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Barbara Jean (Watkins)  Salanoa

Barbara Jean (Watkins) Salanoa

Dec 30, 2019

Barbara Jean Salanoa 55, of El Paso TX, passed away on December 30, 2019 at her home due to long term illness.

Services will be held at 1:00 pm on Friday, January 17, 2020 at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home and Crematory, 201 E. 4th Ave., Milan. (309) 756-5513.  Visitation will be held one hour prior to service.  Final...

Billy D. Yeager

Billy D. Yeager

Dec 30, 2019

Billy D. Yeager, 87, of Moline, passed away Monday, December 30, 2019 at Rosewood Care Center of Moline.  Private family services will be held.  A public Celebration of Life and inurnment with military honors will be in Rock Island National Cemetery, Arsenal Island at a later date.  Memorials may be made to the Diabetes Association.  Wheelan Pressly Funeral Home...

Miriam L. Heilwagner

Miriam L. Heilwagner

Dec 30, 2019

Miriam L. Heilwagner, 95, of Milan, passed away on Monday, December 30, 2019 at her home. Services for Miriam will be 10 am, Monday at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home and Crematory, Milan. Visitation will be Sunday from 1 pm to 4 pm at the funeral home. Burial will be in the Rock Island National Cemetery, Arsenal Island. In lieu of...

Donna L. (Mitchell)  Parr

Donna L. (Mitchell) Parr

Dec 28, 2019

Donna L. Parr, 87, of Southwest Rock Island, died Saturday, December 28, 2019 at Avonlea Cottages in Milan, IL. Cremation rites were accorded.  There will be no visitation.  Friends and family are invited to attend a memorial mass that will be held Friday Jan 3, 2020 at 10:30 AM at St. Ambrose Catholic Church in Milan, IL. Inurnment will...

Allen J. Neumann

Allen J. Neumann

Dec 27, 2019

Allen J. Neumann, 76, of Milan, passed away Friday, December 27, 2019 at his residence.

Funeral service will be held at 11:00 am on Tuesday, December 31, 2019 at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home and Crematory, 201 E. 4th Ave., Milan.  Visitation will be held one hour prior to service at the funeral home.  Burial will be at Chapel...

Steve D. Cottrell

Steve D. Cottrell

Dec 26, 2019

AUBURN, Calif. — Steve D. Cottrell, 75, of Auburn, Calif., passed away Dec. 26, 2019, at Auburn Oaks under the care of Sutter Hospice. A Celebration of Life Gathering will be held on Saturday, September 5, 2020 from 4:00 pm to 5:30 pm, at the Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home and Crematory, Milan. In lieu of flowers memorials may be made...

William T. Green

William T. Green

Dec 26, 2019

Colonel William T. Green (Retired), 87, of Rock Island, passed away Thursday, December 26, 2019, at Trinity Hospital in Rock Island.

A memorial service will be held at 10am on Friday, January 10, 2020 at Wheelan Pressly Funeral Home and Crematory, Rock Island. Visitation will be from 4-7pm on Thursday, January 9, 2020 at the funeral home....

Joan E. (Strom)  Fluegel

Joan E. (Strom) Fluegel

Dec 25, 2019

Joan E. Fluegel, 87, of Rock Island, died Wednesday, December 25, 2019 at Silver Cross Pavilion at Friendship Manor, Rock Island.  A funeral mass will be 11 am Monday, December 30, 2019 at St. Mary's Catholic Church, 2208 4th Avenue, Rock Island.  Visitation will be an hour prior to service time at church.  Burial will be at Calvary Cemetery,...

Subrena S. Smith-Hunter

Subrena S. Smith-Hunter

Dec 24, 2019

Subrena S. Smith-Hunter, 54, of Alpha, passed away on Tuesday, December 24, 2019 at OSF St. Mary Medical Center, Galesburg. Celebration of Life services for Subrena will be on  October 11, 2020 at 1 PM at the Crescent Lake Club Pavilion, Alpha, ILL. Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home and Crematory, Milan is assisting the family. Memorials may be made to the...

Myrtle Christine (Wells)  Pearson

Myrtle Christine (Wells) Pearson

Dec 24, 2019

Myrtle Christine Pearson, 75, of Rock Island, passed away Tuesday, December 24, 2019 at UPH-Trinity, Rock Island.

Funeral service will be held at 10:30 am on Saturday, January 4, 2020 at Greater Antioch Missionary Baptist Church, Rock Island.  Visitation will be held one hour prior to service.  Burial will be at Riverside Cemetery, Moline.  Memorials may be...

Pamela S. (Frankville)  Yakovich

Pamela S. (Frankville) Yakovich

Dec 24, 2019

Pamela S. Yakovich, 59, of Rock Island, passed away Tuesday, December 24, 2019 at UPH-Trinity, Rock Island.

A Celebration of Life Gathering will be held from 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm on Sunday, January 5, 2019 at Ducky's Lagoon, Andalusia.  A more intimate memorial service will be held at 11:00 am on Tuesday, January 7, 2019 at...

Gary Allen Phelps

Gary Allen Phelps

Dec 24, 2019

Gary A. Phelps, 79, of Rock Island, died Tuesday, December 24, 2019 at his home.  Services will be 11 am Tuesday, December 31, 2019 at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home and Crematory, 3030 7th Ave., Rock Island.  Visitation will be from 10-11 Tuesday at the funeral home.  Burial will be at Greenview Memorial Gardens, East Moline.  Memorials may be made in...

Willie Bragg, Jr.

Willie Bragg, Jr.

Dec 23, 2019

Willie "Hollywood" Bragg Jr. 58, of Rock Island passed away on December 23, 2019 at UnityPoint Health – Trinity, Rock Island.  Funeral services will be 1 pm Wednesday, January 8, 2020 at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home and Crematory, Rock Island.  Visitation will be an hour prior to service time.  Cremation rites to follow services.  Memorials in care of the family....

Larry W. Phillips

Larry W. Phillips

Dec 23, 2019

Larry W. Phillips, 71, of Rock Island, passed away Monday, December 23, 2019 at his home.  Funeral services will be held 11 a.m. Monday, December 30, 2019 at Wheelan Pressly Funeral Home and Crematory, 3030 7 th Ave., Rock Island.  Visitation will be one hour prior to services at the funeral home.  Burial with military honors will be in...

Carolyn H. (Hill)  Wales

Carolyn H. (Hill) Wales

Dec 23, 2019

Carolyn H. Wales, 94, of Bettendorf, passed away Monday, December 23, 2019 at Clarissa C. Cook Hospice House, Bettendorf.

Private entombment will take place at Rosehill Cemetery, Chicago.

Carolyn was born on January 26, 1925 in Rock Island, the daughter of Herman and Beatrice (Gould) Hill.  She married Martin M. Wales.  Carolyn was an interior...

John S. Leithner

John S. Leithner

Dec 22, 2019

John S. Leithner, 72, of Rock Island, passed away on Sunday, December 22, 2019 at Genesis Medical Center, Davenport.

Funeral services will be 11:00am Friday, at Wheelan Pressly Funeral

Home and Crematory, Rock Island. Visitation will be from 4:00 – 7:00pm Thursday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Rock Island National Cemetery, with...

Willie Mays Johnston

Willie Mays Johnston

Dec 21, 2019

Willie M. Johnston, 67, of Rock Island, passed away Saturday, December 21, 2019 at Clarissa C. Cook Hospice House, Bettendorf.  Funeral services for Willie will be 11 a.m. Friday, January 3, 2020 at Wheelan Pressly Funeral Home and Crematory, 3030 7 th Ave., Rock Island.  Visitation will be one hour prior to services at the funeral home.  Burial with...

Donald L. Gordon

Donald L. Gordon

Dec 19, 2019

Donald L. Gordon Jr., 76, of Rock Island, passed away Thursday December 19, 2019 at the University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics, Iowa City.

Per his wishes there will be no services at this time. A Celebration of Life Gathering will be held 11:00am on Saturday, January 11, 2020 at First Evangelical Free Church, Moline.

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Janet L. Lincoln

Janet L. Lincoln

Dec 18, 2019

Janet L. Lincoln, 89, of Moline, passed away on Wednesday, December 18, 2019 at UnityPoint Health-Trinity, Rock Island. Visitation will be Sunday from 2 pm to 4 pm at the Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home and Crematory, Rock Island, where a rosary will be recited at 1:30 pm. Interment services will be 1:30 pm, Monday at Calvary Mausoleum, Rock Island. Those...

Dennis A. Lambert

Dennis A. Lambert

Dec 17, 2019

Dennis A. Lambert Jr., 64, of Bettendorf, passed away Tuesday December 17, 2019 at UPH Trinity, Bettendorf.

Funeral services will be 11:00am Monday at Wheelan Pressly Funeral Home and Crematory, Rock Island. Visitation will be Sunday from 2:00 to 5:00pm at the funeral home. Burial will be in Rock Island National Cemetery, with Military Honors by the...

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