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Catherine Gustafson
A funeral Mass celebrating her life will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 5, at St. John Vianney Catholic Church, Cambridge. The Rev. John Burns will celebrate. Burial will follow at St. Anthony's Cemetery, Atkinson. Visitation for Catherine will be 5 to 7 p.m. Friday at the Geneseo Chapel of Vandemore Funeral Homes and Cremation Services, where a rosary will be recited at 7 p.m. Memorials may be left to the Catherine Gustafson Memorial Fund. Catherine was born Dec. 29, 1931, in Geneseo, the daughter of Theophil and Julia Claeys Cauwels. She was united in marriage to John R. Gustafson Jan. 8, 1971, in Rock Island. Catherine worked as a dietary supervisor for 26 years at Hammond-Henry Hospital in Geneseo. She was a member of St. John Vianney Catholic Church in Cambridge. Catherine enjoyed spending time with family, fishing in Bagley, Wis., and visits to Texas for the winter with friends. Survivors include her husband, John; three stepsons (and spouses), Kevin (Kristi) Gustafson, Moline, Lonnie Gustafson, Austin, Texas, and Marty (Lucy) Gustafson, Sterling, Ill.; one stepdaughter (and spouse), Penny (Michael) Hayes, Erie; 10 stepgrandchildren; three stepgreat-grandchildren; one brother (and spouse), Robert (Mary Ellen) Cauwels, Geneseo; sister, Elsie DeClercq, Geneseo; and several nieces and nephews. Catherine was preceded in death by her parents; and two sisters, Clara Verbeck and Irene Flake. Share a message of sympathy with Catherine's family at www.vandemorefuneralhome.com. 
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Today is Sunday, May 19, the 139th day of 2013. There are 226 days left in the year.
1863 -- 150 years ago: The Rt. Rev. Harry I. Witherspoon, D.D. Bishop of Illinois, willpreach in Trinity (Episcopal) Church, in this city this evening.
1888 -- 125 years ago: At 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon the Mississippi River flooded itsbanks at Rock Island, destroying the warehouse of the Rock Island Lumber companyand damaging the Lumber Company and arsenal power plant. Total loss isestimated at $100.000.
1913 -- 100 years ago: Residents of South Rock Island township are circulating a petitionfavoring the annexation of that area to the city of Rock Island.
1938 -- 75 years ago: Mrs. Thomas Ackles, of Rock Island, has been elected president ofthe Playcrafters for the next season. She succeeds Warren Leonard.
1963 -- 50 years ago: Some 8,000 people filed through the gates of Rock Island Arsenal on Saturday to view a display of a part of the nation's armed strength. The occasion was theannual observance of Armed Forces Day.
1988 -- 25 years ago: Willis Kuschmann, of Moline, who already has won his laurels as oneof the most artistic men in the Quad-Cities area, has a new hobby. He is deeply involvedin miniature railroading. At the age of 88, when many other seniors are dozing in theirchairs or sitting before the television, Mr. Kuschmann is planning and working on hiscollection.
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