The Rock Island Argus from Moline, Illinois • 5

THE ARGUS Rock Island Illinois Monday December 14 1987 A5 Obituaries Chairman of Thoms Proestler Raymond Thoms dies at 88 The former Louise Barton was born Oct 20 1936 in Davenport She married Gerald Martin Feb 7 1953 in Rock Island Survivors include the widower a daughter Laura Kerr Rock Island sons Gerald Jr Colorado Springs Colo James Washington DC and HI six grandchildren brother William over managment of the company most well-known as TPC He earlier worked at the Mill Store Rock Island which was a general store owned by Weyerhaeuser-Denkmann Lumber Co Mr Thoms was a member of the Glenn ROOCk committee that helped develop Sunset Marina in Rock Island He was a member of Rock Island Rotary Club Mississippi Restaurant Association Lindsay Park Boat Club and Rock Island Boat Club He was a Robert Woodstock and a Davenport Services for Woodland Park Tuesday at Larson Milan Burial is in Garland Funeral Home Tampico followed by a 10:30 am mass at his church St Catholic Church Tampico Burial is in St Cemetery Tampico Visitation is 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 pm today A memorial has been established Mr Verdick was bora April 19 1924 in Prophetstown He married Doris Hansen Aug 29 1943 in Hock Falls He farmed in the Tampico and Deer Grove area He was Hahnaman Township clerk and road commissioner for many years He operated heavy equipment and worked in construction and carpentry He was a member of the Sterling Elks Club Survivors include the widower daughters Barbara Bohnert Joliet and Betty Snitchler and Helen Black-ert both of Hock Falls and Lois Verdick Sterling a son Raymond Rock Falls 16 grandchildren sisters Shirley Forward Tampico and Rita Frank Manlius and a brother Stanley Hooppole (Please see OBITUARIES page A6) Lewis Stone Services for Lewis Stone 71 Kankakee are 1 pm Wednesday at Jinks Funeral Home Viola Burial is in Farlow Grove Cemetery Mathe-rville Visitation is noon to service time Wednesday Memorials may be made to the family He died Saturday at Riverside Hospital Kankakee Mr Stone was bora Aug 11 1916 in Harrisburg HI He married Ruby Baker Feb 18 1941 in Kansas City Mo He was a cook at the Kankakee State Hospital retiring in 1980 Survivors include a son Claude Matherville a sister Mrs Lee Savor-gino Royal Oak Mich three grandchildren two stepgrandchildren a great-great-grandchild and four stepgreat-great-grandchildren Dean Verdick Dean Verdick 63 of 2364 Hickory Hills Road Deer Grove died Saturday at Community General Hospital Sterling Services are 10 am Tuesday at Services for Raymond Carl Thoms 88 chairman of the board of Thoms Proestler Co Davenport are 11 am Wednesday at his church Immanuel Lutheran Rock Island Burial is in Chippiannock Cemetery Rock Island Visitation is 4 to 8 pm Tuesday at Hodgson Funeral Home Rock Island Memorials may be made to a favorite charity He died Saturday at Moline Public Hospital He was born Feb 5 1898 in Rock Island where he married Marea Lohse May 24 1922 She died in 1977 Mr Thoms 2929 22nd Ave Rock Island joined his father in 1919 at HT Proestler Co Davenport His father died in 1934 and Mr Thoms took life member of Davenport Optimist Club a charter member of Davenport Club a 60-year member of Travelers Protective Association and a member of the board of directors of National Food Distributors Association Survivors include a daughter Luray Kendall Rock Island a son Stuart Rock Island five grandchildren and six great-grandchildren Births ODEFEY Angela Davenport boy today at Mercy Davenport OLESON Cory and Dawn Prophetstown boy Saturday at Ham-mond-Henry POPPY Susan and TRAMAN Terry Moline boy Saturday at Public SCHULTZ Andrew and Lee Ann Rock Island girl Sunday at Franciscan SPIVEY Daniel and Susan Milan boy Wedneday at Public VANDERWOUDE Brig and An-nelie Rock Island boy Sunday at Franciscan WARREN Daniel and Peggy Davenport boy Saturday at St APER David and Roxanne Geneseo boy Saturday at Hammond-Henry Geneseo CASTENS Tracy Silvis girl Sunday at Illini Silvis CRAIG Linda Rock Island boy Sunday at Franciscan Rock Island ELLIS Debra and GORDON Thomas Moline boy Sunday at Moline Public GOMBAS Ferenc and Amy Rock Island boy Sunday at St Davenport HOUSTON LaTonya Rock Island boy Sunday at Franciscan KUELPER Ron and Tammy Colona twin boy and girl Saturday at University Hospitals Iowa City Genevieve Bystry Genevieve Bystry 84 Kewanee died Friday at home Services were today at St Catholic Church Kewanee Burial was in Mount Olivet Cemetery Kewanee Rux Funeral Home Kewanee is handling arrangments Memorials may be made to the church or a favorite charity She was bom April 29 1903 in Kewanee She retired in 1965 from Kewanee Works Walworth Company where she had been employed 47 years Survivors include a sister Mildred VanDeVelde Kewanee brothers Don East Moline and Jack and Paul Kewanee and nieces and nephews Katherine Palmer Services for Katherine Palmer 90 Port Byron formerly of Moline were held today at her church St Catholic Church Rapids City Burial was in St Cemetery Easl Moline She died Friday at Lutheran Hospi tal Moline The former Katherine Andersor was bora June 26 1897 in Geneseo She married William April 12 1920 He died in 1927 She mar ried Kenneth Palmer Sept 15 1928 in Moline He died in 1944 She retired as a cook at John Deere Junior High School Moline Survivors include a daughter Donna Anderson Pensacola Fla six grandchildren and five greatgrandchildren Jack Sheldon Sr Jack Sheldon Sr 67 Apache Junction Ariz formerly of Hampton died Friday Services are Tuesday at Vase Funeral Home Rock Springs Wyo Burial is in Rock Springs Memorials may be made to his daughter Marsha Stock 916 May Court LeClaire Iowa Mr Sheldon was bora April 9 1920 in Southern Illinois He married Doris Ham Dec 31 1947 in Wyoming He was a cook at the Saddle Club Cordova and later worked at Bucks Bara Thomson 111 He was a member of Silvis Church of the Nazarene He was a World War II veteran serving six years in the Navy Survivors include the widow daughters Brenda Dhamers Rock Springs Marsha Stock LeClaire and Fenessa Little Parsons Kan sons Danny Apache Junction and Jack Jr Moline and six grandchldren Clarence VanderBleek Sr Clarence VanderBleek Sr 79 Fulton died Saturday at home Services are 1:30 pm Tuesday at Fulton Chapel of Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home Burial is in Fulton Cemetery Visitation is 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 pm today Memorials may be made to Riverbend Ambulance Association Mr VanderBleek was born in War-rfum Gronnengen Netherlands He came to the United States when he was 21 He married Gertrude Vogel Oct 20 1932 in Chicago He was a baker at the Outing Club Davenport He owned and operated the Dutch Boy Restaurant and Greenhouse in Fulton Survivors include the widow a daughter Barbara Maskulton sons Clarence Jr Fulton and David Moline 19 grandchildren and sisters Rina Dykstra Henrietta VanderBleek and Frieda Minck all of the Netherlands Rock IslandMilan Emma DeBaere Emma DeBaere 96 died Saturday at St Continuing Care Center Rock Island Services are 9:30 am Tuesday at DeRoo Funeral Home Moline and 10 am at her church Sacred Heart Moline Burial is in St Cemetery Atkinson Visitation is 6 to 9 pm There will be a liturgy at 7 Memorials may be made to the church The former Emma Meersman was born April 25 1891 in Moline She married Charles Coppens Nov 25 1936 in Rock Island He died in 1946 She married Pheothiel DeBaere April 25 1951 in Hooppole He died in 1968 She was a member of the Altar and Rosary Society of St Catholic Church Atkinson and Ladies Auxiliary American Legion Post 724 Atkinson Surviving are nieces and nephews including Mary Pauwels East Moline and Donald VanderVennet Moline Leonard Holets Leonard Joseph Holets 76 Armstrong Iowa formerly of the Quad-Cities area died Tuesday at home Services were Saturday at Henry-Olson-Fuhrman Funeral Chapel Armstrong Burial was in Armstrong Grove Cemetery HANNA HEATING AIR CONDITIONING 131 31st Ave Rock Island Furnaces on display in our showroom Service and installation Forty-six years Glenn Reeck 59 Milan are 1 pm Funeral Home Preemption Cemetery Visitation is 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 tonight Mr Reeck died Saturday at Franciscan Medical Center Rock Island He was born July 22 1928 in Ripon Wis He married Joyce Haus-chultz March 16 1963 in Adams Wis He retired from JI Case Rock Island He previously was employed at Bendix Corp Davenport Survivors include the widow a daughter Tammy Fier DeWitt Iowa sons Jon Reeck Rock Island and Jeff and Toby Reeck both of Wisconsin a stepson Jeff Rodgers New London Wis two grandsons a sister Gloria Fox Markesan Wis and a brother Elwood Beaver Dam Wis Mary Tunis Mary Tunis 83 Rock Island County Health Care Center formerly of Raytown Mo died Sunday at the center after a long illness Services are 9:30 am Wednesday at DeRoo Funeral Home Moline and 10 am at her church Sacred Heart Moline Burial is in Floral Hills Cemetery Kansas City Mo Visitation is 2 to 4 and 6 to 9 pm Tuesday There will be an Altar and Rosary Society rosary recital at 2 and a public rosary at 6 Memorials may be made to the church The former Mary Desteghel was born July 16 1904 Clercken West Flanders Belgium She married Harold Tunis Feb 11 1931 in Moline He died Jan 10 1968 She was a member of the Altar and Rosary Society Survivors include sisters Mrs Shunning Moline and Yvonne Desteghel Moline a brother Frank Moline and a nephew Peter Shunning of Ohio Area Kenneth Buffett Kenneth Buffett 66 Kewanee died Friday at home Services are 1:30 pm Tuesday at Cavanagh-Schueneman Funeral Home Kewanee Burial is in Pleasant View Cemetery Kewanee Visitation is 6 to 8 tonight Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society or Henry County Health Department Visiting Nurses Mr Buffett was bom Oct 16 1921 in Kewanee where he married Betty McElwain April 19 1947 He retired from the former Kewanee Works Walworth Company He was a World War II Army Air Corps veteran serving in the European theater on a glider carrier He was a member of 315 Troop Carrier Group Association He was a member of Kewanee American Legion Post 31 and had been a member of the former Kewanee Black Knights as part of its color guard Survivors include the widow sisters Charlotte Hampton Phyllis An-nawan and Juanita Milan and a brother Ronald Kewanee 788-9022 Mr Holets was born Oct 16 1911 in Cedar Rapids Iowa He married Inez Stewart March 13 1967 in Princeton 111 He worked for Bendix Aviation in Davenport and at the Rock Island Arsenal After retirement he moved to Armstrong in June 1976 He was a member of Masonic North Star Lodge No 447 Eagles Lodge and attended First Presbyterian Church Armstrong Survivors include the widow a son Neil Holets Fremont Calif and a daughter Sharilyn Arata San Jose Calif four grandchildren a brother Robert Cedar Rapids and sisters Bess Nordlie Seal Beach Calif and Adele Schroeder Carol Stream ni George Herdt George Herdt 63 of 8706 47th Ave Rock Island died Sunday at Rock Island Convalescent Center Arrangements are pending at Wheelan Funeral Home Rock Island Ella Hourigan Ella Hourigan 81 of 767 30th St Rock Island formerly of Moline died today at Franciscan Medical Center Rock Island Arrangements are pending at DeRoo Funeral Home Moline Trashawn Lewis Services for Trashawn Nicole Lewis infant daughter of Creta Waters and Curtis Lewis both of Rock Island are 3:30 pm Tuesday at Chippiannock Cemetery Rock Island Trashawn died at birth Friday at Franciscan Medical Center Rock Island There is no visitation Knox-Larson Funeral Home Rock Island is in charge of arrangements Other survivors include a sister Traniece Waters at home and grandparents Lorraine Moore Rock Island and William and Alvie Lewis Chicago Louise Martin Louise A Martin 51 of 1342 32nd St Rock Island died Sunday at Franciscan Medical Center Rock Island Services are 11 am Wednesday at I Wheelan Funeral Home Rock Island Burial is in Calvary Cemetery Rock Island Visitation is 2 to I 4 and 7 to 9 pm Tuesday a rosary' will be recited at 7 Memorials may be made to the Quad-Cities 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