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Dr. Betty Klein Whitted
May 14, 2014
Dr. Betty Klein Whitted, 90, died peacefully in Rock Island on May 14, 2014. Services for Betty will be 11 am, Monday at St. Pius X Catholic Church, Rock Island. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church. Burial will be in the Rock Island National Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the...
Joseph "Joe" Johnston
May 13, 2014
Joseph "Joe" Johnston, 60, of Milan, passed away Tuesday May 13, 2014 at UPH Trinity, Rock Island, peacefully with his Family by his side. There will be a visitation from 10:00am to 1:00pm Saturday May 17th immediately followed by a Memorial Service at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home in Milan. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be left to...
Mary L. Desmet
May 11, 2014
Mary L. DeSmet, 73, of Illinois City, formerly of Rock Island, passed away Sunday May 11, 2014 at Clarissa C. Cook Hospice House, Bettendorf.A Memorial Service will be 7:00 p.m. Tuesday, June 3rd, at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home, 201 E. 4th Ave., Milan, with visitation from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, June 3rd. Memorials may be...
Max L. Benson
May 11, 2014
Max L. Benson, 90, of Rock Island, passed away Sunday May 11, 2014 at Unity Point-Trinity, Rock Island.Services are 1:00 p.m. Wednesday at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home, 3030 - 7th Ave., Rock Island. Burial with military honors, will be at Greenview Memorial Gardens, East Moline. Visitation will be 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home....
Michael J. Payne
May 8, 2014
Michael J. Payne, 70, of Rock Island, died Thursday, May 8, 2014 at UnityPoint Health - Trinity Rock Island.Visitation will be 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday at the Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home, Rock Island with a prayer service to follow at 4:00 p.m. Private inurnment will be at the Calvary Mausoleum, Rock Island. In lieu of flowers, memorials...
Reaiah Joy Houston
May 7, 2014
Reaiah Joy Houston, stillborn infant daughter of Toria Williams and Raheem Houston, East Moline passed away May 7, 2014 at Genesis- Illini, Silvis.
A graveside service will be 11:00 a.m. Monday at Chippiannock Cemetery, Rock Island. Arrangments are entrusted to Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home, Rock Island.
Surviving are her parents, Toria and Raheem, both...
Earl L. Watkins
May 3, 2014
Earl L. Watkins, 75, of Milan, passed away Saturday May 3, 2014 at home.A Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:00am Wednesday at St. Ambrose Catholic Church, Milan. Visitation will be from 4:00-7:00pm Tuesday at St. Ambrose Catholic Church, Milan. Burial will be in Viola Cemetery. Memorials may be left to St. Ambrose Catholic Church, Milan.
...Dennis A. Lannan
May 2, 2014
Dennis A. Lannan, 63, of Rock Island, passed away Friday, May 2, 2014 at Adventist LaGrange Memorial Hospital. Memorial services will be at 11:00 a.m. Friday, May 30, 2014 at Heritage Church, Rock Island. Memorials may be made in care of the family.Dennis Alan Lannan was born September 23, 1950, a son of Theodore and Mildred Hoogerwerf...
Steven R. Bragg
May 1, 2014
Steven R. Bragg, 63, of Andalusia, passed away Thursday May 1, 2014 at home, surrounded by family and close friends, after an extended illness.A Liturgy of Christian Burial will be 11:00am Wednesday at St. Patrick's Catholic Church, Taylor Ridge. Visitation will be 4:00-8:00pm Tuesday at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home, Rock Island. In lieu of flowers memorials may be...
Bradley W. Mott
May 1, 2014
Bradley W. Mott, 72, of Rock Island, passed away Thursday May 1, 2014 at Unity Point-Trinity, Rock Island.Services will be 9:30 a.m. Monday at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home, 3030 - 7th Ave., Rock Island. Burial will be at Memorial Park Cemetery, Rock Island. Visitation will be 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Memorials may...
Philip J. Leslein
Apr 30, 2014
Philip J. Leslein, 54, of Taylor Ridge, passed away on Wednesday, April 30, 2014 at his home. Per his wishes, cremation rites have been accorded and no services are planned.Philip was born on March 27, 1960 in Davenport, a son of Eldon and Virginia (Gibbs) Leslein. He married Nola Forth Leslein on Dec. 31, 1999 in Bettendorf....
Eugene "Gene" Schmidt
Apr 30, 2014
Eugene L. "Gene" Schmidt, 75, of Milan, passed away Wednesday April 30, 2014 at UPH Trinity, Rock Island.Funeral services will be 11:00am Wednesday at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home, Rock Island.
Visitation will be from 4:00-7:00pm Tuesday at the funeral home. Inurnment will be in Rock Island Memorial Park Cemetery. Memorials may be left to the family....
Benjamin E. Frederick
Apr 29, 2014
Benjamin E. Frederick, 71, of Rock Island, passed away Tuesday, April 29, 2014 at Genesis Medical Center, Silvis. Services for Mr. Frederick will be 1 pm Monday 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, where...
David R. Penry
Apr 28, 2014
David R. Penry, 87, of Rock Island, died Monday, April 28, 2014 at Unity Point Health Trinity, Rock Island. Memorial services will be 11 a.m. Saturday at Good Shepherd Presbyterian Church, Rock Island with visitation one hour prior to services. Cremation rites have been accorded and private inurnment will be at a later date. Memorials may be...
Richard E. "Rich" Hanes
Apr 26, 2014
Richard "Rich" Elton Hanes, born April 1, 1947 in Des Moines, Iowa, passed away April 26, 2014 of natural causes in Rock Island, Illinois.After graduating from Lakewood High School in Colorado, Richard joined the United States Air Force in 1965. During two tours of duty in Vietnam, he was highly regarded for his mechanical work on fighter...
Viola Dietsch
Apr 26, 2014
Viola M. Dietsch, 88, of Milan, passed away Saturday April 26, 2014 at her home surrounded by her family.Funeral services will be 10:30am Thursday at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home, Milan. Visitation will be from 4:00-7:00pm Wednesday at the funeral home. Burial will be in National Cemetery, Rock Island. Memorials may be left for the Rock Island Conservation Club,...
Florence M. Hamilton
Apr 25, 2014
Florence M. Hamilton, 104, of Rock Island, IL, passed away Friday,April 25, 2014 at Unity Point-Trinity, Rock Island.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be 9:00 a.m. Saturday, May 3rd, at
St. Mary's Catholic Church, Rock Island. Burial will be at Memorial Park
Cemetery, Rock Island. A Rosary will be recited...
Corinne W. Murrin
Apr 24, 2014
Corinne W. Murrin, 96, of Rock Island, passed away, Thursday, April 24, 2014 at UnityPoint Health-Trinity, Rock Island. Services for Mrs. Murrin will be 10:30 am, Saturday at St. Pius X Catholic Church, Rock Island. Visitation will be from 9 am until the time of service at the church on Saturday. Burial will be in the Chippiannock...
Andre Richardson Sr
Apr 22, 2014
Andre "Sneeky Peek" Richardson Sr., 47, of Peoria, formerly of Rock Island, passed away Tuesday April 22, 2014 at Advocate Eureka Hospital, Eureka.Services will be 11:00am Friday at Greater Antioch Baptist Church, Rock Island. Visitation will be from 9am until service time Friday at the church. Burial will follow in Chippiannock Cemetery, Rock Island.
Andre...
Christopher P. Galusha
Apr 22, 2014
Christopher Paul Galusha, 28, of Rock Island, died Tuesday, April 22, 2014 at UnityPoint Health - Trinity Rock Island. So others may live, Chris was an organ and tissue donor.A Mass of Christian Burial will be 11:00 a.m. on Monday at St. Pius X Catholic Church, Rock Island. Burial is at Preemption Cemetery. Visitation is 1 to...
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