Obituaries
Wilma Werner
Oct 15, 2012
Wilma K. "Willie" Werner, 88, of Moline, passed away Monday, Oct. 15, 2012, at Trinity Rock Island. Visitation will be 4-6 p.m. Thursday - October 18 at Schroder Mortuary in Silvis. A memorial service will be in Lafayette, Ind., at a later date. Wilma was born April 1, 1924, in Otterbein, Ind., the daughter of Ottis and Julia Brummit Sosbe....
Vernita Roady
Oct 14, 2012
Vernita Roady, 89, of Colona, died Sunday, Oct. 14, 2012, at Hope Creek Care Center in East Moline. Services will be 1 p.m. Wednesday at First Baptist Church in Silvis, where she was a member for more than 40 years. Visitation will be 5-7 p.m. today at Schroder Mortuary in Silvis. Burial will be at Greenview Memorial Gardens. Memorials may...
Virginia Heimgartner
Oct 14, 2012
Virginia Black Heimgartner, 65, of Colona, died Sunday, Oct. 14, 2012, at her home. Services will be 12:30 p.m. Thursday at Green Rock Free Will Baptist Church in Colona. Visitation will be one hour prior to service time at the church. Burial will be at Rock Island National Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, please send donations to Green Rock Free...
Dan Dzekunskas
Oct 13, 2012
Dan Dzekunskas, 62, of Colona, passed away Saturday, Oct. 13, 2012, at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City. Per his wishes, there will be no services, and cremation rites will be accorded. Dan was born March 11, 1950, in Stanley, Wis., the son of John and Charlotte Clark Dzekunskas. He married Laurel Nicely Sept. 29, 1973, in...
Harry Bottorff
Oct 10, 2012
Harry R. Bottorff, 66, of Geneseo, passed away Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2012, at Hammond-Henry Hospital in Geneseo. A Mass of Christian Burial will be 10 a.m. Tuesday at St. Patrick's Catholic Church, Colona. Visitation will be 4-7 p.m. Monday at Schroder Mortuary, Silvis. Burial will be noon Wednesday at Camp Butler Cemetery, Springfield, Ill. Memorials may be made to the...
Louise VanDeWoestyne
Oct 9, 2012
Louise C. VanDeWoestyne, 92, of Colona, passed away on Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2012, at Heritage Health Care Center in Bloomington, Ill. A Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10 a.m. Monday at St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Colona. Visitation will be from 3 to 7 p.m. Sunday at Schroder Mortuary in Colona. Burial will be at Dayton Corners Cemetery...
Louella Larson
Oct 8, 2012
Louella Pauline Larson, 87, of Geneseo passed away Monday, Oct. 8, 2012, at Riverview Manor, Pleasant Valley, surrounded by her loving family. Memorial services will be 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 20, at Rock Falls Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses. Louella was born March 24, 1925, in Breezewood, Pa., the daughter of William Henry and Helen Imogene Eller. She married Wayne...
Tamika Watson
Oct 7, 2012
Tamika N. Watson, 32, of Davenport, formerly of North Liberty, passed away on Sunday, Oct. 7, 2012, at East Moline Nursing and Rehab Center. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at The Word Church in Rock Island. Visitation will be one hour prior to service time. Burial will be at Riverside Cemetery at a later date. Memorials may...
Rose Kennedy
Sep 27, 2012
Rose M. Kennedy, 75, of Port Byron, passed away Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012, at Genesis Medical Center, Illini Campus, Silvis. Services will be 10 a.m. Monday at Schroder Mortuary in Silvis. Visitation will be noon to 3 p.m. Sunday with a prayer service at 2:30 p.m. Cremation rites will follow. Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Association, which...
Lester Ball
Sep 27, 2012
Lester D. Ball, 77, of Haines City, Fla., formerly of Colona, passed away Sept. 27, 2012, at his home. Funeral service will be 1p.m. Friday at Schroder Mortuary, Colona, with visitation two hours prior to service time at the mortuary. Burial will be at Greenview Memorial Gardens, East Moline. Memorials may be made to the family. Lester was born Oct....
Earnestine Snell
Sep 26, 2012
Earnestine Snell, 84, of Colona, passed away on Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2012, at her home surrounded by her loving family. Services will be noon Saturday at Schroder Mortuary in Colona. Visitation will be one hour prior to service time. Burial will be at Greenview Memorial Gardens in East Moline. Memorials may be made to the family. Earnestine was born on...
James Allen
Sep 23, 2012
James M. "Jim" Allen, 84, of East Moline, died Sunday, Sept. 23, 2012, at Hope Creek Care Center in East Moline. Services will be 10 a.m. Thursday at Schroder Mortuary in Silvis. Visitation will be 4-7 p.m. Wednesday at the mortuary. Burial will be at Greenview Memorial Gardens in East Moline. Memorials may be made to Edgewood Baptist Church. He...
Phyllis Setser-Pepping
Sep 22, 2012
Phyllis Marie Setser-Pepping, 79, of Colona, died Sept. 22, 2012, at Aspen Health Care, Silvis. Services are 10 a.m. Wednesday at Schroder Mortuary, Colona. Burial is at Dayton Corners Cemetery, Colona. Visitation is 4-7 p.m. Tuesday at the mortuary. Memorials may be made to Aspen Health and Rehab Activity Department. She was born April 27, 1933, in Aledo, to R....
Patsy Webb
Sep 20, 2012
Patsy Joe Webb, 77, of Port Byron, passed away Thursday, Sept. 20, 2012, at her home. Pat was born June 30, 1935, in Faye, Okla., to Mel and Mattie Phipps. She married Jim Webb in East Moline, Sept. 22, 1951. They moved to Port Byron in 1972. Wonderful family memories were made of camping and fishing trips. Pat always caught...
Charles Smith
Sep 17, 2012
Charles H. Smith, 87, of East Moline, died Monday, Sept. 17, 2012, at Heartland Health Care Center in Moline. Mass of Christian Burial will be 10 a.m. Friday at Christ the King Catholic Church, Moline. Visitation will be 4-7 p.m. Thursday at Schroder Mortuary, Silvis. A rosary will be recited at 4 p.m. Entombment will be at St. Mary's Mausoleum...
Margery Bradley
Sep 16, 2012
Margery R. Bradley, 90, of Carbon Cliff, passed away on Sunday, Sept. 16, 2012, at Hope Creek Care Center in East Moline. Visitation will be noon to 2 p.m. on Wednesday at Schroder Mortuary, Silvis. A graveside service will follow at Rock Island National Cemetery. A funeral luncheon will be served at Northcrest Calvary Church, Moline. Normal 6:30 p.m. services...
Elizabeth DeBruine
Sep 15, 2012
Elizabeth "Betty" DeBruine, 85, of Silvis, died Saturday, Sept. 15, 2012. Funeral service is 10 a.m. Wednesday at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church in Silvis. Visitation is 4-7 p.m. Tuesday at Schroder Mortuary in Silvis with a rosary at 4 p.m. Burial is at St. Mary's Cemetery in East Moline. Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society...
Aden Melear
Sep 14, 2012
Aden "Dayle" Melear, 85, of Colona, passed away Friday, Sept. 14, 2012, at Hope Creek Care Center in East Moline. Funeral services will be 1 p.m. Monday at Schroder Mortuary, Colona, with visitation two hours prior to services. Burial will be at Greenview Memorial Gardens, East Moline. Memorials may be made to the family. Dayle was born Aug. 27, 1927,...
Charles Warren
Sep 14, 2012
Charles Warren, 85, formerly of Dayton, Ohio, currently of East Moline, passed away on Friday, Sept. 14, 2012. He passed peacefully in his sleep in the presence of members of his family and now is celebrating his reunion with his wife, Rosemary, and God in Heaven. He is survived by his daughter, Jennifer (Borth) and her family; his sons, Jon...
Travis Sherrod
Sep 14, 2012
Travis Sherrod, 53, of Rock Island, formerly of Louisville, Miss., passed away on Sept. 14, 2012, at Trinity Rock Island. Wake service are from 5 to 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 19, at Schroder Mortuary, Silvis. Interment will be in Louisville, Miss. He is survived by his brother, Nathaniel (Renee) Sherrod, Rock Island; sister, Bernice Berry; two daughters, Renay Sherrod...
