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Betty Greer
Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Monday, Dec. 31, at Christ Anglican Church, 1717 8th Ave., Moline. Visitation will be from 2 to 6 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 30, at Esterdahl Mortuary & Crematory, 6601 38th Ave., Moline. Burial will be at Greenview Memorial Gardens. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to her family. Betty was born on Sept. 14, 1923, in Fort Madison, Iowa, the daughter of James Anthony. She married Franklin C. Greer on Nov. 7, 1959, in Moline. He preceded her in death on Dec. 3, 1998. Betty worked as a nurse for Dr. Bill Mencrow for more than 20 years and Help at Home for 11 years. She was a member of Christ Anglican Church, where she was an Altar Guild, lay reader and Vestry member. Betty was a senior cadet nurse at Vaughn General Hospital. At Moline Public Hospital she was in the Alumni Association 5th District for Nurses. Also, she was Team Grandma for Chung Kim's Spellious Competition for Tae Kwan Do. Her best accomplishments in life were that she was a wonderful mother and grandmother. Survivors include her daughters, Kimberly (Rob) Brooks, Moline, Sharon Swailes, Rock Island; daughter-in-law, Marlo Greer, Rock Island; grandchildren, Elizabeth, Jenica, James, Joshua, Jonathon, Justin, Tim and Christine; 15 great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her son, James; and granddaughter, Stacey. Online condolences may be left for her family by visiting her obituary online at www.esterdahl.com. 
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Today is Wednesday, May 22, the 142nd day of 2013. There are 223 days left in the year.
1863 -- 150 years ago: Large quantities of ice from LaCrosse and Lake Pepin are beingshipped on ice boats, towed by steamers to St. Louis and points below.
1888 -- 125 years ago: With the Mississippi River at 18 feet above the low water stage,Rock Island is waging a valiant fight to keep the river from flooding the entire city.
1913 -- 100 years ago: Approval has been given by the city commission for paving 45thStreet between 7th and 11th Avenues.
1938 -- 75 years ago: Herndon Wright, of East Moline, has won the discus-throw title, by aheave of more than 140 feet, to set a new high school record at Champaign.
1963 -- 50 years ago: With the Selective Service Law recently extended by Congress forfour more years, Mrs. Hazel Doris reminded young men that they must register withinfive days after attaining their 18th birthday.
1988 -- 25 years ago: Over 500 Quad-Cities area retired volunteers were honoredrecently for their community services at a Retired Senior Volunteer Program luncheonat Palmer Auditorium in Davenport. Guest speaker, William Moffitt, director of productengineering of Deere & Co., spoke about leadership and stressed the importance ofcommunity volunteers.
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