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Blanche B. Bohatka
Jan 31, 2015
Blanche B. Bohatka, 99, of Rock Island, died Saturday, January 31, 2015 at UnityPoint Health-Trinity Rock Island. Cremation rites were accorded. A celebration of life service will be 11 a.m. Saturday, February 21 at Good Shepherd Presbyterian Church, Rock Island. Visitation will be from 10 - 11 a.m. at the church Saturday. Memorials may be made in...
David Scott Sexton
Jan 30, 2015
David Scott Sexton, 54, of Rock Island, died Friday, Jan. 30, 2015 at his home.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be 10 am Tuesday at St. Pius X Catholic Church, Rock Island. Private inurnment will be at a later date at the Calvary Cemetery, Rock Island. Visitation is 4 to 7 p.m. Monday at...
Maria Del Socorro Ramirez-Ramos
Jan 30, 2015
Maria Del Socorro Ramirez-Ramos, 57, of Rock Island, took her last breathe surrounded by her husband, sons, daughters and grandchildren, Friday, January 30, 2015 in her daughter's residence in Moline. Her family was joyous to see her go home to the Lord and be reunited with mother and father whom she missed her entire life. Cremation rites...
Elizabeth I. Bowsher
Jan 29, 2015
Elizabeth I. Bowsher, 77 of Rock Island, died Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015 at the home of her daughter Lisa, in Green Bay, Wis.
Funeral services are 7:00 p.m. Tuesday at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home, Rock Island. Visitation will be 4 pm until service time Tuesday at the funeral home. Private inurnment will be later at Chippiannock...
Marjorie E. Teel
Jan 27, 2015
Marjorie E. Teel, 90, of Milan, passed away Tuesday, January 27, 2015, at Heartland Health Care Center, Moline.
Funeral service will be held 2:00 PM on Saturday, January 31, 2015 at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home, 201 E. 4th Ave., Milan. Visitation will be held one hour prior to service. Burial will be at Reynolds Cemetery, Reynolds....
Evelyn R. Haronik
Jan 27, 2015
Evelyn R. Haronik, 95, of Rock Island, died Tuesday, January 27, 2015 at Amber Ridge Memory Care, Moline.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be 10 a.m. Friday at St. Mary's Catholic Church, Rock Island. Entombment will be in Calvary Mausoleum, Rock Island. Visitation will be an hour prior to the service at the Church....
Colene E. Mohr
Jan 26, 2015
Colene E. Mohr, 85, of Rock Island, passed away Monday January 26, 2015 at Unity Point, Trinity, Rock Island. Services will be 10:00 a.m. Saturday at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home, 201 E. 4th Ave., Milan, IL, with visitation one hour prior to services. Entombment will be at Chippiannock Cemetery, Rock Island. Colene was born November 12, 1929 in...
Nancy E. Ferkel
Jan 26, 2015
Nancy E. Ferkel, 62, of Moline, passed away Monday, January 26, 2015 at Unity Point, Trinity, Rock Island. A memorial service will be 6:00 p.m. Friday at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home, 3030 - 7th Ave., Rock Island, with visitation prior from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. Friday. Inurnment will be at a later date. Memorials may be made...
Martha "Marty" Gianulis Cordero
Jan 26, 2015
Martha "Marty" Gianulis Cordero, 63, of Rock Island, died Monday, Jan. 26, 2015 at her home.
Visitation is 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday at the Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home, Rock Island, followed by a prayer service at 7:00 p.m. Memorials may be made to QC PAWS or to the American Cancer Society.
Martha "Marty"...
James C. Hull, Sr
Jan 25, 2015
James C. Hull, Sr. , 76, of Milan, passed away on Sunday, January 25, 2015 at Rock Island Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Rock Island. Funeral services will be 1:30 pm Friday at Wheelan Pressly Funeral Home, Rock Island. Visitation will be held one hour prior to services at the funeral home. Burial will be in Rock Island...
Chandra Bir Gurung
Jan 24, 2015
Chandra Bir Gurung, 71, of 1309 3rd St., Rock Island, died Saturday at home.
He will be cremated. Friends and family may meet at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home, Rock Island at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday to follow to the crematory.
Chandra was born Jan. 1, 1944 in Bhutan. He came to the United States and...
Debra L. Jepson
Jan 24, 2015
Debra L. Jepson, 57, of East Moline, passed away on Saturday, January 24, 2015 at Genesis Medical Center, Silvis after a long battle with many medical illnesses. A memorial gathering to honor Deb's life will be held at a later date. Cremation rites have been accorded. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the family...
Lance A. Ward
Jan 23, 2015
Lance A. Ward, 37, of Rock Island, passed away on Friday, January 23, 2015 at UnityPoint Health-Trinity, Rock Island. Services for Lance will be 10 am, Saturday at the Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home, Rock Island. Visitation will be two hours prior to the service at the funeral home. Burial will be in Chippiannock Cemetery, Rock Island. Memorials may...
Suzanne Resnick Golden
Jan 23, 2015
Suzanne Resnick Golden, 89, of Rock Island died at home on Friday, January 23, 2015.
Funeral services are 10:00 a.m. Monday at Congregation Beth Israel at the Tri-City Jewish Center, Rock Island. Burial is at Hebrew Cemetery, Rock Island. Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home, Rock Island is assisting the family. Memorials may be made to Transitions for...
Patricia A. Crowe
Jan 22, 2015
Patricia A. Crowe, 80, of Rock Island, passed away Thursday, Jan. 22, 2015 at UnityPoint Health - Trinity Rock Island.
Funeral services are 11:30 a.m. Monday at First Lutheran Church, Moline. Burial is at the Rock Island National Cemetery, Arsenal Island. Visitation is 3 to 5 p.m. Sunday at the Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home, Rock Island....
Marilyn G. Wells-Branson
Jan 22, 2015
Marilyn G. Wells-Branson, 72, of Moline, passed away on Thursday, January 22, 2015 at Rosewood Care Center, Moline. There will be no services or visitation. Cremation rites have been accorded. Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home, Rock Island is assisting the family.
Marilyn was born on September 8, 1942 in Moline. She was the daughter of Hazel Lawson-Wells...
Martha E. Higgins
Jan 22, 2015
Martha E. Higgins, 97, formerly of Rock Island, passed away on Thursday, January
22, 2015 at the Amber Ridge Assisted Living, Moline. A memorial mass will be held at a later date at St. Pius X Catholic Church, Rock Island. The body was donated to Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, for scientific study. Memorials may be...
David F. Naab
Jan 22, 2015
David F. Naab, 72, of Rock Island, passed away Thursday January 22, 2015 at his home unexpectedly. Funeral services will be 10:30am Tuesday at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home, Rock Island. Visitation will be from 4:00-7:00pm Monday at the funeral home. Memorials may be left to the Quad City Animal Welfare Center, Milan and Fr. Ted's Kids Mission in...
Calvin N. Lafrence
Jan 18, 2015
Calvin N. LaFrence, 90, of Osco, passed away on Sunday, January 18, 2015 at Hammond-Henry Hospital, Geneseo. Following cremation, there will be no visitation or service. Calvin was born on August 23, 1924 at his family home: 309 Elm Avenue, Hackensack, New Jersey. Calvin was the fourth son of Charles Henry and Maud Lillian LaFrence. He graduated...
Irwin S. Rietz
Jan 18, 2015
Irwin S. Rietz, 83, of Bettendorf, IA, passed away Sunday January 18, 2015 at Genesis Medical Center, West Campus, Davenport, IA. Services will be 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, January 21st, at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home, 3030 - 7th Ave., Rock Island, where visitation will be one hour prior to services. Burial with military honors will be at National Cemetery,...
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