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Charles Eugene Simmons
May 10, 2010
Charles Eugene Simmons, 92, of Andalusia, died May 10, 2010 at Mercer County Nursing Home. Services are 1 pm Friday, May 14, at Bewley Funeral Home & Cremation Services, 103 SW Third Street, Aledo. Visitation will be 11am until the time of the service at the funeral home. Burial will be in the Andalusia Cemetery, Andalusia, IL. Memorials may...

Colin Wauqua
May 4, 2010
Colin Joseph Wauqua, Jr., infant son of Hannah M. Van Trump and Colin J. Wauqua, Sr. passed away Tuesday, May 4, 2010, at Trinity Moline. © 2010 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. This obituary is a work protected under international and federal Copyright Laws and Treaties. Any unauthorized reproduction, distribution or use of this material is prohibited. No part of this...

Nakaylah Billups
May 1, 2010
Nakaylah L. Billups, infant daughter of Tamika Robinson and Frank Billups of Moline, passed away Saturday, May 1, 2010, at Genesis Medical Center Illini Campus. Nakaylah was born March 14, 2010, at Genesis Medical Center Illini Campus in Silvis. She is survived by her parents, Tamika Robinson and Frank Billups of Moline; brothers, Lynn, Frank, Deonte and Michael; sisters,...

C. Vivian Roush
Apr 19, 2010
C. Vivian Roush, 77, of Wilton, formerly of Moulton, passed away Monday, April 19, 2010, at Lutheran Homes. She was born July 5, 1932, in Morning Sun, the daughter of Richard and Wanda Wilson Noble. She married Layton Roush in 1949. They were divorced in 1973. She moved to Moulton in 1976, where she worked caring for the elderly...

Ronald Sprague
Apr 12, 2010
Ronald E. “Butch†Sprague, 74, of Muscatine passed away Monday, April 12, 2010 at University Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City. He was born October 24, 1935, in Muscatine, the son of James and Ella Lewis Sprague. He married Margaret A. Fulton on October 7, 1960, in Iowa City. He had served in the United States Air Force. He...

Velma Lee
Apr 10, 2010
Velma Mae Lee, 93, of Columbus Junction passed away peacefully surrounded by her family Saturday, March 10, 2010 at Colonial Manor. She was born August 6, 1916 in Bagley, the daughter of George Clyde and Iva Mae Stratton Tisor. She married A.M. Lee August 16, 1940, in Columbus Junction. She had worked as a cook for the Columbus Community...

Stanley Blake
Apr 9, 2010
Stanley P. Blake, 82,of Wapello, passed away peacefully Friday, April 9, 2010, at Wapello Nursing and Rehabilitation. He was born April 21, 1927, in Muscatine, the son of Ollie Theodore and Dorothy May Zimmerman Blake. He married Mary Charlisia Godfrey on January 13, 1951, in Wichita Falls, Texas. He was a United States Air Force veteran and retired from...

Glenn Shoppa
Mar 26, 2010
Glenn C. Shoppa, 82, of Letts, died Friday, March 26, 2010, at Lutheran Homes in Muscatine. He was born April 24, 1927, in Muscatine, the son of Clarence Chester and Nellie Edna Miller Shoppa. He married Sophia Marrian Nicewanner on November 11, 1951, in Iowa City. He was a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II. He served as...

Michael Beason
Feb 5, 2010
Michael W. Beason, 52, of Rock Island, died Feb. 5, 2010, at home. Michael was born October 18, 1957, the son of Robert Lee Sr. and Tinnie Mae Hearn Beason in Memphis, Tenn. He will be remembered for his love of sports and his unconditional love of family. He is survived by daughters, Le’Kia Beason of Utah and Tarica...

Judith McKillip
Jan 8, 2010
Judith A. McKillip, 70, of Muscatine, died Friday, January 8, 2010, at Genesis Medical Center â€" East Campus in Davenport. She was born June 17, 1939, in Muscatine, the daughter of Truman and Josephine McGowan Landon. She is survived by one son, Tim and wife Laura Wright; four daughters, Paula and husband Chuck Sorrowfree, Joy and husband Leroy Thorne,...

Wayne Boyd
Jan 2, 2010
Wayne A. Boyd, Sr., 58, of Rock Island, passed into Heaven on Saturday, January 2, 2010, at Trinity Medical Center West, following a long battle with kidney disease. He was born January 18, 1951, in Rock Island, the youngest son of Leonard and Susan Northern Boyd. He graduated from Rock Island High School in 1969. He later earned his...

Robert Young
Dec 24, 2009
Robert Young, 74, of Rock Island, died Thursday, December 24, 2009, at Trinity Medical Center West Campus. He was born June 20, 1935, in Memphis, Tennessee. He was self-employed in the construction trade prior to retirement. He enjoyed photography and being a disc jockey for various events. Survivors include his sons, Emmet Young of Milan, Illinois and Danny Hart...

Stanley Campbell
Dec 16, 2009
Stanley E. Campbell, 51, of Rock Island, passed away Wednesday, December 16, 2009, at Trinity Medical Center West Campus. He was born September 26, 1958, in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Samuel Earl and Barbara Earline Walker Campbell. He had been employed in the fields of security, janitorial and maintenance with several local businesses over the years. He enjoyed...
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