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Wanda Clarke
Wanda was born Jan. 26, 1924, in Bentonsport, Iowa, the daughter of Leslie and Edith (Oosthoek) Cox. She married John Cone in 1942. She later married Robert Clarke in 1970. Both husbands preceded her in death. She had a special friend, Robert Varney, who also preceded her in death. She spent many years as a farm wife in Van Buren County, Iowa, and later worked for many years in the post office section at Schlegal Drug Store and its successor companies in Davenport until her retirement. Wanda enjoyed bowling, playing cards on Monday afternoons, watching the Iowa Hawkeyes, camping, going to Arizona in the winter and gardening (especially roses). Her greatest joy was spending time with her family. She was an active member of Cedar Memorial Christian Church in Davenport. Those left to honor her memory include her daughter, Darlene (Doyle) Mincks, Rock Island; son, Peter (Teresa) Cone, Silvis; stepchildren, Pat (Jack) Lowry, Bettendorf, and Denise Wright, New Windsor; 16 grandchildren; 41 great-grandchildren; 13 great-great-grandchildren; brother, Willis Cox, Carlisle, Iowa; sister, Wilma (Harold) Hutchins, Kansas City, Kan.; sister-in-law, Roberta Cox, Keosauqua, Iowa; and many nieces and nephews. Her parents and brothers, Wayne, Warren and Walter Cox; stepdaughter, Shirley Ohmart; and great-grandson, Jacob Cone, preceded her in death. 
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Today is Tuesday, May 21, the 141st day of 2013. There are 224 days left in the year.
1863 -- 150 years ago: On Monday the 11th inst. on Center Ridge in Mercer County,some citizens got out their cannon to celebrate the taking of Richmond. The gun wasoverloaded and burst. No one was injured, but one 30-pound piece went though thesecond story of a house.
1888 -- 125 years ago: The old folks concert at the Harper Theater last night to benefit St.Luke's Cottage Hospital, attracted a large audience.
1913 -- 100 years ago: Unless depredation by vandals in Rock Island parks is halted,special policemen will be assigned to night duty to protect the flowers and other property.
1938 -- 75 years ago: Station WHBF has received a special citation from Washington forits participation in Air Mail Week, which was observed this week throughout the nation.
1963 -- 50 years ago: A 10-year high in employment in the Quad-City area was reachedat the end of the last quarter, according to an industrial employment barometer releasedtoday.
1988 -- 25 years ago: Pee Wee teams will be able to play baseball and softball as usualon Diamond Three at Dorrance Park this summer, but after that, the ball field is doomed.County crews have put the diamond back in shape after heavy trucks marred the playingfield earlier this spring. Illinois Department of Transportation crews drove onto it to makeborings for the relocation of the junction of Illinois 84 and the Port Byron-Hillsdale road.
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