All Obituaries

Donna Harrell, 78, of Moline, passed away Friday, April 19, 2019 at Clarissa Cook Hospice House, Bettendorf. Services are 12:00pm, Saturday, April 27, 2019 at Wheelan Pressly Funeral Home and Crematory, Milan. Visitation will be from 10:00am to service time at the funeral home. Memorials may be left for the Riverbend Food Bank or Jefferson Elementary School for playground equipment. Private burial will be in Biggsville Cemetery.

Gary R. Finch, Sr., of Preemption, Ill., passed away Tuesday April 16, 2019 at Clarissa C. Cook Hospice House, Bettendorf, Iowa. A memorial visitation and celebration of Gary’s life will be 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Monday April 22, at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home and Crematory, 201 E. 4th Ave., Milan, Ill. Memorials may be made to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital (as he believed no child should go through cancer) or to the family. Gary was born in Macomb, Ill., on January 4,...

Retired Rock Island Fire Department Chief Glen W. Ayers, 88, passed away on April 16 in Rock Island, Illinois.  A visitation will be from 9-11 am Saturday, April 20, 2019 at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home and Crematory, Rock Island.  A graveside service will be in Chippiannock Cemetery, Rock Island, immediately following visitation.  Memorials may be made in care of Chippiannock Cemetery Heritage Foundation, Rock Island. Glen hired onto the Rock Island Fire Department in 1955....

George Kovacs, 91, passed away with his family by his side in Rock Island, IL on April 16, 2019.  George was born in Novisad, Serbia (formerly Yugoslavia) to Alexander and Clara (Biro) Kovacs on July 29, 1927.  George spent his early childhood in Novisad and Budapest, Hungary; was educated in Milan, Italy; and graduated at the age of 16 from Oakville High School, in Oakville, Ontario, Canada. While in high school, he ran the family farm in Oakville where he and his parents lived as...

 Ronald K. Ernat, 85, of Rock Island, passed away Monday April 15, 2019 at UnityPoint-Trinity, Rock Island.  Services will be 9:00 a.m. Saturday, April 20, at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home and Crematory, 201 E. 4th Ave., Milan. Burial will be at Calvary Cemetery, Rock Island. Visitation will be 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Friday at the funeral home, with recitation of the Rosary at 6:30 p.m. Friday. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Quad City Animal Welfare Center,...

Mrs. Roberta Jordan was born May 22, 1924 in McCool, Mississippi. She was the daughter of George and Katie Potts Hughes.  Services for Mrs. Jordan will be 11 am, Thursday at Second Baptist Church, Rock Island. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church. Burial will be in Chippiannock Cemetery, Rock Island. Memorials may be made to Second Baptist Church. Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home and Crematory, Rock Island is assisting the family. She received her primary and...

Terrance L. “Terry” Brooks, 64, of Moline, formerly of Rock Island, died Saturday, April 13, 2019 at his home. A Memorial Service will be held at Noon on Wednesday, April 24th, at the Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home and Crematory, 3030 7th Ave., Rock Island. Entombment will be in the Memorial Park Mausoleum, Rock Island. Visitation is 11 am until service time Wednesday, April 24th at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to the Multiple Sclerosis Society. Terry was born June 4,...

Ila A. Stephenson, 92, formerly of Milan, died Friday, April 12, 2019 at Cumberland Trace, Plainfield, Ind. Funeral services are 10:30 am Wednesday at the Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home and Crematory, 201 E. 4th Ave., Milan.  Burial is at the National Cemetery, Arsenal Island.  Visitation is 4 to 7 pm Tuesday at the funeral home.  In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society or to the Alzheimer’s Association. Ila A. Harris was born Apr. 17,...

Kenneth D. Baker, 87, of Milan, died Thursday, April 11, 2019 at his home.  Cremation rites accorded.  A memorial service will be 1:30 pm Tuesday, April 16, 2019 at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home and Crematory, Milan.  Visitation will be from 12:30 pm until service time Tuesday at the funeral home.  Inurnment will be at Memorial Park Cemetery, Rock Island.  Memorials in care of the Alzheimer’s Association. Kenneth was born on May 17, 1931 in Greencastle, Mo., a...

Rommel VanHook, 55, of Coyne Center, passed away Thursday April 11, 2019 at UPH Trinity, Bettendorf, IA. Funeral services will be 11am Tuesday at Preemption United Methodist Church, 2652 170th Avenue, Preemption. Visitation will be from 5:00-7:00pm Monday at Wheelan Pressly Funeral Home and Crematory, Milan. Burial will be in Preemption Cemetery. Memorials may be left to the family. Rommel was born on November 4, 1963 in Osage, IA, the son of Larry and Shirley (Stineman) VanHook. He...