2M Friday, Aug. 18, 1995 OBITUARIES QUAD-CITY TIMES Elizabeth Sharer, 103 MILAN, Ill. M. Elizabeth Mrs. Sharer was a member of Sharer, 103, formerly of 108 E.
2nd Rock Island Eagles, Rock Island Milan, died Thursday at County Home Extension and MisOak Glen Home, Coal Valley. sissippi Valley Country and WestMemorial ser- ern Music Association since 1987. vices will be She enjoyed sewing, playing held at a later cards and making quilts. date. Burial will Memorials be made may to be in White HaCentral Baptist Church, Moline.
ven Cemetery, Cleveland, Survivors include daughters, Ohio. Dorothea Zeigler, Euclid, Ohio, Wendt Fu- Eleanor Swartout, Milan, and Alice neral Home, Prunkard, Cleveland; 13 grandMoline, is in Mrs. Sharer children; 30 great-grandchildren; a charge of arrangements. great-great-grandson; and brothers, Elizabeth Striegel married Rus- James Striegel, Long Beach, sell Sharer in 1910 in Westmore- and George and Gilbert Striegel, land County, Pa. He died in 1 1962.
both of Bellflower, Calif. Moline John Maeglin MOLINE Services for John W. Maeglin, 75, of 4302 17th will be 2 p.m. Saturday at Trimble Funeral Home, Moline. Private burial will be in Moline Memorial Park.
Visitation is 4-7 p.m. today. Mr. Maeglin died Wednesday at University Hospitals, Iowa City. He retired in 1985 as a sales representative after 35 years with Standard Industrial Products Peoria, Ill.
After college, he worked at Deere Co. Mr. Maeglin married Barbara Shifflet in 1951 in Moline. He was a graduate of the University of Iowa, Iowa City, and did -graduate work at Duke University, Durham, N.C. He had an active interest in politics and social issues.
He was a member of the American Civil Liberties Union for many years, becoming more active in the organization after his retirement. He was past president of the Quad-City Chapter of the ACLU and was a speaker representing the ACLU before many organizations. Mr. Maeglin was a member of the Die Hard Cubs Fan Club. He also was a regular supporter of and contributor to the Quad-City Symphony Orchestra, radio station WVIK-FM, United Way and the University of Iowa Foundation.
Memorials may be made to Genesius Theater Foundation. Survivors include his wife; daughters, Krisanne (Mrs. Jerry) Meehan, Moline, and Kathy Maeglin, Madison, sons, Kurt Tempe, and Kent Moline; five grandchildren; a sister, Twyla (Mrs. Garry) Woodward, Des Moines; and brothers, Robert, Verona, Richard, Muscatine, Iowa, and Jerry, Vero Beach, Fla. Alvin Kaiser MOLINE Services for Alvin F.
Kaiser, 76, of 902 42nd will be 11 a.m. Monday at Church of Peace, Kewanee. Burial will be in Church of Peace Cemetery, Kewanee. Graveside military rites will be conducted. Visitation is 7-9 p.m.
Sunday at Rux Funeral Home, Kewanee. Mr. Kaiser died Wednesday in Ely, Minn. He retired in 1981 as a supervisor after 20 years at the Rock Island Arsenal. Before that, he farmed in Henry County and was employed as a a machinist at Walworth, Kewanee.
During World War II, he served in the Army. He was a member of the church, Voiture 443 of Henry County, and American Legion Post 31 and Flemish American Club, both of Kewanee. He also enjoyed fishing, travel and flying. Memorials may be made to the church. Survivors include daughters, Pat (Mrs.
Charles) Sauer and Kathy Smith, both of Kewanee, Linda (Mrs. James) Sauer, Moline, and Deborah (Mrs. Charles) Foster, Chillicothe, a son, Kenneth, Kewanee; eight grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; sisters, Edna Malone, Kewanee, Myrtle (Mrs. John) Brotherson, Eldon, and Frances (Mrs. Ed) Hafner, Peoria, and a special friend, Loretta Robinette, Tampico, Ill.
Rock Island Robert Schenk ROCK ISLAND Private services for Robert J. Schenk, 65, of Rock Island, will be held at a later date at National Cemetery, Rock Island Arsenal. There is no visitation. Mr. Schenk died Wednesday at Veterans Medical Center, Iowa City, after an extended illness.
Halligan-McCabe Funeral Home, Davenport, is in charge of arrangements. He had worked at International Harvester, Farmall Works, Rock Island. During the Korean War, he served in the Arn.y. Memorials may be made to American Cancer Society. Survivors include his sister, Mary (Mrs.
Burt) Taylor, Davenport; and nieces and nephews. FUNERALS TODAY Gayle Abramsohn, 11 a.m. memorial, Weerts, Davenport. Virgil Bailey, 10:30 a.m., KnoxLarson, Rock Island. Maria Beserra, 10 a.m., St.
Mary's Catholic Church, East Moline. Bernice Daly, 10:30 a.m., First Congregational Church, Moline. Vera Damewood, 3 p.m., Jinks, Aledo, Ill. Margaret DePorter, 10:30 a.m., Schroder, Silvis, Ill. Don Frank, 1:30 p.m., Stackhouse-Moore, Geneseo, Ill.
Betty Haertel, 11:30 a.m., Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery, Rock Island. Jason Johnson, 10 a.m., Concordia Lutheran Church, Geneseo, Ill. Agnes Jones, a.m., Fairmount Cemetery, Davenport. Margaret Longshore, 10 a.m., Dudgeon-McCulley, Wapello, lowa. Dorothy Roseleaf, 10:30 a.m., McGinnis, Chambers and Sass, Bettendorf.
Edna Truitt, 11 a.m., Nichols Chapel of Hill, Muscatine, lowa. SERVICES PENDING ANDALUSIA Shawn Blair, 24, of Andalusia, died Thursday after an automobile accident east of a Loud Thunder Road on Illinois 92. Arrangements pending at Jinks, Reynolds, Ill. DAVENPORT Ruth Roscoe, 76, of Davenport, died Thursday at Genesis Medical Center-West Campus, Davenport. Arrangements pending at Weerts, Davenport.
EAST MOLINE Romah Fisk, 90, of East Moline, died Thursday at Mitchell Park Convalescent Center. Arrangements pending at Van Hoe, East Moline. Harley Lueders, 81, of 2822 died Thursday at his home. Arrangements pending at Esterdahl, Moline. MILAN Catherine M.
"Katie" Wallace, 87, of 452 E. 5th died Wednesday at Trinity Medical Center-East Campus, Moline. Visitation will be 5-7 p.m. Monday at Larson, Milan, where further arrangements pending. MOLINE Harold Coussens, 85, of 233 46th died Thursday at East Moline Care Center.
Arrangements pending at Van Hoe, East Moline. Frank L. DeNess, 80, of 1135 33rd St. Court, died Thursday at Trinity Medical Center-East Campus, Moline. Arrangements pending at Trimble, Moline.
Survivors include his wife, Nancy. ROCK ISLAND Margaret Hesser, 76, of Rock Island, died Wednesday at St. Luke's Hospice, Phoenix. Arrangements pending at Hodgson, Rock Island. Howard N.
Johnson, 84, of 111 20th died Thursday at Trinity Medical Center-East Campus, Moline. Services will be 11 a.m. Saturday at Salem Lutheran Church, Moline. Visitation is one hour before the service at the church. Further arrangements pending at Esterdahl, Moline.
Mabel L. Turnipseed, 89, of Rock Island, died Thursday at St. Anthony's Continuing Care Center, Rock Island. Arrangements pending at Hodgson, Rock Island. TAYLOR RIDGE George W.
Roe, 80, of Taylor Ridge, died Thursday at Trinity Medical Center-East Campus, Moline. Arrangements pending at Larson, Milan, Ill. AREA Marie Cramer, 97, of Maquoketa, lowa, died Thursday at Jackson County Public Hospital, Maquoketa. Arrangements pending at Haylock-0' Lahey, Maquoketa. Rose M.
DeGroff, 77, of Janesville, formerly of Low Moor, Iowa, died Thursday at Medal Park Health Care Center, Clinton, Wis. Services will be 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Schneider Funeral Home, Janesville. Visitation is noon until time of service Saturday. Local arrangements pending at Snell-Zornig, Clinton.
Helen Desirey, 78, of Clinton, lowa, died Thursday at Genesis Medical East Campus, Davenport. Arrangements pending at Schmitz, Clinton. Alice Moore, 87, of Clarence, lowa, died Thursday at Clarence Nursing Home. Arrangements pending at Chapman, Clarence. Reynolds Heather Price REYNOLDS, Ill.
Heather D. Price, 20, died Thursday after an automobile accident east of Loud Thunder Road on Ill. 92. Services will be 11 a.m. Monday at Jinks Family Funeral Services, Reynolds.
Burial will be in Buffalo Prairie Cemetery. Visitation is 2-8 p.m. Saturday. Miss Price She was employed as a secretary.She was a graduate of Rockridge High School, Edgington, and was a student at Black Hawk College.Miss Price enjoyed making crafts and shopping. Memorials may be made to the family.
Survivors include her parents, Donna and Gary Price, Reynolds; grandparents, Lynne Clarke, Illinois City, and Paul and Mary Price, Aledo; and her great-grandmother, Lura McGinnis, Joy. Silvis Alverta Allison Mrs. Allison SILVIS, Ill. Alverta R. Allison, 88, of 900 Crosstown Road, died Thursday at Illini Restorative Care, Silvis, Services will be 11 a.m.
Saturday at Van Hoe Funeral Home East Moline. Burial will be in Moline Memorial Park. Visitation is 4-8 p.m. today. She was em- Mrs.
Allison ployed as a clerk at the New York Store, Moline. Alverta Bauer married Lloyd Allison in 1924. He died in 1977. She was active in Eastern Star and Home Extension and loved taking fishing trips up north with her husband. Memorials may be made to Hope United Church of Christ, Moline, where she was a member.
Survivors include a daughter, Joyce Hanson, Silvis; sons, Duane, East Moline, and Dale, Bettendorf; 10 grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren; and six great-great-grand- Area deaths Mary Sellers CLINTON, Iowa Services for Mary L. Sellers, 70, will be 9:30 a.m. Saturday at St. Mary's Catholic Church, Clinton. There is no visitation.
Burial will be in St. Joseph's Cemetery, Iowa City. Miss Sellers died Wednesday at Samaritan Hospital North, Clinton. Schmidt Funeral Home, Clinton, is in charge of arrangements. She was a business education teacher in Iowa and Illinois.
She retired in 1990 from Berwyn, schools. Miss Sellers was a graduate of the University of Iowa, Iowa City, and received a master's degree from there. She was a member of Prince of Peace Parish, Clinton, and loved gardening. Survivors include cousins, the Rev. Raymond Ruppenkamp, Margaret (Mrs.
Jim) Murphy and Patricia Ruppenkamp, all of Clinton. Herbert Kessler MOUNT CARROLL, Ill. Herbert W. Kessler, 73, died Thursday at Freeport Memorial Hospital. Services will be 2 p.m.
Sunday at Frank-Law-Jones Funeral Home, Mount Carroll. Visitation is 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday. Burial will be in Oak Hill Cemetery, Mount Carroll.
He farmed until 1979 in Carroll County. After that, he hauled grain and did custom combining for 12 years. During retirement, he worked part-time for Mount Carroll Township. Mr. Kessler married Mary Schneider in 1943.
He was a member of the class of 1941 at Mount Carroll High School, where he excelled in track and football. He was a member of Cyrus Masonic Lodge 188, Mount Carroll, and was an avid sports fan. He also enjoyed gardening. Survivors include his wife; a daughter, Karen (Mrs. Larry) Zink, Mount Carroll; sons, Ronald Tucson, and Rick Dixon; nine grandchildren; three greatgrandchildren; and brothers, Charles, Mount Carroll, and Gene, Thomson.
Alvin Ammon FULTON, Ill. Services for Alvin G. Ammon, 70, of Sterling, formerly of Fulton, will be 2 p.m. Saturday at Fulton Chapel of Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home. Visitation is one hour before the service.
Burial will be in Fulton Township Cemetery. Mr. Ammon died Wednesday at CGH Medical Center, Sterling. He was employed for more than 30 years at the former Patent Novelty Fulton. He was a baptized member of Second Reformed Church, Fulton.
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Frank Miller Jr. MAQUOKETA, Iowa Services for Frank "Bud" Miller 71, will be 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Carson Son Funeral Home, Maquoketa. Burial will be in Buckhorn Cemetery, rural Maquoketa. Visitation is 3-8 p.m.
today. Mr. Miller died Wednesday at Genesis Medical Center-East Campus, Davenport. He farmed until 1991. Before that, he operated a Texaco station and bulk plant, worked for his father and a local seed corn plant for several years.
He also did carpentry work. Mr. Miller married Rose Despeghel in 1947 in Maquoketa. He was the first president of the Jackson County Cattlemen's board and the last president of Jackson County Beefmen. He also was a member of South Fork Forum, American Angus Association and Buckhorn Community Club.
He was the last director of Little Red School House and president of Buckhorn (Waterford) Cemetery Association. A memorial fund has been established. Survivors include his wife; a daughter, Cynthia (Mrs. Vern) Poll, Maquoketa; a son, David Fishers, six grandchildren; and sisters, Maxine Heinrich and Joyce Reisdorph, both of Maquoketa, and Shirley (Mrs. Robert) Barker, Delmar.
Lambert Neill Sr. CLINTON, Iowa Services for Lambert E. Neill 88, will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Clinton Chapel of Snell-Zornig Funeral Home. Burial will be in Springdale Cemetery, Clinton.
Visitation is 3-8 p.m. today. Mr. Neill died Wednesday at his home. He retired in 1979 after 38 years as a clothing salesman and manager at Martin Syndicate Hub, Clinton.
He married Wilma Ransom in 1930 in Princeton, Mo. She died in 1961. He married Gerda Wenzel in 1962 in Clinton. He was a member of First United Methodist Church, Clinton, and Clinton Rotary Club, where he was a Paul Harris Fellow. He received an award from the Rotary Club for outstanding and dedicated service.
He also was a life member of Clinton Lions Club, helping start the Clinton Lions Eye Bank. He received the Warren Coleman Honorary Award for dedicated service (Iowa Lions Site and Hearing Foundation) in 1994. He was a Clinton Chamber of Commerce Man of The Year in 1958. He also was chosen man of the year by radio station KROS in Clinton. He was a former member of the 411 Clinton Firemen's Volunteer Organization.
He enjoyed miniature model railroads. Memorials may be made to Visiting Nurses Association Hospice or Vision-Impaired Persons of Clinton. Survivors include his wife; a son, Lambert Kalona; three grandchildren; and two great-grandsons. Marjorie Bell GALVA, Ill. Services for Marjorie F.I.
Bell, 83, will be 10 a.m. Saturday at Messiah Lutheran Church, Galva. Burial will be in Galva Cemetery. Visitation is 7-9 p.m. today at Rux Funeral Home, Galva.
Mrs. Bell died Tuesday at Kewanee Hospital. She was employed as a bookkeeper and secretary at Bell Trucking, Galva. Marjorie Johnson married Charles Bell in 1934 in Galesburg. He died in 1989.
She was a lifetime member of Messiah Lutheran Church and enjoyed baking and cooking. Memorials may be made to the church. Survivors include a daughter, Jean Bell Oehlman, Galva; a son, Duane, Altona; seven grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; and sisters, Leona VerKruyse, Mildred Ording and Katherine (Mrs. Charles) Hilton, all of Kewanee. Mrs.
Bell also was preceded in death by a son. John Thorp NEW WINDSOR, Ill. John H. Thorp, 76, died Thursday at Mercer County Hospital, Aledo. Services will be 2 p.m.
Sunday at Peterson-Wallin-Knox Funeral Home, Alpha. Burial will be in Calvary Lutheran Cemetery, New Windsor. Visitation is 6-8 p.m. Saturday. He retired in 1980 from John Deere Harvester, East Moline.
Mr. Thorp married Helen Stewart in 1941 in Kahoka, Mo. She died in 1985. He was a member of United Auto Workers Local 865, East Moline, and enjoyed gardening. A memorial fund has been established.
Survivors include daughters, Joanne (Mrs. Gary) Anderson and Marla (Mrs. Tom) Whiting, both of New Windsor; sons, Stewart, New Windsor, and Donald, Viola; nine grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; sisters, Lois Thorp, New Windsor, and Marian Porter, Galesburg; and brothers, Bob, New Windsor, and Bill, Viola. Frank Elliott ROCK ISLAND Frank E. Elliott, 75, of 4419 8th died Thursday at Trinity Medical Center-East Campus, Moline.
Services will be 11 a.m. Monday at Esterdahl Mortuary Moline. Burial will be in Rock Island Memorial Park. Visitation is 3-5 and 7-9 p.m. Sunday.
He retired in 1975 as a methods and rates engineer at International Harvester, Farmall Works, Rock Island. Before that, he worked three years at Rock Island Arsenal. 1 In later years, he managed and refurbished the several apartment buildings he owned. Mr. Elliott married Luella Samuelson in 1942 in Rock Island.
He was a member of St. John's Lutheran Church, Rock Island, and Doric Masonic Lodge 319, Moline. His hobbies included house and auto refurbishing. Memorials may be made to Illinois Heart Association or American Cancer Society. Survivors include his wife; a son, Sharon (Mrs.
Bill) Ziel, Coal Valley, sons, Ronald, Taylor Ridge, and John "Tim," Rock Island; three grandchildren; and a brother, John Rock Island. Bettendorf Donald Bliss BETTENDORF Private services for Donald M. Bliss, 79, of Bettendorf, will be held at Pine Hill Cemetery, Davenport. There is no visitation. Mr.
Bliss died Wednesday at Manor Care, Davenport. Runge Mortuary, Davenport, is in charge of arrangements. Mr. Bliss married Norma Puls Feldhahn in 1947 in Davenport. They owned and operated the Bliss Variety Store in Davenport until 1963.
After that, he was employed as an item manager for the Weapons Command for the U.S. Government. He served in the 82nd, 101st and 155th Airborne Divisions during World War II. He was an antiaircraft gunner in campaigns in the Ardennes, Central Europe and the Rhineland. He received several decorations, including an arrowhead for spearheading the attack from behind enemy lines during the Battle of the Bulge.
Memorials may be made to American Cancer Society. Survivors include daughters, Helen Jane (Mrs. Danny) DiAngelo, Springfield, June (Mrs. David) Rudig, Menomonee Falls, Norma (Mrs. Dennis) Williams and Pamela (Mrs.
William Conway, both of Bettendorf; sons, Donald, Greenville, S.C., David, Clear Lake, lowa, and James, Bartlesville, 15 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Andalusia John Reische ANDALUSIA, Ill. John E. Reische, 22, died Thursday after an automobile accident east of Loud Thunder Road on Illinois 92. Services will be 2 p.m.
Sunday at Jinks Family Funeral Service, Milan. Burial will be in Woodhull Cemetery. Military rites will be conducted by Com- pany 334th Mr. Reische FSB, Iowa National Guard. Visitation is 4-8 p.m.
Saturday. He was employed two years at Erickson Chevrolet, Milan. Mr. Reische was a graduate of Rockridge High School, Edgington, where he had been on the wrestling team for four years. He was on two state championship wrestling teams.
He joined the Army Reserves in 1992 and held the rank of Spc. 4 in the Iowa National Guard, 410th Infantry, Davenport. He liked working on cars. Survivors include his mother and stepfather, Linda and Dan Loete, Andalusia; his father and stepmother, James and Virginia Reische, Bluffs; a brother, James, Seattle; stepsisters, Tammy Carlson, Andalusia, and Amy Mitchell; stepbrothers, Danny Loete Edgington, and Danny Mitchell; and grandparents, Charles and Rosalie Bainbridge, Woodhull, and Virginia Reische, Mount Sterling. Robert Ericson ATKINSON, Ill.
Services for Robert L. Ericson, 27, will be 1 p.m. Saturday at Stackhouse-Moore Funeral Homes, Atkinson. Burial will be in Annawan Cemetery. Visitation is 6-9 p.m.
today. Mr. Ericson died Wednesday at Vencor Hospital, Sycamore. He worked at IBP Joslin, before a motorcycle accident in August of 1990. He was a 1985 graduate of Atkinson High School and had attended Spoon River Community College.
He had played baseball and basketball at Spoon River College. He also enjoyed fishing and was a member of Aktinson United Church of Christ. Memorials may be made to Atkinson Fire Department Rescue Unit. Survivors include a son, Thaine, Rock Island; his mother, Betty Ericson, Atkinson; a sister, Becky (Mrs. Jim) Gunnison, Geneseo; and a brother, William, Cambridge.
Florence Johnson WATAGA, Ill. Services for Florence J. Johnson, 89, will be 10 a.m. Monday at Hinchliff-PearsonWest Chapel, Galesburg. Burial will be in Oak Lawn Memorial Gardens.
Visitation is 6-8 p.m. Sunday. Mrs. Johnson died Wednesday at Rosewood Care Center, Galesburg. Florence Johnson married Alvin Johnson Sr.
in 1927 in Henderson Grove. He preceded her in death. She was a member of Messiah Lutheran Church, Henderson Grove, and the church circle. She was a volunteer many years at the Red Cross and was a member of Henderson Grove Grange, Henderson Women's Club and Wataga Senior Citizens. Memorials may be made to the church.
Survivors include a daughter, Lorraine Holcomb, Galesburg; a son, Alvin P. Wataga; six grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. Frances Mackey WAPELLO, Iowa Services for E. Frances Willard Mackey, 87, will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Dudgeon-McCulley Funeral Home, Wapello.
Burial will be in Wapello Cemetery. Visitation is 7-8 p.m. today. Mrs. Mackey died Thursday at Burlington Medical Center.
Frances Murray married Leroy Williams in 1923. She married Rex "Mike" Mackey in 1933 in Monmouth, Ill. She was a member of First Christian Church and Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary, both of Wapello. Her hobbies and interests included playing cards. Memorials may be made to Wapello Rescue Unit.
Survivors include a daughter, Wilma Williams, Wapello; four grandchildren, including Robert Williams and Pamela Horner, who she and Mr. Mackey raised; 11 great 10 great-greatgrandchildren; and a brother, Sam Murray, Wapello. She was preceded in death by her. first husband; and a daughter, Betty. More obituaries: Page 4M cp Halligan McCabe Funeral Home, Inc.
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