/17/2013, 6:57 pm Funeral services for Jesse C. Kave, 74, of East Moline, will be 10 a.m. Thursday at First Christian Church, Moline. ...
More >>

06/17/2013, 6:57 pm Funeral services for Robert Hauman, 79, of East Moline, will be 10 a.m. Saturday at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic ...
More >>

06/17/2013, 6:57 pm Betty J. Darnell, 74, of East Moline, died Sunday, June 16, 2013, at Genesis Medical Center, Illini Campus, Silvis. Services ...
More >>

06/17/2013, 6:57 pm Harry L. Robinson, 74, of Rock Island, died Monday, June 17, 2013, at his home. Arrangements are pending at Wheelan-Pressly ...
More >>

06/17/2013, 7:17 pm Camilla Hillman, 75, of Rock Island, passed away Monday, June 17, 2013, at her home surrounded by her family. A ...
More >>

06/17/2013, 6:57 pm Mary Kathryne Carmack Olson, 90, of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, died Friday, June 14, 2013, in her residence at Coeur d'Alene ...
More >>

06/17/2013, 6:57 pm Fred Mendoza, 83, of Hammond, Ind., formerly of Dolton, Ill., passed away June 15, 2013. He was the cherished husband ...
More >>

06/16/2013, 5:50 pm Battin, Ruth L., 83, Rock Island; 11 a.m., St. Pius X Catholic, Rock Island. Bedford, Michael T., 40, Morton, formerly ...
More >>

06/16/2013, 5:50 pm Clarke, Marian, 96, Davenport; Runge, Davenport. Dykema, Robert, 80, Fulton; Bosma-Renkes, Fulton. Hauman, Robert A., 79, East Moline; Van Hoe, ...
More >>

06/16/2013, 5:50 pm Douglas Richard Whalen Sr., 45, of Davenport, died on Friday, June 14, 2013, at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics. ...
More >>

06/16/2013, 5:50 pm Roger Ruppel, 71, of Bettendorf, passed away on Saturday, June 15, 2013, at home. Following cremation, a memorial service will ...
More >>

06/16/2013, 5:50 pm Marian Clarke, 96, of Davenport, passed away at her home on Saturday, June 15, 2013. Arrangements are pending ...
More >>

06/16/2013, 5:50 pm Robert E. "Bob" Parrish, 70, of Cordova, died on Sunday, June 16, 2013, at Genesis Medical Center, Illini Campus, Silvis. ...
More >>

06/16/2013, 5:50 pm Jean Miller, 86, of Joy, died on Sunday, June 16, 2013, at Genesis Senior Living, Aledo. Arrangements are pending at ...
More >>

06/16/2013, 5:50 pm Joint funeral services celebrating the lives of Scott Joseph Teerlinck, 39, and his son, Luke Dean, 10, will be at ...
More >>

06/16/2013, 5:50 pm Robert Dykema, 80, of Fulton, died on Friday, June 14, 2013, at home. Memorial services are at 10:30 a.m. on ...
More >>

06/16/2013, 5:50 pm Robert A. Hauman, 79, of East Moline, died on Sunday, June 16, 2013, at Genesis Medical Center, Illini Campus, Silvis. ...
More >>

06/16/2013, 5:50 pm Bruce A. McKenzie, 56, of Milan, died on Friday, June 14, 2013, at UnityPoint -- Trinity, Rock Island. ...
More >>




Local events heading










  Today is Thursday, June 20, the 171st day of 2013. There are 194 days left in the year.
1863 -- 150 years ago: The latest interpretation of the conscription law is said to be that $800 can be paid for an exemption, in which case the person will be eligible for call ina subsequent draft; or a substitute can be furnished. In the latter case, if the substitute isaccepted, the person he represents is exempted for that draft period.
1888 -- 125 years ago: A floral concert presented by Central Presbyterian Church womenattracted a large crowd yesterday.
1913 -- 100 years ago: Milton Reed, infielder on the Davenport baseball club, has beensold to the Philadelphia National league team.
1938 -- 75 years ago: The State Bank of Rock Island has doubled its capital structure,raising it to $1 million, according to Lewis B. Wilson, president of the bank.
1963 -- 50 years ago: The American Wind Symphony Orchestra will present two concertsin the Quad-Cities on Aug. 6, performing from its specially equipped stage-barge. Thebarge, which is traveling the Mississippi River route, will be moored just off the shore forthe concerts.
1988 -- 25 years ago: Fines for overdue items at the Rock Island Public Library are beingincreased to 10 cents per day per item effective July 1. Fines will not be prorated onbooks returned after that date.




(More History)