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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.
...James Frederick Terrill
Aug 12, 2015
James Frederick Terrill, 84, of Milan, died peacefully surrounded by his loving family on Wednesday, August 12, 2015 at Riverwood Rehab, East Moline. Services will be 11 a.m. Saturday at St. Matthew Lutheran Church, Milan. Visitation will be from 10 - 11 a.m. Saturday at the church. Burial will be at Memorial Park Cemetery, Rock Island, where...
Donna Mae Guldenzopf
Aug 12, 2015
Donna Mae Guldenzopf, 78, formerly of Milan, passed away August 12, 2015 at Genesis Medical Center, Silvis.
A graveside service will be held 1:30 p.m. Monday at National Cemetery, Arsenal Island. No visitation is planned. Those wishing to attend services are to meet at 1:00 p.m. Monday at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home, 3030 – 7th Ave.,...
Jahzara Bethany Carter
Aug 12, 2015
Jahzara Bethany Carter, infant daughter of N'Talia Gay-Rouse and Quann Carter, of Rock Island, went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, August 12, 2015. Services will be 1 p.m. Thursday at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home, Rock Island. Visitation will be from 4-6 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Burial will be at Chippiannock Cemetery, Rock Island. Memorials...
David K. Kinsey
Aug 9, 2015
David K. Kinsey, 61, of Rock Island, passed away Sunday, Aug. 9, 2015 at UnityPoint Health Trinity - Rock Island.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be 1 pm Wednesday at St. Pius X Catholic Church, Rock Island. Entombment is in the Calvary Mausoleum, Rock Island, where military honors will be presented by Moline American...
Stanley "Stan" Smith
Aug 8, 2015
Stanley E. "Stan" Smith, 81, of Rock Island, passed away Saturday August 8, 2015 at St. Anthony's Continuing Care, Rock Island. A service celebrating Stan's life will be held 7pm Wednesday at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home, Rock Island. Visitation will be from 5pm to service time. Private inurnment will be in Rock Island National Cemetery, with Military Honors...
Donald J. Edmonds
Aug 8, 2015
Donald J. Edmonds, 79, of Rock Island, passed away on Saturday, August 8, 2015 at UnityPoint Health-Trinity, Rock Island. Services for Mr. Edmonds will be 11 am, Thursday at the Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home, Rock Island. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the funeral home. Burial will be in the Rock Island National Cemetery,...
Wayland L. "Pee Wee" Clay, Sr
Aug 7, 2015
Wayland L. "Pee Wee" Clay, Sr., 76, of Davenport, passed away Friday, August 7, 2015 at the Clarissa C. Cook Hospice House, Bettendorf.
Funeral services are 11 am Monday at the Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home, Rock Island. Entombment is in the Moline Memorial Park Mausoleum. Visitation is 10 am until service time Monday at the funeral...
Genevieve L. Romeo
Aug 6, 2015
Genevieve L. "Gen" Romeo, 96, of Rock Island, passed away on Thursday, August 6, 2015 at Hope Creek Care Center, East Moline.
Genevieve L. Miller was born on March 25, 1919 in Gilchrist, IL, a daughter of Henry and Emma Miller. She married P. Samuel Romeo on July 12, 1936 in Peoria. He died on...
Billy D. Nixon
Aug 6, 2015
Billy D. Nixon, 87, of Rock Island, died Thursday, Aug. 6, 2015 at St. Anthony's Continuing Care Center, Rock Island.
Funeral services are 10:00 a.m. Wednesday at the Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home, Rock Island. Burial is at the National Cemetery, Arsenal Island, where military honors will be presented by Moline American Legion Post 246. Visitation is...
Jo-Ann "Joannie" Geifman
Aug 6, 2015
Jo-Ann "Joannie" Geifman, 74, of Bettendorf passed away Thursday evening, August 6th, at the Clarissa C. Cook Hospice House, Bettendorf, surrounded by her loving family after a courageous battle with cancer.
Funeral services will be held on Sunday, August 9th, 10:00 AM, at Congregation Beth Israel at the Tri City Jewish Center, 2715 30th Street,...
Leone M. Strupp
Aug 5, 2015
Leone M. Strupp, 94, of Rock Island, passed away Wednesday August 5, 2015 at Silver Cross Nursing and Rehab, Rock Island. A Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:00am, Monday August 10, 2015 at St. Pius X Catholic Church, Rock Island. Visitation will be from 2:00-5:00pm Sunday at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home, Rock Island, with a rosary recited...
Raymond "Ray" Roman
Aug 3, 2015
Raymond "Ray" Roman, 64, of Rock Island, passed away Monday August 3, 2015 at home. Funeral services will be 10:00am Saturday at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home, Rock Island. Visitation will be from 3:00-7:00pm Friday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Rock Island Memorial Park Cemetery. Memorials may be left to the Children's Therapy Center, Moline or...
Beulah M. Buckwalter
Aug 1, 2015
Beulah M. Buckwalter, 94, of Milan, IL, passed away Saturday August 1, 2015 at her home.
Services will be 10:00 a.m. Friday at First Baptist Church, Rock Island. Burial will be at Memorial Park Cemetery, Rock Island. Visitation will be 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Thursday at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home, 201 E. 4th Ave., Milan....
Byron W. Mayeux
Jul 29, 2015
Byron W. Mayeux, 28, of Milan, passed away on Wednesday, July 29, 2015 in Davenport, Iowa. Memorial services will be 3 p.m. Saturday at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home, Milan. Visitation will be held one hour prior to services at the funeral home. Memorials may be made in care of Beulah Mountain Christian Academy, Beulah Heights, KY; where Byron...
Amanda "Mandy" Baker Wright
Jul 27, 2015
Amanda "Mandy" Baker Wright, 36, of Orion passed away on Monday, July 27, 2015 after a courageous battle with lymphoma.
A memorial service will be held at 11 am on Saturday at the Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home, Milan. Visitation will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers,...
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