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Alice Marie (Carlson) Madison
Oct 13, 2018
Alice M. Madison, 95, formerly of Andalusia, passed away Saturday October 13, 2018 at Silver Cross Nursing Center, Rock Island.
Services will be 12:00pm Wednesday at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home, Milan. Visitation will be from 10:00 to service time at the funeral home. Burial will follow in Andalusia Cemetery. Memorials may be left to the Andalusia Volunteer Ambulance...
Dalton R. Franks
Oct 12, 2018
Dalton R. Franks, 85, of Decatur, formerly of Rock Island, passed away on Friday, October 12, 2018 at Heartland Health Care Center, Decatur. Services for Mr. Franks will be 11 am, Friday at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home and Crematory, Rock Island. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the funeral home. Burial will be in Chippiannock Cemetery,...
Kyle T. Decoster
Oct 12, 2018
Kyle T. DeCoster, 34, of Milan, passed away Friday, October 12, 2018 at St. Francis Medical Center, Peoria, following a motorcycle accident. A memorial mass for Kyle will be 11 a.m. on Saturday, October 20, at St. Ambrose Catholic Church, Milan. Private inurnment will be at a later date. Following services, there will be a luncheon at St. Ambrose,...
Elizabeth "Betty" (Weber) True
Oct 11, 2018
Elizabeth "Betty" True, 91, of Rock Island, passed away Thursday, October 11, 2018 at Park Vista, East Moline.
Graveside service will be held at 12:00 PM (Noon) on Monday, October 15, 2018 at Rock Island Memorial Park Cemetery – Mausoleum Chapel. Memorials may be made to the Alzheimer's Foundation or the Cancer Society. Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home and...
Heinz W. Ehlers
Oct 10, 2018
Heinz W. Ehlers, 90, of Rock Island, died Wednesday, October 10, 2018 at Heartland Health Care Center, Moline. Cremation rites were accorded. A memorial service will be 11 a.m. Tuesday at St. John's Lutheran Church, Rock Island. The family will greet friends following the service. Memorials may be made in care of St. John's Lutheran Church, Rock Island.
...Dr. Dorothy J. Parkander
Oct 8, 2018
Dr. Dorothy Parkander, 93, Rock Island, died October 8, 2018 after a short illness.
Services for Dr. Parkander will be 10 am, Monday at St. John's Lutheran Church, Rock Island. Visitation will be Sunday from 2 pm to 5 pm at the Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home and Crematory, 3030-7th Avenue, Rock Island. Burial will be in Chippiannock Cemetery,...
Donna Mae (Farwell) Mack
Oct 8, 2018
Donna M. Mack, 87, of Reynolds, died Monday, October 8, 2018 at her home.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:30 am Thursday at St. Patrick Catholic Church, Andalusia. Visitation is 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. today (Wednesday, October 10th) at the Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home and Crematory, Reynolds, where a rosary will be recited at 4:00 p.m. ...
John A. Fleming Jr.
Oct 6, 2018
John A. Fleming Jr., 54, of Davenport, passed away Saturday October 6, 2018 at his home.
Funeral services will be 11am Tuesday at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home and Crematory, Rock Island. Visitation will be from Monday from 4-7PM at the funeral home. Burial will follow in Chippiannock Cemetery, Rock Island. Memorials may be left to the Fleming children....
Robert G. Debord
Oct 5, 2018
Robert G. DeBord, 76, of Moline, died Friday, October 5, 2018 in Moline. Per his wishes, cremation rites were accorded. A memorial visitation will be from 4-6 pm Monday at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home and Crematory, Milan. Memorials may be made in care of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
Robert was born in Kewanee, IL on March 4,...
Donald R. Acuff
Oct 4, 2018
Donald R. Acuff, 85, formerly of Rock Island, passed away Thursday October 4, 2018 at Sunset Health Care and Rehabilitation Center, Canton.
Graveside services will be 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at Memorial Park Cemetery, Rock Island. No visitation is planned. Arrangements are entrusted to Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home, Rock Island. Memorials may be made to St. Mary's Catholic Church...
Donald J. "Bugs" Hartman, Jr.
Oct 2, 2018
Donald J. "Bugs" Hartman, Jr., 72, of Rock Island, passed away Tuesday October 2, 2018 at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH.
A memorial visitation and Celebration of Don's life will be Friday, October 12, 4:00 pm to  7:00 pm, with remembrance ceremonies by family at 7:00 p.m. at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home and Crematory, 3030-7th Ave., Rock Island....
Carl L. Cramer
Oct 2, 2018
Carl L. Cramer, 77, of Rock Island passed away Tuesday, October 2, 2018 at his home, surrounded by his loving family. Per his wishes, Carl will be cremated and Private Inurnment will be at a later date.
Carl was born on December 10, 1940 in Rock Island, a son of Edward and Ida (Trommer) Cramer. Carl graduated...
Nancy Jo (Sersland) Bradley
Oct 2, 2018
Nancy Jo Bradley-Sersland, 65, of Rock Island, passed away Tuesday, October 2, 2018 at Heartland Healthcare Center, Moline.
Graveside service will be held at 2:30 pm on Tuesday, October 9, 2018 at Chippiannock Cemetery, Rock Island, visitors wishing to attend the graveside are asked to meet at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home, Rock Island by 2:00 pm to go...
Charles G. "Chickie" Cole
Oct 2, 2018
Charles G. "Chickie" Cole, 60, of Moline, formerly of Milan, died Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2018 at the Clarissa C. Cook Hospice House, Bettendorf.
Funeral services are 10 am on Saturday at the Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home and Crematory, 201 E. 4th Ave., Milan. Visitation is 4 to 7 pm Friday at the funeral home. Memorials may be made...
Robert L. Ries
Oct 1, 2018
Robert "Bob" L. Ries, 84, of Rock Island, died Monday, October 1, 2018 at his home. Services are 10 am Thursday at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home and Crematory, Rock Island. Visitation will be from 4-7 pm Wednesday at the funeral home. Burial will be at Rock Island National Cemetery, Arsenal Island. Memorials may be made in care of the Education...
Ellen "Ellie" M. (Klak) Unley-Davis
Oct 1, 2018
Ellen "Ellie" M. Unley-Davis, 72, of Rock Island, passed away Monday, October 1, 2018 at her residence.
Funeral service will be held at 10:00 am on Friday, October 5, 2018 at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home and Crematory, 3030 7th Ave., Rock Island. Visitation will be held from 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm on Thursday, October 4, 2018 at...
Marilyn J. (Olson) Hessman
Sep 29, 2018
Marilyn Joyce (Olson) Hessman, 77, went to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Saturday, September 29, 2018, at her home north of Joy, IL. Following a courageous and inspirational journey of pancreatic cancer, she passed from this life to the next with her loving family singing hymns surrounding her.
From her birth in Burlington,...
Dale L. Wingler, Jr.
Sep 27, 2018
Dale L. Wingler, Jr., 37, of Rock Island, passed away on Thursday, September 27, 2018 at UnityPoint Health-Trinity, Rock Island. Services for Dale will be 11 am, Wednesday at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home and Crematory, Rock Island. Visitation will be Tuesday from 4 pm to 7 pm at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to the family. Dale was...
Marianne (Antoniou) Vandam
Sep 27, 2018
Marianne VanDam, 77, of Moline, passed away Thursday September 27, 2018 at her son's home.
A memorial service will be 11am Tuesday at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home and Crematory, Rock Island. Visitation will be 9am to service time. Memorials may be left to the family.
Marianne was born on October 3, 1940 in St Louis, Missouri,...
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