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Eula Jean Petersen

Eula Jean Petersen

May 4, 2018

Eula "Jean" Petersen, 93, of Moline, passed away Friday May 4, 2018 at Clarissa C. Cook Hospice House, Bettendorf.

Services will be 11:00 a.m. Tuesday at the Knox Chapel of Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home and Crematory, 2106 7th Ave., Rock Island, with visitation 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. prior to services Tuesday. Burial will be in National Cemetery,...

Elizabeth S.      "Betty" (Sherrard)  Magee

Elizabeth S. "Betty" (Sherrard) Magee

May 4, 2018

Elizabeth S. "Betty" Magee, 95 of Orion, died Friday, May 4th, at Heartland Health Care Center, Moline.

Funeral services will be noon on Friday, May 11th at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home and Crematory, 3030 7th Ave., Rock Island.  Visitation will be two hours prior to the service.  Burial is at Rosedale Cemetery, Cambridge.  Memorials may be made to...

Leona M. Anthony

Leona M. Anthony

May 3, 2018

Leona M. Anthony, 87, of Rock Island, passed away Thursday May 3, 2018 at St. Anthony's Care Center, Rock Island.

Services will be 11:00 a.m. Monday at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home and Crematory, 201 E. 4th Ave., Milan. Burial will be in Sherrard Cemetery, Sherrard, Ill. Visitation will be 2:00 p.m. to  5:00 p.m. Sunday at the funeral...

Mary K. (Cook)  Schaab

Mary K. (Cook) Schaab

May 2, 2018

Mary K. Schaab, 89, of Rock Island, passed away Wednesday, May 2, 2018 at UPH-Trinity, Rock Island.

Funeral service will be held at 12:00 pm on Monday, May 7, 2018 at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home and Crematory, 3030 7th Ave., Rock Island.  Visitation will be 10:00 am until service time.  Burial will be at Rock Island Memorial Park...

Homer L. Vance

Homer L. Vance

Apr 30, 2018

Homer L. Vance, 69, of Rock Island, passed away Monday, April 30, 2018 at his residence.

Funeral service will be held at 10:00 am on Saturday, May 5, 2018 at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home, 3030 7th Ave., Rock Island.  Visitation will be one hour prior to service.  Burial will be at Chippiannock Cemetery, Rock Island.  Memorials may be...

Freda R. Coons

Freda R. Coons

Apr 30, 2018

Freda R. Coons, 63, of Taylor Ridge, passed away on Monday, April 30, 2018 at her home. Visitation will be Thursday from 4 to 7 pm at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home and Crematory, Milan. Private services will be held Friday at the funeral home. Inurnment will be in Greenview Memorial Gardens, East Moline. Memorials may be made to an Education...

Charles L. Bellinger

Charles L. Bellinger

Apr 29, 2018

Charles L. Bellinger, 99, of Reynolds, Ill., passed away Sunday April 29, 2018 at UnityPoint Health-Trinity, Rock Island, Ill. His gentle kindness and pleasant personality touched many lives for almost a century.

Services will be 10:00 a.m. Monday, May 7th, at the Reynolds United Methodist Church, Reynolds, Ill. Burial will be in Reynolds Cemetery. Visitation will be...

Joseph H. Van Hecke

Joseph H. Van Hecke

Apr 29, 2018

Joseph H. Van Hecke, 92, of Rock Island, passed away Sunday April 29, 2018 at UPH Trinity, Rock Island.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held 9:30am Thursday at St. Mary's Catholic Church, Rock Island. Visitation will be from 8:30am to service time at church.

Burial will be in Greenview Memorial Gardens, East Moline....

John T. Hankins

John T. Hankins

Apr 25, 2018

John T. Hankins, 82, of Rock Island, passed away on Wednesday, April 25, 2018 at the Clarissa C. Cook Hospice House, Bettendorf. Private graveside services for Mr. Hankins will be Saturday at Chippiannock Cemetery, Rock Island. John was born on December 6, 1935 in Mexico, Missouri, the son of Virgil and Dorothy (Ferrier) Hankins. He married Glenda Wardlow on...

Verlee J. "Lee" (Weiford)  Dismer

Verlee J. "Lee" (Weiford) Dismer

Apr 25, 2018

Verlee J. "Lee" Dismer, 90, of Rock Island, passed away Wednesday, April 25, 2018 at Amber Ridge – Memory Care, Moline.  Funeral services for Lee will be 11:00 a.m. on Monday at the Knox Chapel of Wheelan Pressly Funeral Home and Crematory, 2106 7 th Ave., Rock Island.  Visitation will be one hour prior to services at the chapel. ...

Donna J. (Ekin)  Rumley

Donna J. (Ekin) Rumley

Apr 24, 2018

Donna J. Rumley, 71, Rock Island, passed away Tuesday April 24, 2018 at her home surrounded by her family.

Services will be 10:30am Saturday at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral home and Crematory, Milan. Visitation will be from 8:30 to service time at the funeral home. Memorials may be left to the family.

Donna was born on April...

Earl L. Strupp, Iii

Earl L. Strupp, Iii

Apr 23, 2018

Earl L. "Skip" Strupp, III, 74, of Rock Island, passed away Monday, April 23, 2018 at his home.  A Mass of Christian Burial will be held 10:00 a.m. Saturday at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Rock Island.  Visitation will be from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m Friday at the Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home and Crematory, Rock Island.  Burial will be in Chippiannock...

Kevin T. Kelly, Jr.

Kevin T. Kelly, Jr.

Apr 22, 2018

Kevin T. Kelly, Jr., 36, of Davenport, died Sunday, April 22, 2018 surrounded by family at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City.  Per his wishes, cremation rites were accorded and a celebration of Kevin's life will take place at the Putnam Museum, Davenport, on Saturday, May 5th from 3 to 7 PM.  Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home and...

Charles Henry Potts

Charles Henry Potts

Apr 22, 2018

Charles Henry Potts, 90, of Rock Island, passed away Sunday at the Illinois Veterans Home, Quincy.

Funeral services will be 12 Noon Friday at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home and Crematory, Milan. Visitation will be from 11:00am to service time. Burial will be in the Alexis Cemetery. Memorials may be left to Wounded Warriors Project.

Charles was...

Nancy Starcevich

Nancy Starcevich

Apr 22, 2018

Nancy M. Starcevich, 70, of Matherville, Ill., passed away Sunday April 22, 2018 at UnityPoint-Trinity, Rock Island.

In accordance with her wishes, no services are planned. Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home and Crematory, Milan, is assisting the family with arrangements.

Nancy was born February 19, 1948 in Harper, Kansas, a daughter of Gordon and Madge Pedroja. She...

Sheri Zbleski

Sheri Zbleski

Apr 20, 2018

Sheri Zbleski, 55, of Des Moines, formerly of Moline, passed away on April 20, 2018 at her home after an extended illness. Sheri graduated from Moline High School and Western Illinois University with a BA and MBA. She worked as one of the first female managers with British Petroleum in Boston. She is survived by her father, Paul Zbleski,...

Ronald L. Benesh

Ronald L. Benesh

Apr 20, 2018

Ronald L. Benesh, 82, of Rock Island, died Friday, April 20, 2018 at Heartland Health Care Center, Moline.  Visitation will be Tuesday from 1- 2 p.m. at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home and Crematory, Rock Island.  A graveside service will be 2:30 p.m. Tuesday at Memorial Park Cemetery, Rock Island.  Memorials may be made to a charity of your choice.

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Nancy M. Roberts

Nancy M. Roberts

Apr 20, 2018

Nancy M. Roberts, 68, of Milan, passed away peacefully on Friday, April 20, 2018 at her home amongst loving family. Services for Nancy will be 1 pm, Wednesday at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home and Crematory, Milan. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the funeral home. Burial will be in the Edgington Cemetery. Memorials may be made...

Alice Barton

Alice Barton

Apr 19, 2018

Alice Barton, 95, passed away at Friendship Manor in Rock Island onApril 19th, 2018.

In keeping with her wishes, a private Family interment will takeplace at National Cemetery, Arsenal Island. Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home and Crematory, Rock Island, is assisting the family with arrangements.

Alice was born in Kansas City, Missouri on June 29, 1922, the...

Jean Sonnhalter

Jean Sonnhalter

Apr 19, 2018

M. Jean Sonnhalter, 91 of Rock Island, died Thursday, April 19, 2018 at the Silver Cross Nursing Center, Rock Island.

A memorial mass will be celebrated at 11 am on Tuesday at St. Pius X Catholic Church, Rock Island.  Inurnment will be in the Calvary Cemetery, Rock Island.  Visitation is 10 am until service time Tuesday at...

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