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Mildred Swanson
Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 8, at the Augustana Lutheran Church, Andover. The Rev. Jan Veseth will officiate. Burial will be at the Andover Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday at the Cambridge Chapel of Stackhouse-Moore Funeral Services. Memorials may be made to Augustana Lutheran Church. Mildred Dorothy Smith was born Dec. 29, 1924, in Coe Township, Rock Island County, Ill., the daughter of Herman H. and Katherine A. Neuffer Smith. She was educated in Hillsdale area schools and graduated from Hillsdale High School in 1942. Her marriage to Quentin C. Swanson took place on Feb. 12, 1949, in East Moline. He passed away May 5, 1999. The couple lived on the family farm in Andover Township, and Mildred continued living there after her husband's death. She was employed as a legal secretary for many years in the office of Glockhoff and Haytcher in East Moline. Mildred was a member of Augustana Lutheran Church. She enjoyed making and sending personalized greeting cards, getting out with her friends for coffee, and, most of all, she enjoyed having her family together. Those surviving are a daughter and son-in-law, Linda and David Kendall, Silvis; a son and daughter-in-law, Curtis and Carolyn Swanson, Cambridge; four grandchildren and (spouses), Nick (Gina) Swanson, Jennifer (Reuben) Tines, Dan Swanson, and Michael Kendall. Other survivors include three great-grandchildren, Ryan and Josh Tines, Austin Swanson; a special nephew, Richard Ely, East Moline; and several nieces. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, three sisters and a brother. Video tribute may be viewed and condolences expressed by visiting Mildred's obituary at www.stackhousemoore.com. 
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Today is Monday, May 20, the 140th day of 2013. There are 225 days left in the year.
1863 -- 150 years ago: A petition is being circulated asking the city council to order awell bored in Market Square. It would be a great accommodation to the public.
1888 -- 125 years ago: At 1 p.m. on May 18 the Mississippi River flooded its banks atRock Island and destroyed the warehouse of the Rock Island Lumber Co. and damagedRock Island Arsenal power plant. Total loss is estimated at $100,000.
1913 -- 100 years ago: Residents of Sough Rock Island Township are circulating apetition favoring the annexation of that area to the City of Rock Island.
1938 -- 75 years ago: A group of state members of the National Grandmothers Clubmeeting in Rock Island are making plans to petition for the observance of a NationalGrandmothers Day.
1963 -- 50 years ago: Deere and Co. reported today that its U.S. and Canadian sales forthe first half of the 1963 fiscal year set an all time record of $323,716.628.
1988 -- 25 years ago: William G. Lawrence, first administrative director, has retired fromPECO Enterprises, Inc. Prior to his service at PECO, Mr. Lawrence was the civilianpersonnel officer at the Rock Island Arsenal.
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