Earnest Lee Vaughns
Oct 4, 2022
Earnest Lee Vaughns, 71, Rock Island, IL passed away on Tuesday, October 4, 2022 at UnityPoint Health-Trinity in Rock Island. There will be a visitation from 1-4 PM Sunday, October 16, 2022 at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home and Crematory, Rock Island. The funeral will be at 11 AM on Tuesday, October 18, 2022 at Reliable Funeral Home in St. Louis....
Ronald "Ron" J. Stritesky
Oct 4, 2022
Ronald "Ron" J. Stritesky, 74, of Milan, passed away on Tuesday, October 4, 2022 at Lightways Hospice, Joliet, ILL. A Memorial Mass will be 10 am, Monday at St. Ambrose Catholic Church, Milan. Visitation will be Sunday from 3 pm to 6 pm at the Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home and Crematory, 3030-7th Avenue, Rock Island, where a time of sharing...
John I. Gifford
Oct 3, 2022
John I. Gifford, 92, of Rock Island, passed Monday, October 3, 2022, at UPH-Trinity, Rock Island. Private graveside service will be held at National Cemetery, Rock Island. John was born on July 23, 1930 in Lockport, NY, the son of John J. and Carrie (McAdam) Gifford. He received a BS in 1952 and an MS in 1956 from Purdue...
Katherine "Kay" L. Walsh
Oct 3, 2022
Katherine "Kay" L. Walsh, 83, of Davenport, passed away on Monday, October 3, 2022 at Senior Star, Davenport. Private graveside services will be Thursday at the Rock Island Memorial Park Cemetery. Â Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home and Crematory, Rock Island is assisting with the services. Memorials may be made to the Quad City Animal Welfare Center, Milan.
Kay was...
Kathryn "Katie" Marie (Whitlock) Hofer
Oct 2, 2022
Kathryn "Katie" Marie Hofer, 89, of Rock Island, formerly of Taylor Ridge, passed away Sunday, October 2, 2022, at Silver Cross, Rock Island.
Funeral service will be held at 10:00 am on Friday, October 7, 2022, at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home and Crematory, Milan. Visitation will be from 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm on Thursday, October 6, 2022,...
Kenneth "Kenny" M. Mcginnis
Oct 2, 2022
Kenneth M. "Kenny" McGinnis passed away peacefully Sunday, October 2, 2022 at ProMedica, Moline. He was with family when he passed, and the family takes comfort in knowing he will be reunited with his life partner and true love, Marilyn "Mickey", whom he had missed tremendously.
A memorial will be held for him at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home...
Hazel (Barber) Moore
Oct 1, 2022
Hazel Lee (Barber) Moore was born September 10, 1926 in Clarksville, MO., the first-born child of Gabriel and Mary Leora Barber. At an early age, she moved with her parents and siblings to Rock Island. Hazel successfully attended and graduated from the Rock Island High School on June 14, 1946.
Hazel being the oldest of nine, honored...
Joan Lioen
Oct 1, 2022
Joan Lioen, 94, of Bettendorf passed away on Saturday, October 1, 2022 at The Summit of Bettendorf.
A memorial mass will be held at 10:30 am on Friday, October 14th at St. Pius X Catholic Church, Rock Island. Inurnment will be in Calvary Cemetery, Rock Island. Memorials may be made in care of Children's Assistive Technology Service...
Betty Ann (Westmoland) Miller
Oct 1, 2022
Betty Ann Miller, 92, of Rock Island, passed away Saturday, October 1, 2022, at ProMedica, Moline.
Funeral service will be held at 11:00 am on Saturday, October 8, 2022, at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home and Crematory, Rock Island. Visitation will be held from 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm on Friday, October 7, 2022, at the funeral home. Burial...
Myrna D. Thompson
Oct 1, 2022
Myrna D. Thompson, 82, of Moline, passed away on Saturday, October 1, 2022 at home.
Services will be held at 10:00 am on Thursday, October 6, at Grace Church, formerly Good Shepherd Presbyterian Church, 2312 18th Ave Rock Island. The service can be viewed live at 10:00 am Thursday by visiting the following link, https://youtu.be/JPd7McXEoEI. Visitation will...
Lynda L.Ee (Brown) Stone
Sep 30, 2022
Lynda L. Stone, Rock Island, passed away at ProMedica Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Moline from complications of Pulmonary Hypertension. Visitation will be from 4pm – 7pm on Tuesday, October 4th at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home and Crematory in Milan. Services will be held at First Presbyterian Church in Milan with Pastor Katie Styrt officiating on Wednesday, October 5th...
Clarice Marie (Elliott) Docherty
Sep 30, 2022
Clarice Marie Docherty, 90, of Reynolds, died Friday, September 30, 2022 at home surrounded by family. Per her wishes, cremation rites were accorded and she requested a private graveside service at Edgington Cemetery. Memorials may be made in care of Edgington Cemetery. Arrangements are being handled by Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home and Crematory, Milan.
Clarice was born in...
Carl A. Stratton
Sep 29, 2022
Carl A. Stratton of Colona, Illinois, formerly of Aledo, passed away Thursday, September 29, 2022, at Genesis Clarissa C. Cook Hospice Center in Bettendorf, Iowa, after a brief illness.
Carl was born in Aledo, Illinois, on February 9, 1949 to Willis (Cecil) and Dorothy Stratton. He graduated from Aledo High School in 1967, and Black Hawk College...
Patricia A. Henneman
Sep 29, 2022
Patricia Henneman, a longtime teacher in the Rock Island-Milan School District, devoted advocate for social justice and loving mother and grandmother, died Thursday, Sept. 29, in Rock Island. She was 89.
Patricia Ann Schmidt was born Dec. 13, 1932, in Davenport to Carl and Irene Schmidt. Her family moved to Chicago when she was preschool-age after the...
Ruth Mae Alexander
Sep 29, 2022
Ruth M. Alexander, 86, of Milan, passed away Thursday, September 29, 2022, at UPH-Trinity, Rock Island.
Funeral service will be held at 10:30 am on Tuesday, October 4, 2022, at Rock Island Memorial Park Cemetery Mausoleum Chapel. Entombment will follow service. Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home and Crematory, Milan, is assisting the family with services.
Ruth was...
Roxanna Jo (Harrington) Mckamey
Sep 28, 2022
Roxanna Jo McKamey, 71, of Bettendorf, passed away Wednesday, September 28, 2022, at her residence.
Celebration of Life gathering will be held from 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm on December 4, 2022, at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home and Crematory, Rock Island.
Roxanna was born on May 13, 1951 in Rock Island, the daughter of Floyd and...
Larry J. Hanegmon
Sep 28, 2022
Larry J. Hanegmon, 75, of Rock Island passed away on Wednesday, September 28, 2022 at home.
Private family services are to be held at a later date. Inurnment will be in Calvary Cemetery, Rock Island.
Larry was born on August 6, 1947 in Rock Island, a son of John and Elizabeth (Rogge) Hanegmon. He married...
James "Jim" A. Franks
Sep 25, 2022
James "Jim" A. Franks of rural Sherrard, IL passed away at his home on September 25, 2022, surrounded by his loving family.
Per Jim's wishes, cremation rites have been accorded and a memorial gathering will be held at a later date.
Jim was born on August 7, 1944 in Poinsett County, Arkansas, the son of...
Michael "Mike" D. Debackere
Sep 25, 2022
Michael "Mike" D. DeBackere, 74, of Taylor Ridge passed away on Sunday, September 25, 2022 at UnityPoint Health Trinity, Rock Island.
A memorial service will be held at 11:00 am on Monday, October 3, 2022 at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home and Crematory, Milan. A private inurnment will be at Reynolds Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be...
Mary Ann Thomson
Sep 25, 2022
Mary Ann Thomson, 77, of Moline, IL passed away on Sunday, September 25, 2022 at her home. Rosary at 3:30 PM with visitation following from 4-7:00 PM on Thursday, September 29, 2022 at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home and Crematory, Rock Island. Mass of Christian Burial at 10:00 AM on Friday, September 30, 2022 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Moline. Entombment...
