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Richard N. "Brownie" Brown
Nov 19, 2014
Richard N. "Brownie" Brown, 82, of Rock Island, died Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2014 at Heartland Health Care Center, Moline.
Funeral services are 10:00 a.m. Tuesday at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home, Rock Island. Burial is at the National Cemetery, Arsenal Island, where military honors will be presented Moline American Legion Post 246. Visitation is 4 to 7...
Terry L. Rummels
Nov 19, 2014
Terry L. Rummels, 69, of Rock Island, passed away Wednesday November 19, 2014 at UPH-Trinity, Rock Island. Services will be 11 a.m. Monday, Nov. 24th at Second Baptist Church, Rock Island. Burial, with military honors, will be at Riverside Cemetery, Moline. Visitation will be 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. Sunday at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home, 3030 7th Ave.,...
Dorothy I. Mccorkle
Nov 18, 2014
Dorothy I. McCorkle, 99, of Milan, passed away Tuesday, November 18, 2014 at her residence.
Funeral service will be held at 9:30 AM on Saturday, November 22, 2014 at First Presbyterian Church, Milan. Visitation will start at 9:00 AM until service time. Burial will be at Memorial Park Cemetery, Rock Island. Memorials may be made...
Florence A. "Bitsie" Schrup
Nov 18, 2014
Florence A., 'Bitsie' Schrup, 83, of Moline, passed away on Tuesday, November 18, 2014 at the Hope Creek Care Center, East Moline. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10 am, Monday, November 24th at St. Mary's Catholic Church, Rock Island. A memorial mass held at a later date. Internment with James Schrup (deceased), will...
Donald J. "Punk" Guinn
Nov 17, 2014
Donald J. "Punk" Guinn, 72, of Taylor Ridge, passed away Monday November 17, 2014 at home surrounded by his family. A Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:00am Tuesday at St. Patrick Catholic Church, Andalusia. Visitation will be 4:00-7:00pm Monday at the church, with a Christian Wake service recited at 4:00pm. Burial will be in Edgington Cemetery....
Phyllis Grams Weeks
Nov 17, 2014
Phyllis Weeks, age 89, died Monday, November 17, 2014 in Lincolnwood, Illinois.
Phyllis Anne Grams was born in Chicago on May 8, 1925 to Raymond C. and Dorris Evans Grams. Shortly thereafter the family moved to Indianapolis.
Phyllis attended Purdue University, where she earned a degree in Psychology. At Purdue, she also met...
Sarah M. Harris
Nov 17, 2014
Sarah M. Harris, 71, of Rock Island, passed away Monday November 17, 2014 at St. Anthony's Nursing and Rehab, Rock Island. Services will be 1:00 p.m. Friday, Nov. 21st at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home, 3030 - 7th Ave., Rock Island, where visitation will be one hour prior to services. Private burial will be at Chippiannock Cemetery, Rock Island....
Susan I. Schafer
Nov 17, 2014
Susan I. "Sue" Schafer, 84, of Bettendorf passed away Monday, Nov. 17, 2014 at the Clarissa C. Cook Hospice House, Bettendorf.
Funeral services are 10:30 a.m. Saturday at St. Paul Lutheran Church, Davenport. Burial is at Davenport Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation is 4 to 7 p.m. Friday at St. Paul Lutheran Church. Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home,...
Elizabeth E. Jones
Nov 16, 2014
Elizabeth E. Jones, 83, of Moline, passed away on Sunday, November 16, 2014 at UnityPoint Health-Trinity, Rock Island. Services for Mrs. Jones will be 10:30 am on Thursday at the Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home, Rock Island. Visitation will be Wednesday from 4 pm to 6 pm at the funeral home. Burial will be in the Greenview Memorial Gardens,...
Johnnie L. Hall
Nov 16, 2014
Johnnie L. Hall, 59 of Rock Island, Il passed away Sunday, Nov 16, 2014 at Trinity Medical Center.
Services will be at 10am at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home, 3030 7th Ave., Rock Island, where visitation will be one hour prior to services at 9am. The burial will be at Chippiannock Cemetery, Rock Island. The repass will...
Evelyn S. Hartman
Nov 14, 2014
Evelyn S. Hartman,90, of Rock Island, formerly of Milan, passed away on Friday, November 14, 2014 at her home. Services will be 10:30 am, Monday at the Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home, Milan. Visitation will be Sunday from 4 to 7 pm, at the funeral home. Burial will be in the Farlow Grove Cemetery, Matherville.
Memorials may...
David L. Goulet
Nov 13, 2014
David L. Goulet, 68 of Moline, died Thursday, Nov. 13, 2014 at UnityPoint Health - Trinity Rock Island.
Funeral services are 10:00 a.m. Monday at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home, Rock Island. Burial is at Calvary Cemetery, Rock Island. Visitation is 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to the family...
Iris Ann Strickler
Nov 13, 2014
Iris Ann Strickler, 66, of Milan, died Thursday, Nov. 13, 2014 at her home.
Funeral services are 10:00 a.m. Wednesday at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home, Milan. Burial is at Chapel Grove Cemetery, Milan. Visitation is 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.
...Sandy C. Morel
Nov 12, 2014
Sandy C. Morel, 67, of Milan, died Wednesday, November 12, 2014 at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:00 a.m. Tuesday at St. Pius X Catholic Church, Rock Island. Private inurnment will be later at St. Mary's Cemetery, East Moline. Visitation is 4 to 7 p.m. Monday...
Marjorie R. Mayes
Nov 12, 2014
Marjorie R. Mayes, 90, of Rock Island, passed away on Wednesday, November 12, 2014 at Silver Cross Nursing Center, Rock Island. Services will be 11 am, Monday at St. James Lutheran Church, Rock Island. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church. Memorials may be made to NAMI of Illinois or to St....
Michael Fay Pomeroy
Nov 11, 2014
Michael F. Pomeroy, 69, of Rock Island, passed away Tuesday November 11, 2014 at UPH-Trinity, Rock Island. A graveside service will be 2:30 p.m. Friday at the chapel of Chippiannock Cemetery, Rock Island, with burial following. There will be no visitation. Arrangements are entrusted to Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home, 3030 - 7th Ave., Rock Island. Memorials may be...
Shirley I. Curtiss
Nov 9, 2014
Shirley I. Curtiss, 77, of Rock Island, passed away on Sunday, November 9, 2014 at Rosewood Care Center, Moline. Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Friday at Edgewood Baptist Church, Rock Island. Visitation will be 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. Thursday at the Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home, Rock Island. Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society or...
Marcia Collins Ross
Nov 9, 2014
Marcia Collins Ross, 74, of Marco Island, FL, formerly of Southborough, MA, passed away on Sunday, November 9, 2014 at Naples Community Hospital, Naples, FL. Funeral services will be at 1:00 Friday at the Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home, 3030 7th Ave, Rock Island, Ill. Visitation will be one hour prior to services at the funeral home. Burial will...
Dr. Jacob P. Rayapati
Nov 9, 2014
Dr. Jacob P. Rayapati, 78, of Moline, IL, formerly of West Chester, PA, died November 9, 2014, at Clarissa C. Cook Hospice House, Bettendorf, IA.
A professor of English language and literature, Jacob first studied at Andhra University in his native India before earning his Ph.D. in American Literature at the University of Pennsylvania in...
Marie O. Stropes
Nov 9, 2014
Marie O. Stropes, 93, of Rock Island, passed away on Sunday, November 9, 2014 at the Hope Creek Care Center, East Moline. Graveside services will be 11 am, Thursday at the Rock Island National Cemetery. Those wishing to attend should meet at 10:30 am, Thursday at the Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home, Rock Island.
Marie was born...
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