Rose M. Polito, 97, of Rock Island, died Thursday December 24, 2015 at Silver Cross Nursing Center, Rock Island.
Funeral services will be 10am Tuesday at St. Mary's Catholic Church, Rock Island. Visitation will be one hour prior to services at the church. Burial will follow in National Cemetery, Rock Island. Memorials may be made in care of Unity Point Hospice or Friendship Manor. Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home and Crematory, Rock Island are in charge of arrangements.
Rose was born on September 1, 1918 in Davenport, the daughter of Matthew and Anna Cerjan. She married Leo P. Polito on June 7, 1941 at St. Alphonsus Catholic Church, Davenport. He preceded her in death on October 3, 2014.
She was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church, Rock Island and the St. Mary's Altar and Rosary Society. She enjoyed spending time with her family, puzzles, reading and in her younger years rollie-bollie.
Those left to cherish her memory include her daughter, Carol(Ron) Cobert, E. Moline; granddaughters, Cynthia(Doug) DuBree, Moline, Pamela(Gardner) Steele, North Carolina; great grandchildren, Kayli Tubbs, Anna Kohrs, Taylor Steele, Jessee Steele; 2 great-great granddaughters; sisters, Barbara Thiesen, Davenport and Anne Meyers, LaCrosse, WI.
She was preceded in death by her parents; brother, Tony Cerjan and sister, Helen Worsley.