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Ruth Stubbs
Mass of Christian Burial will be at 11:30 a.m. Thursday at St. Ambrose Catholic Church, Erie. Visitation will be from 9 to 11 a.m. Thursday at Gibson-Bode Funeral Home, Erie. Burial will be in the Erie Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the Erie Food Pantry or Kings Kloset. Ruth Marie was born July 12, 1931, in Atkinson, the daughter of Frank and Marie (Hulslander) Floming. She graduated from Geneseo High School in 1949. Ruth was married to Arland C. Stubbs on Aug. 18, 1951, in Prophetstown. She was a school bus driver for the Erie School District for 29 years. She also worked part of that time at the Prophets Riverview Good Samaritan Center in Prophetstown, all while raising her six children. Ruth was an active member of St. Ambrose Church in Erie, where she enjoyed serving as an Eucharistic minister. She belonged to the Erie Senior Citizens Club and always was charity-minded. Some of her hobbies were fishing from their cabin on the river, gardening, traveling and watching sports – especially the Bulls and Cubs, and most of all, she always loved to visit with family and friends. She is survived by her six children and spouses, Wilbur (Gloria) Stubbs, Erie, Vicki Hanske, Moline, Mary Beth (Ronald) Jinks, Deland, Robert Stubbs (Kristi Crisman), Cisco, Ronald Stubbs (Jeannine Taylor), Venice, Fla., and Richard (Wendy) Stubbs, Erie; brothers, Donald Floming, Erie, and Wilbur (Lois) Floming, Osco; 16 grandchildren; and 17 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Arland; grandchild, Cory Stubbs; son-in-law, Bill Hanske; and sister-in-law, Shirley Floming. Share a memory or condolence at www.gibsonbodefh.com. 
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Today is Saturday, May 25, the 145th day of 2013. There are 220 days left in the year.
1863 -- 150 years ago: The annual review of the fire department of this city took placeyesterday and made a fine showing with machines and hose carts in tip-top order.
1888 -- 125 years ago: Last night's prayer meeting at Central Presbyterian Church wascalled off due to water in the basement, residue of last week's flood.
1913 -- 100 years ago: The junior class of Rock Island High School will hold a riverexcursion on the steamer St. Paul next Tuesday.
1938 -- 75 years ago: The 75th Anniversary of the Rock Island Arsenal today finds thenation's largest ordinance manufacturing plant filling many important orders for the army.
1963 -- 50 years ago: Miss Patrice Daly, Rock Island, a senior at Rock Island HighSchool, won second place in the recent state public speaking contest held in Peoria underthe auspices of the Knights of Pythias.
1988 -- 25 years ago: Hampton's sesquicentennial committee and the Hampton HistoricalSociety have scheduled a full slate of activities, which will be held throughout the year, to celebrate the village's 150th birthday. The first celebration will be the Memorial Dayprogram at 10 a.m. May 30, at the Brettun and Black Store Museum on River Road. Therewill be a sesquicentennial display.
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