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Curtis T. Edgerson
Jul 17, 2019
Curtis T. Edgerson, 71, of Rock Island, died Wednesday, July 17, 2019 at his home surrounded by family. Services will be 11 am Friday at Second Baptist Church, Rock Island. Visitation will be from 4-7 pm Thursday at the Knox Chapel of Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home and Crematory, 2106 7th Ave., Rock Island. Burial will be at Rock Island National...
Thomas W. Grabow
Jul 15, 2019
Thomas W. Grabow , 62, of Rock Island passed away Monday, July 15, 2019 at home.
A Celebration of Thomas' Life will be rescheduled as soon as possible. In lieu of flowers and statuary, memorials may be made in care of Greenpeace, by phone or mail, at www.greenpeace.org/usa/. Wheelan Pressly Funeral Home and Crematory, Rock Island is...
Diane K. (Jespersen) Requet
Jul 15, 2019
Diane K. Requet, 69, of Taylor Ridge, passed away Monday July 15, 2019 at home, surrounded by her family.
Private services will be held at a later date. Memorials may be left to the family.
Diane was born on February 16, 1950 in St. Paul, MN, the daughter of John and Phyllis (Kautz) Jespersen. She...
Daryl E. Mueller
Jul 15, 2019
Daryl E. Mueller, 65, of Moline, formerly Taylor Ridge, passed away Monday, July 15, 2019 at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City. A Funeral Service for Mr. Mueller will be 10:00 a.m. Saturday at Zion Lutheran Church, Taylor Ridge. Visitation will be Friday evening from 4 to 7 p.m. at Wheelan Pressly Funeral Home and Crematory, 201...
Spencer Robert Taylor
Jul 14, 2019
Spencer Robert Taylor, 33 of Milan, died Sunday, July 14, 2019 at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City.
A memorial service will be held at 10 am on Friday, July 19th at the Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home and Crematory, 3030 7th Ave., Rock Island. Visitation will be 4 to 7 Thursday, July 18th at the...
Audrey Phillips
Jul 13, 2019
Audrey Phillips, 61, of East Moline, passed away on Saturday, July 13, 2019 Aperion Care, East Moline. Services for Audrey will be 10 am, Saturday at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home and Crematory, Rock Island. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service. Memorials may be made to the family. Audrey was born on January 9, 1958 in Tennessee, a...
Allan Friedman
Jul 13, 2019
Allan Friedman, 77, of Rock Island, passed away Saturday, July 13, 2019 at St. Anthony's Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Rock Island.
Graveside service will be held at 1:00 pm on Tuesday, July 16, 2019 at Hebrew Cemetery, Rock Island.
Allan was born on April 23, 1942 in Rock Island, the son of Isadore and Ethel...
Melda M. (Monnot) Blink
Jul 13, 2019
Melda M. Blink, 97, of Bettendorf, IA, died July, 13, 2019, at Bettendorf Healthcare Center, Bettendorf.
Services are 11:00 am on Wednesday, July 17, 2019 at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home and Crematory, 201 E. 4th Ave., Milan. Visitation will be one hour prior to service. Burial services will be at Roselawn Cemetery, Moline, IL. Memorials may be made...
Thomas D. Burkle
Jul 11, 2019
Thomas D. Burkle, 64, of Davenport, passed away Thursday, July 11, 2019 at UPH-Trinity Terrace Park, Bettendorf.
Funeral service will be held at 10:00 am on Friday, July 19, 2019 at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home and Crematory, 201 E. 4th Ave., Milan. Visitation will be from 5:00 pm to 7 pm on Thursday, July 18, 2019 at the...
Connie Sue (Crouch) Doyle
Jul 10, 2019
Connie Sue Doyle, 87, of Rock Island, died Wednesday, July 10, 2019 at her home surrounded by family. Services will be 10 am Monday at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home and Crematory, 201 E. 4th Ave., Milan. Visitation will be Sunday from 2-4 pm at the funeral home. Burial will be at Rock Island National Cemetery, Arsenal Island. Memorials may be...
Eddie Joe Brown
Jul 9, 2019
Eddie Joe Brown, of Seminole, Oklahoma formerly of Milan, Illinois, died Tuesday, July 9, 2019 at his residence in Seminole at the age of 61.
Inurnment, with military honors presented by Milan American Legion Post 569, will be 11:00 a.m. Friday, September 6, 2019 at Andalusia Cemetery, Andalusia, Ill.
Eddie Joe was son of the...
Joy Tunberg-Taylor
Jul 7, 2019
On July 7, 2019, a little bit of warmth and sunshine has left the planet with the passing of Joy Tunberg-Taylor. She was 88 years old.
Visitation will be on Sunday, July 14, 2019 from 2 pm to 4 pm at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home and Crematory, Rock Island. Funeral services will be 1 pm on Monday, July...
Maria D. (Solis) Johnson
Jul 6, 2019
Maria D. Johnson , 65, of Madison Heights, Mich., passed away Saturday July 6, 2019 at St. Joseph Mercy Oakland Hospital, Pontiac, Mich.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:00 a.m. Monday, July 15, at St. Pius X Catholic Church, Rock Island. Burial will be at Calvary Cemetery, Rock Island. A Rosary will be recited at...
Sharie Lynn (Smart) Moran
Jul 6, 2019
Sharie Lynn Moran of West Des Moines, Iowa, formerly of Andalusia, was born on April 11, 1949 in Salt Lake City, Utah, the daughter of Cecil and Juanita Johnson Smart. She had an older brother, Cecil Smart, a younger brother, Leonard and a younger sister, Nancy. She grew up in the Salt Lake Valley and graduated from Olympus High...
Kenneth L. Downing
Jul 6, 2019
Kenneth L. Downing, 89, of Sherrard, formerly of Rock Island, passed away on Saturday, July 6, 2019 at his home. Services for Mr. Downing will be 10 am, Saturday at the Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home and Crematory, Rock Island. Visitation will be Friday from 4 to 7 pm, at the funeral home. Burial will be in Rock Island Memorial Park...
Wanda Lee (Walthall) Thomas
Jul 6, 2019
Wanda Lee (Walthall) Thomas, 77, of Moline, passed away Saturday July 6, 2019 at UPH – Trinity, Rock Island.
As per her wishes there will be no services.
Wanda was born on October 4, 1941 in Aledo, the daughter of Lee and Letha (Morse) Walthall. After graduating from Joy High School, she married Charles Thomas...
Robert L. Mitchell
Jul 5, 2019
Robert L. "Mitch" Mitchell, 59, of Gurnee, IL, formerly of Rock Island , died Friday July 5, 2019 at home. A memorial service will be held 2:00pm at Wheelan Pressly Funeral Home and Crematory on Monday August 5, 2019. Visitation will be from 1:00pm to service time at the funeral home. Interment will be held at a later date....
Lynn D. Pauley
Jul 5, 2019
Lynn D. Pauley, 63, of Taylor Ridge, husband, father, uncle, papa and grandpa, died peacefully in his home on Friday, July 5, 2019. Private family services will be held at a later date. Wheelan Pressly Funeral Home and Crematory, Milan is assisting the family.
The last few days, moments and months of his life were spent with...
Billy D. Smith, Sr.
Jul 5, 2019
Billy D. "Bill" Smith, Sr., 80, of Rock Island, passed away Friday, July 5, 2019 at UnityPoint Health – Trinity, Rock Island. A funeral service for Bill will be held 11:00 a.m. Tuesday at Wheelan Pressly Funeral Home and Crematory, 3030 7th Ave., Rock Island. Visitation will be Monday evening from 5 to 7 p.m. at the funeral home. ...
Norman P. Voelliger
Jul 4, 2019
Norman Paul Voelliger, 89, died Thursday, July 4, 2019 at Clarissa C. Cook Hospice House, Bettendorf. Services will be 11 a.m. Tuesday, July 9 at St. Paul Lutheran Church, Davenport. Visitation will be held from 9 a.m to service time at the church on Tuesday. Burial will be in Pine Hill Cemetery, Davenport. In lieu of flowers memorials may...
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