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Patricia A. Sykes
Feb 24, 2020
Patricia A. Sykes, 64, of Rock Island, passed away on Monday, February 24, 2020 at UnityPoint Health-Trinity, Rock Island. Memorial services for Patricia will be 1 pm, Saturday February 29th, 2020 at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home and Crematory, Rock Island. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to the family....
Alice Roberta (Burkhart) Mockmore
Feb 24, 2020
Alice Roberta Mockmore, 92, of Moline, passed away Monday, February 24, 2020 at Aspen Rehab and Health Care, Silvis. Services will be 9:30 am Saturday, February 29, 2020 at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home and Crematory, 3030 7th Avenue, Rock Island. Visitation will be from 4-6 pm Friday, February 28, 2020 at the funeral home. Burial will be at Chippiannock Cemetery,...
Darlene May (Conser) Demott-Rutter
Feb 23, 2020
Darlene May DeMott-Rutter, of Rock Island, left this world on the same day she came into it 88 years ago, February 23, 2020 at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City. Funeral services will be 10 am Friday, February 28, 2020 at South Park Presbyterian Church, Rock Island. Visitation will be from 4-6 pm Thursday, February 27,...
Betty Jean (Beck) Downing
Feb 22, 2020
Betty "Jean" Downing, 90, of Rock Island, died Saturday, February 22, 2020 at UnityPoint Health – Trinity, Rock Island. Funeral services will be 10 am Thursday, February 27, 2020 at St. John's Lutheran Church, Rock Island. Visitation will be from 5-7 pm Wednesday at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home and Crematory, 3030 7th Avenue, Rock Island. Burial will be at Memorial...
Timothy L. "Tim" Boersen
Feb 21, 2020
Timothy L. "Tim" Boersen, 53, of Sherrard, passed away Friday, February 21, 2020 at his home. A Celebration of Life Gathering will be held from 1 to 3 p.m. on Saturday, February 29, 2020 at Wheelan Pressly Funeral Home and Crematory, 201 4 th Ave. E, Milan. Private inurnment will be at a later date. Memorials may be made...
Lawrence E. Gulley
Feb 21, 2020
Lawrence E. Gulley, 83, of Rock Island, passed away Friday, February 21, 2020 at his residence.
A Memorial Service will be held at 10:00 am on Thursday, February 27, 2020 at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home and Crematory, 3030 7th Ave., Rock Island. A visitation will be held one hour prior to service. Burial with military rites will be...
Susan M. Beswick
Feb 21, 2020
Susan Marie Beswick, 63, passed away peacefully, with her family at her side, at her home in Rock Island on February 21, after an 18-month battle with cancer.
Private services will be held at Two Rivers United Methodist Church in Rock Island. A celebration of life gathering will be held at the Quad City Botanical Center on...
Virginia C. (Patrick) Caudill
Feb 20, 2020
Virginia C. Caudill, 80, of Rock Island, passed away February 20, 2020 at Silver Cross Nursing Center, Rock Island.
Funeral service will be held at 1:00 pm on Monday, February 24, 2020 at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home and Crematory, 3030 7th Ave., Rock Island. Visitation will be held from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm on Sunday, February 23,...
Albert Ochinero
Feb 19, 2020
Albert Ochinero, 49, of Moline, passed away Wednesday February 19, 2020 at his home.
Arrangements are pending at Wheelan Pressly Funeral Home and Crematory, Rock Island.
Cora B. (Edgerson) Ballard
Feb 18, 2020
Cora B. Ballard, 84, of Rock Island, passed away Tuesday, February 18, 2020 at St. Anthony's Continuing Care, Rock Island.
Funeral service will be held at 11:00 am on Thursday, February 27, 2020 at Second Baptist Church, Rock Island. Visitation will be held one hour prior to service at the church. Burial will be at Chippiannock Cemetery,...
Leah C. (Monson) Danielson
Feb 18, 2020
Leah C. Danielson, 93, of Rock Island, formerly of Buffalo Prairie, passed away Tuesday February 18, 2020 at Genesis-Illini Campus, Silvis.
Memorial visitation will be 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Sunday, February 23, at The Knox Chapel of Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home and Crematory, 2106 7th Ave., Rock Island. Memorial services will be 11:00 a.m. Monday, February 24,...
Elizabeth Battie
Feb 17, 2020
Elizabeth "Liz" Battie , 89, of Rock Island, passed away Monday February 17, 2020 at home.
Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m. Friday, February 28, at The Knox Chapel of Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home and Crematory, 2106 7th Ave., Rock Island, IL, with visitation from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. prior to the funeral service.
Elizabeth...
Jeremy W. Witte
Feb 17, 2020
Jeremy W. Witte, 38, of Milan, died Monday, February 17, 2020 at UnityPoint Health – Trinity, Rock Island. Services will be 4 pm Friday, February 21, 2020 at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home and Crematory, 201 E. 4th Avenue, Milan. Visitation will be from 1-4 pm Friday at the funeral home. Cremation rites will follow services. Memorials may be made in...
Esther F. Morford
Feb 16, 2020
Esther F. Morford, 95, of Taylor Ridge, passed away on Sunday, February 16, 2020 at Avonlea Cottages, Milan. Services for Mrs. Morford will be 10 am, Thursday at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home & Crematory, Milan. Visitation will be Wednesday from 5 pm to 7 pm at the funeral home. Burial will be in the Aledo Cemetery. Memorials may be made...
Ruth A. Grimes
Feb 14, 2020
Ruth A. Grimes, 89, died Friday, Feb. 14, 2020, at Friendship Manor Assisted Living Center, Rock Island. A celebration-of-life visitation will be Tuesday, February 25, 2020 from 4 pm to 7 pm, at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home, Rock Island. A memorial service will be held at 9 am, Wednesday, February 26, 2020 at Salem Lutheran Church, Moline. Inurnment will be...
Laurel James Venable
Feb 14, 2020
Laurel James Venable, 83, of Bettendorf, passed away Friday February 14, 2020 at Clarissa Cook Hospice House, Bettendorf.
A memorial visitation will be held from 12:00pm to 1:00pm Saturday February 22, 2020 at Wheelan Pressly Funeral Home and Crematory, Milan, followed by A Celebration of Life service at 1:00pm. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be left...
Richard L. "Dick" Shay
Feb 14, 2020
Richard L. "Dick" Shay, 95, of Rock Island, passed away Friday, February 14, 2020 at Silver Cross – Friendship Manor, Rock Island. Funeral services will be 1 p.m. Wednesday at Wheelan Pressly Funeral Home and Crematory, Rock Island. Visitation will be one hour prior to services at the funeral home. Burial will be in Rock Island National Cemetery. In...
John B. Rudisill Iii
Feb 13, 2020
John B. Rudisill III, 74, of Rock Island, passed away Thursday, February 13, 2020 at Clarissa C. Cook Hospice House, Bettendorf.
John was born July 14, 1945 in Ottawa, KS to John B. Rudisill Jr. and Virginia (Schroeder) Rudisill. He grew up on a small farm in northwest Missouri learning the virtues of an honest day's work...
Charles L. Mosley Sr.
Feb 12, 2020
Charles L. Mosley Sr., 80, of East Moline, formerly of Illinois City, passed away Wednesday February 12, 2020 at Aledo Rehabilitation and Rehab.
Funeral services will be 12:00pm Saturday at Andalusia Community Baptist Church. Visitation will be from 10:00am to service time at church. Burial will follow in Illinois City Cemetery. Memorials may be left to church....
Rosalie Barker
Feb 11, 2020
Rosalie Barker, 89, of Rock Island, passed away on Tuesday, February 11, 2020 at the home of her daughter in Milan. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10 am, Tuesday at St. Ambrose Catholic Church, Milan. Visitation will be Monday from 4 pm to 7 pm, at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home and Crematory, Milan, where a rosary...
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