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Pamela D Damewood
May 30, 2024
Pamela Diane Damewood, 73, Lakeland, FL formerly of the Quad Cities, passed away in a car accident on May 30, 2024 in Lakeland. Visitation will be from 10-11 a.m. with a funeral following at 11 a.m on Saturday, June 8, 2024 at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home and Crematory, Milan. Burial at Preemption Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be...
Jean Caroline (Nelson) Larson
May 30, 2024
Jean Caroline Nelson Larson, 95, of Bloomington, Illinois, formerly of Rock Island, Illinois, died Thursday, May 30, 2024 in Phoenix, Arizona. A private family graveside service will take place at Rock Island National Cemetery, Arsenal Island. A memorial service will be at 11 am Tuesday, June 11, 2024 at St. John's Lutheran Church, 1617 E. Emerson Street, Bloomington, Illinois...
Susy A. (Hogan) Birditt
May 29, 2024
Susy A. Birditt, 73, of Coal Valley, passed away Wednesday May 29, 2024 at UPH Trinity, Rock Island.
A Memorial service will be held on Saturday June 8, 2024 from 12:30-2:00 pm at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home and Crematory, Rock Island. The service may also be viewed online at https://vimeo.com/952954478/da10c6bf0b. The family will greet friends prior to the...
Arvilla "Billie" Gastel
May 28, 2024
Arvilla (Billie) Gastel, 84 of Rock Island, passed away peacefully on May 28th, 2024 at her home.
Billie lived a full and large life. A working woman, a wife, mother, and devoted grandmother. If Billie loved you, you knew it. And if she didn't, you knew that too. She was fiercely loyal and extremely generous to those...
Rosa L. Steinbaugh
May 27, 2024
Rosa L. Steinbaugh, 84, of Rock Island, passed away Monday, May 27, 2024, at her home.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, June 4, 2024, at St. Mary's Catholic Church, Rock Island. Visitation will be held from 4:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Monday, June 3, 2024, at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home and...
Virginia E Bladel
May 27, 2024
Virginia Elizabeth (Pickett) Bladel passed away peacefully in Spring, Texas on May 27, 2024 at the age of 83. She was born on November 18, 1940 in Ames, Iowa to George M Pickett, Sr and Sarah (Fjelland) Pickett. Her family moved to Rock Island, Illinois where she met and married her husband, John J Bladel in 1958.
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Joann A. (Clark) Evins
May 27, 2024
JoAnn A. Evins, 88, of Sherrard, died Monday, May 27, 2024 at Mercer Manor Rehabilitation, Aledo. Cremation rites were accorded. A memorial service will be at 11 am Monday, June 3, 2024 at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home and Crematory, 201 E. 4th Avenue, Milan. Visitation will be from 10-11 am Monday, June 3, 2024 at the funeral home. Inurnment will...
Lamonte “Monty” Dion Bates
May 26, 2024
LaMonte Dion "Monty" Bates was born on July 6, 1967, in Moline, Illinois, to Cecil and Julie Bates.
LaMonte transitioned on Sunday, May 26, 2024, at the Northeast Georgia Health System, Gainesville, Georgia.
LaMonte currently lived in Norcross, Georgia, but he was a former Rock Island native. He was the oldest of four children. LaMonte...
Marilyn J Dean
May 23, 2024
Marilyn J. Dean, 84, of Taylor Ridge, passed away on Thursday, May 23, 2024 at home.
Per Marilyn's wishes, cremation rites have been accorded and a private graveside service will be held at Andalusia Cemetery. Memorials may be left in care of St. Matthew Lutheran Church, Milan. Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home and Crematory, Milan is assisting the family....
Michael "Kevin" Nelson
May 22, 2024
Michael "Kevin" Nelson, 50, of Milan, passed away Wednesday, May 22, 2024, at his home.
Cremation rites have been accorded. Per the family's wishes no services will be held at this time. Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home and Crematory, Rock Island is assisting the family.
Kevin was born June 20, 1973, in Mountain View, CA, the son...
William "Bud" C. Carius
May 20, 2024
William "Bud" C. Carius, 77, of Sherrard, died Monday, May 20, 2024 at Trinity, Rock Island. A private graveside service will take place at Arsenal Island National Cemetery where military
honors will be presented by the Vietnam Veterans of America. Memorials may be made to Vietnam Veterans of America.
Bud was born in Moline, Illinois...
Patricia A. Nimrick
May 17, 2024
Patricia Nimrick, 96 of Taylor Ridge peacefully passed away on Friday, May 17, 2024, at her home. A memorial service to honor Mrs. Nimrick's life will be held at 6 pm on Thursday, 5/23/24 at the Wheelan Pressly Funeral Home and Crematory in Reynolds, IL. Prior to the service, friends and family are invited to a memorial visitation from...
Jan W. Christensen
May 17, 2024
Jan W. Christensen, 76, of East Moline, passed away Friday, May 17, 2024, at Clarissa C. Cook Hospice House, Bettendorf. Ten years of battling health issues due to Agent Orange are finally over.
Funeral services are 10:30 a.m. Friday, May 24, 2024, at First Lutheran Church, Moline. Visitation is 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. Thursday, May 23, 2024,...
Marcia Chovanec
May 16, 2024
Marcia Chovanec, 94, of Milan, passed away Thursday, May 16, 2024, at the Clarissa C. Cook Hospice House, Bettendorf after a brief illness.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, May 21, 2024, at St. Ambrose Catholic Church, Milan. Visitation will be held prior to the Mass from 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Tuesday...
Lola Mae Wilson
May 16, 2024
Lola Mae Wilson, 90, Viola, IL passed away on Thursday, May 16, 2024 at Generations Nursing Home in Rock Island, IL. A private family service will be held. Memorials may be made to the family.
Lola was born on May 15, 1934 to William and Lorraine (Womack) Parker in Birmingham, AL. Her family moved to the Quad...
Kevin L Einfeldt
May 15, 2024
Kevin L. Einfeldt, 63, of Illinois City, passed away Wednesday May 15, 2024 at his home.
A memorial gathering will be held from 5:00PM to 8:00 PM Sunday June 9, 2024 at the Muscatine American Legion, 110 S Houser St, Muscatine, IA.
Kevin was born on August 19, 1960 in Muscatine, the son of Daniel...
Valeta M. (Moughler) Boot
May 15, 2024
Valeta M. Boot, 95, formerly of Illinois City, passed away Wednesday May 15, 2024 at Friendship Manor, Rock Island.
Services will be 10:30 AM Tuesday, May 21, 2024 at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home and Crematory, Rock Island. Visitation will be from 9:30 AM to service time. Burial will follow in Rock Island National Cemetery. Memorials may be left...
Sherri A. (Hemm) Harland
May 15, 2024
Sherri A. Hemm-Harland, 57, of New Windsor, IL, died Wednesday, May 15, 2024 at home. There will be a visitation from 4-7 pm on Friday, May 24, 2024 at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home and Crematory, 201 E. 4th Avenue, Milan. Cremation rites will follow. Inurnment will be private at Memorial Park Cemetery, Rock Island. Memorials may be made in care...
Johnnie B. Dixon
May 14, 2024
Johnnie B. Dixon, 82, of Davenport, Iowa, passed away Tuesday May 14, 2024 at his home.
A service to celebrate Johnnie's life will be held 11:00 AM Saturday May 25, 2024 at Life Church, 842 16th Ave, East Moline, IL. Reverend Corey Parker will officiate. The family will greet friends from 10:00 AM to service time.
...Lisa H Whitney
May 14, 2024
Lisa Whitney of Taylor Ridge, Illinois, passed away at her home on May 14, 2024. She was 68 years old.
Lisa was born on August 10, 1955, in Corona, California. An army brat, she lived in many places in the US and abroad growing up, graduating from Kaiserslautern American High School in Germany in 1973. She received...
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