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Wendolyn "Wendy" Bragg

Wendolyn "Wendy" Bragg

Aug 19, 2026

Wendolyn L. “Wedny” Bragg, 57, of Rock Island, passed away Wednesday August 19, 2026 at Silvis Center Nursing, Rehab and Care.

A memorial service will be held 12:00pm Saturday August 29, 2026 at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home and Crematory, Rock Island.

Wendy was born on April 1, 1969 in Rockford, the daughter of Ezekiel and Elizabeth Bragg. She graduated from Rock Island High...

Stacey Marie Eiler

Stacey Marie Eiler

Aug 19, 2026

Stacey Marie Eiler, 54, of East Moline, Illinois, passed away Wednesday, August 19, 2026, at MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center.

A Celebration of Life Gathering will be held from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, September 5, 2026, at Bethel Wesley United Methodist Church, 1201 13th Street, Moline, Illinois. Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home and Crematory, Rock Island, Illinois is assisting the family...

Helen Carruthers

Helen Carruthers

Aug 18, 2026

Helen Carruthers (Hudson), 92, of Rock Island, passed away Tuesday, August 18, 2026.

Funeral services will be held at 12:00 p.m. on Friday, August 28, 2026, at Christ Apostolic Church in Davenport, Iowa. Visitation will be held from 11:00 a.m. until the time of the service at the church. Burial will be at Chippiannock Cemetery in Rock Island.

Helen was born on...

Carol Frana

Carol Frana

Aug 17, 2026

Carol S. Frana, a beloved mother, grandmother, and friend, passed away suddenly on Monday, August 17, 2026, at the age of 76, at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City, Iowa.

A visitation honoring Carol's life will be held on Thursday, August 27, 2026, from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home and Crematory in Milan. Those...

Debra K. "Debbie" Drish

Debra K. "Debbie" Drish

Aug 17, 2026

Debra K. “Debbie” Drish, 75, of Milan, Illinois, passed away on Monday, August 17, 2026, at 4:44 p.m. at her home.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, August 25, 2026, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Rock Island, Illinois. Visitation will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. Monday, August 24, 2026, at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home...

Roy "LeRoy" Burrell

Roy "LeRoy" Burrell

Aug 16, 2026

Roy “LeRoy” Burrell, 79, of Moline, passed away peacefully Sunday, August 16, 2026, at his home.

Visitation will be from 9:00 to 11:00am, Monday August 24, 2026 at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home and Crematory, Rock Island. Funeral services will follow at 11:00am. Burial will be in Rock Island National Cemetery, with military honors by the East Moline American Legion Post 227. 

LeRoy was...

Robert "Bobby" Bausal

Robert "Bobby" Bausal

Aug 16, 2026

Robert L. “Bobby” Bausal, 78, of Rock Island, passed away Sunday August 16, 2026 at Celebrate Senior Living of Moline.

Funeral services will be 10:00am Saturday September 5, 2026 at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home and Crematory, Rock Island and will be livestreamed at www.wheelanpressly.com/rock-island. Visitation will be from 9:00 am to service time. Burial will be in Chippiannock Cemetery.

Melvin Kovitz

Melvin Kovitz

Aug 16, 2026

Melvin Kovitz, 92, of Bradenton, Florida, passed away Sunday, August 16, 2026, in Bradenton.

Graveside services will be held at 11:30 a.m., Sunday, August 23, 2026, at the Hebrew Cemetery, 2715 30th Street, Rock Island, IL 61201.

Melvin was born December 4, 1933, in Davenport, Iowa, the son of Albert and Jewel (Tinsky) Kovitz. He married Maxine Ida Cohn on January 8,...

Jay L. Westmorland

Jay L. Westmorland

Aug 16, 2026

Jay L. Westmorland, 64, Rock Island, IL passed away on Sunday, August 16, 2026 at his home. There will be a visitation from 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM with a memorial service following at 1:00 PM on Thursday, August 20, 2026 at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home and Crematory, Rock Island. Inurnment with military honors at Rock Island National Cemetery. Memorials may...

Linda Sue Goff

Linda Sue Goff

Aug 15, 2026

Linda Sue Goff, 75, of Taylor Ridge, Illinois passed away peacefully August 15, 2026, surrounded by her loving family at her side, after a year-long battle with cancer. Private burial will be at the National Cemetery on Arsenal Island.

Born on July 11, 1951, in Wilmington, Delaware to Irene Mae Behnke (Piester) and Charles Allen Behnke, Sr. She married John W....

Mary F. Granados

Mary F. Granados

Aug 15, 2026

Mary F. Granados, 84, of Milan, passed away Saturday August 15, 2026 at Allure of the Quad Cities, Moline.Visitation will be from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m., Thursday August 20, 2026 at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home and Crematory, Milan, with a rosary recited at 3:30 p.m. A Funeral Mass will be at 10:00 a.m., Friday August 21, 2026 in St. Teresa of...

Wilbur M. Veroeven

Wilbur M. Veroeven

Aug 13, 2026

Wilbur M. Veroeven, 93, of Rock Island, IL, passed away Thursday, August 13, 2026, at Lake Barrington Woods Senior Living in Lake Barrington, IL.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be 11:00 a.m. Friday, August 21, 2026, at St Pius X Catholic Church, Rock Island, IL. Visitation will be held one hour prior from 10:00 am to 11:00 am at the...

Walter David Braud

Walter David Braud

Aug 13, 2026

Walter D. Braud, a longtime Rock Island attorney, judge, author and community leader, died on August 13, 2026. He was 86 years old.

Walter spent nearly five decades in the law, building a career that included a number of historic firsts in the Quad Cities and throughout western Illinois. He became the first Black prosecutor in Rock Island and later practiced...

Brittany Huffman

Brittany Huffman

Aug 10, 2026

Brittany N. Huffman, 39, of Moline, IL, passed away Monday, August 10, 2026 at her home.

Memorial visitation will be on Sunday, August 16, 2026, from 12:00 - 2:00 p.m. at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home and Crematory, 3030 7th Ave Rock Island, IL. Memorials can be made in care of the family for her daughter’s education.



Brittany was born January 17, 1987 in...

Wayne Granneman

Wayne Granneman

Aug 10, 2026

Wayne Granneman, 86, of Davenport, passed away Monday August 10, 2026 at the Davenport Lutheran Home, Davenport, Iowa.

Visitation will be held on Sunday August 23, 2026 at St. Paul Lutheran Church from 2:00 to 4:00p.m. A memorial service will be held at 10:00a.m., Monday August 24, 2026 at church. His ashes will be laid to rest in St. Paul’s Memorial...

Louanne "Lou" Chambers

Louanne "Lou" Chambers

Aug 10, 2026

I would like to tell you a story about my wife, Louanne Chambers.

Lou was born August 3rd, 1938 and died August 10th, 2026. Her mom and dad were named Doris and Kenneth "Shorty" Richards. She had a brother Bob; eight years younger. Lou grew up in Hudson, Iowa. She learned horseback riding as a teenager and competed in barrel racing...

Florence White

Florence White

Aug 9, 2026

Florence I. White, 88, of Moline, passed away Sunday, August 9, 2026 at UP Trinity, Rock Island.

Visitation will be 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Thursday, August 13, 2026 at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home, 201 East 4th Avenue, Milan. Burial will be at Rock Island Memorial Park Cemetery. Memorials can be made to her family.

Florence was born December 29, 1937 in Avon,...

Heather Lee Davis

Heather Lee Davis

Aug 8, 2026

Heather Lee Davis, 47, of Milan, Illinois, passed away Saturday, August 8, 2026, at UnityPoint Health-Trinity, Rock Island, Illinois.

A Celebration of Life Gathering will be held at the Milan American Legion on Saturday, October 3, 2026, from 2 to 5 p.m. Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home and Crematory, Milan, is assisting the family with arrangements.

Heather was born on January 18, 1979, in...

Shirley R Chandler

Shirley R Chandler

Aug 6, 2026

Shirley Ruth Chandler, born, Shirley Ruth Hobbs, on April 7, 1941, in Nortonville, Kentucky, passed away peacefully at the age of 85 in Rock Island, Illinois, surrounded by her loving family after a long battle with dementia. 

Shirley and her husband, Dene, spent much of their lives together owning and operating a hardware store in New Palestine, Indiana. Their store was...

Timothy Ayers

Timothy Ayers

Aug 6, 2026

Timothy Allen Ayers, 67, Sherrard, IL passed away on Thursday, August 6, 2026 at UnityPoint-Trinity Hospital in Rock Island. There will be a visitation from 4-7:00 PM on Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home and Crematory, Milan. The funeral service will be at 10:00 AM on Wednesday, August 12, 2026 at the funeral home. Burial at Rock Island...

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