All Obituaries

Evelyn Mildred McGinnis, 96, of Illinois City, passed away Thursday December 6, 2018 at Genesis Senior Living, Aledo. Funeral services will be 12:00pm Monday at Wheelan Pressly Funeral Home and Crematory, Reynolds. Visitation will be 10:00am to service time. Burial will be in Illinois City Cemetery. Memorials may be left to the Illinois City United Methodist Church. Evelyn was born on June 29, 1922 in Monmouth, IL, the daughter of Louis Bert and Willie Blanche (Tapscott) Davis. Evelyn was...

Arlene J. Bolis, 95, of Milan, passed away on Thursday, December 6, 2018 at Avonlea Cottage, Milan. Services for Arlene will be 10 am, Wednesday at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home and Crematory, Milan. Visitation will be Tuesday from 4 pm to 7 pm at the funeral home. Burial will be in the Rock Island Memorial Park Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the Quad City Animal Welfare Center, Milan. Arlene was the daughter of Guy and Violet Eckhart, born May 17, 1923 in a farmhouse in rural Milan....

Kathryn S. Nitz, 62, of Milan, passed away Wednesday, December 6, 2018 at UnityPoint Health, Trinity, Rock Island.  A Celebration of Kathie’s life will be held from 11:30 to 3 p.m. on Sunday, December 16, 2018 at the Milan American Legion.  Memorials may be made to the QC Animal Welfare Center, Milan.  Wheelan Pressly Funeral Home and Crematory, Milan is assisting the family Kathryn was born June 28, 1956 in Rock Island, a daughter of Lyle and Nellie (Johnson)...

Demetrius DeLane Washington-Adams, 32, of Lexington, Ken., passed away December 4, 2018 at St. Joseph Hospital, Lexington. A memorial visitation and celebration of Demetrius' life will be 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. Saturday, December 15, at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home and Crematory, 3030 7th Avenue, Rock Island, followed by a memorial service to begin at 2:00 pm Saturday at the funeral home. Demetrius was born October 30, 1986 in Rock Island, Ill., a son of George D. Adams...

Donna M. Taylor, 80, of Illinois City, passed away Tuesday December 4, 2018 at her home. Funeral services will be 11:00am Saturday at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home and Crematory, Milan. Visitation will be from 10am to service time. Burial will follow in Greenview Memorial Gardens, East Moline. Memorials may be left to Alzheimer’s association or Quad City Animal Welfare Center, Milan. Donna was born on June 26, 1938 in Rock Island, the daughter of Robert and Dorothy (Gillette) Purvis....

Katrina M. E. Moore, 57, of Park Ridge, Ill., formerly of Rockford, Ill., passed away Friday, November 30, 2018 at Park Ridge Care Center, Park Ridge, Ill. Graveside services will be 11:30 a.m. Friday at Calvary Cemetery, Rock Island, Ill. Visitation will be 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Friday at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home and Crematory, 3030 7th Avenue, Rock Island. Memorials may be made to Barbara Olson Center of Hope, Rockford, Ill.. Katrina was born November 18, 1961 in Davenport, Iowa,...

Vendetta “Van” J. Strong, 84, of Milan, died Friday, November 30, 2018 at the Clarissa C. Cook Hospice House, Bettendorf.  Services will be 11 am Tuesday at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home and Crematory, Rock Island, with visitation an hour prior to service time.  Burial will be at Memorial Park Cemetery, Rock Island.  Memorials may be made in care of the family. Vendetta was born in Boissenan, Virginia on June 29, 1934, a daughter of Lacy B. and Henrietta Helms...

James S. Fanakos   Our beloved brother and uncle James S. Fanakos died November 30, 2018 at Good Samaritan Hospital.  He was born in Villa Grove, IL, January 10, 1932,  and was the son of Steve and Marie Fanakos.  While he was still in grade school, his entire family took a trip to Greece which lasted 8 years; they were caught in World War II and endured great hardship under the Fascists, Nazis, and Communists.    Upon surviving the War, James and his family...

Clarence C. Jones, 95, a resident of the Ohio Veterans Home, Georgetown, Ohio, formerly of Rock Island, Ill., died Thursday, Nov. 29, 2018 at The Jewish Hospital-Mercy Health, Cincinnati, Ohio. Funeral services are 11 am on Wednesday at the Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home and Crematory, 3030 7th Ave., Rock Island.  Burial is at the National Cemetery, Arsenal Island, where military honors will be presented Moline American Legion Post 246.  Visitation is 10 am until service time...

Lois A. Himes, formerly of Davenport and Ottumwa, passed away Wednesday November 28, 2018 at Marigold Health Center, Galesburg, Ill. Services will be 11:00 a.m. Tuesday at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home and Crematory, 201 E. 4th Ave., Milan, where visitation will be 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Tuesday. Burial will be at Davenport Memorial Park, Davenport, Iowa. Memorials may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association. Lois was born February 27, 1928 in Iowa, the daughter of Ellery and Hazel...