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Sharon Mercer
Funeral services celebrating her life will be held at 10:30 a.m. Monday, Jan. 7, at Colona United Methodist Church. The Rev. Sandy Bunnell will officiate. Burial will follow at Dayton Corners Cemetery, Colona. Visitation for Sharon will be held from 2 to 6 p.m. Sunday at the Geneseo Chapel of Vandemore Funeral Homes and Cremation Services. Memorials may be left to Colona United Methodist Church or the Quad City Animal Welfare Society. Sharon was born on Jan. 22, 1944, in Moline, the daughter of Lenoard "Butts" and Marian Huizenga Reynolds. She was a graduate of Port Byron High School and was united in marriage to B. John Mercer on Sept. 14, 1963, in Cordova. Sharon was the secretary at Colona United Methodist Church for 28 years. She was a member of the church and was a woman who was simple, but very proud. Sharon enjoyed family vacations up north, playing the piano and attending her grandchildren's activities, which included following them with their 4-H livestock projects and their sports activities. Survivors include her husband, B. John; her mother, Marian A. Reynolds, Geneseo; two sons, John (Karla) Mercer and Jeff (Kristal) Mercer, both of Port Byron; two daughters, Chris Oldfield, Colona, and Sue (Bill) Johnson, Lafayette, Ind.; seven grandchildren, Amanda and Tyler Oldfield, Heather and Jacob Johnson, Ryan, Kayleen and Grace Mercer; and one brother, Robert (Bonnie) Reynolds, Cordova. Sharon was preceded in death by her father; one brother, Mick Reynolds; and one nephew, Brent Reynolds. Share a message of sympathy with Sharon'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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