Mary Asprea Andeppa, 91, of Savannah, Ga., passed away peacefully, on Sunday, Nov. 25, 2012, at Rock Island, where she had lived for the past three months. A Mass will be held at Trinity Anglican Church, 1818 6th Ave., Rock Island, on Friday, Nov. 30, at 10 a.m. Interment will be at Bonaventure Cemetery, Savannah. Mary was born and raised in Savannah, the youngest daughter of Jerry and Lucia Asprea Andeppa. She was the manager of her family's grocery store in Savannah and a homemaker whose cooking greatly was enjoyed by all. For many years, Mary was an active member of St. Paul's Greek Orthodox Church in Savannah, where she taught Sunday school and did charitable work. In addition to her parents, Mary was preceded in death by her brother, Denny Andeppa; and sisters, Ethel Maginas and Theodora Andeppa. She is survived by her nephews, Stephen (wife, Bobette) Maginas, Rock Island, Father Andrew (wife, Elaine) Maginas, West Palm Beach, Fla., and Spero (wife, Irene) Maginas, Pittsburgh, Pa. Also surviving are the nephews' children, including Camille Maginas, Egan Maginas, Emmanuel Maginas, Rene Maginas, Angelo Maginas and Arthur Maginas; and the nephews' grandchildren, Andreas Maginas and Elisavet Maginas.
Today is Thursday, May 23, the 143rd day of 2013. There are 222 days left in the year. 1863 — 150 years ago: Messrs. J. and M. Rosenfield have moved their leather and hidestore to the building formerly occupied by Temple Bufords's store. They buy and sellhides, pelts, furs, wool, beeswax, lard, tallow, etc. 1888 -- 125 years ago: The Rock Island Lumber Company has recovered 5,000 of the8,000 logs that were carried away by the Mississippi River flood last week. 1913 -- 100 years ago: John J. Ullemeyer has been awarded the contract to furnish RockIsland fire and police department members with uniforms, at the city's expense. 1938 -- 75 years ago: Work on Aledo's new $38,000 swimming pool was started thismorning at South Park when ground for the pool was broken by Mayor John W. Murphy. 1963 -- 50 years ago: Students and teacher at Moline High School called today "MissLeona Day" day at the school in honor of the government teacher who retires at theend of the school term. Although she's been teaching for 43 years at the school, Miss Dayfound a new way of arriving at the school this morning. At 7:30 a.m., a police squad carpulled up in front of Miss Day's home and escorted her to school. A caravan of students' cars joined the procession along the way. 1988 -- 25 years ago: Barbecue cooking and riverfront antics are planned for Discover the River Day Saturday in Leach Park, Bettendorf. A 5K run, wind surfing, a canoe race, hogcalling and more will round out the day under the Interstate 74 bridge.