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Tracy J. Heath-Dryoel
Mar 3, 2019
Tracy J. Heath-Dryoel, 59, of Moline, passed away Sunday March 3, 2019 at her home.
A Memorial visitation and Celebration of Tracy's life will be 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. Friday at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home and Crematory, 3030 7th Avenue, Rock Island. Memorials may be made to the Lupus Foundation.
Tracy was born on July...
Stephen Joseph Mrazek
Mar 3, 2019
Stephen Joseph Mrazek, 61, of Silvis, died Sunday, March 3, 2019 at Genesis Medical Center, Illini Campus, Silvis. Cremation rites were accorded. A memorial mass will be 10 am Saturday, March 9, 2019 at St. Pius X Catholic Church, Rock Island. Visitation will be an hour prior to the mass at church. Inurnment will be at Calvary Cemetery, Rock...
Edward J. Housby, Sr.
Mar 2, 2019
Edward J. Housby, Sr., 80, of Rock Island, died Saturday, March 2, 2019 at home, surrounded by his family. Private graveside services will be held at Rock Island Memorial Park Cemetery.
Edward was born March 27, 1938 in LaSalle, IL, to John and Gertrude Housby. Edward retired from J.I. Case Tennico in 1992. Edward married Margaret A....
Sister Rosemary Becker, O.S.B.
Mar 2, 2019
Sister Rosemary Becker, O.S.B., 89, of St. Mary Monastery, Rock Island, passed away on Saturday, March 2, 2019 at St. Mary Monastery, Rock Island. A Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, March 5, 2019 in the Chapel of St. Mary Monastery, Rock Island. Visitation will be 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Monday, March 4, 2019 at...
Joseph J. Choronzak, Jr.
Mar 1, 2019
Joseph J. Choronzak, Jr., 67, of Rock Island, formerly of Melrose Park, passed away Friday, March 1, 2019 at OSF St. Francis Medical Center, Peoria.  Mass of Christian Burial will be 11:00 a.m. Thursday at St. Pius X Catholic Church, Rock Island. Visitation will be 4 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at Wheelan Pressly Funeral Home and Crematory, 3030 7...
Jay Michael Gellerman
Mar 1, 2019
Jay Michael Gellerman, age 80, of Bettendorf, passed away at the Clarissa C. Cook Hospice House, surrounded by his family on Friday, March 1, 2019.
Funeral services will be held at Noon on Monday at the Congregation Beth Israel at the Tri City Jewish Center, 2715 30th St., Rock Island. Burial is at Hebrew Cemetery, Rock Island. ...
Ercell (Edwards) Gathright
Feb 28, 2019
ROCK ISLAND – Ercell Gathright, 92, of Rock Island, passed away Thursday February 28, 2019 at UPH-Trinity.
Funeral services will be 11:00 am Friday March 8, 2019 at KNOX Chapel of Wheelan Pressly Funeral Home, 2106 7th Avenue, Rock Island. Friends are welcome to gather at 10:00 am at the funeral home. Interment will take place at...
Irene M. Tollenaer
Feb 28, 2019
Irene M. Tollenaer, 91, of Milan, passed away Thursday February 28, 2019 at Avonlea Cottage, Milan. Services will be 11 am, Tuesday at Wheelan Pressly Funeral Home and Crematory, Milan. Visitation will be from 9 am until the time of the service at the funeral home. Entombment will follow in Rock Island Memorial Park Mausoleum. Memorials may be left...
Anna Pauline Blackmon
Feb 27, 2019
Anna Pauline Blackmon, 92, of Rock Island, passed away Wednesday February 27, 2019 at UnityPoint-Trinity, Rock Island.
Visitation will be 10:00 a.m. Saturday, March 9, at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home, 3030 7th Avenue, Rock Island, with services at 11:00 a.m. The burial will follow at Memorial Park Cemetery, Rock Island. Memorials may be made to First Baptist Church,...
Ruth B. Levy
Feb 27, 2019
Ruth B. Levy, 80, of Rock Island, passed away Wednesday, February 27, 2019 at UPH-Trinity, Rock Island.
Graveside service will be held at 11:00 am on Wednesday, March 6, 2019 at the Davenport Jewish Cemetery on Fairmount, aka Tri-City Jewish Cemetery, Davenport.
Ruth was born on December 18, 1938 in Rock Island, the daughter of...
James C. Ryckaert
Feb 27, 2019
James "Jim" C. Ryckaert, 79, of Taylor Ridge died at 7:30 pm, Wednesday, February 27th, 2019 at UnityPoint Health - Trinity, Rock Island.
Funeral services will be held at 10 am on Tuesday, March 5th at St. Ambrose Catholic Church, Milan. Inurnment will be at Calvary Cemetery in Rock Island. Visitation will be from 4 pm to...
Delores Mae (Waldron) Hoffman
Feb 26, 2019
Delores Mae Hoffman, 84, of Geneseo, passed away Tuesday, February 26, 2019 at Clarissa C. Cook Hospice House, Bettendorf. A funeral service for Delores will be held at 2:00 p.m. Saturday at Wheelan Pressly Funeral Home and Crematory, 201 4 th Ave. E., Milan. Visitation will be one hour prior to services at the funeral home. Memorials may be...
Shari (Hinson) Tillia-Barton
Feb 26, 2019
Shari Tillia Barton, 52, of Rock Island, passed away Tuesday February 26, 2019 at home.
A celebration gathering will be held at a future date for family and friends.
Shari was born on November 13, 1966 in Rock Island, the daughter of Jerry and Linda (Raisbeck) Hinson.
She had been employed as a...
John A. Keck
Feb 26, 2019
John Anthony Keck, 77, of Rock Island died in his home on February 26th, 2019.
John was born October 12, 1941, in Quincy, Illinois to George and Lavonne (Kennedy) Keck.
Service's celebrating John's life will be held 11am Saturday at Wheelan Pressly Funeral Home, Rock Island. Visitation will be 10 until services.
John...
Lillie L. Lampe
Feb 25, 2019
Lillie L. Lampe, 81, of Milan, passed away on Tuesday, February 26, 2019 at Generations, Rock Island. A memorial visitation will be Monday from 10 am to 12 pm at the Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home and Crematory, Milan. Inurnment will be in Greenview Memorial Gardens, East Moline. Memorials may be made to the Quad City Animal Welfare Center, Milan.
...Elizabeth A. Carlson
Feb 25, 2019
Elizabeth A. Carlson, 61, of Moline, passed away on Monday, February 25, 2019 at her home. A Celebration of Life Visitation will be Sunday, March 17, 2019 from 1 pm to 4 pm at the Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home and Crematory, Rock Island. Elizabeth was born on February 5, 1958 in Rock Island. She was proceeded in death by her...
Gloria Dean (Gibbs) Meyers
Feb 25, 2019
Gloria Dean Meyers (Gibbs), 87, of Rock Island, passed away peacefully at home, surrounded by her loved ones on Monday February 25, 2019.
Graveside services are pending for this spring. Inurnment will be in Rock Island Memorial Park Cemetery.
Gloria was born in Henderson, KY, on June 29, 1931, the daughter of Dollie Mae Sowards...
Jimmie F. Weihler
Feb 24, 2019
Jimmie F. Weihler, 84, of Carbon Cliff, passed away Sunday, February 24, 2019 at Avonlea Cottage, Milan. Funeral services for Jimmie will be 11:00 a.m. Friday at Wheelan Pressly Funeral Home and Crematory, 201 4 th Ave. E., Milan. Visitation will be 9 to 11 a.m. Friday at the funeral home.  Burial will follow the service in German Cemetery,...
Curtis Roberts
Feb 23, 2019
Curtis Roberts, 84, of Rock Island, passed away Saturday, February 23, 2019 at St. Anthony's Care Center, Rock Island.
Funeral services will be 3:00 p.m. Saturday at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home and Crematory, 3030 7th Avenue, Rock Island, with visitation one hour prior to services Saturday. Inurnment, with military honors, will be 2:30 p.m. Monday at National Cemetery,...
Kaycee "Lisa" Elisabeth (Carmen) Wynn
Feb 23, 2019
KayCee "Lisa" Elisabeth Wynn, 47, of Ottawa, Ill., formerly of Rock Island, died Saturday, February 23, 2019 at O.S.F. St. Francis Medical Center, Peoria. Services will be 1 pm Thursday at the Knox Chapel of Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home and Crematory, 2106 7th Ave., Rock Island. Visitation will be an hour prior to service time at Knox Chapel. Burial will...
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