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James Douglas
Services are 2 p.m. Friday, Dec. 28, at the Little Cedar Church in Little York. Burial is at Greenmound Cemetery, Keithsburg. Visitation is 4-8 p.m. today at Fippinger Funeral Home in Aledo, where memorials may be left to the American Cancer Society or the Little Cedar Church. Online condolences can be made at www.fippingerfuneralhome.com. He was born Oct. 15, 1941, in Aledo, to William and Caroline Harrison Douglas. He graduated from Aledo High School in 1959 and married Sally Gronis on Jan. 18, 1966. He was self-employed all his life as a heavy equipment operator, semitrailer driver and farmer in the Little York area. He was a former Bald Bluff road commissioner and a member and former elder of the Little Cedar Church. He also was a member of the NRA and Farm Bureau. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, reading, watching westerns and family dinners. Survivors include two daughters, Jennifer (Randy) Mattson, Aledo, Rebecca (Wayne) Ferrenburg; one son, Steven (Jennifer) Douglas, both of Monmouth; nine grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; his mother, Caroline Douglas, Monmouth; one sister, Sue (Ron) Whitaker, Broken Arrow, Okla.; and two nieces. His father, William, preceded him in death. 
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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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