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| Richard "Dick" Beane | |
| January 31, 1926 - June 20, 2010 | |
| Rock Island, Illinois
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| Visitation: 3:00 to 7:00 p.m. Wednesday June 23, 2010 at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home, 3030 7th Ave., Rock Island, Ill. | |
| Funeral Service: 10:00 a.m. Thursday June 24, 2010 at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home, Rock Island, Ill. | |
| Interment: Thursday June 24, 2010 at Memorial Park Cemetery, Rock Island, Ill. | |
| Richard “Dick” Beane, 84, of Rock Island and Seminole, FL, died Sunday, June 20, 2010 at Trinity Pathway Hospice, Bettendorf.
Funeral services are 10:00 a.m. on Thursday at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home, 3030 7th Ave., Rock Island. Burial is at Memorial Park Cemetery, Rock Island, where military honors will be presented by Moline American Legion Post 246. Visitation is 3 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to Memorial Christian Church, Moline or to the Rock Island V.F.W. Post 1303.
Dick was born on January 31, 1926 in Webbs Cross Roads, Ky., a son of Dewey and Agnes Benedict Beane. He attended schools in Cincinnati, Ohio and moved to Rock Island in 1940, graduating from Rock Island High School in 1944. Dick served in WW II with the U.S. Army 86th Inf. Div. from 1944 – 1947. He attended Purdue University following his return from the War.
In early years he was employed by the Iowa/Ill Bus Line and Swift and Co. Dick joined the Rock Island Fire Department in 1956 and served for 28 years. He was Assistant Fire Chief at the time of his retirement in 1984.
He married Loretta “Lou” Reddick on April 27, 1956 in Rock Island. She died on December 7, 2002. Dick married Peggy Keller on October 28, 2007 in Rock Island.
He was a member of Memorial Christian Church, Moline, the Rock Island Retired Firefighters Association, Trio Lodge 57 A.F. & A.M., Rock Island and the Moline American Legion Post 246. Dick was also a member of the Seminole, Florida Elks Lodge, Rock Island Moose Lodge 190, Rock Island Eagles Airee 956 and the Friends Circle Club, Moline.
Survivors include his wife, Peggy; stepdaughters, Shana (Kurt) Schindler, Davenport, Wendy (Jeff) Renner, Cuba, MO; adopted daughter, Pam (Dick) Yakovich, Rock Island; six step-grandchildren; sister, Joann (Donald) Young, Rock Island; sisters-in-law, Barbara Lamson, Corpus Christi, Tx., Kay (Ed) Keller, Largo, Fl.; brother-in-law, Marvin (Susan) Keller, Illinois City; and many nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents; first wife, Loretta; brother, Harold; and sister, Evelyn.
The family wishes to extend their thanks to Trinity Rock Island 4 North and Trinity Pathway Hospice, Bettendorf for the compassion and loving care shown Dick during his illness.
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