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Ralph Eugene Vroman Jr
Dec 23, 2014
Ralph "Buster" E. Vroman Jr., 54, of Reno, Nev., formerly of Davenport, Iowa, died Tuesday, December 23, 2014 at his home. Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home, 3030 7th Ave., Rock Island. Visitation will be from 2-4 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Burial will be at Rock Island National Cemetery,...
Robert M. Wakefield
Dec 22, 2014
Robert M. "Bob" Wakefield, 80, of Rock Island, passed away Monday, Dec. 22, 2014 at his home.
Funeral services are 10:00 a.m. Monday at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home, Rock Island. Visitation is 3 to 8 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home, where a Masonic service will be conducted at 7 p.m. Additional services will be 2:00...
Norma Wollenburg
Dec 22, 2014
"Lord, now lettest Thou Thy servant depart in peace, according to Thy Word." It has pleased our Lord to take to himself, on the evening of Dec. 22, 2014, our beloved mother and grandmother and sister in Christ, Norma Gertrude Wollenburg (nee Rethmeier). She fell asleep in peace to family singing the liturgy, in which Christ has...
Virgie C. Swift
Dec 22, 2014
Virgie C. Swift, 64, of Rock Island, passed away Monday, December 22, 2014 at her home. Funeral services will be at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday at the Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home, Rock Island. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service at the funeral home. Burial will follow at Chippiannock Cemetery, Rock Island. Memorials may be made...
Edna Mae "Eddie" Eckhardt
Dec 21, 2014
Edna Mae "Eddie" Eckhardt, 85, of Buffalo Prairie, passed away Sunday, December 21, 2014 at All American Care of Muscatine. Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m. Saturday at the Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home, Reynolds. Burial will follow in Buffalo Prairie Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Friday at the funeral home with an...
Dennis Lee Martin
Dec 19, 2014
Dennis Lee Martin, 58, of Taylor Ridge, died Friday, December 19, 2014 at his home. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Tuesday at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home, 3030 7th Ave., Rock Island. Visitation will be from 4-7 p.m. Monday at the funeral home. Burial will be at Davenport Memorial Park Cemetery. Memorials may be made in care of...
Wanda Helen Bentley
Dec 19, 2014
Wanda Helen Bentley, 81, of Rock Island, passed away on Friday, December 19, 2014 at UnityPoint Health-Trinity, Rock Island. Services for Mrs. Bentley will be 12 pm on Tuesday at the Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home, Milan. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the funeral home. Burial will be in Greenview Memorial Gardens, East Moline....
Harold "Jack" J. Voss
Dec 18, 2014
Harold "Jack" J. Voss, 81, of Moline, died Thursday, December 18, 2014 at UnityPoint Health-Trinity Rock Island. Funeral services will be 1 p.m. Monday at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home, Rock Island. Visitation will be Sunday from 2-5 p.m. at the funeral home. Burial will be at Rock Island National Cemetery, Arsenal Island, where military honors will be conducted....
Daniel E. Jones
Dec 18, 2014
Daniel E. Jones, 62, of Milan, died Thursday, Dec. 18, 2014 at UnityPoint Health -Trinity Rock Island.
Visitation is 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday at the Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home, Milan. Private services will be held at a later date. Memorials may be made to the Quad City Animal Welfare Center, Milan.
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Mary Ellen Penny
Dec 17, 2014
Mary Ellen Penny, 86, of Rock Island, died Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2014 at St. Mary's Hospital, Rochester, Minn.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be 9:00 a.m. Monday at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Rock Island. Burial is at the National Cemetery, Rock Island Arsenal. Visitation is 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday at the Wheelan-Pressly Funeral...
Richard L. "Dick" Hill
Dec 17, 2014
Richard "Dick" L. Hill, 95, of Rock Island, died Wednesday, December 17, 2014 at Friendship Manor Silver Cross Pavilion. Services will be 11 a.m. Tuesday at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home, Rock Island. Visitation will be Monday from 4-7 p.m. at the funeral home. Burial will be at Memorial Park Cemetery, Rock Island. Memorials may be made in care...
Susan J. Schaecher
Dec 17, 2014
Susan J. Schaecher, 57 of Rock Island, died Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2014 at UnityPoint Health -Trinity Rock Island.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:00 a.m. Monday at St. Pius X Catholic Church, Rock Island. Burial is at Calvary Cemetery, Rock Island. Visitation is 2 to 6 p.m. Sunday at the Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home,...
Donald C. Clark
Dec 16, 2014
Donald C. Clark, 98, of Rock Island, died Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2014 at the Silver Cross Nursing Center, Rock Island.
Funeral services are 11:00 a.m. Saturday at First Lutheran Church, Rock Island. Burial is at Memorial Park Cemetery, Rock Island. Visitation 4 to 7 p.m. Friday at the Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home, Rock Island. Additional visitation...
Terry D. "Pappy" Walters
Dec 16, 2014
TERRY D. WALTERS
Terry D. "Pappy" Walters, 75, of Rock Island, IL, passed away Tuesday December 16, 2014 at his home. Funeral services will be 9:30 a.m. Friday, December 19th at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home, 201 E. 4th Ave., Milan. Burial with military honors, conducted by American Legion Post 569/200 and V.F.W. Post 1303, will be...
Curtis W. Welsh
Dec 16, 2014
Curtis W. Welsh, 52, of Rock Island, passed away Tuesday, December 16, 2014, at his residence with his family by his side.
A Celebration of Life Service will be held 11:00 AM on Saturday, December 20, 2014 at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home, 3030 7th Ave., Rock Island. Visitation will be one hour prior to service. Private...
Phyllis A. Coogan
Dec 15, 2014
Phyllis A. Coogan, 88, of Rock Island, formerly of Milan, passed away Monday, December 15, 2014 at Friendship Manor, Rock Island.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:00 AM Friday, December 19, 2014 at St. Pius X Catholic Church, Rock Island. Burial will follow the service at National Cemetery, Rock Island. Visitation is 4...
Leo L. Ford
Dec 14, 2014
Leo L. Ford, 68, of Milan, IL, passed away Sunday December 14, 2014 at his home.
Services will be 11:00 a.m. Thursday, December 18th, at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home, 201 E. 4th Ave., Milan. Entombment with military honors will be at Memorial Park Mausoleum, Rock Island. Visitation will be 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Wednesday, December...
Jeanette M. "Jean" Conwell
Dec 13, 2014
Jeanette M. "Jean" Conwell, 67, of Rock Island passed away on Saturday, December 13, 2014 at UnityPoint Health – Trinity, Rock Island. Private family services are planned at Rock Island National Cemetery, where inurnment will follow. Memorials may be made to St. Pius X Catholic Church, Rock Island. Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home, Rock Island is assisting the family....
Maurene J. Ripperton
Dec 12, 2014
Maurene J. Ripperton, 84, of Silvis, passed away on Friday, December 12, 2014 at Clarissa C. Cook Hospice House, Bettendorf. Funeral services will be at 12:00 Noon on Tuesday at the Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home, Milan. Burial will follow at Rock Island National Cemetery. Visitation will be Monday from 4 to 7 p.m. at the funeral home. Memorials...
Donald "Donnie" L. Lowry, Jr
Dec 12, 2014
Donald "Donnie" Loren Lowry Jr., 59, of Rock Island, formerly of Lake City, FL, passed away on Friday, Dec. 12, 2014 at Rosewood Care Center, Moline, IL.
As per Donnie's request, cremation rites have been accorded. Inurnment will be at a later date at Oakwood Cemetery, Geneseo, IL. Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home, Rock Island is assisting...
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