Obituaries
Francis Bloomer
Aug 14, 2017
Francis G. Bloomer, 90, of Silvis passed away Aug. 14, 2017 at his home. Funeral services will be 10am Saturday at Schroder Mortuary in Silvis. Visitation will be 4-7pm Friday at the Mortuary. Burial will be in Hampton Township Cemetery. Memorials may be made to Edgewood Baptist Church Missions. Francis was born Nov. 20, 1926 in Hampton, IL the son...
Maria Grumadas
Aug 12, 2017
Maria K. Grumadas, 53, of East Moline passed away Aug. 12, 2017 at Trinity Rock Island. Visitation will be 12 - 3pm Sunday at Schroder Mortuary in Silvis. A funeral mass will be 10am Tuesday at St. Anne's Catholic Church in East Moline with burial to follow at Greenview Memorial Gardens in East Moline. Memorials may be made to the...
James Wilmington
Aug 11, 2017
James Wilmington was born in Water Valley, Mississippi on March 29, 1948 to the union of Jimmie and Isabelle Wilmington. James later moved to Davenport, Iowa in the mid 1960's. In November of 1966, he married Patricia Wilmington and to this union seven children were born. He later worked at John Deere Foundry. James also trained to be a Davenport...
Kenneth Dwyer
Aug 6, 2017
Kenneth W. Dwyer Jr., 64, of Colona passed away August 6, 2017 at his home. Visitation will be 3-6pm Thursday at Schroder Mortuary in Colona with funeral services to follow at 6pm. Graveside services will be 11am Friday at Greenview Memorial Gardens in East Moline. Anyone wishing to attend may meet at the Mortuary at 10:15. Memorials may be made...
Leota Sahr
Aug 4, 2017
Leota A. Sahr, 108, of Schaumberg, IL formerly a long time resident of Silvis passed away August 4, 2017 at Friendship Village in Schaumberg, IL at the age of 108. Funeral services will be 11am Saturday at Schroder Mortuary in Silvis. Visitation will be 9:30am until service time at the mortuary. Burial will follow at Greenview Memorial Gardens in East...
Betty Carss
Aug 1, 2017
Betty Ann Raes Carss, 88, of Silvis passed away Aug. 1, 2017 at Genesis Medical Center East Campus. A memorial service will be 1pm Friday at Schroder Mortuary in Silvis with visitation 2 hours prior to service time. Inurnment will follow at St. Mary's Cemetery in East Moline. Memorials may be made to Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church or...
William Newberry
Jul 28, 2017
William N. Newberry, 70, of Silvis passed away July 28, 2017 at his home. Funeral services will be 10am Wednesday at Schroder Mortuary in Silvis. Visitation will be 4-7pm Tuesday at the mortuary. Burial will be at Greenview Memorial Gardens in East Moline. Memorials may be made to Genesis Hospice. William was born Jan. 17, 1947 in Quincy, IL the...
Bonnie Birkhead
Jul 27, 2017
Bonnie Jean Birkhead, 90, of East Moline passed away July 27, 2017 at her home. Graveside services will be 11am Monday at Viola Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the Quad City Animal Welfare Center. Bonnie was born July 17, 1927 in Mercer County near Aledo the daughter of Floyd and Edna Sheese Spence. She married William E. "Ed" Birkhead...
Wanda Lavine
Jul 20, 2017
Wanda F. Lavine, 93, of Moline passed away July 20, 2017 at her home. Funeral services will be 1pm Monday at Schroder Mortuary in Silvis with visitation from 11 until service time. Burial will follow at Rock Island National Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the family. Wanda was born Nov. 23, 1923 in Wayne County, IL the daughter of...
James Cutler
Jul 18, 2017
James P. Cutler, 97, of Silvis passed away July 18, 2017 at Clarissa C. Cook Hospice House in Bettendorf. Graveside services will be private and a celebration of life will be 12-2pm Saturday at East Moline American Legion Post 227. Schroder Mortuary in Silvis is assisting the family with arrangements. James was born March 17, 1920 in Seymour, IA the...
Annette Barr
Jul 5, 2017
Annette "Cookie" Barr, 57, of East Moline passed away July 5, 2017 at her home. Funeral services will be 11am Monday at Schroder Mortuary in Silvis with visitation 1 hour prior to service time. Burial will be at Greenview Memorial Gardens in East Moline. Memorials may be made to the family. Annette was born Aug. 22, 1959 in Mansfield, MO...
John King
Jun 22, 2017
John Denver King, 94, formerly of East Moline, passed away on June 22nd at the Halifax Health Hospice in Orange City, Florida. Schroder mortuary, Silvis is in charge of arrangements. Visitation is 5 to 7 p.m. on Monday, July 10th at the mortuary. Services are 10 a.m. Tuesday, July 11th also at the mortuary. Burial is at Greenview Memorial Gardens,...
Robert Michels
Jun 21, 2017
Robert W. "Bobby" Michels, 79, of Colona, went to meet our Lord Jesus Christ on June 21, 2017, at his home surrounded by his loving daughters after a long courageous battle with Alzheimer's. A funeral Mass will be 10 a.m. Monday at St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Colona. Visitation will be 3 to 6 p.m. Sunday at Schroder Mortuary in...
Waymon Sherrell
Jun 17, 2017
Waymon C. Sherrell, 71, of Colona, passed away June 17, 2017, at his home. As he wished, Waymon's body will be cremated. A memorial visitation will be 4 to 6 p.m. Monday at First Baptist Church in Geneseo. Schroder Mortuary in Colona is assisting the family with arrangements. His cremains will be taken to Sparta, Tenn., for burial. Memorials may...
Barbara Tribbett
Jun 13, 2017
Barbara A. Tribbett, 70, of Silvis, Illinois died Tuesday, June 13, 2017 at her home. A memorial visitation will be held from 3:00 - 4:00 p.m. on Saturday, June 24th at Schroder Mortuary, Silvis. Memorials may be left for the family. Barbara Ann was born October 31, 1946 in Ohio, the daughter of Clarence Stephen and Irene Barbara Moon Demchak....
Arthur Kieffer
Jun 12, 2017
Arthur Lee Kieffer 87, of Hampton, died Monday, June 12, 2017. Funeral services for Arthur will be 11:00 a.m. Monday, June 19th at Schroder Mortuary, Silvis. Visitation will be Sunday, June 18th from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at Schroder Mortuary, Silvis. Burial, with military rites, will be in Greenview Memorial Gardens, East Moline. Arthur Lee was born September 15,...
Herb Wood
Jun 10, 2017
Thoreau wrote "Most people lead lives of quiet desperation." Herb was definitely an exception! Herb passed away peacefully at his home over the weekend. Herb was born Aug. 8, 1922 in Tipperary, IA. He lost his mother when he was less than a year old, being cared for by his grandparents until becoming the son to Vaniellia and Fagan Wood...
Eloise Mackey
Jun 7, 2017
Eloise L. Mackey, 94, of Colona passed away June 7, 2017 at her home. Funeral services will be 1 lam Tuesday at Our Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church in Colona with visitation 1 hour prior to service time at the church. Burial will be 2:00pm at Oquawka Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the family. Schroder Mortuary in Colona is assisting...
Mary Nelson
Jun 1, 2017
Mary L. Nelson, 92, of Silvis passed away June 1, 2017 at Hammond Henry Hospital in Geneseo. Visitation will be 2-4 Sunday at Schroder Mortuary in Silvis. Graveside services will be 1pm Wednesday at South Oak Grove Cemetery in Stuart, IA. Mary was born Jan. 18, 1925 in Louisa County, IA the daughter of Robert and Bertha Ashby Robertson. She...
Donald Grundstrom
May 24, 2017
Donald W. Grundstrom was born January 12, 1923 in a farm house outside of Taylor Ridge, Illinois to Gust and Harriett (Hattie) Grundstrom. He began his education in a one-room school house in rural Taylor Ridge and continued it in another one-room school house in rural Orion after the family moved to a new farm. Don attended Orion High School...
