Obituary Listing

Mar 27, 2015

Glenn L. Cramer, 64, of Milan, died Friday, March 27, 2015 at UnityPoint Health - Trinity Rock Island. A memorial service will be at 6 pm Wednesday at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home, Milan. Visitation will be from 4-6 pm Wednesday at the funeral home. Burial will be at a later date in Greenview Memorial Gardens, East Moline. Memorials...

Mar 27, 2015

Alice E. Henneman, 93, of Rock Island, died on Friday, March 27, 2015 at UnityPoint Health Trinity Rock Island.

Funeral services will be held at 10 am on Wednesday at First Lutheran Church, Rock Island. Burial is at Memorial Park Cemetery, Rock Island. Visitation is 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home, Rock...

Mar 24, 2015

George R. Kos, 89, of Rock Island, passed away on Tuesday, March 24, 2015 at the Heartland Health Care Center, Moline. Services for Mr. Kos will be 10:30 am, Thursday at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home, Rock Island. There will be no visitation. Burial will be in the Rock Island National Cemetery, where military honors will be conducted by...

Mar 24, 2015

Kenneth L. "Ken" McDougall, 90, a resident of Hope Creek Care Center, East Moline, died Tuesday, March 24, 2015 at the center.

Mr. McDougall has been cremated and a memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday at First Christian Church, Moline. Visitation will be 12:30 p.m. until service time Saturday at the...

Mar 24, 2015

Timothy J. Fraser, 53, of Rock Island, died Tuesday, March 24, 2015 at home. Cremation rites were accorded. No services were scheduled.

Tim was born in Dayton, Ohio on Nov. 1, 1961. He was a U.S. Army veteran.

Survivors include his daughters, Heather (Eric Smith) and Maryjean Fraser; granddaughter, Hailey Nunnally; one granddaughter...

Mar 23, 2015

James E. Lavell, 71, of Rock Island, died Monday, March 23, 2015 at Genesis Medical Center, East Campus, Davenport.

A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. on Friday at the Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home, Rock Island. Burial will be at the Rock Island National Cemetery, where military honors will be presented by Vietnam Veterans...

Mar 23, 2015

George Frank Skafidas, 94, a long-time Rock Island resident, passed away peacefully on Monday, March 23, 2015 at St. Anthony's Continuing Care Center, Rock Island.

Funeral services are 10:00 a.m. Friday at St. George Greek Orthodox Church, Rock Island. Burial is at the Rock Island National Cemetery, where military honors will be presented by Moline...

Mar 20, 2015

Patricia L. Farmer, 73, of Rock Island, passed away on Friday, March 20, 2015 at UnityPoint Health-Trinity, Rock Island. Services for Patricia will be held at a later date. Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home, Rock Island is assisting the family. Patricia was born on February 21, 1942 in Chicago, a daughter of Fred and Katherine Johnson.

Survivors...

Mar 19, 2015

Donald A. Wilkens, 82, of Illinois City, passed away on Thursday, March 19, 2015 at his home. Funeral services will be held 11:00am on Wednesday at Zion Lutheran Church, Taylor Ridge. Burial will follow at Zion Lutheran Cemetery. Visitation will be held on Tuesday from 4 to 7 pm at the Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home, Milan. Memorials may...

Mar 18, 2015

Agnes C. VanLandegen, 85, of Rock Island, passed away on Wednesday, March 18, 2015 at Rosewood Care Center of Moline. Funeral services will be held at 9:30am Monday at St. Mary's Catholic Church, Rock Island. Burial will follow in Rock Island National Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 2 to 4 pm Sunday at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home,...

Mar 18, 2015

Earl A. Higgins, 68, ofMilanpassed away on Wednesday, March 18, 2015 at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City. Earl received a lung transplant on August 20, 2014 and fought a courageous and brave battle to regain his health for his family. He later passed away from complications due to cancer. Services for Earl will...

Mar 18, 2015

Travis Dean "Turbo" DeVriendt, 25, of Sherrard, died Wednesday, March 18, 2015 at Genesis East, Davenport.

A Memorial Service will be 10:30 a.m. Monday at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home, Milan. Visitation is 1 to 6 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to the family.

Travis was born Aug. 2, 1989...

Mar 18, 2015

Leonard Curry, 86, of Rock Island, passed away Wednesday March 18, 2015 at UPH-Trinity, Rock Island. Services will be 1:00pm Friday at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home, Rock Island. Visitation will be from 12:00pm to service time at the funeral home. Burial will be in National Cemetery, Rock Island. Leonard was born on November 18, 1928 in Bloomington, IL....

Mar 17, 2015

Garry Lane Massey, 74, of Huntsville, AL, passed away on Tuesday, March 17, 2015, due to heart failure. Garry, previously a resident of the Quad Cities, was born February 14, 1941 in Alexis Illinois.

A memorial service will be 2 pm, Saturday, April 4th at the Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home in Milan. Visitation will be from...

Mar 17, 2015

Sally M. Thomas, 84, of Taylor Ridge, passed away Tuesday March 17, 2015 at her home. A memorial service will be 10:00 a.m. Friday at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home, 201 E. 4th Ave., Milan, with visitation one hour prior to services. Inurnment will be at National Cemetery, Arsenal Island. Memorials may be made to the Taylor Ridge United...

Mar 16, 2015

Mary "Micky" Phillips Arnold of Coal Valley, died Monday, March 16, 2015 at her home.

Funeral services are 10:30 a.m. Friday at the Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home, Rock Island. Burial is at Memorial Park Cemetery, Rock Island. Visitation is 4 to 7 Thursday at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to the Alzheimer's Association or...

Mar 16, 2015

Chester Thomas "Punky" Punkiewicz, 91, formally of Rock Island, passed away March 16, 2015 in San Diego, Calif., with daughters, Janet and Judy at his side. He was born August 1, 1923. A celebration of life and inurnment will be held at a later date in Crane Lake, Minn.

"Punky" graduated from Moline High School...

Mar 14, 2015

Nicholas J. "Nic" Stearns, 27, of Milan, died Saturday, March 14, 2015 as a result of a car accident in Texas.

Funeral services are 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the Preemption United Methodist Church. Visitation is 4 to 8 p.m. Friday at the Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home, Milan. Additional visitation is 9:30 a.m. until service time Saturday...

Mar 14, 2015

Roger L. Fields, 79, of Rock Island, passed away Saturday, March 14, 2015, at his residence with his family by his side.

Funeral service will be at 11:00 AM on Tuesday, March 17, 2015 at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home, 3030 7th Ave., Rock Island. Visitation will be one hour prior to service. Burial will be at...

Mar 13, 2015

Frances Louise Simmons, 93, of Phoenix, Ariz., formerly of Rock

Island, died Friday, March 13, 2015, at Tatum Highlands A.C.H. in Cave Creek, Ariz. A Mass of Christian burial will be 10 am Monday, March 23, at St. Pius X Catholic Church, Rock Island. Visitation will be Sunday from 2-4 pm at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home,...