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Barbara J. Whisler
May 17, 2014
Barbara J. Whisler, 83, a resident of Rock Island Nursing and Rehab Center, died Saturday, May 17, 2014 at the center.Memorial services are 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home, Rock Island. Burial is at the National Cemetery, Arsenal Island. Visitation is 4 to 7 p.m. today at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to...
Stanley D. Goldman
May 17, 2014
Stanley D. Goldman, 93 of Rock Island died Saturday, May 17, 2014 at the Lighthouse, Silvis.Funeral services are 3:00 p.m. on 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. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be...
Esther Evelyn Vroman
May 17, 2014
Esther Evelyn Vroman, 83, of Rock Island, passed away peacefully Saturday May 17, 2014 at Friendship Manor, Rock Island.Funeral services will be 2:00pm Saturday at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home, Milan. Visitation will be one hour prior to service time Saturday at the funeral home. Private inurnment will be in Edgington Cemetery. Memorials may be left to the family....
Duane L. Parker
May 17, 2014
Duane L. Parker, 81, of Milan, passed away Saturday, May 17, 2014 at St. Anthony's Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, Rock Island. Services for Duane will be 1 pm, Wednesday at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home, 3030-7th Avenue, Rock Island. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the funeral home. Burial will be in the Rock Island...
Steven M. Anderson
May 16, 2014
Steven M. "Chief" Anderson, 56, of Rock Island, died Friday, May 16, 2014 at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City. Cremation rites were accorded. A Celebration of Chief's life will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. on Saturday, May 24 at the Milan American Legion, 515 1st Ave W, Milan, IL 61264.Memorials may be...
Marcie Rittich
May 15, 2014
Marcie Rittich, 49, of Green Bay, WI. died on May 15,2014 in Rock Island, IL. with her family beside her following a long illness. Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home, Rock Island is assisting the family.
Marcie was born in Moline, IL in 1964 to Robert and Rebecca Van Hecke Sisk. The family moved to Dubuque IA where...
Mark S. Wiggins
May 15, 2014
Mark S. Wiggins, 57, of Rock Island, died Thursday, May 15, 2014 at UnityPoint Health - Trinity Rock Island.Private services are Saturday at the Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home, Rock Island. Private burial is at Calvary Cemetery, Rock Island. Memorials may be made to St. Pius X Catholic Church or Rock Island County Council On Addictions.
Mark...
Alexander C. Ford
May 14, 2014
Alexander C. "Gamma" Ford Jr., 21, of Rock Island, died Wednesday, May 14, 2014 at Trinity Rock Island.Services are 11 a.m. Thursday at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home, Rock Island, with visitation from 10 a.m. until service time. Burial is at Pine Hill Cemetery, Davenport.
He was born Nov. 4, 1992 in Davenport, a son of Alexander...
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....
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