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Beverly A. (Williams)  Etheridge

Beverly A. (Williams) Etheridge

May 8, 2019

Beverly A. Williams - Etheridge, 59, of Rock Island, passed away Wednesday, May 8, 2019 at her home. A Memorial Service for Bev will be held at 12:30 P.M. on Saturday, May 25, 2019 at Wheelan Pressly Funeral Home and Crematory, 3030 7 th Ave., Rock Island.  Memorials may be made to the family.

Beverly was born...

Harlan F. Druckmiller

Harlan F. Druckmiller

May 8, 2019

Harlan F. Druckmiller, 88, of Taylor Ridge, passed away Wednesday May 8, 2019 at Sunnybrook Assisted Living, Muscatine.

Funeral services will be 11am Saturday at Edgington Evangelical Presbyterian Church, with visitation one hour prior. Private burial will follow in Rock Island Memorial Park Cemetery. Memorials may be left to the Rockridge Food Pantry.

Harlan was...

Carrol Ann (Gibbs)  Eisentrager

Carrol Ann (Gibbs) Eisentrager

May 8, 2019

Carrol A. Eisentrager, 64, of Rock Island, passed away Monday, May 6, 2019 at her home.  Private services will be held at a later date.

Carrol was born March 3, 1955 in Muscatine, Iowa, a daughter of Allen F. and Donna K. (Irwin) Gibbs.  She worked in food service for many years at Hunter's, Eagle Foods and...

Catherine "Katie" L. Huggins

Catherine "Katie" L. Huggins

May 7, 2019

Catherine L. "Katie" Huggins, 80, of Sherrard, passed away on Tuesday, May 7, 2019 at her home. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Ambrose Catholic Church, Milan. Visitation will be Friday from 3:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home and Crematory, Milan, where a Christian Wake service will...

Betty M. (Garrison)  Farmer

Betty M. (Garrison) Farmer

May 6, 2019

Betty M. Farmer, 86, of Rock Island, passed away Monday, May 6, 2019 at Heartland Health Care Center, Moline.  A Memorial Visitation will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, May 10th at Wheelan Pressly Funeral Home and Crematory, 3030 7 th Ave., Rock Island.  Private inurnment will be in Chippiannock Cemetery, Rock Island.  Memorials may be made...

Virginia H. (Naab)  Kennedy

Virginia H. (Naab) Kennedy

May 6, 2019

Virginia H. Kennedy, 93, of Rock Island, passed away Monday May 6, 2019 at her home, surrounded by her children.

In accordance with her wishes, no services are planned. Interment will be at National Cemetery, Arsenal Island. Arrangements are entrusted to Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home and Crematory, Rock Island. Memorial remembrance and donations may be made to St....

Kevin Francis Santry

Kevin Francis Santry

May 5, 2019

Kevin F. Santry, 58 of Bettendorf, formerly of Rock Island, died Sunday, May 5, 2019 at his home after a sudden medical event.

A Memorial Mass will be held at 11 am on Monday, May 13 at St. Pius X Catholic Church, Rock Island. Visitation will be at 9 am until 10:30 am in the McCarthy Hall...

Michael R. Ehrmann

Michael R. Ehrmann

May 4, 2019

Michael R. Ehrmann, 62, of Rock Island, passed away Saturday May 4, 2018 at ManorCare, Davenport, Iowa.

A memorial service will be 12:00 p.m. Wednesday, May 8, at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home and Crematory, 3030 7th Ave., Rock Island, with visitation from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Wednesday, prior to services. Inurnment will be at National Cemetery, Arsenal...

Lester "Smitty" J. Smith

Lester "Smitty" J. Smith

May 4, 2019

Lester "Smitty" J. Smith, 88, of Tucson, AZ, formerly of Moline, passed away Saturday, May 4, 2019 at the Clarissa C. Cook Hospice House, Bettendorf.

Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:30 am on Thursday, May 9, 2019 at St. Ambrose Catholic Church, Milan.  Visitation will be held from 9 – 11 am on Thursday...

Ellen S. (Zahringer)  Johnson

Ellen S. (Zahringer) Johnson

May 3, 2019

Ellen S. Johnson, 88, entered into eternal peace on May 3, 2019.  Within essentially one week she went from planning a dinner outing with her senior group to hospitalization with advanced cancer.  When given the news she said, "I've lived a very long and wonderful life."  She loved the Lord, had the peace which passes all understanding and was...

Alan                   "Al" K. Hudson

Alan "Al" K. Hudson

May 3, 2019

Alan "Al" K. Hudson, 65, of Davenport, died Friday, May 3, 2019 at his sister's home surrounded by family in Milan.  Per his wishes, cremation rites were accorded.  A memorial visitation will be Friday, May 10, 2019 from 5-7 pm at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home and Crematory, 3030 7th Ave., Rock Island.  Memorials may be made in care of the...

Ila M (Crose)  Kitchen-Hall

Ila M (Crose) Kitchen-Hall

May 2, 2019

Ila M. Kitchen-Hall, 90, of Rock Island, died Thursday, May 2, 2019 at Hope Creek Care Center, East Moline.  Cremation rites accorded.  A graveside service will be 2:30 pm Friday, May 10, 2019 at Rock Island National Cemetery, Arsenal Island.  Those wishing to attend should meet at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home and Crematory, 3030 7th Avenue, Rock Island, by 2...

Kathryn "Kathy" V. (Magruder)  Johnson

Kathryn "Kathy" V. (Magruder) Johnson

May 1, 2019

Kathryn (Kathy) Victoria Johnson, 78, of Milan, passed away Wednesday, May 1, 2019 at her residence.

A memorial service will be held at 1:00 pm on Wednesday, May 8, 2019 at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home and Crematory, 201 E. 4th Ave., Milan.  Visitation will be held one hour prior to service.  Memorials may be made to the family....

Robert C. Claussen

Robert C. Claussen

May 1, 2019

Robert C. Claussen, 78, of Sherrard, Ill., passed away Wednesday, May 1, 2019 at home.

A memorial service will be 6:30 p.m. Thursday, May 9, at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home and Crematory, 201 E. 4th Ave., Milan. Visitation will be 4:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to the family to...

Linda L. Bull

Linda L. Bull

May 1, 2019

Linda L. Bull, 74, of Milan, Ill., passed away Wednesday May 1, 2019 at UnityPoint-Trinity, Rock Island.

No services are planned at this time. Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home and Crematory, Milan, assisted the family with arrangements. Memorials may be made to the family to be designated later.

Linda was born February 21, 1945 in Andalusia, Ill.,...

Linda K. Buckwalter

Linda K. Buckwalter

Apr 30, 2019

Linda K. Buckwalter, 71, of Sherrard, Ill., passed away Tuesday April 30, 2019 at UnityPoint-Trinity, Rock Island.

Services are 11:00 a.m. Monday, May 6, at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home and Crematory, 201 E. 4th Ave., Milan, Ill., with visitation one hour prior to services on Monday. Burial will be at Greenview Memorial Gardens, East Moline. Memorials may be...

Dorothy E. Sprung

Dorothy E. Sprung

Apr 28, 2019

Dorothy E. Sprung, 69, of East Moline, Ill., passed away Sunday April 28, 2019 at Aperion Care, East Moline.

Graveside services are 2:30 p.m. Monday, May 6, at National Cemetery, Arsenal Island. Visitation will be 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. Monday at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home and Crematory, 3030 7th Ave., Rock Island.

Dorothy was born...

Doris J. (Snyder)  Sallee

Doris J. (Snyder) Sallee

Apr 27, 2019

Doris Sallee, 86, of Rock Island, formerly of rural Galesburg, passed away Saturday April 27, 2019 at UPH Trinity, Rock Island.

Visitation will be held from 10:00am to 12:00pm Thursday May 2, 2019 at Wheelan Pressly Funeral Home and Crematory, Rock Island. Graveside services will follow at 1:30pm Thursday in Mosher Cemetery, Warren County. Memorials may be...

Cary G. Wilcox

Cary G. Wilcox

Apr 27, 2019

Cary G. Wilcox, 78, of Rock Island, passed away on Saturday, April 27, 2019 at Generations, Rock Island. Private graveside services for Mr. Wilcox will be Thursday at the Rock Island National Cemetery, Arsenal Island, where military honors will be conducted by the Moline American Legion Post No. 246. Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home and Crematory, Rock Island is assisting the...

Charles M. Brooks

Charles M. Brooks

Apr 27, 2019

Charles M. "Chuck" Brooks, 69, of Milan, passed away Saturday, April 27, 2019 at his home, surrounded by his loving family.  Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Tuesday at the Wheelan Pressly Funeral Home and Crematory, 3030 7 th Ave., Rock Island.  Visitation will be Monday evening from 4 to 7 p.m. at the funeral home.  Memorials may be...

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