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The Rock Island Argus from Moline, Illinois • 5

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THE ARGUS Rock Island IUinois Monday July 25 1 988 A5 Obituaries dra Clifford and Jana Kay Murray both of Atlanta Ga sons William A and James A both of Orion and Jon US Marines stationed in Japan his mother Wildia Murray Las Vegas Nev a sister Eloise Cady Las Vegas and a brother Roger Waterloo Iowa Fredrick Miller Services for Fredrick Miller 53 Hillsdale are 10 am Tuesday at Messiah Lutheran Church Port Byron of which he was a member Burial is in Hampton Cemeteiy Visitation is 2 to '5 and 7 to 9 pm 9p today at Gibson Funeral Home Port Byron Memorials may be made to the church building hind or Path- Lucille Geyssens Services for Lucille Geyssens 71 of 1430 36th Ave Moline are 10 am Wednesday at DeRoo Funeral Home Moline Burial is in Calvary Cemetery Rock Island Visitation is 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 pm Tuesday at the funeral home with a rosary recited by Sacred Heart Catholic Altar and Rosary Society at 2 pm A memorial fund is being established She died Saturday in the 1800 block of Black Hawk Road Moline from iqjurifes received in an autom-bile accident Lucille Couch was bom Sept 20 1916 Hannibal Mo She married Fred Viren in 1935 He died in 1950 She married Omer Geyssens Sept 20 1952 in Moline She and her husband were coowners and operators 21 years of Paint and Body Shop Moline retiring in 1987 She was a member of the Alter and Rosary Society Circle Club and the church Survivors include widower a son Fred Cerritos Calif a stepdaughter Sharon Forsythe Coal Valley a stepson Joseph Moline nine grandchildren a great-grandchild sisters Dorothy McNeal California and Maggie Steel Burlington Iowa Ernest Primmer Ernest Primmer 71 of 430 Garfield St Davenport died Saturday at Mercy Hosptial Services are 2:30 pm Tuesday at Runge Mortuary Davenport Burial is in Davenport Memorial Park Visitation is 7 to 9 tonight Mr Primmer was bom Nov 30 1916 in Windsor Colo He married Maijorie MacIntyre March 15 1942 in Atlantic City NJ He retired in 1975 as vice president and general manager of Merchants Transfer Storage Co Davenport He was an Army veteran of World War II and the Korean Conflict He was a member of St United Methodist Church Davenport Davenport Elks Club Tri-City Traffic Club and Plus 60 Club He was past president of Davenport Noon Lions Club Midwest Round Table and Iowa Warehouseman Association Survivors include the widow sons Dr Ernest Jr Cedar Rapids Iowa and Robert San Jose Calif five grandchildren and sisters Elizabeth Stevens Los Angeles Calif and Harriet Primmer McBride Denver Colo Helen Roemer Helen Roemer 74 of 1350 Kimberly Ridge Road Bettendorf died Sunday at home Services are 1:30 pm Tuesday at St Catholic Church Davenport Burial is in Holy Family Cemetery Davenport Visitation is for relatives only Weeds Funeral Home Davenport is in charge of arrangements Helen Lapsey was bom Dec 11 1913 in Albia Iowa She married Peter Roemer March 4 1935 in Belleville 111 He died in 1962 Survivors include a daughter Joyce Bakeris Bettendorf a son Peter Bettendorf nine grandchildren sisters Edith Shinn Knoxville Iowa Mary Milletich Ot-' tumwa Iowa and Juanita Mills Dunedin Fla and brothers William East Moline John Minnetonka Minn and Max Davenport Frederick Simon Services for Frederick Simon 88 of 907 39th St Davenport are 1 pm Tuesday at Weerts Funeral Home Davenport The body will be' cremated Visitation has been changed to 7 to 9 tonight Mr Simon died Friday at his home He had been an insurance agent and former district manager of Prudential Insurance CO Moline for 30 years retiring in 1981 He was a member of the church and the National Association of Life Insurance Underwriters He was a World War II Army veteran serving in Europe He had participated in several campaigns Survivors include the widow daughters Patricia Moseley and Maureen Hillengas both of Lancaster Pa sons William Reading Pa Terrence St Petersburg Fla and Edward Rock Island 12 grandchildren sisters Helen Moseley Rock Island and Rosamond Hasdorfi San Antonio Texas and brothers Lloyd and Lyle both of Rock Island Donald and Francis both of Milan and John Taylor Ridge Fred Nixon Fred Nixon 76 of 2504 15th St Rock Island died Saturday at Mercy Hospital Davenport Arrangements are pending at Trimble Funeral Home Moline Myrtle Robertson Myrtle Robertson 73 of 208 6th St Milan died Saturday at Franciscan Medical Center There are no services or visitation Burial is in Petrie Cemetery New Windsor 111 Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society Wheelan Funeral Home Rock Island is in charge of arrangements Myrtle Anderon was bom Feb 28 1915 in Burgess 111 She married Robert Robertson in 1939 in Detroit Mich He died in 1980 Survivors include sisters Martha Gallagher Alexis 111 Marie McPhee Holiday Fla Ruth Slater Milan and Betty Kalinchinsky Rock Island and brothers Joy Clarendon Hills 111 Robert Rock Island Richard Freemont Neb and Stanley and Carl both of Milan Vera Saunders Vera I Saunders 71 of 3130 9th St Rock Island died Sunday at Franciscan Medical Center Services are 1 pm Wednesday at Hodgson Funeral Home Rock Island Burial is in New Boston Cemetery Visitation is 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 pm Tuesday Memorials may be made to American Heart or Diabetes associations Vera Mattson was bom Sept 20 1916 in New Boston where she married Holbert Saunders June 14 1933 He died in 1950 Mrs Saunders had been employed at First National Bank of Quad-Cities Rock Island She was previously employed as a receptionist at Sheraton Hotel Rock Island She was a member of Memorial Christian Church Rock Island Survivors include a daughter Janet Westerfield Dubuque Iowa a son Roger Moline two grandchildren two great-grandchildren a sister Mary Roets Naples Fla a brother Warren Burlington Iowa and a special friend Lew Palmer Rock Island way Hospice Lutheran Hospital Moline Mr Miller died Saturday at Lutheran Hospital He was bom Nov 2 1934 in Hampton Township where he married Barbara Irwin Oct 21 1955 He was employed 36 years at Sandstrom Products Port Byron Survivors include the widow daughters Sherry Barnes Sioux Falls SD Sandra Wolever and Ella Jo Kennedy both of Erie and Marcia Miller Hampton sons Donald at home Douglas Aberdeen Md and Darryl Winter Harbor Maine two grandchildren three step-grandchildren his mother Clara Miller East Moline a sister Mary Shadrick East Moline and brothers Melvin East Moline and Henry Carlinville III Rozella Newendyke Rozella Newendyke 79 Fulton died Sunday at Pleasant View Nursing Home Morrison Services are 1:30 pm Wednesday at Fulton Chapel of Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home Burial is in Fulton Cemetery Visitation is 7 to 9 pm Tuesday Memorials may be made to the nursing home Miss Newendyke was bom Nov 7 1909 in Albany Township 111 She was a member of Second Reformed Church of Fulton Survivors include a sister Evelyn Perkins Richardson Texas brothers Roy Springdale Ark and Edward Morrison and nieces and nephews Oscar Stanley Oscar Stanley 95 died Sunday at the home of his son Richard Stanley Cordova with whom he lived Arrangements are pending at the Henry Memorial Home Lewistown 111 Gibson Funeral Home Port Byron is in charge of local arrangements William Stivers William Stivers 72 Abingdon died Tuesday at St Hospital Galesburg Services were Saturday at Larson Funeral Home Abingdon Burial was in Abingdon Cemetery where military rites were conducted A memorial fund was established for the American Legion Post Honor Guard Mr Stivers was bom Jan 20 1916 in Alexis He married Ruby Dupin Jan 6 1946 in Abingdon He attended Alexis schools He farmed near Abingdon and was employed at Admiral Corp Galesburg and for the US Postal Service before retiring in 1980 He was a member of Abingdon United Methodist Church and Eagles Lodge He served in the US Army during World War II He was a member and past commander of the 15th Amerian Legion District and a past chef de gare of 40 8 Survivors include the widow a son Phillip Hilmar Calif a daughter Nancy Pabb Clint Texas five grandchildren and a sister Velma Leone Kivel Colorado Springs Colo bought the Orion Elevators nad operated the elevators as the Wakey Brothers and manufactured their own livestock feed They sold their business in 1945 to Henry County Farm Supply Co Earl later owned and operated the Clark Wakey Feed Business for 10 years in Orion He was a former member of Moline Consistory Scottish Rite and Coordinate Bodies Valley of Moline and Sherman Lodge 535 Orion He was a member of Orion United Methodist Church Henry County Farm Bureau and a lifetime member of the Henry County Fair Association Survivors include several nieces and nephews including a niece Maxine Donaldson Fort Smith Ark and a nephew Gordon Wakey New Lenox 111 His brother Ross died in September 1987 Tara White-Wilson Tara Lynn White-Wilson stillborn daughter of Misty White and Daniel Wilson Jr rural Cambridge died today at St Francis Medical Center Peoria Arrangements are pending at Stackhouse-Moore Funeral Home Cambridge Iowa Louise Bock Louise Bock 86 of 2716 18th St Davenport died Friday at St Hospital Services are 10 am Tuesday at St Paul the Apostle Catholic Church Davenport of which she was a member Burial is in Mount Calvary Cemeteiy Davenport Visitation is 3 to 9 pm today at Halligan-McCabe Funeral Home Davenport with a rosaiy recited at 7:30 Memorials may be made to the Handicapped Access Development Fund at the church Louise Hinnenkamp was bom March 10 1902 in Davenport where she married Wilfred Bock in 1940 He died in 1983 She was a member of the Altar and Rosary Society Survivors include a son Donald Fort Worth Texas and two grandchildren Mary Counihan Mary Counihan 92 a resident of the Kahl Home for the Aged and Infirm Davenport died today at Mercy Hospital Arrangements are pending at Halligan-McCabe Funeral Home Davenport Prudence McNamer Prudence McNamer 86 formerly of 3320 Spring St Davenport died Sunday at East Moline Care Center Services are 2:30 pm Wednesday at Runge Mortuary Davenport Burial is in Elmwood Cemetery De-Witt Iowa Visitation is 3 to 5 and 6 to 8 pm Tuesday Prudence Zugg was bom May 9 1902 in Lancaster Mo She married Berlan Spencer He died in 1960 She married Aura McNamer in Ka-hoka Mo He died in 1963 Survivors include a daughter Betty Harris Davenport three Sandchildren four great-grandchil-en sisters Naomi Cole Davenport and Beulah Minch Waterloo Iowa and brothers Woodrow and Wayne both of Davenport William Murray William A Murray 64 of 1800 4th St Clinton Iowa died July 9 from injuries received in car accident near Bellevue Iowa Graveside services are 11 am Thursday at Red Oak Cemetery Tipton There is no visitation Sulli-van-Esterdahl Mortuary East Moline is in charge of arrangements Mr Murray was' bom July 25 1923 in Tipton He owned and operated the Gateway Pawn Shop Clinton five years He previously was a self-employed industrial paint subcontractor He was a member of Painters Local 676 and Fraternal Order of Eagles Survivors include daughters San- and brothers Bill Couch Newport Beach Calif and Robert Oakdale Calif Carl Osberg Carl Gustav Osberg 77 of 1920 33rd St Moline died Saturday at Moline Public Hospital Services are 2:30 pm Wednesday at the Chapel I of Virtues Moline Gospel Temple Burial is in Green-view Memorial Gardens Silvis Visitation is 3 to I 5 and 7 to 9 pmj Tuesday at Esterdahl Mortuaiyl Ltd Moline Memorials may be made to the church of which he was a member Mr Osberg was bom March 20 1911 in Stockholm Sweden He married Pearl Johnson Feb 14 1932 in Rock Island He retired in 1971 as an inspector for the experimental department of International-Harvester East Moline where he had been employed 38 years He was a member of UAW Local 1304 and Jubilee Club of the church where he had also served as deacon and usher He flew private airplanes and was an avid motorcyclist for many years Survivors include the widow a daughter Sharon Diercks Carmel Ind a son Gerald Coal Valle' nine grandchildren and eigf great-grandchildren RocklslandMilan Annie Atkins Annie Atkins 63 of 615 15th Ave Rock Island died Saturday at Mercy Hospital Davenport Services are 11 am Wednesday at Olivet Baptist Church Rock Is-land of which she was a member Burial is in Chippi-annock Cemetery Rock Island Visitation is 7 to 9 pm Tuesday at! the church Me-mortals may be made to the church Nicholson Funeral Home Rock Island is handling arrangements Annie Rugely was bom Oct 2 1924 in Grand Cane La She married Eli Atkins April 17 1963 in Shreveport La She was employed as a cook 14 years at the Rock Island Arsenal retiring in 1987 She was member of the church choir and Elks Club Survivors include the widower sons Donald Wayne Rock Island and Lany Robertson Shreveport five grandchildren her mother Mattie Robinson Rock Island and a sister Willie Glass Rock Island Glenn Broquist Glenn A Broquist 88 of 2802 8th Ave Rock Island died today at St Continuing Care Center Rock Island Visitation is 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 pm Wednesday at Wheelan Funeral Home Rock Island where further arrangements are pending Slgne Larson Signe Larson 94 of 1209 21st Ave Rock Island died Sunday at Silver Cross Nursing Center Rock Island Memorials ser- vices are 1:30 pm Saturday Aug 6: at Friendship Manor Chapel Rock Island Private graveside services are 10 am Tuesday at Memorial Park Cemetery Rocki Island There is no visitation Memorials may be made to St Lutheran Church Rock Island or tfye Augustana Endowment Society Miss Signe Larson was bom Aug 21 1893 in Rock Island She had been a school teacher at Danville 111 High School teaching math for 33 years retiring in 1955 She had taught in earlier days in Orion Neponset and Franklin Grove Schools She graduated from Rock Island High School in 1912 She graduated from Augustana College with an AB degree in 1915 She did graduate work at both the University of Chicago and the University of Illinois She was a member of the church and the LCW of the church and its Miriam-Priscilla Unit She was a member of the Zion Circle Lutheran Hospital Moline the Augustana Endowment Society the Rock Island YWCA the National Retired Teachers Association the State of Illinois Retired Teachers Association and a former member of the Blackhawk Chapter of Retired Teachers She was a charter member of the Kappa Epsilon Sorority of Augustana College Survivors include a niece Doris Anderson Rock Island and nephews Peter Larson Bethlehem Pa and Paul Larson Wilmington Del Robert Moseley Robert Eugene Moseley 67 of 1910 12th St Rock Island died Sunday at Mercy Hospital Services are 9:30 am Wednes-I day at St Catholic Church Rock Island Burial is in National Cemetery Arsenal Island Visitation is 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 pm Tuesday at Wheelan Funeral Home Rock Island where a rosary will be recited at 7:30 Mr Moseley was bom Dec 24 1920 in Aledo He married Inez Campbell Jan 3 1942 in Sheboygan Wis In the solemn hours FLOWERS are more comforting than words Rowan QMs Decorative Acceetoriet 3900 14tti Ave Rock Island 708-7658 East MolineSilvis John Coykendall Sr John Coykendall Sr 79 of 2617 6th St East Moline died Sunday at Illini Hospital Silvis Arrangements are pending at VanHoe Funeral Home East Moline Moline Donald Vieger Donald Vieger 56 of 510 Clark St Davenport died Sunday at Mercy Hospital Davenport Services are 10 am Wednesday at St Catholic Church Davenport Burial 1 is Davenport Memorial Park Visitation is 2 to 9 pm Tuesday at Halligan-McCabe Funeral Home Davenport where a rosary will be recited at 7:30 Memorials may be made to the family Mr Vieger was bom July 28 1931 in Davenport where he married Joann Meyer May 8 1954 He was a lieutenant for the Davenport Police Department retiring in 1985 He served in the Army from 1951! to 1953 He was a member of the Davenport Police Association AARP and the church He was a director of the police credit union Survivors include the widow daughters Roseanne Davis Winona Minn Donna Christiansen Davenport Theresa Berendes Blue Grass Iowa Maiy Anne Waters Bettendorf and Dianne Searle Car-bondale 111 sons Donald Jr and Gerald both of Davenport four grandchildren and a brother Albert Dallas Texas Area Mary Harris Mary Harris 77 Galesburg died Wednesday at home Services were Saturday at Hinch-liff-Pearson-West Funeral Home Galesburg Burial was in Oak Lawn Memorial Gardens Galesburg Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society or St Hospital Galesburg Mary Aitken was bom June 4 1911 in Tilden III She married Henry Lowell Harris May 10 1935 in Monmouth Survivors include the widower a son Raymond Galesburg daughters Joan Brown Galesburg Martha Perschnick Broken Arrow Okla Carol Haase Monmouth and Shirley Harris Alexis 19 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren Bonnie Kime Bonnie Kime 74 Albany formerly of Cordova died Sunday at Lutheran Hospital Moline Arrangements are pending at Gibson Funeral Home Port Byron Elaine Coats Services for Elaine Coats 72 of 1605 13th St Moline are 1 pm Wednesday at First Covenant Church Moline Burial is in National Cemetery Arsenal Island Visitation is 6 to 9 pm Tuesday at Esterdahl Mortuary Ltd Moline Memorials may be made to the build- ing fund of the church or Cove-1 nant Home Princeton III Mrs Coats died Saturday at Lutheran Hospital Moline Elaine Beilis was bom April 27 1916 in Moline She married Curtis Coats Oct 17 1942 in Canton Mo She was a secretaiy for the outside shipping department of John Deere Harvester Graham Califf and Harper Law firm Moline and the Rock Inland Circuit Clerk last working in 1956 She was a member of the church and the Covenant Women of the church She was a volunteer at Lutheran Hospital Moline and the Friend- Titers She for her Earl Wakey Earl Wakey 96 formerly of 1002 Division St Orion died Sunday at the extended care unit at Hammond-Henry Hospital Geneseo Services are 2 pm Tuesday at Kirk Huggins and Esterdahl Funeral Home Orion Burial is in Western Township Cemetery Orion Visitation is 6 to 9 tonight at the funeral home Memorials may be made to the extended care unit at Hammond-Hemy Hospital Mr Wakey was bom June 22 1892 in Grand Ridge 111 where he married Louise Schobert Jan 21 1914 She died May 1 1968 Earl and his brother Ross farmed in the Grand Ridge area for several years In 1931 they purchased live Osco Grain Elevator Later they Town Country Lanes Albert McCreight Albert McCreight 99 Aledo died today at Mercer County Nursing Home Arrangements are pending at Fippinger Funeral Home Aledo 786-1155 Produced by KSTT-AM Sports Survivors include the widower daughters Pamela Bamum Ames Iowa and Deborah Hensen East Moline and five grandchildren Attention League Idents Secretaries Looking for a new spot? Check this price Fall leagues now form-lng Friendly and teous surroundings I AHIPQH 4 The Family of Tammy Lynn Jordan wishes to thank all friends relatives and neighbors for the many words and acts of kindness shown to us this past year and at the loss of our loved one A special thanks to the people at John Deere Harvester EM John Deere Pam Dstributmn nter Jolm Deere Harvester Moline The Dream Come True Inc Sherrard High School Sherrard High Class of 1989 Sherrard Band Boosters Deere Harv Thun nite Bowling League Dr Garneau Lutheran Hospital 1- PIAa Dinlr I Innfnrtn InarnMt Buddy or Doug Bateman Town Country Lanes 3636 11th St Rock Island (Family Owned) BORNHOEFT CHAMBERS 620 15th Avs East Molina 755-0808 4810 2 Ava Molina 764-5608 4.

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