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Josephine A. Leingang
Sep 1, 2015
Josephine A. Leingang, 75, of Milan, passed away on Tuesday, September 1, 2015 at UnityPoint Health - Trinity, Rock Island. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, Sept. 4th, at Wheelan - Pressly Funeral Home, Milan. Visitation will be from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 3rd, at Wheelan - Pressly Funeral Home, Milan....
Denny L. Horton
Aug 30, 2015
Denny L. Horton, 52, of Milan, died Sunday, August 30, 2015 at his home. Cremation rites have been accorded. A memorial visitation will be Thursday from 11-1 p.m. at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home, Rock Island. There will be no services. Memorials may be made in care of the family.
Denny was born in Rock Island on...
Sister Michelle Rheinlander, O.S.B.
Aug 29, 2015
Sister Michelle Rheinlander, O.S.B., 93, of St. Mary Monastery in Rock Island,IL, died Saturday, August 29, 2015 at the monastery. A Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:00 a.m. Tuesday in the Chapel of St. Mary Monastery, Rock Island. Visitation will be 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Monday at the Monastery, where a Christian wake service will...
George T. Brems
Aug 25, 2015
George T. Brems, 84, of Rock Island, passed away Tuesday, August 25, 2015 at Select Specialty Hospital, Davenport.
Funeral service will be held at 10 AM on Saturday, August 29, 2015 at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home, 3030 7th Ave., Rock Island. Visitation will be one hour prior to service. Burial will be at Rock Island Memorial...
Randy A. Ramsey
Aug 23, 2015
Randy A. Ramsey, 57, of West Des Moines, IA, formerly of Milan, IL, passed away Sunday August 23, 2015 at Mercy Medical Center, Des Moines, IA. In accordance with Randy's wishes, no services are planned. A private family gathering was held. Arrangements were entrusted to Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home, Milan. Memorials may be made to the Central Iowa...
Clarice M. Thompson
Aug 23, 2015
Clarice M. Thompson, 97, of Coal Valley, passed away Sunday August 23, 2015 at Illini Restorative Care, Silvis. Funeral services will be 11:00am Wednesday September 2, 2015 at Trinity Lutheran Church, Coal Valley. Visitation will be from 10:00am to service time at the church. Burial will be in Coal Valley Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the...
Phyllis Joanne Crow
Aug 23, 2015
Phyllis J. "Joanne" Crow, 86, of Rock Island, passed away on Sunday, August 23, 2015 at Silver Cross Health and Rehabilitation Center, Rock Island. Per her wishes, graveside services will be held at 1:30 p.m. on Friday at Rock Island Memorial Park Cemetery. Those who wish to attend graveside services should meet at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home, Rock...
James O. Waite, Jr
Aug 21, 2015
James O. Waite, Jr., 74, of Illinois City, formerly of Andalusia, passed away on Friday, August 21, 2015 at home. Per his wishes, cremation rites will be accorded and no services are planned at this time. Memorials may be made to the family. James Ora Waite, Jr. was born on July 30, 1941 in Jerome, Iowa, a...
Harriett L. Beeding
Aug 19, 2015
Harriett L. Beeding, 96, of Moline, passed away on Wednesday, August 19, 2015 at the Clarissa C. Cook Hospice House, Bettendorf. Private graveside services for Mrs. Beeding will be held at a later date at Roselawn Memorial Estates, Moline. Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home, Rock Island is assisting the family. Memorials may be made to the American Stroke Association....
Eli John Brewer
Aug 18, 2015
Eli John Brewer, 3 months, of Rock Island, passed away Tuesday, August 18, 2015 at 8:42 PM surrounded by family, at OSF Medical Center, Peoria.
Funeral service will be held 10:00 AM on Tuesday, August 25, 2015 at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home, 201 E. 4th Ave., Milan. Visitation will be held Monday, August 24, 2015 from...
Patricia A. "Pat" Hartmann
Aug 17, 2015
Patricia A. Hartmann, 88, of Milan, also known as "Pat" and "Mormor," passed away Monday, Aug. 17, 2015, after a full life. Services for Pat will be at 10 am, Monday at St. Mary Catholic Church, Rock Island. Visitation will be 2 to 5 pm, Sunday at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home, Milan, beginning with reciting of the rosary...
Irving I. Levin
Aug 17, 2015
Irving I. Levin, 93, of Rock Island, formerly of St. Paul, Minn., died on Monday, August 17, 2015 at Silver Cross Nursing Center, Rock Island.
Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m. on Thursday at the Hodroff-Epstein Funeral Home, St. Paul, Minn. Burial will be at the Chesed Shel Emes Cemetery, St. Paul. In lieu of...
Esther Egger
Aug 17, 2015
Esther G. Egger, 93, passed away Sunday, August 17, 2015 at The Lighthouse, Silvis. A Mass of Christian Burial will be 11am Friday at Christ the King Catholic Church, Moline. Visitation will be from 4-7pm Thursday at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home, Rock Island. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery, Rock Island. Memorials may be left to Christ the...
Michael W. Schroeder
Aug 16, 2015
Michael W. Schroeder, 57, of Rock Island, passed away on Sunday, August 16, 2015 at his home. A memorial mass will be held at 11:00am on Saturday at St. Pius X Catholic Church, Rock Island. Visitation will be held one hour prior to mass at church. Burial will take place at a later date. Memorials may be...
Gilbert E. "Gene" Hudnall
Aug 16, 2015
Gilbert Eugene (Gene) Hudnall was born on January 10, 1931 in Imperial Nebraska to Harold Wilbert and Lillian Elizabeth Hancock Hudnall. His mother was killed when he was five and his father died a few years later. His grandparents raised him on the Hudnall farm. He lived in the Quad Cities area for 67 years, moving to...
Jerrell T. Gabriel, Sr
Aug 15, 2015
Jerrell T. Gabriel, Sr., 34, of Rock Island, died on Saturday, August 15, 2015 in Rock Island. Funeral services will be 1:00 p.m Monday at Greater Antioch Missionary Baptist Church, Rock Island. Visitation will be held one hour prior to services at the church. Cremation rites will follow services. Memorials may be made in care of the...
Phyllis M. Bivens
Aug 15, 2015
Phyllis M. Bivens, 92, of Rock Island, passed away Saturday, August 15, 2015 at UPH-Trinity, Rock Island.
Graveside service will be held at 10:00 AM on Wednesday, August 19, 2015 at Edgington Cemetery, Edgington. Visitation will be held 4 pm to 7 pm on Tuesday, August 18, 2015 at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home, 201 E. 4th...
Robert Doyle Sproston
Aug 15, 2015
Robert Doyle Sproston, 66, of Geneseo, died Saturday, August 15, 2015 at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City. Per Roberts wishes, his body was donated to science. A memorial visitation was Thursday, August 20, 2015 from 4-7 p.m. at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home, Milan. A graveside service will be 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, April 12, 2017...
Virgil J. Moore
Aug 14, 2015
Virgil J. Moore, 48, of Rock Island, passed away Friday August 14, 2015 at his home. No services are planned. Inurnment will be at Riverside Cemetery, Moline. Arrangements are entrusted to Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home, 3030 7th Ave., Rock Island. Virgil was born April 29, 1967, in Chicago, a son of Mary F. Moore. He is survived by...
Michael "Duck" E. Ford
Aug 13, 2015
Michael "Duck" E. Ford, 74, of Rock Island, passed away Thursday, August 13, 2015 at Clarissa C. Cook Hospice House, Bettendorf.
Per his wishes no services are to be held and cremation rites have been accorded. Burial will be at Allen's Grove Cemetery. Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home, Rock Island, is assisting the family with arrangements.
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