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Virginia "Ginny" G. Gross
Jun 26, 2023
Virginia "Ginny" G. Gross, 94, of Rock Island passed away on Monday, June 26, 2023 at Friendship Manor, Rock Island.
Funeral services will be held at 11:00 am on Friday, June 30, 2023 at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home and Crematory, Milan. Visitation will be from 10:00 to 11:00 am Friday at the funeral home. Burial will be in...
Jason M. Boos
Jun 25, 2023
Jason Boos, 47, of Orion, passed away Sunday, June 25, 2023. Memorial services will be 10:00am Saturday, July 1, 2023, at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home and Crematory, Milan. Visitation will be from 4:00 to 7:00pm Friday, June 30, at the funeral home, with a Masonic Service at 3:30pm. Inurnment will be in Western Township Cemetery. Memorials may be made to...
Deborah A. (Holland) Baird
Jun 25, 2023
Deborah A. Baird, 76, Rock Island, passed away Sunday June 25, 2023 at UPH Trinity, Rock Island.
Graveside services for the family will be held at Friday June 30, 2023 in Rock Island National Cemetery. A party to celebrate Deborah's life will be held at 5:00pm Friday July 14th at Riverfront Grille, 4619 34th St., Rock Island....
Linda Lou (Richmiller) Thompson
Jun 23, 2023
Linda Lou Thompson, 84, of Coal Valley, passed away Friday, June 23, 2023, at Friendship Manor, Rock Island. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:00 a.m. Thursday, June 29, 2023, at St. Ambrose Catholic Church, Milan. Visitation will be held from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. Wednesday, June 28, 2023, at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home and Crematory, 201...
Harold L Snyder
Jun 23, 2023
Harold L. Snyder, 83, of Rock Island, passed away Friday, June 23, 2023, at Clarissa C. Cook Hospice House, Bettendorf with his loving daughter by his side.
A graveside service will be held at 11:00 am on Tuesday, June 27, 2023, at Rock Island Memorial Park Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the Quad City Animal Welfare...
Julie Louise (Herman) Cooper
Jun 22, 2023
Julie Louise (Herman) Cooper, 81, recently of Kennesaw, GA, passed away on June 22, 2023 at Kennestone Hospital from complications of COPD.
Julie was born on October 17, 1941 in Davenport, IA to William and Leona (Markovitch) Herman. After graduating from Rock Island High School in 1959, Julie earned her bachelor's degree in History at the University...
Sister Helen Carey, Osb
Jun 21, 2023
Sister Helen Carey, OSB, 91, of St. Mary Monastery, Rock Island, IL, passed away on Wednesday, June 21, 2023, at the Monastery.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10 am, Thursday, July 6, 2023, in the Chapel of St. Mary Monastery, Rock Island. The Mass will be live-streamed through the Benedictine Sisters of St. Mary...
Franz "Bud" Helpenstell
Jun 20, 2023
My name is Franz Helpenstell, but most people call me Bud. I was born on September 4th, 1933, in Moline, Illinois. My father was Dr. Fred Helpenstell. He was a dentist. My mother was Charlotte Huesing Helpenstell. She had been a teacher, but in those days when a woman got married, she had to quit her job and have...
Martin T Carmack
Jun 18, 2023
Martin T. Carmack, 66, of Rock Island, passed away Sunday, June 18, 2023, at his home.
Cremation rites will be accorded. Per his wishes no services will be held at this time. A celebration of life will be held at a later date. Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home and Crematory, Rock Island is assisting the family. Memorials may be...
Todd M Plotner
Jun 18, 2023
Todd M. Plotner, 62, of Milan, passed away Sunday, June 18, 2023, at Harmony Davenport.
Cremation rites have been accorded. A graveside service will be held at 11am, Friday, July 14, 2023, at Illinois City Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the Iowa City VA Hospital, 601 Highway 6 W, Iowa City, IA 52246.
Todd...
Macario Lopez Zabala
Jun 17, 2023
Macario Lopez Zabala, 76, of Moline, passed away Saturday, June 17, 2023, at UnityPoint Health-Trinity, Rock Island. Funeral services will be held at 10:00am Saturday, June 24, 2023, at the KNOX CHAPEL of Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home and Crematory, 2106 7th Avenue, Rock Island. Visitation will be held from 4:00 to 7:00pm Friday, June 23, 2023, at the KNOX CHAPEL...
Kevin J Basala
Jun 17, 2023
Kevin J. Basala, 63, of Matherville passed away on Saturday, June 17th, 2023 at home after a brief battle with cancer.
Cremation rites have been accorded and a celebration of life will be held at a later date. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made in care of Unity Point Hospice. Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home and Crematory,...
Mabel M. Velge
Jun 16, 2023
Mabel Velge, age 96, and well known as "the Grande Dame" of the Cornbelt Running Club passed away peacefully June 16, 2023 after a long and joyful life. A Celebration of Life service will be 2pm Friday, June 30 at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home, Rock Island, IL. Burial at Calvary Cemetery, Rock Island. Memorials in memory of Mabel may be...
Diane Lynn Hennessey
Jun 14, 2023
Diane Lynn Hennessey, of Sherrard, was reunited with the love of her life, Vic, on June 14, 2023.
Funeral services will be held at Grace Church, Rock Island on Saturday, June 24, 2023, at 11am. Burial will be at Greenview Memorial Gardens, East Moline. The family will receive friends and loved ones at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home and...
Helen Ruth (Lampkin) Forrest
Jun 14, 2023
Helen Ruth Forrest, 74, of Rock Island, died peacefully Wednesday, June 14, 2023, at her home surrounded by her loving family. A funeral service will be 11 am Friday, June 23, 2023, at Second Baptist Church, Rock Island. Visitation will be from 4-6 pm Thursday, June 22, 2023, at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home and Crematory, 3030 7th Avenue, Rock Island. ...
James Mclean Casey
Jun 14, 2023
James McLean Casey, 92, of Rock Island peacefully passed away on Wednesday June 14th, 2023 surrounded by his loving family at Friendship Manor's Silver Cross nursing home.
Jim was born October 21, 1930, at St. John's Hospital in Springfield, Illinois. He was the son of James Thomas Casey and Lola McLean Casey. At an early age, his...
Michael J. Kinnamon
Jun 13, 2023
Michael J. Kinnamon, aged 80, of Milan, Illinois, peacefully passed away on June 13th at
Clarissa Cook Hospice Home.
Services are 1:00pm Tuesday June 20, 2023 at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home and Crematory, Milan. Visitation will be from 12:00pm to service time at the funeral home. Burial will follow in Rock Island National Cemetery, with Military...
Marjorie Arlene (Hesseltine) Polton
Jun 13, 2023
Marjorie Arlene Hesseltine Polton, 97, of Rock Island, passed away on Tuesday June 13, 2023 at the Good Samaritan Society House, surrounded by her family.
Visitation will be held from 9:30-10:30am Tuesday June 20, 2023 at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home and Crematory, Rock Island. Graveside services will be held in Sandy Hook Cemetery, Brighton, Iowa, following visitation.
...Barbara “Barb” Sue (Thornburg) Roggenbauer
Jun 12, 2023
Barbara "Barb" Sue Roggenbauer, 68, of Rock Island, went to be with her lord and savior on Monday, June 12, 2023, at Mercer Manor Rehabilitation, Aledo. Funeral services will be 10:00am Tuesday, June 20, 2023, at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home and Crematory, 201 E. 4th Avenue, Milan. Visitation will be from 4:00 to 7:00pm Monday, June 19, 2023, at the...
Kerry Bratsch
Jun 12, 2023
Kerry L. Bratsch, 74, Milan, IL passed away on Monday, June 12, 2023 at his home under the care of Hospice. There will be a graveside service with military honors at 9:30 AM on Tuesday, June 20, 2023 at the Rock Island National Cemetery. Those who wish to attend are asked to meet at the Rock Island location of...
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