Gertrude E. Carey, 85, of Milan, passed away Saturday, November 9, 2019 at Clarissa C. Cook Hospice House, Bettendorf. A memorial visitation for Gertrude will be held on Wednesday, November 13, 2019 from 4 to 6 p.m. at Wheelan Pressly Funeral Home and Crematory, 201 4 ^th Ave., E., Milan.  Private inurnment will be in Chapel Grove Cemetery.  Memorials may be made to Clarissa C. Cook Hospice House or to UnityPoint Hospice.

Gertrude was born March 25, 1934 in Coal Valley, a daughter of Guy and Bertha (Hollowell) Albertson.  She attended Reynolds High School and she married Roscoe E. "Gene" Carey on April 22, 1951 in Piggott, Arkansas.  Gertrude was a loving homemaker for her husband and children.  She was a talented quilter and seamstress who also loved word searches and reading.  Gertrude cherished all of the time spent with her family.

Left to cherish her memory are her children, Ron (Wendy) Carey, DeSoto, IL, Sheila (Jerry) Nesbitt, Steve (Peggy) Carey and Jackie (Mark) Hendershot, all of Rock Island and Bob (Randy) Carey – Walden, Springfield, IL; daughter in law, Mary Carey, Rock Island; 12 grandchildren, 19 great grandchildren; 2 great great grandchildren and 1 "on the way," siblings, Leland Albertson, Hazel Holloway, Norma Wangelin, Harold Albertson, Harland Albertson, Margie Souza and many extended family members and friends.

She was preceded in death by her husband, a son, Rodney Carey, and siblings, Glen Albertson, Helen Brown, Lloyd Albertson and Doris Mader.